Chapter 111: The Interruption
Xing didn’t know when she drifted to sleep but when she woke up, she was leaning on Shengli’s chest and the setting rays of the sun spilled through the window accompanied by the sound of birds.
Xing yawned lazily as her golden hair had sprawled all over Shengli. She had untied her braids as she wanted to feel free as it was only Shengli here.
Shengli who was leaning in the headboard of the big canopy bed, leisurely drew circles in her back,
"Shall we leave?"
"Hmpf, no", Xing nuzzled her face into his firm chest and his manly scent entered her nose.
"Your father will send armies around searching for you", he said mockingly. Her father had previously done that!
"Let’s stay here!", she looked up and kissed his chin, "Let’s stay here forever", she played with his clothes.
"Mmmm... That won’t do! ", Shengli gently grabbed her chin and looked into her eyes, "I want to marry you publicly and dress you up better than the Empress and bring you to Imperial Banquets and show you off! ’Look you imbeciles.., Look at my pretty wife! This amazing one is all mine! ’.. And watch them go sour with jealousy ", he kissed her lightly.
"Like a doll?", she asked looking back at his emerald eyes shining with delight. She felt like she should be offended but she really wasn’t. Wouldn’t she want to show him off to other women and say, ’My husband bought this, that.. He is rich..he’s handsome.. he loves me.. ’, and so on?
Shengli blinked his eyes by her sudden refutal but Xing waved her hands, "Never mind. By the way what did you say to my father? He’s looking at you differently", she said fiddling with his belt.
Shengli held her hands and interlocked his fingers with hers, " Just drunken blabber".
Xing looked at him and giggled, "You cannot hold your drink, can you? In the future while attending the banquets you mentioned, you’ll have to say, ’My wife will beat you in drinking’, since you cannot", she playfully slapped his chest.