Tang Moyu and Feng Tianyi left the venue, via the car that was waiting outside for them along with their bodyguards. Although Zhu Ziqian was already apprehended, the couple decided not to lower their guards just yet.

  "I didn't think the event would end later than we've expected," Tang Moyu said once she was seated at the backseat of the limo, taking the bottled water Feng Tianyi passed towards her. She twisted the cap open and took a sip from it, sighing in relief once her thirst was quenched.

  "It's because of Liu Ruoyan. If her scheming hadn't come to light tonight, the event would end on time," Feng Tianyi said, knowing his wife disliked staying out late because of their little buns.

  "Anyway, that can't be helped. It's a good thing that her misdeeds came to light and her victims would be able to get the justice they have been deprived of for a long time. I just wish that Meili would heal after this." The empress's eyes reflected a hint of worry in them.

  "Why? I thought she's already doing well with Zhang Jiren. Are they still planning to get divorced?" Feng Tianyi asked curiously. It was obvious to him that his brother-in-law was already smitten with Li Meili. Too bad the latter was still oblivious about it.

  "That's what I'm worried about, Tianyi. I already expected that this might happen. Being together for two years, living in the same house, sleeping on the same bed… I'm afraid that my brother would be hurt once he and Meili divorced. I don't want them to regret any of this, but I fear that this won't end well between them," the empress voiced out her worries about her brother's relationship with Li Meili.

  "I'm sure Jiren has already figured this out. He knows too well the consequences of his actions."

  "Meili would surely blame herself if she finds out that my brother is suffering because of her. The more they spend time together, the more he would suffer."

  "He would rather stay close to her, Moyu." Feng Tianyi held her hand and kissed her knuckles. "But he won't force himself to her. I'm sure of that."

  Tang Moyu pressed her lips into a thin line. Of course, she knew that, but she also knew how Li Meili would react to it once she found out. After all the things that happened between her and Zhang Jiren, how could she not blame herself for hurting him?

  "Where are we going?" Tang Moyu suddenly asked when she noticed that the car wasn't going in the direction leading to the Song family's estate in Beijing.

  "Make a guess," Feng Tianyi leaned towards her, pulling the pins that held her long hair, releasing it from the constraints.

  "Are we going to stay in a hotel?" the empress asked in return, knowing the intention of her husband to have some privacy tonight.

  "Hmm… It seems I really can't keep everything a secret from you. You know me well, darling," Feng Tianyi said, his lips hovering at the exposed skin between her neck and her shoulder.

  "You need to behave, dear. Wait until we arrive at our destination." The empress removed his hand that was trying to slide under her skirt. Tang Moyu didn't like any kind of public display of affection.

  "You didn't forget your promise to me, did you?" her husband asked. It was really hard for Feng Tianyi not to jump on his wife, especially if she was looking like this.

  Hadn't she realize how many men were ogling her during the awarding ceremony? If Feng Tianyi could, he would poke every man who dared to l.u.s.t after his wife, making them blind for life.

  "I know, but can't you wait? You were able to wait for months, now you can't even endure a few minutes of waiting?" She chuckled at his sour expression.

  "It's because I have waited long enough already, Moyu. Don't you take pity on me? Now that Little Star has given us the go signal, we shouldn't waste our time any longer," he insisted.

  Tang Moyu smiled and cupped her chin, giving her husband a lazy smile that only made her more seductive in his eyes.

  "We aren't going linear, are we? We never did the right thing in order," she commented, reminding him that they both had Xiao Bao and Little Star first before officially meeting each other.

  Feng Tianyi huffed at that and removed the bow tie from his neck, then releasing the top buttons of his dress shirt.

  "You are supposed to be my fiancée. My grandfather wanted me to marry you, not Tianhua," he said in defense. "I'm also the one who met you first, not him," he added.

  "Does it matter if I met you first or him? I didn't know you are bothered by me being your half-brother's fiancée before." Tang Moyu hummed.

  "I've heard a lot of things about you. I wondered how the heck he was able to get lucky to be betrothed to someone like you. But it turned out, you are mine in the first place," the devil said arrogantly, trying to pull his wife for a kiss again, only this time, Tang Moyu allowed him to do so.

  She hooked her arms around his neck and pulled him closer, slowly savoring the softness of his lips while his hand supported the back of her head. Their maddening kiss only fueled his d.e.s.i.r.e to have her. Their kiss became more passionate until they both felt breathless.

  Feng Tianyi parted from her lips and rested his forehead against hers while Tang Moyu heaved for breaths. Her lips were slightly swollen by now, her cheeks dusted with a rosy blush, and she clung to her husband. It felt too long since the last time they'd been intimate with each other. The problem they had with Zhu Ziqian as well as the sudden passing of Tang Beixuan had surely affected their relationship as a couple.