"I'm not a child, don't try to coax me like you would a child." Xie Chang'an held Ye Jingchen's hand and moved even closer to him.
He was already very close to Ye Jingchen; any closer and his lips would touch Ye Jingchen's lips.
Ye Jingchen's lips were moist and glossy, and looked delicious. Xie Chang'an really wanted to try them.
Thinking this, Xie Chang'an ignored the sudden surge of anger in his heart and kissed him.
But he failed to touch Ye Jingchen's lips.
Because when he came to kiss him, a hand covered his mouth and pushed him back.
"On the way here, Xie Geng said you already have someone you like, and it's a boy. Is that true?" Ye Jingchen asked with a smile.
Xie Geng, who was waiting outside Xuanzheng Hall, suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He reached up and touched his neck, and suddenly had a feeling that his body and mind were not quite stable.
Xie Chang'an was initially stunned, then a suspicious blush slowly appeared on his face.
He felt he should indeed get Xie Geng a mute-soothing drug, so he wouldn't keep his mouth shut.
He readily took a step back and asked, "What if it's true?"
“If it’s true—” Ye Jingchen withdrew his hand and stood up from the chair, “then it can only mean that you are not my Crown Princess.”
He only wants the purest emotions.
This was said very rudely, and the tone was anything but gentle.
Xie Chang'an was stunned for a moment before realizing that Ye Jingchen had misunderstood.
At that moment, he sensed the panic of his other self.
Clearly, the other self was afraid of being misunderstood by Ye Jingchen.
Xie Chang'an, however, thought that Ye Jingchen looked quite handsome when he was angry.
Since Ye Jingchen appeared, it seemed like it was his home turf, but Ye Jingchen had always been the one with the upper hand.
No matter the situation, Ye Jingchen was always calm and composed, and Xie Chang'an had never seen him angry.
I never expected him to get angry over such a trivial, unfounded matter.
And yet, another version of myself is so afraid of him getting angry.
Xie Chang'an felt he had touched the Achilles' heel of his other self, so he didn't want to clear things up for him so quickly.
He wanted to ask Ye Jingchen why it couldn't be someone Xie Chang'an originally liked.
But he couldn't say what he wanted to say. He felt as if something had suddenly taken over his body, and then he heard himself say to Ye Jingchen in a gentle voice he had never heard before: "Whether it's the me now or the me in the past, the only person I've ever loved is you."
After he finished speaking, the thing that had taken over his body left.
But Xie Chang'an clutched his chest, unable to calm down for a long time.
In the brief moment when the other him occupied his body, he fully experienced his feelings for Ye Jingchen.
This feeling was many times heavier than he could comprehend, to the point that he felt like he couldn't breathe.
Ye Jingchen's expression changed because of those words.
He could sense that the person who had just spoken to him was his Xie Chang'an.
"Chang'an, is that you?" He reached out to support Xie Chang'an, asking with a mixture of joy and worry.
Xie Chang'an took the opportunity to rest his head on Ye Jingchen's shoulder.
He was clearly taller than Ye Jingchen, but he acted like a little bird clinging to someone.
Because of this action, he felt the death stare again.
He looked in that direction defiantly.
If he could take the opportunity to impersonate another Xie Chang'an, wouldn't he be able to do whatever he wanted to Ye Jingchen?
He had just thought that when Ye Jingchen pushed him away.
"Your Majesty, is it fun to pretend to be another version of yourself?" Ye Jingchen asked with a smile.
"How do you know I'm not him?" Xie Chang'an asked, unconvinced.
"Because I can feel the Crown Princess's resentful gaze," Ye Jingchen said, pointing in one direction.
At that moment, Xie Chang'an understood that as long as there was another version of himself, he could never win Ye Jingchen's love by pretending to be another version of himself.
"I am him, and I like you too. Why can't you like me the same way you like him?" Xie Chang'an asked resentfully.
Who can't be a resentful person at times?
"We've only known each other for a few days? Didn't you refuse to admit you were my Crown Princess before? How come you've fallen for me so quickly? Is liking someone such an easy thing for you?" Ye Jingchen asked inquisitively.
He was a slow-burning and serious person when it came to relationships, so he really couldn't understand why Xie Chang'an's attitude towards him changed so quickly.
Hearing his question, Xie Chang'an's resentful expression gradually disappeared. He looked at Ye Jingchen, and after a long silence, his eyes lost their warmth.
Liking someone is certainly not an easy thing for him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have lived for over twenty years without ever falling for anyone.
But his liking for Ye Jingchen was so sudden, yet so natural.
He actually knew the reason, but he didn't want to delve into it.
However, Ye Jingchen's question made his avoidance seem somewhat ridiculous.
“You’re right, there’s no such thing as sudden liking in this world,” he said in a deep voice.
In just a few words, he seemed to have returned to the way he was when they first met in this world.
But it was only 'seemingly'. Ye Jingchen knew Xie Chang'an too well; he couldn't fool him with any subtle change in expression.
"What's wrong with you?" Ye Jingchen asked, frowning.
"I don't actually like you, but another part of me likes you so much. He and I are one, and his liking for you has affected me. He influences me all the time, and I simply can't resist it."
"What you just said has made me realize that I really hate being controlled by other people's feelings, even if that 'other person' is myself!"
Ye Jingchen stared at Xie Chang'an in astonishment.
He felt that Xie Chang'an's attitude towards him had been a bit strange these past two days, but he never expected that it was due to the influence of another Xie Chang'an.
But Ye Jingchen knew how proud Xie Chang'an was, so how could he let himself be swayed by other people's feelings?
Even if the person who is dragging him into this mess is himself, it won't work.
"What do you want to do?" Ye Jingchen asked.
"And you? What do you want to do? Go back to your original world or leave the palace to take a look?" Xie Chang'an asked instead of answering.
Ye Jingchen thought for a moment and said, "I want to go back to the original world."
Although Xie Chang'an's past is here, and Xie Chang'an is with him when he falls asleep, in the original world, whether he is asleep or awake, Xie Chang'an is always within his reach.
Moreover, he still has his family and friends in his original world, and he misses them very much after being separated for so long.
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