After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 524: Mourning

"If you really miss your child, how about I take you back to see him? If you still want him back..."

"No need, I'm just a little worried that the child will miss me while in the palace."

Lin Rusi glanced indifferently at the person next to her, and seeing that he still had no intention of revealing Shen Liuying's identity, she glanced indifferently to the other side.

Noticing the fleeting gaze, Li Jingyang hugged the person tightly.

"This will be over soon, and we'll be back soon. Otherwise, I can have my bodyguards take a look too."

"No need. That will only make Changning want to find us more. It's better to just take her home and apologize when we go back."

“He understands everything; that child is very smart.”

Lin Rusi raised her hand and pushed the person away. She then used the water she had just asked for to wipe her face before taking off her outer clothes to rest.

"Let me help you undress, madam."

But she didn't say a word, she simply slapped the hand away and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"I'm not feeling well, you should rest next door tonight."

"Why do we have to rest separately? Is my wife disliking me?"

Li Jingyang tried to move closer, but his arm was slapped away by that hand.

Never did he expect it to be like this. He stood there dumbfounded by the bed, watching the person shrink into the blanket and curl up into a ball, no longer moving.

"Madam hasn't eaten yet, why don't you eat something before going to sleep?"

The lack of response only fueled Li Jingyang's frustration, making him want to pull the person out of the blankets and demand an explanation.

But her even breathing made it seem like she was fast asleep, so I could only turn around and leave the room.

Originally, I planned to ask again the next day, but when Li Jingyang came back, Lin Rusi was pretending to be asleep in the next room, so there was no way to ask her.

Unable to understand why, he could no longer hold back on the fourth day and directly pulled Lin Rusi, who was curled up in the quilt, into his arms.

"Why is Madam treating me like this? Have I done something wrong?"

"That's not true."

Lin Rusi didn't want to get entangled with anyone, so she pretended to be sleepy, couldn't help but yawn, and just lay in the other person's arms.

Long, delicate eyelashes concealed the melancholy in her eyes.

"What have you been busy with these days? Are you really that tired? Or is there something wrong with your health?"

"Poisoning, or is she pregnant again?"

Speaking of the latter, Li Jingyang had already placed his hand on Lin Rusi's abdomen, seemingly wanting to resolve the problem.

Sensing the warmth and the force from it, he immediately shook off the hand.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to kill me because I'm pregnant?"

"No! How could I? I just don't want you to suffer anymore. Promise me you won't have any more children, okay?"

The helplessness he felt at that time truly made Li Jingyang want to kill his own pleasure-seeking self.

Hearing the suppressed words, Lin Rusi knew that the other party was not faking it, and looked up to stare directly into those eyes.

“I am not pregnant. I am just coordinating food supplies and assisting homeless refugees. I am currently collecting information.”

“These things can be done by the guards. You can’t go out; it’s too chaotic and unsafe outside.”

Hearing these familiar instructions, she could only turn her head to look at the person next to her and ignore them.

This sight worried Li Jingyang even more, and he gripped her slender arm tightly with both hands.

Promise me.

"Okay, I won't go out. Can I sleep now? I have so much to do every day, this is the only time I can rest."

He yawned twice more as he spoke, and reached out his uncontrollable hand to grab the blanket on the table.

Seeing this, Li Jingyang could only carefully put the person under the covers, but did not leave. Instead, he stuffed a piece of dried fruit into the other person's mouth.

"This is something I recently bought, and I wanted to send it to you because you like to eat it."

"I've put it on the table; you must take it with you when you go out tomorrow."

"understood."

Lin Rusi calmly withdrew her gaze, then turned over and shrank into the blanket, no longer meeting the eyes of that figure.

The next day.

She glanced at the dried fruit on the table, but without thinking, she looked away and left.

There weren't many troubles today, so Lin Rusi sat down in her shop, watching people busy at work while she did the accounting.

After all, the situation outside was relatively calm, and the city itself naturally began to recover slightly.

However, they were still worried about some bandits outside, so they dared not go out to buy goods and could only open the store to do business with the existing stock.

Lin Rusi has a large group of people, so she doesn't need to worry about these things. Her business is booming, and her ledger has grown quite a bit.

But those people were extremely busy, so only she could do the accounting and find out if there had been any losses recently.

It's not about worrying about gains and losses, but rather that this is how we can understand whether everyone has recovered.

After finally finishing the calculations, Lin Rusi felt exhausted. She put down the ledger and went outside, where she heard greetings from all around her.

Being overly enthusiastically cared for only made me more tired, so I could only turn my gaze in another direction and, after confirming that there weren't too many people, I immediately went over there.

But what she didn't expect was that as soon as she stood up, she heard a familiar voice coming from over.

"Why is Madam here? She seems a bit flustered, as if something has happened?"

Who are you? Why are you staring at me?

Shen Liuying did not expect Lin Rusi to react this way. She hesitated for a long time before finally turning her gaze back to that delicate little face.

"Madam, what are you saying? We met once at the inn, have you forgotten?"

"Have you seen it before? Why am I unaffected? Or are you trying to get something out of me?"

Ignoring the other person's changing expression, Lin Rusi directly raised her hand to the guards, ordering them to separate the person.

Although the other party knew that Shen Liuying was brought by Li Jingyang, compared to Lin Rusi's status, she was nothing, so they naturally separated the two.

But Shen Liuying was no ordinary person; she easily bypassed the unsuspecting guards and landed back beside Lin Rusi.

When their eyes met, she smiled and leaned close to the other person's ear.

"You're really shameless. Stealing other people's things like that, aren't you afraid someone will come and steal them from you?"

"What do you mean by other people's things? Why do you always say such nonsensical things?"

Hearing Lin Rusi's murmur, Shen Liuying let out a soft hum and continued speaking.

"What isn't yours will never truly belong to you. It's best to return what truly belongs to the rightful owner as soon as possible, otherwise... ah!"

At this point, Shen Liuying seemed to be shoved and fell backward in a disheveled state.

Lin Rusi noticed this, but did not make a move. Instead, she crossed her arms and stared straight at the other person.

And how could Shen Liuying not make a move, directly making herself even more disheveled?

"I have no grudge against you, why are you treating me like this?"

"What are you saying? I don't understand."

Lin Rusi stepped forward and stared intently at Shen Liuying, as if trying to see what was on her mind.