Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

Right then, Sheng Ruming raised his face and told her with impatience, "Aren't you on your period? Why are you wearing such clothes?! Even your legs have turned pale... " 

The man stood up and stared at her eyes, Luo Lixi saw his concern and anxiety from those black orbs, "Perhaps you are losing too much blood. We should go to the hospital."

"..."

Sheng Ruming hurriedly went to bring her clothes. Luo Lixi saw the man take out one random top and handed it to her quickly. 

"Hurry up. We can't delay."

The speechless woman glanced at his panicking face, her lips showed obvious disdain. "Hey, you are giving me a shawl to wear?"

"..." 

The man paused and took the black, sparkling material. It turned out the thing she had said. Thus he turned out to pick a proper dress for her. Suddenly he was caught by her.

"Ruming, don't. It's normal to lose some blood. Also, my legs are always like this. You don't have to panic." 

Sheng Ruming turned around and grabbed her shoulders. Then he bent down and whispered, "You were in a coma because of blood loss and injury. Your body can't afford to lose blood. Haven't you noticed it's your first menstrual cycle after you have woken up?"

Luo Lixi didn't think so much at first and only concluded that the man was being hasty for nothing. Now that he told her these, it made sense to her. 

"Ruming, it's alright. On top of that, for some reason, I don't have the cramps I used to feel in the past." She held his hands and murmured, "It's okay."

With a suspicious glare, he examined both her expressions. Then he turned her around and checked her body for making sure she wasn't lying. It made her more amused and she had the urge to chuckle.

However, when he tugged on her bathrobe, her gloating face vanished right away. "I shall check that place in case…"

However, she pressed down on his hand and exclaimed, "You don't need to. You are crazy! Don't even think about it." Her breaths turned ragged and all her skin blushed out of shame.

"Don't be like this. What will I do if you fall ill because of this?" Sheng Ruming clutched her two hands with his left hand and tried to lift her cloth but Luo Lixi protested.

"If you dare to peek, I.. I… forget about marriage! I won't stay with you in the same room and return to my grandfather!" Hearing her threats which sounded more like pleading, the man sighed and let her go. 

'Sigh! How dense can he be to think I will let him see?! Shameless, humph!... but I like it…' A huge smile was threatening to break out but she controlled it down. 

Sheng Ruming felt incredulous when her sigh was heard by him. He was displeased by her huge reaction. 'She is acting as if she has just evaded a huge calamity. Was I doing something wrong?'

"Why don't you let me? It's not like I haven't seen any parts of yours…" The man stated with such a straight face that Luo Lixi felt like screaming.

"Don't say such cheesy lines. These two matters… are different… acchhoo!" From the open windows, cold natural airs were coming. Because of this, her body began to shiver and all the airs of her stood on their edges.

"Your constitution is perfect for viruses to make a villa in your body. Such a poor immune system! I feel like even being fat isn't helping you in any way." The man rubbed his chin and told her without much thinking. 

Luo Lixi couldn't bear it anymore. She grabbed his hands and shook them violently, "Ruming, tell me honestly. Am I fat?! In reality? Tell me...." She didn't let him go and shook his hands more.

Sheng Ruming swapped his eyes around her body, deep in thoughts. She didn't disturb him and waited for him to say with honesty.

After a while, the man however smiled with hidden intentions and whispered beside her ear, "How can I say without checking your body? Let me see and then I'll say if you are or not…" 

"You…" Luo Lixi pointed her forefinger at him and glared with anger. The man however showed her obvious innocence. Because of this, her hands shook. "Forget it." 

She turned around and entered the washroom. Then her eyes examined the reflection and sneered, "I am not fat. Not even a bit!" She said loud enough for the other person to hear. 

Her cheeks were patted by her palms as she muttered, "Such a tease… "Her neck turned more pink unbeknownst to her.

*** ***

Yan Ruomin returned to her room and shut the door with anger. "You have returned so early?" Her mother asked without looking at her.

While drinking her tea, Su Mengsi was busy reading a magazine she always liked to read. 

Yan Ruomin saw this and with sheer resentment, she went beside her mother. Then without saying anything she snatched the thing from her mother and shouted in anger, "Ma, you have to avenge me!" 

Su Mengsi's hand paused in mid-air by her blatant disrespect. "You should conduct with reservation or how will people say… ah?!" 

At first, Su Mengsi was startled and started to criticise the other one without properly looking at Yan Ruomin's face. But when she did she was taken aback. 

"Why are your eyes swollen?" Su Mengsi frowned. 

But Yan Ruomin got down on her knees and showed her forehead to her mother, "Ma, can't you see something is wrong?" Her finger pointed to the center of her temple. Her tone was bubbling with grief and fragility as if she was bullied by someone.

Her mother put her hand on her temple and rubbed it gently. Her confused stare made Yan Ruomin more angry.

"Am I supposed to see something here?" The woman murmured. Yan Ruomin felt her mother was totally and utterly useless.