fifty three
The gentle breeze outside the city made people feel particularly comfortable. All around was quiet except for the singing of birds. You Shu rode his horse under the poplar tree and stared at Xiao Weixin in a daze. He felt that his current mood could no longer be described simply as shock.
Xiao Weixin was not surprised by his attitude. He smiled bitterly, his eyes fell on You Shu's face, and said softly: "You also find it incredible, don't you?"
You Shu nodded mechanically, then shook his head in panic.
Xiao Weixin was silent for a while, then dismounted. Seeing this, You Shu also hurried down and stood face to face with him.
"I wanted to tell you later." Xiao Weixin looked up at him, "but you are too stupid. No matter how I try to show my kindness, you won't think about it. I always feel that if I don't say anything, you will continue to play dumb."
"You have been with me for quite some time, but you should know that I am not an easy person to get along with."
"Xiao Shu, what do you really think of me in your heart?"
You Shu opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
What else could he say? The development of the situation was as terrible as a wild horse running out of control, far beyond his understanding and acceptance of the situation.
“This…” You Shu struggled to open his mouth, and expressed himself incoherently. His mind still couldn’t connect everything at the moment: “Your subordinate… Your subordinate thinks, Your Majesty…”
"I... I am not a good person." You Shu finally found his voice and asked with some difficulty: "Did the prince make a mistake?"
It was true that Xiao Weixin was his idol, but he had never thought that he would take the first step to develop another kind of relationship, and he urgently needed time to digest it.
Xiao Weixin's eyes darkened. He looked at You Shu, who didn't know where to put his hands and feet. Suddenly, he strode towards him. You Shu was frightened by his aggressive look and thought to himself that it was all over. Looking at his expression, he was not going to kill him to silence him, was he
He retreated nervously step by step, and Xiao Weixin followed him closely, until his back hit a big tree and there was no way to avoid it. You Shu was nervous, and when he raised his eyes, Xiao Weixin was in front of him again.
You Shu had lived for so many years, but this was the first time in two lifetimes that he was doused in a tree.
And he's a man.
Other straight men certainly don’t have experiences like his, and I feel a little proud when I think about it.
No, now is not the time to think about that.
You Shu tried his best to pretend to be calm, thinking about getting through the current situation first.
Xiao Weixin propped his right hand on the tree, his narrow and sharp eyes fixed on You Shu's face, without the usual pretending to be weak, and the pressure of a superior was released wantonly. He lifted You Shu's chin with his left hand to force him to look directly at him, and then said in a cold voice: "Not good, Long Yang?"
"Then why do you always peek at me?"
You Shu blushed, and tried to explain, "Your Majesty is handsome, I just couldn't help but want to take a look."
"You can't control yourself." Xiao Weixin smiled, "Xiao Shu, have you noticed that you are now several times bolder than before when talking to me?"
Regarding this matter, You Shu admitted that it was all his fault. He was always used to being spoiled and arrogant. When Xiao Weixin indulged him a little, he forgot everything. He said ashamedly: "It's all because of the prince's tolerance."
Xiao Weixin realized that the topic had been diverted again, and turned it back angrily: "I don't believe that you really don't understand anything! Isn't it because you have me in your heart that you respond? Don't tell me that everything is my fantasy."
"Xiao Shu, give me an answer."
You Shu was very confused. He felt that he had not given him any hints. Although he liked her in his heart, that kind of liking was really just an emotion for his idol, without any other things mixed in. He wanted to explain himself, but seeing the sadness in Xiao Weixin's eyes, he suddenly became unsure.
Their prince would not lie. Could it be that he really did something to cause such a big misunderstanding
If you don't like someone but want to give them the wrong hints, isn't that a green tea
It seemed as if a bolt of lightning struck You Shu's forehead. He never expected that there would come a day when he would play tricks on people.
"Xiao Shu, look at me." Xiao Weixin's tone was irresistible and compelling. You Shu looked up unconsciously as he said, meeting his eyes as dark as a deep pool. He said, "I don't think I've ever been a gentle person, and I'm not lenient to my subordinates. I can even be considered mean. You've been in the mansion for so many years, so you must know my methods."
You Shu's heart trembled slightly.
"I can be cruel to everyone else, but you, only you... I am at a loss." Xiao Weixin's eyes were a little frustrated, "Xiao Shu, do you really not feel anything?"
You Shu's mind was shaken by what he said, and he thought about it silently. In the past, he could indeed vaguely sense that Xiao Weixin had some special feelings for him, but he would always comfort himself that it must be because they were good friends and good brothers. Now that he thinks about it, maybe he is really too stupid. Looking back on those bits and pieces, it really doesn't seem like an ordinary friendship.
"I never considered you as a friend." Xiao Weixin whispered, "I didn't even have patience with Weiming, let alone a mere friend."
"Xiao Shu, think about it carefully."
You Shu's chin was held by him and he couldn't move at all. He was silent for a while before saying, "The prince is really very good to me."
"I have never thought about it that way before, because... I don't think Your Majesty would fall in love with a man." You Shu said softly, "Your Majesty, please see clearly that I am a real man. I have what you have, and you won't have what I don't have."
"I can't imagine that you would like me like this."
You Shu gradually calmed down and regained his rationality, "What separates you and me is not just the difference in status and class, but also the gender is wrong!"
Why do men like men? Is there something wrong
"So what?" Xiao Weixin said disdainfully, "I never care about these things. Don't say you are a man, you are just a eunuch..."
You Shu's face turned green.
Xiao Weixin snorted and didn't continue, "I don't think you're the kind of person who would care about these things, so stop interrupting me."
"I just want your words."
You Shu had no idea how to answer him. He was still confused, so how could he answer him? "Your Majesty, can you let me go back and think about it? I really can't give you an answer right now. As the saying goes, you have to pick an auspicious day to slaughter a pig. You have to give people time to prepare."
Seeing his pale face, Xiao Weixin slightly relaxed his grip on him, "How long do you want to think about it?"
"Ten..." You Shu opened his mouth and wanted to say ten days, but when he saw Xiao Weixin's ugly face, he immediately changed his mind: "Five days."
Xiao Weixin thought that he could wait, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
After the conversation, he completely let go of his suppression of You Shu and stood up, but he continued to stare at You Shu, and said with a smile: "Xiao Shu, you must think about it carefully when you go back."
"Yes." You Shu nodded reluctantly.
Xiao Weixin took two steps back, jumped on his horse, and walked towards the city without looking back, doing it decisively without any hesitation.
It was already evening when You Shu came back from outside the city after daydreaming. He went back to the Shadow Guard Camp by himself, as unconscious as a wandering soul. He didn't even respond when Ying Jiu called him for dinner.
Yingliu found this shocking news very curious after hearing it. With a curious heart, he took his rice bowl and sat on You Shu's left and right with Yingsi. They put rice into their mouths with spoons while looking at You Shu.
"What do you think happened to him?"
Ying Si held a chicken bone in his mouth and looked at You Shu, "Old Third, are you going to have dinner? If you don't, there will be nothing left."
"No." You Shu had no appetite. He was as confused as when he first came here. He had no mood to care about whether it was an elbow or not.
You Liu's eyes widened slightly, holding his rice bowl in shock: "What could be so serious that you don't even want your elbow?"
"Not really." Ying Si was curious. "This is not like you. I didn't believe it when Lao Jiu told me just now. What's wrong with you?"
You Shu was annoyed by their quarrel, so he stood up and walked out: "Don't talk, I need to calm down, and you are not allowed to follow me!"
After saying that, he walked into his little room and slammed the door shut.
Ying Si stared at the door blankly for a long time. In his memory, Ying San had never been so flustered and emotional. He had been steady since he was young and had been praised by Lord Ying Shou countless times. This was the first time he saw him so impatient.
What happened
Your lover ran off with someone else
You Shu returned to the house and poured himself a cup of tea. He drank it all in one gulp, but he still felt thirsty. He drank all the water in the kettle and wanted to pour it again, but found that there was no more water. He could only carry a bucket and go out to fetch water to boil. Who knew that when he opened the door, he saw six or seven handsome men in black clothes and long legs sitting outside the yard, all holding fruits in their hands and discussing enthusiastically, which was more lively than the gathering of the ladies at the village head.
"If you ask me, the third brother must have been taught a lesson by the prince!"
"Nonsense, who doesn't know that the prince loves him? If it were me, he must have suffered a blow outside."
"Who outside can hurt him? Maybe some girl has taken a fancy to him and he has just started to fall in love!"
"I think... it shouldn't be a girl. Our third brother doesn't like women."
You Shu held the bucket and looked at the group of gossipy men in silence. There would be a half-hour break after dinner. These idle men had no place to vent their energy, so they all gathered together to discuss gossip, gathered outside the door and talked loudly, as noisy as a hundred ducks.
"Let's go." You Shu frowned, "Don't you have anything to do?"
After saying that, he went out with the bucket. He was also very depressed to have such a group of colleagues who loved to watch the fun.
Regardless of whether this matter with the prince can be accomplished or not, it must be kept secret. Otherwise, if it gets to the mouths of these guys, who knows how it will end up being spread. They are all heartless and have no empathy at all.
You Shu boiled some water in the water room, washed up briefly, and then slipped back into his room. He closed the door and lay on the bed, slumped over. However, his mind kept replaying what Xiao Weixin had said to him when he hit him with the tree in the afternoon.
This world is so mysterious...
He should have discovered it earlier. He should have been alert when the hero refused to pursue a romantic relationship with the heroine in the beginning. He knew that time travel would not bring good things.
You Shu climbed out of bed, dragged out a box from under the bed and started writing in his diary.
'x year x month x day sunny'
"This day was so chaotic. I never expected that the prince would really confess his love to me."
"I was so confused at the time that I almost thought he had lost his mind."
'How did that happen?'
"Although I have given myself a few days to think about it, I have no idea how to answer."
"I do have a different feeling for him, but who knows if it really counts as love? What if I'm wrong, wouldn't that delay him?"
"But, seeing the prince's fierce attitude, if I really gave him an answer he didn't want to hear, I guess the consequences would not be good."
'Will there be any illegal plots such as forcing people to love the little black room?'
When You Shu wrote this, he was so scared that he almost cried when he thought of all those messy pure love novels that his little sister read in his previous life.
'I sincerely hope that if I am unlucky enough to be on the wrong channel, it won't be Hai|Tang's shameless place, otherwise I will be dead.'
'Please pray that my prince's character will not collapse!'