Jiang Yuchao heard footsteps and saw his idol.
Xi Zhuoyu waved at her and said with a smile, "Princess, let's go back and have lunch."
Jiang Yuchao stood up and asked, "Brother, did you make this?"
Xi Zhuoyu walked over and looked at the sign. "I made it a few years ago, but no one else knew about it. At that time, a warehouse was being built to the west of the mansion, and I went to get some wood and made this secretly by myself. It was very crude."
The big dog basking in the sun circled around his feet and then lay down next to his legs. Xi Zhuoyu touched it and pointed to the map under the bus stop. "If I don't come to pick you up, you can still look at this map and you should be able to find your way back. If you don't remember the way, you can peel this map off and I'll put up a new one next time."
Jiang Yuchao was almost driven to death by the cuteness of this serious idol.
"Besides my brother, are there other people who often get lost here?"
Xi Zhuoyu simply sat down and was not in a hurry to leave. "I made a sign here and didn't tell anyone. As for whether anyone has discovered it, I don't know."
Jiang Yuchao: "So, brother, did you make this bus stop sign because you missed modern life?"
Xi Zhuoyu felt helpless when he saw her looking at him lovingly again. It's like this, fans always think he suffers, but he himself doesn't feel it, he just thinks life is good wherever he is. He explained: "It's not that I miss the modern times, at first I just wanted to find a place to be alone occasionally, it's nice to get some sun here, and it's quiet, so I chose this place. Then one day it rained, and I had no place to hide here and got wet, so I wanted to build a shed to shelter from the rain, and in the process I had an idea, so I built it into a bus stop."
Jiang Yuchao nodded: "Then, brother, you felt that the bus stop sign was too empty, so you drew the route and map?"
Xi Zhuoyu smiled: "Do you think this behavior is boring?"
Jiang Yuchao: "No, I'm almost dying of your cuteness. Oh my god, how can there be such a cute person in the world! I love you so much today, brother!"
Xi Zhuoyu: “Ahem.” Being flattered by die-hard fans face to face every day, I really feel like I’m a little too shameless.
Jiang Yuchao: "However, this is my brother's territory. Now that I know about it, I am disturbing my brother's peace."
Xi Zhuoyu smiled and winked at her, "It's okay, you are different from the others, I gave you a pass."
Jiang Yuchao was struck in the heart by her idol's unconscious flirting, but she quickly gave herself a buff with her excellent fan quality and hammered back her beating heart. What are you doing? Don't act rashly in front of your brother!
At the same time, the greening system gave Prince Yu a system prompt—"Ding—emotional deviation of 5%."
Prince Yu was startled, "What?" Why did it suddenly shift? No, shouldn't it have shifted long ago? Is the system lying
Just as his suspicions were rising, the system quickly popped up a prompt - "Ding - Emotional deviation has returned to zero, no deviation."
Prince Yu's face darkened, "Are you trying to tease me?"
Greening System: This is how the data is displayed, is it my fault
Prince Yu: "Oh, do you think I will still believe you?"
Well, forget it if you don't believe it. The greening system remained silent. It no longer wanted to be a good system that performed its duties conscientiously. It should be a shitty system, worthy of this shitty owner.
…
Spring is here. Although it is not as cold as winter, the continuous rain makes people feel cold and damp. The charcoal fire in the hall has not been extinguished, separating a relatively dry space. In such weather, Jiang Yuchao cannot go out, so she stays in the hall and draws something with a pen. This charcoal pen feels a bit like a pencil, and it was given to her by Xi Zhuoyu.
Jiang Yuchao was drawing a carriage, the layout inside, the appearance outside, the materials used, and the splicing of each part. Ever since she saw Xi Zhuoyu's station sign, Jiang Yuchao had always wanted to do something, and finally she decided to make a carriage and put it next to it. After all, sitting in that station sign on a rainy day would still be blown by the wind, it would be better if it was a closed carriage.
She didn't want to do these things before, thinking it was meaningless and a waste of time, but living with her idol, who is a very 'romantic' person, she has slowly changed.
Lan Qiao lit a new lamp and came over. "Master, you are painting this again. Be careful not to hurt your eyes when it gets dark."
Jiang Yuchao hummed casually.
Lan Qiao leaned over to take a look and asked curiously, "Master, what on earth is this painting of yours? It looks weird, and it doesn't look like a house or a pavilion."
Jiang Yuchao: "It's something you don't know."
Lan Qiao glanced at the palace entrance and asked hesitantly, "Master, the prince is not coming tonight?"
Jiang Yuchao looked up at her and asked, "Why? Did the old butler or the nanny ask you to ask?"
"No, no." Lan Qiao shook his head. "I'm just worried about you. The master and the prince obviously get along so well, but why don't they always sleep together at night? How can a couple be like this?"
Jiang Yuchao: So they are not husband and wife.
But she can't tell others about the relationship between her and her idol, and others can't understand her feelings. She can fall in love with any other man, but not with her idol, because that would be very troublesome for her idol. All her idol needs is a partner, not a partner, so she must keep this line and maintain this relaxed and pleasant way of getting along - once a relationship develops into love, there will always be many more unacceptable rules, as strict as chains.
In a palace nearby, Xi Zhuoyu put down his book. He had just been to the palace today and felt a little tired, so he prepared to rest early.
The butler who was serving him asked him tentatively, "Master, are you not going to the princess's place tonight?"
Xi Zhuoyu: "Well, I won't go." He is not a gangster and he promised not to sleep with his fans when he goes to his old friend's place so late at night.
The butler sighed, "My lord, if you do this, the princess will be sad."
Xi Zhuoyu ignored him and shook the quilt. "Go down and have a rest."
The butler said, "Master, are you dissatisfied with the princess? Are you bothered by her past?"
Xi Zhuoyu: "No, she's pretty good, I like her... a lot."
The butler didn't understand. "Since you like the princess, why do you distance yourself from her? I saw you always go to talk to her during the day and often give her gifts. Why don't you go at night?"
Xi Zhuoyu sighed, "You don't understand." His princess was very dedicated and completely regarded him as an idol. If he had any other ideas, Miss Jiang would definitely feel uncomfortable, so it was fine this way.
The steward really didn't understand, but seeing that his master had no intention of changing his mind, he had to leave.
Xi Zhuoyu lay on the bed, thinking about what the butler had just said, and couldn't fall asleep for a while. He had complicated feelings about Jiang Yuchao. He had never lost his loneliness in this world, and always felt like a lonely ghost. After discovering Jiang Yuchao, this loneliness was gradually taken away by her. If he said he liked her, he really liked her. If he didn't like this "fan", he would never care so much about her and help her, or even let her become his princess.
But if he were to go a step further and talk about a relationship with her, he knew in his heart that this wouldn't work. He didn't know how to talk about it, and she had no other feelings for him, as she had already said. It's not good to think too much about this kind of thing.
“Knock knock knock—”
"Master, are you asleep?"
Hearing the servant's voice coming from outside, Xi Zhuoyu replied: "What's the matter? Come in and tell me."
The servant ran in and said, "Master, didn't Hongli give birth to a litter of nine puppies yesterday? We just went to check and found the nest empty. We looked everywhere and found the puppies in a ditch in the reed marsh by the lake. If we leave them there, the ditch will flood tomorrow after the rain tonight. We wanted to move the puppies to another place, but Hongli wouldn't let us get close, so we didn't know what to do."
Hongli was a female dog who used to guard the gate. She was very fierce, so it was no wonder that these servants who specialized in raising dogs did not dare to act rashly.
Xi Zhuoyu got up and dressed, and said, "Light up the lanterns and follow me to take a look."
He heard the movement in the hall, and Jiang Yuchao next to him noticed it. She was still awake, drawing a blueprint by the light. When she heard the sound, she opened the window and looked out. In the night, she saw a few lonely lights going down the steps and heading to the lake not far away. The figure in the middle of the light, even from a distance, she could tell it was her lover.
"What happened?" Jiang Yuchao put down his pen, washed his hands, then stood up and walked out.
Lan Qiao ran over, "Is that the prince? What are they doing so late at night? I'll go ask him."
Jiang Yuchao: "No need, just light your lantern and come with me."
She didn't bring anyone else with her, and just took Lan Qiao to catch up with Xi Zhuoyu.
"Why are you here? Aren't you rested yet so late?" Xi Zhuoyu noticed her coming and stopped and waited for her.
Jiang Yuchao: "I'm still awake. Where are you going, brother? Is something wrong?"
"It's okay. If you want to see it, come over." Xi Zhuoyu told her about this as they walked.
Jiang Yuchao asked in confusion: "Why did the big dog take the child to such a dangerous place? Did it feel that its own nest was unsafe and wanted to put the child in a safe place?"
Xi Zhuoyu shook her head. "No, she was smart and knew that place would be flooded. She took the puppies there to drown them."
Jiang Yuchao: "...Why?"
Xi Zhuoyu: "It could be that there is something wrong with the puppies, or that she gave birth to too many puppies this time, or it could be some other reason. I'm not sure, but this is not the first time this has happened. Occasionally, female dogs would do this in the past, and some would even bite newborn puppies to death."
The rain was drizzling, and even with an umbrella, my body was still covered with misty water droplets. The lantern was swaying in the wind, and the candle inside was swaying with it. The light of the lantern was not bright, and could only barely illuminate the feet. The reeds not far away were immersed in darkness.
Jiang Yuchao heard two dog barks, the kind that were full of warnings. Xi Zhuoyu next to him shouted over there, "Hongli? Hongli, come here!"
A dark shadow ran out from the reeds, and a big dog came over in the mud and barked twice at Xi Zhuoyu, without any hostility, but as if to say hello.
"Why did you bring those cubs here? Go, take me to them."
The big dog didn't move, but whined. Xi Zhuoyu squatted down and rubbed the dog's head, as if comforting a child, "It's okay, isn't Hongli a mother for the first time? Don't be afraid, they will all grow up well."
The big dog was still whimpering, so Xi Zhuoyu dragged it into the reeds. The servants tried to catch up with them with umbrellas, but the big dog started barking at them fiercely. The servants were frightened, and Xi Zhuoyu said, "Just wait here."
"But, Master, it's raining."
"It's not raining heavily, it's okay."
Jiang Yuchao took an umbrella and followed to shield Xi Zhuoyu from the rain.
The big dog barked at her, and Xi Zhuoyu rubbed the dog's ears again, "Okay, okay, stop barking. She's my wife, let her come with us."
Big Dog: “Woof woof woof!”
Xi Zhuoyu manually closed the dog's mouth to stop it from getting angry. Listening to the dog's aggrieved grumble, Jiang Yuchao even had the illusion that he had won the fight for favor.
The author has something to say: Idol is the king of the dog kingdom!