Xia Xi obviously didn't understand what he said, her eyes were misty and lazy, a little out of focus, like a black cat sleeping on white down, and the end of her eyes dyed red was like a stream full of petals, clear and enchanting.
Water is the purest, and everything can be seen clearly through it, but the refraction of light will add an inexplicable magical flavor to everything.Jiang Zhanwei, as if possessed by a demon, stretched out his hand to gently caress Xia Xi's face. Xia Xi's skin was itchy from Jiang Zhanwei's touch, and he opened his mouth like a tantrum kitten and bit his finger.
Sharp pain came from the fingertips immediately, and Jiang Zhanwei trembled slightly when he was caught off guard.Probably knowing that he bit too hard, Xia Xi licked his fingertips with his tongue again, like eating delicious candy.
His tongue was very soft, and he licked the fingertips full of nerve endings. The ten fingers connected to the heart, and the fire in Jiang Zhanwei's heart burned even more intensely.Before meeting Xia Xi, he always felt that there was something missing in his life, and his whole body was floating in mid-air, unable to realize it. It wasn't until he saw Xia Xi that day that he felt that his feet had really touched the ground.Jiang Zhanwei ignored his pounding heartbeat and heavy breathing, tried his best to keep his voice steady, and whispered in Xia Xi's ear, "It might hurt. I'll try to be as light as possible, don't fight with me."
While speaking, he wrapped Xia Xi's waist with his strong right arm, and firmly restrained the other's body.In this kind of thing, his desire to possess and control is a little scary.
"But if you can't stand it, you can call me by my name." Jiang Zhanwei paused, and his voice became extremely gentle again, "I will stop."
He didn't allow the other party to struggle to refuse, because he secretly felt that he had been rejected by the other party too many times, so he couldn't hear him say no, but he acquiesced in another way to say no.
- Just call my name and I'll stop.
Xia Xi's pair of black eyes looking at Jiang Zhanwei are still as lazy and misty as before, but there is hidden sharpness reflected in them, intertwined with a kind of soul-stirring temptation.But the temptation was quickly covered by the long, trembling eyelashes, which involuntarily drooped lower and lower, until finally they completely blocked the eyes.
The boy who was fussy before and didn't want to sleep just closed his eyes and fell asleep soundly.
Jiang Zhanwei stared blankly at Xia Xi's sleeping face, and after a while he gradually extricated himself from the enchanted feeling just now, took several deep breaths, and tried his best to calm down the double agitation both physically and mentally.Xia Xi looked as good-looking when she was asleep as when she was awake, her eyes were tightly closed, her pouty lips were slightly parted, and a line of white teeth could be vaguely seen.The feeling of obsession had just faded away, and Jiang Zhanwei suddenly had another crazy idea.
He leaned down, just like when Xia Xi asked him for a drink before, and gently kissed Xia Xi's lips.
Although he was mentally prepared enough this time, the moment his lips touched, he still felt an electric current no less than last time, and a burst of numbness spread from the lips to the spine and then spread to the whole body.
——That crazy idea was to kiss him.Jiang Zhanwei, who originally only wanted to taste it, couldn't take it back for a while, and invaded inch by inch along the beautiful lip line of the other party. He could feel the indescribable sweetness in the other party's mouth, even his breath was sweet, and he even heard the flower buds in his brain. It opened with a snap, and the strong floral fragrance anesthetized his soul.
Drunk people tend to sleep fast and deeply. Xia Xi fell into a deep sleep in a blink of an eye. Jiang Zhanwei wanted to leave, but he hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't move. He first raised his hand to cover Xia Xi's body with a thin blanket, and then Carefully and slowly move out the hand he was pressing on his side, so as not to block the blood from his pressure, and finally went to bed, lying gently next to Xia Xi.
Xia Xi slept very peacefully that night, but Jiang Zhanwei didn't sleep all night.You have to carefully adjust your posture so that the boy who unknowingly rolled into your arms can sleep comfortably, and you have to work hard to relax the tense and stiff muscles so as not to make the other person uncomfortable, and you have to use strong self-control to react yourself A certain part of the body is held back, and every minute and every second is very difficult.
But the body huddled in his arms was slender and soft, as if it was born to fit in his arms, and the sleeping face made him so fond of it that he didn't know what to do, even his heart constricted slightly with the shallow breathing.Jiang Zhanwei never pushed Xia Xi away, nor got up to leave, and even felt an indescribable reluctance at dawn, feeling that the night passed so quickly.
When Xia Xi woke up the next morning, Jiang Zhanwei had already left.
But it's not that Jiang Zhanwei left too early, but that Xia Xi woke up too late.Xia Xi slept very comfortably this time, and she didn't get up until noon, so she naturally missed breakfast, so while eating breakfast, the housekeeper reported to Jiang Zhanwei that Mr. Xia didn't come to eat this morning.
The housekeeper originally wanted to help Xia Xi show his presence, and didn't expect to get a response from Jiang Zhanwei, but unexpectedly Jiang Zhanwei said: "He may have to sleep for a while, and when he wakes up, you can ask someone to deliver the food directly to him." past."
The housekeeper hurriedly responded, even his eyes lit up as if he had discovered some new land.
Jiang Zhanwei was as busy today as yesterday, but he came back much later than yesterday.Because yesterday's mind-wandering did not affect his work efficiency, but today's mind-wandering has really affected him.Although others can't see the problem, and even the most familiar subordinates only think that he is thinking, but Jiang Zhanwei himself knows it very well.
Xia Xi wasn't there for breakfast, and Jiang Zhanwei wasn't there for dinner, and the housekeeper didn't know what he had imagined, with a depressed expression on his face.The weather tonight is also very stuffy, there is no moon or stars, it looks like it is going to rain, and there is a strong wind.
The study room where Jiang Zhanwei lives closes the doors and windows tightly at all times, no matter how strong the wind can get in, but today, for some reason, the windows and the door are opened a small crack, and only a branch of pink and white leaves is seen. The hibiscus bloomed in the wind, and floated into the house through the crack of the window as if consciously.
Jiang Zhanwei was reading a book when he suddenly saw a table of flower petals. Before he could be surprised, a gust of wind blew up and the petals disappeared without a trace. At the same time, Xia Xi appeared with a food box in one hand and a lantern in the other. outside the door.
If he hadn't felt Xia Xi's heartbeat and ordinary people's inadvertence when sleeping in the same bed with Xia Xi last night, Jiang Zhanwei would have almost thought that Xia Xi had changed from flower petals, but this idea is too absurd. Jiang Zhanwei collected himself and asked with a straight face: "How did you come?"
If you don't look at the hidden expectation hidden deep in his eyes, and just listen to his blunt tone, you will really think that he is angry or questioning.Of course, even if Jiang Zhanwei is really angry, Xia Xi is not afraid, just walk into the room and say, "I'll bring you a midnight snack."
"No need," Jiang Zhanwei refused, "I'm not hungry."
"But I'm a little hungry." Xia Xi smiled at him, "you can eat with me."
"I don't have the habit of eating late at night." Jiang Zhanwei's self-discipline was engraved in his bones, and he never ate during non-meal time. He refused again: "It's going to rain heavily, you should go back, and don't come so late in the future."
"But I want to come here to please you." Xia Xi rolled his eyelashes, still smiling at Jiang Zhanwei, "I want you to like me, so of course I'm here to please you."
This kind of laughter always made Jiang Zhanwei's heart harden again, and even produced a small electric current from the nameless place, which made his whole body numb and his mind dizzy.It feels like the other party has always been like this, with a sweet and soft smile, and no other emotions can be seen, which makes it easy for people to let go of their guard.
But he overlooked the most important point: it is impossible for a normal person to have no emotions.If a person can show such a sweet smile no matter what they face, it is enough to show that this person is cold-blooded and ruthless from the side.
Besides being ruthless, Xia Xi is also arrogant, arbitrary, and full of desire to control.If you only look at his heart and means, then there is no problem, but if you set your sights on him, you may be in full bloom one second, and step into the bottomless abyss the next.
While Jiang Zhanwei was in a daze, Xia Xi took out the food in the food box one by one, picked up the best-looking crystal shrimp dumpling and tasted it.After swallowing it slowly, he took one and brought it to Jiang Zhanwei's mouth, "It tastes very good, you want to eat one too?"
Jiang Zhanwei couldn't advance or retreat with the hand that was hanging in the air and couldn't take it back, so he could only open his mouth.In fact, this action reflects Xia Xi's true personality, he likes to be anti-client, and wants to take the initiative in everything.It's a pity that Jiang Zhanwei's whole body froze because of Xia Xi's next words, and he almost spit out the shrimp dumpling he just ate: "Did you sleep comfortably with me last night?"
Jiang Zhanwei didn't know how to answer, so he could only say: "You were drunk last night, so..."
"Well, I was drunk last night." Xia Xi nodded, looked at Jiang Zhanwei and said, "When I'm drunk, everything becomes blurred and I can't see clearly at all, but you are the only one who has become clear and slightly glowing. "
The provocative words are sprinkled out without money, and no matter whether Jiang Zhanwei can bear it or not, Jiang Zhanwei just feels that his whole heart is about to boil, gurgling hot water, the inside is almost boiled, and the outside still needs to be maintained With a cold face, it was really hard work.
Xia Xi pretended not to notice, filled two more bowls of lotus seed porridge, put one in front of her, and handed the other to Jiang Zhanwei.Jiang Zhanwei had just broken the precept of not eating, and now there is no point in refusing, so he took the bowl.
"Is it good to drink?"
Jiang Zhanwei hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"I made this porridge," Xia Xi said, "so it's your turn to make it for me next time."
"I don't know how to make porridge." Jiang Zhanwei said seriously: "...I only know how to fight."
Xia Xi stopped obsessing about cooking porridge, but brought the topic to war, "I heard that once you used only 2 people to defeat the enemy's [-] soldiers." Xia Xi put down the spoon, "There are so many soldiers and horses, just listening to it makes people feel scared. Were you afraid at that time?"
Jiang Zhanwei was slightly taken aback.After hearing his achievements, most people would only flatter or flatter him, and some political opponents would preach how vicious he was, but no one had ever asked him if he was afraid, and he never thought about whether he was afraid.He suddenly remembered that when his mother and concubine passed away when he was seven years old, he hid in a remote corner of the palace wall and cried until it was dark and the sun had completely set, and no one came to him.He can't love himself, so no one in this world will love him anymore.
Similarly, he can't show any timidity in front of others, so no one thinks he will be afraid.
Looking back now, he was actually a little scared at the time, because he had no way out except victory.But Jiang Zhanwei didn't answer Xia Xi's question, but said something else inexplicably: "I once saw a hibiscus flower."
He paused for a while, and then said: "I always thought it was a peony.
These words are really a bit out of the blue, and if someone else listens to them, they will definitely find it inexplicable, but Xia Xi's expression is very peaceful, without showing any strangeness or surprise, he just asked: "Why did you confuse Furong with Peony? They The difference is still huge.”
"Before I was six years old, I was a cripple who couldn't walk on both legs. I had never seen a peony or a lotus." Xi said, "I only heard that peony is the most beautiful flower from the drama that the eunuch said."
Knowing that the person in front of him was just a soul fragment without memory, Xia Xi couldn't help asking: "Do you still remember what happened at that time?"
Jiang Zhanwei frowned slightly, "I don't remember clearly, I always feel that I have lost a memory..."
It may be because Xia Xi's expression has always been peaceful, and Jiang Zhanwei didn't feel any rejection, or the night wind tonight was too strong, which made people feel ups and downs. He was ridiculed by the eldest prince again, and was thrown into an abandoned palace, where he fell in the bushes and could not get out. After a long time, he suddenly saw a faint light from the corner of the wall. It was a flower slowly blooming, fantasy And beautiful, I always remember its appearance, and I have never forgotten it."
He seldom speaks so much, so the word order is a bit confusing, and the pause time is also fast and slow. If it is another person, he will definitely not be able to understand.But Xia Xi knew very well in his heart, because it was a fact that had happened in the original world, and Xia Xi couldn't help asking again what he had asked in the original world, "It's just a one-sided relationship, why do you remember?" So deep?"
Jiang Zhanwei was silent for a while, "...I was able to stand up again because of it. It saved me."
"Maybe he didn't think about saving you, and you don't need anyone to save you." Xia Xi's tone was faintly more urgent, "It may only be a matter of time before your leg, as long as you keep exercising and taking medicine, you will recover sooner or later... ..."
Jiang Zhanwei shook his head, "You don't understand."
It's different to try your best to get out of trouble by yourself, and to give salvation to others.The former will make people’s heart harden and cold little by little, but the latter will warm people up unknowingly, and will make people hope that even if they are in a remote dead end or in a deep quagmire, they can still have peace. Let the light come on.
And this light is very wonderful, you just carefully open the door of your heart a small crack, but the light will fill every corner of your heart.It's a pity that many people have waited for a lifetime, but they can't wait for such a person, such a beam of light.
Xia Xi failed to understand what Jiang Zhanwei meant, and even if he understood, he would never be able to understand Jiang Zhanwei's feelings.The moonlight that night was surprisingly bright, shining on the flower plate like a beam of light. The boy who had transformed into a figure among the flowers raised his head, and his eyes met the eyes of the boy in the bushes who was in a mess all over the place. The boy's black and white eyes His eyes seemed to be full of stars, and behind him was the sky full of stars.
The boy remembered it at a glance.
Sometimes the appearance of a person is very important. Some people are destined to be just passers-by who cannot be remembered, but some people can be deeply engraved in the mind and cannot be erased.
Jiang Zhanwei didn't speak anymore, neither did Xia Xi. The aroma of the food had already filled the whole room. The two of them sat together and finished their supper. Although they didn't say a word, the atmosphere was extremely comfortable and warm.This kind of indescribable warmth even made Jiang Zhanwei realize that the palace is not an empty mansion, but a place that can be called home.
His requirements for home are actually very simple, he only needs to have hot porridge every time he is hungry, look up every time he is sleepy, and have someone who makes him feel at ease by his side.Maybe home is not like this for others, but home is so simple for Jiang Zhanwei.He has lived for so many years, and has tasted all the wind and rain, and now he realizes this feeling. Although it is a bit late, this feeling unexpectedly makes him extremely relaxed physically and mentally.
It's a pity that it didn't take long for Xia Xi to relax before he became nervous again: "Are you going to sleep with me tonight?"
Xia Xi was wearing plain white clothes, her face was delicate and cold, and her expression was open and serious, but under the lamplight, her eyes glowed with an indescribably strange light, captivating people's hearts and souls.Jiang Zhanwei was stunned, and said a little stammeringly: "No, I won't go."
"Why don't you go?" Xia Xi asked suspiciously: "You slept with my arms around me last night, don't you like my body very much?"
"..."
Jiang Zhanwei's ears began to turn red.He even wanted to rush out the door, but when he lifted his foot, he realized that this was his study, and the person who left should be the other party.The already cold face was tightened, and it seemed that even the eyelashes were serious, "Go back. I still have a lot of things to do."
Xia Xi didn't bother, and readily agreed, "Okay then, I'll come to you tomorrow."
But Xia Xi failed to see Jiang Zhanwei the next day.
Jiang Zhanwei was obviously hiding from Xia Xi on purpose, not even at breakfast and dinner, at night Xia Xi went to the study to look for him, but he was nowhere to be seen, asked the housekeeper and guards, but couldn't explain clearly .
He couldn't see Xia Xi for the past two days, but Jiang Zhanwei didn't find his peace because of this.
He never knew that it was so easy to get used to a person's existence. When there was no gaze cast on him, when there was no smile on him, when the room turned back to a room of silence, there was nothing in his heart. It was empty, as if something had been lost.
On the third day, Jiang Zhanwei went back to the palace silently.He no longer intentionally avoided Xia Xi, and even broke the habit of closing all the doors and windows tightly, but instead concealed the doors and half-opened the windows as if waiting for someone.
It's a pity he didn't get anything.
Xia Xi didn't look for Jiang Zhanwei anymore, nor asked the housekeeper and guards for news about him, as if he had been forgotten.Jiang Zhanwei waited for several days without any further movement from Xia Xi, and became inexplicably anxious.
——Isn't the other party going to approach him to complete the task?Shouldn't he be like those people before, rushing to use all kinds of means to attract his attention, what kind of beauties are scheming and scheming, emerging in endlessly every day?
Could it be playing hard to get?
Jiang Zhanwei stood up, walked around, looked at the hibiscus flowers outside the window, sat down slowly after a while, and picked up the book on the table again.
It was Xia Xi who should be in a hurry. Since Xia Xi was not in a hurry, he shouldn't be in a hurry either.
Well, he's in no hurry.
He is in no rush.
The two servants who were in charge of cleaning the study room came in to do the cleaning as usual—they only had half an hour a day to enter the study room.The servants came a little earlier today, and the surroundings of the study were very quiet, only the clear singing of birds and the slight sound of the wind.They approached lightly, and carefully poked their heads into the half-covered door, only to find that their lord was still in the study, not going back to the bedroom to rest or going to the morning court, just sitting behind the table in front of the window, as quiet as a statue .
Jiang Zhanwei's facial lines are clean and tough, so the profile of his profile is particularly handsome. He sat there silently, with an indescribably lonely posture. He seemed to be thinking about someone, and he seemed to be thinking about someone after a busy night, what? I don't want to sit down for a while.
The two servants lowered their heads and quietly retreated out.
It wasn't until the evening of the seventh day that Jiang Zhanwei finally waited until Xia Xi found him again.
But I didn't expect Xia Xi to say goodbye when he opened his mouth.
"I came to the capital for the first time, and I had no place to go. I took the liberty to ask the prince to go to the palace. Living in the palace these days has caused a lot of inconvenience to the prince. Thanks to the prince for his kindness these days, I have found a place to stay. It’s not a bad place to be here.”
Jiang Zhanwei looked at Xia Xi stiffly, feeling as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him, and the joy that had just risen in his heart was completely wiped out.Xia Xi continued with a serious tone: "The words I said before were too abrupt and offensive. You should hate this very much, right? I'm really sorry..."
Xia Xi lowered his head and lowered his long eyelashes, as if he was really apologizing. Jiang Zhanwei looked at him without blinking, his eyes seemed to be on fire, and he raised his hand before he realized it, and grabbed his wrist , and then spat out a word: "No."
Xia Xi opened his eyes slightly, "Are you unwilling to accept my apology?" He wanted to withdraw his hand, but he didn't. He couldn't help but frowned, "I will leave early tomorrow morning, the board and lodging expenses I have spent these days It will also be handed over to the steward..."
Jiang Zhanwei looked at Xia Xi's ferocious and weird expression, and even his temperament was different. The hand pinching Xia Xi's wrist subconsciously tightened and tightened until he heard Xia Xi's painful cry, and then let go as if awakened. .
Xia Xi raised his sleeve, only to see a circle of bruises on his wrist. Jiang Zhanwei's heart trembled when he saw it. He subconsciously wanted to stretch out his hand to check, but Xia Xi backed away and avoided it.
Jiang Zhanwei's hand stayed in the air for a long time before retracting it, and his head was slightly lowered, his eyelashes cast a sad shadow because of this, and he looked pitiful.
Everyone knows that the King of War is young and mature, and he has great military achievements and reputation, and can even be used to scare children who cry in the middle of the night, so they forget that he is only in his 20s, and he also has his own true feelings.And he was standing so silent at this moment, far away from the vicious King of War in the usual rumors, just like an ordinary young man who has been wronged but can't speak.
"...I don't need your apology."
"Then what do you want?"
Jiang Zhanwei opened his mouth, but made no sound, and closed his eyes in pain.Speaking and expressing is very difficult for him, just like some people can make sweet words easily, but for some people, it is more difficult than a difficult negotiation or game.
Jiang Zhanwei didn't make it clear in the end, and only said a harsh sentence: "In short, you are not allowed to leave, I forbid you to just leave like this."
These words were sonorous and forceful, and were blown far, far away by the growing night wind, even the housekeeper and guards waiting outside could hear them.
The weather the next day was fine, neither windy nor rainy, and the atmosphere in the early morning was very peaceful, but Zhan Wang's face was always ugly.The morning court soon ended, but before the courtiers could rush home, they received news from the court again——an urgent report of a flood came from the river, and the recent torrential rain washed away the embankment.
This time the atmosphere in the court hall was no longer as peaceful as it was in the morning, but noisy and endlessly arguing. Jiang Zhanwei stood there, watching with cold eyes the two parties insisting on their own opinions, and his heart beat suddenly.
I can't tell what's wrong, it's just that my intuition is wrong.He has always trusted his intuition, because many times he has relied on intuition to save his life.
Jiang Zhanwei turned around suddenly, leaving behind all the officials in the court and the emperor who had no real power, and strode out of the palace gate.
He rode his horse and galloped all the way back to Zhanwang Mansion as fast as he could, and then went straight to the small courtyard where Xia Xi lived, but he didn't see Xia Xi's figure.
"Master Xia is going out," the housekeeper seemed equally anxious, "I didn't say where I was going..."
Before Jiang Zhanwei had time to ask the housekeeper why he didn't stop him, a vague thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't dare to think about it.Standing in Xia Xi's room, he saw that the room was empty and the bedding was neatly packed, as if no one had ever lived in it.
When the other party came, he had nothing on his body, and naturally he didn't need to bring anything when he left.Jiang Zhanwei walked to the table and saw a book on the table. It was a very ordinary miscellaneous diary about the customs of Kyoto, and it was turning to the page of Yanshan.
Yanshan Mountain is located in the outskirts of Beijing, and is famous for its beautiful scenery. The Zhenjue Temple on the mountain is even more famous. The abbot, Master Yiming, is a well-known eminent monk all over the world. Many people come to Zhenjue Temple every year.
Could it be that the place where the other party said to stay?
Jiang Zhanwei left the yard without saying a word, and rode his horse towards the city gate.
He regrets it now.No matter who is instigating Xia Xi behind the scenes, whether he is asking for power or death, as long as it does not exceed his bottom line, he is willing to agree.
When Jiang Zhanwei rode his horse to the city gate, it was already dark and the city gate had just been locked.
"Open the city gate!! Open the city gate quickly! Open the gate!!"
Jiang Zhanwei yelled loudly while taking out the token, and the dignity he had held for 25 years suddenly collapsed at this moment.The shout was so urgent that the gatekeeper only felt that it sounded extremely frightening, and panicked in his heart. He couldn't hold such a big key steadily, and he shook it a few times before inserting it into the lock.The door on this side has just been pushed open a little bit, only to see that one person and one rider have already rushed out like arrows leaving the string.
Jiang Zhanwei rode his horse and galloped wildly, whipping the whip fiercely, the reins made deep marks on his hands, and the night wind blew in his ears.At this time, he lost his normal ability to think, he didn't care about anything, he didn't think about anything, he only had one thought in his mind: to chase Xia Xi back.
I don't know how long I ran, my hands hurt from being strangled by the reins, but the long road seemed to have no end.
Finally, Jiang Zhanwei reined in his horse and stopped on the long empty road.
The bodyguard who caught up saw Jiang Zhanwei silently looking into the distance, obviously without any expression, but it was clear that his emotions had reached a certain critical point.As if under enormous invisible pressure, invisible cracks climbed up his body inch by inch, and would shatter when a gust of wind blew through.
Water is the purest, and everything can be seen clearly through it, but the refraction of light will add an inexplicable magical flavor to everything.Jiang Zhanwei, as if possessed by a demon, stretched out his hand to gently caress Xia Xi's face. Xia Xi's skin was itchy from Jiang Zhanwei's touch, and he opened his mouth like a tantrum kitten and bit his finger.
Sharp pain came from the fingertips immediately, and Jiang Zhanwei trembled slightly when he was caught off guard.Probably knowing that he bit too hard, Xia Xi licked his fingertips with his tongue again, like eating delicious candy.
His tongue was very soft, and he licked the fingertips full of nerve endings. The ten fingers connected to the heart, and the fire in Jiang Zhanwei's heart burned even more intensely.Before meeting Xia Xi, he always felt that there was something missing in his life, and his whole body was floating in mid-air, unable to realize it. It wasn't until he saw Xia Xi that day that he felt that his feet had really touched the ground.Jiang Zhanwei ignored his pounding heartbeat and heavy breathing, tried his best to keep his voice steady, and whispered in Xia Xi's ear, "It might hurt. I'll try to be as light as possible, don't fight with me."
While speaking, he wrapped Xia Xi's waist with his strong right arm, and firmly restrained the other's body.In this kind of thing, his desire to possess and control is a little scary.
"But if you can't stand it, you can call me by my name." Jiang Zhanwei paused, and his voice became extremely gentle again, "I will stop."
He didn't allow the other party to struggle to refuse, because he secretly felt that he had been rejected by the other party too many times, so he couldn't hear him say no, but he acquiesced in another way to say no.
- Just call my name and I'll stop.
Xia Xi's pair of black eyes looking at Jiang Zhanwei are still as lazy and misty as before, but there is hidden sharpness reflected in them, intertwined with a kind of soul-stirring temptation.But the temptation was quickly covered by the long, trembling eyelashes, which involuntarily drooped lower and lower, until finally they completely blocked the eyes.
The boy who was fussy before and didn't want to sleep just closed his eyes and fell asleep soundly.
Jiang Zhanwei stared blankly at Xia Xi's sleeping face, and after a while he gradually extricated himself from the enchanted feeling just now, took several deep breaths, and tried his best to calm down the double agitation both physically and mentally.Xia Xi looked as good-looking when she was asleep as when she was awake, her eyes were tightly closed, her pouty lips were slightly parted, and a line of white teeth could be vaguely seen.The feeling of obsession had just faded away, and Jiang Zhanwei suddenly had another crazy idea.
He leaned down, just like when Xia Xi asked him for a drink before, and gently kissed Xia Xi's lips.
Although he was mentally prepared enough this time, the moment his lips touched, he still felt an electric current no less than last time, and a burst of numbness spread from the lips to the spine and then spread to the whole body.
——That crazy idea was to kiss him.Jiang Zhanwei, who originally only wanted to taste it, couldn't take it back for a while, and invaded inch by inch along the beautiful lip line of the other party. He could feel the indescribable sweetness in the other party's mouth, even his breath was sweet, and he even heard the flower buds in his brain. It opened with a snap, and the strong floral fragrance anesthetized his soul.
Drunk people tend to sleep fast and deeply. Xia Xi fell into a deep sleep in a blink of an eye. Jiang Zhanwei wanted to leave, but he hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't move. He first raised his hand to cover Xia Xi's body with a thin blanket, and then Carefully and slowly move out the hand he was pressing on his side, so as not to block the blood from his pressure, and finally went to bed, lying gently next to Xia Xi.
Xia Xi slept very peacefully that night, but Jiang Zhanwei didn't sleep all night.You have to carefully adjust your posture so that the boy who unknowingly rolled into your arms can sleep comfortably, and you have to work hard to relax the tense and stiff muscles so as not to make the other person uncomfortable, and you have to use strong self-control to react yourself A certain part of the body is held back, and every minute and every second is very difficult.
But the body huddled in his arms was slender and soft, as if it was born to fit in his arms, and the sleeping face made him so fond of it that he didn't know what to do, even his heart constricted slightly with the shallow breathing.Jiang Zhanwei never pushed Xia Xi away, nor got up to leave, and even felt an indescribable reluctance at dawn, feeling that the night passed so quickly.
When Xia Xi woke up the next morning, Jiang Zhanwei had already left.
But it's not that Jiang Zhanwei left too early, but that Xia Xi woke up too late.Xia Xi slept very comfortably this time, and she didn't get up until noon, so she naturally missed breakfast, so while eating breakfast, the housekeeper reported to Jiang Zhanwei that Mr. Xia didn't come to eat this morning.
The housekeeper originally wanted to help Xia Xi show his presence, and didn't expect to get a response from Jiang Zhanwei, but unexpectedly Jiang Zhanwei said: "He may have to sleep for a while, and when he wakes up, you can ask someone to deliver the food directly to him." past."
The housekeeper hurriedly responded, even his eyes lit up as if he had discovered some new land.
Jiang Zhanwei was as busy today as yesterday, but he came back much later than yesterday.Because yesterday's mind-wandering did not affect his work efficiency, but today's mind-wandering has really affected him.Although others can't see the problem, and even the most familiar subordinates only think that he is thinking, but Jiang Zhanwei himself knows it very well.
Xia Xi wasn't there for breakfast, and Jiang Zhanwei wasn't there for dinner, and the housekeeper didn't know what he had imagined, with a depressed expression on his face.The weather tonight is also very stuffy, there is no moon or stars, it looks like it is going to rain, and there is a strong wind.
The study room where Jiang Zhanwei lives closes the doors and windows tightly at all times, no matter how strong the wind can get in, but today, for some reason, the windows and the door are opened a small crack, and only a branch of pink and white leaves is seen. The hibiscus bloomed in the wind, and floated into the house through the crack of the window as if consciously.
Jiang Zhanwei was reading a book when he suddenly saw a table of flower petals. Before he could be surprised, a gust of wind blew up and the petals disappeared without a trace. At the same time, Xia Xi appeared with a food box in one hand and a lantern in the other. outside the door.
If he hadn't felt Xia Xi's heartbeat and ordinary people's inadvertence when sleeping in the same bed with Xia Xi last night, Jiang Zhanwei would have almost thought that Xia Xi had changed from flower petals, but this idea is too absurd. Jiang Zhanwei collected himself and asked with a straight face: "How did you come?"
If you don't look at the hidden expectation hidden deep in his eyes, and just listen to his blunt tone, you will really think that he is angry or questioning.Of course, even if Jiang Zhanwei is really angry, Xia Xi is not afraid, just walk into the room and say, "I'll bring you a midnight snack."
"No need," Jiang Zhanwei refused, "I'm not hungry."
"But I'm a little hungry." Xia Xi smiled at him, "you can eat with me."
"I don't have the habit of eating late at night." Jiang Zhanwei's self-discipline was engraved in his bones, and he never ate during non-meal time. He refused again: "It's going to rain heavily, you should go back, and don't come so late in the future."
"But I want to come here to please you." Xia Xi rolled his eyelashes, still smiling at Jiang Zhanwei, "I want you to like me, so of course I'm here to please you."
This kind of laughter always made Jiang Zhanwei's heart harden again, and even produced a small electric current from the nameless place, which made his whole body numb and his mind dizzy.It feels like the other party has always been like this, with a sweet and soft smile, and no other emotions can be seen, which makes it easy for people to let go of their guard.
But he overlooked the most important point: it is impossible for a normal person to have no emotions.If a person can show such a sweet smile no matter what they face, it is enough to show that this person is cold-blooded and ruthless from the side.
Besides being ruthless, Xia Xi is also arrogant, arbitrary, and full of desire to control.If you only look at his heart and means, then there is no problem, but if you set your sights on him, you may be in full bloom one second, and step into the bottomless abyss the next.
While Jiang Zhanwei was in a daze, Xia Xi took out the food in the food box one by one, picked up the best-looking crystal shrimp dumpling and tasted it.After swallowing it slowly, he took one and brought it to Jiang Zhanwei's mouth, "It tastes very good, you want to eat one too?"
Jiang Zhanwei couldn't advance or retreat with the hand that was hanging in the air and couldn't take it back, so he could only open his mouth.In fact, this action reflects Xia Xi's true personality, he likes to be anti-client, and wants to take the initiative in everything.It's a pity that Jiang Zhanwei's whole body froze because of Xia Xi's next words, and he almost spit out the shrimp dumpling he just ate: "Did you sleep comfortably with me last night?"
Jiang Zhanwei didn't know how to answer, so he could only say: "You were drunk last night, so..."
"Well, I was drunk last night." Xia Xi nodded, looked at Jiang Zhanwei and said, "When I'm drunk, everything becomes blurred and I can't see clearly at all, but you are the only one who has become clear and slightly glowing. "
The provocative words are sprinkled out without money, and no matter whether Jiang Zhanwei can bear it or not, Jiang Zhanwei just feels that his whole heart is about to boil, gurgling hot water, the inside is almost boiled, and the outside still needs to be maintained With a cold face, it was really hard work.
Xia Xi pretended not to notice, filled two more bowls of lotus seed porridge, put one in front of her, and handed the other to Jiang Zhanwei.Jiang Zhanwei had just broken the precept of not eating, and now there is no point in refusing, so he took the bowl.
"Is it good to drink?"
Jiang Zhanwei hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"I made this porridge," Xia Xi said, "so it's your turn to make it for me next time."
"I don't know how to make porridge." Jiang Zhanwei said seriously: "...I only know how to fight."
Xia Xi stopped obsessing about cooking porridge, but brought the topic to war, "I heard that once you used only 2 people to defeat the enemy's [-] soldiers." Xia Xi put down the spoon, "There are so many soldiers and horses, just listening to it makes people feel scared. Were you afraid at that time?"
Jiang Zhanwei was slightly taken aback.After hearing his achievements, most people would only flatter or flatter him, and some political opponents would preach how vicious he was, but no one had ever asked him if he was afraid, and he never thought about whether he was afraid.He suddenly remembered that when his mother and concubine passed away when he was seven years old, he hid in a remote corner of the palace wall and cried until it was dark and the sun had completely set, and no one came to him.He can't love himself, so no one in this world will love him anymore.
Similarly, he can't show any timidity in front of others, so no one thinks he will be afraid.
Looking back now, he was actually a little scared at the time, because he had no way out except victory.But Jiang Zhanwei didn't answer Xia Xi's question, but said something else inexplicably: "I once saw a hibiscus flower."
He paused for a while, and then said: "I always thought it was a peony.
These words are really a bit out of the blue, and if someone else listens to them, they will definitely find it inexplicable, but Xia Xi's expression is very peaceful, without showing any strangeness or surprise, he just asked: "Why did you confuse Furong with Peony? They The difference is still huge.”
"Before I was six years old, I was a cripple who couldn't walk on both legs. I had never seen a peony or a lotus." Xi said, "I only heard that peony is the most beautiful flower from the drama that the eunuch said."
Knowing that the person in front of him was just a soul fragment without memory, Xia Xi couldn't help asking: "Do you still remember what happened at that time?"
Jiang Zhanwei frowned slightly, "I don't remember clearly, I always feel that I have lost a memory..."
It may be because Xia Xi's expression has always been peaceful, and Jiang Zhanwei didn't feel any rejection, or the night wind tonight was too strong, which made people feel ups and downs. He was ridiculed by the eldest prince again, and was thrown into an abandoned palace, where he fell in the bushes and could not get out. After a long time, he suddenly saw a faint light from the corner of the wall. It was a flower slowly blooming, fantasy And beautiful, I always remember its appearance, and I have never forgotten it."
He seldom speaks so much, so the word order is a bit confusing, and the pause time is also fast and slow. If it is another person, he will definitely not be able to understand.But Xia Xi knew very well in his heart, because it was a fact that had happened in the original world, and Xia Xi couldn't help asking again what he had asked in the original world, "It's just a one-sided relationship, why do you remember?" So deep?"
Jiang Zhanwei was silent for a while, "...I was able to stand up again because of it. It saved me."
"Maybe he didn't think about saving you, and you don't need anyone to save you." Xia Xi's tone was faintly more urgent, "It may only be a matter of time before your leg, as long as you keep exercising and taking medicine, you will recover sooner or later... ..."
Jiang Zhanwei shook his head, "You don't understand."
It's different to try your best to get out of trouble by yourself, and to give salvation to others.The former will make people’s heart harden and cold little by little, but the latter will warm people up unknowingly, and will make people hope that even if they are in a remote dead end or in a deep quagmire, they can still have peace. Let the light come on.
And this light is very wonderful, you just carefully open the door of your heart a small crack, but the light will fill every corner of your heart.It's a pity that many people have waited for a lifetime, but they can't wait for such a person, such a beam of light.
Xia Xi failed to understand what Jiang Zhanwei meant, and even if he understood, he would never be able to understand Jiang Zhanwei's feelings.The moonlight that night was surprisingly bright, shining on the flower plate like a beam of light. The boy who had transformed into a figure among the flowers raised his head, and his eyes met the eyes of the boy in the bushes who was in a mess all over the place. The boy's black and white eyes His eyes seemed to be full of stars, and behind him was the sky full of stars.
The boy remembered it at a glance.
Sometimes the appearance of a person is very important. Some people are destined to be just passers-by who cannot be remembered, but some people can be deeply engraved in the mind and cannot be erased.
Jiang Zhanwei didn't speak anymore, neither did Xia Xi. The aroma of the food had already filled the whole room. The two of them sat together and finished their supper. Although they didn't say a word, the atmosphere was extremely comfortable and warm.This kind of indescribable warmth even made Jiang Zhanwei realize that the palace is not an empty mansion, but a place that can be called home.
His requirements for home are actually very simple, he only needs to have hot porridge every time he is hungry, look up every time he is sleepy, and have someone who makes him feel at ease by his side.Maybe home is not like this for others, but home is so simple for Jiang Zhanwei.He has lived for so many years, and has tasted all the wind and rain, and now he realizes this feeling. Although it is a bit late, this feeling unexpectedly makes him extremely relaxed physically and mentally.
It's a pity that it didn't take long for Xia Xi to relax before he became nervous again: "Are you going to sleep with me tonight?"
Xia Xi was wearing plain white clothes, her face was delicate and cold, and her expression was open and serious, but under the lamplight, her eyes glowed with an indescribably strange light, captivating people's hearts and souls.Jiang Zhanwei was stunned, and said a little stammeringly: "No, I won't go."
"Why don't you go?" Xia Xi asked suspiciously: "You slept with my arms around me last night, don't you like my body very much?"
"..."
Jiang Zhanwei's ears began to turn red.He even wanted to rush out the door, but when he lifted his foot, he realized that this was his study, and the person who left should be the other party.The already cold face was tightened, and it seemed that even the eyelashes were serious, "Go back. I still have a lot of things to do."
Xia Xi didn't bother, and readily agreed, "Okay then, I'll come to you tomorrow."
But Xia Xi failed to see Jiang Zhanwei the next day.
Jiang Zhanwei was obviously hiding from Xia Xi on purpose, not even at breakfast and dinner, at night Xia Xi went to the study to look for him, but he was nowhere to be seen, asked the housekeeper and guards, but couldn't explain clearly .
He couldn't see Xia Xi for the past two days, but Jiang Zhanwei didn't find his peace because of this.
He never knew that it was so easy to get used to a person's existence. When there was no gaze cast on him, when there was no smile on him, when the room turned back to a room of silence, there was nothing in his heart. It was empty, as if something had been lost.
On the third day, Jiang Zhanwei went back to the palace silently.He no longer intentionally avoided Xia Xi, and even broke the habit of closing all the doors and windows tightly, but instead concealed the doors and half-opened the windows as if waiting for someone.
It's a pity he didn't get anything.
Xia Xi didn't look for Jiang Zhanwei anymore, nor asked the housekeeper and guards for news about him, as if he had been forgotten.Jiang Zhanwei waited for several days without any further movement from Xia Xi, and became inexplicably anxious.
——Isn't the other party going to approach him to complete the task?Shouldn't he be like those people before, rushing to use all kinds of means to attract his attention, what kind of beauties are scheming and scheming, emerging in endlessly every day?
Could it be playing hard to get?
Jiang Zhanwei stood up, walked around, looked at the hibiscus flowers outside the window, sat down slowly after a while, and picked up the book on the table again.
It was Xia Xi who should be in a hurry. Since Xia Xi was not in a hurry, he shouldn't be in a hurry either.
Well, he's in no hurry.
He is in no rush.
The two servants who were in charge of cleaning the study room came in to do the cleaning as usual—they only had half an hour a day to enter the study room.The servants came a little earlier today, and the surroundings of the study were very quiet, only the clear singing of birds and the slight sound of the wind.They approached lightly, and carefully poked their heads into the half-covered door, only to find that their lord was still in the study, not going back to the bedroom to rest or going to the morning court, just sitting behind the table in front of the window, as quiet as a statue .
Jiang Zhanwei's facial lines are clean and tough, so the profile of his profile is particularly handsome. He sat there silently, with an indescribably lonely posture. He seemed to be thinking about someone, and he seemed to be thinking about someone after a busy night, what? I don't want to sit down for a while.
The two servants lowered their heads and quietly retreated out.
It wasn't until the evening of the seventh day that Jiang Zhanwei finally waited until Xia Xi found him again.
But I didn't expect Xia Xi to say goodbye when he opened his mouth.
"I came to the capital for the first time, and I had no place to go. I took the liberty to ask the prince to go to the palace. Living in the palace these days has caused a lot of inconvenience to the prince. Thanks to the prince for his kindness these days, I have found a place to stay. It’s not a bad place to be here.”
Jiang Zhanwei looked at Xia Xi stiffly, feeling as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him, and the joy that had just risen in his heart was completely wiped out.Xia Xi continued with a serious tone: "The words I said before were too abrupt and offensive. You should hate this very much, right? I'm really sorry..."
Xia Xi lowered his head and lowered his long eyelashes, as if he was really apologizing. Jiang Zhanwei looked at him without blinking, his eyes seemed to be on fire, and he raised his hand before he realized it, and grabbed his wrist , and then spat out a word: "No."
Xia Xi opened his eyes slightly, "Are you unwilling to accept my apology?" He wanted to withdraw his hand, but he didn't. He couldn't help but frowned, "I will leave early tomorrow morning, the board and lodging expenses I have spent these days It will also be handed over to the steward..."
Jiang Zhanwei looked at Xia Xi's ferocious and weird expression, and even his temperament was different. The hand pinching Xia Xi's wrist subconsciously tightened and tightened until he heard Xia Xi's painful cry, and then let go as if awakened. .
Xia Xi raised his sleeve, only to see a circle of bruises on his wrist. Jiang Zhanwei's heart trembled when he saw it. He subconsciously wanted to stretch out his hand to check, but Xia Xi backed away and avoided it.
Jiang Zhanwei's hand stayed in the air for a long time before retracting it, and his head was slightly lowered, his eyelashes cast a sad shadow because of this, and he looked pitiful.
Everyone knows that the King of War is young and mature, and he has great military achievements and reputation, and can even be used to scare children who cry in the middle of the night, so they forget that he is only in his 20s, and he also has his own true feelings.And he was standing so silent at this moment, far away from the vicious King of War in the usual rumors, just like an ordinary young man who has been wronged but can't speak.
"...I don't need your apology."
"Then what do you want?"
Jiang Zhanwei opened his mouth, but made no sound, and closed his eyes in pain.Speaking and expressing is very difficult for him, just like some people can make sweet words easily, but for some people, it is more difficult than a difficult negotiation or game.
Jiang Zhanwei didn't make it clear in the end, and only said a harsh sentence: "In short, you are not allowed to leave, I forbid you to just leave like this."
These words were sonorous and forceful, and were blown far, far away by the growing night wind, even the housekeeper and guards waiting outside could hear them.
The weather the next day was fine, neither windy nor rainy, and the atmosphere in the early morning was very peaceful, but Zhan Wang's face was always ugly.The morning court soon ended, but before the courtiers could rush home, they received news from the court again——an urgent report of a flood came from the river, and the recent torrential rain washed away the embankment.
This time the atmosphere in the court hall was no longer as peaceful as it was in the morning, but noisy and endlessly arguing. Jiang Zhanwei stood there, watching with cold eyes the two parties insisting on their own opinions, and his heart beat suddenly.
I can't tell what's wrong, it's just that my intuition is wrong.He has always trusted his intuition, because many times he has relied on intuition to save his life.
Jiang Zhanwei turned around suddenly, leaving behind all the officials in the court and the emperor who had no real power, and strode out of the palace gate.
He rode his horse and galloped all the way back to Zhanwang Mansion as fast as he could, and then went straight to the small courtyard where Xia Xi lived, but he didn't see Xia Xi's figure.
"Master Xia is going out," the housekeeper seemed equally anxious, "I didn't say where I was going..."
Before Jiang Zhanwei had time to ask the housekeeper why he didn't stop him, a vague thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't dare to think about it.Standing in Xia Xi's room, he saw that the room was empty and the bedding was neatly packed, as if no one had ever lived in it.
When the other party came, he had nothing on his body, and naturally he didn't need to bring anything when he left.Jiang Zhanwei walked to the table and saw a book on the table. It was a very ordinary miscellaneous diary about the customs of Kyoto, and it was turning to the page of Yanshan.
Yanshan Mountain is located in the outskirts of Beijing, and is famous for its beautiful scenery. The Zhenjue Temple on the mountain is even more famous. The abbot, Master Yiming, is a well-known eminent monk all over the world. Many people come to Zhenjue Temple every year.
Could it be that the place where the other party said to stay?
Jiang Zhanwei left the yard without saying a word, and rode his horse towards the city gate.
He regrets it now.No matter who is instigating Xia Xi behind the scenes, whether he is asking for power or death, as long as it does not exceed his bottom line, he is willing to agree.
When Jiang Zhanwei rode his horse to the city gate, it was already dark and the city gate had just been locked.
"Open the city gate!! Open the city gate quickly! Open the gate!!"
Jiang Zhanwei yelled loudly while taking out the token, and the dignity he had held for 25 years suddenly collapsed at this moment.The shout was so urgent that the gatekeeper only felt that it sounded extremely frightening, and panicked in his heart. He couldn't hold such a big key steadily, and he shook it a few times before inserting it into the lock.The door on this side has just been pushed open a little bit, only to see that one person and one rider have already rushed out like arrows leaving the string.
Jiang Zhanwei rode his horse and galloped wildly, whipping the whip fiercely, the reins made deep marks on his hands, and the night wind blew in his ears.At this time, he lost his normal ability to think, he didn't care about anything, he didn't think about anything, he only had one thought in his mind: to chase Xia Xi back.
I don't know how long I ran, my hands hurt from being strangled by the reins, but the long road seemed to have no end.
Finally, Jiang Zhanwei reined in his horse and stopped on the long empty road.
The bodyguard who caught up saw Jiang Zhanwei silently looking into the distance, obviously without any expression, but it was clear that his emotions had reached a certain critical point.As if under enormous invisible pressure, invisible cracks climbed up his body inch by inch, and would shatter when a gust of wind blew through.
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