Two-way sinking

Ji Li held the cat in his arms and stroked it repeatedly.

The sun was very good this afternoon, and Ruan Ci just came over again, and he happily dragged him to the garden for afternoon tea.

He took a sip of black tea, looked at Ruan Ci again, shook his head, put Liuhong on the table, and rubbed Ruan Ci's head with his free hand: "What's wrong, are you in a trance?"

Ruan Ci snapped back to his senses: "Ah, what?"

"I'm asking you, Xiao Ci, what's wrong with you today, you've been distracted, what's the matter?" Ji Li smiled helplessly, and asked again.

Ruan Ci looked at him, hesitant to speak.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..." He hesitated, calling out hesitantly.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Ji Li patiently smiled back at him, turning his head slightly to make a listening posture.

"Your Highness, can you tell me about Styx?" He summoned up his courage.

Ji Li was stunned for a moment, with a look of regret and nostalgia on his face, and then he smiled lightly: "I didn't expect you to be interested in Styx."

Ruan Ci forced a smile: "I'm just curious."

Ji Li lowered his eyes and said nothing, Ruan Ci looked at him, feeling guilty: "If you don't want to talk, it's okay. I, I just...just ask. I'm sorry."

Ji Li looked up at him, finally smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's not your fault."

"It's...beautiful there." After a long time, he said softly.

"Styx is small and remote, on the edge of the galaxy, but there is the most gorgeous starry sky there, very, very beautiful."

"The population there is also very small. There are large grasslands and forests, and deep in the forests are lakes like lakes."

"There is also an ocean that occupies more than half of the planet. It is mysterious and endless, just like the ancient earth."

"The sky there is very blue and the clouds are very white..."

He seemed to be trapped in memories, his eyes became far away, as if he saw the beautiful little planet in the distance through the air.

"There is my hometown..."

Ruan Ci stared at him blankly, and suddenly, his eyes got wet.

"Your Highness." He made up his mind, held back his tears, and swore, "There are some things I must tell you...you have the right to know...everything, everything."

Ji Li sat up straight involuntarily, he felt that what Ruan Ci was going to say next was very important to him.

"All of this needs to start from that banquet..."

……

He didn't do what Su Chen said, and he believed in His Highness more than Su Chen did. His Highness has the right to know everything and to make his own choices.

He chose to drag everything out, including His Majesty's identity, including the gag order, the banquet, Man Sha, Su Chen, everything, what they said, and what they did.

"That's it... Your Highness."

"Your Highness, I swear to you that everything I said is true."

"I swear allegiance to you, Your Highness, please forgive me."

Ji Li listened quietly, from the initial stunned, unbelievable, angry, resentful, to heartache, bewildered, and helpless later on.

He sat there with his back straightened, weeping silently.

After Ruan Ci finished speaking, when he looked up at him, he was already in tears.

Cold tears slid down the cheeks and dripped on the skirt of the clothes, breaking into small water droplets.

"Your Highness..." Ruan Ci felt extremely guilty in his heart, and called him with trembling lips: "I'm sorry..."

"Your Highness... Please, forgive me..."

Ji Li was immersed in great grief until he was brought back to reality by his voice.

He stretched out his hand and placed it on the top of the boy's hair in front of him. The boy's eyes were moist and soft.

"this is not your fault."

"Xiaoci...you don't need my forgiveness..."

"I'm grateful to you."

"Thank you for everything you have done for me."

His voice was trembling, and it was almost impossible to form a sentence, but he still suppressed and spoke words of comfort.

Ruan Ci looked at him worriedly, muttered a few times, and lowered his head sadly.

In any case, it was he who made His Highness sad.

Ji Li buried his face in Liu Yun's body, his pure white hair was wet with tears, forming a messy strand.

The little kitten felt the heartache of its owner, "Mimi" yelled and licked his cheek, trying to give him some comfort.

His shoulders kept shaking and he let out an occasional whimper of pain.

It's like going back to the beginning, losing everything overnight.

His heart ached so much that he could hardly contain himself.

Ruan Ci didn't know what to say, all he could do was to accompany His Highness quietly.

Ji Li hugged Liu Rin's small body, crying silently and suppressed bitterly.

After a long time, he slowly raised his head and said to Ruan Ci: "Xiao Ci, you, you go back first."

After saying this sentence, his lips trembled unbelievably, as if the repressed despair was about to pour out when he opened his mouth.

He could no longer speak a complete sentence, only tears kept falling.