"Your Highness, the Crown Prince is fine. He's just sleeping soundly," Xie Geng said to Xie Chang'an.
"Even if someone is sleeping soundly, they shouldn't be able to wake up after being called so many times, right?" Xie Chang'an asked with a grim expression.
"Either you speak louder, or you use your hands?" Xie Geng suggested to Xie Chang'an.
"Slap him awake with your hand?" Xie Chang'an asked incredulously.
Xie Geng replied with a complicated expression, "Can't I just push you? Or can we use a more intimate method?"
Xie Chang'an: ......
He chose to shout.
But even after raising his voice several decibels, he still couldn't wake Ye Jingchen.
“Go and invite Mr. Li,” Xie Chang’an said to Xie Geng again.
Xie Geng's expression was almost breaking down. "Really, it's not necessary. Would you like to try another method?"
Seeing Xie Geng's insistence, Xie Chang'an thought for a moment, then put his hand on Ye Jingchen's shoulder and gently shook him.
Xie Geng turned his face away, unable to bear to look.
How could such force possibly wake His Highness the Crown Prince? Perhaps he should just go and invite Mr. Li over!
"Move aside, I'll call him." Just then, Chenxi appeared and said to Xie Chang'an.
Xie Chang'an didn't want to give up his seat, but he had never seen anyone sleep so soundly before, and he felt that he had no way to wake Ye Jingchen.
He took a step back, and Chenxi stepped forward, placing her hand on Ye Jingchen's shoulder as well, before shaking him vigorously.
Ye Jingchen was woken up and raised his hand to hit someone, but his arm was blocked by Chenxi, who was prepared.
Ye Jingchen closed his eyes and exchanged a few moves with Chenxi before sitting up on the bed, complaining, "Chenxi, you're too rough."
Chenxi snorted coldly and disappeared.
Xie Chang'an stared in disbelief, utterly bewildered.
They couldn't understand why Ye Jingchen was so hard to wake up, nor could they understand why Chenxi's movements were so practiced, nor could they understand why Ye Jingchen suddenly became so aggressive during the period when he was awake but not fully awake.
"Is it dark yet?" Ye Jingchen asked, yawning as he looked out the window.
"Are you a pig? How can you sleep so much!" Xie Chang'an said irritably.
He thought something had happened to Ye Jingchen.
If the Crown Prince gets into trouble at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, wouldn't that give the Emperor a perfect excuse to take action against the Xie family?
"It's all your fault. If you hadn't lost your memory and couldn't sleep with me, would I have been sleepless for so many days?" Ye Jingchen said as he got out of bed and dressed.
Xie Chang'an took a few steps forward and subconsciously reached out to help, but when he realized what he was about to do, he quietly withdrew his hand.
He didn't know what to say.
Having been single for thirty years, he didn't quite understand why a grown man needed someone to accompany him to sleep.
But the message conveyed by this complaint weighed heavily on Xie Chang'an's heart.
"I should go back now," Ye Jingchen said to Xie Chang'an after getting dressed.
"Oh," Xie Chang'an replied dryly.
"Hurry up and regain your memory, I miss you so much." Before leaving, Ye Jingchen reached out and hugged Xie Chang'an, whispering in his ear.
Xie Chang'an's hands were somewhat at a loss. Just when he finally made up his mind to hug Ye Jingchen back, Ye Jingchen let go of him and left.
After Ye Jingchen left, Xie Chang'an suddenly felt that Chang'an Residence was somewhat empty.
When he went to bed at night, he lay on the bed where Ye Jingchen had slept, using the same pillow and blanket as Ye Jingchen. He could almost smell Ye Jingchen's scent, a fresh fragrance with a hint of sweetness.
He doesn't dislike the smell.
No, I wouldn't say I don't dislike it; I would say I really like it.
This feeling was familiar, as if he had used this method to confirm his feelings before.
That night, Xie Chang'an had a dream all night long, but when he woke up, he couldn't remember what he dreamed about. He only vaguely felt that he was very happy and content in the dream, but after waking up, he felt empty inside.
Will Ye Jingchen come today?
After having breakfast, Xie Chang'an didn't go anywhere. He just waited in the courtyard until around noon when someone finally pushed open the gate and came in.
"Brother Chang'an, were you waiting for me?" Ye Jingchen walked quickly toward him and asked with a smile.
After a long pause, Xie Chang'an finally replied with two words, "No."
"Did you dream about me last night? I did dream about you. In the dream, you were holding me, and I slept very soundly," Ye Jingchen said as he sat down next to Xie Chang'an.
"Just holding him?" Xie Chang'an asked, as if possessed.
"What do you think?" Ye Jingchen asked instead of answering, and gave Xie Chang'an a meaningful smile.
Xie Chang'an's face turned red, which was quite embarrassing.
"Xie Geng, bring me yesterday's storybook, I want to continue reading it," Ye Jingchen instructed.
Xie Geng quickly brought over the storybook he hadn't finished reading.
Just like yesterday, Ye Jingchen read storybooks in the morning, had lunch with Xie Chang'an at noon, and then read storybooks to aid digestion before going to sleep.
She slept until evening.
Xie Chang'an would stand by the bed and watch him while he slept.
Under his watchful eye, Ye Jingchen slept soundly, showing no sign of waking up.
After sunset, Xie Chang'an decided to wake Ye Jingchen up.
Having witnessed the entire process of waking Ye Jingchen up yesterday, Xie Chang'an was already experienced. After placing his hand on Ye Jingchen's shoulder, he gradually increased the force until he finally shook Ye Jingchen awake with three-tenths of his strength.
He subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, only to hear a 'snap' sound.
The pain on his face left Xie Chang'an somewhat dazed, and it took him a while to realize what had happened.
He was actually hit, and slapped in the face.
The person who slapped him had already withdrawn his hand, but judging from the curve of his palm, it seemed he wanted to slap him a second time.
"Ye Jingchen!" Xie Chang'an called his name slowly and deliberately, and grabbed his wrist to avoid being slapped a second time.
"Master, His Highness the Crown Prince is grumpy in the morning, he didn't mean to hit you!" Xie Geng quickly jumped out and said.
He was afraid that if he spoke too late, his short-tempered master would hit the Crown Prince, and then his master would be finished.
"Did I just hit you?" Ye Jingchen asked in confusion as soon as he heard Xie Geng's words.
Xie Chang'an was so angry that he didn't want to say anything.
Looking back now, after Chenxi woke him up yesterday, the two did exchange a few moves. However, Chenxi handled it with ease, so Xie Chang'an didn't take it to heart and thought Ye Jingchen had some kind of quirk.
As it turns out, he did have a quirk, but I never expected it to be this kind of quirk.
He was slapped for the first time in his life—
"He got slapped in the face," Xie Geng answered for Xie Chang'an.
Ye Jingchen glanced at his wrist, which was still being held by Xie Chang'an, and then looked at Xie Chang'an's face.
He was in a bad mood when he first woke up, and he slapped Xie Chang'an quite hard, leaving one of his cheeks noticeably red.
While Xie Chang'an was holding his wrist, Ye Jingchen propped himself up on the bed with his other hand and leaned over to kiss Xie Chang'an's slapped cheek.
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