His Rui

When Xi Ying reached the Xi Manor, it was already the lunch time.

So he first had lunch with his wife and son. During lunch, he especially paid attention to Li Rui. This time she didn't vomit, fortunately.

He was relieved but at the same time, a little confused as to what happened in the morning. It was not Xi Ying's fault. He just wanted to rest assured that his wife and child were healthy and fine.

So he thought of calling the old physician who was still residing in the Xi Manor. 

It was only when Li Hua informed him that Li Rui would feel nauseous on smelling something greasy did he came to understand a little how it worked.

Li Hua also told Xi Ying that she and Liu Lan had already presented many dishes in front of Li Rui and they also had made a separate list for what made her feel nauseous or whatnot. 

Hearing this, Xi Ying remembered he had put a dish on Li Rui's plate in the morning. It was made in oil. No wonder she suddenly felt nauseous.

Coming to know of this information, Xi Ying couldn't help but feel guilty while Li Rui who sensed this, felt funny seeing this.

Sometimes she could see a 'big Xi Ling' Xi Ying.

She smiled softly and said

"It's alright. You didn't know."

The 'big Xi Ling' looked a little pacified, however, it didn't last long. Because the little bun perhaps could not see his father's happiness for too long.

"Father, why didn't you know? You must be here at Xi Ling's time…so how could Father not know?"

Xi Ying stiffened completely for a few moments.

Li Rui obviously noticed it.

Li Hua who was standing behind her mistress had her lips pressed in a thin line. The loyal maid who had just started to be a little bit respectful to Xi Ying suddenly started to wonder whether she was doing right.

She remembered her mistress' pale face from four years ago as she and Li Mei had lied to her that young Master would be returned to her after she would complete her confinement. However, both of them were easily caught by their mistress.   

Then Li Hua remembered the way she had seen Lord Xi protecting her mistress.

Li Hua was not unaware that someone was behind her mistress life.

The three maids Li Zhan, Li Hua, and Li Mei, the three of them were told this by General Li when they were kept at Li Rui's side although Li Mei a little later because she was too young when she was brought to the Li Manor. 

The three maids had even witnessed a few attacks on Li Rui …sometimes hidden or sometimes direct. They had even worked according to General Li to hide everything from Li Rui.

That's why, that day when she saw Xi Ying protecting Li Rui so nicely, she couldn't help but feel that no matter how he was before, currently, he was the only person who was capable of protecting her mistress.

And hence she couldn't help but feel that she should be respectful to him. However, the current discussion suddenly made her wonder how exactly her mistress was seeing the face of the man who separated her from her child.   

The atmosphere suddenly became a little tense.

It was Xi Ying who broke this silence. His lips had a bitter and regretful smile as he stared at his son and said

"I was not here with your mother at that time. She gave you birth alone."

Xi Ling's big black eyes went wide for a moment. They moved to his mother and then to his father again. A moment later, he seemed to realize something and suddenly went silent.             

The little bun knew that his father and mother had some misunderstandings due to which his father kept him away from his mother thinking that his mother didn't want him.

But now he seems to realize that this misunderstanding was going on even before he was born.

Xi Ling was a little unhappy on knowing this.

Xi Ying's body was still a little stiff, however, he didn't what he should say. The next moment, he was surprised when he heard Li Rui's soft voice.

"Xiao Ling should not blame Father. Your Father was sent to the borders by the Emperor at that time and hence could not accompany Mother."

Xi Ling felt a little pacified on hearing this while Xi Ying's suddenly felt a strange warmness inside his heart. His hand slowly went to hold Li Rui's hand under the table.

When he held her hand, she looked towards him. At that moment, he couldn't help but wonder while looking in those clean black eyes just what kind of good deeds he must have done to get this woman.

Perhaps it was this quality of hers that made him wish not to let her go even though he couldn't see any affection for himself in her eyes.

This atmosphere ended with Xi Ling's voice again …rather an innocent and funny question.   

"Xi Ling understands that Father was not here but where was Xi Ling. In the absence of Father, it was Xi Ling's duty to take care of Mother."

The hall was silent for a moment and the next moment everyone burst out in loud laughter.

The maids who were standing a few steps away were laughing while covering their mouths. Li Rui chuckled on seeing the silly and confused expression on Xi Ling's face while Xi Ying was looking at his son with amusement.

"When you got to know that you are going to get a new sibling, you had said proudly that you knew where he or she was. How can you be so stupid not to know where you were at that time?"

He asked his son in a tone as if he was declaring him a stupid child.

Xi Ling pouted but a moment later, when he registered his father's words in his mind, his eyes went wide and he stared at his mother's stomach with a stupid expression on his face.

He then looked at his body and said

"Even though Xi Ling knows that Xi Ling was a baby four years ago but still how can Xi Ling come in Mother's stomach."

It didn't feel weird when he had thought that his brother or sister was inside his mother's stomach but thinking that he also had been there once ...it was completely unbelievable for him. 

"How Can Xi Ling not remember all this?"

The innocent words made everyone laugh again.

It was only Xi Ying who sighed helplessly as he knew very well who would become the target of these innocent questions. Xi Ling would not leave him until he would answer them.

And hence Lord Xi now started to wonder just how would he answer the questions of his son.