Chu Jing stared at the reddened corners of her eyes and her constantly trembling shoulders, his heart skipping an inexplicable beat. He averted his gaze and rested his hands on his knees.
"All right, the worst that will happen is I stay away from her in the future. Stop crying, or the servants might hear and think I've done something terrible to you," he said.
Lin Zhi retorted, "You were in the wrong from the start, Princely Heir, yet you still blame me. Since you've made such a promise, if there's any more gossip in the future, don't blame me for scolding you."
Chu Jing was rendered speechless. Seeing her eyelashes still damp with tears while she spouted words of blame with such righteous indignation, he wondered where his usually dignified and well-mannered lawful wife had gone. He secretly thought that women and petty people were indeed the hardest to deal with.
