After learning the brief content of Schiller's play from Xu Le, the cold flames in Huai Caoshi's eyes burned brighter and brighter, as if they wanted to melt all the ice mountains that had accumulated for thousands of years into blue flames. But strangely, she didn't turn her anger into any concrete action. Instead, she sat silently on the chair.
After a long, suffocating silence, she suddenly took off her military cap, rubbed her slightly curly black hair, and wiped off a few drops of sweat from her forehead. She looked forward and narrowed her eyes, asking, "Imprisoning us in a room and using an aphrodisiac, does that mean that in the eyes of that lunatic, I don't have the charm of a woman at all?"
Xu Le slowly and strenuously turned his head to look at her delicate side profile. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment. He never thought that the powerful Princess Huai Caoshi was seriously thinking about the content of the aphrodisiac instead of how to escape.
George Carlin once wrote a famous joke with a sarcastic tone, "Even if a woman is on the battlefield, when faced with the whistling missiles, she is most likely most concerned about whether the outline of her eyebrows is beautiful or not."
But the powerful princess actually had a similar reaction at this moment. Xu Le couldn't help but be shocked. It seemed that no matter how powerful a woman was, she was still a woman. And women, this wonderful creature, must have come from another parallel universe. He would never be able to understand it in his life.
"If you weren't always expressionless, hiding your face under the shadow of the military cap, I think anyone would have to admit that you would at least be considered delicate."
Xu Le didn't explain that the aphrodisiac had nothing to do with her feminine charm. It was purely because it was a classic scene in Schiller's play. The Great Teacher, a middle-aged fanatic for literature, would definitely design it according to the original … He paused for a long time and said sincerely, "But the problem is, it's really hard for me to see you as a woman."
"I understand." Huai Caoshi put the military cap on the table and replied expressionlessly, "It's hard for men to see me as a woman because they are more like weak women in front of me."
This was true. In the vast universe, it was hard to find a male animal who could look down on you and was qualified to protect you.
Xu Le silently thought to himself, and then he recalled that Shang Qiu had once said something similar. Only now did he realize that all the women who had appeared in his life were actually such fierce and powerful existences.
Time passed steadily and monotonously. Outside the prison cell, it should have already entered the night. In this long night, there was no food, no water, no television, and no internet to pass the time. There were only two young men and women who had no feelings for each other. In this awkward environment, the speed of time passing unconsciously slowed down.
"What kind of man do you like?"
Xu Le got up and left the shallow pear blossom chair. He walked to the bottom of the scroll-like light screen and looked up. He asked casually, just like those adolescent girls who were hugging a pillow and hiding in bed asking their best female friends.
"Me? I never thought about it. "Huai Cao Shi narrowed her eyes and stared at Xu Le's back.
"As a woman, she must have thought about this question." Xu Le didn't turn around and said to himself. Huai Caoshi's previous performance already showed that her heart wasn't a biological pervert. Then, she must have the psychological process that a normal girl should have.
They were both soldiers, soldiers who were in a state of absolute hostility. There were no feelings between men and women at all. However, after several battles and escaping in the sea of mulberry trees, it was inevitable that there would be some feelings of sympathy.
In their respective life domains, there were very few equally powerful existences. Therefore, Huai Caoshi used indifference and calmness to hide the pride and loneliness of an expert in her heart. Xu Le used silence and cheerful smile to hide the inhuman feelings that had once appeared in his heart.
Especially for Huai Caoshi, there had never been someone who dared to probe into her private matters like Xu Le. There had never been someone who had the qualifications to have an equal conversation with her.
After a long period of silence, Huai Caoshi narrowed her eyes and replied, "When I was young, I seemed to like the palace music teacher. He had a pair of blue eyes, very white skin, and a tall and thin figure. It was as if he would be blown away by the wind."
Could it be that the biological process of love in this princess' body was a simple complement? Xu Le's lips moved and he almost laughed out loud. He never would have thought that the powerful and terrifying genius Huai Caoshi would actually like this kind of pale artistic youth.
"Of course, you can't be like that guy outside who has the hobby of running around naked, and you can't be as crazy as him." Huai Caoshi's eyebrows were tightly knitted as she quickly added.
Xu Le took out the tool he carried with him and inserted it into some kind of spring in the alloy wall. He gently twisted it and casually asked, "What happened to that music teacher later?"
"There was no later." Huai Caoshi returned to her usual expression and coldly replied, "There was also no story that you Federation people want to hear the most. He should still be alive and well right now."
Xu Le shrugged. He had already guessed this ending. A young princess falling in love with her own music teacher was indeed a very common scene. However, since that music teacher had a pair of blue eyes like the sea, he was definitely not a noble, let alone a member of the royal family. Naturally, this story had no later.
"What are you doing?" Huai Caoshi watched him pry open the alloy wall and frowned in confusion.
"I'm making that light screen unable to work. In Schiller's play, the trapped male lead blocks the stone hole, thus making the evil person with the hobby of voyeurism unable to endure and find a way to escape."
Xu Le carefully moved the tool in his hand to avoid triggering the high voltage installed in the wall. He explained, "You can think that I'm playing along with that crazy music teacher, but I think this is indeed effective. At least we won't be disturbed."
He walked back to the table and sat down. He lowered his head and organized the tools in the box. Suddenly, he thought of something and shook his head. "I think I'm wrong. He's your uncle, so he shouldn't have such a perverted hobby. Besides, we're not related by blood. Even if he is a pervert among perverts, it's meaningless."
Huai Caoshi did not reply.
The two of them sat on opposite sides of the pale pear blossom table and began to be silent again. One was the princess of the Empire, the other was the hero of the Federation. It was not easy for them to chat in such an environment without risking their lives. However, it was impossible for them to become true friends through conversation according to the Great Teacher's naive idea. How could they not be enemies when they loved each other on opposite sides of the river of hatred?
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It should be early in the still dark morning. The two people in the cell sat in silence for a night with helpless emotions. No matter who it was, they all had extraordinary abilities and extraordinary mobility that ordinary people could not hope to achieve. However, that master only used the simplest method to trap the two of them in a death trap.
"I'm really stupid, really."
Huai Caoshi, whose short hair was messy, suddenly broke the silence. She looked at Xu Le with narrowed eyes and said with a smile, "I actually forgot the simplest method to solve this problem."
Xu Le's eyes also narrowed, because he sensed great danger from Huai Caoshi's smile.
"The reason the lunatic outside imprisoned us is very simple. He needs me to be close to you." Huai Caoshi said concisely, "If I kill you, there will be no reason for this crazy thing to continue. I will naturally be able to leave."
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