In an instant, a torrential downpour began. Lightning struck, illuminating the dark roof tiles, only to be instantly dimmed by thunder.
When the wind blows, the red and blue robes flutter like butterflies, intertwining and entwining, expressing an indescribable tenderness.
After the kiss, both of their jade-like faces were flushed with an ambiguous blush.
Liu Jinghong's breathing was heavy, and her clothes were disheveled.
Chu Hongluan breathed heavily, her phoenix eyes glistening with tears.
Liu Jinghong pursed his lips, his tender gaze lingering on her face. When he saw her swollen lips, he turned his face away abruptly as if burned, his Adam's apple bobbing, his mouth becoming even drier.
Chu Hongluan looked at him with a half-smile: "It seems that when I was giving my summary of the day at the General's Mansion, the young prince wasn't listening at all."
Her smile faded, and her expression became extremely serious: "I said, this world is fictional, and the memories in our minds are also fictional, so all of my past with Mo Yu is also fake."
"Therefore, I have absolutely no way to empathize with the self I remember. And even if we take a step back, you and I are from the same world, and we will eventually have to go back. This so-called Mo Yu might just be a fictional character, so why should our Prince Liu take him seriously?"
Liu Jinghong went through Chu Hongluan's words in her mind and realized that she had indeed said them clearly.
At the time, however, his mind was filled with images of her traveling with Mo Yu, which wouldn't leave him. His brain was completely rusted, so he only heard her words once without truly understanding them.
Looking back now, Liu Jinghong's handsome face immediately turned bright red with embarrassment.
But then I thought about it again and realized that wasn't right.
"But you stood us up and went boating on the lake with Moyu..."
To everyone's surprise, Chu Hongluan's face darkened as soon as this was mentioned.
"You mentioning this makes me so angry! I just stepped out last night and ran into that jinx! He showed up late at night with a token, demanding that I obey him for the next three years! He really dares to ask for that! If I had known my memories were fake, why would I have bothered with him? He disgusted me so much I couldn't eat for half the night!"
"A token? What token?" Liu Jinghong frowned, realizing that things were not simple.
"Oh, it's a pair of mandarin duck pendants that were split in two. When I was a child, I was playing and accidentally fell into an ice cave. He saved me. I asked him his name, but he wouldn't tell me. He only gave me half of the jade pendant."
Childhood memories, an ice cave, and half a pair of mandarin duck pendants.
Once the keyword was triggered, Liu Jinghong successfully retrieved a highly similar memory from her mind.
What kind of jade pendant?
"I don't have it with me. If you want to see it, I'll go back to my room to get it."
Chu Hongluan glanced at the torrential rain outside the eaves, paused, and then changed her mind, saying, "Why don't you come with me to my room and have a cup of hot tea? The rain is so heavy that even with an umbrella, you'll still get soaked."
Liu Jinghong's Adam's apple bobbed again, and the area behind her ears quickly turned red.
Go to Miss Chu's boudoir... a lone man and a lonely woman...
Liu Jinghong forcibly suppressed the thoughts that were beginning to run wild in her mind, her face turning even redder, and stammered, "Then, then I'll trouble you."
Unaware of his presence, Chu Hongluan reopened the umbrella, took his arm, and led him inside.
The side gate is secluded, and the winding path is only paved with some pebbles. On both sides are lush green branches and leaves, which are bent over by the heavy rain.
By the time they arrived at Chu Hongluan's courtyard, both of them were almost completely soaked.
The spring clothes were thin, and once soaked by the rain, they clung to the body, revealing every curve.
Chu Hongluan closed her umbrella and went to open the door, leaving Liu Jinghong with nowhere to look.
To make things easier for her nighttime activities these next few days, Chu Hongluan had dismissed all her maids and servants early on, leaving only Bitao.
But Bitao wouldn't come to the main courtyard at this time, because she has a bad temper when she wakes up and sleeps until noon every day.
"Come in and sit down."
Liu Jinghong responded in a muffled voice and followed.
But he was also soaking wet at this moment, his finely sculpted muscles and tight, narrow waist exuding power, appearing and disappearing under his clothes as he moved.
Chu Hongluan's gaze became much more direct and frank when she looked at him, her eyes lingering downwards, and she even felt like whistling a hooligan's whistle.
"Nice figure."
Liu Jinghong suppressed her embarrassment and stammered, "I'm glad you like it, Miss."
Upon hearing this, Chu Hongluan blushed and her heart raced.
Even though she knew that the other person was just saying it casually and didn't mean it the way she thought.
"Ahem, I'm going to the inner room to change my clothes. Since you have such strong internal energy, you should also dry your clothes so you don't catch a cold."
"Okay, okay."
Chu Hongluan rushed into the inner room and vigorously rubbed her face.
Beauty can be a trap, beauty can be a trap.
Liu Jinghong circulated his inner strength, and in less than half an incense stick's time, his body became dry. Then he obediently sat on the stool and waited for Chu Hongluan to come out.
The rain outside was indeed very loud, but Liu Jinghong had practiced martial arts since childhood and possessed immense internal strength, making his hearing far superior to that of ordinary people.
The rustling sound of clothes rubbing together in the inner room was clearly audible, unconsciously sparking the imagination.
Liu Jinghong held her head in frustration, her face, neck, and behind her ears all turning red.
He poured himself a glass of cold water and drank it down in one gulp, trying to suppress the agitation in his heart.
After one cup, there's the second, the third, the fourth...
It wasn't until Chu Hongluan changed her clothes and came out that she was able to see the news.
Are you thirsty?
Liu Jinghong was startled and hurriedly stood up, which made Chu Hongluan laugh again.
"Why are you so nervous? You seemed pretty brave at the door just now!" Chu Hongluan teased as she wrung out her rain-soaked hair with a handkerchief.
Liu Jinghong pursed her lips, her eyes flickering, her mind a complete mess, not knowing how to respond at all. After a long pause, she finally managed to say, "I'll use my internal energy to dry you out."
Chu Hongluan nodded and pulled up a stool to sit down.
Liu Jinghong circled behind her, gathered his true energy in his palm, and gently gathered the ends of her hair. He then lightly smoothed each strand of hair with his fingertips, as if handling a fragile treasure.
Feeling the warmth coming from the back of her head, Chu Hongluan squinted her eyes comfortably, like a fox that had just woken up.
I've changed my clothes and dried my hair; now it's time to get down to business.
Chu Hongluan opened the makeup box, took out the half of the jade pendant, and handed it to Liu Jinghong.
Liu Jinghong's expression turned somewhat strange.
"What's wrong?"
"The life-saving grace you mentioned, is it the one that happened on the day of the New Year's banquet twelve years ago?"
How did you know?
"Because this pair of mandarin duck pendants is—a military tally. The military tally of the Gale God Army under the command of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Ten thousand men in the army are all outstanding, each capable of fighting a hundred men. It is my father, under the command of the Marquis of Zhenbei."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com