He looked back at the place in the room where he had stopped, following his previous memory.
Gu Jinke stood at the door without moving. At first, Qiao Xi didn't notice anything unusual, but after searching for a while and still couldn't find him, he realized that the room was too quiet, and couldn't help but look up at Gu Jinke.
Gu Jinke was still standing at the door, still letting him in, but his face was indifferent, his eyes were not focused on the room, but on the night outside.
Qiao Xi was stunned, and then he saw the thin bamboo tube at the leg of the chair out of the corner of his eye. He bent down to pick it up, put his hand on the chair next to him, and then he saw the angle at which the chair was tilted.
If there is no one there, the chairs will naturally be placed upright. Gu Jinke is a person who will put the tables and chairs in order on weekdays. Qiao Xi also remembered very clearly that when they went out for dinner, Gu Jinke held the back of the chair and turned it straight, so now the chair was tilted. It was Gu Jinke who had just sat on this chair.
That thin bamboo tube Gu Jinke lying underground...did she see it?
Why didn't Gu Jinke subconsciously put the chair back in place this time? And why are you standing at the door?
Qiao Xi held the thin bamboo tube in his hand and suddenly thought of these questions.
For a moment, he didn't know what kind of answer he was expecting. Was he hoping that Gu Jinke had seen what was in the bamboo tube, or was he hoping that she hadn't seen it?
His eyes also fell on the thin bamboo tube. It was something he made and he was very familiar with it. Qiao Xi squatted on the ground, turned the bamboo tube gently, and then saw the still intact gap: Gu Jinke had never opened this bamboo tube.
Qiao Xi lowered his eyes, and what flashed across his eyes was disappointment.
Sure enough, if possible, he still hoped that Gu Jinke could see it. In this way, he would not be the only one tossing and turning because of the love in his heart. And could he see whether she cared about him at all?
As he thought about it, he squatted there and daydreamed.
Gu Jinke waited for a long while, and couldn't help but turn her head to look, and then she saw Qiao Xi who was distracted. She could only see Qiao Xi's back, with his head down, and she didn't know what he was doing. Gu Jinke could only call him: "Mr. Qiao, have you found it?"
Gu Jinke walked over as she spoke. She reached out and patted Qiao Xi's shoulder. Qiao Xi just came back to his senses, holding the bamboo tube in his hand, and turned his head to meet her worried eyes.
Gu Jinke also saw the bamboo tube and his eyes flashed uncomfortably. She naturally knew that Qiao Xi's coming to look for the sweat towel was an excuse, and she didn't want to discuss the discovery of the bamboo tube, so she put the bamboo tube back. Unexpectedly, Qiao Xi hadn't put it away yet.
Qiao Xi looked into her eyes, but suddenly had a bold idea, and even a sudden inspiration: "Your Highness, do you see this thin bamboo tube of mine?"
Although it was a question, he was very confident. Gu Jinke slightly turned his head to avoid his gaze and looked at the bamboo tube in his hand: "Wei Zeng, have you found Mr. Qiao's sweat towel?"
"Your Highness should know now that I am not here to look for any hand towel. I am here to look for this." As he said this, he stood up with the help of a chair and raised the thin bamboo tube in his hand to show Gu Jinke.
Gu Jinke curled his lips and said, "Of course I found it. It's getting late. You should go back and rest first."
"But Your Highness, don't you want to see what is engraved in the thin bamboo tube this time?" Qiao Xi stared at her with burning eyes.
Gu Jinke opened his lips to refuse, but Qiao Xi took two steps closer, pushed Gu Jinke against the table, and then forcefully encircled him in an area so that their breathing could be heard.
Gu Jinke leaned back slightly, but Qiao Xi followed her curve and moved forward: "Your Highness, take a look."
When their eyes met, Gu Jinke was a little dazed. He saw Qiao Xi holding the thin bamboo tube and gently opening it. The candlelight flickered, and the real contents of the bamboo tube appeared. Gu Jinke couldn't help but look at it.
It was a finely detailed and lifelike picture, showing two people about to kiss. The man tilted his face slightly upward, with a look of nervous anticipation and expectation. He even opened his eyes a little to peek at the woman, his hands tightly grasping the hem of his clothes, with a smile on his face. The woman leaned over and kissed him, her face was gentle and affectionate, her eyes were closed, her thin lips were about to fall, the range was from the tip of the nose to the lips, no one knew whether the kiss would end up on the tip of the man's nose, or on his lips with a hint of a smile?
Gu Jinke was stunned. Qiao Xi was also looking at the painting he had carved himself. He suddenly asked, "Your Highness, where do you think this kiss will fall?"
"The tip of the nose? Or the lips?"
Gu Jinke looked at the screen. How could she know this? Moreover, shouldn’t this be asked to the artist who created this painting?
Qiao Xi wrinkled his nose in distress. The usually mature and rational man actually showed some childishness: "I don't know either. Why not get an answer today?"
As he spoke, he held the bamboo tube, then leaned over, closed his eyes, and placed his thin lips on the tip of Gu Jinke's nose. Gu Jinke only felt a slight warm touch on the tip of his nose, which was fleeting.
Qiao Xi opened his eyes and smiled at Gu Jinke, his eyes and eyebrows lit up, like a child who had eaten candy: "It's the tip of my nose!"
As he spoke, he closed his eyes and leaned over to kiss Gu Jinke again, this time landing on his lips. This time, it was not an instant touch, Gu Jinke could feel it, he paused for a moment before letting go, his Adam's apple rolled, he swallowed gently, then curved his lips and smiled, his face brighter: "But I think it could also be the lips."
"What do you think, Your Highness?" He looked up at Gu Jinke, with a hint of provocation in his eyes.
Gu Jinke looked at him and heard him say, "Why don't you try it yourself, Your Highness? Where will it land?"
Gu Jinke pursed his lips and turned his head away: "Qiao Xi, don't provoke me."
It’s not that he can’t kiss back. Gu Jinke even had the impulse for a moment to put his arms around the man’s waist, push him against the chair, and let him get the answer.
These days, because of the plays she had been performing along the way and the two men had accompanied her through life and death, she had been very indulgent to Li Yuxin and Qiao Xi. With two such outstanding men accompanying her and devoting their whole hearts to her alone, Gu Jinke was not a piece of wood, so naturally he would not be without feelings.
However, what she could give was very limited. Jiang Mo's experience also warned her that some things could not be solved by just saying love at the time. Moreover, it was not just Li Yuxin and Qiao Xi. In the capital, there was also a man named Xue Luan who was waiting for her with a sincere heart.
She may not care about the Queen's marriage decree, but she cares about the rest of the lives of these three men who truly love her, so she doesn't want to cross that line.
However, Qiao Xi was not ready to give up. The action just now had confirmed his inner guess that Gu Jinke had seen the bamboo tube, but she put it back. This was - escape!
Therefore, it's not that Gu Jinke has no feelings for him, she just chose to escape. However, Qiao Xi didn't want her to hide. He was used to being the head of the Qiao family. He had never dodged in these years. Instead, he was enterprising and forging ahead to get good results. Previous events also proved his point.
If he had not made up his mind to pursue her to the capital, the fate between him and Gu Jinke would probably have ended in Qingcheng Prefecture. If he had not followed her all the way from the capital to the border and then to the royal court of the barbarian country, the affection between the two would not be as strong as that between Li Yuxin who followed her alone.
But he was still unwilling to be on par with Li Yuxin. He wanted to win, not because he wanted to be the prince of the princess, but because he simply wanted Gu Jinke's person and heart.
So, he didn't want Gu Jinke to escape.
He reached out and touched Gu Jinke's eyebrows, with a smile and tenderness in his eyes, as if he saw through her thoughts: "Your Highness, I am not Jiang Mo, I only care about you."
He was willing to stay in Qingcheng Mansion before because there was nothing in the capital city that he wanted to pursue. Later, he was willing to go to the capital city and abandon Qingcheng Mansion because there was nothing in Qingcheng Mansion that was worth his nostalgia. Now in this world, the one he cares about and follows is just Gu Jinke, so except Gu Jinke himself, no one can stop him from liking her.
Gu Jinke leaned on the table and Qiao Xi pressed closer. Gu Jinke looked back at him and asked playfully, "Are you sure?"
"Of course... yes...!" He hadn't finished the rest of his words as Gu Jinke took the initiative, put his arms around his waist and pushed him onto the chair.
Qiao Xi had to withdraw his hand that was between her eyebrows and support it on the armrest of the chair. He looked up at Gu Jinke. There was suddenly some smile in Gu Jinke's eyes. His beautiful phoenix eyes were so bright and dazzling that they dazzled him for a moment.
Gu Jinke also used his slender fingertips to outline his eyebrows and eyes. The warm touch of his fingertips came from between his eyebrows and eyes, but Qiao Xi only felt an itch in his heart. He clenched his hands on the armrest involuntarily to suppress the itch in his heart and the unconscious trembling of his fingertips.
Gu Jinke, however, knew nothing about his situation. His eyebrows and eyes were smiling, and the corners of his lips were curved. His beautiful eyes seemed to follow her fingertips and trace his eyebrows and eyes. She sighed softly, "Really... beautiful eyebrows and eyes."
As she spoke, her eyes and fingers slid down along his eyebrows, landing on his handsome nose, and then along the bridge of his nose to the tip of his nose: "The kiss...will fall here?"
As she spoke, she leaned forward slightly and pretended to kiss him.
Josh closed his eyes reflexively, and his eyelashes began to tremble violently like butterfly wings.
Gu Jinke chuckled, and her warm breath brushed his cheek. Qiao Xi opened his eyes and saw that Gu Jinke was very close, but she did not kiss him. Instead, she smiled playfully, with her eyelashes drooping slightly, as if she was looking at the tip of his nose: "Well, there is about a 50% chance that it will fall here, and the other 50%..."
As she spoke, she reached out and touched his rosy lips, then looked up at Qiao Xi: "There is still a 50% chance that it will fall here, right?"
There was a teasing look in her eyes and her lips opening and closing, which had a huge appeal to Josh. Josh pursed his lips, his Adam's apple rolled, and he tilted his head slightly to breathe, and he felt his back was wet.
He suddenly felt a little regretful. He seemed to have overestimated his ability to control himself when facing Gu Jinke, but he was also a little happy that Gu Jinke showed him this side, which was different from the warm, humble, or cold side on the outside.
Gu Jinke was not ready to let him go. She pinched Qiao Xi's jaw, turned him around, and asked directly, "Don't you want an answer? Why are you hiding? Don't you want an answer?"
She was holding a grudge. She had just turned her head away, but this man insisted on provoking her. After the provocation, Gu Jinke would naturally make him pay the price. But she hadn't done anything yet, and this man actually wanted to escape again.
Qiao Xi could only face her. He looked disinterested and sneered as he saw her talking. He was about to put his hand down, as if he had lost interest.
Josh's body was faster than his brain, and he grabbed her hand: "No, I want it."
Gu Jinke raised his eyebrows and leaned forward again: "More."
Qiao Xi's heart was beating "boom boom boom". In the whole room, he seemed to only hear his own heartbeat and Gu Jinke's shallow breathing, but he still nodded: "I want it, Gu Jinke!"
He didn't call her Her Highness, but called her by her name.
Gu Jinke tightened his grip on his chin, but Qiao Xi seemed not to feel anything. He even tilted his head back, revealing his long, fair neck, like a swan ready to be slaughtered, docile and beautiful.
But Gu Jinke knew that he was not a swan, he was more like a proud phoenix, with arrogance and aggressiveness beneath his beautiful appearance. Her hand slid down her exposed neck and landed on her Adam's apple, which had been rolling all night. This time, Qiao Xi's Adam's apple was rolling even more violently, and he was panting. His eyes unconsciously fell on her lips, his eyes were filled with water and mist, as well as humble longing: "Your Highness...Jin Ke."
Gu Jinke chuckled and leaned over: "Do you know the answer?"
Qiao Xi looked up in a daze, his eyes were blurry and his whole body seemed to be tense. Then it seemed as if his whole body was tense and then relaxed. He sat in the chair with his head tilted back, gasping violently, and was completely unable to answer.
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