Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 1037 - 1036: Overestimating Oneself

"What are you doing? Haha! Good question."

Zuo Xingyu’s face was exceptionally cold, his laughter hauntingly eerie. With a raise of his hand, he touched Liu Sisi’s chin directly.

"Tell me, how can your face be so enchanting? So bewitching that it turns people’s worlds upside down, has them daydreaming and yearning? So addictive that they can’t extricate themselves?"

Liu Sisi was at a loss for words, the immense force on her chin causing tears to well up in her eyes, "Zuo Xingyu, if you have something to say, say it clearly, I..."

"Say it clearly to you? Do you deserve it? Liu Sisi, you think too highly of yourself."

Suddenly, with a forceful flick to the side, Liu Sisi’s body uncontrollably flew out and fell onto the sandy ground by the riverbank.

"Hiss!"

Her knee happened to strike a cobblestone, the pain so intense that Liu Sisi could no longer contain the tears in her eyes, yet she stubbornly glared, refusing to show weakness as she lifted her head.

"Have you gone mad, Zuo Xingyu? Whether I, Liu Sisi, consider myself high or low, what’s it to you? Yes! Initially, you took me out of the Marquis Mansion, and cared for me all the way, I, Liu Sisi, have always remembered this in my heart, gratefully. But all of this cannot become your reason and confidence to attack me."

"Haha! You’re still so sharp-tongued, you haven’t changed a bit over the years, yet... "I quite like this about you!

The rest of the sentence remained unspoken in Zuo Xingyu’s mouth, as he looked at Liu Sisi with eyes full of complexity and confusion.

They were clearly a match made in heaven, so why did it come to this?

Up to now, he could no longer turn back!

"Zuo Xingyu, you and I were once friends, and you have helped me countless times. I, Liu Sisi, have always been clear about gratitude and grudges. I know you are angry about me jumping into the river back then, and for that I apologize to you. Initially, I... I was bent on dying, which is why I jumped. I never expected to be lucky enough to survive, I... "

Liu Sisi climbed up from the ground, struggling to explain.

She didn’t want to give up this friendship—if she were to lose a friend over an erroneous decision she made back then, she would die of guilt.

"Is that so? Liu Sisi, do you truly understand where you went wrong?"

Zuo Xingyu’s gaze was especially profound.

"..."

Liu Sisi’s lips were tightly pursed, even though the Zuo Xingyu before her eyes didn’t seem any different from usual, every hair on her body stood on end.

What exactly was going on? Her sixth sense had never been wrong before!

Could it be because they hadn’t seen each other for too long and had become estranged? She had no answer in her heart.

"Big Brother Zuo, was it you who asked me to meet today? Is there something you needed?"

This was the moat riverside, and although there weren’t many passersby, it just so happened to run parallel with the official road below, where everyone could plainly see this place.

"Actually, it’s not really about anything, I just missed you, so I asked you to meet."

Zuo Xingyu’s eyes were as deep as abyssal pools, his lips uttered sweet nothings, yet not a single eyelid twitched on his face.

"..."

Liu Sisi found herself at a loss for words! Today’s Zuo Xingyu was speaking far too abnormally!

"Big Brother Zuo, what exactly are you talking about? I don’t understand the meaning behind your words."

Is this how the word should be used? If outsiders heard this, who knows what kind of misunderstandings it might lead to!

Zuo Xingyu took two steps forward and suddenly leaned down to stretch out his hand.

Liu Sisi instinctively wanted to step back, but he stopped her, "Don’t move! There’s sand on your face."

As he spoke, his hand brushed her face.

His hand was ice-cold, with cloth strips wound around the joints, betraying his strength. The rough hand seemed to linger as it repeatedly caressed her face.

It made Liu Sisi instinctively retreat two steps, but she was quickly pursued by him and cornered against a big tree behind her.

"Zuo Xingyu, what, what are you trying to do?"

"Don’t be nervous, I won’t do anything to you... ’kitten’, that’s what he calls you, right?"

Zuo Xingyu suddenly laughed, his head leaning close to her ear as he whispered softly, "I also know that he always calls you ’my little kitten’ when being affectionate with you... Is that right? My little kitten?"

Liu Sisi sucked in a breath!

She desperately tried to tilt her head back, but the tree trunk behind her blocked her, making all her efforts in vain. Her lifted swan-like neck seemed more like an active invitation.

In the distance on the official road, a horseman took in everything happening before him in one glance.

A stunning married woman in plain, slender clothes slightly raised her elongated neck, squinting her eyes. In front of her a tall figure bowed slightly, as if burying his head into her neck...

The man’s face was deathly pale, his hands tightly clenched into fists as he looked towards the two with an especially complex gaze. He did not step forward, instead, he whipped his horse around, kicked the horse’s belly fiercely, and with a pained neigh, the horse bolted back the way they had come, kicking up a storm of dust that drifted away with the wind...

Liu Sisi was unaware of this scene; her entire focus was on dealing with the person before her. Unable to tolerate the deliberately crafted atmosphere, she suddenly pushed him away and demanded harshly.

"Enough! Men and women should not touch, I am not comfortable with your actions. Zuo Xingyu, it’s getting late, and I, Liu Sisi, have nothing else to say. If you need help with anything, I, Liu Sisi, will be unequivocal."

"Alright, remember your words from today."

To Liu Sisi’s surprise, Zuo Xingyu suddenly became particularly agreeable today, immediately releasing her with a look of indifference, turned around, and left without looking back.

Leaving Liu Sisi standing there, stunned for a while, before she walked back.

It wasn’t until the small sedan entered the city again that Liu Sisi thought about the missed appointment. Why did she feel that everything today was shrouded in strangeness from start to finish?

By the time Liu Sisi returned, Di Yelei had, remarkably, already come back. He was discussing something with Di Xuan. Liu Sisi watched for a few moments, thought about the words reported by the followers that afternoon, and without speaking turned and went back into her room.

Just as she stepped out of the room door, Di Yelei suddenly turned around, his gaze accurately locking onto the direction she had left in, his eyes profoundly deep.

"Dad, Dad! What do you think of Xuan’er’s suggestion?"

"Ah? Oh, good! They are all very good, Xuan’er, what do you think the next step should be?"

Di Yelei was clearly not focused on the conversation, instead, he asked for Di Xuan’s opinion.

Di Xuan hesitated for a moment: "Dad, you don’t have to be troubled. You should discuss this matter with Mom first. After all, if Prince Luo can make such unreasonable demands, naturally someone should step up to dampen his arrogance. If after discussing it, you change your mind, remember to inform Xuan’er in advance."

Asking oneself to become the heir as soon as he opened his mouth, such a thing would be a joke in anyone’s hands.