By the charcoal brazier.
"Want to touch it?"
The moment those three words left her mouth, Jiang Ning froze.
Lin Qingyi smiled sweetly. "I'm teasing you!"
As she spoke, she lowered the hanging hem of her skirt, covering the small stretch of pale leg that had been exposed.
Jiang Ning: "..."
He looked at Lin Qingyi speechlessly.
His eyes seemed to say: Was teasing me that fun?
Seeing Jiang Ning's helpless expression, Lin Qingyi's body suddenly shook as she visibly failed to hold back her laughter.
A few breaths later.
She rubbed her stomach.
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore!"
"Let's talk business!"
Jiang Ning said, "Please speak, Sister Lin."
"How about I help you make arrangements again and find you a woman with the qualities of a virtuous wife and good mother?" Lin Qingyi said. "Little Seventeen was not my original choice. I had another woman in mind, gentle and virtuous by nature. Her name is Li Mujin, the daughter of a commandery prince."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning repeatedly waved his hands. "Please don't!!"
Then he continued, "Sister Lin, you think too highly of me! The daughter of a commandery prince—I'm not worthy!"
Afterward, Jiang Ning brought up Ji Mingyue again to use as a shield. "Besides, Little Seventeen and I still have an agreement. She is a princess of the current dynasty. How could I dare discuss lifelong matters with another woman while I have an agreement with her!"
"That's true!" Lin Qingyi nodded. "Thinking about it, it really wouldn't be appropriate!"
Hearing that, Jiang Ning immediately let out a sigh of relief.
The daughter of a commandery prince.
The pressure was mountainous!
A commandery prince was a Subordinate First Rank official.
It was like a mere section-level official such as himself trying to court the daughter