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

When the man glanced sideways, he noticed her nervousness and then looked down again. He couldn't help but fret for her, 'What a disaster!'

When everyone moved their spoons and had some soups, Luo Lixi nervously asked, "How is it? Is it good enough?"

Wei Airan calmly put down the bowl and smiled, "Why don't you try it?"

Luo Lixi nodded and then lifted her bowl. As soon as she drank a bit, she paused in disbelief. She looked down in her own bowl and thought in wonder, 'Why is it so tasty? Is it even the same thing I made?!'

Luo Lixi pondered and drank again and again until she finished hers. Aunt Lin took her bowl and filled it again. Luo Lixi happily drank again. Sheng Ruming saw her smiling face with relief and smirked, 'This fool…' 

Even though he ridiculed her, Sheng Ruming couldn't stop the smile from breaking out as he saw her smiling brightly. 

On the other hand, Luo Lixi was beyond ecstatic as she thought, 'Ah! I didn't make a blunder! What a relief! Does the saltiness go down after the food cools down?'

Luo Lixi mulled over in silence and soon forgot it as she began to enjoy her food alongside everyone.

…

When they were done eating, Wei Airan elegantly wiped her lips and put down the napkin. Then she turned to Luo Lixi and then Sheng Ruming. 

With a compassionate smile, she said, "Lixi, you have made such a good dinner. I am impressed! Didn't think that you could cook so well! It's very rare to see this among recent generations."

Luo Lixi became embarrassed and murmured with a red face, "It's nothing, you flatter me. I am glad you like it, aunty."

Sheng Ruming saw his mother's unusual behaviour and couldn't help but think, 'What is Ma up to this time?'

Currently, Wei Airan had the same kind of expression when she would wait for someone to fall into her trap. As the only dear son, Sheng Ruming had already gone through such situations a lot. Not to mention, Sheng Haotin.

Wei Airan began to say slowly and calmly as she gazed at them, "Well, now that I am satisfied with your food, it's time for me to give you a gift, my dear daughter in law!"

"Ah?" Luo Lixi shook her hands frantically and spoke out, "No need. No need. You have already given me so many things. I don't need more. Your praise is enough for me."

Wei Airan's smile deepened as she shook her head, "It's our tradition to give gifts to the new daughter in law after she makes food for the family. It's kind of a blessing. Don't say you don't want a gift! Tomorrow, you will get the gift from Aunt Lin."

Luo Lixi could only nod and thanked her again for her gifts. After they were done, finally everyone went back to their separate rooms. When Luo Lixi picked up the book from the table, Sheng Ruming noticed it and his dark eyes darkened further. 

…

As soon as they arrived in front of their bedroom, Sheng Ruming grabbed her waist and dragged her towards him, whispering in her ears, "Why are you avoiding my eyes, Hmm? Did you do something wrong?"

Luo Lixi felt the familiar tingly feeling in her chest and tried to make some distance between the two by her hands and pushed him back, only for him to tighten his grip on her waist. In the end, she snorted and whispered, "Who did wrong? Go check! Don't bother me!"

After saying that, she looked elsewhere except him and whispered, "People are so busy. Can't even spare one minute to call! Humph! Annoying!"

Sheng Ruming pinched her nose lightly and said, "Mother told me not to call you and disturb your time with her, that's why…"

"..." Luo Lixi thought, 'Do you really want me to believe you?!'

"You wronged me… " Sheng Ruming saw her doubtful face and rubbed his face on the crook of her neck. When he opened his mouth to bite her, his phone made a loud sound. 

Cring~ [The sound of incoming message~]

The man who was planning to steal some sweets from his beloved woman stopped in his tracks in annoyance and took out his phone to check. 'It better be something important or else…'

Sheng Ruming took out to see the message, only for Luo Lixi to get a chance to break free from his grasp and enter their bedroom. His irritation soured to several folds. 

But as soon as he saw the message, Sheng Ruming's eyes violently twisted. 

[... Boss, please go inside your room and continue - Xiao Huang.]

…

After Sheng Ruming entered the room, his eyes desperately sought out the lady who escaped from him earlier, only to see her reading her book on a couch with a peaceful face. 

Sheng Ruming went beside her and stared down. But she didn't budge. In the end, he said with a doting manner as he rubbed her head gently, "From tomorrow, I will call you every hour, okay?"

Luo Lixi moved her head away from his evil clutches and murmured, "No need. Don't become crazy now…" 

While saying, her voice vanished away as she tried to concentrate on her book. Sheng Ruming shot a jealous look at the book and whispered, "What is so interesting about it? You should only touch me and look at me at night!" 

After saying this, he snatched away the book and threw it away which angered her a lot, "Hey! You!" 

Luo Lixi's eyes enlarged when she was picked up by him and dropped on top of the bed. She hurriedly crawled in one corner and crossed her arms in front of her chest in self-defence, "Don't touch me, your devil!"

In return, the man showed a very disgustingly wicked smile which made her body shiver in fright. After he was satisfied by her reaction, Sheng Ruming went away and returned with a medicine box. When she saw him taking out an injection from it, she shivered for the second time. 

'I don't want to…' As she thought, Luo Lixi slowly turned around and tried to run away but…

"Got you!" The man shouted as he caught her ankle and jumped on the bed as well. One hand gripped the injection tightly and the another grabbed her ankle tightly. 

With the black eyes which said 'the world is so cruel! I want to die!', she glanced at the injection but the young man didn't look at her eyes directly and dragged her towards the edge of the bed. "Stay still. You have brought this upon yourself! How can you be so careless! Even 24 hours long intense guard will be futile if you don't stay alert!"

As he scolded her, then one by one he gave her injections and medicines. Luo Lixi grabbed her head and rubbed it, "My head hurts! Don't give me more tablets!"

"These three are the last ones!" Sheng Ruming said with a deadpan expression. With a face that seemed would cry at any moment, Luo Lixi ate away the million-dollar worth of medicines!

After she was done, she dropped on the bed on her back and whispered with bitterness in her heart and mind… also her mouth! "Why ten tablets? At this rate, my blood will become thick!"

Sheng Ruming crawled on top of her and gently nudged on her bottom lips while mumbling, "Only for today. From tomorrow, only three injections and five tablets."

"...only?!"

"Hmm."

At his reply, Luo Lixi wrapped herself in the blanket and made a cocoon. Then the distressed caterpillar named Luo Lixi hid her pain and hid inside her cover. Sheng Ruming became the silk and wrapped her body with his warmth tightly. 

…

The next day. 

Luo Lixi stared at the tall ten storeyed building in front of her and turned to look down on the legal papers in her hands. Her face became gloomy and her lips pressed against each other tightly. 

Sheng Ruming saw her speechless expression and felt amused inwardly. He patted her shoulder and asked, "What's wrong?"

She became distracted as she mumbled, "Ruming, doesn't… aunty like me?"

Sheng Ruming chuckled as he wrapped her shoulder with his arm and murmured as they made their way to the building, "Why ask?"

She turned to him and asked with awkwardness, "Then… why did she tell me to live here?"

"Didn't she also tell me to live here with you?" Sheng Ruming asked as he clicked for the 9th floor's button. 

Even now, he felt like laughing out loud when he remembered the words his mother had said secretly before he left the mansion with Luo Lixi. 

'Deepen your feelings with your wife first! What will she do with us old people all day long?! It's better if you two live around the company! Just come to see us at weekends! Get out!' Wei Airan said and then chased them out of the Sheng Villa.