Li Xingyi kept his mouth shut and looked at Jiang Yule with an intriguing gaze. The old gardener stomped in angrily, but when he saw just who it was sitting at the dining table, he immediately stopped in his tracks. "I'm so sorry, Master Li…"
He usually worked in the garden and would not come to the main house unless there was something important. However, he was furious today and wanted to ask Aunt Wang to help him find the person who lacked basic manners. He did not expect to see the master, who had not returned for more than half a year.
Looking at Jiang Yule, who was shivering at the dining table, the old gardener knew that the madam still could not win the master's favor. 'How pitiful.'
"Whatever it is, we'll talk about it tomorrow. Do not disturb the master's meal." Aunt Wang said with a frown. The gardener ran out without looking back. "I'm sorry, Master Li. I didn't educate everyone well enough. That's why they are acting so unruly." Aunt Wang lowered her head and said guiltily.
The sudden farce made Li Xingyi lose his appetite. He stood up and walked to Jiang Yule. The man's white shirt was rolled up to his elbows, revealing a well-defined forearm. With a broad shoulder and long legs, he had the mature body of a man that anyone would find hard not to admire.
Jiang Yule could feel the man's breath suddenly on her, which caused her body to tremble imperceptibly, and she felt that she had started blushing. She shyly lowered her eyes slightly and could not bring herself to look at him. She could only stare at his long legs.
'Why are you only wearing one single layer of pants instead of two layers? When you get older, you're going to suffer from arthritis. By then, I'll bring you to some random dance studio and force you to watch me as I happily dance away with some other old man.'
Li Xingyi's gaze moved down and landed on her slender and fair calf. 'How could this woman have the gall to think that way about me?'
As if she felt his gaze, Jiang Yule pulled her legs back. 'Can this guy tell that I'm actually wearing multiple layers? …No, it couldn't be.'
Li Xingyi pursed his lips. He really wanted to ask her why she referred to him with the title 'this guy'. He was a 188-meter tall, overbearing CEO with a fortune of tens of billions.
This probing gaze fell on Aunt Wang and Yang Chen, who did not know that he could hear Jiang Yule's thoughts. They both found the situation strange. The master and the madam had been married for two years, and it had always been the madam who put up with his cold behavior. However, the master seemed to have changed. Not only did he take the initiative to ask about t madam's recent situation, he was also staring at the madam in front of the two of them for the first time.
Was it love after marriage?
Under the gaze of everyone present, Jiang Yule slowly raised her head, and her clear eyes were filled with a layer of mist that made people unable to help but feel pity for her. "Master Li, please don't be angry. Uncle Sun didn't mean to disturb your meal. Are you feeling better? You didn't seem to have any appetite just now. Ever since I found out that you were sick, I couldn't eat or drink. I couldn't even swallow."
'The fried skewers just now were a little salty. I should have ordered some bottles of soda to go with them.'
Li Xingyi wanted to get out immediately after hearing that.
"Master Li, aren't you going to eat some more? Why are you leaving so soon?" Aunt Wang asked as she watched him turn around and leave without hesitation.
"The master won't be staying here tonight." Yang Chen answered for him,
Jiang Yule, who was standing behind them, could not help but smile smugly. 'Oh, Little Li Xingyi, you're still too young to go against me.'
Li Xingyi paused, but he did not turn around. After walking out of the house, he turned to Yang Chen and said, "Make an appointment for tomorrow with a psychiatrist for me."
Chen Yang looked puzzled. Could it be that the master sensed that his wife had finally wormed her way into his heart, and he could not bring himself to accept that? And that he's suspecting that there's something wrong with his head instead?
"Yes, but Master Li… Didn't you come back here today for the sake of the young master?" he reminded him.
Li Xingyi glanced at him indifferently, and the man immediately broke out in a cold sweat. "I apologize, I've overstepped my boundaries."
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After Li Xingyi's figure disappeared from sight, Jiang Yule slowly moved to the chair beside the dining table and weakly sat on it. She did not know why, but the moment Li Xingyi left, her body began to ache uncontrollably. It was so painful that she broke out in a cold sweat.
'Is it because I didn't cry and beg Li Xingyi to stay, so the damn system decided that I violated the character setting again?
Just as she was feeling puzzled, she heard a voice she had never heard before call to her in her mind.
Jiang Yule was so scared that she had goosebumps. However, she did not have any strength left in her body, and she could not even move her fingers. 'Who are you? Why are you in my head?'