Chapter 1242 Couldn't bring herself to buy his nonchalance

Li Xue stared at him for a moment before blinking her eyes and shifting away to look at his face properly. Reaching out to hold his face in between her hands, she turned it on both sides to check. "You are upset with me?"

Feng Shufen's expression was neutral. From his features, she couldn't tell if he was mad at her or not. His eyes were warm but the hints of tiredness on his face were telling that he had rushed here. And after being forced to rush here, wouldn't he be mad. After all, he went out, not for some simple reason but to find his mother.

"What do you think? Were your actions something that would have provoked me?" He asked and like a kid who knew well about her wrong, she dropped her head low, forcing her eyes to dig into the floor.

"I … I am sorry. I didn't think it would turn out like that. I was just trying to give them some rest and myself some space alone." Li Xue said and with her innocent tone and a voice like that not just it was tough for Shufen to stay angry, but also impossible to stay away from her.

When he came here earlier, he knew this would be happening. No matter how angry he would be, the moment she would appear in front of him, he would forget everything and just embrace her in his arms. He was prepared for it still, he tried to keep the hold tight on his composure.

But in front of her, his composure was nothing but like the handful of sand that would slip away, no matter how tight you hold onto it. He didn't say anything to her, instead just stared at her silently. It has been almost a week since he last saw her.

When Li Xue didn't hear any word from him, she peeked to look up and when confronted with his deep gaze, she instantly looked away like a little rabbit. Feng Shufen was not sure if she was doing it on purpose but at the moment, she looked like nothing less than a bunny who knows well to hide in the burrow to escape the danger.

Pinching the space in between his brows, he shook his head internally, "You know I wasn't here, why have you still been so willful? If something would have happened to you, then …"

"I wasn't willful. I have taken Mr. Driver with me as you have said. It was just that I didn't know that something like that would happen to me so have omitted the other people. Before he could finish, Li Xue spoke, looking up while shaking her head. "But now that I have known, I have been very obedient and kept everyone by my side. As you have ordered and as you like."

She said, hopping off the chair to gesture him to the other side where she has seen all the men standing before. "See, I didn't ask them to leave and let them accompany me here." She added but just when she looked, the whole corridor was empty. As if there was no one standing there all this while.

"Huh? Where did they go? They were here all this while, believe me." Li Xue said, feeling as if not saw the men around, the man wouldn't believe her. After all, she didn't have a good record in this field. She looked down at Feng and saw his expression grow a shade darker than before.

Immediately understanding, she lifted three fingers up to prove. "I swear, they were here before. I don't know where they went suddenly. I didn't send them away."

"I never like to keep you caged. Obedience is never something I wanted from you." Feng Shufen said suddenly and not understanding the content, Li Xue blinked at him. Then coming back to sit beside him, she asked with a confused expression.

"Huh? You mean to say …"

"I kept them around you to keep you safe since I wasn't around. I never intended to ask your obedience in return." He said and Li Xue nodded, agreeing at the very instant.

"I know. You don't have to be upset by my words. It just came out on a whim." She knew it more than anyone else. If obedience was really something he would have expected from her, there would have never been whatever it has been between them always.

Feng Shufen looked at her and a moment of understanding silence got between them. Li Xue no longer remembered the men who were there and now were disappeared. Instead, she looked forward to believe that the man was there with her finally, after so many days.

After a good moment of time, she asked, "Did you find your mother? Any hints on her?"

The man looked away to the other side and then shook his head. Although there were hints of disappointment in Feng Shufen's eyes, he didn't look particularly upset.

Li Xue looked at him and didn't say anything. Since the man has looked away, it meant only one thing … that he didn't want to discuss it at the moment. Since he has always given her the time, she was just reciprocating his gestures with patience.

After some time when they sat there together, he said, "She wasn't there. We lived there and searched for her, but nothing came out at the end." He said and for once, his grey orbs showed the hints of the child who was longing to get the glance of his mother. His expression was still the usual, but it was one's eyes that revealed the person's true emotions.

Li Xue looked at him and for some familiarity in their features, for a moment she imagined WeiWei in his place. The feeling wasn't good but she was happy that her princess was there on her side always, and she never missed a moment of hers.

Reaching out to hold the man's hand, she comforted, "It's fine you didn't find her this time. But I am sure this one disappointment won't pull you away from finding her. Sooner or later, you would see her back. At least, this time with your stay there, you made sure that your mother is not dead but has been living somewhere in this world."

She said and Feng Shufen looked at her. Although he didn't say anything, Li Xue could see that he was satisfied with that fact.

"So, when are you returning back to look for her?" She asked and Feng Shufen nonchalantly said.

"Not anytime soon."

Li Xue frowned, "Is it because of what happened today?" The man looked at her and didn't reject her. To which she further added to say, "But I said that I won't be the same again. I would keep all those people around me and nothing like today would happen."

Feng Shufen shook his head, "We would see that later. For now, you should rest. The day must have been hectic for you." He said before inclining her again on himself.

Li Xue rested her head on him. But something does not feel right. Although she followed her words and relaxed, she was still confused about something. Pondering over it for some time, she could no longer hold herself back. So, she asked, "By the way, Mr. Beelzebub, all this time you were with me, you haven't once asked me what happened today? And who were the people? Did you not care?"

Feng Shufen's expression changed. Although nothing came too obvious, still in his grey orbs there was a dark current flowing that could erode the whole world in one stroke. "We will talk about it later. Sleep for now."

He said and Li Xue couldn't bring herself to buy his such nonchalance. This was definitely not like what she knew about him? What was the matter?