Taming Tyrants I

Arc 3: Prince Daddy (68)

"Camellia?" a familiar voice called her name. Hong Cha woke up in haste to see Gu Zixing staring down to her. He smiled and lightly pinched her chin. "Camellia, we're almost outside the palace. Outside Qin, we will start a new life there."

"W-wait, Your Highness! This isn't right!" she was alarmed to hear him say that. "You are the prince regent and if the empress knew we eloped, she will hunt us down!"

"... I don't care." his smile faded as he embraced her tightly. "Camellia, I don't care. I waited for this time for so long, I will not give a damn to them. The empress, the emperor or the duke, they have nothing against us. Trust me on this. We will live on our own outside Qin Empire."

"But... Your Highness... The throne, you are the prince regent..." Hong Cha felt like she shouldn't trust him. She seemed to have forgotten something but she cant recall what it was. Only that she feels comfortable and satisfied in his arms.

"No, Camellia. I told you don't call me that. You can refer to me as Zixing. Always remember, I am doing this because I love you. I cant bear... I cant bear another lifetime without you." his last sentence was an inaudible whisper that she didn't understand. Hong Cha faced him and wiped his tears.

"Z-Zixing, you made me run away with you. You will be responsible!" she demanded. Hong Cha saw him nod. Their situation now is dangerous. She knew that but she cant let him go as well.

"Camellia,what are you thinking?" a gentle voice asked. Hong Cha found herself in an unfamiliar room while combing her hair. Gu Zixing had just arrived.

"Nothing." Hong Cha didn't know she was starting to act cold. She just remembered in her dreams, there was a man who was named Gu Zixing that betrayed her. But it happened in a strange place she doesn't recognize. Hong Cha thought of it while on bed when Gu Zixing hugged her.

"Camellia, lately, you were avoiding me. What's wrong? Did I do anything? Tell me so I can apologize." he held her tightly in fear she will change. Hong Cha was silent for a moment.

"Zixing, I was dreaming lucidly. There was a man, who looks like you and have the same name as you. He said he loves me." she decided to tell him what she knows. Gu Zixing pursed his lips. He smiled and touched her face.

"What did you see in that dream?" he gently asked. Hong Cha was too shy to say.

"I, he and I, we did something only couples could do. Zixing, I don't like him. I like to, to do it with you than other men who reflects you." Hong Cha rubbed her face on his chest to act obedient. Gu Zixing chuckled.

"Silly." he embraced her, hiding his sadness. His lips tugged downwards from bitterness. "That was me. In a far place, but I found you here. And I want to be with you, in any worlds, in the same worlds. Because, I vowed and you are waiting."

"For what?" she thought he was joking. Hong Cha felt his gentle tugging from her hair.

"For me to complete my promise. So that, we can be together again, till time itself ends. At least, we get to share something that can remind us of happiness than the pain we brought to each other." Gu Zixing tightened his embrace. "Xiao Cha, remember. Whoever you are, wherever you are, I will be there for you. Because you are expecting me to fulfill my promise. That promise was, 'in the same worlds, you will be capable to handle your own fate while I-'...."

"In the same world, in the same world..." Hong Cha muttered with dazed eyes. She broke from her daydreaming and remembered she is still in her room. The birds were chirping outside the window as the stream of warm sunlight permitted in the place. "What... Did I remember something or was it a dream?"

Just then, someone knocked on the door. Hong Cha is about to speak but it opened. Ying Huai entered with his arms crossed. But with his different temperament, she knew it was Gu Jiaoyue.

"Hong Cha, I figured something to both complete our mission." Gu Jiaoyue closed the door and directly sat on the bedside. Hong Cha raised a brow. She leaned on the headboard to listen. "To find Zixing, you need to seduce Ying Wenxiang. As of now, he is the main character who have the highest rate he can be Zixing. While seducing him, I'll help you destroy the world plot by making Ying Huai devoted to you too. What do you say?"

"S-seduce?!" she wanted to kick him off her bed. Hong Cha doesn't want to deal with another possessive guy. And she is Ying Huai's fiance. "Gu Jiaoyue! Ying Wenxiang is Ying Huai's brother! Im committing adultery here!"

"Just make use of the few weeks you have before the marriage. If one of them shows a sign of possessiveness, that is Zixing. You may not remember but I know Zixing never likes sharing you with another man. Its the same when we were kids. Zixing never let me borrow his AIs. After this, if you find him, contact my system immediately. You can live on your own if we find him." Gu Jiaoyue reached out a proposal. Hong Cha narrowed her eyes.

"Wont the male lead know your existence?" she pointed out a crucial part of their plan.

"No. I have a system with me. My system can integrate my memories to him. So, if I do something out of the norm for him, the system can make him believe he did it on his own accord, not by some stranger in his mind." he glanced outside before standing up. "Think this through. Remember to contact my system."

"Sure." Hong Cha can only agree. Gu Jiaoyue had just left Guan Palace when Ying Huai awakened. The system started integrating Gu Jiaoyue's memory of walking towards Guan Palace. Ying Huai believed his thoughts since he felt like he wanted to see Hong Cha but he dismissed it and continued to the main palace.