She took two steps forward, looking at the adult's pale and weak face, and the uneasiness in her heart gradually grew:

"Sir, if you...if you don't like the things the princess bought, you can deal with them yourself. Why...do you have to tell me?"

Now that the princess is getting married, will he leave too?

Is he going to be gone?

Ling Yixing smiled at her and explained, "Xiao Ye and I have agreed to meet in five years. I have to go find the next successor to the position of the National Master. I will be very busy and will not be able to see anyone. I don't have time to deal with these."

Ai Ai's brows were tightly furrowed.

This explanation sounded reasonable, but her heart was...uneasy.

"grown ups……"

She opened her mouth, mustered up her courage, and for the first time in more than ten years as a maid, she said something that went against her master:

"I...I don't want to handle it for you, you handle it yourself!"

After she blurted it out, even she was stunned.

How could she talk back to an adult?

"Sir, I...I just..."

"It's okay, ahem." Ling Yixing held the book in his hand, his eyes curved with a kind smile. The light in his eyes was like pure stars, bright and gentle.

"Ai Ai, if you don't want to stay, you can go to Jiangnan with Xiao Ye after the marriage banquet."

Ai Ai's breath hitched, "Sir!"

If she asked him to leave, didn't that mean he was going to ask someone else to help him deal with the things he had previously instructed?

She felt even more uneasy.

"Sir, the princess has left. Are you leaving too? You will not appear until five years have passed?"

He nodded: "Yeah."

Ai Ai's eyes suddenly turned red. He was going to be away for so long. Five years later, she would be 25 years old and might have already gotten married and had children...

But there was one thing that had been buried in her heart for many years and she had never dared to speak of it.

As we were about to part, an inexplicable courage surged in my heart. I clenched my hands and said bravely:

"My Lord, I know you are as beautiful as the moon, the moon that I can never chase after in my whole life, but...but I still like you...When I was five years old, my father sold me to a human trafficker for gambling. The human trafficker saw that I was disobedient and whipped me to death."

"You grabbed the whip and bought me then."

"From that time on, I fell in love with you! I know I shouldn't have fantasized, it's because I was too careless! I know I'm wrong, but I won't change!"

Ai Ai lowered her head, bent her knees, and knelt straight in front of the man.

She bit her lower lip tightly, tears welling up in her eyes but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

Ling Yixing looked at her gently and calmly, with no intention of punishing her.

After a while.

He put the book down, stood up, and went to help her up, "Get up."

The two gentle words made Ai Ai's nose sore and her tears could no longer be controlled. She rushed forward and hugged his waist tightly.

"grown ups!"

She choked up and cried, "You are very good, you are so good! You never lose your temper, you are kind and gentle to others, no matter when I see you, you are always smiling warmly, you are so good... I feel that all the women in the world are not worthy of you!"

"I don't want to go to Jiangnan with the princess, so let me stay and serve you for the rest of my life, okay? I promise to be honest and do my duty, and I will never have any improper thoughts about you. Please leave me and take me with you, sir!"

The princess got married and was accompanied by Prince Chen.

But now that the princess is gone, the master is left alone.

She wants to stay.

Even if she never gets married, she will stay with him for the rest of her life.

Ling Yixing pursed her lips, her eyes gradually became helpless and bitter, and her warm palm rose up and slowly fell on her face.

“Ai Ai…”