Jobless Reincarnation: Live Seriously Even Without Transfer Events

"What are we having for dinner tonight, Luo Qixi?"

Rudius walked into the kitchen and asked Luo Qixi, who was sitting at the dining table in the dining room waiting for her meal.

"Aisha said there's creamy baked fish that Rudy loves."

Luo Qixi held a metal fork in her hand, rested her chin on her hand, and looked up at Rudeus. After he sat down, she tentatively asked, "Rudeus, when do you plan to bring Miss Izoruti back with you?"

"Izuru? Where are you taking her?"

Rudius rubbed his forehead, looking at Luo Qixi listlessly. He had no time to worry about his relationship with Izuru, so he said evasively, "Luo Qixi, there's nothing between Izuru and me, don't misunderstand. And you think... uh, no, that's not right."

Rudius actually had a better solution and explanation, but he was in a state of confusion. His mind was as sticky as paste, and his consciousness was a jumbled mess. It seemed that after hearing Darius's words, everything he saw was so out of place with reality, with the things he had imagined, and with the future he was striving to achieve. Why was it getting further and further away from him?

He thought that his problems would be solved after venting on Izuru, but the moment he stepped out of the room, the heaviness of his steps and the guilt lingered around him, and even his mind was in a state of chaos.

"Hmm? Has Rudy thought of something?"

Seeing Rudeus's hesitant and thoughtful expression, Luo Qixi felt both curious and a little scared, so she asked, "Is it something particularly important?"

"It's not that important..."

Rudeus pinched the bridge of his nose and said wearily, "I think I said yesterday that I was going to make stewed rabbit for Sylphie and Alice, but because of some things, I haven't been able to go back until today."

"Oh, I see. How about I go back with you?"

Luo Qixi said.

"Huh? Luo Qixi, you agreed?"

Rudius asked.

"Um...."

Luo Qixi nodded shyly, "Because I don't think I have any reason to refuse Rudy."

"No."

Rudius coldly rejected Luo Qixi's suggestion, folded the napkin and placed it on his lap, but hesitated for a moment, afraid that Luo Qixi would misunderstand that he was not accepting it, so he added, "I haven't told Alice and Hilfi about this yet, it will cause trouble if I let you go back with me like this."

"Rudy, you're tired. You need to rest. I can handle these things."

"Thank you, Rudy."

Luo Qixi was not surprised by Rudeus's rejection, because his answer represented his approval. At this moment, she felt warm inside, but the joyful expression was fleeting. From the moment Rudeus returned to this mansion and entered Izoruti's room last night, Luo Qixi had been paying attention to Rudeus.

Tossing and turning at night, Izoruti was also someone Luo Qixi often thought about.

"If I were Rudy, I might indeed like a girl like Izoruti. She's beautiful, has a perfect figure, and a great personality. In that case, I definitely shouldn't cause Rudy any trouble."

Back to reality, but looking at Rudeus's listless state, the dark circles under his eyes, his pale lips, and his haggard, sallow face, I suddenly felt a pang of sadness. I reached out to tie the napkin around Rudeus's neck and said with pursed lips, "But Rude, you're tired. You need to rest. I can take care of these things."

"Oh!"

Suddenly, Rudeus tapped the table with his right hand, and Luo Qixi stopped abruptly. She held her breath and observed Rudeus's expression, which was so tired, so haggard, and so cold.

"Sorry, I might actually be a little tired."

The atmosphere was suffocating, even though only Loki and Rudius were in the huge restaurant.

Even though Rudius was dizzy and extremely tired, he could still see through Luo Qixi's unskilled, tentative words and her undisguised, observant eyes.

Is that the same Luo Qixi who is so observant and cautious in her words and actions?

"Inhale... Hah..."

Rudius took a deep breath to calm himself down, leaned back in his chair, and reached out to stroke Luo Qixi's smooth face. There was a thin layer of moisture on it, probably from applying some face powder. Clearly, Luo Qixi had already immersed herself in a certain role.

Seeing that Luo Qixi did not resist, Rudius's hand began to slide down, over her slender neck, all the way to the top of her delicate collarbone.

Luo Qixi held her breath, her body trembling with tension. Rudeus's warm hand reached Luo Qixi's neck and collarbone, and was about to move downwards.

Luo Qixi's cheeks quickly warmed up, turning slightly flushed, but at the same time, various uneasy emotions surged into her mind.

As for why, perhaps she herself couldn't explain it.

Even though she didn't outwardly show any resistance, her eyes kept glancing at both sides of the restaurant.

Perhaps out of fear of being seen when Rudeus does something excessive, or perhaps it's a girl's most basic instinct for self-defense, although she doesn't have a reason to refuse Rudeus's actions, she still resists them.

"I've already spoken to Luo Qixi. You can refuse if you don't want to."

Rudius removed his hand from Luo Qixi's collarbone. As expected, this method was the most straightforward way for Luo Qixi to determine whether she was willing to accept it.

He untied the napkin that Luo Qixi had just tied for him, folded it twice, placed it on the table, and then got up and walked out.

“Wait, Rudy.”

But after taking only a couple of steps, Rudius felt the other person hug him from behind. A warm touch pressed against his back, and slender, soft arms stretched out from behind his waist and wrapped tightly around him.

"Rudy, do you not like me?"

Luo Qixi was afraid that her behavior would anger Rudeus or cause him more trouble, so her voice choked up a little: "Rude, just tell me, and I'll change, okay?"

"It's not that I don't like it, I..."

Rudius felt a lump in his throat, his mind in complete chaos. The unease, depression, and confusion he felt at that moment were strikingly similar to the time a few years ago when he first learned that James might take his life. He had fallen into Philip's scheme and embarked on a path with Alice that led to the present day.

Now, the source of this chaotic feeling seems to be the dead Darius. He is afraid that his future will be tainted by Darius's shadow, but Darius is dead, and he has no choice but to face the ending that another great man will give him.

"I'm tired."

Rudeus grabbed Luo Qixi's hand, trying to pull her off him, but the other woman's strength was too great; forcibly pulling her off wouldn't make sense. Rudeus was also puzzled as to why Luo Qixi was acting this way.

"Luo Qixi, you're acting a little strange today."

Rudius gave up trying, loosened his last layer of guard, and said bluntly, "You're making me feel like I'm not yourself."

"Rudy, last night I asked myself, if you really want me to be your wife, do I have a reason to refuse?"

Luo Qixi choked back tears, her voice thick with sobs, "I thought about it all night, but I can't find a reason, I just can't find one. Whenever I think of Rudy, I don't know what's wrong with me, and I feel like I'm being weird myself."

“I don’t mind Rudy touching my head. I don’t mind Rudy treating me like a child. When Rudy says ambiguous things to me, my heart even races like a teenage girl. This is the first time I’ve ever felt this way.”

“Luo Qixi...”

"Rudy, let me finish."

Luo Qixi tightened her arms, as if afraid that Rudeus would pry her hands off again and leave her side. "I have imagined my future partner, maybe a handsome adventurer who will rescue me when I am trapped in a maze and my life is in danger. I have always imagined my other half to be that kind of person."

Rudius remained silent, choosing to listen quietly as Luo Qixi continued.

"After I left Lanoa, I planned to go back and explore the labyrinth like before, but I found that I didn't seem to have the motivation anymore. I hadn't returned Rudy's staff, nor had I repaid the favor I owed Rudy. Later, when I was about to leave, Rudy cunningly kept me there, and I gradually adapted to life in the capital. In the end, I still caused trouble for Rudy."

"And, and."

Luo Qixi pressed her head tightly against Rudeus's back, leaning her entire body against him, a tear streaming down her cheek. "Moreover, Rudeus, when I was surrounded by overwhelming malice, you stood up for me. At that time, I was desperate and helpless, feeling like I was about to be swallowed by darkness. But Rudeus, you became the only ray of light I saw. Even outside the maze, Rudeus did the same thing. At that moment, I felt like Rudeus was the only person left in my heart."

"So, when Rudy said I could refuse to be your fiancée, I couldn't find any reason to refuse him anymore..."

"Luo Qixi".

Rudeus slowly turned around, wrapped his arms around Luo Qixi's back, and pulled her small body into his arms. He pressed his head against her ear and said in a slightly nasal voice, "I have no reason to refuse you either."

"Rudy, I've wanted to say this to my partner for over a decade."

Luo Qixi raised her head and looked at Rudeus's face, where tears were welling up in his eyes. She raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck, saying, "Please give me a home of our own."

"Um...um...okay, Luo Qixi."

Rudius himself didn't know why, but he felt a warm current flow through his chest, and his whole body became warm. The confusion in his heart seemed to have found some direction. "Please lend me your shoulder, Luo Qixi."

“No, I don’t lend them to anyone. All my men belong to Rudy, and I have nothing left to lend.”

Chapter 319: A Solution Made Easy

Jobless Reincarnation Fanfic: Live Seriously Even Without Transfer Events [Chapter 319] Solved

Chapter 319: A Solution Made Easy

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"Excuse me, Lord Rudeus."

Aisha gently knocked on the kitchen door, interrupting Rudeus and Luo Qixi, who were intimately preparing to take things to the next level. However, she didn't seem afraid that Rudeus would be angry. Instead, she wiggled her bottom and twisted the butterfly buckle on her apron like a little fox wagging its tail. She hugged Rudeus's leg, pouted, and looked up at him pitifully with her two big, watery eyes.

"Lord Rudius, Lord James has sent me to tell you to hurry back over there for stewed rabbit."

Aisha tugged at Rudeus's sleeve and said.

"Ahem, um."

Rudius coughed twice, corrected his posture, released Luo Qixi, stood up straight and said, "Okay, I understand."

After saying that, Rudeus gently patted Aisha on the back and walked out of the mansion. After taking two steps, before he even left the dining room, he stopped and looked back at Luo Qixi, who was standing there silently wiping away her tears, as if Rudeus had abandoned her.

"Luo Qixi, what are you standing there for? Didn't you want to help me, Alice, and Xilufei explain what happened between us?"

Rudius turned around, took Luo Qixi's small hand, and smiled, "You're not going to change your mind, are you? Then I'll go by myself."

"No, no, no, that's not true."

Luo Qixi shook her head, wiped away her tears, and hugged Rudeus's arm tightly, as if afraid that Rudeus would abandon her there.

When sudden love overwhelms the mind, almost no one can remain rational. The initial experience of gain and loss, bittersweet emotions, can easily lead one astray.

Luo Qixi once didn't understand why Xilufei liked Rudi so much, and why she wouldn't let go. It wasn't until she put her arm around Rudius's arm and boarded the carriage with him that Luo Qixi realized what that feeling was like.

......

Half an hour later, the mahogany door painted with dark brown lacquer slowly opened, and Rudius and Loki entered the living room of the manor one after the other.

As soon as the two stepped into the house, they were immediately surrounded by gazes from all directions. Whether it was the servants sweeping the floor in the corridor and stairwell, or Norren, Hilda, Senis, Paul, James, Mrs. James, Alice, and Hilda sitting on the sofa from east to west, or Lilia standing beside the sofa, it was as if they were waiting for Rudeus and Loki to meet.

Rudius grunted, and seeing that everyone in the house was surprisingly present, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. But he knew very well that this was a man's battlefield, and he couldn't leave the problem to Luo Qixi.

"What are Rudy and the others standing there for?"

Seeing Rudeus and Luo Qixi standing at the living room door without going in, Hilfi couldn't help but wonder what Rudeus was worried about. She thought about getting up to pull Rudeus in, but her big belly made it difficult to move around, and the parents hadn't said anything yet, so she had to stay in her seat.

"Rudius!"

But Alice couldn't stand it any longer. Seeing Rudius hesitating, she called out from afar, "It's just taking a concubine, what are you standing there for? Come here!"

In fact, James had already told his family about Rudius wanting Naroci as a concubine when he returned to the mansion the day before. As the head of the family, James said he had no objection, and no one else said anything more.

However, Rudius and Loki were unaware of this situation.

When they met a few months ago, Alice addressed Luo Qixi as "Miss Luo Qixi," but this time she directly said, "It's just taking a concubine." This made Luo Qixi a little worried about Alice's opinion of her, but she still decided to help Rudeus share the pressure.

"Rudy."

Luo Qixi tugged at the hem of Rudeus's clothes, took two steps forward, and said, "Let's go, Rudeus."

"Uh-huh."

Rudius and Luo Qixi walked to the sofa and first observed the expressions of Senis and Hilda, the two mothers. Hilda seemed to be the same as always, her expression as cold as ice, and at the same time, her sharp triangular eyes made Luo Qixi take two steps back.

"What a formidable mother-in-law..."

Seeing how Luo Qixi was intimidated by Hilda's gaze, Senis couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"so cold."

Paul noticed the awkward atmosphere, tightened his collar, and joked, "Rudy, you're amazing! You've already surpassed your father!"

"Ding--"

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room became even more tense because of Paul's words. Senis and Lilia looked at Paul at the same time, and the contemptuous look in her eyes made Paul lower his head in shame.

"I'm sorry, Uncle, Aunt, Mother-in-law, Mother, Alice, and Silphie."

Taking advantage of this lull, Rudius had already prepared his words, casually omitting Paul from the conversation, "Alice and Sylphie have been working so hard every day to bear my child, but I've brought other women back. I'm truly sorry to you both, and also to..."

"Which man in the Grerat family doesn't have three wives and four concubines, right, my husband?"

Mrs. James, not wanting Rudeus to make the atmosphere too serious, loosened the tie in front of James's collar, pressed her breasts, which were almost as large as Hilda's, against James's arm, and gave him a flirtatious wink. "Look how scared Rudeus is. Alice didn't say she disagreed, but he's acting like he's going to marry thirty concubines."

"Pfft, hahaha!"

Upon hearing this, the servants cleaning the corridor couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Ah, ahahaha."

Rudius smiled awkwardly, then suddenly realized that things weren't as bad as he had thought.

"Is it time to eat?"

Alice, whose belly was even larger than that of Hilfi, slowly got up from the sofa. The two maids rushed over to help her, but Alice shook them off and looked at Rudeus and Loki, saying, "I'm hungry, Miss Rudeus and Miss Loki, please help me."