Chapter 90: Token

For some reason, Sui Yan felt a little weak in the waist after being teased by Duan Mingchong's love words which couldn't be more normal. He stared at Duan Mingchong blankly and forgot how to respond for a moment.

After Duan Mingchong finished speaking, he exchanged a glance with Sui Yan, and seemed to have just realized the ambiguity and unconscious teasing of his previous words. He quickly lowered his head, and his ears suddenly turned red.

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan felt that the Crown Prince's personality was so likable that after he said some unintentional sweet words, he actually blushed in embarrassment.

However, Duan Mingchong probably felt that this was not a good idea, so he quickly raised his head and pretended to be calm, saying, "I have to go back tomorrow morning, so I can't stay with you for too long."

"Okay." Sui Yan rubbed against the bed, pulled Duan Mingchong and said, "Come in."

Duan Mingchong quickly pulled his hand away and said, "It's freezing outside, and I'm still cold. You go to sleep first, and I'll take off my coat and come to accompany you."

As he was about to take off his clothes outside the bed curtain, Sui Yan said nonchalantly, "Just take them off here."

Duan Mingchong tightened his grip on his sleeve and tilted his head to look at Sui Yan in shock.

Sui Yan looked at him suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Duan Mingchong coughed dryly and met Sui Yan's confused eyes. Only then did he realize that he had been overthinking.

His ears turned redder and he whispered, "It's okay, just lie down first."

Having said that, he hastily opened the bed curtain and walked out.

Sui Yan stood aside, confused.

The Crown Prince, who looked elegant and abstinent, took off his outer robe absentmindedly in the outer room. He reached out and touched his hands, but they were still a little cold, so he sat next to the charcoal basin for a while, and only went in after his body was thoroughly warm.

Sui Yan had waited for too long and had already dozed off on the pillow.

With the corner of his eye, he saw Duan Mingchong walking towards him in a single piece of clothing. He lost control of his head and it hit the pillow, and he woke up completely.

Duan Mingchong lowered his eyes and tiptoed into Sui Yan's quilt, fearing that the heat would dissipate.

Sui Yan turned over, looked at him eagerly, and said, "Your Highness, was the palace banquet fun today?"

The end of the year is the most lively time in the whole capital, but Sui Yan has been bedridden. Even if he wants to watch the fireworks, he will be scolded by Sui Xun. He loves to play and join in the fun so much, it is really difficult for him to be ordered not to go out.

Duan Mingchong leaned slightly to the side, tucked the corner of the quilt around Sui Yan's shoulders, and said, "It's OK, just like the previous years, nothing new."

Sui Yan was somewhat yearning: "There are dances to watch, and snacks to take."

Duan Mingchong smiled: "Do you like to eat snacks at the palace banquet?"

Sui Yan tilted his head and thought for a while: "The sweet soup is good, but the others are not as delicious as the ones made by the chef in your palace."

When Wu Mo was mentioned, Duan Mingchong's pupils shrank slightly, and he said nonchalantly: "If you like, I will send him to the Marquis' Mansion and make snacks for you every day."

Sui Yan curled his lips, moved forward, tentatively leaned on Duan Mingchong's shoulder, and whispered: "But my doctor said that I can't eat snacks during this period. Sending him here would only make me angry."

When Sui Yan approached him, Duan Mingchong's body instinctively stiffened, but he soon relaxed, lowered his eyes, and held Sui Yan in his arms somewhat unnaturally.

"I also met Duan Zhisu today."

Sui Yan was carefully putting his hand on Duan Mingchong's waist. Hearing this, his hand paused and he reluctantly turned his head back, saying, "All the royal relatives will attend the palace banquet, so it's only natural for him to go. Why, did he talk to you about something?"

Duan Mingchong said: "He asked you how you were feeling."

Sui Yan said: "Oh."

Duan Mingchong: “…”

It seems that Sui Yan doesn't like the other party's attitude.

Duan Mingchong was completely relieved, but after careful consideration, he began to feel that he was being unreasonable - not everyone would be attracted to a man.

Duan Mingchong sighed lightly: "Okay, let's not talk about him. Aren't you tired? Go to sleep."

Sui Yan said: "Wait a moment."

Duan Mingchong: "What are you waiting for?"

Sui Yan looked at him resentfully and said, "Wait until Your Highness is willing to hold me."

Duan Mingchong: “…”

Duan Mingchong coughed dryly, then awkwardly reached out his hand towards Sui Yan, but before he could hug Sui Yan tightly, Sui Yan came close to him.

The slender and warm body in his arms made Duan Mingchong tremble slightly. He was stunned for a moment and didn't know where to put his hands to look more upright.

Sui Yan noticed his resistance and looked up at him: "Is it because I smell too much medicine, or is it..."

Duan Mingchong recalled what Doctor Meng Yu had said before, that Sui Yan was suffering from depression due to excessive worry, and fearing that he would think too much, he suddenly hugged Sui Yan's waist tightly.

Sui Yan: “Uh…”

Duan Mingchong's men didn't know how to control their strength and almost broke Sui Yan's waist.

Hearing Sui Yan's muffled groan, Duan Mingchong immediately let go of his hand in a panic, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"S-Sorry..."

Sui Yan frowned and rubbed his waist, thinking that such a good atmosphere could still lead to such a thing, it seems that today is not a good day to flirt.

He came to this conclusion on his own and didn't ask for anything else. He just leaned over and kissed Duan Mingchong on the corner of his lips.

Duan Mingchong was originally blushing with embarrassment, and was caught off guard by the kiss. After being stunned for a moment, his head was almost smoking.

Sui Yan smiled: "Your Highness, you must dream about me."

Duan Mingchong felt dizzy and could only nod.

Before, when Sui Yan was so ill, even the kiss from Duan Mingchong was soothing without any passion. Besides, Sui Yan was in a daze at that time and he didn't know whether he could remember anything or not, so Duan Mingchong naturally didn't think too much about it.

But now, perhaps because they were in tune with each other, Sui Yan suddenly kissed him so teasingly on the couch. Duan Mingchong felt his heart beating like a drum and almost couldn't control himself and wanted to rush up and hug him again.

Of course, the previous experience was just something he could think about.

Sui Yan fell asleep quickly, but Duan Mingchong was not sleepy at all. He rested his head on his arms and stared at Sui Yan's sleeping face.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, before dawn, the sound of firecrackers could be heard all over the capital.

Sui Xun got up early and settled the affairs of the mansion. He practiced sword in the front yard for a while, and then went to Sui Yan's side yard leisurely.

In the side courtyard, Li Zhao was shoveling snow in the yard. Seeing Sui Xun coming over, he hurriedly said, "Second Master, the young master is not fully recovered from his illness and has not gotten up yet."

Although Sui Yan also lay on the couch after getting up, Sui Xun, who was extremely self-disciplined, would not allow him to sleep too long during the New Year's Day.

Sui Xun threw the sword to Li Zhao and said, "I'll go call him."

Li Zhao said: "Hey."

Sui Xun didn't even knock on the door, he just pushed it open and walked in.

The charcoal basin in the room had not yet burned out, and a four-clawed dragon robe was hanging on the screen in the outer room.

Sui Xun glanced at the clothes and frowned, but he didn't think too much about it. He directly opened the bead curtain and walked into the inner room, saying, "Wang Gui, are you awake?"

The bed curtains were spread out, completely blocking out the scene inside.

"Forgot to return?"

He called again and suddenly heard a muffled voice from inside.

"I woke up. I woke up right away... um..."

From the sound it seemed that he lay down again.

Sui Xun frowned: "You woke up and screamed, why are you here? Hurry up and get up. Are you still having a fever? Haitang will make some medicine and send it over right away. Don't be so picky and refuse to take the medicine."

While scolding, he tried to lift the bed curtain, but before he could do anything, he saw a hand stretched out from between the layers of bed curtains, with an emerald green jade ring on the finger.

Sui Xun was stunned.

Then the bed curtain was lifted, revealing Duan Mingchong's gentle face.

Sui Xun: “…”

Sui Xun just stayed where he was.

Duan Mingchong had his long hair loose and was wearing a purple robe that looked old-fashioned. Perhaps he had just woken up and looked a little lazy.

He hung the bed curtain on the golden hook on the bedpost, nodded slightly, and said softly: "General Sui, I will wake up A'yan later, let him sleep for a while."

Sui Yan poked his head out from under the quilt and said sleepily, "I'll get up right away and sleep for a while, one stick of incense..."

Sui Xun: “…”

Sui Xun looked at Sui Yan, who was tossing and turning on the bed in dissatisfaction, with a sullen face. His lips trembled for a long time, and he didn't say a word. He turned around and left quickly.

Sui Yan fell on the pillow again and closed his eyes in a daze.

Duan Mingchong was always at ease in front of others. Even when Sui Xun saw him getting out of Sui Yan's bed, his face remained calm and he didn't show any change of expression.

He ignored Sui Xun who was shocked, and went to the outer room to take down the clothes on the screen and put them on one by one. When he was tying his waist belt, he accidentally touched the jade pendant that had been hanging on his waist.

That was given to him by Sui Yan some time ago.

After Sui Yan gave it to me, he said with a smile, "It's a token of love."

But Duan Mingchong thought he was joking and didn't take it seriously. He even scolded him for being silly. Since then, Sui Yan's face has been extremely ugly.

At that time, Sui Yan had obviously fallen in love, and was thinking of using this method to tell him, but he scolded him without caring much. Duan Mingchong suddenly didn't dare to think about what Sui Yan felt at that time.

Duan Mingchong recalled the details of what happened and wished he could go back and slap himself to wake him up.

He endured the pain and tied the jade pendant around his waist as if it were a treasure. After thinking for a moment, he took it off, carefully tied the tassel around it and placed it in the lapel of his shirt.

Sui Yan was rolling around unconsciously on the couch. Perhaps he felt comfortable. He stretched out his hands and lay on the pillow, his eyes curved in satisfaction.

Duan Mingchong stepped forward and asked, "Ayan?"

Sui Yan uttered a vague "hmm".

Duan Mingchong raised his left hand, took off the jade ring in his hand, and gently put it on Sui Yan's finger.

Sui Yan was awakened by the touch and opened his eyes dazedly.

He first looked at Duan Mingchong, then looked at the extra thing in his hand, and tilted his head in confusion: "What is this?"

Duan Mingchong smiled lightly, imitating Sui Yan's tone, and said, "A token of love."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan blinked, not understanding what this meant for a moment.

Duan Mingchong didn't think much of it when he gave the jade ring away, but when he saw Sui Yan wearing his thing on his slender fingers, his ears blushed again.

The Crown Prince, who had not felt any embarrassment when his brother saw him in a disheveled state just now, felt so ashamed after personally giving away his most precious thing that he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Sui Yan watched the redness on Duan Mingchong's face spread all the way to his ears. His first reaction was not to be moved, but...

"How strange." Sui Yan thought, "Didn't he give this to me? Why didn't he blush when he wore it, but now he remembers to blush?"

Duan Mingchong pretended to be calm and said, "You...you don't like it?"

Sui Yan was still immersed in the confusion of why Duan Mingchong always blushed after realizing things, so he said "ah" nonchalantly without any emotion in his voice, "I like it, I like it very much, thank you, Your Highness."

Duan Mingchong: “…”

It seems that he doesn't like it.

The author has something to say: Sui Yan touched the prince's waist.

Sui Yan [seriously worried]: Your Highness’ waist is so thin and soft, when can I grow to be like this?

Sui Yan [actually lazy]: Just take off your clothes.

Duan Mingchong: @￥%……*&%￥……

【Warning: The prince is driving too fast in his mind, please brake in time to save the dog's life, thank you. 】