Chapter 106, first published on Jinjiang: "One person, one blanket; well water not..."
After a busy day, the Princess's residence was also preparing to rest.
Ruan Yu looked at Qingguo and Xuanniang, both of whom were clearly tired.
"You all go and rest, I don't need any more service here."
Qingguo rubbed her eyes. "Thank you, Princess."
Xuan Niang: "Hot water is ready, Princess, please take a bath..."
"Go ahead, Xuanniang, it's alright. I also want to relax by myself."
Xuan Niang: "Yes..."
After everyone left, the large room instantly became quiet. Ruan Yu was still a little unaccustomed to it. She sat on the tatami for a while before turning around and going to the bathhouse.
The bathroom was filled with steam. Ruan Yu silently crawled into the tub. She did relax, but she couldn't help but think about what Xuan Niang and Qing Guo had said during the day.
So many things happened when she left...
She knew that her father had never really liked Chaolu, and during this time Ruan Yu was also unable to see her own heart clearly, so she lowered her eyes.
The bathroom was filled with the scent of flowers and was very quiet; the only sound was the splashing of water…
Ruan Yu soaked in the water for a while, and only slowly got up when the water temperature gradually cooled down.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed past behind her, and a gust of wind extinguished a candle...
Ruan Yu turned around abruptly, but there was nothing there.
It's probably just my imagination...
Ruan Yu slowly withdrew her gaze and then prepared to get dressed... But as she stepped out of the bathtub, she momentarily lost her focus, slipped, and almost fell back into the tub. Her eyes widened, and she instinctively reached for the edge of the tub. In the next instant, a dark figure flashed past, quickly approached, and steadily supported her from behind...
But at the same time, Ruan Yu also fell completely into his arms...
Her face turned deathly pale, and countless possibilities flashed through her mind in an instant, but when the man suddenly spoke, Ruan Yu's fear vanished without a trace...
Chao Lu's deep voice sounded in her ear, his breath warm against her skin: "How could you be so careless..."
Ruan Yu: "..."
Her face fell, and she said coldly, "Let me go...!"
“I saved Her Highness the Princess, how can the Princess not be grateful?” Chao Lu said with a smile.
Ruan Yu's ears burned.
"How dare you..."
Chaolu's smile widened: "The princess is certainly putting on airs these days, but today I, the Khan, would truly like to indulge myself!"
After saying that, he suddenly picked Ruan Yu up by the waist and strode towards the inner room!
Poor Ruan Yu had just emerged from her bath, completely naked, like a slippery fish, utterly helpless. Chao Lu threw her onto the soft bed, the force not heavy, but rather rough. Ruan Yu hurriedly pulled the blankets to cover herself, glaring angrily at him. Her already rosy cheeks from the bath were now tinged with a touch of naivety, and Chao Lu's eyes instantly darkened.
"You're incredibly audacious! I'll call the guards right now, and they'll throw you out immediately!"
Chao Lu smiled, far from being afraid, he instead stepped forward—
"The princess left me without a word, and I had no choice but to come and demand an explanation. Why is the princess angry now?"
brazen!
Ruan Yu glared at the person.
But now she wasn't flustered anymore; she felt safe wrapped in the blankets.
"How could I have abandoned you? Weren't you unable to move while recuperating at Prince Chen's residence?"
As Ruan Yu spoke, her eyes unconsciously glanced at his waist and abdomen. This guy was simply too outrageous! Just yesterday he looked like he was dying, and today he was able to climb over the wall!
But upon closer inspection, Ruan Yu noticed that his wound seemed to be bleeding slightly again, and she was stunned.
Chaolu's words had a double meaning; they weren't just about her leaving him at Prince Chen's residence, but more about what had happened before...
He had never experienced such a long winter in his life. The snow was so heavy that the entire grassland seemed to be cut off from the world. He could only hold onto his longing for her and slowly endure it all by himself...
Does she even know how much effort he put into seeing her?
Even after reaching the Central Plains, they were repeatedly thwarted, and this continues to this day...
How could Chaolu possibly let such a good opportunity slip by?
"Yu Yu..." His expression softened, and he knelt on one knee on the bed, his firm knee pushing aside the blankets. Ruan Yu's eyes widened...
Chao Lu's gaze was unfathomable, as if he wanted to suck her in. Under such intense gaze, Ruan Yu gradually succumbed, became flustered, and lowered her eyes.
She had just come out of the bath, her hair was still wet, and Chao Lu pulled out a handkerchief to help her dry off. Anyway, there was plenty of time tonight, so he wasn't in a hurry at all.
Ruan Yu looked at him strangely, "Your injury..."
Chao Lu smiled and said, "It's alright, I'll take good care of you first."
Ruan Yu pursed her lips and let him go.
The Princess's mansion is so vast, and tonight is Ruan Yu's first night here. Unexpectedly, she's not alone...
As Chaolu dried her hair, he inhaled deeply the fragrance emanating from her body.
The taste captivated him, fascinated him.
When he dried Ruan Yu's hair, he unknowingly squeezed into the large wooden bed. Ruan Yu looked up and realized that she had once again been trapped in a corner by Chao Lu.
"..."
Chao Lu made a move to pull back her blankets, and Ruan Yu was startled: "What are you doing..."
Chao Lu was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "The Princess isn't wearing any clothes?"
"You! Turn your back, I'll put it on myself!"
Let him come? It can't be anything good!
Chao Lu remained noncommittal, slowly turning around. Ruan Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out her jade-like arms, pulled at her clothes, and slowly put them on...
The rustling sound behind him made Chao Lu's Adam's apple bob. Actually... it would have been better not to wear it at all; he was starting to regret it.
He hesitated, wondering whether to follow his heart or take it one step at a time. Getting to this point had been incredibly difficult, and he could sense that Yu Yu wasn't so resistant anymore...
"Is it done?" Chaolu suddenly turned around.
Ruan Yu was already dressed, and her expression had returned to normal.
"Speak, what do you want from me?" Her tone was icy, the panic from before gone.
Chao Lu was taken aback: "Ha, what a blatant act of crossing the river and then burning the bridge. It's the middle of the night, and you're all alone together. What did Yu Yu say I wanted to talk to you about?"
"you--!"
Ruan Yu glared at him, her emotions, which had finally calmed down, were provoked again. "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll really have the guards throw you out!"
"Yu Yu is so cruel..." Chao Lu gasped.
"I just can't believe you left like that during the day, and my injuries haven't even healed yet... Look, I'm bleeding again."
Ruan Yu: "...If you don't climb the wall, nothing will happen."
"I was bleeding before I came, and I had been enduring it because I wanted to ask the Princess for an explanation," Chao Lu said shamelessly.
Ruan Yu was defeated by him: "Then what exactly do you want to do? I'll call a doctor for you."
Chao Lu: "It's late at night. What will the doctor think when he sees us like this?"
"Nothing happened to us!"
Chao Lu didn't care at all: "Princess, just help me re-bandage and apply medicine. Also, I'm going to sleep here. Then we'll call it even."
"...Don't go too far."
As if he couldn't hear what she was saying, Chaolu simply lay down.
"Come on, Princess, thank you for your hard work."
Ruan Yu: "..."
...
Chao Lu had already brazenly exposed himself, showing no shame whatsoever. Ruan Yu stared at him for a while, pondering where to pinch him, since this man's skin wasn't that thick.
But the gauze wrapped around her waist was indeed bleeding. Ruan Yu endured it again and again, but gritted her teeth and stepped heavily over him, getting off the bed!
She must have owed him something in her past life!
As Chao Lu watched the man's retreating figure, he finally smiled triumphantly. This smile aggravated his wound, causing him to gasp involuntarily.
Ruan Yu, her face cold, applied medicine and bandaged the wound. It was already past midnight, and it seemed unlikely that she could have someone escort him away...
"You can sleep here, I'll do as you say, I'm leaving."
After saying that, Ruan Yu prepared to get up and go to another room.
Her wrist was suddenly tugged, and Ruan Yu fell abruptly into Chao Lu's arms. She hurriedly moved away, "What are you doing! I just finished bandaging myself!"
Chao Lu could easily pin her firmly to his chest with one hand, his chin resting on the top of her head: "Yu Yu, you have such a cruel heart..."
Ruan Yu: "..."
Where do we even begin to explain this?
"This bed is huge. If you stay here and go out in the middle of the night, the maids will get suspicious. Don't worry, I'm crippled now and can't have any other thoughts. This bed is big enough for four people to lie down, we'll have plenty of room..."
Disabled?
She had never seen a disabled person who could climb walls!
But what Chaolu said made sense. She lowered her eyes and looked to the side; it was indeed very spacious...
"Each person has their own blanket, and we'll keep to ourselves," Ruan Yu requested.
Chao Lu was secretly delighted, but he didn't show it on his face: "Of course."
Ruan Yu pursed her lips, which was a form of agreement.
She got up, silently blew out the lamp, and the room fell into darkness.
She went back to the bedside, took off her shoes, and then slowly slung over Chao Lu's legs again, lying on the inside.
As expected, Chao Lu remained motionless, and Ruan Yu gradually breathed a sigh of relief.
"Go to sleep!"
After a long day, she was really tired. With everything quiet down around her, Ruan Yu quickly drifted off to sleep…
...
The next day, birdsong came from outside the window, and Ruan Yu opened her eyes with a strange feeling.
She had an unspeakable dream. In the dream, she kept a puppy in the Princess's residence. The puppy was lively, cute, and very endearing. At first, Ruan Yu wouldn't allow it into the house, then she wouldn't allow it on the bed, and later...
There are no bottom lines anymore.
The puppy would often lie on her, or expose its belly, which always made Ruan Yu laugh out loud.
Somehow, the puppy in her dream ended up sleeping next to her. Ruan Yu was sleeping soundly, but the puppy became restless, burying itself in her chest and using its sharp canine teeth to tear at the waist of her skirt. Once it loosened its grip, it began to lick her affectionately...
Ruan Yu felt very itchy from it and tried to push it away several times, but the other thing would hum and come closer again.
Ruan Yu suddenly woke up...
She was extremely embarrassed, and her expression turned somewhat off.
The tent was dimly lit, and Chao Lu was fast asleep.
The two bedding was still separate. Ruan Yu checked it and found nothing unusual.
She even secretly pulled open her strapless top to take a peek...
Aside from a slight swelling, there seemed to be no other signs... She thought it was a sign that her period was about to start.
Ruan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and slowly got up.
Chaolu seemed to be fast asleep, not moving at all.
Wearing only a silk skirt, she slowly climbed off the bed and then walked slowly towards the bathroom.
The man on the bed opened his eyes only after the footsteps faded into the distance.
There was no sign of sleepiness in his dark eyes.
He turned his head, looked at that slender figure, and suddenly grinned, a hint of triumph flashing in his eyes.
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