Chapter 249 The Price of Being Alone
"Why would I need you to figure it out? Love is like drinking water, only you know whether it's hot or cold. Take us for example. I guess other people can't figure it out either. What is it about me that you see in me?"
"How can this be the same?"
Li Chengxiu sat up straight, frowned unhappily, and tried his best to defend his vision.
"My wife is from the capital, no, Dayu, that's not right, she is the most beautiful woman in the world!
Of course, beauty is definitely the least noteworthy quality about you. From childhood to adulthood, everyone knows how outstanding and capable you are.
Do you know how many people I fought with day and night to protect you? It's a good thing I've been able to fight since I was a child, otherwise I wouldn't know whose wife you are now! "
"Who did you fight with?"
Jiang Wan looked at him suspiciously.
"If I remember correctly, we had a fight on the first day we met. How come I didn't know you even fought with someone else just to protect me?"
Damn, I was careless and said something rude!
Li Chengxiu, who was too proud to admit defeat, shut his mouth and pretended to be dead.
"Didn't you say I was a toad before, trying every possible way to get me to gnaw on your brother's swan meat? Honestly, Li Chengxiu, I've been wanting to ask you for a long time.
What is it about me that you're attracted to? And when did it start? I remember when we were little, I didn't hold back when I beat you up. Do you have Stockholm syndrome?
Jiang Wan's occupational disease began to kick in when it came to his curiosity, and he couldn't help but want to study whether there was any problem with the other person's spiritual world.
"What formation?"
Li Chengxiu didn't quite understand.
"We're not talking about relationships anymore, why are you asking about war again? I've never done that formation before!"
The discrepancies between the two people, which were arbitrarily separated by two different time and space, always appear between the two of them from time to time. Fortunately, they have adapted to it and are very used to it.
"Don't worry about the formation, it's not important. I just want to ask you, you just complained about not knowing what your brothers like about the Song family girls, so why don't you ask yourself now and tell me, what do you like about me, a girl from the Jiang family?"
The other party was silent for a long time, and then told the truth.
"I don't know. I really don't know when I started thinking about you, and I don't know what I like about you. Anyway, I feel happy just thinking about you.
I've always thought I fell in love with you when you rode back to save me, but then you said it wasn't true. I thought about it carefully and realized it wasn't true.
Or perhaps, even earlier than that?"
There was a sudden gleam of happiness in his eyes.
"Wanjie, tell me, could it be that we're like in the storybooks, falling in love at first sight?"
Jiang Wan looked at him with pity in his eyes.
"Have you ever heard this saying? Love at first sight is often due to lust.
I think that when we had a fight for the first time when we met, I seemed too embarrassed to be presentable, and I didn't have the confidence to say that I could make anyone fall in love with me at first sight.
Li Chengxiu, are you sure there is nothing wrong with your mind? "
"Love comes from nowhere, but it's so deep."
He brought out the passionate love words he had just learned from the storybook last night, and then thought about it and came up with a truth he learned from his wife.
“Beautiful appearances are all alike, but interesting souls are rare.
After all, I'm a good person and I don't care too much about beauty. Well, I probably fell in love with your interesting soul at first sight!
Yes, that’s exactly what it is!”
Oh, what an unexpected success.
This single, well-aimed confession successfully won the soul-traveling person's heart. He leaned over and placed a sweet kiss on the corner of his mouth.
"Your Highness the Prince of Qi said it very well, please keep it up."
"Hehehe, it's all thanks to Her Royal Highness Princess Qi's good teaching."
"You're welcome."
"Thank you for letting me."
The couple flirted with each other, and there were happy smiles in each other's eyes.
The luckiest thing in the world is probably finding a soul mate that suits you. It doesn't necessarily have to be perfect or outstanding, but it must be like-minded.
They are suitable for doing bad things together, chatting together, and being good teammates for life.
Jiang Wan approached Li Chengxiu, who skillfully opened his arms and drew her in. She whispered in his ear for a while, and then the couple looked at each other solemnly.
"Wanjie'er, are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
"Of course not!"
Perhaps it was her tone that was too decisive, which caused the shock in Li Chengxiu's eyes to slowly turn into pain. His voice was low and suppressed, filled with a lot of pain and confusion.
"Why?
He and I are siblings with the same father and mother!
From childhood to adulthood, I have always been very clear about my position. I am willing to be his shield and his sword, and to clear all obstacles for him to consolidate his throne.
Why doesn't he want to tolerate me?
I, I am his biological brother..."
"Li Chengxiu!"
Jiang Wan knelt on him, held his face with both hands, his eyes full of comfort.
"Don't overthink it yet. Things haven't reached the worst point yet. After all, people's hearts are fickle, and his position forces him to change as well.
But he's only had some thoughts about it now, and hasn't taken any action yet, right? This shows that he still cares about this brotherhood with you!
Judging by actions, not the heart, no one is perfect.
As long as we stay away from him, stick to our duties and don't create any crisis for him, there will be no fratricide.
Besides, my father and mother are still here, and they won't let him and us go to war, don't worry."
"real?"
"…Um."
"That's good!"
Li Chengxiu believed in his smart wife, just like he believed in his smart brother when he was a child.
He hugged the person tightly with both hands, buried his head in the other's shoulders, his eyes were full of tears of pain, but there was not a trace of sob in his voice.
"I don't want to break up with him. He loved me so much when I was little. You don't know how naughty I was when I was little and how I didn't like studying. Eight out of ten times, he took the beatings for me.
He always said that he was my mother's eldest son, and that we shouldn't be born out of wedlock. He said that he had to be very, very good, and must be better than his older brothers!
Wanjie'er, he is my biological brother."
"I know."
Jiang Wan patted his back.
"Of course he's excellent. He's already a very qualified crown prince, and he'll definitely be a very qualified emperor in the future. That's why you should understand that he's not just your brother now; he's already developed the heart of an emperor."
The voice was lowered a lot, and only the couple who were hugging each other tightly could hear it.
"Now your brothers are just like your father. They both need to abandon their former selves to become qualified emperors! No one can escape the price of being the supreme ruler."
"A lone man?"
"Probably."
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