Lu Ying just liked her coquettish and pretentious demeanor.
He rubbed her earlobe and kissed her lips. "I will protect you."
Shen Yinning whimpered softly and collapsed in his arms, but her gaze concealed a hint of calculation. She kissed Lu Ying's thin lips. "Your Highness, could you also visit the Duke Mansion tomorrow? My younger siblings will surely bully me. I am fragile and timid, and I hope Your Highness can protect me..."
Fragile and timid...
Lu Ying could never associate those words with Shen Yinning.
He replied indifferently, "Let's see how you behave."
Thus, the carriage didn't return to Lotus Lane but proceeded directly to Shen Garden.
Dusk settled, and Haitang and Gui Quan were waiting under the corridor, listening to the sounds coming from within the room, their faces flushed with embarrassment as they dared not raise their heads.
Only when the moon was high in the sky did Lu Ying summon Water inside.
