Chapter 124: The Self-Torture Scheme
Ayu...
This was the first time he called her by her nickname. Shen Yu stared at his face intently, and the strings in her heart seemed to be plucked lightly or heavily, with the lingering sound taking a long time to subside.
The wine glass in his hand tilted, spilling over his hands and then onto his legs.
Xie Tingzhou squatted down in front of her, took the wine glass from her hand, and took out a handkerchief to carefully wipe the wine stains off her hands.
Shen Yu's heartbeat quickened, and she let him hold it, carefully drying each of her fingers.
Although her previous life was short, she had lived two lives after all, and matters between men and women were not unfamiliar to her.
It's not that she didn't feel anything during this period of time.
Xie Tingzhou is like a frog boiled in warm water, slowly penetrating into people's hearts, always revealing warmth inadvertently.
Before she went to the Dali Temple, he said that he had something to talk to her about when she came back, but unfortunately he was distracted by other things.
In fact, she also avoided it deliberately. She knew very well how difficult the journey was. The deeper she investigated the case, the more dangerous it would be.
Now that he is involved in the fight for the throne among the princes, the future is even more uncertain.
They had been tied together for a long time, but now she didn't want to drag him into it.
Shen Yu subconsciously pulled her hand back, but failed this time. Xie Tingzhou's hand held her tightly like an iron clamp.
He raised his head, the moonlight flowing between his eyebrows, "Ayu..."
Shen Yu couldn't hold it anymore, frowned and said, "Don't call me Ayu."
"What's wrong with calling you Ayu?" Xie Tingzhou looked up at her, "You don't like me calling you that? Then who can call you Ayu? Jiang Lianzhi?"
"Why do you always mention Jiang Lianzhi?" Chen Yu couldn't bear to see his expression, so she turned away and said, "He doesn't deserve it."
Xie Tingzhou asked patiently: "You don't let me scream, so I don't deserve it?"
"You..." Chen Yu turned back suddenly, she didn't know how to say him.
"What about me?" Xie Tingzhou was obviously arguing with her.
Chen Yu saw some amusement in his eyes, and tried to pull her hand away again but failed, so she simply attacked him with both palms together.
Xie Tingzhou subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it, but then he suddenly loosened his hand and let her palm hit him.
This time he finally let her go and fell backwards.
Chen Yu was stunned and hurried forward to support him.
, "How are you?"
Xie Tingzhou raised his eyes and stole a glance at her, then covered his chest and coughed twice, "I, I'm fine."
After saying that, he coughed twice.
Chen Yu knew that she had clearly not used much strength in that palm strike, but she had no idea that Xie Tingzhou, who used to be able to stand on his horse with his sword drawn, had now become so fragile that he could not even withstand such a palm strike.
"You... help me." Xie Tingzhou said weakly.
Chen Yu helped him up, and Xie Tingzhou took the opportunity to put his arm on her shoulders and leaned half of his body on her.
His steps were unsteady and his whole body seemed powerless. Chen Yu grabbed his arm and put one hand around his waist to get him onto the bed.
Xie Tingzhou watched her busying around, pouring tea and water, and wringing out the handkerchief to wipe his face.
"Are you feeling better?"
Xie Tingzhou held the tea, looked at her face steadily, and shook his head: "I'm fine."
"Do you want to eat something?" Chen Yu asked nervously.
Xie Tingzhou laughed, "Do you think this is my last meal? Eat something good."
"Don't talk nonsense." Chen Yu scolded coldly, took the handkerchief and twisted it again.
The sound of water splashed, and Chen Yu looked at the chaotic water waves, "What's going on with your body?"
"Poisoned." Xie Tingzhou did not lie this time.
Chen Yu twisted her handkerchief and turned around, "Apart from the Qianling Ginseng and the Blood Python Branch, are there really no antidotes?"
"How do you know?"
"Don't worry about how I know that."
"No." Xie Tingzhou smiled. "The other party poisoned me with the intention of killing me, so why would they prepare an antidote?"
Chen Yu lowered her eyes.
"It's okay." Xie Tingzhou took her hand and said, "Your life is safe for now."
Seeing that Chen Yu was still unhappy, Xie Tingzhou turned his head slightly and jokingly said, "You have been avoiding me. Are you afraid that I will die young and make you a widow?"
Shen Yu glared at him, "Thank you for stopping the boat!"
This was a serious and angry voice. Xie Tingzhou said gently: "But I can no longer use the sword. I will definitely live to be a hundred years old."
Chen Yu's expression eased a little. Seeing that it was already late, she said to Xie Tingzhou, "You take a rest. I'm going back."
"I'll take you there." Xie Tingzhou was about to stand up.
"No, you take a rest. Da Huang and I will go back by ourselves."
Ever since that day when Dahuang was caught in a net and Baiyu rushed to rescue him, perhaps because Dahuang was impressed by Baiyu's might, Dahuang became Baiyu's lackey.
Every day when it has free time, it rushes to Qingpu Residence to admire its hero. If it were not a male, even the races would not be able to stop it, and it would be eager to pledge itself to the hero.
Bai Yu despises this younger brother and often ignores Da Huang.
Xie Tingzhou sat leaning on the bed, listening to the footsteps of the man and the dog gradually going away, a gentle smile spread across his lips.
After a while, he threw off the quilt and stood up, without any sign of weakness as before. He opened the window and asked, "Where's Li Jifeng?"
The guard on night watch replied, "Your Highness, he is not in the side room. He should have gone back to rest."
"Go back? Where to?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
The guard was also stunned.
Xie Tingzhou was silent for a moment, picked up his outer robe and went out.
Before reaching Lumingxuan, I heard the sound of Li Jifeng running and howling, accompanied by a burst of dog barking.
Li Jifeng ran as fast as he could, and when he ran out of the yard and saw his guard, he pulled out the knife from the guard's waist and was about to chop him.
The secret guard jumped down from the eaves and stretched out his hand to stop him, "Your Highness, you can't do that."
Li Jifeng looked at the secret guard who appeared out of nowhere, "Where are you from?"
The secret guard pointed to the eaves.
Li Jifeng exploded immediately, "You didn't come out when this prince was chased by a dog, but you jumped out when the dog was about to be killed. Am I worse than a dog?"
The secret guard was in a dilemma as to whether to accept or not accept this statement.
"What's going on?" Xie Tingzhou walked closer and asked.
The secret guard said, "His Highness the Ninth Prince entered Shi Yu's bedroom and was chased by Da Huang all the way."
When Li Jifeng saw Xie Tingzhou holding the lantern, he quickened his pace and hid behind him.
Dahuang ran up to him and barked a few times at Xie Tingzhou, as if complaining.
"How dare you complain!" Li Jifeng said, "It was you who bit me first."
Dahuang barked twice again.
Li Jifeng raised his eyebrows, "Bullshit! It was you, the vicious dog, who complained first."
"Can you understand what it says?" Xie Tingzhou asked jokingly.
Li Jifeng was stunned. "Yes, how come I understood it?"
The guard held back his laughter, while the secret guard jumped onto the eaves and laughed secretly.
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