"Zhuzhu, do you remember the first time I saw you? It wasn't at the temple, nor was it through anyone's introduction, or perhaps it was in the Empress Dowager's palace..."
Jingrou frowned, somewhat puzzled.
Before officially meeting him, Jingrou had actually seen him several times and had a very deep impression of this young boy. However, she did remember that the first time was in that temple, where he helped the little novice monk and even made the very arrogant eldest prince suffer a setback.
Then, it was in the Imperial Garden that she opened his heart, and the two officially became good friends.
However, not long after that incident, she learned of Yinreng's true identity. Fortunately, Yinreng was quite honest at the time and said that the two of them would continue to be good friends. Otherwise, Jingrou would definitely have kept her distance from him.
Could it be that she had unintentionally come into contact with him at some point, or that he had seen her? Jingrou was a little confused. She tilted her head and then decided to listen to his explanation.
Little did he know that at this moment, Yinreng's palms were already starting to sweat. Bringing up that embarrassing incident from before was quite a challenge for him, especially after he understood his own feelings. He wanted to maintain a good image in front of the person he liked, but now he was about to expose his own shortcomings.
"The first time I met you was actually in the Imperial Garden. It was raining at the time, and you handed me an umbrella..." Yinreng said with a smile in his eyes, feeling a little embarrassed at first.
After all, that was a somewhat shameful scene when he was arguing with his father. Thinking back on it now, he was really foolish. Even if it was because of arguing, he shouldn't have run outside in such heavy rain.
But now he doesn't seem to care so much anymore, because he urgently wants the other person to understand that he actually met her much earlier and already had an impression of her.
Jingrou really didn't remember it, but probably because the little eunuch was so pitiful back then, it left her with a little impression. Finally, she managed to dig out that impression from her memory.
Then her eyes widened, completely unable to believe that this was the same person!
After all, in her mind he was definitely a very down-on-his-luck, pitiful little eunuch who had been punished for some unknown reason!
It was precisely because his situation was so pitiful that Jingrou felt pity for him and handed him an umbrella, never expecting that he would be the Crown Prince.
Who could have imagined that the Crown Prince would appear on such an occasion, especially since there was a banquet in the palace at the time!
"I still prefer to see you smile. You don't even know how much strength you can give people when you smile." Yinreng smiled, his eyes full of tenderness.
"Now I'm sharing a little secret with you, and I want to tell you this before I leave..." he continued, just wanting to get to the point, completely disregarding whether it made sense or not...
Jingrou listened silently as he rambled on about many trivial topics, but her heart was calmer than ever before, as if it were slowly settling down. She had already passed the particularly shy stage.
"I'll keep this jade pendant for you. I wonder if you'd be willing to wait for me to return..."
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