C263 Your highness wants to see you

She could hear a sense of powerlessness in his voice.

"After this case is over, let's go back to the capital. You don't need to mention anything about leaving the palace or leaving me, okay?"

Did his tone even contain a little more of the pettiness that should not have flowed out from his body as he quietly begged him.

Ever since Qi Feng had brought that news to him that night, his heart had always been perturbed.

He wasn't afraid that she harbored malicious intentions by his side, nor was he afraid that he wouldn't be able to protect her. In fact … He wasn't afraid that she would leave him because she was worried about another man …

He was afraid that she wouldn't even give him any chance to protect her, that she was determined to leave him.

If she was determined to leave, he was afraid. He wanted to keep her, but there was nothing he could do.

Liu Ruo Qing's body stiffened in his embrace, her eyes instantly became sore, and even the tip of her nose also started to ache.

For a moment, she wanted to tell Yan Yuan the reason why she had to leave him, but she was also afraid. If she said it, she wouldn't be able to leave.

She still remembered what he had said at the old farmer's house, that even if the world turned upside down, he would protect her well.

However, how could she bear for him to overturn the heavens and overturn the earth for her? She had to bear the notoriety that he shouldn't have received.

She buried her face in Yan Yuan's embrace, and didn't speak for a long time, only quietly lusting for the smell that spread out from his body.

After a long while, she finally raised her head from his embrace. The warmth from her eyes had already been withdrawn.

She steeled her heart, ignored the humble begging in his eyes, and said in an extremely relaxed tone, "But I can't let go of my childhood sweetheart. We agreed that once we find him, I'll leave with him."

Yan Yuan's eyes dimmed. At this moment, he was not angry, nor was he angry.

He knew that this' childhood sweetheart 'was only an excuse, but it was also a perfect excuse.

With a bitter tug at the corner of his mouth, he let go of her and gave her a gentle little smile. "Go to sleep."

Liu Ruo Qing looked at him, his heart tensed up once again, but in the end he said nothing, and laid on the bed.

He pulled the blanket over himself and covered it with it. There was no light in the room. The moonlight shone through the window, filling the entire room.

Liu Ruo Qing turned around and looked at Yan Yuan, who had his back facing her and was sleeping on the bench that was placed before the window. The moonlight enveloped his back, causing his face to disappear into the darkness, making him look extremely lonely.

She kept looking at him without saying a word, just like that …

It was as if such a figure was engraved in her heart forever.

He stared at Yan Yuan's back for more than an hour, until his eyes started to ache.

"I'm sorry …"

Her voice was very, very low. The moment she opened her mouth, it was blown away in the air.

She turned around and placed her face in the middle of the bed. She closed her eyes as two streams of tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes.

She did not know that from start to finish, Yan Yuan had not fallen asleep. His extremely soft "sorry", had all fallen into Yan Yuan's ears.

He slowly opened his eyes. Under the moonlight, his deep eyes seemed to be filled with pain and helplessness.

"Sigh …"

He sighed softly.

I don't want your sorry, I just want you to give me a chance to protect you.

After a long night, each of them carried their own thoughts until daybreak.

The next day, the two of them got up at almost the same time. After the brief awkward moment when their eyes met, the two of them seemed to have a tacit understanding and didn't bring up yesterday's topic.

The two of them washed up as usual and discussed the Chen family case, seemingly undisturbed.

Only the two of them knew that there seemed to be a long wooden stick between them. Even though the two of them were very close, they were still unable to reach the other side.

"What's missing from this case right now is a person who will lead the people to report on behalf of the Chen family. Who should we call for?"

Liu Ruo Qing sat opposite of Yan Yuan, eating a bun in her hands as she discussed with Yan Yuan.

Right now, Yan Qi had already returned to the Grand Dominance Manor, so the Chen Family case would have to be reopened. They needed to find a very reasonable excuse to call Yan Qi over so that he wouldn't be suspicious.

"Esteemed guests, is today's breakfast still to your liking?"

At this moment, the waiter came in the right time to pour them some water. The two of them suddenly thought of something.

Both sides looked at each other and nodded.

That night, the waiter had just finished his work and was preparing to close the restaurant. When he returned to the backyard, he was stopped by someone.

The waiter was shocked, but when he saw that it was Liu Ruo Qing, he heaved a sigh of relief.

"Miss, it's you. It's so late, what are you doing here? You scared this little one."

Liu Ruo Qing placed his hand on Yue Yang's shoulder and smiled maliciously, "Second brother, follow me upstairs. Prince Jing wants to see you."

The waiter was obviously shocked by the "Prince Jing" Liu Ruo Qing spoke of and her legs almost went soft.

"Jing …" Prince Jing, is he also in this inn? "

The waiter had no idea that his inn had such an important person. His mind began to search for the old man that had been staying in his inn these past few days.

No matter how he thought about it, he didn't feel that any old customer was like a Ninth Imperial Uncle with high authority.

"Yeah, he's been staying in your inn for the better part of a month. You, you truly have no discernment and haven't even seriously served him, you're done for, you're done for! When you see the prince in a bit, you're dead for sure!"

Liu Ruo Qing purposely exaggerated to scare him, and the waiter was so scared that his legs went soft, and his face turned white.

Liu Ruo Qing was overjoyed in her heart, but she did not continue to scare him, and said: "Look at how scared I am, I'm lying to you.

"True... "Really?"

The waiter was still a little afraid. Even if the prince didn't mind, if the prince stayed here for half a month, he still wouldn't have noticed.

"Really, really, don't worry."

Liu Ruo Qing brought the waiter into the guest room.

In the guest room, there was only Yan Yuan, who was sitting in front of a table, looking at him casually.

The waiter looked around and asked: "Miss, what about the old man from King Jing? There's only Young Master here. "

He had already guessed that the identities of these two guests were different, they were actually people from Prince Jing's side.