The Secret Guard Wants to Marry and Have Children - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Li Yanhan had a face so handsome it was without equal.

So beautiful, in fact, that it was almost impossible to tell whether he was male or female.

From the moment I was born, I had been raised at Li Yanhan’s side.

For one purpose only: to protect him whenever he was in danger.

After all these years, I had long since become the secret guard he trusted most.

If I had not developed feelings I never should have had, I would never have wanted to leave.

I clenched my fists.

“Are you saying that because you blame me for always putting you in danger? Or are you saying you regret saving me a few days ago?”

I slammed my forehead to the floor. The impact rang out loudly.

“This subordinate has never thought such a thing! Master raised me from childhood. This life of mine has always belonged to Master, so how could I speak of regret? I only…”

“You only envy the ordinary lives of others, so you want to leave me and go live the life you want? Then have you ever thought about me?”

Feeling guilty, I slowly lifted my head.

I did not dare meet Li Yanhan’s eyes.

I was afraid he would see through me.

So I could only let my gaze drift over the people beside him.

“Master has never lacked anyone more capable than me to serve as secret guard. Without me, Master’s safety will not be affected. Besides, I still haven’t fully recovered from my injuries after all these years, and my ability to move is far worse than before. Even if…”

I stopped there and did not continue.

If I said too much, it would sound as though I were blaming Li Yanhan.

Even though everything that happened before had been my own choice.

Once we entered the prince’s estate and became its secret guard, our first duty was this:

To protect our master’s safety.

Even if it cost us our lives.

“Marry and have children? Which family’s young lady have you taken a fancy to? A maid from the estate?”

“No.”

“Then a young lady from an ordinary household?”

“No, not that either.”

There were indeed maids serving in the prince’s estate.

But they were kept extremely far from Li Yanhan’s courtyard. Those who served him personally were all men.

How could I possibly have had the chance to interact with them?

As for the daughters of common families…

I had even less opportunity to meet any of them.

As long as I was alive, I followed close by Master’s side every day.

Even at night.

I slept in the same room as Master.

In fact, Master had even arranged a couch for me right beside his bed.

That was treatment no other secret guard had ever received.

And it was precisely this treatment, different from everyone else’s,

that gradually made me develop thoughts I should never have had.

“Then it must be someone in the palace…”

“None of them, Master. This subordinate only… only said it in passing. But just because there is no one now does not mean there will be no one in the future. This subordinate is merely making plans in advance.”

“Making plans in advance. Making plans in advance. What fine words, making plans in advance. Still, what Xiao Wu said is not wrong. Who would not want to live an ordinary life?”

Although Li Yanhan said nothing more, the cold sweat on my back had already soaked through my clothes.

I stared fixedly at the floor before me.

I even wanted to say that if it truly would not do, then forget it.

I could stay. As long as I hid my feelings well enough, it would be fine.

If they were discovered…

Then that would simply be my fate, Wei Xiuzhu’s fate.

“Considering that you have stayed by my side for so many years, I will grant Xiao Wu’s request. However… the secret guard at my side cannot simply leave whenever he wishes. So until I find a suitable replacement to serve as secret guard, you still cannot go.”

I suddenly lifted my head.

I looked at Li Yanhan in disbelief.

I thought I must have misheard.

But when I met his gaze,

I realized he truly was not joking.

So even the secret guard who had accompanied him for so many years could be thrown away at any moment?

“Is Master telling the truth?”