Your Highness, Please Love Me Tender

79. What’s Your Real Name? (2)

Translator: Flying Lines

“Ahem…” Hearing the conversation between the two, Zhou Zaiyue couldn’t bear to stay here even a second longer. This was now a problem with their communication. He had already done what he needed to do, had already said what he needed to say. If he stayed any longer, someone might start to get annoyed.

Zhou Zaiyue knew Xiao Shengnian was a gentle and calm person who respected his elders. Because of him, Xiao Shengnian wouldn’t do anything to Su Jie but, the relationship between the two may worsen. After all, Xiao Shengnian didn’t like to be lied to. After this incident, it was natural for Xiao Shengnian to treat Su Jie differently compared to before.

Xiao Shengnian’s lips curled wickedly after Zhou Zaiyue left. His eyes were as cold and deep as an ancient well, and his gaze was frigid. He said calmly, “You lied to me, so you should be punished!”

“Whatever you want.” Su Jie spat out with an unconcerned expression.

“Hehe… Looks like you don’t feel threatened enough by me. Say, how should I punish you?” Xiao Shengnian was not satisfied with Su Jie’s reaction. He approached Su Jie and stretched out his arms to trap Su Jie’s slim figure. His voice was low and captivating.

The hot air he breathed out hit Su Jie’s ear. It was… ticklish.

“Punish me however you want.” Su Jie’s voice did not quiver. His ear was slightly more sensitive. Under normal circumstances, Su Jie would not be willing to have someone get so close to him but… This person was Xiao Shengnian, so he bore with it.

“Is this what your personality is like?” Seeing the handsome youth’s cold expression, Xiao Shengnian suddenly realized he didn’t know much about Su Jie.

On the other hand, Su Jie was already familiar with his information before he approached his residence.

“My personality…” Su Jie was deep in thought for a while. His smile carried a hint of taunting. “As you can see, most of the time I’d spent with you was not faked.”

Hearing this answer, Xiao Shengnian felt a little bit more satisfied. He couldn’t recognize what kind of wonderful feeling he was experiencing. Su Jie had lied to him. Su Jie approached him because of his mission. Yet, there was not the same amount of anger that there had been and, he even felt sorry for the handsome youth. He even wanted to… understand this young man.

Why was this?

Was it… love?

He had fallen in love with this young man and was, therefore, afraid to lose him, which was why he was tolerating this?

Even Xiao Shengnian himself felt this was somewhat unfathomable but, what else could explain his attitude towards Su Jie?

What is love?

His ninth brother had asked this before, yet, Xiao Shengnian couldn’t provide an answer.

But now, Xiao Shengnian perhaps knew how to answer it. “Love is a kind of… fascinating experience.”

Xiao Shengnian was somewhat late in experiencing interest in others, just like how Su Jie was callous towards relationships. They were both unaware. Xiao Shengnian wasn’t sure if what he felt towards Su Jie was love, like how Su Jie wasn’t sure if he felt the same kind of feeling towards Prince Qin and Prince Rui.

Xiao Shengnian only knew that he couldn’t bear to see the handsome youth in his embrace suffer any sort of hardship. In simpler terms, he could bully Su Jie but others were not allowed to bully him.

At this time, Prince Rui once again revealed his overbearing side. He said to Su Jie, “In this world, the only one allowed to bully you is me. Prince Qin is not allowed. The Guqin Master is also not allowed.”

Su Jie’s lips curved into a smile and, his heart warmed. Yet, he found this amusing. People say Prince Rui was as steady as a mountain, but who knew that Prince Rui also had a childish side to him?

But no matter what, Prince Rui, Xiao Shengnian, did treat him nicely. Everything felt as natural as flowers blossoming in spring.

Xiao Shengnian suddenly asked, “Has the poison inside you been activated before?”

“Twice.” Su Jie answered concisely. He had been in so much pain he didn’t want to live during the two times the poison activated. He would never be able to forget the pain.

“Damn! They actually dare to treat you like this.” Xiao Shengnian had read a number of medical texts, so he naturally knew what a Death Gu was. When it activated, he knew how excruciating the pain was. He hadn’t experienced it before but through the texts he had read, he could imagine how painful it was when the Death Gu activated. The texts’ descriptions said: ‘The sufferer will experience a pain that is worse than death. Their body will spasm and feel as if it is pricked with needles and gnawed by insects and beasts. Severe cases will result in death’.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shengnian placed a kiss on the youth’s forehead as he felt sorry for him. He asked, “Do you remember what I said when we were in City Hao?”

Not replying, Su Jie gave a slight nod.

“At that time, I said I would never let you down in this lifetime, and I will not break my promise.”

“I will… also not let you down.” Su Jie said the same after hesitating a little.

“En, even though it’s like this, I still have to punish you.” With just a few words, Xiao Shengnian returned to this topic once again.

“How do you want to punish me?”

“You can’t leave the bed for three days.”

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