Chapter 52 Yan Bao Learns Foreign Languages
When Ah Fei stood up and took the boy out of the tub, the originally cold water had become warm. A familiar and sweet smell filled the air.
Fortunately, Hongdou prepared clean towels and clothes, and the kitten's movements became more and more neat and skilled, handling everything after the end skillfully.
Zhou Huaiyan returned to his original neat and tidy appearance. Except for his wet and disheveled hair and overly bright lips, he looked no different from before.
The bone-eating pain just now receded like the tide and disappeared without a trace. Even from deep in my bones, a strange sense of satisfaction arose.
The boy closed his eyes, but his mood was completely different from the relaxation of his body.
"Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the emperor?"
Ah Fei was silent for a moment before answering,
"...He's drunk."
He had studied drugs for nine years and medicine for another year, so it was easy for him to get someone drunk quietly.
Zhou Huaiyan narrowed his eyes and rubbed the red mark on the inside of his wrist with some embarrassment.
"You did it on purpose."
"......"
Ah Fei paused while tying his belt, and after a long silence, he nodded gently. He knew that what he was doing was only a temporary solution, but he still couldn't bear to see the boy suffer like that.
Ah Fei had seen similar situations before. Even if some addicts were strong-willed and wanted to get through it on their own, their final fate was always to either die in pain or sink into depravity.
Sometimes it is easy to die, but it is extremely difficult to struggle and survive in extreme pain.
Although blood can also work, the effect is very short-lived because there is something in it that can relieve the "addiction" and it is only secreted in larger amounts when you are emotional.
Although Ah Fei can find many seemingly objective and necessary reasons for his behavior, in fact, he also had some selfish motives in what he did just now.
It has been almost a month since the night of the palace coup, and Ah Fei missed him like crazy. Every time he woke up in the middle of the night, he would always think of the past, when he was with Zhou Huaiyan.
The boy's beautiful peach blossom eyes, lazy and affectionate smile, clear and pleasant voice, lips as full and gorgeous as petals, jade-white and slender fingers, and many more...
Ah Fei missed everything about that person madly.
But such a beautiful dream would always dissipate like a puff of smoke the next day, never to be seen again. Instead, he could only stare blankly at the strange and overly gorgeous bed curtains above his head. Then, he got up and silently changed the sticky sheets, destroying the body and the traces.
"Oh......"
Zhou Huaiyan covered his eyes and laughed sarcastically.
"This is a really beautiful way to take revenge."
He had indeed treated Ah Fei as a pet in the beginning, and even treated her as a toy due to his excessive indulgence. That was why he had developed such an unbearable addiction.
Now, the person being played around is me.
"......"
Ah Fei remained silent, no longer explaining with tears like she used to.
He just calmly adjusted his scarlet court robes.
Because he had tried many times, many ways, but until now, he gradually understood that the boy no longer cared about the truth.
——I don’t care anymore.
Whether he was lying or telling the truth, Zhou Huaiyan had now completely rejected him. Not only had he discarded all his cold defenses, but he had also erected countless sharp thorns.
Even if it was out of kindness, even if Ah Fei had too many difficulties and concerns at the time, even if he was willing to open his heart to the young man now.
That person won't believe it either.
Because what the young man cares about is not the truth, but deception. One of the things Zhou Huaiyan hates most in his life is deception.
Seeing that the other party did not answer, Zhou Huaiyan felt pent up in anger with nowhere to vent.
"Heh... The Ninth Prince, who was once so high and mighty, has now become someone you can only manipulate. Are you feeling particularly proud and happy now?"
"......"
Ah Fei didn't say anything, but her originally calm expression revealed a slight hesitation.
Although he was saddened by his master's distrust and rejection, their current relationship, coupled with the boy's physical condition due to the sequelae of the snake poison, suddenly made it possible for him to take the initiative.
Although she was not proud, she was still somewhat happy. After all, the sight of the inviolable Son of God sinking in the water was really... However, at this moment, Ah Fei saw the boy's increasingly gloomy face and was immediately stunned.
He adjusted his red court robe uncomfortably. He had just taken it off to prevent it from getting wet, so it was still dry and neat. Then, Ah Fei glanced at the wet red brocade robe that Zhou Huaiyan had just taken off. The two pieces of red clothes reminded him of his wedding dress when he was at the banquet just now.
Ah Fei no longer had her shoulders slightly bent like she did when she was a servant. Now she could stand up straight, but she lowered her eyebrows and did not dare to look directly into the boy's eyes. He whispered,
"Since Your Highness is fine, I will take my leave."
"......?"
Just press it in the water and run away?
Zhou Huaiyan had been carefully observing his expression just now, and when he saw that the other party unconsciously revealed this detail, he became more certain of his guess.
——Mom got even angrier!
Zhou Huaiyan never swore, but at this moment he couldn't help but swear. He found that he always got upset every time he encountered Ah Fei's affairs.
This won’t work. This is not allowed.
Although the saying "impulse is the devil" is cliché, it is true to some extent.
Didn't he just keep the person by his side in a fit of rage? He also went against all odds and disobeyed his uncle's wishes.
Bang--!
The white porcelain teacup fell in front of Ah Fei's feet, and the splashing tea soaked her new court dress.
"Get out of here immediately, Your Highness!!!"
Impulse is indeed the devil, but now Zhou Huaiyan, who is about to go crazy, feels that he is already the devil, no matter whether he is impulsive or not! Before, it could barely be considered as a love interest, but what is it now? ! !
Ah Fei lowered her head and gathered the broken pieces of porcelain into her sleeves to prevent them from being stepped on by the boy later. After doing all this, he bowed respectfully.
"I will take my leave. Your Highness, remember to go back and dry your hair before going to bed."
"......"
His attitude made Zhou Huaiyan feel like an unreasonable teenager, or to be more specific, like an unreasonable girlfriend.
Bang!
What kind of messed up metaphors and ideas is this!!!
The boy slammed his fist on the table, his tone full of annoyance and hatred.
"Red Bean——!"
The chief palace maid was still standing at the door, shocked to see Ah Fei coming out, and then she heard the young man calling her from inside.
"Your Highness!"
Hongdou rushed in and took one look at Zhou Huaiyan's face, which looked a little gorgeous due to his anger, but his tone still sounded abnormally angry.
"How did you let people in?!!!"
"Your Highness...I have been guarding the door just now, and indeed I have not seen anyone enter."
Hongdou couldn't figure it out either. She was nervous and a little annoyed. She had just heard some strange noises in the house and thought that the boy had finally lost his patience... So she stood further away and cleared the palace maids around her, not allowing anyone to get close.
Unexpectedly, it was Ah Fei who went in.
At this moment, Zhou Huaiyan just finished listening to Hongdou's words, and suddenly understood. He held his forehead, feeling speechless and powerless, and then pointed to the beam in the corner.
Hongdou looked in the direction his finger was pointing, and a beam of soft moonlight from outside came in.
"......"
The Grand Palace Maid was stunned
"It turned out that... he got in by lifting the tiles."
Bang!
Zhou Huaiyan could not help but slam the table again. Then he stood up suddenly, rolled up his sleeves, and strode out.
"Burn everything inside for me!!!"
"......yes."
Hongdou stared blankly at the boy's back as he walked away with his sleeves waving.
It was really rare for her to...see His Highness so angry.
......
Over the next few days, Zhou Huaiyan recruited hundreds of slaves from other races to enter the palace, and listed a series of rules and regulations. The conditions were just like the emperor selecting a concubine.
Finally, he left three people to serve in Qiwu Palace. They were all about fourteen or fifteen years old, two boys and one girl, with heterochromatic eyes and the exquisite three-dimensional features unique to alien races.
Obviously, this move was to humiliate the newly appointed general of the emperor. Now the whole capital was watching silently. Although the Zhou people looked down on foreigners, the man named Yun Fei was now a popular figure in front of the emperor.
At that time, he single-handedly resisted the rebels and protected the emperor. He also stole the Heaven-Breaking Halberd of the Duke of Wei to save his carriage, and actually had a fight with that iron-blooded general, but in the end he did not lose.
In fact, although the merit of rescuing the driver was a great achievement, it was not as incredible as the fact that a 17-year-old boy could suppress the Duke of Wei who had almost ascended to the altar...
Nowadays, the name Yun Fei is known to everyone in Beijing, and it has become the latest and hottest story among storytellers.
The Ninth Prince's servant took credit for the Duke of Wei's rescue. This kind of news doesn't happen every day.
However, as the one being eaten, Zhou Huaiyan was not troubled at all. He was studying hard.
Indulgence in pleasure leads to one's depravity. His primary, middle and high school teacher was right. Studying is the right way and the ultimate pursuit of a person's life.
The boy frowned and suddenly looked up at the blue-eyed girl in front of him.
"Wait, can you read that sentence again?"
"yes."
Asona knelt carefully, then held the book and read the words on it again in a foreign language.
Zhou Huaiyan did not repeat after her immediately, but instead carefully disassembled her pronunciation in his mind, and then carefully matched the subject and object in it, and began to explore their grammar.
Then repeat it at the end.
There is no way. There are no professional foreign language teachers in this era. Even if there are many people who can speak both languages well, they only learn it through osmosis. It is not possible to teach them systematically through grammar knowledge.
So he could only learn by himself.
The foreign king and Qi Shoubang are both eyeing his uncle, and now that the emperor has fallen out with his uncle, there is only one way to seize military power.
——The foreign races and the Great Zhou will have another war sooner or later.
Zhou Huaiyan needs to make some preparations.
The foreigners lived in the snowfields of the Far North. Their pronunciation sounded very similar to the Russian that Zhou Huaiyan had heard in his previous life, and even the shapes of the characters were similar.
The boy's voice was clear and cool, like a mountain spring hitting jade. When he spoke in a foreign language, there was a mysterious and gentle tone to it that was extremely pleasant to the ear.
Asona silently held the book in her hand, and the tips of her ears turned slightly red.
After a while, Zhou Huaiyan stopped. Because there was a tongue-twitching sound in this foreign language, he couldn't pronounce it properly. It was as if his tongue was out of his control.
At this moment, Asona suddenly came to the desk without being called, knelt down and raised her head.
"Your Highness, would you like to take a closer look? I will show you again."
In fact, she originally called the young master and herself a slave according to the rules of the foreign race. But this title always reminded Zhou Huaiyan of that person, so he asked her to change it.
"Okay, do it again."
The blue-eyed girl tilted her head back, opened her mouth slightly, and the tip of her bright red tongue bounced with the rapidly exhaled air.
She did it twice, and seeing that Zhou Huaiyan was watching her seriously, she suddenly grabbed the boy's hand.
"Your Highness, would you like to feel it yourself?"
Her beautiful face was tinged with red.
"......"
Zhou Huaiyan watched her pull his hand to her lips, and a familiar scene came to his mind.
“Tsk!”
Before he touched Asona's lips and tongue, the boy suddenly waved his hand away.
"ah!"
The weak foreign girl was thrown to the ground by him, but Asona did not cry out in pain at all. Instead, she immediately knelt down, curled up into a ball, and cried for mercy.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Your Highness, please forgive me. I have overstepped the bounds!"
"......"
Zhou Huaiyan pursed his lips, picked up the handkerchief beside him and wiped his hands carefully. He lowered his eyes to look at the shivering girl on the ground, and suddenly asked,
"Have you slaves of other races all learned this trick? Show weakness, act pitiful, and then seduce casually?"
"......"
Asona didn't dare to answer, she just cried and trembled.
However, this figure and crying gradually overlapped with the shivering cat at that time.
Zhou Huaiyan suddenly stopped what he was doing, lowered his eyes, and looked calm.
"You don't have to stay here from today. Go back to where you came from."
"Your Highness! Your Highness, please forgive me!!!"
Asona cried miserably, but everything she did was of no avail and she was soon taken away by the palace servants.
The young eunuch Dousha asked cautiously,
"Your Highness, can you please have someone else come in to serve you?"
"No need."
Zhou Huaiyan's tone was cold.
After everyone left, he closed his eyes, cleared his mind of all the complicated thoughts, and organized today's notes and learning content.
Before I knew it, it was night.
Hongdou brought another bowl of the familiar bitter medicine, and the palace maids behind her also brought basins of ice cubes.
Zhou Huaiyan was already able to go through the entire process skillfully, but because of what happened last time, he had to start from the beginning again.
Doctor Li said that if you want to cure it completely, you can only rely on your willpower to get through it, but he did not give a time limit. It could be a few years, or more than ten years, or even a lifetime.
But judging from the tone of the imperial physician, it would take at least five to eight years to stop taking the drug.
But even if it takes his whole life, Zhou Huaiyan will firmly choose to cure it, because he doesn't want to have a handle on himself that will always control him.
He didn't want to, but at the same time his pride wouldn't allow it.
Walking into the ice pool, the familiar pain and coldness began to permeate every cell of my body.
This sudden attack of the snake poison disrupted many of his plans. When Zhou Huaiyan was sure that the northern border and the alien race would start another war, he thought about following his uncle to the battle.
Duke Wei is old, and this time he no longer has to face only fierce foreign enemies as he did in the past. He also has to be wary of his adopted son whom he had supported, and the emperor to whom he has been loyal for decades.
Originally, Zhou Huaiyan thought that if a war really broke out, he would definitely go with his uncle.
After all, it takes more than two months to travel from the northern border to the capital. Even if the express report is sent at a speed of 800 miles, it will take more than a month to reach the capital.
He had to stay by his uncle's side to respond to various emergencies in a timely manner.
But with my current physical condition, it is totally impossible.
despair.
As if he heard a sound that didn't belong here, Zhou Huaiyan had a hard time closing his eyes. Sure enough, he saw the person he least expected to appear here.
"Get out..."
Zhou Huaiyan was in so much pain that he could hardly speak. However, at this moment, Ah Fei stood by the pool with her eyes downcast.
He knew that he shouldn't have come, but when he heard that Zhou Huaiyan actually took three foreigners in his room, he couldn't help but feel jealous.
Moreover, if one really wants to wean off the aftereffects of the snake poison, it will take at least eight years. Do I really want my beloved boy to suffer such terrible pain for such a long time?
Ah Fei couldn't stand it.
Even though it was an addiction, he had used various drugs to improve it when he was a child. Even if he never quit, it would only be a temporary solution and would not cause any harm to his body.
The worst outcome is that Zhou Huaiyan will never be able to leave him.
But such a result, if we put aside the young man's wishes, is what Ah Fei dreams of most.
He watched Zhou Huaiyan breathing with difficulty in the ice pool. Because of the extremely cold temperature, even his breathing was trembling. The blood color of his originally jade-white skin faded, revealing a paleness like ice and snow.
The scattered black hair stuck to his shoulders and back, with some strands falling on his chest. Soaked in water, it looked like ink flowing freely on snow-white rice paper.
——Very beautiful.
Even in pain, he was still so obsessed with his beloved Son of God.
Ah Fei walked over, knelt by the pool behind Zhou Huaiyan, hugged him from behind, and gently stroked his wrist bones with her fingertips. Her touch was cold and soft, like the finest cold jade.
Such a close distance allowed Ah Fei to clearly hear the suppressed painful sounds in the boy's throat.
"I heard that Your Highness has been learning a foreign language recently. Although I am not talented, I am willing to serve Your Highness."
Zhou Huaiyan bit his tongue until it bled, trying hard to keep himself somewhat clear-headed. After trying for a long time, he finally squeezed out a word from between his teeth.
"Get lost."
"......"
Ah Fei sighed softly.
It turned out that his beloved boy couldn't even find many fresh words to curse at others, and he just kept repeating the same few sentences over and over again.
The ugliest word is "賤".
The word that is mentioned the most is “roll”.
Ah Fei, who had been in the slave camp, had heard the dirty words before, and then heard what Zhou Huaiyan called "insults".
It's like an adult hearing an angry child scolding him angrily -
[You idiot, don't come near me! ]
Same effect.
After hearing it so many times, I even think it's kind of cute.
"Your Highness, would you like to learn some new words to curse?"
Ah Fei turned her face to the side, and slowly put her hand into the ice pool to gently relieve his pain. Then, she put her hand close to Zhou Huaiyan's cold earlobe and whispered,
"Aren't you just learning a foreign language? Then I can teach you a little bit."
"......"
The author has something to say:
Gong Bao was given a script of a sadomasochistic love story, but he didn't expect that the kitten would learn the art of petting without any instruction.
Don't make yourself fat! Don't you think this relationship is more exciting than before? ! ! Where is the abuse?
PS: Yanbao will quit smoking later, don’t worry.