Inlaid With Jade - Chapter 69

Chapter 69
Do you miss me? 
 
The person he had missed so much in his dream suddenly appeared before him. Li Heming was stunned and stood at the door of the posthouse, watching Lin Yu, who was walking towards him in a fluttering dress. He seemed frozen and didn’t know how to greet her. 
  
He always looked serious and calm, but now his heart was in turmoil. This daze was not visible on his face. Lin Yu could only tell from the details, such as his hand holding the scabbard. He was genuinely stunned. 
  
On this trip, Zelan and Wenzhu naturally followed her. A small team of Imperial Guards left by Li Heming in the capital to protect Lin Yu secretly had also come. If Li Heming had not gone to other places these days and had been hard to find, he would have known about Lin Yu once she had arrived in Ji County. 
  
Lin Yu approached him and saw him staring at her without speaking. She stretched out a finger from her sleeve and poked his waist gently. She resisted hugging him on the street and asked with a suppressed smile: “Are you turning stupid?” 
  
She was holding back, and so was Li Heming. He suppressed the thoughts running through his mind, held her teasing hand, and took her palm into his. He stared at her face long before denying: “…No.” 
  
When he said this, he should take a mirror to see his appearance; his black eyes under the sword-like eyebrows were glued to Lin Yu. His heavy eyes swept over her lively eyebrows and momentarily lingered on her red lips. He would have lowered his head to kiss her if they were not standing on the busy street. His mouth was indeed sharper than a knife. 
  
“I received your letter. You always ask me to miss you.” Lin Yu looked up at him as if complaining, but her voice was very gentle. 
  
She raised her hand to brush off the pear blossoms on his shoulder, asking him in a voice only the two could hear: “I listened to Second Brother and miss you every day, but did Second Brother miss me?” 
  
She spoke love words effortlessly and looked at him with a smile in her bright eyes. This look melted Li Heming’s heart, and his Adam’s apple rolled on his neck. He said solemnly: “I did.” 
  
Unexpectedly, Lin Yu was not very satisfied after hearing this. She pulled her hand out of his palm, hummed softly, shook her head, and said, “You hesitated for so long. You must be lying to me.” Then she left him and turned to go to the posthouse. 
  
Lin Yu seemed to be teasing him but also seemed serious. Li Heming had not yet reacted to her sudden appearance in Ji County, and his brain was sticky like paste. For a while, he couldn’t tell how much truth she said. Fortunately, he didn’t stay too long and knew to raise his legs and follow her closely. He answered again: “I miss you.” 

However, he didn’t say how much he missed her or that he couldn’t sleep well because he thought about her day and night. He just said, “Missing her.” He was indeed terrible at coaxing people. 
  
Lin Yu slowed down, looked back at him, frowned, and said, “Really? I saw you were having a good time chatting with another girl just now.” 
  
Li Heming looked at her and said, “I’m not happy. You’re mistaken.” 
  
Lin Yu was obviously coquettish and jealous of him, but Li Heming didn’t seem to understand, and he didn’t even explain who the girl was. Instead, he raised his hand to pick a pear blossom from a tall pear tree branch, followed Lin Yu quietly, and pinned the snow-white and fragrant pear blossom twigs in her black hair. The snow-white and fragrant pear blossom twigs contrasted with the jade hairpin on her head and had a different kind of beauty. 
  
Lin Yu noticed it and raised her hand to touch the pear blossom on her head but didn’t remove it. She carefully pinched the tender branch with two fingers and inserted it deeper into her hair. It was similar when she hung the marriage card for him. She stretched out a finger to move the pear blossoms and checked whether the hairpin was secure. The moon-white wide sleeves embroidered with cloud and crane patterns slid down her well-proportioned and slender arms, revealing a thin white wrist.

When she put down her hand, Li Heming suddenly held it, lowered his head, kissed her fingertips as if no one was around, and made a light chirp sound. Two Imperial Guards were sitting together in the hall chatting, and several servants were busy on the left and right. How greedy he must be to do such an extraordinary thing in public. 
  
Lin Yu trembled in shock, and her ears suddenly turned red. She quickly retracted her hand, subconsciously hiding the fingers he kissed in her sleeves, and whispered in shame and anger: “What are you doing? Don’t do it…” 
  
Li Heming didn’t say anything, pretending not to hear anything. He was so lustful that he used his dirty tricks, but his face remained calm. When he saw Lin Yu didn’t know which way to go, he calmly pointed the way to her from behind: “The residence is in the backyard, at the end of the corridor, the ‘Yuetian Pavilion.'” 
  
Zelan and Wenzhu followed behind Li Heming and Lin Yu with their luggage, clearly seeing the whole process. They smiled and looked at each other, sighing that the lady and the master were inseparable. They considerately thought of entering the room and putting down their luggage before leaving without disturbing the two. Unexpectedly, Li Heming didn’t plan to let them in at all. 
  
The four of them walked through the corridor. Li Heming casually pushed open an empty room and said, “You guys rest here.” Before the two could react, they heard a “bang.” Li Heming had taken Lin Yu to his room and closed the door.