Sheng Xubai's health had been improving for a long time, and what he was doing now was in the stage of conditioning and consolidation. The medicine prescribed was also for nourishment.
"Yes, eldest sister-in-law," Ling Wan nodded in response.
After a pause, she asked with some doubt, "Why are you suddenly telling me these things today, eldest sister-in-law? And in the middle of the night?"
When else could these matters be discussed, if not in the dead of night?
Ling Wan couldn't help but feel worried, as if something was about to happen.
"It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of it, and since I can't sleep anyway, I thought I'd tell you."
Finding a casual excuse, Feng Jin said offhandedly, "Now that I've told you everything, I'll go back."
Afraid of accidentally revealing too much, Feng Jin hurried back after a few words.
As she reached the doorway, Feng Jin suddenly stopped, as if she had thought of something. She turned around and said to Ling Wan, "How have you and Sheng Xubai been getting along these past two days?"
"Getting along..." Ling Wan's words caught in her throat. "Young Master Sheng leaves after his acupuncture and medicine every day."
Ling Wan thought for a moment and replied calmly, her interactions with Sheng Xubai had always been very subdued.
"Alright then." Feng Jin's tone was filled with undisguised disappointment. These silent types, when would they show any progress? She couldn't be bothered anymore. She had done her best, and as for the outcome, it was up to the two of them.
"You two get along well."
After saying that, Feng Jin turned and left.
"You're back, where have you been?"
Ling Mohan was leaning against the bed. Seeing Feng Jin's figure, he put down the book in his hand and raised his eyes to look at her.
"I went to see Ling Wan to tell her a few things. I'll be gone for more than ten days, and I'm worried Ling Wan might accidentally worsen Sheng Xubai's condition."
After painstakingly pulling Sheng Xubai back from the brink of death, if Ling Wan were to worsen his condition, it would be a loss far outweighing any gain, a wasted effort.
"You're being reckless. Having Ling Wan perform acupuncture on Sheng Xubai? If she were to kill him, and the Sheng family came to demand an explanation, I'd like to see how you'd handle it."
Ling Mohan said helplessly. He had always disapproved of the matter between Sheng Xubai and Ling Wan. Just as he had managed to keep things in check, Feng Jin had directly opened the door to invite trouble, clearly going against him.
And to have the audacity to let Ling Wan treat Sheng Xubai! If anything went wrong, he wanted to see how Feng Jin would clean up the mess.
"Stop your crow's cawing. I'd be grateful if you'd say fewer inauspicious things. Sheng Xubai is going to be your future brother-in-law. When you meet him, at least be polite."
She didn't expect him to greet him with a smile, but it would be much better than him scowling and radiating hostility.
Just like yesterday, when Sheng Xubai visited, he intended to pay his respects to Ling Mohan and had even brought gifts. But the man's face was dark from beginning to end, not showing a single hint of a smile.
As Sheng Xubai left, he specifically asked her if he had offended Ling Mohan in any way and even said he wouldn't come again.
Fortunately, she had a glib tongue and smoothed things over, giving Sheng Xubai the confidence to visit often.
"I've always been this way. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't have to come. No one in my Ling family is begging him to."
He didn't want to see Sheng Xubai, with his frail, weak appearance. He was clearly a pretty boy who loitered around Feng Jin and Ling Wan for no reason, and he didn't know what intoxicating potion he had fed them to make them all speak for him.
Furthermore, he was like a woman, constantly stirring up trouble behind people's backs. For a grown man to do such a thing, he wasn't afraid of being laughed at.
He wished Sheng Xubai would never appear at the Ling mansion again and disappear from his sight forever so that he could have some peace and quiet.
"You..." Feng Jin pointed at the man's nose, suddenly rendered speechless by anger. A fire burned in her chest. Why had he become so petty?
Feng Jin snorted, "I think you're just jealous because Sheng Xubai is better looking than you, and you can't stand to see anyone better than you!"
Ling Mohan couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, disdainfully saying, "With his weakling appearance, why would I be jealous of him? In terms of looks, I'm clearly superior. Is there something wrong with your eyes?"
He really suspected that Feng Jin needed her eyes checked. Any discerning person could tell who was better looking.
He had already concluded that Sheng Xubai was once again sowing discord, and using Feng Jin's words to describe Sheng Xubai, he was a male version of a white lotus.
"I actually think Sheng Xubai is better looking than you."
Ling Mohan's handsomeness was rugged, while Sheng Xubai leaned towards a gentler kind of handsomeness. However, in terms of who was better looking, she personally felt that Sheng Xubai was more appealing.
"Is that so?" The man's tone held a hint of a threat, but Feng Jin didn't notice at all. Still lost in thoughts of Sheng Xubai's appearance, she nodded dazedly as if in agreement.
A second later, a scream like a pig being slaughtered echoed from the room.
"Ah... Ling Mohan, you scoundrel, put me down! Damn you..."
Suddenly hoisted onto his shoulder, Feng Jin almost instinctively cried out!
The man seemed not to hear her. With a dark expression, he threw Feng Jin onto the bed, gripped her fair wrist, and pinned it above her head. His predatory eyes scanned her from head to toe.
Feng Jin's skin crawled under his gaze, and she couldn't help but swallow. "What... what are you doing? I warn you, rape is... is illegal!"
Ling Mohan couldn't help but let out a laugh, but the laughter was terrifying. Feng Jin's delicate body shivered involuntarily.
"We are husband and wife. Whatever I do to you is merely fulfilling my marital obligations."
The man's thin lips uttered these words devoid of emotion, but his hands became restless. They traced from her forehead, nose, chin, and neck, all the way down to her waist, where his hand lightly tugged, undoing the sash.
A sudden chill on her chest pulled Feng Jin back from her reverie, but it was already too late. The man's kisses fell like raindrops haphazardly on her lips.
Feng Jin became dazed by his kisses, her consciousness gradually blurring. Her mind seemed to go blank, and the arms she had used to shield her chest gradually fell away weakly.
By the time Feng Jin woke up the next day, her whole body felt as if it had fallen apart. Even the slightest movement of her arms was agonizingly sore.
The burning sensation in her throat made it painful even to swallow her saliva.
Feng Jin slowly got up, grabbed a cup of water, and quickly gulped it down. Only after drinking several cups of water did her throat feel a little better.