Before leaving, Xu Xiang didn’t forget to pull Xu Wu aside.
Lowering her voice to a volume only two people could hear, she secretly warned him.
“Second Brother, you already have so many wives, children, and concubines. The Princess is reserved for our Xu Rui, understand?
“This is the first time Xu Rui has liked a girl. If you dare to compete with him, I will break your legs!”
These words almost squeezed out of Xu Xiang’s teeth. She glared at her Second Brother, making it clear that she was not joking.
Since Lu Lili appeared, Xu Rui immediately told her secretly that Lu Lili was the girl he fell in love with at first sight.
Xu Xiang immediately praised Xu Rui in her heart. He truly lived up to being her younger brother; his taste was just as good as hers!
The man she set her sights on was the handsome and unparalleled Ninth Prince. She had long decided that he would be her future husband.
Xu Rui had set his sights on the stunning and alluring Twelfth Princess. Soon, he would make the Princess his future wife!
Therefore, when she noticed Xu Wu’s eyes lighting up at the sight of the Princess, she immediately warned him.
Xu Wu felt wronged. Didn’t everyone in the village know that he had a natural fondness for beautiful women? That no matter how many, it wouldn’t be enough?
But fearing being crippled by his furious sister, Xu Wu reluctantly agreed.
After Lu Xingjiang and Xu Xiang left together, Xu Wu also left on his own without looking at Lu Lili again.
So, at the dining table, only Lu Lili and Xu Rui were left.
“Can I sit for a while longer before leaving, Your Highness the Princess?”
Amidst the awkward atmosphere, Xu Rui took the initiative to speak, his voice gentle and extremely polite.
He was dressed in clean white clothes, his hairstyle meticulous, his posture upright, and his hands placed neatly.
From his fair and gentle face, and his pure and childlike eyes, one couldn’t see any trace of a bandit on him. Instead, he seemed like a boy from the neighborhood who is the bully’s target.
Thinking that he might also die in the future to save her brother, Lu Lili felt sympathy for him.
Because he seemed to be even younger than her.
“Sure, I don’t have anything to do next anyway.” Lu Lili replied in a relaxed manner.
In ancient times, there were no mobile phones, computers, amusement parks, or cinemas, so it was indeed boring to have nothing to do in the evening.
Having just finished eating, Lu Lili felt it was fine to sit and rest for a while before leaving.
“Hehe, is that so? I have plenty of time ahead.” Xu Rui lowered his gaze slightly, a gentle smile always hanging on his lips, without any hint of aggression.
“Xu Rui, you look quite young. How old are you?”
Lu Lili smiled at him, speaking in a tone that resembled an adult asking a child’s age.
Xu Rui naturally sensed it, and his face showed a slight discomfort. Suddenly, he didn’t want to reveal his actual age.
He pursed his lips and said, “…I’m almost twenty years old, already a mature man who can stand tall.”
Indeed, at this moment, Xu Rui wished he was already a twenty-year-old man!
Instead of being worried that the girl he fell in love with would find him too young.
Hmm, why didn’t his mother give birth to him earlier…
Lu Lili couldn’t help but smile. “How many years are you lacking? Three years? Four years? Five years?”
Hearing that, Xu Rui became a bit anxious and quickly replied, “Four years, not as long as five years.”
What does how many years are u lacking refer to? I don’t understand
Xu rui said he’s “almost” twenty, so Lili asked him how many years is lacking to reach twenty.