The Royal's Cute Little Wife

9.1

Chapter 9.1: Awkwardness (1)

How could it be that smelly girl again?

Li Jungkook hurriedly drew the curtains and asked Gao Taehyung, "The one you're waiting for; is it her?"

Gao Taehyung hadn't realised that he didn't have a good impression of Xie Lisa, so he excitedly nodded his head, saying, "She only agreed to meet up with me yesterday, and I forgot to tell you. You aren't angry, right?"

How could he not be angry? He was incredibly so!

Li Jungkook made a face, and rose up to leave. "Both of you can play together, I'd rather go home."

Unfortunately he'd only taken two steps before being dragged back by Gao Taehyung. "Why're you going back now? I promised Uncle and Auntie that I'd take good care of you today; what if something happens to you when I'm not around?"

Before, Li Jungkook's parents had refused to let him go out with Gao Taehyung. After all, they were both stubborn and naughty, if a problem arose how could they deal with it themselves? It was only because of the Mid-Summer Festival, coupled with the many servants that Gao Taehyung brought along, that the two had reluctantly agreed to let them go out together.

Furthermore, there was only one carriage, so how would he get back home? What if he was kidnapped on the way home?

Being forcibly restrained by Gao Taehyung, no matter how much Li Jungkook wanted to leave, he couldn't. He was still stuck in the doorway of the carriage, and could be seen from outside. At that moment, Xie Lisa happened to catch a glimpse of him.

Snuggled comfortably in Xie JiYong's embrace, her bright and adorable face attracted many gazes, and the passers-by couldn't bear to tear their eyes away from her. There were many children on the street, but none of them were as eye-catching as her. In the middle of the crowd, she was shining bright like a beacon, as though she was an iridescent piece of white jade.

Upon seeing Li Jungkook, Xie Lisa's eyes lit up, and she pointed in his direction.

Carrying her, Xie Jiyong walked over.

Even from a distance away one Xie Lisa's delighted exclamation could be heard. "Big Brother Xiao Jungkook, why're you here?"

Li Jungkook had been forced down onto the floor so harshly by Gao Taehyung that he couldn't even speak; his face red from the pressure.

Gao Taehyung quickly got off him and patted down his clothes before greeting Xie Jiyong as his uncle. Then, he said, "Ah Jungkook's also coming with us, after all, the more the merrier!"

Xie Lisa didn't mind this one bit. Instead, she was rather happy. Ever since catching him at the Old Madame's birthday party, she hadn't seen Big Brother Xiao Jungkook again. She'd made regular trips to the Li household, but he'd never once come out to play with her.

Li Jungkook's lips thinned, and he felt as though he'd been betrayed by his partner.

Looking around, Xie Jiyong saw that there were eight servants stationed around the carriage, and they were all as wide and tall as horses. In just a glimpse, he could tell that they were martial arts practitioners. Still, he was a little worried, and asked Gao Taehyung, "Where will you be taking Little Lamb to?"

Gao Taehyung pointed towards the street in front and replied, "The place we're going to is right across the road. Uncle, rest assured, I swear I won't let anything happen to Ah Lisa."

Although it wasn't that far away, there were many people around...Xie Jiyong originally wanted to follow them, but something had suddenly cropped up at the government bureau office and he had to rush over to take care of it. Thinking for a moment, he then told Xie Hanbin and Steward Wang to stay with the children. After sternly reminding them to stay safe, he rushed off to the office.

Once he had left, Steward Wang sat in front of the carriage, while the four children stayed inside.

Xie Lisa was seated opposite Li Jungkook, with Xie Hanbin sitting right beside her, while Gao Taehyung was the furthest away from her. It just so happened that Gao Taehyung was the one who loved talking to her the most, and braving Xie Hanbin's icy gaze, he laughed as though nothing was wrong. "Ah Lisa, where do you want to go? I know of a fun place to go to, do you want to go there?"

Without even waiting for Xie Lisa's reply, Xie Hanbin had already spoken for her. "Little lamb cannot go too far away."

Gao Taehyung wasn't deterred, and continued asking, "Do you want to eat some nice food? Yi Restaurant's crystal steamed buns and sweet-scented osmanthus pastries are must haves..."

Yi Restaurant was quite far away, and if they wanted to go there it would take one hour, a return trip would waste quite a bit of tine. Xie Lisa stonily rejected him, "Little lamb isn't going there."

Xie Lisa blinked innocently, showing that her brother's words had nothing to do with her. "I only want to go to the shop that you mentioned...I want to buy a hairpin for Ah, Ah Yeri."

Her tongue had almost slipped, and she worriedly glanced over towards Xie Hanbin. Thankfully, he didn't seem to have noticed.

Moving her eyes away from him, she happened to meet Li Jungkook's gaze. Smiling at him, she happily asked, "Why did Big Brother Xiao Jungkook come out today?"

Frowning, he coldly answered, "No reason."

"...Oh." Xie Lisa had already been treated like this by him before, and she'd gotten used to it, so she didn't get angry and instead continued talking to Gao Taehyung.

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When the carriage turned round the bend, it suddenly shook.

As the carriage went askew, Xie Lisa wasn't very stable, and her whole body flew towards Li Jungkook, who'd been sitting opposite her. Her forehead hit his chin, and the two were both in immense pain, and Xie Lisa looked as though she would start crying at any moment.

"Ow..."

She didn't even have time to start crying before she suddenly banged against something else, and the sound echoed throughout the carriage. From the sound it seemed that two carriages had collided together, and inside the carriage they weren't sure about what had happened outside.

At this Xie Lisa was incredibly frightened, and her two hands clutched at Li Jungkook's neck, her head pressed down onto his chest. Voice shaking with repressed tears, she cried, "What happened...What happened outside...?"

With some difficulty, she finally calmed down, but she refused to remove her hands, and she clutched onto Li Jungkook tightly. Feeling Li Jungkook move slightly, as though he wanted to stop her, she hurriedly said, "Big Brother Xiao Jungkook, don't push me off!"

Li Jungkook immediately stayed still.

To be honest he really did want to push her off, but looking at her frightened face, he thought that it would be a little too ungentlemanly to just push her off like that...Forget it, even though he did dislike her, he would just have to bear with it for a while.

Xie Hanbin raised the curtains, and rose up to leave the carriage and find out what had happened. "What happened just now?"

Both the driver and steward were still shivering with fear, and with difficulty they managed to stutter through the whole story. Before, just as they were turning round the bend, a carriage had suddenly rushed out and had been headed straight towards them. The driver had yanked on the ropes to get out of the way, but because the situation was so urgent, the carriage accidentally banged against the wall. At first they'd thought everything was over, but they'd never thought that the carriage would actually turn back around to ram into them again.