The reason why Su Huaijing didn't tell Rong Tang about everything until March 14th was because he was worried that if Rong Tang knew it in advance, he would keep looking forward to it and become restless.
But the next day, he found that he seemed to have said it too early.
The prince, who usually did not get up until noon, opened his eyes after the cock crowed twice and the sundial just reached the beginning of the Yin hour. He blinked drowsily and subconsciously stared at a fixed point in the sky for a long time.
It was not yet time for Su Huaijing to get up. He was stunned for two seconds, then subconsciously went over, hugged Rong Tang and pushed him into his arms.
Tangtang was obedient and let him tease her. Then the atmosphere became more and more charming. He suddenly asked, "Did you tell me when it would come back? Why haven't I seen it yet?"
"… "
Su Huaijing's unspoken thoughts disappeared instantly. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be angry or not. He was silent for a long time and said truthfully: "It should be in the evening. Last month, he showed up after dinner."
"Oh." Rong Tang yawned, rubbed his face in the quilt, and kissed Su Huaijing on the cheek in a way that was not perfunctory, but definitely not ambiguous: "Then I will continue to sleep. Remember to catch up on your sleep on the way to court."
"..." The villain was silent for a long time, unable to smile bitterly. In the end, he could only comfort himself that Tangtang at least remembered to kiss him and coax him, so that he wouldn't feel too unbalanced and jealous.
Rong Tang waited for a whole day, but he couldn't concentrate on anything he did. When it was getting dark and the moon was above the branches, he took a walk and locked himself in the room. Su Huaijing tactfully went to the study to handle matters.
So Young Master Rong took the storybook, made a pot of tea, and read while the system appeared.
At the moment when the last bit of afterglow dissipated from the horizon, the candlelight on the table stopped for a moment. Rong Tang was stunned for a second, and his heart finally settled down.
After waiting for a whole day, he was not in a hurry at this time.
He put down the book, took a sip of hot tea, and said softly, "Come out."
The tone was slightly cold, unlike the tone the prince usually used when speaking to anyone.
After he finished speaking, he waited for a long time but the system didn't make any sound. Rong Tang sighed softly and asked helplessly, "Are you going to unbind me and find someone else to help your male protagonist?"
"No!" A childish voice sounded in front of him. Rong Tang was stunned for two seconds and saw a ball of light appear out of nowhere, right in front of him, almost touching the tip of his nose.
The ball of light had no facial features and was jumping angrily, with small light particles falling from the side as it jumped: "I'm not going to help the stupid male protagonist!"
Rong Tang looked at the small light particles that fell on his desk, and then at the ball of light in front of him that was about to expand. He hesitated for two seconds, and could not hold back any longer. He grabbed the system and rubbed it like a cotton ball.
The system voice changed: "Tang-Tang-what-are-you-doing!!!"
Angry, but cute.
The more Rong Tang rubbed his eyebrows, the more relaxed he felt. The system struggled briefly, then decided to give up and let the host rub itself.
When Rong Tang had enough fun with it, he held it in his hand, ran his thumb along the fur on the edge, and asked, "Where have you been all this time?"
The system was silent for two seconds: "Secret."
Rong Tang narrowed his eyes, moved his fingers slightly, and did not ask any further questions, but said nonchalantly: "Why did you come to me today?"
"… Because you can only come today." The system said in a low voice.
When it sounded like a mechanical instrument, such a low voice would only make Rong Tang feel that it lacked confidence. But when the tone became that of a child and the appearance became that of a furry ball of light, even the lack of confidence became super cute.
Rong Tang suspected that his filter might be too heavy, but he just couldn't help wanting to rua the system. Even the lines he had prepared at the beginning, intending to call the enemy to account, could hardly be maintained.
He coughed twice and asked with a straight face, "Can you show up on the 15th of every month?"
“Yeah.” The system shook in his hand, and the nod turned into a bounce, and the whole body was exerting strength: “You can sneak over when the moon is full.”
Rong Tang: “…”
What should I do? I can’t continue to be so fierce…
He resisted the urge to knead the little ball and asked, "Why don't you come on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?"
The ball of light that was jumping up and down suddenly wilted, and collapsed in Rong Tang's hand, turning into a liquid light cake that had lost its dream. Its voice was small and aggrieved, with a hint of tears: "I thought you didn't want to see me."
Rong Tang: “…”
He asked, "Didn't you hear me calling you?"
"No." The system said aggrievedly: "I was squeezed out on New Year's Eve."
Just in time to see Sheng Chengli's eyes, just in time to be trembling and confused, just in time to say sorry to Tangtang, and then I found myself being squeezed out of that system space.
Rong Tang was a little surprised. He had never thought of this possibility. After hesitating for a while, he asked, "Are you still not going to tell me where you're going?"
system:"… "
The room fell into silence. Rong Tang waited for a while and whispered, "Forget it, it's okay."
He pinched the system and turned it around twice, then asked, "Have you ever been bullied?"
The system tried to hold back its tears for a moment, but couldn't hold it back any longer. Bean-sized particles of light fell down, and it cried so hard that it couldn't even speak clearly: "No, no... I went out to fight with someone, woo-"
Rong Tang sighed, held it in one hand, and reached down with the other hand to catch those faint light particles, until there was another ball of light half the size of the system in his hand.
He waited for a while, but didn't see the light particles disappear or dim. He raised his eyebrows, went to the closet to find a gauze dress, and put them in it.
The system was tired of crying, and asked with a hiccup: "Tangtang, what are you doing?"
Rong Tang showed it the packaged light particles and said with a smile, "Look, a light bulb!"
system:"… "
Rong Tang said, "Please drop more for me before you leave, so as to save energy and use less candles."
System: “…Why are you like this?”
It turned away, aggrieved and angry. Rong Tang rubbed its face and asked with a smile: "Do you still want to cry?"
System: "I don't want to save you money for candles. I'd rather make you poor than support a stinky man and leave him an inheritance!"
Rong Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I'll leave some for you too. Our Tongzi is so wronged."
“Hehe~” The system was a little happier, and its emotions were slightly more stable. Rong Tang waited for it to speak, and soon heard it say, “After I couldn’t go back, I wanted to settle accounts with the main system. It’s a big idiot, it lied to me and lied to you.”
Rong Tang: "It rhymes, Tong Dad is awesome!"
The system paused, and two pink lights appeared on the upper part of the white light ball, so Rong Tang finally determined where its face was.
The system hummed twice, and Rong Tang asked, "Did you find it?"
"No." The system said in a muffled voice: "I can't find it at all."
In the past, in Rong Tang's head, the main brain issued tasks and punishments, and the system relayed them to Rong Tang. Communication was mostly one-way. One day, a light would fall from the sky in the three-dimensional map, which meant that the other party was contacting him.
However, there is only one fixed reverse connection channel, located in Sheng Chengli’s former residence - the cold palace.
Unable to return to the system space, it thought of looking for it in the real space.
It wandered around the Dayu cold palace for three days but couldn't find the exit. It was New Year and everywhere was bustling. It felt very aggrieved, so it flew back to Tang Jing's house, wandered around Rong Tang, and called Tang Tang in a low voice, but Tang Tang couldn't hear a word.
It stayed there for a night and then ran back to the cold palace. This time it finally discovered something.
It was extremely proud when it said this, not even mentioning that it had sneaked back in the middle. It said proudly: "There is a pear tree in the cold palace. Fly along the pear tree to the sky. Starting from the third day of every month when you can see the moon, keep flying. Then you will encounter a barrier. I think you can find the main brain if you pass through it!"
The system spoke happily, but Rong Tang looked at it for a long time without saying anything. After a long time, he asked, "How many days will it take to fly?"
The system was stunned and said nothing.
Rong Tang asked again: "How many days, back and forth?"
The system lowered its head: "I don't get tired."
It doesn't know why it can show up on the 15th of every month. It may have something to do with the full moon, but it can only see its host on this day, so it always has to fly down to take a look...
Neither of them said it explicitly, but they both understood each other's meaning.
After a long while, Rong Tang sighed and tapped the system's head gently: "You are so stupid."
"You are the stupid one." The system retorted unconvincedly, "You have been deceived for two lifetimes."
"You too." Rong Tang said.
system:"… "
It said, “Then we are all stupid.”
Rong Tang smiled: "Stupid host and stupid system, a perfect match."
The system rubbed against his hand, and finally flew to the crook of his neck, saying, "Tangtang, wait for me. When I find the stupid mastermind, I will ask it what its intentions are and why it bullies you, and then find a way to help you get a healthy body."
Rong Tang actually didn't care about those things. Even if he really wanted to find out and strive for it, it was his own thing to do, instead of letting a poor little system soar into the sky day and night, groping for a passage connecting to the outside inside a barrier, and then rushing down before the fifteenth of every month and going up again after that day.
very tired…
He felt tired just thinking about it.
But the system was so powerful that Rong Tang couldn't stop it, otherwise the little fool would really not know what else he could do.
He just asked: "Will you come to see me next fifteenth?"
The system was silent for two seconds, then whispered to Qiao again, "If you miss me, I will show mercy and come down to see you."
Rong Tang suddenly smiled and said frankly: "Of course I miss you."
The system hummed twice and rubbed his neck back and forth: "Then I'll come~"
"Thank you Tongbao." Rong Tang said.
"It's Dad—" the system corrected, "Forget it, Bao is fine too. Tangtang, you go out, the big villain should be looking for you, come back later."
Rong Tang's smile froze slightly. He saw that the light on its body began to dim. He turned his head to look at the night sky and found that dark clouds were about to cover the moon. He did not move. The system urged him: "Come back later!"
Rong Tang hesitated for two seconds, rubbed the system twice, and then walked out.
But he didn't go to find Su Huaijing, but just stood under the eaves looking at the moon above his head.
The spring moon is full and the time is gentle.
Su Huaijing walked out from the Moon Gate with a hint of doubt in his eyes. Rong Tang made a gesture to keep quiet and shook his head slightly.
So Su Huaijing just came over and stood with him quietly, admiring the moonlight and the night view, waiting for the clouds to completely block the moonlight.
Rong Tang let out a light breath, turned around and went back to his room, but as soon as he stepped in, one foot froze in place.
All the candles used for lighting were blown out, and instead a soft light came from the lanterns hanging on the racks.
There are four lanterns in the corner of the room, each of them is brightly lit.
There was a teapot on the table, and the gauze dress that he had just taken out and crumpled into a ball in order to divert the system's attention.
There was a ball of light in the gauze dress, and around it were four separate balls of light of similar size but different brightness.
Rong Tang came back to his senses from the shock, walked to the table, and gently touched the faint light particles on the table.
The system was no longer visible. He felt the light flowing between his fingers for a while and murmured in a low voice: "How much has this been crying..."
"What a little fool."
(End of this chapter)