Chapter 472 Meeting an Old Friend (3)
The air seemed to be still at that moment. In the oil lamp, the sparks burned with a tiny "crackling" sound. A small piece of lamp fell down, shining like a spark in the dark night for a moment before disappearing.
Shen Miao raised her head and looked at him.
The purple-robed young man smiled faintly and looked at Shen Miao. Their shadows were reflected on the ground, showing a lingering posture, as if he was kissing Shen Miao with his head tilted.
He slowly withdrew his hand and sat back in his seat, his voice still cheerful as he said, “How are you, Shen Miao.”
The young man in purple reached out and took off the mask on his face.
Sword-like eyebrows, star-like eyes, a nose like a hanging gall bladder, lips painted with rouge. It seemed as if only yesterday he was a handsome young man with rosy lips and white teeth. Two years later, he had become a truly handsome man. The smile on his lips was still slightly mocking and mischievous, but the arrogance and arrogance of youth were no longer in his eyes.
It was a deeper, more palpable depth, like the pitch-black night, beautiful because of the starlight, yet terrifying because of the darkness. His inherent dignity and elegance reached their peak two years later, and his every move carried the innate arrogance of a noble family, as cool and indifferent as the clear moon, yet as blazing and dazzling as the scorching sun.
Without the constraints and checks and balances of his identity, Xie Jingxing, who reappeared and no longer restrained his brilliance, was so dazzling that he could not be ignored no matter what.
He looked at Shen Miao with a half-smile, and said in an ambiguous tone: “We haven’t seen each other for two years. Who gave you the courage to call me by my name?”
He said this, but ultimately replaced "this king" with "I".
Shen Miao said: "Now you are no longer the young marquis of Mingqi Lin'an Marquisate. If I don't like to call you by your name, it's okay to call you Prince Rui." There was still some irony in the words. From the young marquis of Mingqi Lin'an Marquisate to the younger brother of Emperor Yongle of Daliang, Xie Jingxing had indeed gone astray this time.
But Shen Miao was being polite, but she underestimated Xie Jingxing. Xie Jingxing smiled lazily and said, "If you insist on calling me by my name, I'm pointless. But I forgot to tell you, Xie Yuan is my real name, Jingxing is my courtesy name, you call me Xie Jingxing, you're calling me by my nickname... Why, you've grown up and become a lot more enthusiastic." The smile on his lips was malicious and frivolous: "Has the relationship between you and me reached the point of calling me by my nickname?"
Shen Miao glared at him.
Apart from family members, only lovers and couples would address each other by their nicknames. Shen Miao had never expected that after Xie Jingxing changed his identity, Jingxing would become his nickname. Speaking of which, she just remembered that the Yongle Emperor of Daliang also had the surname Xie, and the Liang Dynasty's royal family was the Xie family.
What a coincidence.
Xie Jingxing poured himself a cup of tea. Two years had passed, and Chen Xin had moved out of the General's Mansion to open a new house. Xie Jingxing's uninvited arrival and his usual gesture of treating guests like home were still the same. It was as if he was treating the Chen residence like his own yard, coming and going freely. He took a sip of tea and glanced at the angry Chen Miao, seeming to find it quite amusing. "It's courtesy. What do you want me to call you, Jiaojiao?"
That sweet voice was truly a sweet lingering fragrance on one's lips. Add to that Xie Jingxing's stunning beauty, and if it were an ordinary woman, she would have been completely mesmerized. Shen Miao was also made hot all over by the call. She thought, Xie Jingxing was originally a man. Even if he was not a royal family member, he could probably live a good life as a waiter in a small brothel, and maybe even become famous.
"What are you thinking about?" Xie Jingxing asked.
“I was thinking about how beautiful you are, even the top prostitute in the brothel can’t compare to you. No wonder you have to wear a mask to cover it up.” Shen Miao deliberately angered him.
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