Chapter 914: No matter what, Isll take her with me (2/2)

When Han Yunxi left, she announced according to plan that Ning Jing needed bedrest. She bribed a servant girl from Fifth Elder’s side and found a doctor outside before managing to cover up the incident. Once that was done, she ordered the servant girl to push her back to the jail cells.

From a long distance away, Tang Li began to shout. “Sister-in-law...sister-in-law!”

“Are you trying to call back the dead?” Han Yunxi asked unhappily.

“Where’s Ning Jing?” Tang Li had been waiting for half the day and assumed Han Yunxi would bring her back.

Han Yunxi wasn’t planning to tell him, but ended up deciding that Tang Li had a right to know about Ning Jing’s pregnancy and near miscarriage since he was her husband. In any case, he’d find out about it eventually, so she might as well tell him now so he didn’t blame her later.

She wagged her finger at him. “Come over here, and I’ll tell you another secret.”

Unlike last time, Tang Li dashed towards her and obediently waited for her words. But he lost all sign of docileness once Han Yunxi broke the news. Without a word, he rushed for the prison exits again. Fortunately, Han Yunxi had the foresight to let the jailkeeper lock them both inside this time. Leaving aside all the archers, what could Tang Li do if he broke past them at all? He and Ning Jing were like her and Long Feiye right now. Their relationship couldn’t go public.

The Di Clan still had no idea about the relationship between the Tang Clan and Long Feiye, but the empty Pear Blossom Rain Needles had already shattered the alliance betweeen Di and Tang. If news of Ning Jing’s pregnancy broke out, she’d be the one suffering the greatest losses, while Tang Li would be controlled utterly by the Di.

Tang Li kicked furiously at the door as he recalled the words Ning Jing had said in Medical City. He wanted to slap himself for being so stupid. Why had he been so thoughtless? Back then, he’d confined Ning Jing with only water for three days and three nights. He even tied her hands up above her head and threatened to hang her over the city gates. And yet, Ning Jing had only smiled and said, “A’Li, I’m pregnant.”

“Ning Jing, you stupid woman! Why were you so idiotic, ah?” Tang Li’s heart felt like it was going to break. Although he was cursing her, his voice was filled with doting as if Ning Jing was standing before him right this second.

He finally understood why the ever stubborn Ning Jing had agreed to compromise back then. It was for the sake of the child in her womb. How lucky he must be that she chose to yield at all? Otherwise, he’d needlessly hang her over the city gates and starve her for three more days and nights. By then, her body would have given out and her baby completely lost!

Bang! Tang Li punched the cell door in anger. Han Yunxi wanted until he was finished venting before she said, “Tang Li, if you want to preserve your child’s life, you better calm down. Otherwise, mother and child will have greater troubles ahead. Don’t forget where we are.”

Even without her reminder, Tang Li understood the implications. He clenched his fists against the prison door and fell silent as he endured. After a while, Tang Li said, “Sister-in-law, is there really no other way to get me out of here?”

“There’s ways, but it’s too risky right now,” Han Yunxi was in a tough spot.

But Tang Li cut straight to the chase. “Then help me take care of them both…” After some silence, he continued, “Sister-in-law, call me when you guys face off against Bai Yanqing. No matter what, I want to take Ning Jing back to the Tang Clan!”

Han Yunxi suddenly felt that Tang LI had finally grown up. She agreed without hesitation. “Alright. When the time comes, your big brother will help you make arrangements.”

She finally remembered her husband and how she’d abandoned him before daybreak. Since then, she’d been busying herself until night was approaching again. Long Feiye should be on his way to Western Zhou by now.

Tang Li’s child would be Long Feiye’s niece or nephew in the future. Thus, Long Feiye was now an uncle? She suddenly found the thought unbelievable. When she recalled all the questions he’d asked her before, she felt bitterness in her own heart.

Children...is it easy to get them just because one says so? If our armies meet on the battlefield one day, what will we do with our children?

Han Yunxi shook her head and abandoned that train of thought. It was better to seize this time to deal with matters at the auction and gambling houses. If she could finish both tasks before Long Feiye returned and conquered Myriad Merchant Hall’s Council of Elders, then they could find Bai Yanqing sooner to settle their debts.

No one knew the whereabouts of Gu Beiyue or Lil Thing right now. She really missed them both. Thus, Han Yunxi left the jail cells and disguised herself with a face veil before heading for the auction hall. The moment she left the doors of her room, Long Feiye slipped in behind her. Once again, he waited nearly an entire night before she came back in the wee hours of the morning. This time, he watched Han Yunxi’s entire bathing process until she wiped herself dry, then laid herself on the bed. He appeared from behind the folding screen and asked, “Tired? You want to sleep?”

Han Yunxi was scared to death by the sudden surprise. She almost tumbled off the bed as she glared at her in disbelief, wondering if this was all a dream.

“You...why didn’t you come out earlier?!” she had asked the same question last night.

But the meaning behind the query was completely different today! Long Feiye had shown himself midway through her bath last night, but today he actually...he actually looked at her soundlessly through the entire process before revealing his location.

Just then...how much did he see?

Thinking up to here, Han Yunxi couldn’t help but recall their first meeting under Long Feiye’s scrutiny. She was completely unclothed now as he stared domineeringly at her body and all its details. Sometimes, the way he looked at her was frightening, like she’d be eaten clean to the bones.

“I saw everything,” Long Feiye came straight to the point as before. Then he teased, “Your movements are quite nimble, aren’t they?”

Han Yunxi finally sensed the displeasure in his eyes. Although her legs were much better and she could sneak a few steps here or there, he had prohibited her from moving around before a complete recovery.

Han Yunxi quickly changed the subject. “Long Feiye….weren’t you going to Western Zhou?”