Chapter 466 (2/2)

Liu Rufeng had recently been transferred to capital, and she had come along with him. By chance, the marquis found her and told her that her master was pregnant and needed someone to care for her.

Gancao and Muxu were no longer here. She was the only one left.

Overjoyed, Ji Man didn't even feel sleepy anymore. She held Ning Yuxuan's arm and pinched him with all of her strength.

Frightened, Dengxin felt cold sweat gathering on her back. She quickly called out, “Master!”

In the past, her master had always been a sensible person. How could she have become so audacious? The marquis's previous status couldn't even be compared to his current one. Her master should be more careful…

To her surprise, the marquis, who had been pinched hard enough for his forehead to scrunch up in pain, only took her master's hand off his arm. He carefully looked at her master's nails and said, “Be careful, your nails have gotten very brittle lately. If they break off, you'll be the one crying in pain later. Dengxin, bring over a pair of scissors.”

Dengxin was a bit startled out her wits. She hurriedly voiced her a.s.sent and brought over the nearby scissors.

And then, she saw the marquis, who had seemed like a G.o.d when she saw him in the streets, quietly sitting on the bed and lowering his head to trim her master's nails. As he carefully did his task, he muttered, “Why do women like to grow such long nails? Be careful, you might end up scratching yourself. For now, I'll keep them trimmed for you. We can revisit this topic after you give birth.”

As Ji Man quietly sat there and obediently allowed him to cut her nails, she winked at Dengxin.

This sight dumbfounded Dengxin.

Scenes from the past seem to have appeared in front of her. The marquis didn't like her master and wasn't close with her master. He would frequently show her master either an unsmiling face, or a face that had become livid in anger.

She would have never expected there would be a day when the marquis would so gently sit by her master's side. Although his expression was still a bit hard, she felt…

So wonderful.

Dengxin's eyes slightly reddened. She suddenly thought of Gancao. She really wished that Gancao could be here to see this too. Gancao, come look, we used to have to work so hard to not be harmed by others in order to help our master keep living. Now, the marquis has already learned to cherish our master.

She wondered; how tall were the gra.s.ses on Gancao's grave?

After turning around and wiping her tears, Dengxin brought over the bowl of medicine. “My lord, please let my master drink this first.”

Ning Yuxuan nodded. After he finished tr.i.m.m.i.n.g, he took the bowl. But, he felt a bit embarra.s.sed to spoon-feed Ji Man in front of Dengxin. He pursed his lips and said to Ji Man, “Drink it yourself.”

It was no big deal to drink the soup herself. It wasn't like she was an invalid. Ji Man twitched her lips. She took the bowl and slowly drank the medicine.

Ning Yuxuan couldn't resist the impulse to take the bowl from her once she was done. He handed the bowl to Dengxin and dryly coughed once before saying to her, “Dengxin, stay here to keep Madam company. I still have work to do.”

“Understood.” Dengxin nodded.