Chapter 17: Shushu, who couldn't bear to see him, is really kind.

Yan Shu looked at the person in front of her and suddenly felt a little at a loss.

Although I was just worrying about whether Xiao Yu had been involved with Yan Qingwan for a long time, what about my fate in the past?

But when the person she was thinking about appeared in front of her, Yan Shu was still a little panicked.

Xiao Yu also seemed surprised that Yan Shu had not gone to bed yet. He lowered his eyelids and spoke in a faint voice.

"It's so late, isn't Yanyan still asleep?"

Yan Shu tightened her grip on the curtain slightly, then raised her head and asked softly, "What about the king? Why hasn't he gone to bed yet?"

In fact, Yan Shu wanted to ask too many questions.

She wanted to know what Xiao Yu had been busy with these days. Was he really busy with government affairs, or was he busy favoring Yan Qingwan as she had guessed?

Yan Shu lowered her eyes, her emotions unclear.

After returning from Changming Palace today, she asked someone to check out the Sishu Garden. The eunuch reported that Yan Qingwan was indeed not in the Sishu Garden these days. As for where she had gone, the people in the Sishu Garden all shook their heads and kept silent.

After learning about this, Yan Shu's suspicions naturally grew deeper.

How could it be such a coincidence?

Xiao Yu hadn't seen her these past few days, and Yan Qingwan happened to be away from the Library Garden these days.

After hearing the girl's question, Xiao Yu chuckled softly, but did not answer. He only said, "I heard from Zhou Tong that Yanyan came to Changming Palace today."

"Your Majesty has been busy with state affairs these past few days. I was just concerned about your health, so I sent you some soup and snacks."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu approached the bed, half leaned over to get closer to the girl, his narrow eyes curved into crescents.

"Really? I thought Yanyan missed me too much, so she came here in person."

Xiao Yu's sudden approach made Yan Shu smell a cold pine scent at the tip of her nose, which was cool and had a hint of chill.

"Of course I want to see the king, but the king doesn't want to see me." After Yan Shu said this, she stretched out her hands to hold his neck and pretend to be coquettish, but unexpectedly, when she raised her hands, Xiao Yu suddenly straightened up, leaving her hands empty.

Yan Shu's face was slightly surprised.

She was absolutely certain that Xiao Yu's action just now was to deliberately avoid her.

His behavior made Yan Shu's previous suspicions even deeper.

"Your Majesty, won't you come and rest with us?" Yan Shu pretended not to understand Xiao Yu's avoidance, and just stared at the person in front of her with her watery and innocent eyes.

Xiao Yu's expression wavered slightly, and then his eyes returned to normal.

"No, I still have things to do, you should rest first."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Yan Shu got anxious and got off the couch with her bare feet and ran towards the figure.

"Your Majesty!" Yan Shu reached out to pull Xiao Yu's hand, but was startled by the coldness when her fingertips touched the back of his hand.

Xiao Yu's hands were as cold as ice, almost as cold as the ice cubes she kept in her bedroom to cool down.

Seeing the girl's surprised expression, Xiao Yu's expression changed. He was about to pull his hand back, but he was not as fast as the girl and she quickly held his hand.

The girl's hands were small and delicate, not as broad and long as his palms, and at this moment she could only barely hold a few of his fingers.

"Why are the king's hands so cold?" Yan Shu felt the coolness on Xiao Yu's hands and always felt that he was not like an ordinary person.

Even in winter, ordinary people's hands wouldn't be this cold, let alone in the scorching summer heat. Even if she put a few more ice cubes in the bedroom, it would only add a little coolness, not freezing.

Yan Shu looked up at Xiao Yu's profile and suddenly noticed that his complexion seemed a little paler than usual.

These strange things made Yan Shu even more suspicious.

The warmth on the palm of his hand and fingertips formed a sharp contrast with his own coldness, and there seemed to be thick ink surging in Xiao Yu's eyes.

The intense gnawing pain in my heart seemed to have eased a lot.

Yan Shu, who realized something was wrong, immediately took Xiao Yu's hand and walked up to him. When she looked up, she saw that his face had turned pale.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Yan Shu exclaimed, looking at Xiao Yu's pale face, feeling a little frightened.

Yan Shu just felt that Xiao Yu looked like he was sick.

She frowned slightly, and the hand holding his suddenly loosened in some confusion.

And in Xiao Yu's eyes, Yan Shu looked like she was afraid of him.

His eyelashes drooped slightly, covering his dark eyes.

"I am alone and have no problem."

Xiao Yu's voice was light, without any emotion in it.

Yan Shu naturally didn't believe what Xiao Yu said. How could he be fine when his face was so pale?

I really don't know what he is trying to hold on to.

"I'll go find someone to call the doctor." After Yan Shu said this, she was about to open the door to call someone, but she had just taken a few steps when someone grabbed her waist and suddenly pulled her back into an embrace as cold as an ice cellar.

Suddenly a chill came from behind.

Yan Shu was really surprised by Xiao Yu's cold body temperature.

"Your Majesty!" Yan Shu couldn't help but exclaim.

"You are not allowed to go." Xiao Yu lowered his head and buried it in the girl's neck, his voice extremely low and hoarse.

The cold breath fell on Yan Shu's neck, making her shiver.

As Xiao Yu finished speaking, the shackles around Yan Shu's waist tightened even more, making it impossible for her to escape at all.

What happened to Xiao Yu?

Yan Shu was really confused.

Only sick people would have this kind of body temperature, right?

"Your Majesty, you are ill. I need to call a doctor to treat you." Yan Shu felt as if she was hugged by a piece of ice at this moment, and her whole body was frozen by him.

But Xiao Yu just denied it in a low voice.

"I'm fine. I don't need a medical officer."

Yan Shu thought Xiao Yu was just confused because of illness. She touched his hand around her waist and coaxed him softly, "Okay, I won't call the doctor. Your Majesty, please let me go. I'm really cold."

Xiao Yu raised his eyelids slightly when he heard this. Feeling that the girl in his arms was indeed shivering from the cold, he slowly loosened his hands around Yan Shu's waist, then stood up and held on to the small table beside him, catching his breath.

The chill on her back left, and Yan Shu finally felt herself warming up.

She turned her head to look at Xiao Yu, and her emotions were inexplicably complicated.

If Xiao Yu became seriously ill, perhaps she wouldn't have to think about how to survive...

In an instant, Yan Shu was shocked by her own vicious thoughts.

A strong feeling of self-loathing suddenly washed over him. It was just like when he pushed Xiao Yu into the snake den. Although Yan Shu hadn't done it on purpose, she had lied to him. Otherwise, Xiao Yu wouldn't have gone to find a hairpin for her.

Now that he is in this state, she can still have such vicious thoughts. Is she really a cruel person?

Yan Shu's expression was complicated, and for a moment she didn't know what to do.

Xiao Yu raised his hand to cover his chest and found that his heart seemed to hurt even more than before.

He lowered his gaze, thinking that if he continued like this, Yan Shu would probably notice something.

In an instant.

Xiao Yu stood up and returned to his usual cold expression towards Yan Shu. His narrow eyes curved into their usual arc, and he looked extremely gentle.

"I still have things to do, Yanyan, please take a rest first."

Yan Shu watched Xiao Yu lift the bead curtain and turn to leave, with cold sweat faintly appearing on her forehead, and the doubts in her heart grew more and more.

Conflict, embarrassment, reluctance or guilt.

It was difficult for Yan Shu to explain that emotion, but the only thing she was sure of was that she couldn't let Xiao Yu leave like that.

"Don't go!" Yan Shu rushed forward and hugged his waist tightly. Even though the coldness from Xiao Yu made her shiver, she still did not let go.

Yan Shu suppressed her coldness, and pressed her fair cheek against his back. Her voice trembled as she said, "If Your Majesty does not wish to call a physician, then let me take care of Your Majesty."

The young king's pupils shrank slightly, as if he had not expected Yan Shu to suddenly come over and hug him.

Xiao Yu felt the warmth from the girl behind him, and his eyelashes trembled, unable to say anything to refuse.

This was the last night of the blood parasite outbreak. He had originally wanted to come over and take a look at Yan Shu when she was asleep, but he had not expected that she was awake, and he had no idea that things would turn out like this.

Xiao Yu lowered his eyes and his gaze fell on the girl's bare feet, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Yan Shu was hugging someone tightly. When Xiao Yu pulled her arms away from his waist, although Yan Shu did not let go, he still easily pulled her arms away.

Just when Yan Shu thought Xiao Yu would leave, she was unexpectedly picked up by him around the waist the next moment.

"Your Majesty?" Yan Shu opened her eyes wide in surprise and instinctively put her arms around his neck, seeming a little bit unbelievable.

When she touched his cold skin, she remembered that Xiao Yu was still sick, and immediately cried out: "Your Majesty, please put me down quickly. You are still sick."

Xiao Yu did not answer, but just carried the girl back to the couch. After Yan Shu sat down, he even picked up the silk cloth beside him and carefully wiped the girl's feet.

Yan Shu looked at Xiao Yu wiping her feet carefully with his eyelashes lowered, and for a moment she didn't know who was the patient who needed to be taken care of.

After wiping her feet, the girl quickly retracted her feet into the quilt, her fair cheeks slightly flushed.

Then she remembered that Xiao Yu was still cold, so she raised her hand and grabbed his sleeve and tugged it, her pair of bright almond-shaped eyes just looking at him.

"Your Majesty, please come in and rest."

After saying that, Yan Shu lifted a corner of the quilt and gently patted the empty space next to her.

The naive girl obviously didn't know what her invitation meant to someone like him.

Xiao Yu lowered his eyelashes, hiding the obscure and infatuated look in his eyes, and then raised his eyes again with the look of a gentle gentleman.

After seeing Xiao Yu lying down, Yan Shu immediately covered him with more quilt, and then she lay sideways in his arms, hugging his thin waist, trying to warm Xiao Yu's cold body with her body temperature.

Fortunately, it is midsummer now, and Yan Shu is afraid of heat. After being cold for half a minute, she felt that Xiao Yu was more cooling than ice.

Before I knew it, I fell into a comfortable sleep.

With the warm and soft beauty lying beside him, the unbearable gnawing in his internal organs gradually subsided, and his body temperature was gradually warmed by the girl's warm skin.

Xiao Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the girl with a cute sleeping face in his arms. His slender fingertips gently stroked across her rosy cheek, and the thick color in his dark eyes was about to overflow.

His Shushu is really kind.

I just wonder, if one day she finds out that he is the proton that she pushed into the snake cave, will she still be so kind to him?

He picked up a strand of the girl's black hair with his long fingers and kissed it gently. The smile in Xiao Yu's eyes was full of joy and infatuation.

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