Su Jingyang didn't have the chance to ask for help, nor did he have time to let Ling Li know he was taken away from Liyang by Rong Ci.

Rong Ci was obviously in a bad mood. He sat in the carriage with a cold face, closing his eyes and basically not speaking very much. Although Su Jingyang was paralyzed and couldn't move his body, his mouth wasn't idle at all. He glared at Rong Ci and scolded him along the way, denouncing his evil deeds.

Rong Ci waited for him to finishing scolding for a while and fed him some water to avoid him becoming thirsty.

Su Jingyang scolded him until he got a headache, yet Rong Ci still didn't move. Su Jingyang felt that it was in vain and was so mad his nose turned crooked.

He asked the coachman again for help blatantly in front of Rong Ci, but the coachman was tempted by Rong Ci's money and was very firmly unmoved.

Su Jingyang only felt irritated and discouraged, when there were other people, Rong Ci simply tapped his voice acupuncture point.

Su Jingyang wanted to scold but couldn't scold anymore, he was so suffocated his head started to smoke. Rong Ci pulled him into his arms and kissed him on the cheek, "I'll untie it for you in a while and let you curse me some more."

Su Jingyang simply closed his eyes.

On the first night of their return journey, they rested in an inn and ate in their room. Only then did Rong Ci unlock Su Jingyang's voice.

Su Jingyang picked up the bowl and began to sneer at him, his eyes rolled around, his stomach was full of bad thoughts, and his butt on the stool was a bit unable to sit still.

Rong Ci put vegetables in his bowl, he knew what he was thinking without even a glance. His lips formed into a sneer and he said slowly: "Want to escape? Look down and see if your legs are strong enough first."

"Are you threatening me?!" When Su Jingyang heard this, he put down the tableware again and said to him sternly, "I'm telling you Rong Ci, this is illegal detention! I'll sue you!"

"Then you have to hurry up, because..." Rong Ci raised his gaze and glanced at him lazily, saying: "In Rongcheng, I am the law."

"You're such a despicable and shameless bastard!" Su Jingyang felt endless grief and anger, the feudal class system is really harmful!

Rong Ci had heard him scolding for a day, this was nothing new. He put his chopsticks back into his hand and looked at him, his usual tone was vaguely authoritative, "Eat quickly and rest early after eating."

Su Jingyang wanted to smash the chopsticks directly into his face, so he shouted "I won't eat!" and then insisted on a hunger strike, but then he thought: what the fuck, why should I wrong myself? ! Only a fool wouldn't eat when there's food.

Su Jingyang picked up the bowl and started stuffing himself with rice. Not only did he have to eat, but he also had to eat more! Only when he was full would he have the strength to continue cursing!

As a result, he inadvertently ate too much, even when it was already time to go to bed, he still felt like his stomach was uncomfortably distended. Su Jingyang really had a hard falling asleep and thought of sitting for a while, he was just about to move when he was suddenly pressed back down by the person lying beside him.

"What do you want to do?" Rong Ci's breath drew closer, staring at his face and raising his voice slightly.

"I..." Su Jingyang burped in response to this, "Uh, I'm too full to sleep peacefully, and my stomach hurts."

Rong Ci recalled his gluttonous performance earlier that night and was silent for a moment. "I'll rub it for you."

"No, don't rub it! Take your paws away!" Su Jingyang opened his round eyes wide and refused without thinking. He was very wary of him, for fear of his rubbing kneading out the fire.

Rong Ci didn't force him but took him into his arms, Su Jingyang was forced to rest like this. Su Jingyang immediately stopped moving and used his hands and feet together, kicking and pushing, and tried to hide and escape. He scolded: "Let go of me, you bastard!"

Rong Ci grabbed Su Jingyang's hand that was waving wildly enough to almost slapped him, "You ate too much tonight and have too much energy, be cautious of me taking advantage¹......"

"What caution? If you dare to touch me, I'll fight you for your life!" Su Jingyang bared his teeth and raised his claws, his eyes were red, like a cat that had been provoked. "You always say that I seduce you, I think you've always wanted to seduce me!! You're a big bad wolf!"

Rong Ci said in a sharp tone: "It's good that you know. If you don't want to be eaten by me at this time, go sleep honestly!"

Su Jingyang refused to be honest. He continued to criticize Rong Ci in a bitter voice, "We aren't married, why are you sleeping on the same bed with me? Don't you think that's too immoral? Hurry up and get off my bed!"

Rong Ci hugged him tightly to the point where he couldn't move before putting his lips next to his ears. He said: "We'll get married soon, we'll set the date when we go back."

Su Jingyang's mind exploded with thunder. He was stunned and couldn't help cursing: "You've clearly got some screws loose, I'm pregnant with another man's child, yet you still want to marry me?! Do you want a green hat² that badly??"

When Rong Ci heard him mention the matter again, the hostility that was finally suppressed surged up in an instant. A fierceness enveloped his face and he loosened his grip on Su Jingyang slightly, he looked at him and said: "Don't mention this to me again! Our early return to Rongcheng will be decided by your performance..."

Su Jingyang snorted profoundly, "Then I'll also tell you, no matter how early or late we arrive, it won't change my mind. I still won't marry you."

That evening, Su Jingyang opened his mouth and babbled until midnight scolding Rong Ci to the high heavens. Finally, Rong Ci was forced to kiss him, he ended up fiercely scratching Rong Ci's face with a swipe of his paw.

In the dark of the night, energy from over-eating finally ran out, in addition, he hadn't slept the night before, so his body was truly exhausted. In the end, he couldn't escape and simply slept in Rong Ci's arms.

Onwards on the road, Rong Ci looked at Su Jingyang's body and didn't paralyze him anymore for the rest of the trip. Su Jingyang was more active, but Rong Ci's eyes hardly left him, he even waited outside when Su Jingyang used the bathroom. Su Jingyang tried to run away a few times, but he was caught back by Rong Ci within 20 steps. After almost half a month, Su Jingyang stopped struggling.

It wasn't that he had recognized the reality and compromised, but... he probably jumped up and down too much during this period of time, his stomach was a little uncomfortable.

He didn't know if this discomfort was caused by carrying that thing, and he really couldn't care about it either.

He really didn't want to have a child, but he still hadn't found even the shadow of the protagonist yet, he didn't know when and how long it would take till he could go home. If he got rid of the one he was currently pregnant with, that dog system would definitely continue letting him have that dream of creating small human beings and get him pregnant again. He didn't want to go the dream again, it made him feel depressed there.

It was better to stretch out his head happily and just give birth to the one he's pregnant with so that he could be clean for at least ten months. In these ten months, he could also continue to collect energy.

Su Jingyang finally became quiet, and Rong Ci was relieved. The next few days had been relatively peaceful, only after Rong Ci was unable to help but kiss him, did he jump out and scold him with a few words: "What a pretending, two-faced Lord Rong! Denouncing others yet not watching his own actions, and now you hug and kiss me, full of impure thoughts, your true face had been revealed, I see right through you!"

Fortunately, Rong Ci only asked for a kiss from time to time, he was more restrained in other aspects and didn't cross that line.

Because Su Jingyang was pregnant, their journey wasn't fast, it took nearly 20 days before he returned to the town.

Su Jingyang became anxious when they arrived in the town, it meant that he wasn't far from Rongcheng. It was Rong Ci's world there, when the time comes, he'll really be unable to get out³.

Moreover, he always remembered Ling Li in his heart. Ling Li was similarly trapped by Ah-Xuan's father, Ling Li must be anxious about his sudden disappearance.

Su Jingyang changed his strategy and discussed with Rong Ci, wanting to delay time, "Rong Ci, let's go home and wait until Ah-Li comes back before going to Rongcheng, alright?"

"Ah-Li?" Rong Ci shook his head. , He glanced at Su Jingyang and held his face in both hands, seriously asking: "Su Jingyang, who else do you think will make me feel a little bit jealous in this world?"

Su Jingyang patted his chest and replied, "I! You make me unhappy, and I'll kill you."

Rong Ci rubbed his face with his fingers and said: "I like watching you struggle to speak big words with your face all flushed like this."

Su Jingyang grabbed his hand and stuffed it into his mouth, biting down hard, staring at the changes on Rong Ci's face without blinking, he then released it after a while. Rong Ci stared at the culprit of his bleeding hand, hissing. Su Jingyang didn't feel smug for long, Rong Ci rushed over and bit his lip sharply.

After Su Jingyang finally listened to Rong Ci's reveal of Ming Zhan's true identity, his whole person was dumbfounded, shocked and speechless.

—— Ming Zhan turned out to be the current Crown Prince, the Lord of the East Palace, and the future Emperor! !

Although Su Jingyang felt that he had a noble unstoppable aura and extraordinary bearing when he saw him for the first time, he never expected that his identity was actually so high! !

Combining Rong Ci's speech and telling Ling Li's narration, Su Jingyang understood that it was probably the period when Ming Zhan had been poisoned by Gu and had a rotting face. He went to Rongcheng to find a solution and then recuperated in the town. There was a period of time he was with Ling Li, but because of some misunderstanding, Ming Zhan finally left in anger, leaving Ling Li pregnant with Ah-Xuan to be raised alone...

It's over. It's not just some average Joe, it's the current Crown Prince, His Royal Highness. Even if Ah-Li didn't want to go with him, it would be difficult to resist, and what about the child? If Ming Zhan really threatened him with the child, he would have no defense, what should Ah-Li do? !

However, he was also unable to protect himself now, he can't even see or reach Ah-Li. He was powerless!

The more Su Jingyang thought about it, the angrier he felt, "It's just two lawless bandits robbing arrogantly!"

As soon as he raised his head, he saw one of the lawless bandits staring at his stomach with dangerous eyes. Su Jingyang's scalp suddenly tightened and he tensed, he shrank back and stared at him vigilantly, "What are you doing, want to have your own?"

His defensive manner made the stuffy breath blocking Rong Ci's throat even hotter, for a while, his throat became sore.

Rong Ci didn't speak and silently looked away, not disturbing him anymore.

When the carriage entered Rongcheng, Su Jingyang was sleeping inside and couldn't see the difference between this place and the outside world. When he woke up, he was already lying on a big bed, surrounded by brocade, warm and comfortable. On the tip of his nose lingered an elegant and cold fragrance.

Su Jingyang yawned and was about to sit up, Rong Ci opened the door with no expression and entered with a bowl of steaming stuff.

When Su Jingyang saw that he had only a small bowl, his head became hot and he thought of a shocking possibility. A chill ran down his back, and he immediately stood up and hid at the corner of the bed. This guy wouldn't really want to...

Seeing his look as if he was facing an enemy, Rong Ci paused with a gloomy expression before continuing to approach. He sat on the side of the bed and said to him as usual: "Rong Hua knows that you're here, she'll come over for dinner later. You should eat something to cushion your stomach."

Su Jingyang has already seen that Rong Ci was just holding a bowl of sesame porridge that he used to eat. After a while, he leaned forward and took the bowl in his hand, scooping it up with a spoon but didn't eat it, he was observing Rong Ci's face,

Rong Ci looked back at him as if calmly. After a while, his long eyelashes trembled and he closed his eyes, saying: "There's nothing else, don't worry about eating it."

Su Jingyang ate slowly. After taking two bites, he said without raising his head: "Rong Ci, if you treat me like this, you should accept my suspicion. Even if I misunderstood you, I won't apologize to you."

After a long time, Rong Ci touched his head and gazed at him with a hum.

At dinner, Rong Hua ran up to them with bright eyes, before she had even stepped through the door, she was already shouting: "Oh, our City Lord has finally married you back, what an event worthy of celebration!"

Su Jingyang sat at the table and watched her approach, patted his thigh angrily and correcting: "I was abducted, I was abducted back!"

Rong Hua admired Rong Ci: "Yes, of course, the person you like must be brought home! It's better than them falling into the hands of others! Rong Ci, you should've done this long ago!"

"......" Su Jingyang couldn't help being full of melancholy, he could only sigh once again that the feudal class systems were really harmful.

Rong Hua was still like before, dressed in a scorching red dress, with overwhelming beauty. She chatted with Su Jingyang while eating dinner, and managed to diminish the feeling of strangeness and unsuitability that Su Jingyang had after arriving by a little bit. However, Rong Hua seemed to have something else to do. After eating, she quietly made a look at Rong Ci and got up to leave.

Su Jingyang started rubbing his eyes shortly after dinner, he was a little sleepy. He was curious, didn't he just wake up? Was it possible to get tired this easily because of pregnancy? Su Jingyang ran to the bed and laid down in it, his upper and lower eyelids seemed to be glued together. In a daze, he felt Rong Ci taking off his shoes, adjusting his posture, and covering him with a quilt.

Su Jingyang was so sleepy that he could only murmur vaguely: "No, don't kiss me while I'm sleeping..." Then he plunged into the darkness completely.

Rong Ci sat down on the edge of the bed and gently pushed aside a few messy bedhairs on his cheek with his fingers, he lowered his head and kissed him on the lips uncontrollably. If he really does steal a kiss, why would he let him know?

Not long after, there was a sudden ringing of bells and dings outside the door, which became more melodious and clear in this quiet night.

"Rong Ci." Rong Hua said outside: "The Grand Wizard is here."

Rong Ci clasped Su Jingyang's warm hand and stared at his sleeping and unguarded face. He cleared his throat and turned his face slightly, saying in a deep voice: "Let him in."

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Notes:

1- Added some things because it was a little hard to understand

2- Slang for be cucked

3- I couldn't understand it

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Inherited Estate (r18)