General Lin opened his mouth, wanting to say something. However, after seeing the young man’s persistence, he held back his words and turned around helplessly.
“My name is Murong Qing.”
The young man stretched out his hand toward Nan Chiyou and smiled faintly.
Sunlight shone upon his handsome face.
“Oh…”
Nan Chiyou looked at the young man’s hand and frowned.
‘Mother said I cannot just let boys touch me.’
Therefore…
She grabbed Ah Bao’s little paw and touched the young man’s hand.
“My name is Xia Xia, and this is my cat, Ah Bao.”
“Meow…” Ah Bao mewed obediently.
General Lin’s face darkened when he saw Nan Chiyou’s action. ‘Is this little girl displaying contempt toward His Highness? His Highness was kind enough to approach her, but she does this to him?’
Murong Qing did not think much about it. He smiled faintly as he said, “Maiden Xia, come in. It’s too hot outside. You look weak, and it’s not good to stay under the sun for a long time.”
‘Weak?’
Nan Chiyou was somewhat at a loss.
‘Is he talking about me?’
Nan Chiyou puffed up her cheeks and said, “I’m not weak. I’m very strong.”
Looking at such a soft and cute little girl, the smile on Murong Qing’s face widened, “Come onboard.”
He shook his sleeves and walked into the sedan chair.
Nan Chiyou was indeed too lazy to walk, and she did not have the heart to let Ah Bao carry her…
Therefore…
Nan Chiyou followed the young man into the sedan chair.
The sedan chair was really huge, but Nan Chiyou still remembered Feng Ruqing’s words to keep a distance from boys. She then put her hand on her cheek, looking out of the window.
Ah Bao lay next to her, resting.
Murong Qing’s gaze was fixed upon Nan Chiyou. He smiled gently as he watched her unblinkingly.
It seemed…
He had never seen an adorable girl like her.
Even just looking at her face made him feel happy.
This was something that he had never felt since he fell ill.
If he could…
He wanted to protect her smile until the end of his life.
However, even Murong Qing did not understand why he felt this way when they had just met for the first time.
Until many years later, he suddenly understood that many things were already predetermined from the beginning.
However, the only thing he could do in this life was to protect her smile at all costs.
“What?” Nan Chiyou turned and met Murong Qing’s gaze. She frowned as she asked, “Why do you keep staring at me?”
The young girl’s voice was still pleasant even when she was questioning him.
Murong Qing took out a handkerchief and handed it to Nan Chiyou. “Your face is dirty. Clean it.”
Nan Chiyou pouted.
‘Does he despise me?
‘So he doesn’t like to see the dirt on my face?’
However, looking at the handkerchief handed to her by the young man, Nan Chiyou was silent for a moment but still took it and said, “Thank you…”
This handkerchief was very clean with the scent of the unique herb on the young man’s body.
Perhaps, the young man had been taking many herbs for a long time…
Nan Chiyou took out her water bottle, poured some water on the handkerchief, and then wiped the dirt on her small face.
