Yingying and the Dog - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

His Majesty had fallen into a depression.

He absolutely insisted on going on a hunger strike.

The Imperial Kitchen was so anxious they were practically in tears, begging me to hurry over and talk him down.

Everyone was terrified that the new dynasty would collapse after only one year.

Xiao Huan lay on the couch, flat as a board and steeped in grief.

I poked him. “Your Majesty, aren’t you hungry?”

Xiao Huan ignored me.

[Heh. I am no longer the man I once was.]

[I have turned dark.]

[Even if Lu Yingying feeds me herself, I won’t take a single bite!]

[Let all this heavy rain come pouring down! Let it keep you from seeing the struggle on my face!]

I said regretfully, “And here I was thinking of feeding Your Majesty myself. Oh well.”

Xiao Huan sprang up like a carp. “Yingying, hungry. Food.”

His Majesty was seriously unhinged.

He was the one who shouted for me to feed him.

But when I actually did, he got too embarrassed to eat.

Xiao Huan was extremely shy. “Actually, no one has ever served me like this before.”

I pondered this. “I suppose that means you’re hardworking.”

As Xiao Huan ate, he kept glancing at me.

[Stupid brain, hurry up and think of a way to make her stay!]

[What should I say to make myself sound like a hopelessly devoted husband in despair?]

[Yingying, will you truly be happy if you leave? Let me go with you. Otherwise, I won’t live either… No, no, that sounds way too cheap.]

[Though to be honest, I’m not exactly worth much.]

I interrupted the battle between the left and right sides of his brain. “Your Majesty.”

Xiao Huan sat up straight. “What?”

“Am I very important to Your Majesty?”

Xiao Huan scoffed. “Asking such a stupid question-are you trying to ruin me?”

I lowered my head, a little disappointed. “Oh.”

Xiao Huan lowered his eyes. “You are the most important person to me.”

“I’m actually quite pitiful. Many people refuse to accept me, and many others are afraid of me.”

“There are so many things I don’t know who to tell.”

“During the uprising, I shared a tent with my deputy general. He heard me talking in my sleep at night and thought I’d gone mad.”

“Only you aren’t afraid of me, and only you don’t think I’m crazy. You are my home.”

I was so touched.

Even though His Majesty seemed to be laboring under some beautiful misunderstandings about me.

The mood was just turning sentimental.

[Kekeke. Watch me put on a pitiful act and scheme Lu Yingying right into my hands!]

[Come and feel sorry for me. Though I may seem cheerful and carefree on the surface, like an optimistic little demon spawn, deep down I’m still a lovable little kitty.]

[Meow, meow.]

How sinister. I was so close to falling for it!

Xiao Huan set down his bowl and came to hug me.

He rested his chin on my shoulder.

“Don’t abandon me, all right?”

I was cold as ice. “Your Majesty, I miss my parents. I have to go back and find them.”

After a long, dead silence,

I quietly lifted my head, wanting to see if he was angry.

But Xiao Huan abruptly shot to his feet. “You should’ve said so earlier!”

“I’ll go find your parents right now and bring them into the palace. We’ll make the two elders Retired Emperors!”

Uh.

So that was an option?