"Yes, yes, I dare not be ungrateful, let alone derelict in my duties." Caizhou Mansion kowtowed deeply with tears in his eyes.
After that, he paused for a moment, and finally turned to Ke'er and kowtowed deeply.
"Ah? No, no, no!" Ke'er hurriedly waved her hands and wanted to reach out to help, but Ao Chenye seemed to accidentally put his arm around her shoulders. She was unable to move and could only "obediently" accept Caizhou Mansion's kowtow.
She looked at him out of the corner of her eye, but saw that his expression was so tough that she didn't want to say anything more. She didn't want to argue with him at this time, so she had to stay silent and let him take control. It didn't matter anyway.
What happened to her?
…
After coming out of the courtroom, the two of them walked together in the deserted streets, and she walked silently with her head lowered.
From the corner of her eye, she glanced at the man walking beside her from time to time. He didn't say anything and just walked beside her.
After a while, Ke'er finally couldn't hold it in anymore and spoke first: "That... Your Majesty..."
"Call me Ao Chenye!" His tone contained a hint of a reminder that he could not refuse.
Ke'er raised his head depressedly, glanced sideways, and glanced at him in confusion.
Why is he so insistent on asking her to call him by his name? They don't know each other very well!
Moreover, their identities are very different at the moment.
After thinking about it, Ke'er found the best reason to refuse - "How is that possible? I'm just a common man, how can I call you by your name!"
"Ao Chen Ye!" His dark eyes locked her resisting eyes intently, his tone was filled with suffocating insistence, and his voice sounded a bit like a child who was having trouble.
Looking at his persistent and childish expression, Ke'er couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
My high and mighty king, would you please stop arguing with me at this juncture?
However, if he wants to do something, I'm afraid no one can change it.
"Okay, okay, thank you for your grace, Ao Chenye!" Ke'er reluctantly compromised.
Hoho, why do you feel that their conversation is so similar to before? No, it is exactly the same!
She didn't want to go back to the past at all. Why did he still struggle with it? It was not good for them both. It was just one more pain. What was the point?
"Well, just tell me if you have anything to say." His thin lips were raised slightly, obviously he was very pleased with her compromise.
Ke'er resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She was no longer the cute little girl he doted on before, and she couldn't let him tease her into oblivion again.
Take a deep breath secretly and keep your mind intact.
Then, with a businesslike look, she said, "Thank you for helping me out just now."
Hearing this, his dark eyes stared at her more deeply, and as if to imply something, he said with a profound charm: "You're welcome, whether it was just now or... I will help you in the future."
Ke'er was stunned, looked at him, and inadvertently touched his deep eyes. In those bottomless charming eyes, there was a fiery light that made people's hearts beat faintly. She hurriedly averted her gaze, not wanting to
To explore what is the fire in his eyes?
So, the two of them didn't speak again and continued to walk together quietly.
After a while, Ke'er struggled in her heart - in fact, although he had hurt her before, he had saved her now.
Moreover, he is now acquainted with Young Master Ke'er, and Young Master Ke'er doesn't really have any deep grudge against Ao Chenye except for being almost molested.
If he was in trouble, she shouldn't just sit idly by.
All right!
After taking a deep breath, she finally figured it out.
Stopping, she turned sideways to face him and said seriously: "Actually, there is something I have always wanted to tell you."
Seeing the seriousness on her face, Ao Chenye raised his brows and his phoenix eyes shone with interest: "What's so serious?"
"That's it... it's about the oiran Peony of Xianyun Tower. I once saw her with a man named Xing Mo, and a woman named Yang Xi. I heard their words seem to be about
It's not good for you, you have to be careful in the future."
She was finally willing to remind him of this!
After all, she still cares about him!
Ao Chenye felt agitated and stared at her with burning eyes: "Oh? How did you know?"
In fact, when he found her outside Mo Palace that night during the siege of Mo Palace, he knew that she must know something. She didn't tell him because she still had a grudge against him and refused to have anything to do with him.
Relationship.
Now, she is finally willing to take the initiative to bring it up. She is not afraid that he will ask further and may discover her true identity. Does this mean... that she is actually no longer so alienated from him in her heart?
Ke'er twisted her sleeves in a panic, her eyes flickering slightly: "Well... Peony is the oiran of Xianyun Tower, and I am a servant of Xianyun Tower. I saw it accidentally once."
She couldn't tell him that she had been to Mo Palace with Xue Po. Xue Po already knew her identity. If he knew that she had been with Xue Po, then he would definitely know from Xue Po that she was the Bai he knew.
Kerr.
It is estimated that by then, they will not even have the opportunity to talk face to face and peacefully like now, and he... will probably threaten her life to take away the purple gold bracelet.
So, why bother letting each other fall into a place of eternal destruction?
Ao Chenye didn't ask any more questions, he just looked at her silently.
Seeing her panic, seeing the unconcealable bitterness on her face...
There was a sharp pain in his heart.
She didn't believe what he said about love last night, maybe, it should be said...she didn't dare to believe him anymore.
It doesn't matter, if he stands in front of her like this and doesn't reveal her identity, she won't run away from him because of her past pain.
As long as they can be together like this often, he believes that one day he will let her trust him again.
Most definitely!
What's more important at the moment is confirmation - "So you heard it without them noticing. Are you sure they didn't notice that you knew their secret?"
He raised his eyebrows slightly worriedly and asked seriously.
Ke'er shook his head: "No, they didn't find me, so I think the reason why Peony used me as bait in the back garden that night to make you fall into a trap was simply because he thought you... ahem, fell in love with me.
, so he will not leave me alone."
After saying that, her eyes drifted from side to side in embarrassment, not daring to look at his expression.
The corners of Ao Chenye's lips curled up slightly, and his voice had a consistently evil tone: "As expected of a person who has been around in the world, his eyesight is indeed very good. It is really impossible for me not to save you!"
"Is it because I look like the person you love?" Ke'er asked without realizing it.
He stared at her deeply and answered ambiguously: "You can say that."
Hearing such an answer, Kerr couldn't help but impulsively asked: "You said I look like her and my name is like her, so what is her last name?"
Looking at her slightly messy eyes, a soft smile appeared on Ao Chenye's lips.
She still cares about him after all, otherwise, she would not be upset because the woman he "loves" is not "him".
"Do you really want to know?" His eyes suddenly became unfathomable, and his enchanting phoenix eyes were filled with a sense of penetrating play, which made the hairs stand up on her spine.
Facing his charming eyes with a deep smile, Ke'er's heartbeat barely skipped a beat.
What the hell am I doing, why are I gossiping like this? He is not familiar with her, so what does his personal affairs have to do with her!
After thinking about it, she quickly laughed to cover up the eagerness she had accidentally revealed just now.
"Haha... I don't think you need to know. I, a man, looks similar to the woman you like. It simply damages my image as a manly man. I'm afraid that I will accidentally hate her, so you should keep her with you.
I feel better."
After saying that, she was so nervous that her palms were sweating, but when she saw his bright black eyes that could see through people's hearts, his smile became even stronger, as if he knew what she was hiding.
She waved her hands in panic: "Ah! It's getting late, I have to go back, goodbye!"
After saying that, she ran away as if running away.
He ran with all his strength, not daring to look back to see if he had caught up.
Ao Chenye stood there, not chasing after her, but looking at her fleeing pretty figure with a smile on his lips.
"My little cutie, just run away, otherwise you will have no chance in the future."
With a deep smile on his thin lips, he watched her figure disappear around the corner.
He would just let her go today because he still had some troubles to deal with.
…
In this way, Ke'er rushed back to the backyard of Xianyun Building, pushed open the door, and closed it hard.
Then, she leaned her back against the door, panting.
"Huhuhu...I'm so exhausted, fufuhu..."
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Just as she was panting, there came one after another... a sound like chopping wood?
Ke'er pricked up his ears and looked around to follow the source of the sound, and found...it seemed to be coming from the woodshed behind the house!
Susu?!
Ke'er was startled and had a vague premonition in her heart. She had no time to think about anything and ran straight to the woodshed behind the house.
When she saw that Su Mei was wearing old clothes and was wielding an ax, chopping wood one by one. There were already some chopped wood at his feet, and more wood was piled on the other side.
chopped wood...
Look at him again, his face is covered with beads of sweat, his long snow-white hair is casually tied with a rag, and the hair on his temples is slightly soaked with sweat, but he is getting better.
The scars were slightly cracked, and blood came out!
Seeing him chopping wood silently, one after another, like a cow that just knew how to work without knowing anything, she felt depressed.
Unable to hold back her depression any longer, she rushed over and shouted - "Susu! Stop, who asked you to do this?!"