Chapter 120: You Should Carry Me There! (1/2)
“Look again.”
Ye Wuchen grabbed a piece of glass ball from the ground, when he presents it in front of Long Huang-er’s eyes it was already broken into halves. He closed his hand, and after a few moments he opened it again. In his hand, was an impressively whole glass ball.
Long Huang-er yelled aloud in surprise. In her excitement, she could not help but clap her hands, eagerly blinking her crystal-like eyes and said, “Is there anything else, something more interesting? I want to see, I want to see!”
That day it was he who had slashed her neck, very painfully, and she had felt the blood flow out. But afterwards, the wound had completely disappeared, and she could not find any traces of it, so the curiosity of this young lady was not just ordinarily intense. In order for her to know the secret, she had to flatten her mouth and call him “brother”, but she was not able to find the answer. Hence, she held a grudge in her heart, and resolutely wanted to bully him in return. Now, she had once again fallen into his traps, though this time even her heart had been hoisted up by him, as she had totally forgotten that he was the enemy and that she was prepared to teach him a lesson earlier.
The princess’ sorrow stemmed from her having to live in this luxurious yet small surrounding, hovering around the same scenario everyday, repeating her activities everyday. She was similar to a canary that was forever trapped in a golden cage. The only thing that she thirsted for was something that was new and odd.
“Good. Your father, the Emperor, requested me to accompany you to school everyday. This way I can show many interesting things. Oh… Let’s go now, or else we will be late.”
“School?” Long Huang-er shook her head, said with a face full of hope, “I don’t want to go there, can you just play with me?”
“Your father commanded me to accompany you on your way to school. If you don’t go to school, then I will not be able to accompany you anymore and must return home.” Ye Wuchen shrugged his shoulders, and struck a posture as if he had no choice but to leave.
“Ah… You are not allowed to go! Hey! Uhhh… I will go to school.” For fear that this Ye Wuchen, who possessed a lot of interesting things, would leave, Long Huang-er had no other choice but to give in.
“Such an obedient girl, let us go now.” Ye Wuchen said and turned.
“I-I’ll change my clothes first.” Long Huang-er said shyly. Her face slightly turned red while she ran inside her chamber. Although the traces of water in her body had already been steamed dry by Ye Wuchen, her undergarments and her small boots were still dripping wet.
It was too late, before Ye Wuchen could react and give her a warning, during her slow run, Long Huang-er tripped on the thin, long and simply untraceable thread. She stumbled, causing a light sound to echo from the top of her head, and a very huge pack of flour came spilling down on top of her head, covering Long Huang-er’s body entirely in white.
Long Huang-er stared blankly for a few seconds, but eventually cried aloud. She had meticulously prepared six traps for Ye Wuchen, and she had fallen into four of them on her own.
Ye Wuchen went over with his face between laughter and tears. He helped her beat off all the white flour from her body, then helplessly consoled her, “Don’t cry, if you continue to cry we will be late.”
He could not help but to think that if he were to marry this Long Huang-er after three years time, whether or not he would actually be marrying a wife that will care for him, or adopting a daughter that needed to be amused and entertained at all times.
After being tormented for almost half day, Long Huang-er finally put on a white palace gown then came out with some tears still in the corners of her eyes. Seeing Ye Wuchen, who had waited for her for almost half day, she pouted her lips and spread out her arms, “You should carry me there.”
Ye Wuchen carefully observed her for a few glances, only to discover that she was serious. He smiled and shook his head, “This won’t do. The princess should not be carried by anybody so casually.”
The majestic princess wished to be carried out of the palace… if someone were to see it, the news would surely spread across the entire city. Even the Emperor’s future son-in-law would not be sprared. If he really did that, what would become of the Royal Family’s dignity and the Princess’ purity?
“No! Yesterday, you obviously carried a young lady. I want to be carried by you.” She said stubbornly. The one she was referring to was the one she had seen yesterday at the Ye residence, Tong Xin, who rested on his shoulder and had fallen asleep. In her memory, she had never been carried that way by anyone before. Her father never did it, and her mother, who had died when she was born, obviously did not.
“That’s different. She is someone very close to me, and you are a princess.”
“But, you… you are my future husband. My father told me and I have agreed. You must carry me!”
“Out of the question.”
“If you don’t… I’ll tell my father.”
“En, go ahead and tell him.”
“You-you are always taking advantage of me! If you don’t carry me, I will cry.”
Long Huang-er’s tears were easy came and went, Ye Wuchen had experienced it already. If she wanted to cry, without much effort, her tears would flow out easily, as if they were free of charge. Ye Wuchen finally gave up, then walked to her and said, “Okay, but it should be just a very short while. Moreover, it cannot be seen by anyone.”
“En. Hurry and carry me now, faster!”
Long Huang-er hurriedly agreed, for fear that he might back out. She stood on tiptoe, with both her white and delicate hands constantly pulling ay his clothes, and eyes as bright as crystals full of hope.