Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 1307 - 367: The City Lord Meeting She Was Not Allowed to Attend

At dawn, when the first light of morning slipped in through the crack of the window, Ye Lingyue woke up.

In the latter half of the night, she had kept dreaming the same dream over and over again. In the dream, it was always those two little boys who looked like tiny meatballs.

But whenever she tried to figure out who those two little boys were, she could never quite recall it clearly.

All she could remember were the names of the two boys—one was called "Sun," and the other was called "Light."

The two of them were like two rays of sunshine, making her dream unusually warm.

It’s not so bad, having a dream once in a while.

Ye Lingyue thought to herself and shifted her body, only to realize that her limbs actually wouldn’t move.

Startled, she opened her eyes and discovered that she was being held in Di Shen’s arms.

It turned out Di Shen had been afraid she would have nightmares again, so he stayed by her side all night.

The bed was too small, so Di Shen simply held her. In order to let Ye Lingyue sleep more comfortably, he could only lie sideways, squeezed onto this cramped little bed.

By her ear was the steady sound of breathing, the man’s breath falling against her neck, itchy and warm.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she noticed that her hand was still firmly clasped in Di Shen’s.

The man’s hand was large, with clearly defined bones and joints. Her hand wrapped inside his looked very small and dainty.

She raised her head and saw Di Shen’s sleeping face.

Di Shen’s brows were tightly furrowed; he must have been worried sick over her nightmare last night.

Ye Lingyue felt a twinge of guilt. She thought for a moment, then tried to pull her right hand free, only to find that Di Shen was gripping her hand so tightly it was as if, once he let go, he would lose something.

She curved her lips in a slight smile, and with her left hand gently kneaded his brows that had scrunched into the shape of the character "chuan." The moment she touched him, the man opened his eyes.

There were faint shadows under his eyes—the mark of a bad night’s sleep.

"You’re awake. You’re drenched in sweat. I’ll have someone heat some water. Wash up first, then go attend the City Lord Meeting."

Di Shen brushed aside Ye Lingyue’s bangs. Seeing her face slick with sweat, his gaze drifted downward—and suddenly stopped.

Ye Lingyue also paused, and following his line of sight downward, she realized that her clothes had been half-soaked through with sweat.

The thin spring shirt clung to her body, outlining Ye Lingyue’s curves.

After the New Year, Ye Lingyue had already turned seventeen. At this age, whether on the Qing Province Continent or the Ancient Nine Provinces Continent, she was already a grown girl.

Di Shen’s gaze gradually changed.

Ye Lingyue’s whole body went stiff, and a faint flush rose over her milky-white face.

The atmosphere in the room instantly turned ambiguous.

"Wife, you’ve gotten fatter."

"Fatter?"

Ye Lingyue had already been so flustered under Di Shen’s gaze that her ears were burning and her hands and feet felt all out of place. Being told that by Di Shen made her go blank.

What woman likes hearing she’s gotten fat?

"Here. You’ve filled out. But I like it quite a lot."

As he spoke, Di Shen gestured vaguely in front of Ye Lingyue’s chest.

He still remembered that when he was little and slept with his wife, that place on her had not been so big—it had only been slightly larger than a Little Steamed Bun. Now, it was at least the size of a steamed bun.

When he was holding his wife last night, he’d noticed that even one of his hands could barely encompass it anymore.

His wife was very unruly in her sleep, always pressing that place against him, so that he didn’t dare move at all. He ended up sweating more than Ye Lingyue did.

"You, get out!"

With a roar like the He Dong Lion Roar, Di Shen was kicked out by Ye Lingyue.

Behind him came an ear-splitting bang of a door being slammed. Di Shen found himself unceremoniously driven out, speechless.

Thinking back to the look on his wife’s face just now, a smile surfaced on his handsome features, and his mood had never been better.

Teasing his wife once in a while really did feel quite good.

But these days of only looking and not eating were also suffocatingly frustrating. He decided that after this City Lord Meeting, he would find a way to marry his wife as soon as possible.

Inside the room, after Ye Lingyue washed up, she was still muttering curses under her breath.

"That damn Di Shen, how dare he complain about me... It obviously wasn’t the first time..."

Ye Lingyue couldn’t help recalling the scene when she had been poisoned by the Nirvana Heart Lotus and Wu Zhong detoxified her. That man had also complained that her front and back looked about the same.

Was she really that small?

Ye Lingyue lowered her head to look at her chest, which was already faintly showing signs of surging waves, and for no reason at all, she felt a bit depressed.

She shook her head and remembered that Di Shen’s memories hadn’t completely recovered yet. As for the past, he probably hadn’t recalled everything.

"Wife, are you done washing up yet? Want me to come in and help? If you delay any longer, we’ll be late for the City Lord Meeting."

Of all times, Di Shen chose that moment to urge her from outside the door.

"Shut up, you big pervert Di Shen."

Ye Lingyue snapped irritably. Looking at the time, the City Lord Meeting was indeed about to begin.

After more than a month of twists and turns, the City Lord Meeting Ye Lingyue had waited so long for was finally beginning this day.

She had thought someone would come early in the morning to inform her of the meeting place. Who knew that after she and Di Shen were ready, they waited all the way to nearly midday, and still no one came to take Ye Lingyue to attend the City Lord Meeting.

Ye Lingyue sensed that something was off.

She and Di Shen walked to the courtyard gate.

But when they reached the gate, they found that at the normally deserted entrance of the courtyard, there were dozens of guards standing there today, and every guard appeared to be on high alert.

When they saw Ye Lingyue and Di Shen come out, one of the Guard Commanders stepped forward to block their path.

"Please halt, both of you. The City Lord has ordered that during the City Lord Meeting, in order to ensure the safety of the City Lords, the City Lord’s Mansion must be strictly defended. Without the City Lord’s token, no one is allowed to enter or leave the City Lord’s Mansion without authorization."

At those words, Ye Lingyue and Di Shen’s expressions both changed.

From what that Guard Commander said, the City Lord Meeting had already begun, yet no one had come at all to invite Ye Lingyue.

"Brother, the lady before you is the City Lord of Huangquan City, City Lord Ye. Please inform us of the exact location of the City Lord Meeting."

Di Shen held back his temper and argued with reason.

But the Guard Commander’s reply only made Ye Lingyue and Di Shen all the more furious.

"The City Lord has ordered that all City Lords qualified to attend this City Lord Meeting have already been invited. As for everyone else, they only need to wait for the final outcome. As for the process of the meeting, unrelated persons are not to be admitted."

The Guard Commander’s tone was all official formality, but in his eyes there was nothing but contempt.

Everyone in the City Lord’s Mansion knew that the City Lords of the other seven cities, according to their status and strength, were each staying in different guest suites. Only this new City Lord of Huangquan City was staying in an ordinary guest room.

The implication was that Ye Lingyue simply was not qualified to attend the City Lord Meeting!