chapter 82

“You mean…” Jun Qianye looked Nangong Ning going red as a beetroot. His black eyes were like black water, slightly wavy. “Did we do nothing last night?” he said and his lips slightly bent, with amusement.

Nangong Ning froze, and she raised her eyes and saw into the eyes of him. There was a momentary panic in her heart. She said subconsciously, “Yes, we didn’t do anything at all!”

“What do you mean? You got it. I thought you were too young to know anything.” Jun Qianye looked at her, feeling amused and saying on purpose.

Nangong Ning felt her ears burn, how could he say that! What did he mean by saying she got it? Jun Qianye looked at her mockingly, and she really wanted to find a place to creep in!

“I……I didn’t mean that. Don’t misunderstand me.” When she was nervous, she even stuttered, which made her look guilty.

“What does it mean if it’s not that? Doesn’t that mean you understand what I’m talking about?” Jun QIanye looked at her awkwardly, he found that Nangong Ning wanted to be angry, but finding that she had no reason to be angry, which amused him.

Nangong Ning felt her face burn now and could hardly breathe.

She clenched her fists and tried to resist the urge to punch him in the face.

Finally, she pressed her lips together, looked up at Jun Qianye and said in a calm voice, “I’m hungry.”

Jun Qianye did not expect her to say these words, and he was more interested in her, asking, “So?”

“I want to go back to breakfast,” answered Nangong Ning, gritted her teeth, thinking that eating was a basic physical need, and he couldn’t stop her!

“No.” To her surprise, Jun Qianye replied. Nangong Ning glared at him, as if she wanted to bite him.

Jun Qianye smiled and said, “I’m hungry, too. You can eat here with me.”

Nangong Ning suddenly saw darkness in her eyes.

After a night and a breakfast with him, people would misunderstand her even more. She had no way to explain what they had done now!

Damn it, he seemed to have done it on purpose!

Was it possible that he didn’t care about his reputation?

Nangong Ning was puzzled by Jun Qianye, for she could not understand the purpose of his behavior.

But as she had imagined, her reputation at the palace was ruined in a matter of minutes.

As soon as the maid who had sent the water to the study left, the whole palace, from Wei Chu to the servants in charge of purchasing, knew that Miss Nangong had slept in the study with their lord last night. And their lord seemed so tired that he did not have the strength to get up!

What had they done? There was no other way except for them having sex!

For a moment, the news exploded like a bomb in the mansion, and everyone was shocked!

The first person who couldn’t suppress his curiosity was Wei Cu.

Wei Chu could not understand it, for when he left the study yesterday, Jun Qianye was clearly alone! And then he advised his lord to think of her as a wife, his lord was not so happy…… What happened after that? Why did they even have sex?

With this question in mind, Wei Chu rushed straight into the study.

However at this time, the atmosphere in the study was very eerie, quiet as if a person drops a needle could be heard.

Nangong ning sat at the table while Jun Qianye sat opposite her.

She was eating with such seriousness that one might suspect she had nothing but food in her world.

Jun Qianye was eating, too, less seriously than she, but not naturally also.

“What do you want?”

Suddenly hearing the lord ask him, Wei Chu hurriedly asked, “My Lord, I heard that you… Are you all right?”

Wei Chu really did not know how to ask, and finally had to waffle, thinking, my lord would understand what I wanted to say.

But Jun Qianye just looked up at Wei Chu with an ice in his eyes, and he said, “What’s wrong with me?”

Wei Chu felt his scalp tingling and found that his lord’s eyes were penetrating.

“I……No,” Wei Chu said firmly, “I misunderstood. You must be all right my lord!”

How could he be weak from having sex with her? I must have been wrong! Wei Chu could not help looking at Nangong Ning as he thought.

Nangong Ning’s face was very dark now. She knew what Wei Chu was considering now, but she really tried to explain, and she knew she couldn’t.

She couldn’t explain it because Jun Qianye wouldn’t let her tell the truth. More importantly, the more she tried to explain it, the more complicated it would seem, and people would think she was lying.

“Have you anything else to do?” Jun Qianye asked suddenly.

Wei Chu was confused why Nangong Ning looked so energetic, but he did not dare to ask any more questions. “I’m sorry my lord, I’m all right.” Wei Chu said quickly.

Looking at Wei Chu leaving the study, Nangong Ning couldn’t eat any more. She turned to look at Jun Qianye.

Jun Qianye smiled and asked, “What are you looking at me for?”

“I think they’ll misunderstand you if you don’t tell them the truth about what we did last night. I don’t care, but your reputation is important. You don’t want to be weighed down by me, do you?” Nangong Ning said, looking across at Jun Qianye sincerely, with a kind of good look that I totally thought for you.

Jun Qianye suddenly picked up a chopstick of fish, put it into her bowl, saying, “Eat it.”

What did he mean by doing that? Nangong Ning thought, speechlessly looking at the fish without the bones in the bowl. She was afraid to eat.

“I’m serious. Could you think about what I said?”

Jun Qianye just gave her another chopstick of dish, this time with vegetable.

“The combination of meat and vegetable is good for people’s body.”

Nangong Ning felt an urge to flip the table was growing in her heart, but just then she heard footsteps. Then she saw Mr. Zong, running in, panting, with his face turning red because of too much exercise.

When Nangong Ning found that it was Mr. Zong who came in, her face suddenly turning sour. She was sure that M. Zong had come to ask the gossip also.

Mr. Zong looked at Nangong Ning first, then at Jun Qianye, and after glancing back and forth between them for a moment, he asked, “Did you have sex yesterday?”

She almost fainted when she heard this.

Jun Qianye was still relatively calm, but there was also a distinct hint of shock on his face.

Looking at the reactions of the two people in front of him, Mr. Zong realized that his words seemed a little too direct.

Mr. Zong grinned, under the eyes of the two people in front of him, unconsciously retreating two steps.

“In fact, my lord, I heard that you were a little under the weather, and I wanted to ask if you would like me to write you a prescription.”

Jun Qianye looked at Mr. Zong and said, “You hear that I’m not feeling well?”

Mr. Zong nodded and hesitated, thinking of his doctor’s station and dignity, and said, “It’s natural for you to feel ill. You’re in better health than most people, but it’s the first time you’ve done it, and you may not have the discipline to overindulge……”

The more Jun QIanye listened to Mr. Zong, the worse he looked. Nangong Ning was angry too, but she paid her most attention to the last sentence Mr. Zong said.

The first time? What? Jun Qianye was still a virgin? That’s impossible! Although he had no wife, he was ten years older than her. Shouldn’t he have had a concubine at his age? Didn’t he?

Nangong Ning looked at Jun Qianye with a look of surprise.

Jun Qianye caught her eye and gave her a glare. Startled by his gaze, Nangong Ning nearly escaped.

Suppressing her fear, Nangong Ning stood up slowly and said, “I’m full. I want to go back.”

She thought that Mr. Zong was here now, and so Jun Qianye would not stop her, would he?

To her surprise, Jun Qianye said coldly, “Sit down.”

She almost swore.

Mr. Zong didn’t understand Jun Qianye at all, and he even turned his attention to Nangong Ning again.

“Well, it’s not just my lord who needs to take some medicine, Miss Nangong, you take some also. I’ll give you a prescription, too. You need to take good care of your body.”

“I don’t need it!” ‘Nangong Ning shouted, gritting her teeth, looked worse.

“You don’t?” Mr. Zong was confused this, looking at Nangong Ning’s face and suddenly finding that he understood her, and said, “Well, you don’t have to be embarrassed. And since you’re not married to my lord yet, how about a bowl of Contraceptive Soup first?”

Nangong Ning was speechless, feeling that she was going to be angry with Mr. Zong.

Just at that moment, Jun Qianye said, “Do not talk anymore.”

“Oh?” Mr. Zong looked at Jun Qianye in confusion and then he looked at Nangong Ning again. From Mr. Zong’s eyes Nangong Ning could understand that Mr. Zong wanted to say, ‘I’m worried about your health, Miss Nangong. Are you sure you don’t need medicine?’

Nangong Ning felt another rush of anger burning inside her.

Jun Qianye said again, “Go out.”

Mr. Zong was shocked and a little confused. It seemed that till now he suddenly realized that Jun Qianye was angry and his lord was glaring at him coldly. Mr. Zong found that he might have said something wrong. He dared not stay in the study any longer, but looked at Nangong Ning again and went out reluctantly.

“You…”

“If you say one more word, will you believe that I will make the gossip a reality now?” said Jun Qianye threateningly, turning to stare at Nangong Ning.

She was shocked by his words.

What does he mean? Make the gossip a reality?

Again Jun Qianye ordered coldly, “Sit down and go on eating!”

Nangong Ning felt her scalp tingled with his words and her body was sitting on pins and needles, but now she could only pretend to be calm.

In the strange atmosphere, they finished having breakfast, and Jun Qianye finally allowed her to leave. Nangong Ning almost ran back to her yard.

Once inside, ignoring the strange and confused glances of the maids, Nangong Ning rushed straight back into the bedroom and closed the door.

Nangong Ning had barely caught her breath when a familiar male voice across the way asked her, “What happened last night?” She looked up and saw that the window was open and Su Yuan was standing there with his arms folded. The expression on his face was inquisitive, and even skeptical.