Chapter 361 Sweet Company (6)_1
At this time, the courtyard was almost entirely dark, save for the light coming from the bridal chamber.
Originally, the two were sitting face to face, but at some point, they had shifted to sitting shoulder to shoulder. By the time Lin Yuan noticed, Xia Zheng’s body was practically pressed up against hers.
"Hey, Jiangnan, how’s it going?" Shifting her body inconspicuously to the side, Lin Yuan randomly brought up the matter of the relief work in Jiangnan.
Xia Zheng curled his lips and followed by shifting closer to her, grabbing her tender hand before she could react. He kneaded it fiercely a few times, seemingly venting his displeasure.
"I’ve been through so much toil traveling for more than half a month, and the first thing you ask isn’t how I’m doing, but rather about Jiangnan!"
Lin Yuan was amused by his aggrieved tone. After several unsuccessful attempts to pull her hand back, she let him hold on to it, "Alright, my lord, how were your days in Jiangnan? Were you hungry? Did you get cold? Did anyone bully you?"
When she asked these questions, Lin Yuan’s tone was one of jest; she really didn’t believe that a noble like Xia Zheng would suffer hunger or cold during the relief work.
Unexpectedly, she was wrong. Xia Zheng sniffled, caressed his face with her hand, his eyes gleaming brighter than the candles in the room, "Of course I was hungry and cold. Didn’t you notice? I’ve lost weight."
Lin Yuan hadn’t really noticed that Xia Zheng’s face hadn’t changed much, but feeling it up close, she indeed noticed it had grown more angular.