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Thinking of Xie Zheng's instructions and the intelligence that was delivered to her every day, Pei Zhaoying's eyes turned red.
She knew that the major cases Xiao Bo handled affected the interests of many people and removed many poisonous stings that even the so-called upright officials dared not touch.
If he is not careful, he will invite revenge. Those parasites in the country are running the business up and down, and have many retainers. If they pull out the radish, they will bring out the mud. What should Xiao Bo do if he gets hurt because of this?
Moreover, she was most worried that he would not take care of himself. How could he dare to work so hard and forget about food and sleep without caring about himself at all?
Pei Zhaoying stared at Xiao Bo's tall and proud figure with tears in her eyes. After not seeing him for just a few days, she noticed that he had lost weight...
He was originally a man as tall and slender as a bamboo.
If he became even thinner, and his face looked a little haggard and tired, Pei Zhaoying would want to touch his cheek and replenish his lost energy with her caress.
"That's not what I meant..."
Xiao Bo blinked twice.
Pei Zhaoying was still there and had not disappeared. It was not that he was dazzled or seeing things.
Without him watching over her meals, Pei Zhaoying probably hadn't taken good care of herself. She appeared plain, with a broken look like the cold moonlight, a pointed chin, and a faint pink tinge under her eyes, looking like she'd just cried. Xiao Bo wanted to hold her in his arms and gently ask her if she'd treated him badly, if anyone had upset him.
That touch of red quickly ignited a man's heart.
Xiao Bo looked at the woman who was nominally his wife, and his mouth felt...uncontrollably dry.
He suppressed his unspeakable thoughts and, in order to calm down, he looked away absentmindedly.
"Xiao Bo, you don't look at me! Don't you want to see me?"
Pei Zhaoying refused to agree.
He put down the heavy food box in his hand and pretended to be fierce, telling Xiao Bo not to be distracted.
She was dressed up carefully. At first glance, she looked fresh and simple, without any unnecessary embellishments. In fact, under the guidance of the nanny, she emphasized the details of her lips, eyes and eyebrows to create a charming look.
"I didn't, but I didn't expect you to come to Dali Temple to see me..."
Pei Zhaoying saw with satisfaction that before they had looked at each other for long, the tips of Xiao Bo's ears had turned red.
The furnishings in the Dali Temple's study were simple. Xiao Bo, a new official, did not pursue comfort or luxury, and did not renovate it. He simply moved out the overly luxurious items left by the previous superior, striving for simplicity and pristineness so that he could concentrate on handling cases and not indulge in entertainment.
Now he regretted letting Pei Zhaoying set foot in such a place. It was too shabby. The eldest princess was worth a million dollars, so was she being treated unfairly in such a place?
Pei Zhaoying knew that he was happy and shy when he saw her, so she had a rough idea in her mind. She raised her eyebrows and signaled him to tidy up the messy files on the table and clear out a space. Pei Zhaoying took out the exquisite dishes in the food box one by one with a smile.
Xiao Bo was dazzled: "Could this be something you did yourself?"
"How is that possible! But I guessed your preferences and asked the kitchen to make each of these dishes. You keep your likes and dislikes secret, never revealing them. I can only take the liberty of trying them!"
Pei Zhaoying seemed to be both angry and happy. She picked up the chopsticks and first picked up a big, plump crystal shrimp dumpling. With her other hand, she placed it lightly underneath and brought it to Xiao Bo's mouth.
Xiao Bo opened his mouth stiffly, bit the whole thing, chewed it, and swallowed it.
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty."
"Do you like it?"
"I like it."
"Then if you have anything you like in the future, tell me! Guessing all the time is tiring!"
Pei Zhaoying raised her voice and complained, her eyes full of pride.
These dishes were all prepared by her by observing which dishes Xiao Bo ate most often. Gradually, she accumulated experience and learned that Xiao Bo had a light taste and preferred Huaiyang cuisine, especially dishes that could bring out the freshness and sweetness of the food itself.
However, Xiao Bo was self-disciplined and polite, and only took one or two more dishes that suited his taste. It was hard for Pei Zhaoying to notice it because she was always thinking about it.
Xiao Bo responded in a hoarse voice, "Okay."
It's not that he is intentionally hiding his distance, it's that he has known since he was a child that whatever he likes, he can't keep it after all, so it's better to just watch from afar and like it quietly in his heart, so that he won't feel excruciating pain when the day of separation comes.
Pei Zhaoying came as if to teach him what it meant to possess.
Xiao Bo pulled the wheelchair closer, no longer restraining his strong longing for Pei Zhaoying. He opened his arms and embraced Pei Zhaoying in his arms, rubbing his cheek against hers, repeatedly confirming Pei Zhaoying's presence.
So fresh and hot.
"Don't let anyone see us..." Pei Zhaoying still wanted to put on airs and scold him for being helpless, but she started to touch him.
But she sadly discovered that she also longed for him. The comfort brought by his arms and hands was so unfamiliar, awakening the desires dormant in her heart and making her become unlike herself. However, she still liked the snuggling and closeness between them.
"No."
Xiao Bo picked up Pei Zhaoying, moved her to a low couch behind the screen in the study.
Xiao Bo was a man who worked day and night, and sometimes when he was tired he would take a short rest on the low couch without sleeping. Unexpectedly, this couch could play an unexpected role.
No one dared to enter his study without informing others. The screen's cover eased Pei Zhaoying's embarrassment of being seen. They had never been so intimate in broad daylight, embracing each other and entangled on the same bed... It was just like they were having sex in broad daylight.
Pei Zhaoying was so shy that she simply indulged her nature and the fantasy she had about him. As they embraced each other, she lowered her head and bit Xiao Bo's fingers, which looked like they were carved out of white jade.
This bite seemed to have bitten off Xiao Bo's sanity.
However, he knew that this was not the right place to do something, so he just touched it briefly, roughly stroking Pei Zhaoying's skin. His movements were bold and deep, his eyes were burning, and it was daytime, so he could see her delicate face very clearly.
He led the kiss between them and admired Pei Zhaoying's indulgence.
Trembling and joy rose uncontrollably from her body. Pei Zhaoying was too embarrassed to tell him. In this situation, she was aroused by a strange and tingling sensation, which was so embarrassing...
She was extremely confused now and wanted to cover Xiao Bo's eyes to prevent him from seeing her indulgence in love, but Xiao Bo refused.
He gently grasped her wrist with one hand, then turned over and pressed her lightly on the couch. A certain part of her body... made Pei Zhaoying terrified and expectant. She felt as if she was being torn apart, trembling helplessly.
"Xiao Bo..."
"Aying, please stop being angry with me, okay? I'll tell you everything you want to know, even my shameful plans. Please don't despise me. I'm not as stunningly perfect as you think. I've endured so much pain and suffering, and that... is not something I want to reveal to you. But you're pursuing honesty and openness, so if I tell you everything, will you abandon me?"
Just when Pei Zhaoying's desire for Xiao Bo reached a peak, Xiao Bo whispered in her ear in panic, telling her all his anxieties from the bottom of his heart.
Pei Zhaoying put aside all her lust and hugged him back tightly, giving him a little comfort in the storm. Before she could organize her words, she used her actions to make it clear that at this point, because she loved him, she would not separate from him.
The hot liquid flowed into her neck, and Pei Zhaoying was shocked.
Xiao Bo...actually cried?
Such a proud and indifferent person revealed his most unbearable side to her and then cried?
Pei Zhaoying wanted to lift his face to wipe his tears, but Xiao Bo could not bear to lose face any more and stubbornly kept his head down and refused to get up.
His crying was silent.
Only the tears are burning.
Pei Zhaoying did not force him and gave him dignity. She used all her strength to hold him, letting him know that he was not alone in the ups and downs. Even if he had been abandoned and hated in the past, now and from now on, he had her!
He is her, her husband and wife, and their unwavering love...
"I won't leave you! Not only because you are my consort who has officially worshipped the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple, but also because you are Xiao Bo! We have been through so many things together. As long as you are by my side, even if I face wolves and tigers, I feel safe and at ease. Every time I see you still guarding me after being injured, I feel at ease for no reason. I feel that as long as Xiao Bo is here, everything will be fine. Without wealth and power, being with someone like Xiao Bo is better than countless things in the world..."
Xiao Bo was crying, and she was also heartbroken. She threw away her shyness and expressed the surging emotions in her heart. She was afraid that she could not rescue him from the abyss. As Pei Zhaoying spoke, her throat choked with sobs, and she felt so painful that she wanted to cry with him.
Xiao Bo looked up, wiped away his tears without leaving a trace, and pressed his lips against Pei Zhaoying's eyelashes, not allowing her to cry.
His two lives were all for her happiness.
Now that he had heard Pei Zhaoying's words, he could die without regrets.
It turns out that a person can use all the strength of his life to love someone so deeply.
His father became a monk and abandoned him, leaving the young Xiao Bo alone in the Xiao family's den of tigers and wolves. Xiao Bo has not yet let go of this hurt, but he understands that after Pei Zhaoying was assassinated in his previous life, there was no confirmed murderer. He slaughtered the entire Daliang court with blood, stained his hands with countless lives, and even despised those people for not burying Pei Zhaoying enough.
The happiness and comfort brought to each other by the kiss gradually diluted the sadness.
Xiao Bo did not take the last step because he could not desecrate her in such a place, but Pei Zhaoying gave him everything he could get.
Pei Zhaoying moaned in dissatisfaction and grabbed Xiao Bo's collar in a domineering and overbearing manner:
"You're so unfair. I've told you why I like you, but you won't tell me. You've made me bear the weight of your affection, and I feel so uneasy and lost..."
Xiao Bo was willing to be imprisoned by her and pecked her plump and juicy lips.
The two of them talked it out and agreed to be honest with each other. He didn't want to hide things from her or deceive her anymore.
But the theory of past and present lives is too unbelievable.
It's as if he was just talking nonsense.
Xiao Bo thought about it and just skipped the mention of "rebirth" before explaining his feelings in detail:
"...I've seen you before you even knew me. Back then, I disguised myself as a musician to work on a case, hiding in the crowd and seeing you from afar. I only thought the legendary princess was as kind and amiable as a fairy from heaven, with a compassionate and loving heart. What had happened to her? I suddenly hated the blindness of this turbid world. My pity was accompanied by a strong love, a love at first sight that I could never forget."
The handsome man whispered in her ear, half of his face flushed as he expressed his true love. The two of them loved each other just right, not a step too early, not a step too late. After so many ups and downs, they finally got the love from a god-like person. Pei Zhaoying was moved and trembled, her body numb and weak.
She suddenly had a bitter face again, stroking Xiao Bo's chin and recalling:
"Thank you for remembering it so clearly... But, did I always have a bad reputation?"
Xiao Bo stiffened slightly without leaving any trace.
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