Chapter 331 (1/2)

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t.i.tle: The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 331 - Taking her through the back door (1)

Once again, Ji Man returned in the dim light of night. Although she was tired, instead of going straight to sleep, she still ordered a servant girl to prepare a hot bath for her. She had already been wearing the fake skin face mask for ten days. If she didn't take it off and give her skin time to breathe, she would probably end up with a face full of acne soon.

After closing the windows and locking the doors, she took off the mask and her clothes. She submerged her body into the bathwater for a while before sitting back up and letting out a long relaxed sigh.

Sure enough, when the pressure of work became too much, coming back home and taking a hot bath was enough to wash it away.

She happily scrubbed her face clean. Just as she dried herself off and was about to step out of the bath bucket, she heard a creaking sound as someone opened the doors.

What the h.e.l.l? Ji Man hastily hid herself by submerged her body. She had clearly locked the doors. How was someone able to push open the doors?

”You're certainly being very leisurely.” Ning Yuxuan's voice had already arrived by the bath bucket. Seeing the ma.s.s of hair that was floating on the top of the water, he helplessly pulled her out. ”Aren't you worried about accidentally suffocating yourself by doing something like that?”

With a flushed face, Ji Man looked at him and said, ”Marquis, why can't you uphold the standards of a gentleman's honor instead of acting with such impropriety?”

Looking at her, Marquis Moyu felt a flash of inexplicable terror. He didn't hear her words and only blankly stretched his hand out to touch the face that he hadn't seen in such a long time.

”Sangyu.”

Ji Man frowned. ”Marquis, this one is Ji Man.”

As if he hadn't heard her words, Ning Yuxuan leaned over, tilted her chin up, and gently kissed her lips. ”It's really been too long.”

There wasn't anything to cover her body, so Ji Man could only clench her jaw. ”If people find out that the marquis snuck in his heir's teacher's room to do unlawful things, what would other people think? Do you not care about your reputation anymore?”

”What's a reputation worth?” Ning Yuxuan scooped her out of water in one swift motion. He didn't seem to care that the water was dripping down from her body and falling onto him. ”When have I ever cared about something like that?”

As early as when he had opened the capital's gate to allow Zhao Li inside, the t.i.tle ”Marquis Moyu” had already become something that many people secretly cursed about.

Ji Man was somewhat stunned. As he carried her over to the bed, he dried most of the water from her body. After putting her down on the bed, he even wrapped her up in a quilt.

”Marquis, did you come here looking for a booty call with this one?”

”Booty... what? ” He stood back up. With a slightly displeased tone, he said, ”Can you stop saying words that I don't understand?”

Ji Man pressed herself against his chest and seriously said, ”A booty call is when two strangers that have no feelings for each other sleep together. It's just a way to release the l.u.s.t in your body.”

He had been about to kiss her forehead, but he froze after hearing these words. Ning Yuxuan lowered his head and silently looked at her. ”Do you see us as two strangers that don't have any mutually shared feelings?”

”At the very least, we don't have a legitimate relations.h.i.+p.” Ji Man dryly laughed. ”Marquis, the divorce letter that you gave me, this one has always been keeping it with me.”