"This is unscientific. According to the normal development trend, if I say I like him, shouldn't he be very excited and say, my king likes you too?"
Xiao Ting kept tilting her head and making calculations.
"And then, the two of them stared at each other affectionately. It would be more perfect if there was another lingering kiss. Is this the serious plot? Why did you just drop two words and leave coldly?"
This is nasty as hell.
"Hmph, who cares? It's true, this girl would have a better life if she doesn't like anyone!"
So she climbed out of bed again and continued to drink a glass of fruit wine. This wine has no strength and cannot get drunk, but it is relatively refreshing and suitable for summer.
Maybe she had had enough trouble, she felt drowsy and soon fell asleep.
Xiao Ting woke up again, because she was suffocated.
"Ouch, I drank too much, no, no, I have to go to the bathroom."
She frowned and was about to get up, but when she moved, she suddenly felt a heavy weight on her waist.
Look all the way up the arm.
It turned out to be the Ninth Prince. Just as he was about to mutter something, and he didn't know when he would come back, he found that the Ninth Prince's eyes were open.
There was a candlelight on the bedside.
Flickering, flickering, reflected in through the bed curtain.
His eyes are very clear, not the usual indifference, let alone the occasional deepness, but the kind that is as clear as a pool of lake water.
It is also like a brook in the forest, clear and bright, not stained with a trace of earthly atmosphere.
Xiao Ting had never seen his gaze like this before, and stayed there for a while.
"woke up?"
The simple two words made Xiao Ting a little unnatural.
Thinking of the entanglements and troubles I had before going to bed, I wanted to shake off his hand.
But before she could move, she was grabbed by the Ninth Prince and fell back on the bed.
His arms are very strong, holding her in his arms.
"do not move."
Xiao Ting's back was leaning against his heart, she couldn't see his expression, she could only feel the slightly cool breath.
"Don't turn around, listen to me."
Xiao Ting really didn't move either, not only did she not move, but her eyeballs didn't move around like usual, instead she looked down at the arms passing through her body.
Those slender fingers were tightly intertwined in front of her, and they couldn't be opened no matter what.
His arms are warm, but not as warm or hot as ordinary people, but rather cool.
People like him don't seem to have any temperature.
However, at this moment, Xiao Ting felt that this was the warmest object in the world, and the warmth spread from his arm to her body, and then flowed into her heart.
"I didn't mean to leave today." Ninth Prince said, he had already heard from Butler Mu, after he left, Xiao Ting went out to ask their opinions.
"I'm just not used to you saying things like that, no, I can't believe you would say things like that."
"At that time, Yuchi came back with a heartbreak. Actually, there was nothing important, but I needed to calm down. I have never experienced chaos in my life for more than 20 years. I know that I need to calm down and analyze..."
"But I sat in the study for two hours, but the more I analyzed, the more confused I became. I couldn't figure out what you meant, so I had to come back and ask you again."
The Ninth Prince's tone of voice was not as calm as usual, there were urgency and slowness, Xiao Ting finally understood why he always felt that he was not like ordinary people.
His usual tone of speech is like reciting lines.
At this moment, he looks like a normal person, and emotions can be heard in his words.
It is no longer so unpredictable, and she can understand what he means without her guessing.
"Then do you understand now?" Xiao Ting whispered, staring at his hands all the time, the clasped fingers were still trembling.
When Xiao Ting finished asking this sentence, Ninth Prince's hand stopped shaking suddenly.
Xiao Ting didn't pull his hand, but turned around to face him at the place surrounded by him.
The two looked at each other, breathing could be heard, the curtain danced lightly, the candlelight flickered, as if a breeze was blowing.
She hugged him back and said, "I, like you."
"I want to walk with you all the time."
She spoke very seriously, word for word.
Just as the Ninth Prince was about to speak, Xiao Ting stopped him, "Listen to me."
"I'm a stupid person, and I have caused many troubles. They always say that you are covering me from behind, but I always feel that this is what it should be?"
Ninth Prince nodded, "You are my princess."
Xiao Ting shook her head, "No, you don't understand, I am ready to leave the palace and you at any time, but you have never given up on me once, do you know? I have never thought about these things before. I have thought too much these two days, so much that I thought we had already passed a lifetime..."
"We can go on like this for as long as you want."
Ninth Prince's eyes were clear, as if he had changed, and his tone was extremely gentle.
The more Xiao Ting thought about it, the more she felt sorry for him, "Okay."
"Then let's make a three-chapter agreement!"
"Ah?" The Ninth Prince looked at her in surprise, "Do you still want to sign the contract?"
"No, it's..." Xiao Ting thumped him, "Why do you still remember this?"
"Of course I remember, this is the evidence that Xiaoyun sold the king that day." The Ninth Prince laughed lightly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, his eyes and eyebrows were smiling, and there was a kind of hazy beauty under the candlelight.
"That doesn't count, now I'm talking about the new chapter."
"Okay, tell me."
"First, since we are in love with each other, you are not allowed to have any relationship with any woman beyond the limit."
Ninth Prince nodded, and answered very obediently, "Okay."
"Second, you can't bully me, beat and scold me, and order me or threaten me arbitrarily just because you are a prince!"
Ninth Prince: "Okay." Is this one of yours
"Third, if you don't like me, or I don't like you anymore, then we'll let each other go."
Ninth Prince: "No."
"Ah?" Xiao Ting pushed his hand, "You just agreed."
"This king will not let you leave." Not even death.
"I mean, if, if you understand?" Xiao Ting was speechless, she remembered that these rules for making friends were very popular in that era.
How come here, it was directly rejected.
Ninth Prince raised his eyebrows, and helped her pull a lock of hair from her forehead behind her head, "Change it to another one."
"Unexpected!" Xiao Ting glared at him angrily. She hadn't read books seriously, so she couldn't be so literary, so she had to use it for reference.
Unexpectedly, it was rejected.
"You're done talking, let me tell you about my three chapters."
"Hmph, you haven't promised me yet!"
"Think again, this king owes you first."
Ninth Prince slowly loosened her waist and said: "First, don't leave me."
"The second rule, don't leave me."
"Third, don't, leave me."
His voice was very gentle, and every time he said a sentence, Xiao Ting was pulled closer, until finally, the two people's noses were close and their eyes were facing each other, his voice became softer and softer.
Xiao Ting pursed her lips, her throat was a little itchy, and she couldn't speak a word.
He said three requests, all with the same meaning.
The first sentence is a tough attitude, the second sentence is a demanding tone, and the third sentence is begging.
"My lord, you..."
"Xiao Ting, don't leave me again, I don't want to be alone in this world."
This is the second time the Ninth Prince called her name. The first time was when she was thrown off the cliff by Ye Wuhua. At that time, he failed to save her. The voice still seemed to be echoing in her ears.
Such a strong, piercing, desperate call.
This is the second time, he said seriously, Xiao Ting, don't leave me 'again'.
"How can you be alone?" You still have friends like Yuchi Xinhan, a housekeeper like Uncle Mu, a daughter like Chu Yun, an elder brother like the emperor, and a position that no one else can get in their lifetime.
You obviously have everything.
"I am alone, living alone in this world."
"No, you have me." The Ninth Prince took the words, but he didn't explain why he said that, "So, we will be two people from now on."
"Hey, you can tell such a sensational thing. Did you pretend it before?"
Seeing that the atmosphere was really weird, Xiao Ting quickly interrupted.
She felt that if this went on like this, the two of them would become poets who mourned the spring and autumn.
"This king is not pretending."
"You said you weren't pretending, so why do you always have the same expression?" A large part of the reason why she thought that the Ninth Prince was cold was that he was pretending.
How can a person have no extra emotions
Ninth Prince sighed, "I'm used to it."
He pulled Xiao Ting over and hugged her tightly, "I didn't want to be angry with anyone before. At that time, I didn't know how many days I could live. Everything was meaningless."
"Then what happened after that?" Xiao Ting also leaned against his chest obediently, and asked nonuo.
"Later?" The Ninth Prince chuckled, stroked her hair with his fingers, and continued: "Later you came, cured my illness, and helped me solve a knot in my heart. At that time, I wondered whether I should start again."
"Ah, then why didn't you ever tell me?"
"Oh, is it that you didn't even think about living with me at that time, and you thought about other people."
"What nonsense?" The Ninth Prince's voice was a little anxious, "At that time you caused trouble all day long, and I didn't have the time and energy to sort it out, and you didn't have any intentions for me."
When he said the last sentence, the Ninth Prince's tone was obviously not right.
"Oh, I understand." Xiao Ting was very clever at this time, she came to her senses and asked, "Then what you mean is that you fell in love with this girl at that time. It's just that she didn't like you very much, so I was afraid that the confession would be rejected and hurt your lord's self-esteem!"
Ninth Prince: "...", really thick-skinned.
"But you're right. At that time, I didn't think about feelings at all."
Speaking of this, the Ninth Prince suddenly remembered something, and asked solemnly: "I remember that time in the Hall of Ren, you once said that your master would not let you show affection to anyone, why?"
He never understood whether Xiao Ting didn't understand the feelings of the world, or was just pretending to be stupid.
It wasn't until that time, when she heard her say it so painfully, that she knew there was such a thing.
And she told those girls more than once that she would not move to anyone.
Why exactly, she didn't say a word.
(end of this chapter)