Come out, and I’ll make you unable to take care of yourself!
Liang Fu didn’t come again for the rest of the day. Ruan Ning discovered this was probably his former bedroom, with old clothes still inside. She found something to wear and later realized the door was locked.
Hungry, she cursed the system and Liang Fu, spending her first night with a rumbling stomach.
Just before dawn, hunger woke her. After puncturing the window paper, she saw snow falling outside. Finding no one around, she removed the window bolt through the hole and opened the window.
Trembling, she climbed out. Before she could jump, Liang Fu’s gloomy voice rang out behind her: “Trying to escape?”
Startled, Ruan Ning trembled, falling backward. Liang Fu could have caught her but didn’t move, hoping she would fall and get injured, as long as she didn’t die.
But Ruan Ning grabbed his arm. Although it was too late, she held on tightly, reducing the impact and preventing serious injury.
“Good morning,” she said, disheveled and lying in the snow, awkwardly smiling at him. “I was just coming out to enjoy the snow.”
Liang Fu was stunned. In his memory, she had never smiled at him, nor had she looked down on him with a proud expression. The more strongly she had despised him, the more he had wanted to trample her.
But now she was actually smiling at him, a beautiful smile that seemed genuine.
In the next moment, Liang Fu reacted, bending down to grab her collar and tearing her clothes, saying coldly, “You dare wear my clothes!”
She tentatively reached out to grab his hand, calling him softly by his courtesy name: “Chongsi, I was young and proud in the past. I’m sorry. Although I made mistakes, we were still engaged. My embarrassment might cause people to gossip about you. Scholars’ reputations are most important. Why harm the jade vase while catching mice?”
Liang Fu was surprised. She had never called him by his courtesy name, always addressing him formally, showing her disdain. But her words now sounded pleasant. He had never seen her this humble and gentle before, and he couldn’t help softening.
However, he quickly realized that her submissiveness must be an act to escape, as she had just tried to flee through the window.
