Chapter 891: The beloved cousin escaped from control (17)
"I have always been different from others." Wu Xiaoran looked at Du Shichu steadily with his bright and clear eyes and said, "And I hope she can wait for me."
"What?" Du Shichu was a little confused. "Wait a minute? Do you already have someone you love?" Du Shichu's eyes suddenly lit up, flashing with gossip.
"Who is it?" She approached Wu Xiaoran mysteriously, staring at him with her beautiful peach blossom eyes, and asked curiously and gossipingly, "Someone I know?"
Wu Xiaoran was suddenly brought close to her picturesque face, the impact was so great that he held his breath. He couldn't help but look away, fearing that he would be exposed involuntarily.
"When you need to know, you will naturally know." Wu Xiaoran stretched out a hand to cover her face, and said with difficulty maintaining calmness.
Du Shichu pulled his hand away, but held it tightly for fear that it would get in the way. He did not let go and continued to question him relentlessly: "Just tell me, I won't tell anyone."
How could Wu Xiaoran hear her words clearly? All his attention was focused on the hand she was holding. He only felt her warm and soft hand holding him. It was just a slender hand, but Wu Xiaoran felt as if it was a treasure as heavy as a thousand pounds, so he didn't even dare to move.
Du Shichu shook his hand without noticing: "Are you going to be estranged from me? Don't you consider me your sister anymore?"
Wu Xiaoran finally suppressed the impulse that was about to explode in his heart. He didn't want to think about Du Shichu, so he turned his head and begged her softly, as if begging for mercy: "Sister, don't ask, okay? I don't want to say it for the time being."
The face of the young man, whose three-dimensional handsome features had already begun to emerge, spoke to Du Shichu with such a begging expression. Du Shichu, who was obsessed with looks, couldn't stand it all of a sudden. His rationality left him, and he kept saying, "Okay, sister won't ask you any more questions. You can talk about it later if you want."
When Wu Xiaoran saw her like this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and there was a smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. He knew that as long as he looked at his sister with this expression, she would have no way to refuse him.
The little lion didn't understand the ambiguity between the boy and girl. It had just been caught and ravaged by Wu Xiaoran for a long time. Finally, its owner helped it hold down a big hand, and it finally broke free from Wu Xiaoran's other hand and regained its freedom.
The little lion, who had regained its freedom, scratched the hem of Wu Xiaoran's clothes several times fiercely, leaving a thread. Then it took graceful steps to rub against Du Shichu's feet, meowing, as if it was telling Du Shichu about Wu Xiaoran.
Du Shichu was finally brought back to his senses by the little lion's cry. He then let go of his hand and picked up the little lion instead.
Wu Xiaoran suddenly felt regretful and looked at the little lion with jealousy. He felt that this little thing was an eyesore. When he retracted his hand, he couldn't help but use his other hand to touch the place that Du Shichu had just touched, wanting to keep the feeling of being held by her.
The little lion nestled in Du Shichu's arms, being stroked by her and making purring sounds of extreme comfort. Its little paws were moving comfortably, and its pink little paws looked like blooming flowers when opened. It was so cute that Du Shichu couldn't help but gently pinched its feet.
Wu Xiaoran wanted to throw this lazy fat cat out of Du Shichu's arms, but he couldn't, because he didn't know who was more important in Du Shichu's heart, him or the little lion...
Wu Xiaoran felt a little sad when he thought of this. Not only did his sister, whom he had loved since childhood, have a beloved pet, but she only treated him as a close younger brother and did not regard him as a man of the same age at all.
But there are many men outside who are eyeing her covetously. He only hates why he was not born a few years earlier, so that he would not need his sister to wait for him to grow up, and he could grow up to be strong enough to protect her and get her.
"Ranran, why are you still here? Doesn't His Majesty have something to talk to you about?" Du Shichu stroked the little lion and found that Wu Xiaoran had not left yet, so he asked with some surprise. The emperor valued this nephew very much. Not only did he let him live in the palace, but he also let him take classes with the princes, wanting to train him into a pillar of talent with both civil and military talents.
Wu Xiaoran has lived up to the emperor's expectations in the past few years. He has grown very fast. It is said that he has begun to help the emperor in secret. However, these court affairs have nothing to do with Du Shichu, so she only knows the general idea and does not know the details.
Wu Xiaoran felt a little upset when he heard her blunt words, but he knew that Du Shichu was not trying to drive him away, she was just asking, so he was only depressed for a while and said, "I'm about to leave, so sister, you have a good rest, I'll come to see you tomorrow."
"Okay." Du Shichu waved at him without looking back. Wu Xiaoran smiled bitterly and strode away.
However, Wu Xiaoran did not come to see Du Shichu the next day. Du Shichu was a little confused, but thinking that he was no longer just a child receiving education, but had also started to do things, he did not care too much. Maybe he was busy with something and had no time to come.
Du Shichu didn't take it to heart. After all, Wu Xiaoran didn't have any serious business to do when he came to see her. He just came to her place to take a break from his busy schedule. Du Shichu felt that he treated her place as a place to rest.
She didn't know that Wu Xiaoran was injured and was arranged by the emperor to recuperate in a secret place in the palace.
The emperor looked at the wound on his chest that was bandaged but still bleeding, feeling guilty and distressed. He said self-reproachfully, "I was careless. I didn't expect the situation there to be more serious than I thought. I also implicated you and caused you to be seriously injured! It's my fault. Ran'er, you should take good care of your injuries during this period. I'll let others investigate this matter. You must not get into any trouble..."
"Uncle Emperor, my nephew is fine. The wound only looks serious. It doesn't actually hurt any vital parts. It will heal in a few days." Wu Xiaoran comforted the emperor with a pale face.
The emperor sighed, patted his head, and said, "Ran'er, you don't need to comfort me. You are only fourteen years old. I was too hasty and hurt you. You should take good care of your injuries and don't think too much about other things."
"By the way, is there anything you want? You have to stay here during the period of recuperation and cannot go out. It will be a bit boring. If you want something to pass the time, just tell your uncle and he will find it for you." The emperor said, fearing that his nephew would be bored while recuperating.
Wu Xiaoran thought of Du Shichu first, but he swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his throat. He couldn't let Du Shichu be exposed to these dark and dangerous things. She should be pure and innocent.
"I, want a little lion..." Wu Xiaoran thought of the annoying little pet.
"Little lion? Duan Yang's cat?" The emperor was surprised. "Duan Yang really treasures her cat. Will she lend it to you to play with?"
(End of this chapter)
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