After this reminder, Chu Chenyi suddenly realized, as if struck by a bolt from the blue, his inner turmoil vanished: "Then I'm going in. Don't you dare leave. You must guard the outside. If you hear any arguments from inside, you must go in immediately!"
Before entering, Chu Chenyi did not forget to reiterate his instructions. If the two of them were to argue uncontrollably, Feng Jin would still need to step in and break them up.
He had to stop him, absolutely must not let him act impulsively and do anything irreversible again.
Stepping up to the door, Chu Chenyi took a deep breath, nervously adjusted his clothes, and ensured there was nothing amiss before cautiously glancing at the door.
His heart pounded violently with nervousness, and his palms were slick with sweat. After knocking, he immediately regretted it, as he still hadn't figured out what to say to Lin Yuwei first.
But the door had already been knocked, and he couldn't go back and run away now, or the two behind him would laugh at him for a whole year.
Taking advantage of this gap, his mind raced, trying to organize his thoughts, but after thinking for a long time, his words were still disjointed, and he couldn't form a complete sentence.
Lin Yuwei, inside the room, heard the knock and thought it was Feng Jin. Without much thought, she simply said in the direction of the door: "Sister Feng Jin, you can just come in. The door isn't locked."
After her voice fell, the air remained quiet for a while, yet there was still no sound of the door opening, which made Lin Yuwei feel a bit strange.
Why hadn't Sister Feng Jin come in after such a long time? This was not like her at all, and she couldn't help but feel puzzled.
After hesitating for a while, she slowly stood up, ready to go out and investigate who was pretending to be a ghost and being deliberately mysterious outside.
As soon as she pushed the door open, Lin Yuwei looked up and saw Chu Chenyi standing outside with a distressed expression. Then, the upward curve of her lips rapidly fell at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Lin Yuwei rolled her eyes, a look of annoyance in her eyes, and was about to close the door.
At the moment the door was about to close, Chu Chenyi, with quick hands, reached out to block the door. As expected, his hand was firmly pinched by the door, and he let out a cry of pain.
Completely unanticipating Chu Chenyi's move to stick his hand in, Lin Yuwei was startled by the situation and instinctively loosened her grip on the door.
She was about to check on Chu Chenyi, but reason triumphed over impulse. Lin Yuwei subtly withdrew her outstretched hand, her expression remaining as cold as ice, and her words were equally frosty: "Your Highness, if there's nothing else, please return. I am tired and wish to rest for a while."
After her words, Lin Yuwei prepared to close the door again. This time, Chu Chenyi had learned his lesson and didn't foolishly try to block the door with his hand. Instead, he sidestepped and barged through the gap.
Ling Mohan and Feng Jin, who were observing everything from hiding, let out a sigh of relief when they saw Chu Chenyi finally enter the room. At least he wasn't directly driven out, which meant there was still some hope.
Lin Yuwei was also full of helplessness, clearly infuriated. He was truly shameless; Chu Chenyi could do such a thing. He truly had no sense of shame.
Now that he was inside, she couldn't possibly drive Chu Chenyi away alone. She could no longer afford to get angry. She took a deep breath and suppressed the anger within her heart.
She slightly loosened her grip on the doorframe and then closed the door. She walked into the room, went straight up, snatched the half-embroidered tiger head hat from Chu Chenyi's hand, and placed it heavily on the table. Patiently, she issued another eviction notice: "Your Highness, when do you plan to leave?"
After all, this was at the Ling Mansion, and she couldn't be so disrespectful to Chu Chenyi. She still tried to maintain a gentle tone and speak calmly.
Her intention was for Chu Chenyi to be sensible and leave quickly, not to linger shamelessly, which would truly be ungrateful.
"You are this prince's consort, the wife he married with a formal ceremony and a grand procession. How can this prince not be allowed in your room!"
Although these were warning words, they sounded significantly weaker coming from Chu Chenyi's mouth and couldn't intimidate anyone.
Lin Yuwei rolled her eyes and paid no attention to Chu Chenyi's words. If it weren't for the honor of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, she would never have tolerated Chu Chenyi to this extent.
Under normal circumstances, if Chu Chenyi dared to be so arrogant, she would have already beaten him out with a stick. But now, for the sake of the child in her womb, she could only endure it for the time being.
However, she firmly noted it down in her heart. A gentleman's revenge is never too late; she would have her revenge sooner or later.
"What exactly do you want? There's no need to hide it. Just say it directly!"
No longer playing word games with Chu Chenyi, Lin Yuwei spoke to the point. She wanted to hear what Chu Chenyi intended to do by shamelessly barging in.
The apology he had planned to deliver had all flown out of his mind upon seeing Lin Yuwei. He couldn't help but want to bicker with Lin Yuwei, to gain even a slight advantage in this regard.
Chu Chenyi wished he could slap himself twice. Why did he have to be so glib and almost forget the important matter, forgetting why he had shamelessly barged in.
He coughed lightly, adjusted his state of mind, cast aside all pretense of dignity, and walked up to Lin Yuwei, bending down sincerely to meet her gaze.
"I've come to apologize to you. Everything that happened before was my doing, and it was my fault. I promise I will never make you angry again. You... you are magnanimous, please forgive me this time, okay? Don't be angry anymore."
Lin Yuwei was stunned. She had never expected such words to come from Chu Chenyi's mouth and was momentarily at a loss for how to reply.
And... and more importantly, she felt a touch of emotion upon hearing these words and forgot to pull her hand away from Chu Chenyi's grasp.
Seeing that Lin Yuwei remained silent for a long time, Chu Chenyi suddenly lost his confidence and grew even more worried.
He had no idea what to do. Didn't Feng Jin say that if he apologized sincerely, Lin Yuwei might forgive him? But he had apologized, so why did Lin Yuwei have no reaction at all?