Chapter 718 I Only Have You
Hearing Lüxiao's laughter, Shang Ruyi's face turned red instantly.
Actually, she felt something was wrong from the beginning. Even if the people in the manor didn't know the rules and sent their personal maid to deliver wine and food to Lüxiao, since Woxue had come to Lüxiao's place, she should have called for Lüxiao when she knocked on the door outside.
But she called her "Princess".
It turned out that Yuwen Ye had sent her to urge him.
Shang Ruyi's face turned red and hot, and even Wo Xue felt embarrassed. After laughing, Lü Xiao looked at the somewhat embarrassed Princess Qin, her eyes flashing with unspeakable envy.
She recalled that when Shang Ruyi and Yuwen Ye parted ways, the ruthless and cold-faced Prince Qin, though showing no emotion, looked at his wife with tenderness in his eyes and even deliberately told her that he would send someone to pick her up later.
Even within the same residence, people would be sent to pick you up; a short separation would feel like an eternity.
So this is what it's like to be in love...
"Hmm, what did you say?"
Shang Ruyi was initially a little embarrassed and was about to tell Wo Xue to go back first, but upon hearing Lü Xiao's murmured words, she immediately turned around and saw that for the first time, a look of near daze appeared on that beautiful face. She didn't know if she was thinking of something or someone.
Upon hearing Shang Ruyi's question, Lüxiao immediately came to her senses.
She shook her head: "It's nothing."
As he spoke, he glanced at Wo Xue again, then smiled and said, "In that case, I won't keep the princess any longer. I'll enjoy these dishes and wine all by myself."
Shang Ruyi's face turned a little red again.
However, since Lüxiao had said so, she really couldn't stay any longer, so she prepared to take Woxue back with her. But before leaving, she turned back and instructed, "There isn't a single brazier in Lüxiao's room. It's too cold. Go down and ask someone to bring one over."
Wo Xue said, "Yes."
Green Silk stood at the door, watching the departing figures of the master and servant, her expression shifting between envy and sadness.
A short while later, Shang Ruyi also returned to their room.
As soon as I opened the door, I felt a wave of heat rushing towards me.
Compared to the neglected Green Silk, His Highness the Prince of Qin's room was naturally cleaner and more properly arranged. Two more braziers were placed there, making the whole room warm and cozy. In the heat, there was also a tantalizing aroma of wine that was intoxicating. The moment it entered one's nose, it would make one's heart flutter.
Shang Ruyi looked up and saw Yuwen Ye sitting in the center of the room.
Since he didn't intend to see any more outsiders, he took off his formal attire and wore only a casual white bathrobe. Moreover, he was strong and not afraid of the cold, and the temperature in the room was already too hot for him, so at this moment, his collar was wide open, revealing a large area of his honey-colored, muscular chest, which was even covered with a thin layer of sweat.
The low table in front of him was laden with food and wine.
As Shang Ruyi pushed open the door, he was taking a wine pot from the small stove on the table and pouring half a cup into it.
The sound of the wine flowing was pleasant and melodious.
His long hair, which was draped behind his head, flowed like water, with a strand slipping down his shoulder and gently brushing against his face.
"...!"
Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat.
She was used to Yuwen Ye's cold, deep, and decisive demeanor. Even when they were close, he exuded a fierce and aggressive aura that always captivated her and left her unable to control herself. But this was the first time she had seen him dressed like this, revealing such a leisurely and even elegant temperament.
So, he has this side to him too.
Pure and ethereal, like a banished immortal.
Just as Shang Ruyi was staring blankly at him, somewhat lost in thought, Yuwen Ye looked up at her. Judging from the way he had just poured the wine, he probably hadn't started drinking yet, but his eyes seemed a little drunk. He smiled and said, "Why are you only getting back now?"
"……Um."
Shang Ruyi's fingertips were a little numb. She hurriedly responded and went into the house, closing the door behind her.
Yuwen Ye stretched out his arm and placed the wine pot on the cups that had been set out for her opposite him. He also poured her a cup of wine. Shang Ruyi walked over and sat down. She felt the aroma of the wine spreading everywhere, as if an invisible hand was pulling her down to sit, and then embracing her. The warm breath went straight to her heart.
Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly felt a chill and sneezed several times in a row.
Achoo, achoo!
Upon seeing her like this, Yuwen Ye immediately put down the wine pot: "What happened? Did you catch a cold?"
After saying that, he reached out and grabbed Shang Ruyi's hand, holding it in his palm. He immediately frowned; her fingertips were indeed cool.
Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "It's nothing."
However, there wasn't a single brazier in Green Silk's room just now, and it was too cold. She stayed there for a while and came back with a chill in her body. But the room was warm and cozy. The contrast between the hot and cold caused this.
Just a little more warmth and it will be fine.
As he spoke, he prepared to pull his hand back.
But when she tried to pull, she couldn't move. Yuwen Ye didn't use too much force, but he held her fingertips tightly. Shang Ruyi was stunned and looked up at him. In his originally cold and calm eyes, she saw a warmth that seemed like a flame.
The next moment, she was suddenly pulled over, almost knocking over the table.
"ah!"
She gasped unexpectedly, but she had already fallen into that familiar, warm embrace. Yuwen Ye wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her slightly cool body into his arms.
"...!"
Shang Ruyi's breath hitched.
She wasn't exactly startled, after all, the two of them had been even more intimate than this before; however, she was still somewhat surprised—from the moment she pushed open the door, she was surprised. Yuwen Ye looked completely different from someone she had never seen before, and his embrace, besides the familiar warmth of the past, now had a feeling of... indescribable tightness.
She instinctively struggled for a moment: "Feng Chen?"
Those arms immediately tightened their embrace around her.
This time, Shang Ruyi stopped struggling, because she could clearly feel the arms and the faint anxiety emanating from the chest pressed against her, and could only quietly let him hold her.
After a while, she heard Yuwen Ye say in a low voice, "From now on, you only need to be attracted to me."
"...?"
"Me too."
Shang Ruyi was momentarily stunned, not understanding why he suddenly acted this way, or why he suddenly mentioned "being moved." He probably didn't know what she had just said to Lüxiao.
Besides, those things of mine are all in the past.
On the contrary, it was him...
Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi laughed irritably, "I only have you."
"..."
"But don't you still have Princess Crescent Moon?"
Her words were meant as a joke, a playful jest. After all, the die was cast, and even if she minded, she couldn't force Yuwen Ye to divorce Chu Ruoyan. So, there was no point in saying anything more.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she felt a slight tremor in the chest pressed against hers.
"You want me to..."
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