"What do you want to tell me?" Ye Jingchen asked after returning to his room.
"Be careful out there. If our relationship gets exposed prematurely because of you, then it won't be considered that I broke the agreement!" Xie Chang'an said with a serious expression.
Ye Jingchen: ......
That's a pretty quick change of attitude!
Could it be thanks to that scolding?
"So, you agree to this new agreement?" Ye Jingchen asked, somewhat amused.
"Do I have a choice?" Xie Chang'an stared at Ye Jingchen with resentful eyes, as if he were a complete scumbag.
"Then—do we need to write a contract?" Ye Jingchen teased him deliberately.
Then he saw that Xie Chang'an's expression kept changing because of this question, and even became somewhat distorted.
"I'm not teasing you anymore. There's no time now, I'll write it for you tonight," Ye Jingchen said with a smile after he'd had his fill of teasing.
Xie Chang'an breathed a heavy sigh of relief upon hearing this.
He wanted to believe Ye Jingchen, but he knew his own paranoia. He knew that his trust in Ye Jingchen would be eroded by increasing doubt, so he might as well have the contract as a reassurance from the beginning!
During their morning exercise, Xie Chang'an initially ran alongside Ye Jingchen, but after a short while, he overtook Ye Jingchen and ran ahead of him, maintaining a distance of three steps from him at all times.
Whenever Xie Shaoling was in the military camp, he would inspect the morning exercises of the entire camp every day, and today was no exception.
He rode his horse around the military camp before finally arriving at the place where Ye Jingchen and the others were doing their morning exercise. He dismounted, put on his load, and went to Xu Jingjing's side to run with her.
He glanced at Xie Chang'an, who was running ahead alone, and asked Xu Jingjing with his eyes.
Xu Jingjing shook her head; she didn't know what was going on either.
They seemed to have made up last night, so why are they fighting again after just one night?
Xu Jingjing couldn't understand what was wrong with young people these days. They had two conflicts in just two days!
"Guard Xie, don't forget your place. What kind of guard runs ahead of his master? Do you have eyes in the back of your head that can detect danger immediately?" Xie Shaoling asked loudly on purpose.
Xie Chang'an turned around and glared at his father, but his running speed remained unchanged.
If he wasn't worried about his father noticing something, would he have run ahead of Ye Jingchen?
"Jingjing, did you see that? He glared at me! We can't keep this son!" Xie Shaoling clutched his chest, deliberately adopting a grief-stricken expression and tone as he spoke to Xu Jingjing.
"General Xie, Chang'an has long legs and runs fast, so let him run ahead," Ye Jingchen said with a smile.
He roughly guessed why Xie Chang'an was running ahead alone, so he naturally tried to smooth things over for him.
Ye Jingchen used a copper ruler to make a soft measuring tape with graduations from cotton cloth and measured his own height. Although it might not be 100% accurate, the error should be only between one and two centimeters.
He was about 1.78 meters tall, which was considered quite tall for that era. Xie Chang'an was even taller, conservatively estimated to be 1.8 meters, making him stand out even in the military.
In the Wenhua Hall, although their training intensity was not very high, they persisted in training every day, and had riding and archery lessons every three days. They were well-nourished every day, and in addition, they all had good genes, so both men and women grew very tall.
Given their height and bearing, if they were to form a group and cause a ruckus on the streets of the capital, it would definitely cause a sensation.
Whether it's his long legs or his speed, these are all compliments, and Xie Chang'an's resentment at not being able to run together is immediately soothed.
He lowered his head, but the smile on his face could no longer be hidden.
"You're this happy just because I complimented your long legs?" Xie Shaoling ran up to Xie Chang'an and caught a glimpse of his upturned lips, and sighed with amusement.
Xie Chang'an instantly regained his expressionless demeanor.
"You brat, we didn't decide a winner just now, how about we have another race and see who finishes the rest of the distance first?" Xie Shaoling suggested.
"Let's compete then, who's afraid of you?" Xie Chang'an said disdainfully.
"So confident? Don't cry if you lose!" Xie Shaoling teased.
"When will it start?" Xie Chang'an asked directly.
"Jingjing, you call 'start'," Xie Shaoling said, turning to Xu Jingjing.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Jingjing shouted "Start!" and Xie Chang'an shot off like an arrow.
"Jingjing, you're being unfair—" Although he shouted like that, Xie Shaoling's reaction was no less than Xie Chang'an's, and he immediately chased after her.
The father and son ran at full speed, and in no time, they became two small black dots in the distance.
"Shaoling is rather playful, Your Highness, please forgive him," Xu Jingjing said to Ye Jingchen with a hint of helplessness.
"Uncle Xie has a very interesting personality," Ye Jingchen said softly.
"He is indeed an interesting person! It's a pity that Chang'an is nothing like his father. He's too awkward, has a heavy heart, and never shows what he likes or who he likes!" Xu Jingjing sighed.
“Everyone’s soul is unique, which is why life is full of surprises and unexpected events, isn’t it?” Ye Jingchen said with a smile, his voice slightly breathless.
“His Highness is very insightful. It is his good fortune to have a friend like you in Chang’an!” Xu Jingjing said.
While both were running with weights and talking as they ran, Xu Jingjing's voice remained steady.
"It's my luck to be able to become friends with him." Ye Jingchen's breathing became heavier.
Xu Jingjing gave Ye Jingchen a kind smile, "Let me teach Your Highness some breathing techniques so that it will be much easier for you to run."
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