Year's End - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

[It’s back?]

[For real? Let me try sending a comment.]

[Holy crap, the comments are working again, but why is there still no video??]

I opened my eyes, and those comments had appeared again.

It seemed they still couldn’t see anything, but they could talk.

[Can someone check how much time has passed?]

[Looks like three days?]

[Huh? Only three days?]

I was instantly furious.

Only three days?!

I was about to fall apart!

[I thought Baby Girl drugging the male lead would last longer. After all, helping her with the antidote and using her as the antidote are two different things.]

[The male lead was drugged, so once the effects passed, he’d know when to stop. But the female lead drank it herself-she had no sense of restraint. If she hugged him and kissed him a couple times, wouldn’t the male lead throw down his armor and surrender?]

[True. He’s endured for so many years. No need to rush this one moment.]

[Xie Jingchu: Yes, exactly, that’s the story we’re going with. I was holding back. It definitely wasn’t because I couldn’t perform.]

[Stop it, upstairs. Are you trying to make me die laughing? Hahaha.]

My ears burned bright red, and I tried to get up.

A hand reached out from behind me and hauled me right back into his arms.

His chin rested against the top of my head. “Awake?”

I hurriedly shook my head. “I am, but don’t move.”

His voice carried the lazy satisfaction of someone thoroughly sated. “Mm. Let me hold you for a while.”

I shifted around and found the most comfortable position in his arms.

Even from this deathly unflattering angle, he was still so handsome.

I secretly kissed his chin, then traced his Adam’s apple with my index finger.

Xie Jingchu lowered his eyes, warning in his gaze.

“Liang Suiwan, don’t touch things you shouldn’t.”

My mind snapped awake.

He almost never called me by my full name.

The last time was two years ago, when I went to the Empress to complain, saying he ignored me and that I wanted to break off the engagement.

That day, Xie Jingchu’s expression had been stormy.

He dragged me back and punished me by making me copy scriptures.

After two pages, I grew drowsy and fell asleep early, sinking deep into slumber.

I even had the first erotic dream of my life.

In the dream, his hands roamed all over me, touching and teasing me as he pleased.

No matter how I sobbed and begged, he wouldn’t listen.

The next day, I woke up aching all over, as if the dream had spilled into reality.

For the next few months, I avoided him like the plague. Every time I saw him, I would think of that bewitching dream.

After that…

I kept dreaming of him, until I got used to it and no longer felt shy.

Especially recently.

After getting drunk at the last palace banquet, I even dreamed that he…

Was that time a dream, or was it real?

It was a dream, right?

I shook my head hard. I couldn’t think about it anymore.

So I simply closed my eyes and pretended to sleep.

Pretending to sleep solves all problems!

Maybe his embrace was too warm, because as I pretended, I actually fell asleep.

In my dream, I dreamed of when we were children.

He held my hand and walked with me from one end of the palace to the other.

When I got tired, I climbed onto his back, and the two of us secretly dodged the palace maids and eunuchs, running around wherever we pleased.

They couldn’t find us and were frantic with worry.

I hid in Xie Jingchu’s arms, and he held me helplessly. “Wanwan, we should go back. If we keep hiding, Mother Empress will worry.”

That was from such a long, long time ago.