Chapter 126: Just Hold for a Moment

Chapter 126

Gu Ying finally felt a bit more relaxed, and let out a dry laugh as she held out her hand. “Did His Highness see it all?”

Zhao Changdu took her slender, tender, fair hand in his own. His gaze lingered on her pinkish-white fingers for a moment before he took out the medicinal cream and applied it to her wound. “Mm.”

“...”

Gu Ying was at a loss for words for a time.

This was not the first time that Zhao Changdu had seen her more “vicious” side.

She did not care what others thought of her, but at this moment, watching him lower his head to carefully tend to her wounds, her heart inexplicably felt stifled, as if a light mist had gathered over it.

On such a late night, the only sound was that of the falling snow.

Yet her heart was far from tranquil.

“Does His Highness have nothing he wants to ask me?”

“Ask what?”

“Jiang Yin.”

Zhao Changdu raised his head. His large hand enveloped her cold little one. His overly refined phoenix eyes looked at her as he said, “You can tell me about it if you wish. If you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to.” Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

Stared at so earnestly by such a pair of deep and brooding eyes, Gu Ying did not know what to feel. But hearing his words, it was as if something warm had touched the cold, hard place in her chest.

She gave a small smile, the corners of her eyes faintly red. “There’s not much to it. His Highness has probably heard those rumors about me and him before, right?”

Zhao Changdu did not speak. Of course he had heard about it. From the moment he decided he wanted to marry her, he had investigated Jiang Yin’s family background and ancestry down to the last detail.

He already knew most of what there was to know about Jiang Yin.

But since the young miss wanted to tell him about it voluntarily, that suited him even better.

Gu Ying pulled up the corners of her lips in a awkward smile. “I used to like him before. And under my elder sister’s goading, I did many shameful things.”

“Mm.”

“But I don’t like him at all anymore.”

“Mm.”

“Can I hold you for a while longer before leaving?”

Gu Ying looked at him in puzzlement. Hold her?

He had an utterly proper expression. His dark pupils were clear and pure, black as the endless night, yet devoid of any indecent or offensive intention.

Faced with such unfairly handsome features, who could refuse?

“Alright...” Gu Ying reluctantly conceded with a purse of her lips, her heart quickening. “But remember, just for a little while...

“Mm.”

“You must leave after half a stick of incense.”

“Mm.”

After saying so, she was pulled into his embrace. Her heart thumped uncontrollably against her chest.

He was tall and sturdy, his body all hard muscle, yet with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, sexy as hell.

Blushing, she was wrapped up by his much larger body, her chin propped on his shoulder. In a daze, she thought that just hugging like this without doing anything else felt exceptionally warm and satisfying...

What a novel experience.

But she could not stop her mind from wandering to some inappropriate thoughts...

After all, he had already taken her twice. It was normal for a regular person to think of such things.

...

She did not know when she had fallen asleep. When Gu Ying opened her eyes, it was early morning the next day.

She only wore a single under-shirt, while her outer garments were neatly hung on the rosewood clothes stand. But the bedding still held his scent—a deep, faint fragrance that brought a sense of tranquility.

Her cheeks grew hot. She did not know when she had fallen asleep last night either, only that she seemed to have been carried and cuddled by Zhao Changdu like a doll. At first she had still been awake, but afterward she remembered nothing.

It seemed that every time he held her, she would completely relax her vigilance...

Could he have slipped her some kind of drug?

Unease rose in her heart. Though unwilling to suspect him groundlessly, she still carefully lifted the quilt to check underneath.