Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

In the carriage, Jiang Xin knelt in front of Xie Ze in a proper manner, holding a piece of paper he had just written in his hand. The content on it read: [Jiang Xin thanks the prince for his help.]

Xie Ze felt a pang of pain in his heart when he saw Jiang Xin's respectful and obedient appearance. He grabbed the other's arm without any hesitation and pulled him up. He stared at Jiang Xin without blinking, as if he wanted to carve the other's appearance into his heart. He made Jiang Xin shiver, and then he said in a hoarse voice: "No need to thank me."

For some reason, Jiang Xin always felt that the eyes of His Royal Highness the Wise King were so fierce that they looked like they could eat people. He subconsciously shrank his neck and was about to kneel down again when Xie Ze noticed it first and immediately roared fiercely, "Don't kneel!"

"..." Jiang Xin was so angry that he trembled and shrank into the corner in confusion. Did he do something wrong? This prince was as fierce as the rumors said.

When Xie Ze saw Jiang Xin hiding as far away from him as possible, he became even angrier: "Are you afraid of me?!"

Jiang Xin's ears trembled, and he knelt down again quickly, lowering his head nervously, as if he was asking for forgiveness.

He didn't know what he had done to anger the prince, but in the past, whenever he displeased his father at home, his father would make him kneel down and listen to his lecture.

Xie Ze looked at Jiang Xin's frightened and terrified expression, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and said coldly: "I mean, you don't need to be polite in front of me. I don't like kneeling around."

Having been a tyrant for so many years, in the years after Jiang Xin's death, he had long forgotten what tolerance and kindness were like.

Cruelty, violence, and moodiness have accompanied him for half of his life. Now that he can go back to the past, he really wants to appear in front of Jiang Xin with the best face and the most perfect appearance. He really wants to become the person who made Jiang Xin's heart beat at first sight.

However, as long as he saw Jiang Xin showing the slightest bit of grievance and discomfort, or saw the strangeness and fear in Jiang Xin's eyes, the gloom and hostility in his heart would come out uncontrollably. The more evil and terror Xie Ze was filled with, the more afraid Jiang Xin became, like an unavoidable cycle.

"Snapped!"

Jiang Xin huddled in a corner, worrying whether he had accidentally angered the prince, when he saw the other party suddenly raise his hand and slap him loudly in the face.

Jiang Xin: “…”?

Xie Ze slapped himself hard and finally calmed down a little. He was afraid of scaring people again, so he lowered his voice as much as possible: "You get up first, I won't hurt you, you..."

Xie Ze closed his eyes and pleaded in a hoarse and low voice: "Don't be afraid of me." Don't leave me again...

For some reason, Xie Ze still had that fierce tone, but after Jiang Xin heard the words "Don't be afraid of me", an indescribable bitterness surged in his heart, as if he had done something to make the prince very sad.

Jiang Xin suppressed this strange feeling. Perhaps it was because this ferocious prince looked scary, but had not hurt him until now. He finally felt a little relieved.

Jiang Xin took a deep breath, mustered up his courage, took out a pen and paper, and began to write to Xie Ze to explain: [I am timid by nature, and I am not afraid of Your Highness. Please don't blame me.]

After writing, Jiang Xin carefully handed the paper to the prince, and secretly looked at the reaction of this prince whom he had never met before.

In fact, he was still a little scared, but it was the prince who saved him just now, and he believed that he did not steal. He thought that the prince was a good person and should... not harm him?

Xie Ze finally felt better after seeing Jiang Xin's handwriting. He took the paper, folded it, and put it into his sleeve. He was afraid of scaring the other party so he didn't do anything extra. He just said calmly, "I have learned some sign language from my friends. You can communicate with me directly without writing."

Jiang Xin was stunned when he heard this. He was probably a little surprised and almost forgot the rules. He raised his head and gestured with his hands: [Your Majesty knows sign language? ]

"Yeah." Xie Ze nodded, pulled the corners of his stiff mouth, and finally forced out a smile like a puppet being manipulated.

"Burp!" The mute little boy was frightened by the weird smile and burped.

Xie Ze: “…”

"Burp!" Noticing the hurt in Xie Ze's eyes, Jiang Xin quickly covered his mouth and held it in for a long time before he finally suppressed the third burp. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

As a mute, he never thought that there would be a day when he would worry about the sound he made accidentally hurting others...

"Do I look scary?" Xie Ze asked with a dark face.

Jiang Xin covered his mouth tightly and shook his head desperately, but looking at his shaking body, he didn't sound convincing at all.

Xie Ze's face turned even darker.

"..." Perhaps because he didn't want to make the black-faced god who came to help him even more unhappy, Jiang Xin tried to control his body and calm down. After a long while, he tried to change the subject and cautiously probed:

[Your Highness, you mentioned General Pingxi just now when we were at home. Did your grandfather and uncle ask you to come and see me? ]

Of course not. Although General Lu doted on his little daughter very much, he had no feelings for this grandson who was born mute and caused his daughter's death in childbirth. Otherwise, he would not have ignored him for so many years, which made Jiang Zhengchu take Jiang Xin less seriously.

Xie Ze frowned and was about to deny it, but he saw Jiang Xin looking at him with a pair of bright eyes, which were full of expectation and desire.

Xie Ze: “…Yeah.” It doesn’t matter. Since Jiang Xin wants a family relationship, he will make them willing even if they don’t want to.

Jiang Xin, who was expecting but also worried, got a positive answer. He was so happy that his eyes curved into crescent shapes. Then, as if he had thought of something, he hurriedly gestured: [Prince, can you please not tell them what happened today? ]

Just after finishing the gesture, Jiang Xin, who had finally become happy, drooped his ears and lowered his head again.

He knew that he was just a mute good-for-nothing and no one would like him, but he couldn't help wanting to leave a good impression on his uncle and grandfather whom he hadn't seen for many years. He didn't want them to misunderstand him as a thief.

Xie Ze looked at Jiang Xin's sad expression, moved his fingers, and couldn't help but raise his hand and put it on Jiang Xin's head, wanting to rub the soft and smooth hair in his memory.

However, Jiang Xin felt the force coming from his head, and remembered how the other party used this hand to beat his father into a pig's head. He thought that it was his request that made Xie Ze unhappy, so he was frightened and bowed, and hurriedly explained:

[I didn't mean to deceive them, I just didn't want them to worry, and the jade pendant was really not stolen by me! ]

Xie Ze's hand touched nothing, his face became more and more sullen, but he still patiently said to Jiang Xin: "I know that Jiang Xingyu bribed Lu Wuliang to frame you and wanted to drive you out of the Jiang family."

"..." Jiang Xin was stunned for a moment. What did Jiang Xingyu mean by framing him?

"Ahhh!" Jiang Xin was so anxious that he wanted to speak, and he gestured with his voice: [Why did my second brother want to frame me? ]