"Why?"
Rong Tang was silent for a long time, then asked him.
The breeze in the yard blew the leaves. Rong Tang held the stove in his palm, but his hands and feet suddenly felt cold. He held his shaking hands, forced himself to look up at Su Huaijing with composure, waiting for him to give him an answer.
Su Huaijing lowered his eyes and met his. His tone was still as alluring as spring water, as if he wanted to lure Rong Tang into the trap he had set: "Because I hate you."
He smiled like a naughty child: "I will feel annoyed when I see him. Anyway, Tangtang knows my purpose. No matter how useless Sheng Chengli is, he is still a prince. There is no harm in letting him die early."
He curved his eyes and gently shook Rong Tang's wrist: "Tang Tang, give me the chance, okay?"
He regretted it.
He didn't want Rong Tang to kill Sheng Chengli.
Su Huaijing always thought that revenge should be taken by oneself, that would be a quick and easy thing to do. But when this hatred became a reality and became Rong Tang's nightmare, he was instinctively unhappy and subconsciously regretted it.
Tangtang should not be allowed to repeatedly come into contact with the murderer who might have killed her. That is a fear engraved in her bones, and it is not an ordinary grudge that can be resolved in a few words or a few glances.
And his little Bodhisattva deserves to sit high on a bright platform and be admired by others.
How could he be stained with dust? How could Sheng Chengli let his blood stain Tangtang's hands
When Su Huaijing thought of this, he felt that it would be best for him to do it himself.
He had countless ways to make Sheng Chengli die silently, and the death of an unfavored prince would never cause much waves.
Su Huaijing curved his eyes, which were as beautiful and clear as the bright moon in the sky. Anyone who saw those eyes would unconsciously agree to all his requests.
Rong Tang stared at him for a long time and shook his head: "No."
Su Huaijing asked: "Why?"
The system was alarming frantically in Rong Tang's mind, searching the database for long passages of answers to answer Su Huaijing's question.
Some are deceptive, while others are ambiguous.
Each one of them can be used, and Su Huaijing can't find any evidence to refute him.
But Rongtang said: "Because I will die."
Su Huaijing smiled indifferently: "Tangtang wants to say that killing someone means paying with one's life, but I'm not afraid."
Rong Tang's voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible in the air.
He said, “I’m going to die.”
The smile on Su Huaijing's lips froze instantly. He narrowed his eyes in silence and asked, "Rong Tang, are you threatening me?"
It was rare to see a villain get angry, or maybe there was no one or anything in this world that was worth him expressing his anger. But Rong Tang stared into his eyes and was sure that he was angry.
—Three light words for yourself.
He shook his head and denied: "No."
"I'm not threatening you, Huai Jing." He said gently, "I'm telling you the truth."
This is the last chance for rebirth. Before a solution is found, Sheng Chengli will die, the entire world will be destroyed, and Rong Tang will naturally disappear as well.
But telling the villain that killing Sheng Chengli would lead to the destruction of the world would not only make him not have any scruples, but even Su Huaijing himself would probably find it absurd and ridiculous.
—If the world is really so unfair, why not just destroy it
This was Su Huaijing's reaction after hearing this, and Rong Tang could almost completely match his thought process.
So he cheated.
It's not cheating, it's just concealment.
It's not a threat, it's just knowing that you can be fearless.
He lowered his voice, as if to coax someone: "Huai Jing, can you wait a little longer? We have just started dating, do you want to see me die?"
Except for some unspeakable fundamental issues, Rong Tang is now almost unreserved in front of the villain.
The yard was dim, with light coming from the house. Rong Tang was slightly shorter than Su Huaijing. When he deliberately raised his head and looked at Su Huaijing with his eyes like a small beast in the forest, the latter had no way to deal with him.
Whether it was because of his expression or the intimacy in his words.
Su Huaijing stared at him for a moment, then slowly looked away, tightened his collar for him, and said softly, "Go back to the house, it's cold outside."
He didn't want to back down, but seeing Tangtang looking at him like that, Su Huaijing couldn't say anything to refuse.
The cook was very skilled, and after Rong Tang moved back to Yong'an Lane, he had a great appetite for almost every meal.
There was a dish of cordyceps soup on the table. He stood up without thinking, served a bowl to Su Huaijing and placed it in front of him, with a flattering look on his face.
Su Huaijing couldn't help but think of the day they got married. Tangtang was disobedient and came back drunk, and he just gave her a cold face, but he was busy trying to coax her to calm down.
One year later, it's still like this.
When you do something wrong, you only know how to coax people.
Even if you can't fool people anymore, you still try to deceive them.
If you really want to coax someone, you might as well just kiss him. What’s the use of a bowl of soup
Su Huaijing thought angrily in his heart, but he had already picked up the spoon and drank the bowl of Cordyceps soup without leaving a drop.
There is no future at all.
He silently condemned himself.
After eating, he walked around the courtyard for a few steps. When he returned to his room, Rong Tang saw the bathing bucket in the middle of the room and the bitter-smelling mugwort water in the bucket. He turned around and looked at Su Huaijing, asking in confusion, "What is this for?"
"Get rid of the bad luck." Su Huaijing said sullenly, without a trace of smile on his face. With a droopy face, he found a set of underwear for him to sleep in from the closet, and put the towel on the edge of the tub, saying unhappily, "Soak for a while longer. If the water is not hot anymore, call me to add more."
Su Huaijing was startled and his steps to go out stopped for a moment. He turned his head and looked at Rong Tang in disbelief, almost thinking that he was hallucinating.
Rong Tang took off his outer robe and middle clothes as if no one was around, untied his belt, and hung his clothes on the screen. He occasionally looked up and asked in confusion, "Aren't you going out?"
"What did you call me?" Su Huaijing asked him.
There was plenty of charcoal fire in the house, and a bucket of steaming mugwort water, so even if you took off all your clothes you wouldn't feel cold.
Rong Tang got into the water wearing only a pair of underwear, raised his eyes and said confidently, "My dear."
For a moment, Su Huaijing felt a baited line swinging back and forth in front of his eyes. Rong Tang stirred the water in the bucket, then leaned over the edge of the wall, raised his head and asked again innocently: "Aren't you going out?" Su Huaijing: "..."
The system resolutely fled: [Host, please take care of yourself. I am in hibernation. ]
Rong Tang ignored it and still looked up at Su Huaijing. The wooden tub was big enough for two people to bathe together. Rong Tang used his feet to stir the water and asked, "Are you not leaving?"
Su Huaijing gritted his teeth, glared at him, turned around and raised his foot.
Rong Tang seemed to have just remembered and asked one more question: "Huai Jing, you think it's unlucky to be in contact with Sheng Chengli, so you let me take a bath, what about you? Don't you need to get rid of the bad luck?"
Su Huaijing paused, without looking back, his voice already hoarse: "I'll wait until you fall asleep before I go soak."
"What a hassle..." Rong Tang muttered, "I have to ask the kitchen to boil a few more buckets of water, which will waste time."
He looked at the villain's back and suggested seriously: "Just soak with me, the bucket is big enough anyway."
The winter night was cold, and the charcoal fire made the whole room warm and intimate. There was a picture of birds painted on the screen, which vaguely reminded people of the two phoenixes and cranes on the red and green wedding dresses, one soaring in the clouds, and the other pursuing.
The sound of water rang out behind him, along with Rong Tang's soft mumbling. Su Huaijing stood there for a long time, and finally turned around, looked into Rong Tang's eyes, and whispered, "Are you seducing me?"
"How could I?" Rong Tang asked back, seeming very aggrieved, but a cunning light flashed in his eyes.
He went to school in the north, and it was very common for roommates to go to the bathhouse together to rub each other's backs, which did not arouse much shame.
It is true that he should not have invited Su Huaijing, as he was in danger of feeding the tiger with his own body.
But the big villain was clearly still angry, and they had not reached a consensus in the conversation before dinner. Rong Tang was afraid that he would go back and lie on the bed thinking about it, still feeling angry, so he called out the shadow guard to sneak into the palace and kill Sheng Chengli directly.
At worst, even with Shen Shang's size, it would not be difficult for him to pounce on the male protagonist and bite open his throat.
He was indeed afraid and panicked, and didn't want to see the world destroyed again because of Sheng Chengli.
Rong Tang turned around, not looking at Su Huaijing, and retreated to advance: "Forget it if you don't come, I have more space to hang out alone."
There was no joy of enjoyment in his tone, but instead it was full of petty temper due to unmet demands. Su Huaijing would have to be deaf to not hear it.
He waited for a while, but there was no sound of the door opening or closing. The person standing still behind him finally took a step forward.
Rong Tang just breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly took another breath. Su Huaijing was standing beside the wooden barrel, looking down at him. His almost naked body was hidden under the black moxa water.
He asked in a low voice: "Do you really want me to come in?"
Young Master Rong was not afraid at all when flirting, but when Su Huaijing stood beside him expressionlessly, lowered his head and looked at him, Rong Tang suddenly felt a little regretful.
Oops, we went too far!
He subconsciously sank deeper into the tub. Su Huaijing bent down, reached into the tub, grabbed his arm, and said in a hoarse voice with a bit of suppressed forbearance: "Tangtang, do you really want me to come in?"
The candlelight flickered in the room, and white mist rose from the bathtub, passing through Rong Tang's eyelashes and resting on Su Huaijing's chin.
He gave an ultimatum: "Tangtang, I will only give you one chance to regret it."
Rong Tang almost gave in immediately, but he remembered his purpose and nodded with his neck stiff: "Come in."
Su Huaijing stared at him for a long time, then loosened his hand, stepped back half a step, scooped a bucket of water from the wooden barrel beside him and poured it into the bathtub along the edge. He glanced at Rong Tang unhappily and said, "Do you think I'll be happy just because another man invites me to bathe with you?"
That little bit of thought was seen through at a glance.
Su Huaijing was annoyed, but he couldn't bear to get angry at Rong Tang. He was depressed for a long time and just threw out a complaint that couldn't be considered an accusation: "You don't know how to comfort people at all."
Rong Tang: “…?”
He paused for a moment, then understood the meaning of Su Huaijing's words. He was stunned for a while, then lowered his head and laughed softly.
That kind of panic of risking one's own life to feed the tiger was totally unnecessary in front of such a bad-tempered villain.
How could he forget that no matter how wronged Su Huaijing was, he never seemed to take his anger out on him.
For example, now, the villain is restraining himself from getting into the bathtub, but he doesn't want to leave because he wants to listen to Rong Tang's words.
That's so cute.
Rong Tang thought.
He raised his head, all the tension was relaxed, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were filled with a moist smile.
Rong Tang called softly: "Huai Jing."
Su Huaijing glanced at him without saying a word, looking like someone with a bad temper who was not easy to mess with.
"Lower your head. I have something to tell you."
The villain frowned, not wanting to listen to Tangtang, but unable to control himself from listening to him. He almost instinctively lowered his body again, not considering that there were only the two of them in the room, and that they had to get so close to each other to have a secret conversation.
"Shua--" Two sounds were heard. Just as Su Huaijing reacted, his cheeks were held by a pair of wet hands, and warm breath sprayed on his chin. Rong Tang tilted his neck, and a wet kiss fell on Su Huaijing's lips.
The candle crackled at just the right moment, the light dimmed, and the water flowed gently.
"You are so good." Rong Tang smiled softly, and pecked the lips of the person in front of him: "To comfort you."
(End of this chapter)