Li Wan Heng Jin
After Heng Jin often acted like a peacock, Li Wan became suspicious of his feelings and deliberately kept her distance, at one point becoming so distant that she avoided him.
Until the Demonic Border was plagued by frequent incursions from demonic forces, like endless rats, coming in droves. No sooner had one been slain than another, employing underhanded tactics. Even with the multitude of frontier warriors, they couldn't withstand the constant influx, a drain on time and energy. Even a cow would need to rest. Li Wan, a pinnacle of demonic power, was forced to personally fight and quell the rebellion.
Heng Jin, who rushed to help, discovered that her strength was hidden that day. Although she restrained herself the moment he noticed her, he also estimated that her fighting power was above his.
After the battle, as the "benefactor" who helped her, he jokingly asked if he could have a meal with her as a reward. Faced with her retreat and escape, he pressed on step by step.
"The Emperor has helped me, and the Demon Realm should repay you with a feast of delicious food. I have always been frugal, and the ingredients used in my palace are only the most common and common ones. I will go back and prepare some, and then send the invitation to the Emperor."
"That's fine. I just like home-cooked food. A bowl of porridge and a side dish will do."
"How can we serve such simple porridge and small dishes to honor our distinguished guests? Perhaps we should wait for another time, Your Majesty. Today is truly an unfortunate occasion. I just remembered that I have urgent matters to attend to in the palace. I can't take you back and let you eat alone, right? Wouldn't that be a poor show of hospitality?"
Heng Jin took a few steps towards her, holding the sword, and whispered, "Expedite government affairs? The Demon Lord has been using government affairs as an excuse to politely refuse me for the past hundred years. If you didn't know better, you would think he was deliberately avoiding me and refusing to meet me."
The words on the tip of his tongue paused, he softened his tone, and asked with a sense of loss and self-blame: "Ari, why are you avoiding me? Did I do something wrong?"
"Why would I deliberately avoid the Emperor? Your Majesty, you are too kind. You have done nothing wrong. It was I who was inconsiderate. Come on, come on. Would you please do me the honor of having a simple meal in my palace?"
"It would be disrespectful to refuse such a gracious invitation."
Li Wan responded with a forced smile, and then used the excuse of preparing meals in advance to send a message to He Qi.
When they returned to the hall, Heqi was already waiting for them on the road they had to pass.
He Qi said, "Ah Zi, Ah Cha is here. He's waiting for you in the Qinzheng Palace. He said that when I saw you coming back, I immediately told you to go meet him. He's been making things so mysterious that he doesn't even let me go. You should go and see him now. Emperor Hengjin, I'll be so kind as to entertain you first. When you take the Emperor to eat something delicious later, you can take me with you. Does the Emperor mind if I eat with you?"
Without waiting for his answer, Heqi leaned close to his ear and whispered in a whisper that all three of them could hear: "Please tell me you don't mind. I really want to have dinner with Ah Zhi. She's been busy with government affairs and hasn't had dinner with me for seven days."
Li Wan pretended to blame, "He Qi!"
Seeing through Heqi's thoughts, Hengjin said, "Of course I don't mind. However, since I need to discuss important matters with the Demon Lord alone, I'll have to ask the Demon Lord to find some time to be alone with me."
"Since this is an important matter, there is no time to delay. Heqi, please step aside first."
"Don't worry. Pluto seems to be more anxious than me. You might as well go see him first. We can discuss our business after dinner."
After a few pleasantries, Li Wan hurried to the Qinzheng Hall.
Upon entering the palace, Li Wan immediately spotted Cha Suxun, dressed in a rare, azure robe. Over the robe, a thin layer of gauze stretched across the floor, and scattered across the hem were numerous petals of the Red Shore flower. A closer look revealed that his hair crown had been replaced with a silver lotus flower crown.
He was fiddling with the red spider lilies, trimming the branches in the vase again and again. The ground was littered with unwanted small flower stalks. It was obvious that he was distracted.
Li Wan sat down beside him, helping him pick up the scattered red spider lilies while asking, "A-Cha rarely wears a robe of this color and style. It's refreshing and very beautiful. But do you have something important to do later?"
Cha Suxun took the flower branch he was about to insert into the vase back into his hand, propping his head up with the hand that held the flower in his fist. The distorted perspective of the red spider lily caught Li Wan's eye, as if a red spider lily had been pinned to his temples. He just stared at her intently, without saying a word.
"What's wrong, Ah Cha?" She felt strangely uncomfortable being stared at, and started to straighten her clothes and hair. "I just finished fighting and didn't have time to clean up."
After staring at her for a long time, Cha Suxun sat up, snapped his fingers, and the palace door closed by itself.
You know, after Li Wan came of age, he never closed the door on his own when they were alone together.
He cast a spell to move her horizontally so that she sat on his legs together. Li Wan jumped up in shock. Cha Suxun pulled her back and made her sit properly. He put his arms around her waist from behind and rested his head on her shoulder. His breath blew her hair into a slight curve.
The moment Li Wan sat on his lap and was hugged, her face turned red.
"A-Cha, you, what are you doing?"
"Wanwan, who am I?"
"Cha Suxun."
"To put it another way, who am I to you?"
She could understand the jealousy and displeasure in his words, so she chose the answer that would best appease him from a pile of answers.
"You are my fiancé."
"But Wanwan doesn't seem to care about me, her fiancé."
"No, I knew you were saying one thing and thinking another. You're still blaming me for delaying the wedding, right?"
"To say I'm not surprised is a lie. I've been counting the days on my fingers, eagerly anticipating the wedding. It was you who insisted on marrying me when we were little, but now that we've grown up, you've turned against me and postponed the wedding. You're no longer close to me, and you don't even say you like me anymore. I know you approached Heng Jin to understand his abilities, but my possessiveness got the better of me, and I was jealous and scared. You changed your ways so quickly, and I was terrified that something might change, and you'd fall in love with someone else. Even though I'm afraid and I don't want to, you're free. If you don't want me anymore, you can tell me to cancel the engagement at any time. As long as that person is a good person, I'm willing to give up my position at any time. But just... can you please be more merciful to me? If you're even slightly tempted, tell me first, so I can be prepared."
He spoke with less and less confidence, and held her with increasing strength. After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and buried his whole face in her back.
"A-Cha, did you misunderstand? I delayed the wedding because the Demon Realm still has many problems that need a more focused king to deal with. Those ambitious old men who want to usurp the throne are staring at me, eager to find a big mistake or evidence that I can't be a good king. If we get married on time, it will be very troublesome regardless of whether we have children. It's not because I want to marry someone else or something like that. I didn't tell you my thoughts because, firstly, I didn't want you to worry about it, and secondly, there are some things I'm embarrassed to tell you. After all, when discussing this topic, it's definitely necessary to talk about it."
"If Wanwan really regarded me as her future husband, or if she cared about me, then why would she be embarrassed to say anything?"
Li Wan whispered, "It's about the child... You said, if we get married on time, should we openly face the countless urges for children while secretly sleeping in separate rooms for several years, or should we take medicine?"
After saying this, both of their cheeks flushed.
"Instead of facing a bunch of problems after marriage, it's better to delay and endure the pressure of marriage."
"I am willing to sleep in a separate room and have a separate bed, and I am also willing to say that I have a hidden illness."
After a long silence, Li Wan's fingertips gently and slowly stroked the back of his hand. "If you are willing to suffer, I would not want you to suffer. Ah Cha, can you wait for me a little longer?"
"Well, wait a little longer."
He finally smiled a little.
"Why are you so smart today?"
"I asked Ah Xiang for advice. She said that I shouldn't keep my thoughts and feelings to myself. I should tell my fiancée, especially the sweet words."
"What else did Ah Xiang say?"
"Second, create opportunities for physical contact to close the distance between us and make you realize that I'm not just your A-Cha brother, but your A-Cha. Third, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. She said she was afraid I wouldn't be able to digest it all, so she taught me these three points first, and then taught me the rest if they were useful. This dress was chosen for me by her. She said many women would like it, and I think you would too."
Li Wan gently patted the back of his hand a few times, signaling him to let go. After standing up, she pulled Cha Suxun up from the stool and stood face to face with her.
After carefully examining him from beginning to end, she said, "I really like him. Cha Suxun, open your arms."
"good."
When he opened his arms, Li Wan took the initiative to walk into his arms and hugged him.
"Wanwan you..."
"I'm trying not to think of you as Brother A-Cha, but as my A-Cha. Don't be as stiff as a log, hug me too, and try to think of me as your Wan-Wan, not your Wan-Wan sister."
"I've never considered you my sister." Cha Suxun hugged her back and asked, "Did you feel anything?"
"Except for being a little nervous and shy when I first hugged you, and also feeling like you've grown up a bit since you were a child, other than that, there's not much else I feel."
"Then you probably still haven't realized it. Hold on tight, and don't let go."
After Li Wan nodded, Cha Suxun released his arms from hugging her and kissed her through his left hand that was covering her lips.
The moment they kissed, her eyes widened in shock.
He quickly ended the kiss that was barely a kiss.
"Cha Suxun! You, you, you hooligan!"
"Okay, okay, I'm a hooligan. Wanwan, do you hate my behavior just now?"
Li Wan seemed to recall something, her face turned even redder, and her eyes were evasive and panic-stricken.
"Ari, what are you thinking about?"
"Why should I tell you? Emperor Hengjin is still waiting for dinner outside. Let's send him away early so that he can leave earlier. I think it will be more effective if you go with me."
"Dead bird has no home? Why is it here again?"
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"A dog will always eat shit." Yuanli muttered to herself.
Noticing her contemptuous look, Heng Jin explained, "What do you mean by 'a dog can't change its bad habits'? I didn't peek! This memory is Li Wan's memory. I saw it when Li Wan was seriously injured and her memory was confused. The scroll will reveal this memory to testify for me."
"oh."
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