Chapter 149 Out of Control
Xu Chuchu didn’t know whether this was Xiao Yu’s true thought, but it did work.
His wine jug was refilled many times. After drinking so much, his breathing became unstable and even the corners of his eyes were slightly flushed.
The emperor was displeased with the fact that he did not interact with officials and only drank alone, so he asked the palace servants to take him to rest.
"Don't embarrass yourself here." These were the emperor's exact words.
Seeing this, Xu Chuchu quickly declined the palace servant who came to help, and supported Xiao Yu and walked out, avoiding the prying eyes of the people around them.
"Are you okay?" she asked in a low voice. "Do you want me to use my spiritual power to help you dissolve the effects of the alcohol?"
Xiao Yu shook his head slightly.
Turning a corner and away from the noisy banquet, his light steps suddenly became powerful.
"You're really pretending." Xu Chuchu finally breathed a sigh of relief, "You fooled me."
"It's not that easy to get drunk." Xiao Yu curled his lips, but quickly put away the smile. "Where do you plan to start your investigation?"
Xu Chuchu took out the small model of the palace from her bosom and pointed to the location of the cicada wing on the left: "I want to go here. If it goes as expected, this should be the center of the magic circle. I will definitely find clues to determine what kind of formation it is."
Xiao Yu agreed: "Then follow me."
He began to take Xu Chuchu to travel through the deep and secluded palace.
At this time, everyone in the palace was attending a banquet in the Imperial Garden. Only the Queen Mother and a few unfavored concubines were still in the palace. Xiao Yu deliberately avoided these palaces and met almost no one along the way.
The palace path has a very old feel. Because it is so quiet, Xu Chuchu can hear his own footsteps and the crisp chirping of birds in the old locust tree not far away.
The wind blew the branches and leaves, causing the mottled shadows on the ground to sway as well.
Xu Chuchu thought that if this was not the imperial palace, she would be happy to settle here.
At the same time, she was concentrating on observing the buildings, walls and signs along the way, but did not find anything suspicious.
She didn't know where they were going. According to Xiao Yu's usual habit, he should have introduced her to wherever they went, but he remained silent today.
Xu Chuchu guessed that he might have had some bad childhood experiences in the palace, so she didn't dare to ask too much and just followed quietly.
Passing by an abandoned palace, Xiao Yu beside him suddenly stopped.
Xu Chuchu subconsciously asked: "Why..."
However, before she could finish her question, Xiao Yu suddenly grabbed her wrist, dragged her into the abandoned palace, and then slammed the door shut.
The abandoned palace was overgrown with weeds and messy objects were piled up in the courtyard.
"What happened?" Xu Chuchu looked outside nervously, "Is someone following us?"
"No." Xiao Yu replied solemnly.
Xu Chuchu turned to Xiao Yu again, but found that something seemed wrong with him. His eyes were blurry and unfocused, and his face was frighteningly pale.
"Are you feeling unwell?" She hurried forward to support Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu's action was one step faster than hers. Taking advantage of the moment when she stretched out her hand, he pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.
"Let's not investigate anymore, okay?" he asked abruptly.
"Ah? Why?" Xu Chuchu was confused. Didn't he just ask her where she wanted to check?
However, without any warning, Xiao Yu's hands began to rub and knead her body vigorously, as if venting some brutal impulse.
"So nice." His voice trembled a little.
"You, are you drunk?" Xu Chuchu was startled by the sudden touch and subconsciously tried to break free, but was hugged even tighter.
"I'm not drunk!" Xiao Yu said sternly.
"I can't stay here any longer, Chuchu. Do you know that they are all after you?" He murmured again, pinching her chin tightly with his hand. "Why are you so beautiful? Why are you so outstanding? Why do they all want to snatch you away from me? I really can't stand it anymore..."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and kissed Xu Chuchu's lips fiercely, prying open her tightly closed lips and teeth, and frantically exploring her strategy.
Xu Chuchu was pushed against the pillar, and the strong smell of alcohol hit her face, immediately occupying her entire mouth and nasal cavity.
"Let's leave the capital and find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live." Xiao Yu's kiss slid from her lips to her ear, and the tip of his tongue probed into her earlobe, whispering softly, "Let's go to a place where it's just us and forget about all these messy troubles, okay?"
"That way no one will covet you."
"You will belong to me alone."
"It's all mine..."
Xu Chuchu heard Xiao Yu's heavy and heated breathing, and the rustling sound of her dress as he stroked it. She was totally confused. How could Xiao Yu, who was fine just now, suddenly become like a different person?
Become a person who has abandoned all rationality and whose thoughts are occupied by crazy ideas.
She suddenly realized that perhaps Xiao Yu was not as nervous, sensitive, and possessive as she had always thought, but that something had happened to his body, causing him to be unable to control his behavior with his mind and reason.
She knew she couldn't let him go on like this, so she gritted her teeth, grabbed the back of his neck, and patted him gently.
"What are you worried about?" She tried to keep her voice calm. "Is someone targeting me? So what? I said I won't leave you. Don't you believe me?"
These words seemed to have some effect, and Xiao Yu's arrogant actions finally paused.
"Of course I believe you!" He answered quickly, but his expression was still confused. "But who can say for sure what will happen in the future..."
"What will happen in the future? We've come this far." Xu Chuchu looked at him firmly. "We've been through so many dangers and separations together."
She paused and said, "I like you, Ayu, and I won't leave you for anyone else."
Xu Chuchu knew that she had to emphasize this sentence over and over again in order to calm Xiao Yu's anxious mood.
She quietly placed her palm on his back and used her spiritual power to dissolve the alcohol accumulated in his body.
With her little movements, Xiao Yu's wildly beating heart slowly slowed down.
She was now even more certain that Xiao Yu had a physical problem. He might have just heard some unpleasant words, and coupled with the stimulation of alcohol, he was drunk.
"If you don't want to check, then we won't. Let's go home." She continued to comfort him, "But you have to believe this. I will always be by your side and will not leave. You can't take me to a place where there is no one because you are worried that I will leave."
"Really?" Xiao Yu asked.
"real."
"But you haven't agreed to marry me." He said in a low voice, "You always avoid the topic. As long as you don't agree, I won't be at peace."
Hearing these words, Xu Chuchu's body couldn't help but tremble.
If she hadn't seen him lose control just now, she might have thought that this was Xiao Yu's way of proposing to her.
She also believed that Xiao Yu was not the kind of person who would feign illness and misery to achieve his own goals.
He was really uneasy.
Thinking back to when he always talked to her about marriage half-jokingly and half-seriously, Xu Chuchu never took it too seriously, always thinking about talking about it later, after they had been together for a while.
I didn't expect these things to be so stimulating to him.
She slowly raised her head and saw Xiao Yu's longing eyes, and then saw that eyes dimmed little by little as she fell silent.
"I promise to marry you." Xu Chuchu finally said it.
Almost instantly, the hand holding her shoulder suddenly tightened.
"Are you serious?" Xiao Yu looked at her happily, "Are you really willing to marry me?"
"Well, I do." Xu Chuchu smiled warmly, "I like you, and you treat me so well, why wouldn't I want to? You're so silly, worrying about this all the time."
Xiao Yu pinched himself excitedly, as if he was afraid that he was dreaming.
He immediately picked Xu Chuchu up and babbled incoherently with joy: "Great, great, you will be my wife from now on! I, I never thought that this day would come!"
Xu Chuchu happily hugged him back.
There is no doubt that her feelings for Xiao Yu are very deep, so deep that she is willing to sacrifice her life to protect him.
She also has no objection to marrying him.
But if there was any other choice, she still didn't want to agree to his proposal under such circumstances.
It was sudden and natural that she thought of the thief Yan Nanan whom she had met in Wuchang Village before.
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