Chapter 72
Although everyone present wanted to have a gossip, since this was a royal ball after all, it was obviously not decent to quarrel in public.
So His Majesty the Emperor mercifully opened a side hall reserved for her and allowed several people to go in and deal with their affairs.
...But Elina thought that her aunt just wanted to eat melons, so she gave up the side hall next to the throne.
"Your Majesty, I don't think that's the case..."
Ye Bai still had some filter for His Majesty, he said hesitantly.
But Alina pointed to the open door of the side hall and whispered, "Are you sure?"
Ye Bai stopped talking.
"Besides, if my aunt hadn't opened the door to the side hall, would you and I be able to stand here and peek?"
Elina glanced at Ye Bai and said.
Ye Bai looked at the door frame of the side hall and the dance floor which were so close to him with envy and jealousy, but the guests who had no relatives with Ye Wangxing and could only dance on the dance floor were a little dazed for a moment.
He felt as if he had reacquainted himself with the circle in which he had lived since he was a child.
"No one can resist Ye Bai who wants to watch the fun, especially when the fun has nothing to do with them."
Martha, who was standing behind Ye Bai, patted her friend on the shoulder, then she held Ye Bai's shoulder and looked inside.
She said with admiration.
"But your brother is pretty capable. Even after Woden said that, he still managed to stabilize the situation and took the people to the side hall."
Martha really admired Ye Bai's brother. He was able to keep steady even after the car overturned. There was not even a trace of guilt on his face. Instead, he only had an expression that said, "What was supposed to happen has finally happened."
This person also dug a trap for Woden.
"I... don't want any of you to get hurt, so I want to take a more gentle approach to this matter. Your Highness, why are you asking them?"
The young man said with a sad look in his eyes.
…Then the dazed Woden became the second target of the death gaze.
Under the pressure of these four people, Worden didn't dare to say a word when he was suppressed.
But it could also be because he was stunned when he heard these familiar words - he had used this logic to deal with those friends who stood up for Ye Bai.
In response, Elena said that she deserved it.
But... I don’t know if Ye Bai can wake up.
However, Elina turned around and saw Ye Bai looking at Ye Wangxing with a worried look on his face, and felt that she didn't have to worry about Ye Bai running to find Warden before the end of the dance.
"...Elina, do you think my brother can be saved?"
Ye Bai looked at the people in a stalemate in the side hall, and his brother who was surrounded and weak and helpless, and subconsciously found his most reliable friend to ask for help.
But this time, neither Elina nor Martha could offer any reliable advice.
"To be honest, we have never played this kind of life-and-death game before. Your brother is really strong. But it should be fine. After all, it is a royal banquet. Besides, His Majesty is still watching from above. They dare not fight. As long as they don't fight, it means there is still a glimmer of hope."
Elina whispered to Ye Bai.
After hearing what Elina said, Ye Bai stretched out his hand with a numb face, pointed at the throne and said.
"Are you sure that His Majesty's expression is to prevent them from fighting?"
Elina looked at her aunt who was excited, and her own mother who had asked the butler robot to bring a fruit plate.
Silence.
However, the people inside finally ended the stalemate at this time, and the voices became louder. Alina did not care about the two elders whose eyes widened instantly, and immediately pricked up her ears and carefully poked her head out from the edge of the side hall.
"——Ye Wangxing, you are really capable."
Admiral Otas stared at the young man in front of him with his deep green eyes. There was anger, disappointment, and a hint of barely perceptible hurt in his eyes.
It was like a scene where some large beast approached its owner but was abandoned by the owner.
"Heh, I originally thought you were talking to me about wanting to save the relationship, but I didn't expect you were talking to the four of us."
As he said this, the golden necklace on the man's neck now looked a little dull.
"——You are so greedy."
Admiral Otas' tone was quite calm, but everyone could hear that the emotions hidden beneath the calm tone were like a volcano before eruption.
"I...I never thought of hurting you, never." The young man said with a hint of struggle.
"But I don't know why things suddenly turned out like this. I just had a little delusion and wanted to be by your side and watch over you. I didn't think you would respond to me. After all, I'm really not that good. I'm even the most inconspicuous one..."
“I never thought I would win the jackpot…”
The young man's bewildered and pitiful expression made Admiral Otas's expression waver a little.
He seemed to believe what Ye Wangxing said, and took a step forward unconsciously.
Ye Bai at the door had an extremely anxious expression. He was really afraid that his brother would be beaten by these people because of his scumbag remarks.
"So that's why your brother was able to talk to four people at the same time, but you only talked to Worden, and it became your criminal record."
Martha said sharply.
"As for your brother's situation, believe it or not, if he had shown any sign of thinking, he would have been taken away by those people on the spot - it's uncertain whether he would live or die."
Ye Bai immediately shuddered.
Martha added, "Besides, your brother has dated them before. They are all ex-boyfriends. They have some understanding of your brother's character and naturally know that your brother is not lying. In this case, as long as one of them is not determined to cause trouble for your brother, your brother will have a better chance of survival."
"So... my brother knew about this situation and acted like that on purpose?"
Ye Bai said with some disbelief. After all, his brother didn't seem to be such a person in his daily life.
"No," Martha shook her head and said with a hint of shock, "That's the point. Your brother is indecisive, just like you. That's why everything he did to these four men was in his heart."
"He really didn't want these four men to get hurt," Martha said with a sigh, "but it's understandable. After all, who can refuse these four?"
As she said this, Martha sighed inwardly. It was a pity that she really couldn't learn this trick.
"Martha is right, otherwise he wouldn't have been discovered only now. He is having relationships with four men at the same time." Elina continued, her expression still a little shocked.
If she wasn't eavesdropping, she would probably make a few "ah" sounds to show respect.
"I think his sincerity towards these four men is comparable to yours. Before being caught on the spot, I don't think they would believe that Ye Wangxing was still entangled with other people - he loves me so much, how could he have a relationship with other men?"
Martha nodded in agreement to Elena, but when she turned to look at Ye Bai, her expression suddenly showed disgust.
"I'm not asking you to learn from your brother and catch four at once, but why is it that your brother's indecisiveness makes you the love-brained person entangled with Woden?"
Ye Bai: ...
Is it my fault?
Elina's expression also showed some disgust. When she thought about how much trouble Ye Bai's previous love-brained behavior had caused them, she wanted to hit someone.
While they were chatting, their friends behind them and guests further away had heard the noise inside the door through various means and were already discussing it heatedly.
However, they were so excited that the Chancellor and his wife were somewhat socially frustrated.
——Why does something seem a little strange about these two children in their family?
While the discussion outside the door was in full swing, some changes were taking place inside.
Admiral Otas seemed unable to bear the young man's pitiful expression. He took a step forward and was about to speak, but the cat-eyed man next to him blocked Admiral Otas's sight.
He glanced at the man standing there and seemed to despise him for being useless. How could he be coaxed by Ye Wangxing with just one sentence and forget to question him.
However, when he looked at Ye Wangxing, his expression was not much better than Otas's.
Many complex emotions instantly emerged in his beautiful cat eyes, but he closed his eyes and quickly suppressed them.
When he opened his eyes again, there was only indifference in his beautiful eyes. He lowered his voice and spoke to Ye Wangxing as if he was talking to an outsider.
"Ye Wangxing, I really didn't expect you to treat me like this."
"I treated you as my only exception, and I also felt your sincerity, but... I didn't expect that you actually had four hearts, and gave them to four people respectively."
As he spoke, his emotions gradually became agitated, and the cold expression on his face could no longer be maintained. He looked like a volcano about to erupt, or like a big cat with its fur standing on end, and he growled angrily at Ye Wangxing.
The guilty look on the face of the young man in front of him seemed to overwhelm him, and tears were welling up in his eyes.
——Until the man growled.
"...You even took the locator I gave you to date another man!"
"Is this what you mean by not wanting to hurt any of us? Ye Wangxing!"
However, as soon as these words came out, the guilty expression on the young man's face froze.
The tears that had been welling up in his eyes disappeared immediately. He looked up at the cat-eyed man in front of him with a confused look on his face. Then, as if he remembered something, the confusion on his face turned into shock.
"—I thought you turned off that locator!"
The crowd at the door, led by Elina:... Oh wow, I didn’t expect there would be an unexpected gain.
"...Well, actually that thing can be turned on and off remotely."
Samos' voice immediately dropped an octave, and his original anger was interrupted. He was like a big cat that finally realized its mistake. It was obviously a beast that could roar, but now it pinched its throat and meowed at people.
"No wonder you said you went to the planet I went to after we broke up but couldn't find me. I clearly didn't tell anyone..."
Ye Wangxing murmured blankly.
"Wow, I didn't expect Lord Semos to be so creative."
Elena, who was standing at the door, sighed and said, Martha nodded. Only Ye Bai was worried about his brother.
"This is considered an infringement of personal rights. Someone actually installed a locator on my brother, and it hasn't been detected yet. What on earth is the capital's protection for?"
Ye Bai said this in a rare fierce tone.
"The positioning made by Sir Semos himself is probably difficult to be detected by the existing protection inspections - but this does involve invading other people's privacy. I don't know what Sir Marshal thinks."
Elina whispered.
But before they turned to look at the marshal, they heard Samos explaining in a low voice.
"I was just worried about your safety. It was also for your safety. At that time, you happened to be on a remote planet where the public security management was not as good as that of the capital planet. In the capital, I turned on this location just to find out where you went. After all, I thought we were in love at that time..."
Samos lowered his voice and explained, as if he had forgotten that he was here to seek an answer.
However, Ye Bai felt that Samos's reason was pure nonsense and his brother would definitely not believe it, but Elena and Martha had the opposite opinion.
"Don't Alina and I know this about your character? You are extremely indecisive. You believe everything Woden says. Your brother's character is so similar to yours, he will definitely believe it."
Martha glanced at Ye Bai and said, and it came true the next second.
"...Indeed, the security on remote planets is not very good, and it is normal for lovers to want to control each other's whereabouts."
Listening to his brother speaking words that were different from his own in details but essentially the same, Ye Bai felt for the first time how other people felt about him at that time.
——I was so angry that I felt dizzy and my breath was stuck in my chest.
Ye Bai felt that if Elena and Martha had not held him back, he would have rushed in immediately and started beating up Samos, then scolded him for lying.
While Ye Bai was so angry outside that his face turned red, the atmosphere between Semos and Ye Wangxing in the side hall became more stable - there was even a hint of warmth?
"Actually, Ye Wangxing, I don't care about your past, and I won't care about what happened before. Do you want to choose... me?"
Just as Semos asked cautiously, Prince Janus on the side finally couldn't help it. He pulled Semos, who was still blushing, away, glanced at him, and spoke to Ye Wangxing sarcastically.
"Hehe, Brother Ye - Ye Wangxing, it seems that your vision was not very good before."
However, although Prince Janus spoke sarcastic words and even changed his address, no one thought that he was sincerely mocking Ye Wangxing.
——Tears are still welling up in his eyes.
He even lost his composure as soon as he saw Ye Wangxing.
He almost cried, but he gritted his teeth and stubbornly forced the tears back into his eyes, and just squeezed out one sentence from between his teeth.
"...Ye Wangxing, have you been lying to me all along? You said you liked me, but that was all a lie!"
"What do you think of me? A spare tire that can be summoned at any time and dismissed at any time?"
It can be seen that Prince Janus has tried very hard to question Ye Wangxing fiercely, but his voice is full of cowardice and it is obvious that he is forcing himself to ask this question.
After seeing the young man's guilty look, he could no longer hold back his expression and asked with tears in his eyes.
"I obviously like you so much, you are my first love, I...I have given up my royal dignity and come to steal your girl, why, why do you treat me like this..."
The boy was obviously tall and strong, but he looked very aggrieved as he spoke. His hands kept wiping the tears from his cheeks, and he looked so pitiful, like an abandoned dog.
Even the conscience of those who were watching the show outside was condemned.
"Prince Janus, this is really a bit unfair. Your brother is soft-hearted and does not take hard measures. You see, go over and comfort him."
But Martha was an exception. She looked at the young man who walked over with an expression of reluctance and said with a sigh.
"But Prince Janus does look quite pitiful, and he is the only one who has no ulterior motives among the four."
Ye Bai on the side said with some sympathy, and then he saw Elena and Martha looked back at him and shook their heads at the same time with a look of pity on their faces.
Ye Bai suddenly had a bad feeling.
"…Prince Janus is pretending?"
"It's not like he's pretending to be 70% real and 30% fake. He really feels sad, but it's also true that he's taking this opportunity to gain your brother's sympathy."
Elina said, stroking her chin.
Ye Bai turned his gaze back to the door in shock, just in time to see his brother standing in front of Prince Janus who was half-squatting on the ground. He patted his shoulder gently, as if he wanted to say something.
But Prince Janus took the opportunity to hold the hand extended by his brother, then stretched out his arms and hugged his brother's waist.
The tall boy buried his face in the young man's waist and abdomen, and spoke in a muffled voice with a hint of tears.
"Brother Ye...please don't abandon me, okay?"
Ye Bai watched his brother hesitate fiercely.
"Janus is quite good at this. Basically no one can refuse this voice."
The emperor was speaking on his throne. Although he still had a smile on his face and his face was facing the dance party below, his eyes were actually about to fly to the side hall.
The eldest princess on the side was much more relaxed than His Majesty. She turned her face directly towards the side hall and spoke with a smile on her face.
"Janus is actually a natural at pleasing others, it's just a matter of whether he wants to or not."
Her Royal Highness the Princess said.
"But in this case, Janus should be sure to win."
The emperor didn't think so.
"He's still young. Don't forget that none of the four people in there are easy to mess with. Even that kid who doesn't seem to understand the ways of the world, Samos, coaxed Ye Wangxing so much that he forgot that he was going to press the locator on himself, didn't he?"
"Besides..."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked into the side hall again, just in time to meet a pair of golden eyes.
"There is another one that is the most difficult to deal with here, and he hasn't spoken yet."
As soon as the Emperor finished speaking, a figure came behind the young prince, patted him gently on the shoulder and said.
"Your Highness, there is a dance party outside. Don't let the drone take pictures."
The man with golden eyes spoke softly, but his eyes were always fixed on Ye Wangxing.
Although Ye Wangxing did not look at the man, after hearing what the man said, he hurriedly helped Prince Janus up from the ground in a panic.
"Janus, after all, there are people filming outside. You have to get up first. Your image cannot be damaged."
Ye Wangxing was really concerned about Prince Janus's situation, which led to Prince Janus standing up straight with gritted teeth.
"——Thank you, Count Uno."
Prince Janus said this through gritted teeth.
This scene reminded Alina of the palace drama she had watched the latest episode of last night.
——The merchant queen in that story called the imperial physician with just a few words, making it completely impossible for the palace concubine to continue pretending.
And when the concubine thanked her with gritted teeth, the merchant queen said it lightly.
"It doesn't matter."
Count Uno said this with a smile, then met the young man's gaze.
He didn't seem to be angry, but it was obvious that he was in a bad mood. He looked at Ye Wangxing, and there seemed to be a myriad of emotions mixed in his eyes. Finally, he closed his eyes and sighed.
"I know you're young and don't know how to deal with these emotional issues. I don't blame you, but..."
Count Uno pointed to the brooch he was wearing today - the brooch was right on his heart.
His expression was somewhat bitter, and he said, "Wang Xing, I feel very sad."
Ye Bai watched as Ye Wangxing's expression wavered again.
When the young man turned around, he saw Prince Janus, whose tears had not yet dried.
The remaining two turned their heads away and didn't look at the young man.
The young man stood there with a pale face, his eyes full of entanglement and pain, his gentle face showed guilt and struggle, his lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to speak, but when he opened his mouth he didn't seem to know where to start.
His eyes kept wandering between the four people, and finally he forced a word out of his throat.
"I...I really don't want to hurt any of you, or we can just--"
The young man closed his eyes halfway through his speech, as if he had made a decision. However, just as he was about to say it, he was interrupted by the golden-eyed man with quick hands.
"Wang Xing, your mind is still confused, don't make a decision easily. Are you really sure that the decision you have in mind will not cause harm to us?"
Count Uno spoke in a rare stern voice.
The other three seemed to have realized what decision the young man wanted to make, and they rarely glared at Count Uno.
The young man opened his eyes and looked at Count Uno, but finally closed his mouth and lowered his head.
The man with golden eyes breathed a sigh of relief from a perspective that the young man could not see. Then he stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hold the young man's wrist, and placed the young man's hand on the side of his face.
The young man loosened his hand in surprise, revealing the palm of his hand that had been pinched and had bloody marks on it.
Count Uno shook the young man's hand and spoke in a steady voice.
"I don't want to force you. I'll give you some time to think carefully, but..."
As he said this, he turned his head and gently kissed the young man's palm, looking gently into the young man's somewhat surprised eyes and said.
“I hope I can wait for the answer I want.”
After saying this, Count Uno turned and walked out of the side hall, as if keeping his promise, leaving the young man room to think.
Only the young man was left standing there, staring blankly at his leaving figure with a red face.
——And the murderous gazes of the remaining three.
"Tsk tsk tsk, ginger still gets more spicy with age."
Martha said with a sigh, and Elena nodded.
It was at this moment that Ye Bai regained his brain, reacted very quickly and raised the most critical question at the moment, which could most affect his quality of life.
"...You said that tomorrow the royal family will have two more crown princes on the hot search list. Can this cover up my brother's incident?"
That's obviously not possible.
the next day.
One title topped the list.
#The ex-boyfriends of those four are the same person! #
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