His Rui

Chapter 369 – Rui Was Changing Slowly

In the end, it was Li Hua who had to tell Xi Ying that it was because of Li Rui's pregnancy that she was feeling nauseous.

"So how will she eat?"

The wise young prime minister suddenly asked a very stupid question.

When Xi Ying finished, Xi Ling who was standing beside his father and looking towards his mother who was currently resting inside the room said

"So it because of my sibling?"

His big black and clean eyes were a little wide.

When Li Hua nodded her head, the little bun frowned and whispered to himself

"Then Xi Ling doesn't want a sibling. If Mother had to go through so much trouble then Xi Ling doesn't want any brother or sister."

Xi Ying was thinking the same but a moment later, he shook his head and looked at his son strictly

"No, Xi Ling can't say such words."

Xi Ling pouted and turned to look at his father with both of his hands on his waist.

"Why can't Xi Ling say it? Mother looks so tired every day because of this sibling."

Xi Ying rolled his eyes and said mockingly

"Do you think that when you were born your mother went through less suffering?"   

Although Xi Ying was never there with Li Rui, he remembers very clearly how Li Rui was screaming in pain when he had just reached the Xi Manor at the time of childbirth.

"Xi Ling also made Mother suffer?"

"Yes"

It was Lii Hua who answered Xi Ling's question this time and I Ying was relieved. After all, he didn't know much about what happened when Li Rui was pregnant with Xi Ling. 

So it was better that Li Hua tell his son what all his mother had gone through while giving him birth. Xi Ying doesn't want Xi Ling to have any resentment for his unborn sibling.

"Madam used to feel nauseous like this every day in the beginning at Young Master's time and when Madam was giving birth to young Master, at that time also, she went through a great pain."

Xi Ying was surprised for a moment when he heard Li Hua calling Li Rui 'Madam'. However, he composed himself very soon as he saw his son looked sad and said

"How can this be? Xi Ling is a good boy. Xi Ling would never hurt Mother."

The innocent words melted Li Hua's heart. As she bent down in front of Xi Ling and made her understand something, Xi Ying went inside the room to check how his wife was feeling now.   

"However, Madam loved Young Master very much. The pain that Madam went through to give birth to Young Master is comparatively very small to the love Madam has for Young Master inside her heart."

Xi Ling's dim eyes became bright again.

He nodded his head firmly and said

"Xi Ling also loves Mother very much. Xi Ling will be the most filial to Mother on growing up …more filial than Father."

Li Hua laughed out loud at Xi Ling's words and then winced immediately as her wound moved because of her movements.

Liu Lan who had just stepped outside frowned seeing this.

"You come with me. Let me apply the medicinal paste on your wound."

She helped Li Hua in getting up and then took her to their room. Both the maids lived together in the same room in Plum Courtyard.

Li Hua also couldn't refuse Liu Lan seeing her firm expression.   

Xi Ling looked at their back and then turned his eyes back towards the room.

"Father, should we go inside?"

The small bun whispered thinking that his father was still standing behind him.

It was only when he didn't get any response and turned around to look at his father he got to know that his father had long been betrayed by him.

With an angry pout on his lips, Xi Ling first knocked on the doors and then immediately barged inside.

Sitting at the edge of the bed, Xi Ying looked towards the door that had been suddenly opened by someone only to realize that someone was none other than his son.

The little bun stepped inside the room with both of his hands on his waist and looked at his father with narrowed eyes as he said

"Father, you betrayed Xi Ling. Xi Ling had thought that both of us will go inside together to see the Mother."

Xi Ying's lips twitched when he heard his son's words. It seems that he has given the brat too much space to spread his legs.

Now he was starting to invade his personal time with his wife. 

Sitting on the bed, Li Rui was leaning against the headboard. She almost burst out in laughter when she saw how cute and funny Xi Ling looked at this moment.   

However, she knew that if she laughed then Xi Ling would be hurt so she covered her mouth and pretended to cough loudly.

"Mother, do you need water?"

Xi Ling's attention was immediately on his mother.

Li Rui was still coughing as she nodded her head.

Xi Ling immediately walked to the bedside table to bring some water for her mother.

As he was busy pouring the water into the glass, Li Rui finally could laugh as she covered her mouth to hide her laughter from Xi Ling.

On the other hand, Xi Ying was mesmerized seeing this Li Rui. Her eyes were bright as she laughed but at the same time tried to hide them. For a moment, he wanted to tell her that she could laugh openly and he would manage the brat by himself.

However, he didn't want to interrupt her also.

Who knows if he made the situation awkward by saying something.

The clean black eyes followed Xi Ling's every movement while his own eyes were fixed on her intently.

He wished to capture this memory in his mind forever.

After all, the moments were very rare when his wife laughed so openly. Xi Ying wished that in the future he would get to see these rare moments more.

He could actually see that Rui was now changing slowly. He could see the lively self of her that he had imagined in his mind slowly coming out. 

He could see how she was becoming more expressive about her emotions. 

Perhaps it was not even that difficult to bring the real Li Rui out. 

She just needed the people she could trust around herself. She needed to be assured that they were safe.

She needed love and care from them. 

Only then could she put her guard down and reveal herself slowly. 

And he was still on his way to do that.