His Rui

It took the old physician a few moments to register Xi Ying's question in his mind.

However, when he did, he suddenly didn't feel afraid of the coldness in Xi Ying's eyes and said with a black face.

"Is it something that I need to tell you? You are already a father of a child yet you want me to tell you something like this."

For a moment, the coldness vanished away from Xi Ying's face after hearing what the old physician said. On his emotionless face, a startled expression formed and soon a distant look in his eyes.

Yes, he was a father of a child.

But he never was there to tend to his Rui when she was with Xi Ling.

So how could he perhaps know anything about all these measures that he needed to keep in his mind during Rui's pregnancy?

It was a deep regret inside Xi Ying's heart. He had thought that since Li Rui was pregnant now so both of them would be able to live the memories they missed.

Rui didn't see how Xi Ling grew in those three years and he didn't witness what all she went through during her pregnancy.

He wanted to know it.

He wished to know each and everything about her.

And that's why, even though their unborn child was a fruit of only his one sided-love, he still cherished and adored him very much.

He didn't regret anything and hoped that Li Rui will not also.

Xi Ying came out of his trance suddenly when his attention went to some other thing.

"How did you know that this Lord already has a child?"

Xi Ying's cold eyes were now sharp again as he looked at the old physician. His fingers tapped on the scabbard on his waist continuously as if he couldn't wait to take out his sword. 

He remembered very clearly that the old physician never saw Xi Ling and he was sure that no servant in a manor now will dare to talk to a person and reveal something to a stranger.

He had assured that himself.   

If a single servant of Xi Manor dared to behave like those previous servants, he will never tolerate it. So how did the old physician come to know that he had a son?

Many possibilities flashed in Xi Ying's mind and he couldn't help but believe them. The old physician was silent so with no other way left, Xi Ying did what he knew to do. 

The next moment, the sword was pointed at the old physician's neck and he heard Xi Ying's cold voice   

"Speak else you won't be able to speak in your whole life again."

The old physician gulped. In the end, he loved his life and said casually 

"Young Man, I say that you get angry too easily."

Saying this, the physician raised his finger to touch the sword. However, he was shocked when his finger had just touched and the blood started to flow out from that spot.

Seeing Xi Ying's sharp eyes, he suddenly could not decide which one out of the two was actually sharper.

"I had taken your wife's pulse. Did you forget, Young Man?"

Xi Ying's eyes narrowed a little after the old physician finished. So the old physician continued in case Xi Ying didn't believe him.

"I am saying the truth. Believe me. I really found it out from taking your wife's pulse."

Xi Ying didn't say anything. He just stared at the old physician and a few moments later, he put down his sword and put it back into its scabbard.

The old physician sighed in relief when he saw that Xi Ying was turning around and walking away from him. 

After sitting back on his chair, Xi Ying again looked at him and said coldly.

"Don't sit idly in my Manor. Write all the precautions that my wife needs to take during this period. I want them in two days."

The old physician who just a moment ago was full of relief again had his eyes wide full of shock. Staring at Xi Ying with his angry eyes and trembling beard, he said   

"Young Man, you better let me go from here. Do you believe me if I say that I will tell you something wrong if you kept me here against my will?"

Xi Ying's hand that was going forward to pick his book again stopped suddenly.

"You dare."

He raised his eyebrows as he stared at the old physician coldly. 

The old physician was indeed very terrified and instantly shook his head in 'no'.

Xi Ying was satisfied seeing this and ordered him to get out. After that, he started to read his book again. On the other hand, the old physician who was yet to leave looked at Xi Ying's head with annoyance-filled eyes.

He promised his heart that he would leave this place sooner or later …and very much alive.

The old physician left and all the shadow guards stepped inside again the study room with Xi Ying's permission.

"An Si, Investigate this physician."

Xi Ying said coldly as he raised his head and choose An Si.

He remembered very clearly how, that day, the physician was clearly looking as if he didn't know much about medicines and herbs. However, today he suddenly accepted that he could even tell how many times a woman has been pregnant just by taking her pulse.

Either he was pretending that day or he was lying today.

And both of them demanded a very good reason from the old physician and suspicion from Xi Ying. He had kept him in his Manor because the old physician knew that Rui was pregnant.

Xi Ying doesn't want many people to know about this thing at this moment …especially those who could bring danger to Li Rui.

However, he had not thought that even a random physician brought by his shadow guard would make him suspicious about himself.   

An Si immediately stepped forward and bowed his head respectfully.

"This servant will do as the Master said."

After that, Xi Ying looked at An Ping and asked coldly

"An San …what has he been doing for this past month?"

An Ping's face didn't have any emotion as he stepped forward and told Xi Ying about all the suspicious activities An San had done during this time.

After hearing everything from An Ping, Xi Ying was very satisfied with the fact that An Ping didn't seem to be hiding anything from him.

"An Ping, We will need him very soon."

An Ping understood what his master was saying. He couldn't let An San feel suspicious when his master will suddenly calls him.

"This servant will obey Master."

After a long meeting of about two hours with his shadow guards where he assigned them some new works and checked the progress of the previous works, Xi Ying went to the PPlum Courtyard again.

The sun was about to set down.

Liu Lan was still standing outside Li Rui's room when Xi Ying reached there however now one more person accompanied her and that person was Li Hua.

Xi Ying's eyes flickered with surprise when he saw Li Hua bowing her head with Liu Lan as soon as both the maids felt his presence.

Li Hua had never bowed her head in front of him before.

Xi Ying never minded her cold behavior. In his eyes, she was just a person, Li Rui cherished a lot and hence he can't let any harm come to her to make sure that Rui stay happy.         

So still maintaining an indifferent face, he went inside the room.

The cold and indifference vanished away from his eyes when he saw the scene inside the room.

Gentleness surfaced through his eyes when he saw his three-year-old son lying on the bed beside Li Rui. His fist held his mother's pinky finger as if he was afraid that he would wake her up with more contact.

Without making any noise, Xi Ying moved towards the large bed.

He first put a pillow on Xi Ling's side. Although Xi Ling didn't move much during his sleep, Xi Ying had this habit when he had seen little Xi Ling almost falling down from the bed in front of his eyes.   

After making sure that Xi Ling was completely safe with the wall of long pillows, Xi Ying walked to the other side of the bed and lied down beside his wife.

He carefully moved closer to Li Rui and put one of his arms around her waist. His son's sleeping face was in his sight and it didn't look pale at all like his dream.

The sweet scent from his wife invaded his nostrils soothing his scent…something that was completely different from the bloody smell from his dream.

Xi Ying's eyes were filled with tears and he closed them immediately hiding his weakness, pain, and everything else.

This life …he will not let anything go wrong.