Cen Yi was truly a very bold and mischievous girl.
While the other girls were blushing with embarrassment for stealing a glance at their crush, she was already chasing after Liang Heng, showering him with affection.
"I like you, and you should like me back. It's only polite to reciprocate!"
Liang Heng: "Boring."
"Young people shouldn't spend all their time studying with a straight face. They should learn to have eyes that can appreciate beauty. For example, do you think I look better today, or yesterday? Or do you think I look better both times?"
Liang Heng: "The book is good."
"Liang Heng, do you like me?"
"Boring."
The girl persisted: "Then let me ask you a different question: Do you like me or admire me? You have to choose one, and you can't say it's boring!"
Liang Heng said indifferently, "Boring."
"Liang Heng, you can't say it's boring!"
Faced with the girl's excessive emphasis, Liang Heng simply repeated, "Boring."
"Today is Qixi Festival. This purse is the result of three years of learning from the embroiderers in the manor. My greatest virtues, besides liking you, are my generosity. So, I'm giving this purse to you."
Liang Heng said casually, "Hmm, these wild ducks are quite pretty."
"What wild ducks? These are lovebirds!"
On the bustling street, people were startled by the angry shout and kept turning around. Cen Yi, enraged, snatched the purse and left cursing.
This happened a long, long time ago, but the girl's angry, blushing expression is still vivid in my mind as if it happened yesterday.
Every time he thinks back on it, Liang Heng finds it all quite funny.
But that's all.
He was lost in thought when he was suddenly interrupted by Shen Jiao's words.
Shen Jiao asked, "So later, did she give you a purse?"
When Liang Heng came to his senses, the jar of peach blossom wine was already empty.
As he opened a new jar of wine, he said, "No, she's always been strong-willed. However, the next day she insisted on giving me a folding fan. You've seen that fan before, it's the same one."
Shen Jiao thought about it carefully and sincerely praised, "Hmm, to be honest, the painting on it is really artistic. Miss Cen's embroidery skills are still immature, but her painting skills are top-notch!"
"Top-notch? Only you would say that." Liang Heng burst out laughing, tears streaming down his face.
"She commissioned someone to paint that picture. On the entire fan, only the two characters 'Cen Yi' were written by her."
"Her handwriting was crooked and messy, just like her intentions..."
"It is also extremely ugly."
That night, it rained.
The winter rain was fine and biting, the cold seeping into the body and making people shiver for a long time.
Without any warning, a figure burst through the window, the biting cold air it brought almost extinguishing the candle.
Before Liang Heng could turn around, she heard her say urgently, "Liang Heng, take me away."
In the short time it took to say a sentence, a puddle of water had formed at the girl's feet.
Cen Yi's lips were frozen purple.
Why didn't you bring an umbrella when you went out?
Liang Heng put down his book, frowned, and draped the cloak hanging on the rack over her shoulders.
Cen Yi threw herself into his thin but warm embrace: "I don't have an umbrella, I ran away without one, Liang Heng, will you take me with you? Let's leave the royal city, leave the Great Yan, and go live somewhere where no one knows us, okay?"
Whether from fear or the cold, the girl trembled uncontrollably, her speech gradually becoming incoherent, her words revealing her anxiety and unease.
Liang Heng had never seen Cen Yi like this before. She should be lively and mischievous, just like the blazing summer sun, full of vigor.
He felt inexplicably distressed.
Liang Heng softened his tone: "Tell me first, what happened?"
Cen Yi cried out, "My uncle committed a crime and was imprisoned in the imperial jail. To save him, my grandfather wants to send me to the palace to please that person there. Liang Heng, I have liked you since I was a child, and I like you even more as I grow up. My greatest wish in this life is to marry you. I don't want the traditional marriage ceremony or the elaborate sedan chair. Take me away, Liang Heng, I beg you, take me away."
Liang Heng stopped abruptly.
Although he didn't want to admit it, the current emperor was indeed licentious and immoral. The thought of young, vibrant girls spending their lives in darkness and despair in the deep palace made his breathing quicken.
The impulses and passion buried deep within my heart burst forth in an instant.
What about being exceptionally gifted?
So what if he's a young prodigy doctor?
Liang Heng made a self-deprecating remark.
He shone brightly in a corrupt and decadent government, yet in the end he couldn't even protect a little girl, which was truly pitiful.
The night rain drizzled incessantly. With a heart full of passion and a budding, innocent love, the young man spent the entire night taking his sweetheart to another country.
The two of them bowed together in the direction of their home.
"Liang Heng, don't we look like we're paying respects to our parents?"
"boring."
Bored again? The girl kept asking for an answer, and the two disappeared into the night.
...
"On the third day after we left home, we were found hiding in a cave."
Liang Heng picked up a new jar of peach blossom wine, but instead of opening it immediately, he held it tightly.
She hugged him very tightly, and Shen Jiao noticed his white knuckles. She asked in confusion, "How could it be so fast?"
In CEO romance novels, the beautiful wife who runs away pregnant usually has to live a carefree life for three to five years.
Liang Heng chuckled: "As expected of Sister Shen, the question you asked is exactly the same as the one I had back then."
He said, "Although leaving home was sudden, I have a plan for every path I should take. The Liang and Cen families are both large and powerful. I expected that I would be found one day, but it will definitely not be in three days."
Shen Jiao obediently held the teacup, then suddenly understood something and didn't say anything more.
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