Ayu...
This was the first time that he called her by her nickname. Shen Yu looked at his face intently, as if the strings in her heart were being plucked lightly, and the lingering sound lingered in her ears and could not calm down for a long time.
The wine glass in his hand tipped over, spilling onto his hands and then onto his legs.
Xie Tingzhou squatted down in front of her, took the wine glass from her hand, and took out a handkerchief to carefully wipe off the wine stains on her hands.
Shen Yu's heartbeat quickened, and she let him hold it, drying her fingers carefully one by one.
Although her previous life was short, she could be considered a person who had lived two lives, and matters between men and women were no stranger to her.
During these days, she didn't feel anything at all.
Xie Tingzhou was like a frog boiled in warm water, always showing warmth inadvertently.
Before she went to Dali Temple, he had said that he had something to talk about when she came back, but unfortunately things got sidetracked later.
In fact, she also deliberately avoided it. She knew very well how difficult it was along the way. The deeper the case was investigated, the more dangerous it became.
Now that the prince is implicated in seizing the throne, the future is even more uncertain.
They have been bound together for a long time, but now she doesn't want to drag him into the water.
Shen Yu subconsciously retracted her hand, but failed this time. Xie Tingzhou's hand held her tightly like an iron vice.
He raised his head, the moonlight flowing between his brows and eyes, "Ayu..."
Shen Yu couldn't hold it anymore and frowned: "Don't call me Ayu."
"What's wrong with calling you Ayu?" Xie Tingzhou raised his face and looked at her, "You don't like me calling you that? Then who can call you Ayu? Jiang Lianzhi?"
"Why do you keep mentioning Jiang Lianzhi?" Shen Yu couldn't see his expression, so she looked away and said, "He doesn't deserve it."
Xie Tingzhou asked patiently: "If you don't let me scream, am I not worthy of it?"
"You..." Shen Yu turned around suddenly. She didn't know what to say to him.
"What's wrong with me?" Xie Tingzhou obviously got into trouble with her.
Shen Yu could see a bit of amusement in his eyes, so she tried to pull out her hands again but failed, so she simply struck him with her palms together.
Xie Tingzhou subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it, but then suddenly let go of his hand and let her palm hit him.
This time he finally let go of her and fell backwards.
Shen Yu was stunned and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "How are you?"
Xie Tingzhou raised his eyes to steal a glance at her, covered his chest and coughed twice, "I, I'm fine."
After saying that, he coughed twice more.
Shen Yu knew that her palm was clearly without force, but she didn't know that Xie Tingzhou, who used to strike with a sword, was now so fragile that he couldn't even withstand such a palm.
"You...help me." Xie Tingzhou said weakly.
Shen Yu helped him up, and Xie Tingzhou took advantage of the situation and put his arm on her shoulders, leaning on her with half of his body.
His steps were shaky and his whole body seemed weak. Shen Yu grabbed his arm and put one hand around his waist to get him onto the bed.
Xie Tingzhou watched her busy, pouring tea and water, twisting the handkerchief and wiping his face.
"Are you feeling better?"
Xie Tingzhou held the tea, looked at her face steadily, shook his head and said, "I'm fine."
"Do you want to eat something?" Shen Yu asked nervously.
Xie Tingzhou laughed, "Do you think this is my last meal? Eat something good."
"Don't talk nonsense." Shen Yu scolded coldly, took the handkerchief and twisted it again.
The sound of water was splashing. Shen Yu looked at the messy water waves and asked, "What's going on with your body?"
"Poisoned." Xie Tingzhou didn't lie this time.
Shen Yu twisted her handkerchief and turned around, "Except for Qianling Ginseng and Blood Python Branch, are there really no antidotes?"
"how do you know?"
"Don't worry about how I know."
"No." Xie Tingzhou smiled, "The other party poisoned me just to kill me, so how could he prepare the antidote?"
Shen Yu lowered her eyes.
"It's okay." Xie Tingzhou took her hand and said, "My life is not in danger for the time being."
Seeing that Shen Yu was still unhappy, Xie Tingzhou tilted his head slightly and joked: "You avoided it, are you afraid that I will shorten my life and make you a widow?"
Shen Yu glared at him, "Thank you Tingzhou!"
This voice was serious and angry, and Xie Tingzhou said warmly: "But I can no longer use the sword. I will definitely live to be a hundred years old."
Shen Yu's expression softened a little, and seeing that it was getting very late, she said to Xie Tingzhou, "You can rest, I'm going back."
"I'll see you off." Xie Tingzhou was about to get up.
"No, you rest, Dahuang and I will go back by ourselves."
Ever since that day when Dahuang was caught in a net and Bai Yu jumped up to save him, perhaps he was impressed by Bai Yu's power, Dahuang became Bai Yu's lackey.
Whenever he had time every day, he would come to Qingpu Residence to pay homage to his hero. If he were not a male, even people of different races would not be able to stop him, and he would be eager to marry him.
Bai Yu despised this younger brother and often ignored Da Huang.
Xie Tingzhou sat back on the bed, listening to the footsteps of a person and a dog gradually disappearing, a gentle smile appeared on his lips.
After a while, he lifted the quilt and stood up. He didn't look as weak as before. He opened the window and asked, "Where is Li Jifeng?"
The guard who was keeping watch at night replied, "Your Highness, you are not in the side room. You should have gone back to rest."
"Go back? Where?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
Konoe was also stunned for a moment.
Xie Tingzhou was silent for a moment, picked up his robe and went out.
Before they reached Lu Mingxuan, they heard the sound of Li Jifeng running and howling, accompanied by a burst of dog barking.
Li Jifeng ran as hard as he could. He ran out of the yard and saw his guard. He pulled out the knife from the guard's waist and was about to chop him.
The secret guard suddenly jumped down from the eaves and stretched out his hand to stop him, "No, Your Highness Ninth."
Li Jifeng looked at the secret guard who appeared out of thin air, "Where did you come from?"
The secret guard pointed to the eaves.
Li Jifeng suddenly exploded, "You didn't come out when my prince was chased by a dog, but you jumped out when he wanted to kill the dog. Isn't this prince worse than a dog?"
It doesn't matter if the secret guard picks up, it doesn't matter if he doesn't.
"What's going on?" Xie Tingzhou approached and asked.
The secret guard said: "His Royal Highness Ninth entered Shigure's bedroom and was chased by Dahuang."
Li Jifeng saw Xie Tingzhou holding a lantern and quickened his pace and ran to hide behind him.
Dahuang ran up to him and barked at Xie Tingzhou a few times, as if complaining.
"How dare you complain!" Li Jifeng said, "You were clearly the one who bit me first."
Da Huang barked twice more.
Li Jifeng raised his eyebrows, "Fart! It was your vicious dog who complained first."
"Can you understand what it says?" Xie Tingzhou said teasingly.
Li Jifeng was stunned, "Yes, how could I understand it?"
The guard didn't dare to laugh, but the secret guard suddenly jumped up to the eaves and started laughing.
