"Girl, come and change into your skates." A big hand held her again and pulled her into the makeshift tent next to the Taiye Lake. Zhong Mingwei pressed Mei Ya to sit on the armchair, then squatted on the ground to give her slippers. Seeing Mei Ya not speaking for a long time, Zhong Mingwei looked up and asked her, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing," Meiya shook her head hurriedly. She watched the man take out the familiar pair of skates from the box, and then looked at the pink straps on them. She couldn't help but feel warm in her heart again. "When did you bring this pair of skates? I didn't even know about it."
"Didn't Pang Yi go back to Ningguta last time? I specifically asked him to bring it back," Zhong Mingwei smiled a little proudly, "The ice skates I made for you are better. They are made of thick wool inside and are warm. They are not like the ice skates sold outside, which are hard and freezing."
"Really." Meiya laughed along with him, then stopped laughing. She put her fair and tender hands on the man's shoulders and whispered, "Zhong Mingwei, I thought I couldn't skate anymore after becoming a queen."
"Why not? It's because I'm the queen that I can be more unscrupulous," Zhong Mingwei looked up at her and said softly, "Girl, I don't want a well-behaved mother of a country. I want a wife who loves to cry, laugh, talk and make trouble, and hum a little song endlessly." At this point, Zhong Mingwei reached out and held Mei Ya's hand, and said word by word seriously, "Girl, believe that I have the ability and courage to make you free of taboos and worries, okay?"
"Why do you keep humming a little tune?" Mei Ya's face suddenly darkened. "Zhong Mingwei, do you think the little tune I hum is not nice?"
The corner of Zhong Mingwei's mouth twitched: "...How about you hum a song for me?"
"Hmph!" Mei Ya didn't want to pay attention to him. She stood up with the help of a chair, took off the cloak that was in the way, and walked out with a clang.
"Hey! Girl, wait for me!" Zhong Mingwei was busy putting on his ice skates, but his movements were far less agile than Meiya's. He trembled with every step, which was really frightening. He was so frightened that his face changed. When he spoke again, his voice trembled, "Girl, wait for me..."
Meiya turned back and glared at him, then turned around and walked over to help him down the Taiye Lake. Zhong Mingwei really couldn't skate, so he had to rely on Meiya for support when he got on the ice. Meiya looked at his frightened face and said lightly, "Is my little song not good?"
"It sounds good! It sounds good! It's just like the sound of nature!" Zhong Mingwei didn't dare to say anything else. He held Mei Ya's hand tightly and said pitifully, "I'm telling the truth! It's really the truth!"
"Are you afraid that I will push you away?" Meiya looked at him and winked cunningly, "Then let you, the emperor, fall flat on your face?"
The corner of Zhong Mingwei's mouth twitched: "... Let's not do it."
"Humph, it's good that you're afraid." Mei Ya was a little proud, pulling Zhong Mingwei and sliding slowly with him. She looked at the colorful light circle, and felt dazed, as if she had returned to the first time they met. The fireworks at that time were also so gorgeous and dazzling, and the noble prince under the fireworks was even more eye-catching...
"I know you like fireworks, but this is the first New Year's Eve after the death of the late emperor, so it's not appropriate to set off fireworks in the palace." Zhong Mingwei also followed Mei Ya's gaze and looked at the lanterns by the Taiye Lake. He paused, then cast his gaze on the girl's silent and gentle profile, and couldn't help asking, "Girl, do you like me when you first met me that year, or me now?"
As soon as he said this, Zhong Mingwei despised himself in his heart. How could a man who is nearly 40 be so hypocritical? But he has always been curious about this question. He wants to know, if Mei Ya had not fallen in love with him at first sight, would she still... would she still like a poor and pathetic paraplegic like him.
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