forced into marriage

After lunch, Chu Yu was almost always handling official business in the pavilion in Lin Xi's courtyard, but Lin Xi was surprisingly quiet today, sitting on the swing next to him, cross-legged on the back of the chair, watching him deal with it.

As the night darkened, Lin Xi finished his dinner early and ran back to his room. The people at the dining table didn't understand why.

After finishing their meals, they went back to their rooms to rest, and Chu Yu naturally went to Lin Xi's room as he did last time.

but……

He originally wanted to sleep on the floor like last time, but when he entered the room, he saw that there was no bedding on the floor, so he walked to the soft couch, but...

"When applying the medicine just now, Xiao Ran accidentally put some water on it." Seeing him standing there in a daze, Lin Xi hurriedly explained.

On the other side, Xiao Ran, who was about to go to bed, sneezed on the bed.

Chu Yu instantly felt helpless and funny, because he really didn't want to sleep in the same room with him.

Thinking about it, he was about to leave when Lin Xi stopped him suddenly.

"The quilt is gone, the couch is wet, and at this time...Xiao Ran and the others should have rested, or else..." He paused for a moment, and Chu Yu turned to look at him, waiting for him to finish.

"It's...here."

Lin Xi lowered his head, and he held the hand of the quilt tightly. He was looking forward to Chu Yu's answer, but he was afraid that what he heard would not be the answer he wanted.

After a while, he didn't hear the answer he wanted. It can be said that... There was no sound. He looked up and saw that Chu Yu was walking towards the door.

"What are you doing?" He sat up straight suddenly, ready to get out of bed to stop him, but in the next second, Chu Yu's words made him stop again.

"Close the door, you can't let the wind blow all night because your legs are not good."

"Oh." Hearing his answer, Lin Xi felt relieved.

After Chu Yu closed the door, he walked in. Seeing him coming, Lin Xi quickly sat back on the bed and moved inside.

After he sat down, without saying a word, he directly grabbed Lin Xi's leg, took a handkerchief from the side, and began to wipe Lin Xi's feet that had stepped on the ground just now: "You are not afraid of the wind and cold at this time of year."

The warm feeling from the kerchief spread all over his body from the soles of his feet, and at the same time, Chu Yu's fingers touched his skin, resulting in a tingling sensation, which made him feel uncomfortable, and immediately stretched his legs back.

"It's a little itchy, I... I'll do it myself." He grabbed the handkerchief from Chu Yu's hand and wiped it off as quickly as possible.

The things in his hand were snatched away, and Chu Yu, who was standing there, withdrew his hand, and when he finished, he took the handkerchief and put it aside.

At the same time as he put the kerchief, Lin Xi immediately turned over and lay down with his back to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu also lay down with his back facing him.

There was a long silence between the two.

During this time, Lin Xi was thinking all the time.

what to do!Do you want to talk? No, what if everyone falls asleep...

Anyway, all he was thinking about was how to alleviate this... embarrassment.

Suddenly Chu Yu turned over, Lin Xi's whole body was tense at this moment, but he tried to relax as if he was asleep.

His eyes were also tightly shut.

Chu Yu turned over just to help him cover the quilt...Of course not.

After covering it, Chu Yu spoke.

"Lin Xi..." He called out Lin Xi's name, and then he paused before speaking again, "In the past, Lin Yu didn't understand what kind of feelings he had for you, but now Chu Yu understands, I love you, I am happy with you, and I hope to protect you forever and be happy.”

What kind of confession is this?Why is it a bit sloppy?

And... a bit unlike him.

However, after hearing these words, Lin Xi's hands hidden in the bedding had already clenched into fists.

What should I do now, continue to pretend to be asleep, or... face it?

oops!do not care!When Chu Yu said those words, Lin Xi's mind was full of what Yan Qi said to him that day.

When Chu Yu was about to turn over, Lin Xi also turned over, facing him, but still pretending to sleep with his eyes closed, Lin Xi wrapped his arms around his waist, and buried his head in his arms.

He was obviously pretending to be asleep, but Chu Yu didn't know it, so he just thought he was really asleep, and this series of actions was just that he was sleeping dishonestly.

"It's not honest to sleep." He gently touched Lin Xi's head, and then helped him cover the quilt that had been lifted.

When he was covering the quilt, Lin Xi's voice made him stop, but he soon regained his senses.

He thought that Lin Xi was talking in his sleep, and it was very quiet, so it didn't matter anymore. After covering Lin Xi with the quilt, Lin Xi spoke again.

This time he heard it, and Lin Xi poked his head out to look at him, just as Chu Yu also looked down at him in shock.

"I heard..."

This made Chu Yu, who was calm in dealing with things, feel panic for the first time, and the hand covering the quilt stopped there: "Did you hear everything?"

Lin Xi answered him.

Chu Yu didn't care, just listen to it, anyway, he will know sooner or later.

He asked, "Then you...do you still hate me?"

He didn't ask if Lin Xi was the same as him, but asked from another perspective, at least whether Lin Xi hated it or not, it was a chance for him...but he wanted to hear what he wanted answer.

"Hate it..." Chu Yu didn't want to hear this answer, but Lin Xi had already said it, and he couldn't let others say it again.

At first, his heart was already broken, but Lin Xi's answer later brought him back to life.

After a while, I feel really bad. Can I finish my sentence at once, and it is such a particularly important moment.

"I hate that you want to appear as Lin Yu, hate that you don't tell me who you are, hate that you lied to me, hate why you didn't tell me earlier, it makes me hesitate."

After listening to Lin Xi's words, Chu Yu's eyes seemed to be so gentle that water flowed out, and he hugged Lin Xi tightly: "No, no matter when."

The next morning.

Today, Chu Yu was going to go to court as before, so Lin Xi was asked to go back first, or wait for him to come back to pick him up.

Originally, Lin Xi wanted to stay at home for a while, but he couldn't bear the "dislike" of his own parents, mother, and sister, so he insisted on going back, so he had no choice but to go back after breakfast .

Because he was worried that he would be taken away again, he asked Su Qing to protect him.

When Lin Xi got into the carriage, he saw Su Qing pulling the rein: "Why don't you take off the mask, because you still think it looks more pleasing to the eye before."

Su Qing was not surprised, listened to his words, and took off the mask.

Lin Xi nodded in satisfaction, and then went in.

After saying goodbye to their parents and sister, they drove away.

As soon as he drove to the market, some arrows flew out from nowhere, aiming at Qingqing.

Strange, shouldn't it be Chong Linxi?Why are they all rushing to purge.

Fortunately, Qing Qing reacted quickly and blocked it in time.

"My lord, are you alright?" Xiao Ran quickly opened the curtain to check.

Lin Xi leaned against the inner wall of the carriage, as if frightened, his body was still trembling slightly, he forced himself to calm down: "No, it's all right."

I planned to pack it up again and continue to drive back, but another arrow flew out, breaking the rope between the horse and the carriage.

The horse was frightened, broke free from the rope completely, and rushed forward.

The people on the street who saw the arrow flying out just now ran to hide, but came out again when they saw that there was no danger.

The horse kept charging forward regardless of whether there was anyone in front of it, and when Qu Qing saw this, he hurried forward to give chase.

Fortunately, the speed was fast enough. Before the horse hit the person, he got on the horse's back and stopped it forcefully.

After Su Qing stopped the horse and turned the horse's head to one side, he sat on the horse's back and looked down at the frightened person sitting on the ground.

He was dressed in white brocade clothes of cranes in the cloud, with a few strands of hair hanging down his forehead, but he was frightened by this, and those few strands of hair were also messed up, and there were some calligraphy and paintings messed up beside him, the man raised his head with fear in his eyes Looked clear.

Su Qing dismounted to check whether the man was injured, but Lin Xi was worried about hurting others, so seeing him go up to hold the horse, he hurried to check.

"Are you okay?" Su Qing helped him up, and Xiao Ran and Lin Xi helped pick up the calligraphy and painting beside him.

The man straightened his clothes, dusted off the dust on his clothes, took the calligraphy and painting from Lin Xi and Xiao Ran's hands, and quickly thanked them.

Lin Xi waved his hand immediately: "No, don't thank you. We should apologize to you. If our horse hadn't been frightened and broke the rope, it wouldn't have hit you, so I'm sorry."

"It's okay, it didn't hit me, I was scared and fell down by myself."

……

These two people are saying that it is their own fault, not the other party's fault.

"Anyway, it's our fault first. If you get hurt somewhere, you must tell us."

Seeing the man still wanting to say something, Lin Xi immediately took the lead.

The man had no choice but to agree.

"By the way, what's your name, we have to know who we bumped into."

"My surname is Xie, and my name is Yuncen."

ah? "Which word?"

"Xie's Immortal View sends Yun Cen, and rocks and radishes blow the ground to become cloudy."

Because he didn't study honestly since he was a child, he didn't know what Xie Yuncen was. He looked at Xiao Ran and asked for an explanation.

"My lord, this is a poem from the Five Dynasties Niu Xiji's "Linjiang Immortals Qiaobi Zancha Twelve Peaks." Xiao Ran bent down and explained to Lin Xi in a low voice.

How could Lin Xi understand this: "I don't understand, please speak simply."

Xiao Ran was embarrassed, but Xie Yuncen explained it to Lin Xi.

"This thank you is..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Lin Xi: "I know which word Xie and Yun are, but I want to know the last word."

"There is a character for mountain on the top and a character for jin on the bottom, which means Cen."

Yun Ling Yun Shu, from the present sound of the mountain.Yun Cen

Now Lin Xi understood which word it was.

"My name is Lin Xi, you should know the word." He introduced to Xie Yuncen one by one, "This is Xiao Ran, and that one is Su Qing."

"My lord, at this hour, His Highness will be back soon." Su Qing whispered beside him.

Yes, I have to go back quickly.

"Well, remember to come to us if you are injured, we have to go back first."

Before Xie Yuncen could answer, he dragged Xiao Ran and Su Qing to the carriage.

Xie Yuncen looked at the backs of the three of them, not knowing what to say.

After Qingqing re-tied the rope and checked it carefully, he drove to Prince Ning's mansion again.

When passing by Xie Yuncen's side, he stuck his head out of the window to say goodbye to Xie Yuncen.

"What's wrong, son? Since you woke up this morning, you've been very happy until now. Did you encounter something happy, or did you dream about something?" Facing Lin Xi's anomaly, Xiao Ran thought it was just from the beginning. He was happy after finally getting a good night's sleep, but he couldn't be happy for so long.

Lin Xi dismissed him, put down the curtain again, secretly happy inside.

Suddenly, Su Qing, who rarely spoke, spoke.

"My lord, it's because of His Highness."