Da Li Temple - Chapter 74.2

Chapter 74.2

Morning Light

Su Moyi’s body twitched.
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Lin Wanqing was startled and hurriedly lay back obediently, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep. However, after a long wait, the person beside her didn’t move after that tremor, so Lin Wanqing propped up her upper body again and plopped two inches closer to Su Moy.
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“Jingche?” She called his name, but Su Moyi did not respond.
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Lin Wanqing smiled and called again, “Jingche ……”
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This time, it was a loving tone, as if she had a thousand words to speak but didn’t know where to start.
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Su Moyi was still asleep, as quiet as he always was.
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Lin Wanqing smiled and suddenly felt her nose and eyes sour, so she wordlessly buried her head into his shoulder.
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“My Lord!” A call sounded outside, and it was from Ye Qing.
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Lin Wanqing was stunned. Suddenly, she felt her face burned, so she pretended to be asleep and waited for Su Moyi to wake up first.
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However, Lord Su, who had always been a light sleeper, was indifferent this time even though Ye Qing outside had screamed his throat out.
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Lin Wanqing finally noticed something wrong and then looked up. She saw the ‘deep sleep’ Lord Su; somehow, his face and ears seemed to boil.
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“……” Lin Wanqing was speechless, secretly remorseful for her recklessness. She didn’t know when Lord Su had become like this, conniving and deceitful in every way. Is this still the upright, iron-faced Da Li Temple’s Chief she knew?

“Hey!” She sat up and slapped Su Moyi’s shoulder ungracefully. Shy and annoyed, she said: “If you don’t wake up, Ye Qing will ruin his voice.”
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Lord Su frowned and grunted twice, looking like he wanted to wake up but couldn’t.
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Lin Wanqing looked so angry and depressed. “Hey!” With more force, she patted Su Moyi again and said dissatisfyingly, “Don’t pretend. I know you’re not sleeping.”
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“En, en ……,” Su Moyi reluctantly opened his eyes, looked at Lin Wanqing confusedly, and pretended to be waking up leisurely.
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Lin Wanqing looked and tugged her fists tightly.
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However, Su Moyi sat up with his face as usual, rubbing the corner of his forehead, then going down as if nothing had happened—he didn’t look at her during the whole process, demonstrating his arrogance to the extreme.
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“…… ” A certain Qing who had been humiliated for no reason almost vomited a mouthful of blood.
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“You did it on purpose, didn’t you?” A small flame in her heart abruptly flared up, and Lin Wanqing tugged at the corner of his clothing.
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“What?” Su Moyi was still acting, his blank eyes mixed with the annoyance of being wronged.
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Lin Wanqing was about to give him an angry laugh. Her temper rose, and she carelessly said, “You’re just pretending to be asleep on purpose, aren’t you?”
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After speaking, she pointed to the tip of his ear and asked, “Otherwise, why are your ears so red?”
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Su Moyi sniffed; panic appeared on his face for a split second, but in the end, he was a person who had experienced several struggles in the courtroom—this kind of ‘lied-with-open-eyed’ and ‘inverted-black-and-white’ he experienced too much. So he slowly and methodically straightened the jade belt around his waist and asked back without changing his face, “What do you mean my ears are red? I don’t know who was ‘beastly’ early in the morning, licking on my face, yet still has the nerve to ask.”
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“…… ” Being asked such a question, a certain Qing was speechless.
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Su Moyi, however, still held a stern posture. He threw a fleece blanket over her head. His tone was indifferent: “However, this response is the natural reaction of liking someone. Lin Recorder doesn’t need to worry. After all, Si Yu also often does this to me.”
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“……” So angry, oh! She wants to strangle him!
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With her line of sight obscured, Lin Wanqing focused on picking at the blanket momentarily and forgot to scold him back. When she got out of the blanket with her messy hair, Lord Su had left with an ethereal back.
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“Put more blanket,” His voice came lazily, “So that you don’t always sleep in someone’s arms at night.”
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“????” Lin Wanqing was dying of shame.
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After leaving Lin Wanqing’s quarter and sorting things out, Su Moyi visited Zichen Hall to meet the Emperor. Today was a day off; there was no court meeting, but Su Moyi still inevitably encountered a few colleagues. Among them was Chen Yan, the leader of the Nan Dynasty Forbidden Army. Yesterday’s frontal clash between Da Li Temple and the Golden Guards has already spread within the court. Hence, Lin Wanqing’s identity as the ‘remaining Xiao family’ was no longer a secret.
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Su Moyi smiled blandly and walked over to greet the people present. Chen Yan was still polite and used Xia Huan’s eagerness to do meritorious deeds as the reason. He exchanged a few pleasantries with Su Moyi and then left.

Su Moyi stood outside the hall for a while before Fu Gui came out and summoned him in.

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Author Notes:??
Pretend-To-Sleep-Lord Su: !!! My wife kissed me!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh! My wife took the initiative to kiss me! I am going to die!!!
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Awakened-Lord Su: Humm, pervert, take advantage of me! What kiss? Si Yu’s is better!