"rogue."
Xie Lingqin gave a reproachful look, turned around, and sat down at the table. "Hurry up and eat. Luckily, the food is still warm."
"That doesn't matter. If it gets cold, I'll warm it up for you."
"Yuwen Yao, you're too good to me. I'll get used to it and become dependent on you."
"This is exactly what I wanted. This way, you won't be able to leave me."
Xie Lingqin felt a jolt of electricity run through her heart, a warm feeling spreading through her. "Alright, let's eat."
Yuwen Yao sat down opposite Xie Lingqin as instructed, gently rolling up his sleeves to reveal his strong and slender arms.
There were faint red marks on it, as well as bite and pinch marks left by her last night when she couldn't resist his teasing during their passionate lovemaking.
Such a face, as beautiful as jade, incomparably noble; one day, when she dons a crimson robe, what color will she appear, and what unparalleled elegance will she possess…
What a sight it must have been when those phoenix eyes looked at her under the light of the dragon and phoenix candles.
"Cough cough..."
Xie Lingqin blushed suddenly, lowered her head slightly, and picked up some food with her chopsticks.
"Xie Lingqin, why is your face red?"
"The food is a bit spicy."
"I thought you were thinking of me. I wanted to tell you that you are more delicious than these dishes."
Xie Lingqin...
"Yuwen Yao, eat your food. Don't you dare seduce me."
Xie Lingqin looked domineering and awe-inspiring, then lowered her head and ate.
Her ears turned even redder.
Wait, that's not right.
"What were you thinking about just now?"
Xie Lingqin looked up and asked.
"I'm thinking about how to use those 108 moves on our wedding night, which move should come first, and so on..."
"Yu Wenyao..."
Xie Lingqin's face turned red with embarrassment.
This person actually thought even more deeply than she did.
Really...
"Eat." Xie Lingqin lowered her head to eat, but her heart was pounding like a drum.
After placing a shelled shrimp in Xie Lingqin's bowl, Yuwen Yao said nothing more.
The room was quiet for a moment, brightly lit as day, with the moonlight shining down, creating a scene of tranquility and peace.
Yuwen Yao was indeed very thoughtful; the first dish was prepared to her liking in terms of both saltiness and flavor.
This person, though he didn't say it, did things with extreme meticulousness.
Xie Lingqin put down her chopsticks, her gaze falling on the booklet on the table. She picked it up and looked at Yuwen Yao, "Have you read it?"
"I don't quite understand it."
Yuwen Yao said.
Xie Lingqin opened the booklet and frowned slightly. "No wonder Xu Yiran said she would help me. The words on this are neither words nor pictures. What is it?"
"You don't understand at all?"
Yuwen Yao asked, and as he spoke, for some reason, something seemed to relax slightly under his eyelids, and his gaze towards Xie Lingqin became even gentler.
"Um."
Xie Lingqin nodded, "Actually, when I first got this from the Heavenly Mystery Hall, I only flipped through one page, but I didn't quite understand it, so I thought I'd study it properly. It seems..." Xie Lingqin pressed her brow, "I can only wait for that man in black robes to come and answer my questions."
"If we find the man in black, we can also find the murderer in your case."
Xie Lingqin put down the booklet. "But, the man in black robes didn't seem to have any hostility to me. Moreover, he hated the Emperor..." Xie Lingqin wanted to say that they were like-minded, and that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
However, glancing up at Yuwen Yao, one could see that he was, after all, his father.
"Xie Lingqin, you've been to the secret passage of the General's Mansion, and you've seen some things there. Your mother was killed by the Emperor, you..."
“He is him, and you are you. Besides, when a person dies, it’s like a lamp going out.” Xie Lingqin smiled and pursed her lips. “We don’t need to interfere in the affairs of the previous generation. Moreover, I can tell you that as long as the Emperor doesn’t touch me, I won’t touch him either, because he is your father. No matter how much he doesn’t love you, or how much you don’t love him, he is still your father. I won’t let you bear any infamy. For you, I am willing to give up something.”
Yu Wenyao was startled.
He went to great lengths to prevent her from having any romantic feelings for him because of the Emperor, and he knew that she was vengeful. However, he never expected that she had already made up her mind.
She would give up something for him.
This amount may seem small to others, but to Xie Lingqin, it is more than enough.
Yuwen Yao was speechless at this moment. It was the most moving moment of his life. Looking at the determined little face in front of him, he knew that he had truly entered a tribulation in this life.
That smile, that brow, that glance—even with his eyes closed, he could never forget it, never let it go, not even after a thousand or ten thousand years.
But……
If one day she finds out...
"However, if this man in black robes is indeed the one who killed Xie Lingyu and Li Junru, and who orchestrated everything to take the real Xie Lingyu away back then, then it seems he has no hostility towards me. But why did he kill Miaoqiao? It's because of Miaoqiao's death, her body was dumped at the entrance of the General's Mansion, making me somewhat of a target of public criticism and causing misunderstandings and resentment..."
Xie Lingqin shook her head. "He clearly didn't want to be my enemy. Besides... why did he stop me from entering the secret room that day?"
Xie Lingqin was completely baffled.
Unfortunately, after meeting the man in black twice more, he didn't get to ask him anything.
Seeing Xie Lingqin almost habitually poke her forehead with her finger again, Yuwen Yao grabbed her hand and held her delicate, smooth hand tightly in his own. "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."
"Um."
"His Majesty has told me that he will bestow a marriage upon you in a month," Yuwen Yao added.
Xie Lingqin wasn't surprised at all, raising an eyebrow, "Anyway, it's impossible for it to be an arranged marriage for you. The Emperor wouldn't let me harm his son."
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