Chapter 156

After kissing for an unknown amount of time, Ye Yan finally released Qin Su slightly, but he was reluctant to let go and still held her waist.

When did you think of that?

Qin Su leaned against him, lazily playing with the sachet on his waist: "About last night."

She pinched the sachet with her fingertips; the texture was quite different. Curious, she picked it up and asked, "What's inside?"

Ye Yan suddenly chuckled, and said with a hint of mischief, "The token of love you gave me."

"When should I give it to you..." Qin Su started to say, then pinched the sachet again, suddenly realizing something, "That tooth? Are you alright?"

She stared at Ye Yan incredulously, as if he were some kind of monster. "You've kept a baby tooth all this time? And you even carry it around in a sachet?"

Ye Yan chuckled softly, "Very cute."

Qin Su released her grip with disdain, speechless. "What's so cute about a tooth?"

Ye Yan: "I'm talking about the owner of the teeth."

He whispered in her ear, deliberately mimicking her voice back then: "I'm toothless, what a pain—how cute!"

Qin Su: "..."

Her hand slid down the sachet and pinched it, causing Ye Yan, who was laughing happily, to gasp and stop laughing.

Qin Su narrowed her eyes and said in a sinister tone, "I also want to leave you a place as a token of our love. What do you think?"

Ye Yan: "...Not very good. Now that we have the token of our love, the object of our love is useless."

Qin Su said, "Isn't that easy to handle? Then I'll just change the item."

Ye Yan looked at her, as if he was thinking, and after a few seconds asked seriously, "Did you bring my token of love?"

Qin Su smiled, amused by his lame joke.

The two were close together, and when she smiled, her eyelashes fluttered and brushed against Ye Yan's cheeks.

Ye Yan couldn't help but kiss the corner of her eye and sighed, "Sixteen years. I've been in this world for sixteen years. I'm almost a Wangsu stone. If you still can't remember, I won't be able to hold on any longer."

"Can't hold on to what?" Qin Su teased. "Can't hold on to what and will change your mind?"

Ye Yan grasped her fingers: "If I can't hold on any longer, I'll tell you I've traveled through time."

Despite having no prior memories, Qin Su is truly bold and intelligent.

Ye Yan's unusual and special nature was exposed very early on, but Qin Su remained silent. Ye Yan thought that Qin Su either didn't care about him or didn't trust him.

As a result, when the two of them were teenagers, Qin Su used various tricks to test his weaknesses and study his likes and dislikes.

Ye Yan didn't realize it at first, thinking that Qin Su was concerned about him. Later, he realized that Qin Su thought his background was mysterious and was afraid that he would run away, so she was trying to keep him in check.

She was relieved when she realized that the person he cared about most was herself.

As for why she didn't speak and pretended to be confused when she was young, it was because she felt that she was not capable enough, so she simply didn't want to alert the enemy.

After figuring this out, Ye Yan felt quite ashamed when he thought about how in his previous life, all he could do when he was angry was to put someone in a dark room.

Winning hearts and minds is paramount, followed by exploiting weaknesses and avoiding rash actions.

In his previous life, he was actually inferior to Qin Su, who was only a teenager in this life.

Qin Su saw through Ye Yan's intentions and became increasingly unscrupulous. Today she would say, "In the future, I will keep the general in a golden house," and tomorrow she would ask, "Does General Ye have something to say to me?"

Ye Yan struggled to hold on, thinking that this was very much like Qin Su, but also thinking that no, he still had to make things clear.

If she hadn't regained her memory sooner, Ye Yan would have been unable to hold back and would have confessed everything.

Qin Su was overjoyed to hear this.

"Then tell me," she laughed. "I'm not going to arrest you like a monster, so what are you worrying about?"

Ye Yan said somewhat awkwardly, "I used to think you were still a child, but now I feel like saying this makes me seem decades older."

Qin Su laughed and pinpointed his inner conflict: "Oh, I see, so you're afraid I'll call you old man."

Ye Yan's face darkened. He covered her mouth and retorted, "I didn't."

Qin Su smiled and bit his finger, saying, "You're going to use this to shut me up? I'm afraid that won't work."

Ye Yan's ears turned slightly red, and he hesitated before glancing at the pile of memorials beside him: "You still have official duties to finish..."

Qin Su wrapped her arms around his neck, jumped onto him, and said with a clear laugh, "Well, there's nothing I can do then. I can only be a foolish princess for one day!"