Chapter 6

Shen Qingxin didn't know how they returned to the Sima Family. When they entered the Sima Family, A Xiang greeted her. Because she only had Sima Langri in her eyes, she just responded to A Xiang vaguely, and the two held hands and went upstairs, without the heart to think about how A Xiang would view this matter.

Therefore, they couldn't see A Xiang's sly smile. In fact, A Xiang had been looking forward to this day for a long, long time.

As soon as they entered the master bedroom, Sima Langri gave her another thick, hot, passionate kiss, and his large palm removed the eyesore dress on her body without delay.

"Qingxin..." The low, hoarse voice was filled with passion that could no longer be restrained.

"Hmm?" Hearing his passionate call, Shen Qingxin opened her blurred eyes and looked at him.

"Don't leave me..." Only at this time would he uncontrollably say the deepest fear in his heart and show the most real emotions.

He had always loved her, just never said it out loud.

"Hmm, I won't leave you, never will." Hearing his request, she felt as if she had received the most precious gift in the world, and her eyes were red with joy; she knew how difficult it was for him to say his inner feelings, so she didn't want to force him too hard.

Her arms hugged his neck tightly, pulling him down, and offered a passionate kiss, letting him understand her emotion and joy.

The night was deeper, but the lovers were tireless, throwing themselves into the abyss of desire, unable to extricate themselves for a long time.

After the passion, Shen Qingxin half-closed her eyes and lay on the messy sheets. Sima Langri's hot chest was pressed tightly against her back, and the two's breath was still very rapid, not yet calmed down from the passion.

Thinking back to the scene of passion just now, she couldn't help but blush again. She never thought that the ultimate moment of body and mind meeting would make people feel like flying to the clouds. That feeling was really beautiful and very private.

"Will I be very heavy?" Gently, Sima Langri whispered and left a deep kiss on her back.

"No, won't, I like it like this." She stopped him from moving. With him hugging her forcefully, she felt very secure. She really wanted to be like this for a lifetime, never leaving his powerful embrace again.

"I will crush you." He held her and laughed low, changing positions with her, no matter what she said, he was still afraid that his weight would crush her until she couldn't breathe.

Changing to lie on his chest, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat and her heartbeat, thump, thump, thump, thump, gently making her want to sleep.

Sima Langri's large palm stroked her hair, once and again, over and over, just like the way he had loved her before, with pity.

"If we could always be like this, I don't know how good it would be." She felt, hoping that there would be no more external factors to affect their feelings.

Hearing her say this, Sima Langri fell silent, and even the action of stroking her hair stiffened; he knew what she meant, but he couldn't do it for her.

No matter what, he couldn't escape the responsibilities the Sima Family placed on him. No one would hope he would lose. Everyone in the Sima Family was waiting to see him win over Sima She. Their expectations for him were too high, how could he let them down?

Feeling his sudden stiffening, she knew she had brought up a topic she shouldn't have.

"I made things difficult for you, didn't I?"

"Qingxin..." The person he least wanted to hurt in this world was her, but he often hurt her unintentionally. Seeing her sad, he angrily wanted to kill himself.

Damn it! Couldn't he say some nice things to her? But he didn't want to lie to her, really didn't want to.

"I am really terrible..." She wanted to pretend to be relaxed and say with a smile, but the choked voice leaked her secret.

"Qingxin, I'm sorry." Sima Langri immediately sat up to comfort her.

"No, don't say sorry to me. I knew long ago that in your heart, the Chilong Jade Lock would always be more important than me. You don't need to feel guilty to me." She refused to lower her head, not letting him see her sad appearance.

"I..." Damn it! He was tongue-tied again. Although he also wanted to tell her that she was also very important in his heart, the words couldn't come out of his throat. He frustratedly wanted to punch himself unconscious.

"It doesn't matter, I'm really fine." She lowered her head, still insisting on not looking at him.

"Qingxin, don't avoid me, don't look at me, okay?" The more she refused to look at him, the more anxious he was, afraid that she had already cried sadly. His large palm immediately hugged her into his arms tightly, comforting her silently.

The soft face felt not the smooth chest muscles, but the uneven texture. What was that? The words Ji Ruohuan once said to her surfaced in her mind.

You go and steal a look at his chest, his chest has the answer. Just now she was clouded by passion and had long forgotten this, now was the best time to verify.

The answer appeared clearly before her eyes, no need to guess, she saw it when she opened her eyes.

She—tears filled her eyes.

So he had always kept her in his heart, just didn't say it! She happily hugged him back tightly. It was worth it, all the waiting, loneliness, after seeing this look, she felt it was all very worth it.

The evidence Ji Ruohuan mentioned was hanging on his chest. He was wearing a platinum necklace, and the pendant was the ring he gave her when they were engaged. When they broke off the engagement, she had already returned it to him, but she never dreamed that he had always carried it with him!

This discovery made her want to cry and laugh with emotion, and she didn't know what to do, so she cried and laughed.

"What

To think that he was considered a formidable figure in the business world, with nothing that could make him lose his composure, yet she was the sole exception.

Sigh! He had fallen for her completely, only she didn't know it.

"You're hateful!" She coquettishly punched him with her small hand.

"Yes, I'm hateful." No matter what she called him, as long as she was happy, he would accept it all without complaint.

"You're bullying me." Another punch.

"Yes, I'm bullying you." Aside from admitting it, he could only admit it further.

"You're two-faced." She punched him again, as if venting the dissatisfaction held in her heart for years.

"Yes, I'm two-faced." Her strength wasn't very great, and the punches to his chest were neither painful nor itchy, but he was smart enough not to show it, lest he hurt her feelings again.

"You're sinister and cunning." Just like the previous times, every accusation she leveled at him was followed by a punch.

"Yes, I'm sinister and cunning." It was getting more and more outrageous, but he furrowed his brows and still accepted it all.

"You're cold and heartless." "Bang," came a sudden, heavy punch.

"Yes, I'm cold and heartless." He admitted to everything; even if she were to call him a notorious bandit, he wouldn't deny it.

"You love me." One last punch.

"Yes, I love you." He blankly repeated the rules of the game from before.

"Hee, you finally admitted it." She smiled, leaned in, and kissed the corner of his lips.

"Ah!" Sima Langri's face turned from blue to white; he still couldn't believe what he had just said. What exactly had he said?

He said... he loved her!

He'd been tricked by her!

"Heh, you've already said it, you're not allowed to go back on your word." She smiled so, so sweetly, as happy as if she had obtained the most precious treasure in the world.

"It was you..."

"The evidence is right here, even if you want to deny it, it's no use." She happily picked up the necklace on his chest to show him.

So that was it! Sima Langri finally understood the reason he had broken his guard, though he also blushed a little out of embarrassment.

"Are you angry?" She pecked the corner of his mouth again.

He said sullenly, "No."

"Really?" She was very skeptical.

"Really." To show a man's magnanimity, he specifically grinned at her.

"Hee, then can you help me put it on again?" She pointed to the ring on his chest. This wasn't an unreasonable request, was it!?

She looked at him with both anticipation and nervousness, afraid he would refuse, afraid she would bring embarrassment upon herself.

"Mm." This time, Sima Langri truly smiled, took the ring off the necklace, took her small hand, and very solemnly put it on her, and, as if performing a formal ceremony, left a kiss on her lips.

Shen Qingxin's eyes reddened with happiness again. This was terrible; her mood had been on cloud nine all day, and she felt so happy she no longer knew what it felt like to have her feet on the ground.

After the engagement ring was slipped back on, their eyes met, and their lips pressed together even more fiercely and passionately, drawing out more sweetness.

In the long, long night, let the lovers whose love is burning bright walk hand in hand.

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It's different now!

Shen Qingxin discovered that after possessing love, the world seen through her eyes became much more delightful. She noticed that ever since Sima Langri sent her home, the corners of her mouth hadn't drooped for a single moment.

No matter how ambiguous the looks her parents and Bingxin gave her, she didn't feel shy at all. She hadn't returned home all night, and had spent the whole night clinging to Sima Langri, but they were truly in love, and she believed her parents and Bingxin would surely understand.

"Hey! Hey! Sis, you've become very different! You look like a radiant, happy woman." Shen Bingxin, who had been sent to scout for intelligence again, winked at her ambiguously, her small hand mischievously pinching her cheek.

"Hateful." With all her joy written on her face, Shen Qingxin feigned anger and rolled her eyes at her.

"Who's hateful? Me? No way, right? I'm not the one who turned you into a woman, and I'm not the one who left hickeys on your body. No matter how you look at it, I shouldn't be that hateful guy, right?" Shen Bingxin wickedly listed the crimes related to Sima Langri.

In fact, when Qingxin didn't come home last night, she and her parents already had an inkling, understanding that Sima Langri had finally made his move! It was about time he made a move; they had waited so long they were almost turning gray. They had thought Sima Langri intended to remain celibate for life!

Hey! So even a saint like a man who could resist the temptation of a woman sitting on his lap has moments when he can't hold back. It wasn't in vain that she had painstakingly prepared the sexy little dress for her sister.

"You, you never have a serious moment." With the facts pointed out so clearly, no matter how thick-skinned she was, she couldn't help but blush. She was so shy on the spot that she couldn't bear to look at Bingxin.

"I do! I'm talking to you very seriously about your lifelong event right now!" How unjust! Could she not be serious?

"Sigh, that's still a long way off." Bingxin touched upon her sore spot, and she couldn't help but let out a long sigh, lying limply on the bed.

"What do you mean? Don't tell me Sima Langri plans to eat and run?" No way, right? How shameless would that be!?

"It's not that, it's just that you should know, right now he only has the Chilong Jade Lock in his heart. I think before he obtains the Chilong Jade Lock, he won't get married." When it comes down to it, it's still the Chilong Jade Lock causing trouble. She couldn't help but wonder if her horoscope clashed with the Chilong Jade Lock?! Or was the Chilong Jade Lock like the Hope Diamond, only bringing bad luck and curses to people?

"To tell you the truth, I sympathize with you, but I also can't stand Sima Langri's stubbornness. Why must he get the Chilong Jade Lock before marrying you? Why can't he marry you first and then find a way to get the Chilong Jade Lock? If he never gets the Chilong Jade Lock in his whole life, does that mean he'll never marry you?" Shen Bingxin looked like she couldn't take it anymore; she was defeated by Sima Langri.

"I think he feels that obtaining the Chilong Jade Lock is his responsibility, especially since the others in the Sima Family value him so much. He can't let the others down, right!?" What Bingxin said was exactly her hidden worry. Could it be that Sima Langri would never get the Chilong Jade Lock in his whole life!?

"Tsk! He's afraid of letting others down, but he's not afraid of letting you down?" When it comes down to it, Shen Bingxin still didn't approve of Sima Langri's approach.

"I don't know, he never tells me his inner thoughts, always leaving me to guess for myself." She shook her head in frustration.

"Sis, you can't go on like this." Shen Bingxin couldn't help but shake her head upon hearing this. What a headache; she should be a bit more assertive!

"I know." She sighed again.

"You, you're hopeless." She had said so much and taught her so much, yet her sister still wouldn't learn. What could she do? She had no choice but to let them be.

"I know." This time, her voice was even more muffled.

"Then... what did he say last night?" No! She had to know Sima Langri's thoughts. The daughters of the Shen Family weren't just there for someone to eat and run.

"Hee, I tricked him into saying the three words 'I love you'." Thinking of last night's situation, she couldn't help but beam with joy; no amount of frustration could be wiped away by those three words.

"What?! You're that good." Whoa! So her sister had also learned how to trick people. Admirable! Admirable!

"Yeah! Look." She flashed the engagement ring on her right ring finger.

"Ah—ah! Ah—" Shen Bingxin was so surprised she couldn't speak, she could only scream. My god! The engagement ring was back on Qingxin's hand.

"It wasn't until last night that I realized he had always kept me in his heart. It's very moving, isn't it?" Shen Qingxin murmured as she recounted the situation of discovering the ring last night, her face full of sweetness.

"Ha! So that means Sima Langri is a very repressed man; you have to seduce him for it to be effective." Such a repressed man is truly rare to see.

"Is that so?" Repressed? Sima Langri? Really?

"That's right, that's exactly how it is. If you had gone abroad like before, I bet you two would have been finished just like that. But now you're back! Appearing before him beautiful and sexy, it stirred his memories. You once belonged to him, but he didn't know how to cherish it, so this time, no matter what, he'll give it his all to perform well, right?" Shen Bingxin nudged her with her elbow, winked wickedly, and used her words to probe her about Mr. Sima's performance last night.

"Then my decision to return was the right one." Shen Qingxin, however, didn't notice the implication in her words and remained immersed in her own thoughts.

"Right, absolutely right." Shen Bingxin rolled her eyes. Forget it, what she said often left people confused; this wasn't the first time, and she was long used to it. She couldn't very well ask her to ask the questions in her heart clearly, could she!? Although she wouldn't feel shy, she was worried that someone would be so embarrassed they'd catch fire.

"Bingxin, I really want to help him, but I don't know how to help him." Chilong Jade Lock, oh Chilong Jade Lock, what on earth should she do with it?

"Didn't you already secretly ask Uncle Chen to help you copy the Chilong Jade Lock before!?" Speaking of this, Shen Bingxin automatically lowered her voice.

"Yeah! The replica is in hand, but I still don't know how to get the original from Feng Jue." The job of swapping the civet cat for the crown prince was too difficult for her.

"It is indeed very tricky." Now Shen Bingxin also began to feel the difficulties were piling up. Moreover, since even Sima Langri and Sima She couldn't manage it, how could two little women like them successfully get their hands on it? It was simply a fantasy.

"Did I think of things too ideally before?" Naive! No! It should be called stupid. She was so foolish she didn't consider her own abilities, thinking she could easily get the other half of the Chilong Jade Lock. Only now did she realize she had thought of things too simply.

"Uh... a little bit! But you can't blame yourself for that! It's Feng Jue who is too treacherous; it's normal not to be able to get it." To comfort her dear sister, she had no choice but to vigorously disparage Feng Jue. Anyway, they didn't know him, so it didn't matter.

"Sigh, I really, really want to help Langri. I don't want to see him so troubled over the Chilong Jade Lock anymore." She punched the bed in frustration.

"I understand, I understand." Shen Bingxin lay down as well. Although she had many devious ideas, when it came to this kind of thing, she had no solutions either.

"Bingxin..."

"Mm?"

"Do you think if I go see She and ask him to withdraw, it would be too selfish? Too much?" Her heart fell into a struggle. For the sake of the person she loved, could she ask Sima She not to pursue his own dreams?

Sima She could never agree to her request. After all, he also had his own hidden difficulties. Entering the Sima Family had always been his mother's wish; how could he not achieve it for his mother, who had no official status!?

But what about Langri? Was Langri not innocent? Although he was the eldest son born to the legal wife, he hadn't received his father's love either. His father only had eyes for Sima She and his mother, so he also had no choice but to fight for everything he deserved.

Sigh! Both of them had their own reasons for seizing the Chilong Jade Lock, but there was only one Chilong Jade Lock, and they couldn't tolerate each other. This was simply an unsolvable problem.

And the true sinner had already passed away; otherwise, she really wanted to ask Uncle Sima to treat both sons fairly and stop letting them fight to the death.

"Mm, a little."

"I think so too." That's why she said there was no way out.

"I think you should just pretend this never happened." Shen Bingxin also had a headache thinking about it; she had never liked dealing with these disputes.

"I want to, but I can't do that. I've already fallen for him, do you understand?" What they call looking for trouble, it should be just like her, right!?

"To tell you the truth, in my opinion, the Chilong Jade Lock is really a hateful thing. It has already caused quite a few storms." Shen Bingxin said with deep feeling. To be able to become the person in power just by relying on a rock is truly ridiculous. Why not look at whose ability is stronger?

"If only it didn't exist, how good that would be." Shen Qingxin agreed with her view very much.

"It's just a damn existence that makes people unable to ignore it." Shen Bingxin said earnestly. If that stupid rock unfortunately fell into her hands, the first thing she would do is throw it into the sea, or throw it into a fire; as long as it could disappear, that would be fine.

"Sigh!" Thinking of not being able to get the real Chilong Jade Lock, and then thinking of the fake one she had someone copy, Shen Qingxin started sighing again. How exactly could she swap the fake for the real without being discovered by Feng Jue?

The problem was she didn't even have a chance to get close to the real Chilong Jade Lock, so where would she find a way to swap the fake for the real?

What a headache!

"I think it's better if you don't think too much. Anyway, when the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight! Otherwise, just let the two brothers fight and snatch it, and just close your eyes and pretend you don't see it." A very Ah Q-like way of thinking, but very practical.

"They can't go on like this." If this continues, they will never have a day of reconciliation.

"Then what do you want? Don't tell me you want them to hold hands and sing songs? Tsk! Don't be silly, there will never be such a day."

Just imagining that situation made her scalp tingle. If it really happened one day, she was afraid she would vomit all over the floor.

"Just thinking about it! It's not a crime." Shen Qingxin couldn't help but retort. Her idea shouldn't be wrong, right! Brothers should naturally be friendly with each other. After being nourished by love, the world she saw was all beautiful, which was why she had the thought of making the two Sima brothers reconcile again.

"Yes, yes, everything you say is right." Shen Bingxin rolled her eyes again, unable to bear laughing at her for being too naive and imagining things too ideally.

Shen Qingxin pouted her small mouth and pushed her sister, knowing her twin sister's thoughts about her, as a way of protesting.

Shen Bingxin giggled, deliberately pretending to be unmoved, and the two sisters simply started playing on the bed, temporarily casting the annoying matters to the back of their minds.