Chapter 241 - Coax (1/2)

Shi Baoyou trembled and shrank her neck, calling in a low voice, “Your…Your Highness.”

“Hmm?” Mo Junhao answered casually but didn’t stop touching her.

He joyfully watched Shi Baoyou’s charming expression with a blush. She wanted to dodge but controlled herself and didn’t do anything. She was so fascinating.

After a long while, he finally enjoyed enough and asked unhurriedly, “What do you want to tell me?”

Shi Baoyou stiffened and seemed to be covered with gooseflesh.

She leaned aside slightly and met Mo Junhao’s eyes. Then she answered softly even though she felt ashamed, “Your Highness, I love you.”

Before she finished her words, she lowered her head with shyness, and even the back of her neck was red.

But as a result, she didn’t see that because of her words, Mo Junhao was stunned for quite a while, with astonishment and doubt flashing in his eyes.

They kept a secret relationship for many days indeed, but Mo Junhao thought that Shi Baoyou should know that he wanted to marry Shi Qingxue, and they would flirt with each other at most. After they got married respectively in the future, perhaps they could have some relationship.

They could see through something like this but wouldn’t speak it out. It was a common game of adults.

Mo Junhao hadn’t expected that Shi Baouyou would be so naïve as to express her love for him directly, and she didn’t speak in a euphemistic way.

“Your Highness?” Shi Baoyou didn’t hear Mo Junhao’s answer after a long while, so she raised her head in doubt.

Mo Junhao’s expression changed and he smiled warmly. With his hand caressing Shi Baoyou’s hair, he asked gently, “Baoyou, do you really love me?”

Shi Baoyou thought that Mo Junhao didn’t believe her, so she nodded and stressed, “Really! Your Highness, you are energetic and handsome, and your talent is famous in the capital. We stay with each other these days, and I have seen your gentleness and love for Qingxue. I don’t know why I…”

Shi Baoyou wanted to express her feelings, but in the end, she was so shy that she couldn’t go on, and she lowered her head again.

Everybody could know her feelings after seeing her expression like a girl falling in love.

Although Mo Junhao thought that Shi Baoyou didn’t deserve him and he would never marry her, anybody would feel happy after knowing that he was loved, by a beauty.

Anyway, Shi Baoyou was Shi Juncai’s daughter. He would do it out of consideration for somebody else. Shi Juncai was useless indeed, but Mo Shujun attached importance to this son, and it was fine if Mo Junhao got close to Shi Baoyou.

Moreover, Shi Qingxue was so difficult to please. In order to leave a good impression on her, he had kept away from booze and women for a long time, and he couldn’t stand it anymore. Now a beauty got close to him, and he was tempted more or less.

But he must be careful and couldn’t reveal it. Otherwise, if Shi Qingxue heard about it, nobody knew what would happen.

At this thought, Mo Junhao was gentler to Shi Baoyou.

When Shi Baoyou couldn’t continue to speak, he reached out to pull her into his arms and stated in a soft voice, “Well, don’t need to say more. I understand your feelings.”

Shi Baoyou was healed by Mo Junhao in an instant and suddenly looked up at him.

She hadn’t concealed the expression on her face which showed that she wanted to cry, but joy burst out of her eyes. “Then, Your Highness…”

She looked at Mo Junhao with expectancy and hoped that he could say “I love you, too.”

“I certainly like you, too.” Mo Junhao spoke out what Shi Baoyou expected most.

However, before Shi Baoyou smiled again, Mo Junhao’s eyes darkened, and helplessness was written on his handsome face.

He added after a sigh, “But, Baoyou, you need to understand that I am a prince and I can’t do many things of my own free will!”

Shi Baoyou paused for a while.

Mo Junhao didn’t wait for Shi Baoyou to answer but pretended to be helpless. “I can’t decide my marriage since long ago.”

“How is it possible? Don’t you want to marry Qingxue?” While saying that, Shi Baoyou involuntarily showed jealousy and grievance on her face which couldn’t be found easily.

Mo Junhao noticed that and felt laughable, but he pretended depressed.

He grabbed Shi Baoyou’s hand and didn’t allow her to shrink back. Then he expressed in a deep voice, “Since we talk about this, I don’t want to hide it from you anymore. Yes! I told you these days that I want to marry…Shi Qingxue, but that’s because I have no choice.”

Shi Baoyou pursed her lips with displeasure and asked in a low voice, “Why? You are a prince. Can’t you marry anybody as you like?”

Mo Junhao shook his head with a bitter smile and sighed. “No, of course! If we are from ordinary families, I can certainly choose the one I love.”

When he said the words “the one I love”, he looked at Shi Baoyou gently with affections in his eyes, seeming to express his indefinite love for her.

Shi Baoyou finally showed her displeasure, but it disappeared in an instant.

She looked at Mo Junhao worriedly and asked in doubt, “Then why can’t you now?”

“Because I am not alone now. All my followers hope that I can take the throne, lead the country to be prosperous and bring them glory and wealth in the future. My marriage is not the pure love but the tie of interests since long ago, so I have to marry Qingxue.”

Mo Junhao’s voice was deep and hoarse, with endless sorrow hidden in it.

Even an ordinary person would understand his difficulty and helplessness after hearing that, let alone Shi Baoyou who loved him.

Shi Baoyou’s displeasure was gone, and she just felt sad for him.

She hurriedly grabbed Mo Junhao’s hand and expressed, “Your Highness, I understand your difficulty and won’t force you anymore. Don’t be so sad.”

Mo Junhao shook his head and stared at Shi Baoyou with expectancy. “Will you blame me?”

“Of course not! It’s not your fault,” Shi Baoyou replied quickly.

Then she sighed deeply and continued in a soft voice, “In fact, I know that even if you don’t fight for it, others would force you to. Unfortunately, I can do nothing to help you.”