"She," Xiao Yu looked at the direction where Shen Weiwan disappeared, his eyes full of doting, "is just a furry little fox, her heart is softer than anyone else."
Chun Tao scratched her head, not understanding. Xiao Yu stopped talking and followed Shen Weiwan's footsteps. The setting sun stretched the shadows of the two people very long, one running in front, the other following behind, with a distance of three steps between them, but they seemed to be connected together.
When passing by the front yard, the old butler saw this scene, stroked his beard and shook his head: "I'm afraid that the Seventh Prince has fallen into the hands of our eldest lady." The servants next to him laughed secretly. Everyone knew that the person the General's Mansion could not afford to offend the most now was the eldest lady who could make the Seventh Prince run around in circles.
In front of the candy cake shop in the West Market, Shen Weiwan stood on tiptoe to look at the candy cakes on the counter. Xiao Yu stood behind her, blocking the crowded crowd for her. "Boss, give me three of those candy cakes!" She turned around and raised an eyebrow at Xiao Yu. "Your Highness, pay."
Xiao Yu smiled and took out his purse, brushing his fingertips through her hair: "As you wish, future Seventh Prince's Consort."
Shen Weiwan's cheeks flushed red as she grabbed the candy cake and stuffed it into her mouth: "Who, who is your future consort of the Seventh Prince!" Although she said so, her heart felt as sweet as if it were soaked in a honey pot. She bit the candy cake and looked at Xiao Yu's focused profile as he paid. Suddenly, she felt that having someone to protect her didn't seem like a bad thing.
As the sun set, the two of them walked towards the general's mansion carrying candy cakes. Shen Weiwan looked at the oil-paper bag in Xiao Yu's hand and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Your Highness, how do you know about my past life?"
Xiao Yu paused, turned his head and looked at her, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes: "I... once saw your diary in front of the old general's memorial tablet."
Shen Weiwan was stunned. She did keep a diary. When she was imprisoned in the small courtyard in her previous life, she would secretly write every day. Those words that recorded grievances and unwillingness were actually seen by him.
"That's why you..." She hesitated.
"That's why I think," Xiao Yu interrupted her, his tone becoming relaxed again, "that those silly operations of yours are simply genius inventions! They are much more interesting than those military books I've read."
Shen Weiwan was amused by him, and the awkwardness in her heart disappeared. She raised the candy cake: "Then let's join forces from now on. I'll be responsible for digging the pit and you will be responsible for filling it?"
"Okay," Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows, "but I'll take the lion's share. After all, I'm prettier than you."
"Bah!" Shen Weiwan threw the candy cake at him, "Narcissism!"
The two of them walked into the general's mansion laughing and joking. Chun Tao followed behind, holding the empty lunch box, with a smile on her face. When passing by the storehouse, Shen Weiwan saw the old housekeeper counting the property. Suddenly, she remembered something and said to Xiao Yu: "Your Highness, will you accompany me to the storehouse tomorrow?"
"What are you doing in the warehouse?"
"I want to melt down the jewelry that my aunt has hidden away," Shen Weiwan said with a glint in her eyes, "and make you a hair crown in the shape of a candy tree. It will definitely look great on you!"
Xiao Yu laughed: "Why should I, a grown man, wear a sugar cake hair crown?"
"Then make a belt buckle in the shape of a candy cake!" Shen Weiwan became more and more excited as she spoke, "and make a pair of candy cake earrings for Chuntao!"
Chuntao nodded vigorously beside her: "Miss, I want strawberry flavor!"
Xiao Yu looked at the master and servant in front of him, shaking his head helplessly and dotingly. The last rays of sunset fell on him, reflecting the tenderness in his eyes that almost overflowed.
"Okay, I'll do as you say." He said softly, "From now on, I'll guard your candy tree for you."
Shen Weiwan looked up at him. In the golden glow of the setting sun, his smile was warm and resolute. She suddenly felt that the wind in this life was truly sweet. The pain from her past life seemed to be slowly healed by this laughter.
"It's a deal then," she held up her pinky finger, "and we'll stick together for a hundred years!"
Xiao Yu looked into her sparkling eyes and hooked his fingers around hers: "Okay, don't change for a hundred years."
Chuntao watched with great joy, thinking to herself that when the young lady married into the Seventh Prince's mansion, she would make sure to have the kitchen make candies every day and feed the prince like a candy-cake tree.
As the night deepened, Shen Weiwan's laughter could be heard from the general's mansion, startling the birds sleeping under the eaves. The seventh prince, Xiao Yu, stood at the door of the mansion, watching the light in Shen Weiwan's room turn on, a smile lingering on his face.
"From now on, it's my turn to protect you." He said softly, as if he was making a promise or a declaration.
This time, he wouldn't let anyone hurt her again. And after experiencing the ups and downs of two lives, Shen Weiwan finally found someone who was willing to protect her from the wind and rain. As for those who had hurt her before? They had long since become a thing of the past, not worth mentioning.
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