Red Dowries (XIV)
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Xu Xiaoyu, you better give me a valid reason!" While controlling her strength, she banged on the table so loudly that people's ears started to itch. Jiang Pengji was not usually grumpy when she woke up, but who liked to be woken up by someone else when they were sleeping so soundly?
The weather in Hejian was growing colder––not to mention that the temperature in the middle of the night was so cold that it was as if one had been dumped in an icehouse.
She controlled her temper and waited for Xu Ke to speak. She wanted to know what could be so urgent that he actually left his gentle and fair wife and disturbed her sleep. Thinking of her warm bed and the soft quilt, it would have been strange if Jiang Pengji showed Xu Ke a kind face.
Sitting on her seat, she massaged her face to banish her sleepiness while she stared at Xu Ke, who was kneeling.