Chapter 468: 12.76

"Anyway, enough of me. We keep talking about me. This is supposed to be a conversation, right?" Yunyu gently patted Huang Shu's shoulder and asked, "How about you, Shushu? Do you have a story to tell? Where do you come from?"

"I…" Huang Shu paused. He stared at Yunyu, who looked so carefree and relaxed with him. 

'If he knows about my identity as Seventh Prince, will he stay like this in front of me? Or he will start distancing from me, afraid of my status. Or will he continued to bootlick so he can ask for some favor?' Huang Shu was thinking about the possibility. 

Although he just knew Yunyu for two days, he already had this… attachment with him. Huang Shu wanted to spend more and more time with this Ger. And he had a feeling that Yunyu would try to distance himself if his real identity as a prince was revealed.

"I… I'm just a regular man. My family is just a humble commoner like you," Huang Shu lied. 

"I see. Where do you live, though?"

"W—Where do I live?! Uhm… I live in…" Huang Shu tried to find a good place suitable for his disguise, then remembered a slum. "In the slum, District Yan!"

"I see…" Yunyu nodded with a thin but mysterious smile on his face. Which made Huang Shu anxious. 

[Hihi, he seriously needs to work on his lies and disguise. What kind of commoner degrade and call himself 'just a humble commoner. He also said that he is from District Yan, which is an official name from the government. People from District Yan call their region the Brown District.]

[He also needs to work on his appearance. Yeah, he is wearing tattered clothes and covered with dirt. But he has such a robust and clean body, there is no way he isn't well fed and cared for.]

[Also, he smells like sandalwood and musk. He must've forgotten that the servants in Imperial Palace always dipped the royal robes in scented water or at least sprinkled some perfume in it. So the fragrance must've stuck in Huang Shu's body.]

[Pupa: At least he tried, right?]

[Ehh… true. Well, I just don't expect him not revealed his identity as Seventh Prince right away. Based on Bai Yunyu of this world's memory, Huang Shu was so bold when he confronted Yunyu and told Yunyu straight on his face that he was Seventh Prince, and he was interested.]

Pupa wanted to say because this Huang Shu and previous Huang Shu saw a different kind of scenario.

In the previous timeline, Huang Shu saw Yunyu getting flocked with so many admirers. He looked so grande even though he was just a merchant son. So it made Huang Shu boldly stated his identity.

But now that Yunyu was a lot more humble, Huang Shu had to do the same.

But Pupa was more interested in how Huang Shu and Yunyu would complete this world with the last chance from the Rewind Stone. Because there were no more tries with the Rewind Stone after this. 

"I see, it's okay, I don't differentiate," Yunyu said. 

"Thank you…" Huang Shu felt guilty of lying to Yunyu, but he had no other way. It also troubled him how things would go in the future if he was serious about Yunyu. 

Yunyu was busy eating an apple, but when he checked on Huang Shu, the guy didn't even touch anything. He just stared at Yunyu with his hot gaze. 

"Why are you not eating? We have a lot of food here, don't worry," Yunyu offered.

"My hands are dirty," Huang Shu replied. "I don't want to dirty your food."

[Aiya, so dramatic ah! I thought I'm the drama queen here! You can just wash your hands in the lakeside!]

Yunyu knew that Huang Shu wouldn't eat like this, so he sighed and went to the lakeside. He took out his handkerchief, dipped it in the water, and wrung it. He walked back to Huang Shu and ordered him, "Stay still. I will help you."

Bai Yunyu gently touched Huang Shu's cheek, which made him jolted. He kept staring at Yunyu, but Yunyu didn't seem to be bothered.

Yunyu gently wiped Huang Shu's cheek with the damp handkerchief. 

Huang Shu had his eyes on Yunyu. He let himself indulge in Yunyu's beauty. His milky skin, his beautiful peach blossom eyes with lovely brown pupils. His pink bow lips that he wanted to taste. 

'Ah, is this what they call as heaven's beauty? I don't mind indulging in his beauty forever. In fact… if I go to heaven after my death, I want this particular beauty to be by my side forever...'

Yunyu kept wiping the dust and ash on Huang Shu's face until the real well-known handsome Seventh Prince's face was revealed. Seventh Prince was very famous in the capital city and other cities for his handsomeness and overall good feat in any subjects, including military and academic. 

Of course, Yunyu knew who the Seventh Prince was, but he wanted to act oblivious, just for the fun of it. 

Huang Shu was dazed, and when he saw a smile on that bow lips, he subconsciously leaned towards Yunyu for a kiss. Yunyu was still 'busy' cleaning the dirt on the Seventh Prince's face, so he didn't notice that the Seventh Prince's face was so close to him until they could feel each other's breath. 

"Alright, done, Shushu!" Yunyu suddenly turned his head to the left and then got up. He went to the lakeside again to wash his handkerchief. Huang Shu kept on leaning until his lips smacked against the jute rug instead of a tender lips. 

"Ouch!" Huang Shu rubbed his lips. 'Damn it, I was so close!'

Yunyu returned to Huang Shu with the damp handkerchief again. Then he gently wiped Huang Shu's hand and said, "Okay, you're all clean now. Let's eat together."

Yunyu offered another apple to Huang Shu, and the Seventh Prince accepted it. He bit the apple, and somehow, the apple tasted ten times better than what he had in the Imperial Palace. 

Huang Shu tried eating other fruits and snacks. All of them tasted better than everything he had in the Imperial Palace. 

'Why did it taste so good? Are there any secret ingredients?' Huang Shu pondered. 'No, that couldn't be. Even the fruits still tasted better…'

"What's with your expression? You never eat snacks before?" Yunyu chuckled. He then picked one steamed dumpling with his chopstick, "Open wide."

Huang Shu obediently opened his mouth, and when he bit on that steamed dumpling, the dumpling tasted 100x better than what he had before.

Huang Shu glanced at Yunyu, who was smiling at him, then he realized what made it so tasty.

'It's because I'm with you, Yunyu….'

Everything tasted better with Yunyu around him. The more they stayed together, the more he thought that he would die in bliss, "I think I will die out of overindulgence…." Huang Shu mumbled.

"Overindulgence?"

"Because when I'm staying with you, everything I eat will taste good," Huang Shu said.

"A—Ah, Shushu, you have such sweet lips. Don't say that to me, though.. Say that to someone that you like…." Yunyu said.

"Yeah, that's why I said it to you, Bai Yunyu…."