Jun Xiqing's heart skipped a beat. His gaze was gentle and affectionate.
She took out a pen and paper and slowly wrote, "I want to leave the palace."
Lu Yeming's deep almond-shaped eyes looked at her words impassively. His brows slowly furrowed. The flirtatious atmosphere in the room just now had disappeared.
Raising his thin lips, he said in a low voice, "Give me a reason."
I've been poisoned. You'll be in danger at any time if you're with me. This is the most rational thing to do.
Lu Yeming's gaze landed on Jun Xiqing's veiled face. His thin lips curved into a sarcastic smile. "Qingqing, do you dare to take off your veil? Are you afraid that I'll despise your current appearance? "
His words were so sharp that they pierced right through Jun Xiqing's unease and hesitation.
Her face was already disfigured.
He had wanted to take off her veil a few times, but she had refused.
She didn't want him to see her current face.
I want to leave the palace. We can be together after Yuan Ming's matter is resolved.
Lu Yeming suddenly got up. He stood by the bed with one hand in his pocket. His current appearance made it easy for him to look down on her. "Jun Xiqing, you can leave if you want. I won't stop you. But I, Lu Yeming, am not someone you can just leave and take as you please."
With that, he turned around to leave. Flash dance.
Lu Yeming!
Jun Xiqing quickly ran over and hugged his muscular waist from behind. Pressing her face against his strong back, she shook her head gently. Don't go!
She didn't mean it that way.
Lu Yeming stopped in his tracks. He reached out and grabbed Jun Xiqing's slender wrist, pushing her against the wall with all his might.
Jun Xiqing furrowed her pretty brows. Her back was hurting so much that tears welled up in her eyes.
She lifted her eyes to look at the man in front of her. His exquisite and handsome face was incomparably sinister and cold.
He was too tall and blocked all of her light. His powerful aura was overwhelming.
Reaching out, Lu Yeming caressed her face. "Yuan Ming has never been a problem between you and me. How can everything go smoothly in life? When the problem arises, you and I can solve it together. Jun Xiqing, you just don't trust me. You keep drifting away from our relationship."
Jun Xiqing's eyes shone brightly. She slowly wrote on his palm: Lu Yeming, do you love me?
Love?
He never said he loved her.
Even his confession did not contain the word "love".
He was domineering and overbearing, but he was also extremely fond of her beauty. Her intelligence was unparalleled. In his eyes, in Big Sister Mo 'er's eyes, and in the eyes of the entire world, she was unparalleled.
But did he love her?
Love is the most invincible force in this world.
Without love, where would trust come from?
Lu Yeming's handsome face froze and he slowly retracted his large palm. His deep, almond-shaped eyes were already completely calm.
"Qingqing, you are too greedy," he said slowly.
Oh.
Hearing his words, Jun Xiqing lowered her eyes and looked at her toes.
Lu Yeming reached out with his long fingers and pinched her delicate jaw. Narrowing his almond-shaped eyes, he said calmly in a low voice, "I said before that I like you and am willing to give the rest of my life to you. I can give you the best love in the world and I can even promise that I will never have another woman other than you in this lifetime. As long as I have it, I can give it to you.
"The love you speak of, perhaps we will have it in the future. Three years ago, I wanted to start this possibility with you.
"But you haven't even invested in me yet and you want to get something in return now. I have never said the word 'love' to you, nor have I promised you anything. You didn't mind it in the past, but now that I have invested all my energy and love into you, you are starting to mind this with me?
"Qingqing, you can't be too greedy. Greed makes people … sick of you."
He didn't deliberately emphasize the word 'sick', instead, he said it slowly and lazily.
He didn't mean to be cold, but it made one feel cold to the bone.
The blush on Jun Xiqing's face had completely disappeared, leaving her a little pale. She had been too greedy.
He had only said that he missed her, that he liked her, that he cared for her …
Indeed, he had never said the word 'love' to her before.
What he had said was already enough.
Enough to move her heart.
Enough to make her want to be with him.
It wasn't like she didn't know that he couldn't bear to part with Elder Sister Mo 'er. But what was it that made Jun Xiqing so greedy?
Lu Yeming caressed her little face again, his fingers caressing the delicate skin of her face as he rested his forehead on hers lovingly.
"Qingqing, stop fooling around with me, hm? Perhaps we will have love in the future.
"I won't look down on your current looks. Yuan Ming isn't a problem either. Come to my side and be with me.
"I won't meet someone as moved as you in the future, and I don't have any extra time to spend on other women. We will spend the rest of our lives like this. You can give birth to two children for me. I will be a good husband and a good father and you will be the happiest woman in the world."
He had never changed.
Jun Xiqing knew that he had never changed.
His confession was still so powerful that it moved her. If she hadn't been that little bit greedy, if she hadn't been greedy for his love, she would have been doted on by him for the rest of her life and lived happily ever after.
But she also knew that there had never been a time when she understood more clearly than now that he didn't love her.
He didn't love her or not love her.
"Qingqing." Lu Yeming held her soft hand, his fingers gently caressing the ring on her middle finger. "Let's get married, okay?"
Get married …
Marry him.
Jun Xiqing repeated these words in her heart, before she slowly but firmly retracted her hand.
No.
She rejected him.
She rejected him again.
This time, Lu Yeming really let go of her and took a step back. "Ha." He let out a low chuckle. It was extremely cold. "Jun Xiqing, I've realized that you really are greedy."
With that, he didn't look at her again. He couldn't be bothered to look at her anymore. He strode out of the room.
…
Her ears were quiet and the entire world had quietened down.
Jun Xiqing leaned against the wall alone. She felt cold, so she slowly wrapped her slender arms around herself.
She stayed alone for a while before she went downstairs.
There was a banquet downstairs. It was prepared to celebrate Leader Mu and his daughter, Mu Yanyan.
Jun Xiqing immediately spotted Lu Yeming standing in the middle of the bright lights. He had taken a shower and had changed into a clean white shirt and black trousers. The custom-made material had been ironed perfectly, and he exuded a cold and aloof aura.
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