Your Highness, Please Love Me Tender

4. Flipped

Translator: Flying Lines

Prince Rui had been hiding his power all along? Such guess chilled Su Jie to the bone. If Prince Rui had been playing dumb all these years, then he had to kill him, even at the expense of his own life.

However, he couldn’t do that unless Prince Qin gave specific order. For now, his mission would be to stay quiet here and gain Prince Rui’s trust.

Having sorted his mind out, he put his worry aside, finished the porridge and smacked his lips while saying, “Another bowl.”

Yu Jiang shook his head, “There’s none, my Childe.”

Su Jie froze, his lips twitching, “Anything else I can eat?”

Facing Su Jie’s sullen face, Yu Jiang looked quite troubled but still shook his head honestly, “No, my Childe.”

“Is he trying to starve me to death?” Su Jie complained with a frown but then sighed, “Then I’ll just get some more sleep.”

The comely boy kicked off his shoes and wrapped himself in the quilt under Yu Jiang’s shocked eyes.

Yu Jiang: …

Worried, he called Su Jie several times but didn’t get any response. In the end, he left with the emptied bowl in hand.

Su Jie’s mind was in a mess. He recalled the memories of his childhood, how Prince Qin had come to his recuse in his gentle and noble manner, what the guqin master had said and last the coldness beneath Xiao Shengnian’s tenderness.

Prince Qin was cold-natured who barely smiled in usual days while Prince Rui struck people as gentle and amicable. But Su Jie believed that was just a disguise. Prince Rui was more untouchable.

It was impossible to gain Xiao Shengnian’s trust in such a short time, and Su Jie had to show his own pride and temper so as not to arouse any suspicion. Being too obedient might just cause the opposite effect. But that was nearly a mission impossible, even if Xiao Shengnian didn’t suspect him, which left him one last choice, that was, to make the seemingly amicable but aloof Prince Rui fall for him.

Right as Su Jie was deep in thought, the quilt was lifted followed by a body pressed upon him. Startled, Su Jie opened his eyes and saw Xiao Shengnian’s half-smiling face.

“What? Throwing a temper because you didn’t get enough food?” Xiao Shengnian’s voice was gentle and bland as usual, yet his raised brows added a touch of majesty and somewhat wicked beauty to his handsome face.

Su Jie pursed his lips and said in a flat tone, “Just starve me to death, I’ll be reincarnated as a great man again!”

Xiao Shengnian said with a slight frown, “Why are you making such a fuss about it? It’s just some food.”

“Food is the paramount necessity of the people,” replied Su Jie, licking his lips.

“Well, I’m hungry too…”

Seeing that, Xiao Shengnian was aroused and pressed his lips on Su Jie’s while saying in an enchantingly low voice, “As my little slave, you should learn how to please your master. You’re now acting like an irritable pet.”

The corners of Su Jie’s mouth twitched as he was rendered in a daze which was soon replaced by rage.

His clear and bright eyes fixed indignantly at Xiao Shengnian as anger welled up in him: I’d kill you this instant if I were sure that you’re no Kung Fu master.

“Xiao…” He wanted to resort but was stopped by the warm tongue forcing overbearingly into his mouth and reduced to only unintelligible syllables.

Su Jie, provoked, decided to give him a hard bite as revenge. However, Xiao Shengnian pulled out before he could take action as if having seen through his mind. His attempt failed, Su Jie protested with a glare.

“My little slave…” Xiao Shengnian’s cold yet deep eyes now had a mist over, his enchanting voice sounded like a soft feather brushing by Su Jie’s ear, so gentle and comforting that it melted Su Jie’s heart.

For an instant Su Jie almost forgot his identity as an assassin and stared blankly at the smiling man before him.

The warm sunshine, the quiet moment and the handsome prince created a moment of picturesque beauty and tranquility. However, that lasted only for a blink of an eye for Su Jie came back to earth the next second, sulking, ‘How can I be so useless? Captivated so easily by his good look?’