The Marquis Is Innocent

“Don’t you want to ask how I met you here?”

A moment later, he asked.

Xiao Qiao said, “I don’t want to know!”

Wei Shao said, “I came down to pick you up.”

Xiao Qiao was stunned, then beamed, ” It must be Grandmother who sent you to pick me up. I also know you don’t like it. It’s hard on you.”

Wei Shao shook his head, “I wanted to pick you up myself.”

Xiao Qiao squinted at him.

“I ……”

Wei Shao seemed to hesitate, and halfway through the sentence, there was a pause.

” I miss you very much. Missed you to the bone.”

He gazed at her and slowly said word by word.

She never thought he would say such things, and when he said it, he was serious.

Xiao Qiao was inevitably surprised and felt awkward.

When he finished, his eyes looked at her without blinking. Her cheeks couldn’t help but slowly burn up. She turned her face away from his attention and said with a hum, “I don’t believe it. You use the honeyed words to coax people!”

Wei Shao gazed at her flushed cheeks. His voice unconsciously softer: “Have you ever heard me say nice things to coax a woman? I want to see you as soon as possible.”

Xiao Qiao glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. Her pretty, pointed chin remained still, not saying a word.

Wei Shao said: “When I returned to Yu Yang from the Shang Dang expedition, I left the army halfway before we arrived. I rushed day and night and finally returned home ten days early. When I arrived home, it was already midnight. The first person I wanted to see was you. When I entered the house, I realized you were not at home. Those few nights, I could not sleep well. I was thinking about you and didn’t care about anything else during the day. I missed you to the bone. Grandmother should have seen it, so she asked me to pick you up. I went south immediately. Traveled day and night, almost exhausted several horses to death, and finally arrived at your home in East County, but you had left for Lingbi. I rushed to Lingbi again, and after several twists and turns, I arrived at the place and heard you had returned north. I was unwilling. I went after you again without resting and found the Yellow River frozen. At first, I thought you had crossed the river, and I was trapped on the south bank, my heart ……”

He frowned and sighed, “Fortunately, it was just a false alarm. It turns out you were slower than me. We can count it as I pick you up.”

Xiao Qiao was surprised this time. For a moment, she looked at him in a daze.

” You are the first woman I have treated like this.”

Wei Shao finished, leaned on the bed, and opened his arms towards her: “Come here!”

It was like he was waiting for her to dive into his arms.

Xiao Qiao was amused. Her face was red, her ears were hot, and her heart beat hard. After two beats, she suddenly remembered the scene when they first met, and she was on fire again. She slapped away his arm towards her and said: ” Then when you saw me just now, you hit my…..”

The word ‘buttocks’ was too embarrassing to utter. Xiao Qiao bit her lip and stared discontentedly.

Wei Shao said: ” How can you call that hitting you? It is only to remind you! I was away on a trip, not knowing if I live or die, and you left me to return to Yanzhou without saying a word! I was afraid you would have an accident on the way, so I couldn’t wait to pick you up. But now that I’ve finally seen you, you’re so cold! You do not have a conscience!”

Xiao Qiao’s voice softened, but her attitude refused to relax, humming: “I don’t believe what you say! Last time, you lied to me first. Why were you angry with me before you left Yuyang?”

Wei Shao stared at her. Suddenly, his eyebrows knitted and raising his hand to cover his arm. His face showed a look of great pain.

Xiao Qiao was shocked. She did not want to pay attention to it. But seeing his painful appearance, she hardened her heart and asked: “What happened to you on the road? Did you suffer a serious injury to your arm?”

Wei Shao nodded: “I went to Lingbi to look for you and met your sister’s husband. There was a misunderstanding, and we fought. He injured me.”

Xiao Qiao was startled and asked, “How did you guys get into a fight? Is he all right?”

After Xiao Qiao finished asking, she saw Wei Shao staring at her. His face looked unpleasant again, so she realized she had made a mistake and changed her words to remedy the situation: “How badly did you get hurt?”

Wei Shao said, “He is fine. I am also fine. It’s just that I didn’t bother to take care of my wounds on the road to chase you, and now it hurts again ……”

Xiao Qiao looked at him.

“Come here. Help me look at the injury!”

He said. He extended a hand toward Xiao Qiao again.

Xiao Qiao bit her lip and remained motionless. His hand kept reaching, and it stubbornly stopped in mid-air. After some hesitation, she crawled slowly toward him. When she got close to him, Wei Shao grabbed her arm and dragged her to his chest, letting out a long breath.

Xiao Qiao struggled slightly, then yielded. She quietly lay on his chest, listening to his heart beating in her ears and closing her eyes.

Wei Shao suddenly turned over and pinned her underneath, lowering his head and starting to kiss her again.