CH 38.4

Cui Han kept throwing fish, shrimps and crabs in front of him. Seeing everyone enjoying themselves in the water, Meng Huan was a teenager at heart and gradually became interested. “I’ll try it too.”

“Your Highness, the pond water is cold—” You Jin exclaimed.

Meng Huan supported himself on the stone and stepped on the cold stone surface.

His white feet stepped on the stone, and after a few steps, it began to shake, causing You Jin’s heart to jump out. “Your Highness!”

Meng Huan was also startled.

Luckily, Cui Han was quick on his feet and quickly held the stone for him.

Meng Huan was able to stabilize again.

He thanked him, “Thank you.”

Cui Han thought he had gotten closer to him. “No need to thank me. Your Highness can compete with this junior to see who can catch a crab faster.”

Meng Huan kept his distance. “That’s not necessary either.”

“……”

He lowered his head and fiddled with the rocks.

It was the same as going to the beach and enjoying digging in the sand, regardless of age.

Time slowly passed, and Meng Huan did not even realize that the pond water had slowly cooled down.

—

When Lin Bozhou got off the carriage, it was rare to see the entrance to the prince’s residence empty and without the figure that usually waited for him. He frowned, “Where is the princess?”

The servant said, “Seems to be touching the stones at the lotus pond, playing happily.”

Touching stones……

Lin Bozhou raised his eyebrows, and his face showed no emotion. “Is that so?”

The wooden flute from last night flashed in his mind, and he asked, “Who else is there besides the princess?”

“There is also the young master of Elder Cui’s family.”

Lin Bozhou pursed his lips for a moment. Normally he would go straight back to his bedchamber to bathe, but after a brief moment of thought, he raised his eyebrows. “Go and look by the pond.”

The waves swayed, moss drifted, and the pond water had been stirred into turbidity.

When Meng Huan found another shrimp, someone said, “Your Highness, it’s getting late. It’s time to come up.”

Meng Huan had yet to speak, but Cui Han shouted first. “Princess, just play if you want to. Why do you keep urging? You’re spoiling the fun!”

He looked like he was still in high spirits. “Your Highness, the fish you just caught is really fat! The water plants there are dense and green; there should be fat fish and shrimp!”

Meng Huan didn’t care much about him and went to the other side of the water plants.

When Lin Bozhou came over, he saw a bunch of cheering servants around the pond bank. The water plants were everywhere, and the lotus flowers were also broken. Meng Huan was standing in the water with his clothes hem wrapped around his waist, his eyes inspecting the water’s surface just like a fishing master.

Standing next to him was Cui Han, who fanned the flames. “Under the rock! Under the rocks! I just saw a shrimp shot past!”

Meng Huan turned his head and saw Lin Bozhou’s scarlet court dress on the shore against the setting sun’s light with people kneeling around him. He had his hands behind his back, looking at him condescendingly and calmly.

“……”

Meng Huan looked at the sky.

And then at Cui Han.

His expression changed slightly, calling out “Husband,” and he began to run to the shore. His white feet stepped in the water, walking very slowly, and there was a place where the water was deeper. Meng Huan just stepped down, stumbled, stood up, and was stopped by a taller stone by the pool bank.

He was slightly unable to walk past, standing in place, and looked at Lin Bozhou for help. “That, Husband, I can’t get across……”

Appearing pitiful.

Lin Bozhou patiently closed his eyelids. Under everyone’s gaze, his shoes stepped on the wet stones, the hem of his court dress brushed against the lotus leaves, and he put his arm around Meng Huan’s waist and gently carried him up.

Meng Huan hung from his neck like a child and felt a little embarrassed.

Cui Han beside him ran like crazy to the shore, came up, and kowtowed desperately. “Greetings to Your Highness!”

Lin Bozhou appeared gloomy and did not pay attention to him.

There was an invisible oppressive atmosphere surrounding him.

He squatted down, picked up the two boots scattered on the shore, and slowly lifted Meng Huan’s foot.

Because his feet were stained with water, he took out a handkerchief and wiped it before inserting Meng Huan’s white and small feet into the boots.

—It was clear he was mindful of the game someone had taken his wife to play today.

The surrounding crowd was silent, all looking at the powerful Lin Bozhou, who was at the top of the world, squatting down to put on his wife’s shoes.

Meng Huan was also a bit stunned. “Husband……”

After the two had intercourse, Lin Bozhou would put it on for him, but after all, no one was around. But now, with so many people staring, Meng Huan was a little embarrassed.

After putting it on, Lin Bozhou stood up, and his tone was unusually gentle. “Did Huan Huan have a good time this afternoon?”

Meng Huan’s temples were stained with water and sweat, and he nodded.

Lin Bozhou: “It’s good to be happy.”

But in a flash, he turned to Cui Han; his tone seemed similar, but it chilled people’s backs. “Cui Han, you were allowed to take the princess to relieve his boredom, and you took him to the pond?”

Cui Han’s scalp tingled. “This junior……”

He did not expect Lin Bozhou to come.

His original intention was to play with the princess and get his trust.

He didn’t know if he got his trust, but he had angered Lin Bozhou instead.

Cui Han’s spine stiffened. “Uh, it was only this junior who went into the water at first, but I didn’t expect that the princess would also go under—”

He counted on Meng Huan to speak for him. After all, the two of them just played in the water happily.

Who would have thought that….

Thinking of Cui Han repeatedly connoting himself, Meng Huan knew this was a good opportunity for Lin Bozhou to be in charge and nodded innocently. “Yes, he encouraged me to get into the water.”

Cui Han: “……”