Chapter 50 Kiss Me and I'll Miss You
afternoon.
Yun Xi waited in the mansion for a long time, but Ji Xun never came back, so after finishing her meal, she went to the study alone.
What she didn't expect was that there was another person in the study, Zhou Changsheng.
He had, for the first time, stepped outside the boundaries she had set. He sat at his desk, dressed in ordinary blue. A chessboard covered with pieces sat on the table. The tea beside him had gone cold, while another, empty, stood across from him.
"What are you doing here?" Yun Xi frowned the moment she saw him and took a few steps back. "Who let you in?"
Zhou Changsheng's expression was calm. He slowly stood up and smoothed his sleeves. "Don't blame me, Your Highness. I'm only here to retrieve my belongings."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a ruler in his hand, which seemed familiar to her, and she was stunned.
How did this thing appear here? She didn't remember taking this ruler.
Feeling her strange gaze, Zhou Changsheng calmly hid the ruler in his sleeve and said, "I know it wasn't Your Highness's doing. From now on, I will never tell anyone about this."
Yun Xi: “……?”
She vaguely guessed who brought it back, but... why?
"My knowledge is limited, and I believe I am incapable of teaching Your Highness. Effective immediately, I will request permission from Your Majesty to resign from my position as tutor to the Princess." Zhou Changsheng bowed, his brows lowered, his eyes submissive. "I apologize for causing you much trouble these days. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
The sudden news left Yun Xi stunned. She didn't know what to say for a moment and could only watch him leave in anger.
…
Under the crabapple tree, the weeping crabapples are bright red and delicate. A drizzle makes them look even more pitiful.
A man in a black and gold narrow-sleeved robe stood under the tree, his hands behind his back, quietly looking at the red butterfly on the rain flowers. The water droplets falling from the trembling branches dripped onto the cold golden surface, sliding down along the deep contours like golden beads.
His cold expression made the scene seem less warm.
Yun Xi found him in the backyard of the study. From a distance, she could only see his lonely back.
"Why didn't you come to see me first when you came back?" Yun Xi lifted her skirt and walked towards him. When she got closer, he still didn't look back, so she raised her hand and grabbed his sleeve.
"When did you come back?"
Perhaps because of the close intimacy between the two, Yun Xi unconsciously lowered her voice when she spoke.
Ji Xun finally rolled his eyes and looked at her calmly: "An hour ago."
Yun Xi calculated that it was just after she had finished her meal. He hadn't returned for a long time, and she thought he had gone to the Nanzhao Palace to kill someone. She specifically asked Yuan He to take a few Jinyiwei to the Nanzhao Palace to secretly stake out the situation.
Yun Xi: "Master Zhou was just in my study..."
"I invited him here." Ji Xun remained indifferent. "When I came back, I ran into him outside. I remembered something, so I invited him to play a game of chess. Your Highness, don't worry, he won't come back again."
Yun Xi: "What did you say to him?"
"It's nothing serious. I just found some familiar words on the ruler and asked Master Zhou for advice." Ji Xun said, "Your Highness, it's best not to interfere in this matter."
In that case, Yun Xi changed the subject: "Where is the doctor I asked you to find?"
"Doctor Yu is not here. I have prescribed some contraceptive soup at the clinic and have asked the kitchen to prepare it." His tone was quite cold.
"I have found another doctor. Is your Highness in need of him?"
When this embarrassing incident was mentioned, Yun Xi felt her cheeks getting hot: "...No need, it's all right now."
"Um."
Ji Xun didn't say much, just responded lightly and looked into the distance.
For some reason, Yun Xi felt his attitude today was a little strange, but she couldn't put her finger on it. Although he usually had a cold expression, he at least looked at her when he spoke.
Yun Xi tentatively hooked her pinky finger around his: "Are you tired? Do you want to go and rest first?"
“…”
"Are you disgusted with me last night..." His technique is so poor.
Finally it was Yun Xi's turn to say this, and she couldn't help but clench her fingers.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Xun suddenly turned around, staring at her with his dark pupils, but no emotion could be seen. He suddenly stretched out his big hand and held Yun Xi in his arms. The next moment, their lips touched, as rapid as a storm.
Yun Xi's eyes widened as she was forced to endure his invasion, her mouth completely filled with his breath. Unable to exert any strength, she leaned against his shoulder, letting the wet, warm tip of his tongue forcefully penetrate her, taking over.
The two of them shook the crabapple tree, causing countless water droplets to fall off, as if a sudden heavy rain had fallen, and their hair and clothes were all wet.
After an unknown amount of time, Yun Xi tasted blood and rust in her mouth. When she thought she was going to be strangled to death in his arms, she was finally let go.
The cold golden mask pressed against her cheek, showing no intention of leaving. Yun Xi's heart was beating fast, she was breathing heavily, and she was stunned under his gaze.
She had a feeling that this time she might not need to speak first.
She looked at him nervously, thinking that no matter how awkwardly he spoke next, she would agree to it. After all, she didn't expect him to say anything corny with his dull mind.
"Yun Xi."
"Yeah." She responded softly.
"If I have to go to a very far place, so far that you may never be able to come back home, would you like to go with me?" He whispered in her ear, his voice so soft that Yun Xi could hardly hear it.
After the words fell, Yun Xi was stunned: "..."
She didn't think it would come so soon.
After a moment of silence, Yun Xi lowered her eyes.
He was going to a very far place. Where else could he go except to join the army?
If he goes to the frontier, what can she do if she follows him?
"I'm not going." Yun Xi replied, "I just want to stay in the Princess's Mansion. Chang'an has my father, the Emperor, and Yuan He and the others. I'm not going anywhere."
Now that it was time for him to change his fate, she didn't want to hold him back. Furthermore, if he didn't become a general and stayed in Chang'an with her, their fate would be bad.
This time, she chose to believe the original novel and waited in Chang'an for him to come back and resolve the war.
"We have many delicacies you haven't tasted there, as well as many interesting things. If you go there, you might like them..." he said with some difficulty.
"Then I won't go either."
What good things can be found on the battlefield? Although she believed that Ji Xun was capable of protecting her, she did not want him to be distracted by this.
Yun Xi looked into his eyes and said, "I know you can't bear to leave me, but when it's time to separate, we have to separate... But I will miss you."
“…”
The pair of dark pupils stared at her, their silence eerily silent, and the surroundings fell into silent tranquility.
After a while, Ji Xun finally calmed down, his Adam's apple rolling slightly, and he looked away. He let go of Yun Xi and took two steps back.
"I understand."
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