Jin Ting'an stretched out his fingertips to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and said softly, "As long as you like it."
Xitong's emotions came and went quickly, and she soon returned to calm.
She put the hairpin back into the box and asked Jin Ting'an softly.
"General, do you remember the first time we met?"
Jin Ting'an lowered his eyes and smiled, "I remember."
How could he not remember? He drank several mouthfuls of Xitong's bath water that time.
That day he finally found an opportunity to sneak into the Qiang State, but he didn't want to be discovered by the patrolling guards.
In a hurry, he entered Xitong's room.
Unexpectedly, the other person was taking a shower. When he suddenly broke in, he stared at him with wide eyes and ordered him to close his eyes.
He was anxious to hide from the guards, so how could he listen to her?
As he looked for a place to hide, the footsteps of the guards outside were getting closer and closer.
At this time, the bright girl walked out of the bathtub naked, grabbed the clothes next to her, put them on, and walked towards him.
"You are not from the Qiang people, but you can understand the Qiang language. Who are you?"
Jin Ting'an didn't dare look directly at her fair skin, so he turned his eyes away and said nothing.
The footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and the noisy sound of catching an assassin was heard.
Xitong narrowed her eyes and looked at him, "You are an assassin."
At this time, there was a hurried knock on the door. Xitong wanted to hand Jin Tingan over, but she saw that he was standing there without any panic, and his eyes were very gentlemanly, not looking at her.
Suddenly changed my mind.
She pushed Jin Ting'an towards the bathtub and kicked him in.
Jin Ting'an didn't expect her to be so rude. He fell into the bathtub without warning and choked on the bath water several times.
When he wanted to raise his head, Xitong's voice with a hidden warning sounded.
"If you don't want to be handed over, just stay inside quietly."
After saying this, Xitong turned around and opened the door.
After negotiating with the guard at the door, she moved aside to let the guard in.
The guard searched the room, bowed, and retreated.
After they walked away, Xitong walked to the bathtub and knocked on the edge of the bathtub.
"You can come out now."
Jin Ting'an had been holding it in for a long time. When he heard that he could come out, he quickly stuck his head out, raised his hand to wipe the petals off his face, stepped out of the bathtub, bowed to Xitong to thank her, and wanted to leave.
Just as he was about to leave, a slender white hand grabbed his wet sleeve.
He turned his head, and Xitong's amber eyes scanned him up and down, sneering.
"Are you planning on leaving like this? With an assassin like you, all the exits must be heavily guarded by now."
Jin Ting'an pulled back his sleeves, said it was okay, and jumped out of the window and left.
"In Tianqi's words, it's an emergency."
Xitong's words brought Jin Ting'an back to his senses, and he chuckled.
"When you later found out I was a general of Tianqi, did you regret not handing me over?"
If Xitong had handed him over at that time, he would never have had the chance to return to Tianqi to see his family.
“No regrets.”
Xitong stroked the box containing the hairpin and said, "If you regret it, you won't see me often during your time in Qiang Country."
During that period, she often sneaked out to see him.
After her father knew her thoughts, he proposed that Jin Ting'an marry her during the peace talks with Tianqi.
At that time, Jin Ting'an refused outright and said frankly that he already had a wife.
After hearing this, the father was very impressed with Jin Ting'an, thinking that he was honest and a real man.
It was also then that she found out that he already had a wife, and she stopped bothering him afterwards.
She thought that there would be no possibility of their relationship in this life, but later she heard that he had divorced his wife, and her silent heart began to beat again.
"So you went to see me on purpose."
Jin Ting'an suddenly understood and sighed, "In fact, there are traces of your feelings for me, but..."
But he had a wife at the time, and even though they had no feelings for each other, he still had to shoulder the responsibilities of a husband.
When he returned to Tianqi later, the scene of Princess Xitong being distraught when she learned that he had a wife would occasionally flash through his mind.
At that time he just thought it was guilt, but now thinking about it, he had long been infected by the girl's bright and flamboyant enthusiasm in every chance encounter she had with him.
It was just because he had a wife that he did not respond and deliberately avoided feeling his true inner thoughts.
He didn't say anything further, Xitong asked: "Just what?"
"nothing."
"General, were you a little different to me then?"
He didn't say anything, and Xitong didn't ask any further questions.
Jin Ting'an nodded. This time, he faced his true inner thoughts and did not deny that he felt differently towards Xitong at that time.
"That's great. I thought it was just wishful thinking."
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