Transmigrated As My Former Uncle's Sweetheart

Chapter 838 That’s The Water I Had Just Washed My Feet In

Fifteen years was not a short time.

She began to notice that there were already some wrinkles at the corner of his eyes.

That was the mark of time…

In a blink of an eye, they were no longer young.

This sudden realization made her unsure of what to do.

Lu Hetian waited for a while without any answer from her, and he began to feel worried and unsettled.

He was very afraid that she would leave him once more, just like how she did with determination all those years ago.

A sudden fear began to envelop him as his handsome face went pale in an instant.

“Lihua, don’t leave me again…” He reached out to grab her on the shoulders as his voice trembled, his insecurity on full display.

This pained Ling Lihua as she suddenly gave a start. She looked at the man’s worried face and finally sighed in her heart. She lifted her hand to caress his face. “Shenzhi, you’re hurting me.”

Lu Hetian’s body trembled at the touch of the woman’s tender fingers on his cheek and then he was filled with wild delight.

“Lihua…”

He shouted her name and suddenly carried her off her feet, twirling both of them on the snowy ground. He was acting like a child right then, happy and content.

Ling Lihua blushed slightly. When she saw that he was not planning to stop twirling anytime soon, she promptly grabbed his shoulders and said rather queasily, “Stop twirling around, I’m getting dizzy.”

Lu Hetian immediately put her down when he heard this and supported her with some anxiousness. “What’s wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?”

Ling Lihua clenched her teeth and glared at him. “You’re such a fool. I’m dizzy from all your spinning.” Lu Hetian was afraid she would get angry and said carefully, “I was just too happy and it got into my head…”

“Fine, stop explaining. Are you sure you want to keep on standing here to talk?” Ling Lihua interrupted him exasperatedly.

Lu Hetian immediately replied, “I’d better carry you since you’re dizzy.”

Ling Lihua did not object.

When Lu Hetian saw this, he was overjoyed. He carried her and returned to Fragrant Blooms Court in a flash.

This was the happiest night of his life in fifteen years.

Lihua had forgiven him and he could not hide his delight.

When they returned to Fragrant Blooms Court, he carried her into the room with a sense of great familiarity.

He even prepared some hot water to wash her face and feet.

Ling Lihua watched the man crouching on the ground and helping her take off her boots and wash her feet. She felt a sweet tinge inside her heart.

As she watched him expertly assist her with her feet, she could not help but tease, “You look quite adept at this. I see the Grand Duke must often wash another woman’s feet.”

Lu Hetian removed her socks and held her exquisite little foot in his palm. He lifted his head when he heard her comment and gave her a slightly stunned look. He quickly explained, as if afraid she would misunderstand, “Your feet are the only ones I have washed in my entire life.”

Ling Lihua pursed her lips and did not say anything else.

He did often carry water for washing her feet in the past.

The highly respected Grand Duke who wielded military power had no airs whatsoever when it came to her. Not only would he wash her feet, but he had done other highly irregular things for her.

If word were to spread about them, no one would believe it.

Besides the events that transpired with Madam Zheng, there was nothing to nitpick when it came to how wonderfully he had treated her.

As for her, she had hated him for so many years because of a scheme someone had set up to trap her.

She sighed softly as she felt a pang of regret.

She wished she had not acted so rashly all those years ago. Otherwise, they would not have been separated for so many years.

Lu Hetian rolled up his sleeves and placed her feet into the water as he washed them carefully.

After he was done with the washing, he sat down next to her and casually washed his feet in the same water.

Ling Lihua could not stand this. “That’s the water I had just washed my feet in.”