Chapter 645 - I Miss You
Zhu Junyang was flustered and hurriedly pacified the petite maiden who was going through an emotional breakdown in his arms. He softly said, "Don't cry. Don't cry. It's this prince's fault. I shouldn't have scolded you as soon as I saw you. If you're unhappy, hit me a few times. Don't cry until your beautiful eyes are swelled. This prince's heart will ache ah!"
"Waahhh~~~I miss you. I really, really miss you! I think of you when I eat. I dream of you when I sleep. When I see you now, I wonder if I'm dreaming and you will disappear again when I wake up. Waahhh...you're so hateful. As soon as we got engaged, you left me in the capital and disappeared. Were you enthralled by the young maidens of the northwestern tribes, and thus reluctant to come back?"
At the beginning, Zhu Junyang was moved when he heard her words. His little lass finally understood, and his feelings were finally reciprocated. But he didn't know whether he should laugh or cry when he heard the latter part of her words. She was indeed his little lass; the sentimental feelings only lasted for three seconds.
"Good, be good! Today isn't a dream. This prince is right in front of you. In the future, this prince will take you wherever I go and never leave you by yourself. Don't cry. Don't cry anymore...how can those young maidens of foreign tribes be as lovable as my little lass? This prince likes you so much, so other women are the same as the men in the army in my eyes!" Zhu Junyang held Xiaocao's face and wiped the tears on her face with his somewhat rough fingers.
Yu Xiaocao raised her head and looked at the delicate and enchanting face in front of her. There was a sense of pity in his charming phoenix eyes. His plump red lips parted slightly, producing a pleasant voice. This must be a dream. How could someone who had been in the army and out in the battlefield in the northwest for over a year become even more good-looking?
Like an open faucet, the tears in her clear, big eyes kept flowing down along her eyelashes. She sniffled her nose, lifted her own little hand, and opened her mouth to bite down on it.
Zhu Junyang acted swiftly and blocked her action with his own hand. He had a smile on his handsome face as if it wasn't his hand that was being bitten. He even joked to lighten up the mood, "What? There's no one to bring you 'braised pig trotters' when this prince isn't in the capital? You want to eat it so much that you're actually gnawing on your own hands. It's no wonder that you got thinner again. Do you not eat properly when this prince isn't around? You should be punished!"
"Waahhh~~~" Xiaocao, who had just stopped crying, started crying again. This time, her cries sounded even more sad, wailing endlessly.
"What's wrong? I won't punish you! I won't punish you! How can this prince bear to hit you? Only you can hit me. If this prince makes you unhappy, I'll be willing to let you beat and punish me!" As he spoke, he held Xiaocao's small, tender hands and hit himself a few times.
"Waahhh...it doesn't hurt when I bite my own hand. I'm indeed dreaming again..." Xiaocao couldn't stop crying. As soon as Wutong saw her young miss rush towards Royal Prince Yang, she had cleared out everyone in the courtyard and quietly retreated far away. At this time, Xiaocao and Zhu Junyang were the only ones in the huge courtyard.
Upon hearing her words, Zhu Junyang didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. He showed her the small teeth marks on the back of his hand, saying, "Silly girl, you were biting this prince, so how can you feel the pain? There's no way that this prince will let you get hurt; even if you're the one biting yourself!"
Yu Xiaocao stared at the teeth marks for a long time, and then stopped crying with slight embarrassment, "This time, it's really not a dream?"
"It's not a dream! This prince is back and I'm really standing in front of you. If you don't believe me, then...why don't you pinch my face?" Since Zhu Junyang was three years old, he had firmly rejected others pinching his face. He was also desperately opposed to Xiaocao pinching his face in the past. At this time, he actually offered to let Xiaocao pinch his face, which immediately caused her to feel that this situation was unreal again.
