Aside from being ill, Xu Jingjing couldn't think of any other reason to explain Chang'an's series of unusual actions.
Xu Jingjing knew better than anyone how arrogant her son was.
Given Chang'an's personality, massaging his legs was barely acceptable, but wiping his feet and emptying the foot bath water—unless His Highness the Crown Prince had lost an arm or a leg—
Bah! How could she curse His Highness the Crown Prince like that?
But she was absolutely shocked!
Is this still the same son who used to ignore and disdain His Highness the Crown Prince?
"Are you possessed by some evil spirit?!" Overwhelmed with surprise, Xu Jingjing blurted out her suspicions.
Xie Chang'an felt a sudden heart attack for a moment before saying, "I know what I'm doing!"
Even if what he just did had happened a few years ago, he would have felt like he was possessed by something evil!
But times have changed. Ye Jingchen is now the person he likes. Shouldn't one do everything for the person they like?
He had seen his father wash his mother's feet before. If his father could do it, why couldn't he?
Moreover, he can now perceive the enjoyment in it.
"Do you really know what you're doing?" Xu Jingjing asked quietly.
"I've raised you all these years, and you've never once poured me a basin of water to wash my feet!"
Xu Jingjing felt a pang of sadness.
But the sour feeling didn't last long. She then realized that she had never washed someone's feet or poured out their foot bath water before!
However, Xie Shaoling would occasionally wash her feet and pour out the water after they got married.
Xie Shaoling said that this is a kind of fun between husband and wife.
But Chang'an and His Highness the Crown Prince are not husband and wife. They are ruler and subject, and friends. Why is Chang'an willing to pour water for His Highness the Crown Prince to wash his feet, and why does he seem to be doing it so skillfully and enjoying it?
Xu Jingjing couldn't figure it out, and her intuition was preventing her from thinking any further.
"It's a good thing that you're willing to get close to His Highness, but you need to be careful. I think His Highness didn't want you to do those things just now!" Xu Jingjing said earnestly.
Xie Chang'an suffered another heart attack.
As expected of his own mother, every word she said was so heartbreaking!
"Would you like me to pour you some water to wash your feet?" Xie Chang'an asked with a blank face.
"Forget it, forget it. I have my own hands and feet. Why do you need to pour my foot bath water? Go back and protect His Highness properly!" Xu Jingjing imagined Xie Chang'an pouring her foot bath water with a cold face and waved her hands repeatedly.
The scene was indeed unbearable to look at; no wonder His Highness the Crown Prince kept covering his face, probably because he was afraid of hurting his eyes.
Fortunately, Xie Chang'an didn't know what her biological mother was thinking. If she did, it would probably be even more heartbreaking.
When Xie Chang'an returned to the room, Ye Jingchen was already lying in bed, with the curtains drawn, and Chenxi stood guard by his bedside like a guardian deity.
"You're back? You have to get up early for training tomorrow, so get some rest!" Ye Jingchen's voice came from behind the curtain, calm and unreadable.
However, Ye Jingchen went to sleep without waiting for him, and even lowered the curtains and had Chenxi guard the bedside, which was a clear indication that he was not allowed to get close.
"Aren't you curious about my mother's attitude?" Xie Chang'an walked to the bedside and asked through the curtains.
"I'm not curious. It's just the difference between immediate execution and execution after the autumn harvest. It's meaningless," Ye Jingchen said calmly.
He's completely heartbroken now.
Xie Chang'an stepped forward, wanting to lift the curtain, but Chen Xi stopped him as soon as he reached out his hand.
Xie Chang'an glanced coldly at Chen Xi, withdrew his hand, and spoke again with a hint of barely perceptible grievance in his voice, "How is it meaningless? I told you I had a way to persuade them, but you didn't believe me!"
Ye Jingchen noticed the hint of grievance in Xie Chang'an's eyes, feeling both amused and annoyed. He sat up in bed, reached out and pulled back the curtains, looking at Xie Chang'an. "I have always trusted you. On the contrary, you don't believe my promises at all."
His affection for Xie Chang'an may not be as pure as Xie Chang'an's affection for him, but he will always keep his promises.
He had already begun to include Xie Chang'an in his future plans and was trying to get the emperor to accept the fact that he would not marry or have children. He even planned to get the emperor to accept Xie Chang'an, but Xie Chang'an did not believe him and was unwilling to wait.
"I don't like your calm attitude when you're with me, as if you're going to indulge me in everything. But what I want is for you to like me, not to indulge me. Liking and indulging are two different things!"
The words that came out of his mouth finally made Xie Chang'an understand why he had always felt uneasy.
Ye Jingchen really seemed to be coaxing him, using the absurd excuse that he was not yet eighteen years old to keep him hanging and refusing to clarify their relationship. But after two years, when the internal and external troubles of Dayuan have been cleared up, will Ye Jingchen really still be with him?
He didn't want to doubt Ye Jingchen, but he couldn't control himself.
Ye Jingchen fell silent.
He'd never liked anyone before, so how would he know how to express liking someone?
Does being inseparable, like Siamese twins, mean that you like someone?
Why can't his willingness to indulge Xie Chang'an, even for a lifetime, be considered as liking him?
Moreover, it's not that he doesn't want to kiss and hug Xie Chang'an, it's just that they haven't reached a point where they can be completely uninhibited.
Xie Chang'an's mind is full of romance right now. If he can't stay calm, when will he ever be able to achieve his goal of lying down and having a good time?
Once Da Yuan's internal and external troubles are resolved, wouldn't it be nice for them to lie down together?
"That's just your imagination," Ye Jingchen finally said after a long silence.
Xie Chang'an had taken Ye Jingchen's prolonged silence as tacit agreement and was feeling anxious when he heard this, so he subconsciously asked, "What misconception?"
"You're delusional if you think I'll indulge you in everything! I don't want to see you right now, go sleep on the wooden bed!" Ye Jingchen said with a sneer.
Most Librans have a bad habit: the closer they are to someone, the higher their expectations become.
Because we subconsciously have higher expectations of the people we care about, we become harsh on those around us and lenient on strangers.
Another characteristic of Librans is that they are particularly good at putting on a show for outsiders, appearing perfect. However, people cannot pretend forever, so when facing close friends and family, they often reveal their true, but imperfect, side.
He was aware of these flaws of his, so he had always consciously restrained himself, both towards the brats in the Wenhua Hall and towards Xie Chang'an.
But since Xie Chang'an felt he had been too lenient with him, he no longer needed to restrain himself from Xie Chang'an.
I just don't know if Xie Chang'an can tolerate his imperfections and bad temper!
"Chenxi, don't let anyone near my bed while I'm sleeping!" Ye Jingchen said, then looked away from Xie Chang'an, lowered the curtains, covered himself with the blanket, and went to sleep.
Xie Chang'an: ......
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