Chapter 301 - To the Future and Beyond~ (1/2)

After a long time of quietly clutching the Emperor, Lei Xing announced, ”I don't like clinging...” all the while still hugging his waist.

Even if he could not see her expression, the Emperor could hear the pout in her voice. It seemed he was truly worrying for nothing, she was definitely herself right now. So he smiled and caressed her cheek and said, ”I love when you cling...”

”Of course, you do...” Lei Xing mumbled with a snort and then she released him and tried to sit up but the Emperor tightened his hold around her and held her to him. Lei Xing knit her brows and looked up at him and he looked down at her face with a smirk, ”I'm not complaining~...” He said leaning down and giving her a light kiss on her lips.

Lei Xing narrowed her eyes at him, ”I also don't like clingy people...”

The Emperor narrowed his eyes back down at her, ”Same...but you're the obvious exception~”He said patting her cheek.

Lei Xing absentmindedly blinked up at him for a bit and then smiled, ”...Well...not that I want to complain but this position is a bit uncomfortable, my back's starting to hurt -”

As soon as she said that, the Emperor released her and Lei Xing sat up. She then stretched her arms before dragging herself back to lean on the headboard and stretching out her hand to the Emperor with a smile. The Emperor took her hand and shifted closer, he lightly ran a hand through her hair and asked, ”Does sending them away really make you so uneasy?”

Lei Xing briefly knit her brows in confusion before remembering the sendoff ceremony, she smiled and offhandedly said, ”They don't matter...” Before squeezing his hand and seriously saying, ”What you've done makes me very happy. You not only thought to give us peace of mind but also thought to give those girls their lives back. It was very thoughtful and honestly amazing that you would consider their future in the bid for your own happiness, our own happiness...so thank you.”

The Emperor smiled, ”I'm glad you see it that way... I was worried you were still worrying.”

”Not at all...It's not like you made them maids.” Lei Xing mumbled the last bit with a snort. The Emperor raised an eyebrow at her and she shook her head and said, ”Nothing.”

The Emperor then asked, ”What were you dreaming about? I've never seen you so shaken before...”

Lei Xing immediately pursed her lips and said, ”Nothing important...”

”I like hearing you talk so it's importance is irrelevant...tell me.” He countered with a gentle smile.

Lei Xing knit her brows and looked at him for a bit before lowering her head with a sigh, ”It's nothing scary or anything and I'm not even sure why I was so bothered by it. Honestly, it's highly embarrassing that something like actually made me panic even just a bit, so...” She sheepishly glanced up at the Emperor waiting for him to tell her not to bother but he just quietly narrowed his eyes at her, waiting.

Lei Xing frowned, ”Tch, fine...It was just a psychologically bothersome dream, I wasn't scared, I was just -... Okay, I was a child out with what I assume were parents at some festival of sorts, they disappeared, I panicked and then I woke up still panicked, nothing to it. Just blurred lines between dream and reality...” She flatly said.

”Was it a memory of yours?” The Emperor asked with concern.

”Nope...” Lei Xing dismissively responded, obviously not interested in the topic.

But the Emperor continued to question, ”Have you had the dream before? Is it perhaps a recurring dream?” He was certain she had not had a dream like this in the time he has been sleeping with her. But he then he was thinking that perhaps like him, she too had troublesome memories from her past that haunted her.

It would be nice if she too derived peace of mind from his mere presence.

But then he quickly remembered that unlike him who only slept with her around, Lei Xing peacefully sleeps without him all the time.

The Emperor looked down at her hand in his and frowned. A part of him honestly yearned for her to need him as much as he seemed to need her.

Lei Xing scrutinized the Emperor and thinking that he was unhappy because of her unenthusiastic responses, she put in a bit more effort and told the truth, ”Well, no...but you see, I sent the bracelet back today so I guess I was feeling a bit lonely...a tad bit left behind I guess.”

”Oh?” The Emperor exclaimed looking up at her in surprise. He had actually not noticed even though he had just been staring down at the wrist the bracelet normally graced.

Lei Xing lowered her head and sighed, ”He asked me to when I woke up today... Regardless of how annoying he has been, he has been a confidante, a good friend - for the most part anyway, for quite a long while now...Moreover, the bracelet has been connected to my body, mind and perhaps even soul for so long, so naturally, it being gone would mandate some hormonal and mental readjustments for me... I just needed a good sleep so I'm perfectly fine now, really.” She finished with a reassuring smile.

The Emperor smiled and nodded, he looked down at her empty wrist and then smiled back up to her and said, ”...I'll get you an even more beautiful bracelet for your wrist and you can come to me whenever you're lonely, with anything at any time...” He said, caressing her wrist.

Lei Xing smiled and then felt her eyes heating up again and she snorted, today was truly a rare emotional day for her. It was annoying but could she do, she was getting moved to tears. She put a hand on the Emperor's cheek and searched his face for a bit and smiled at him, ”I still don't understand how I got so lucky...”