Their understanding of each other was unparalleled. With just those words, he knew what was going on.
A graceful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he nodded, "You can trust my medical skills."
Lin Xinlan didn’t say anything, quietly letting Tao Hua take her temperature, check her blood pressure, and examine her heartbeat...
After a while, Tao Hua packed up the medical equipment, and with a congratulatory tone said, "Rest assured, your body is very healthy; as long as nothing unforeseen happens, you can live at least seventy to eighty years. The stomach pain you’re experiencing is likely psychological. Sometimes, a strong psychological effect can also result in psychosomatic symptoms."
Rong Shaoze laughed unabashedly, and Lin Xinlan’s cheeks turned red. She knew they were deliberately mocking her.
At this point, silence was golden. She decided to stay quiet instead of making herself the butt of a joke.
After Tao Hua left, Rong Shaoze pounced on her, pinning her down, turned her head, and kissed the corner of her mouth.
"Woman, your acting skills aren’t bad. Aside from me, all the servants in the villa have fallen for your trick," he said.
Lin Xinlan frowned in irritation. "Get off, don’t press on me, you’re too heavy."
"Too heavy?" He deliberately pressed down harder, increasing his weight on her. "I truly underestimated you. If I weren’t home, would you have slipped away?"
"..." She was feeling down and didn’t want to answer anything.
"Tell me, where were you planning to sneak off to? I still understand a bit about your character. If you’re so desperate to get out, what exactly is it for?"
Lin Xinlan looked up into his piercing gaze, feeling a bit guilty inside.
She couldn’t let him see through her; Xiaocong’s existence must never be revealed to him, not even at the cost of her life.
"As long as I can get away from you for a few days, it doesn’t matter where I go. Rong Shaoze, the more you don’t let me go out, the more I want to go. What right do you have to lock me up, to limit my freedom?!"
So she had a stubborn streak.
"Heh, let me tell you straight. The more you want to go out, the less I will let you," he said with a rogue-like smirk.
Lin Xinlan became angry. "You’re just trying to be contrary with me, deliberately making my life difficult, aren’t you?!"
"Not exactly. It’s not that you can’t go out and have fun. As long as you please me, I’ll agree to let you go out," he said.
She scoffed coldly, "You once promised that if I played your game and won, you’d let me go out. But you went back on your word. Your credibility is zero to me now. Do you think I’ll believe what you say? What if I please you and you go back on your word again?"
The man’s eyes brightened, seeing a glimmer of possibility.
Maybe she really would do it...
"I have my reasons for opposing you going out, which you should know. You deceived me, and naturally, I won’t make things easy for you. But this time it’s true. As long as you make me happy, I’ll let you go out and play. Lin Xinlan, this deal is very worthwhile, you decide for yourself," he said.
Under the covers, Lin Xinlan’s hands clenched slightly.
She didn’t know how to choose; she really wanted to visit her mother and son at home, but she couldn’t bring herself to please him...
"I won’t..." she suddenly said.
The words startled even herself.
Did this mean she had already decided to please him?
Rong Shaoze’s eyes shone even brighter. He drew close to her lips, his own rubbing against hers, and said in a low, ambiguous tone, "It’s okay if you can’t, I’ll teach you."