Ster didn't need to turn around to know whose gaze it was.
He put his hands in his pockets, turned and left without even looking back.
He knew when to slip away and when to leave.
He had worked with Ning Yuan a few times, and he knew Ning Yuan's strength. In any case, he was no match for him, nor could he afford to offend him.
If you can't afford to mess with him, then just let him get lost.
It is not shameful to submit to someone stronger than yourself.
Jiang Yuan turned around and smiled at Ning Yuan behind her, "You're back."
When Ning Yuan looked at Jiang Yuan, his sharp gaze vanished instantly, replaced by gentle eyes that reflected Jiang Yuan's image. "Mm."
"Thank you for your hard work these past few days," Jiang Yuan said again.
These past few days, Ning Yuan has been either searching for members of the Jiang family or, like a radar, searching everywhere for the Jiang family's hideouts. It's really difficult for someone of his status to do such things personally.
Ning Yuan strode to the sofa, sat down, and before Jiang Yuan could react, he leaned to the side, pressed his cheek against Jiang Yuan's leg, and closed his eyes. "Hmm, I'm very tired, so I need Sister Yuan's help to replenish my energy."
Jiang Yuan: ...
Well, he's studying Stir.
Is he jealous?
Seeing that Jiang Yuan didn't say anything and let him lie there, Ning Yuan felt extremely regretful.
He regretted not learning from that brat sooner.
If he had learned from his style earlier, would he have been able to get a little closer to his Ah Yuan?
His daughter, Ah Yuan, smells really good; she has a faint fragrance.
It's very faint, yet it brings inner peace.
It tastes just like it did a thousand years ago.
It smells so good.
Jiang Yuan looked down at Ning Yuan, who was lying on her lap like a child. From another angle, his face looked like it had been carefully sculpted. His eyelashes were long, his eyebrows were thick, and his hair looked black and soft.
This reminded her of a thousand years ago, when he would lie on her lap to rest during his leisure time, claiming that he needed some peace and quiet.
She didn't understand why he needed to rest his head on her lap to calm down, but...
She didn't mind.
Jiang Yuan reached out her small hand and gently touched Ning Yuan's hair. His hair was like fine silk, or perhaps...
Yes, it looks like a puppy's fur.
Soft and smooth.
It feels surprisingly good.
Ning Yuan's body suddenly stiffened, his tightly closed eyes snapped open, his fingers twitched slightly, and he stared in astonishment at Jiang Yuan's actions, the scene from back then flashing through his mind.
He would get annoyed and irritable because the ministers advised him to make an empress, and he would also get angry over some trivial matters. But every time he got angry, his A-Yuan would appear and gently stroke his head to comfort him.
Whenever she gently stroked his head, his heart would gradually calm down.
She would also say, expressionless and in a completely emotionless tone, "It's okay, I'll always be by your side."
How could he not be moved by someone like her?
He always thought she would stay by his side, even if not as the empress, but as the Grand Preceptor of the Kingdom of Li, forever.
But she lied to him.
His Ah Yuan is a con artist in matters of the heart.
Of course, she also had many ways of making him angry and causing him trouble, but—
When he finally decides to ignore her, as soon as he sees her face or her figure, his anger disappears, and he feels an urge to be right next to her; he simply can't bring himself to ignore her.
He was furious when she, like the other ministers, urged him to establish an empress and even recommended suitable candidates for the position.
He repeatedly expressed his feelings to her, firmly stating time and again that he only wanted to marry her. When she took his words as a joke and started avoiding him, he became very angry.
She always puts the lives of ordinary people first and never thinks of herself, which makes him angry.
She would take care of him when he caught a cold, but she didn't take good care of herself, which made him feel uneasy.
Even so, he still... loved her so much.
That was true then, and it is true now.
As drowsiness washed over him, Ning Yuan slowly closed his eyes.
He had a beautiful dream in which Jiang Yuan, dressed in a wedding gown, married him and became his empress.
In the blink of an eye, he found himself in a dreamlike scene. Jiang Yuan, dressed in a white wedding gown and wearing makeup, stood in front of him holding a bouquet of flowers, reaching out her hand to him with a happy smile on her face.
Seeing that Ning Yuan had closed his eyes, Jiang Yuan did not leave, but sat quietly, looking intently at his sleeping face.
On her arm, the light red line had deepened in color and was growing upwards, as if it were about to invade her entire body.
Her other hand was grabbed by Ning Yuan at some point.
He didn't use much force, but you could feel that he was holding her very tightly, as if he was afraid she would escape.
"I will give you an answer," Jiang Yuan murmured.
She wouldn't run away from his feelings like she did a thousand years ago; she would confront the issue head-on and give him an answer.
Two more days passed in the blink of an eye.
Inside the laboratory.
When Jiang Yuanhao dripped the little girl's blood into the test tube and mixed it with the medicine, the color of the medicine turned dark red.
Afterwards, Jiang Yuanhao handed the medicine to the person next to him. The person looked at the medicine in panic, took it with trembling hands, swallowed, closed his eyes and drank it all in one gulp, with a feeling of being determined to die.
After drinking the medicine, the man's eyes were bloodshot, as if his body couldn't handle something and it was about to burst out of him.
The man collapsed to the ground, his body convulsing, foaming at the mouth, and died.
If it were the old Jiang Yuanhao, he would have been somewhat frightened by this scene, but the current Jiang Yuanhao coldly watched everything that was happening in front of him, human lives seemed as insignificant as ants in his eyes.
Then, as was his habit, two of his men outside the laboratory carried the body out.
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