Chapter 81 - 81. Vacation III

Third person POV

After they finished eating their dinner, the servants came in and cleaned up the table. Hong er found the chance to escape from this awkward silence. She stood up and nervously smiled at Weisheng.

Hong er: " Th-then, Sheng ge, I will go first."

Weisheng: " En, rest early."

Hong er: ' Eh? He agreed to it easily.'

Weisheng noticed that Hong er was staring at him, he glanced at her and grinned.

Weisheng: " What?"

Hong er was fl.u.s.tered when Weisheng suddenly looked at her and gave her a teasing grin. Hong er's face got red as she shook her head vigoruously.

Hong er: " N-no no no no no, I-I will go."

Hong er quickly ran out from the main hall and went to her room. Meiyun and Huayun chased after Hong er in worry but in their heart they exactly knew why Hong er reacted like this. Hong er plopped down to her bed and buried her face onto the bed, she slammed her head onto the pillow for a few times before she sat up and took a deep breath.

She opened the window beside her bed and looked at the moon, the wind gently brushed her face and swirled around her. Hong er smiled and moved her hand around the wind.

Hong er: " Xiao feng, can I ask you something?" ( Feng means wind, Xiao means little. So she called the wind as little wind as it was easier to identify them.)

Hong er felt the wind blew up and down on her hand.

Hong er: " Do you know why my heart beated so fast? It felt like a hundred butterflies fly around your heart."

Then the wind blew from side to side, Hong er scrunched her eyebrow in confusion.

Hong er: " Do you think it is normal?"

The wind blew up and down.

Hong er: " Hhmm, who should I ask?"

The wind swirled around Hong er's hand, Hong er face immediately blushed. She shook her head vigorously.

Hong er: " No no no, that won't do. I can't ask Sheng ge."

The wind made a mini tornado and bent the tornado into a question mark.

Hong er: " Because he is the cause of this weird feeling and he will think weirdly about me if I ask him about that."

Hong er face saddened, the wind gently brushed her cheeks to comfort her. Hong er giggled as she felt ticklish on her cheeks.

Hong er: " Hehehe, I'm fine, no need to worry about me."

On the other side, Weisheng covered his mouth with his hand as he leaned on the wall beside Hong er's window. His ears were red, he tried not to smile but he couldn't hold back his smile after he listened to Hong er's conversation. He noticed that Hong er had been aware of him as a man but since Hong er was only surrounded by family love, she also treated Weisheng as her brother.

But one thing that Weisheng didn't understand was why Hong er suddenly aware of him. He remembered that the first time Hong er blushed around him was the night when he kissed her forehead after he cooked that inedible soup.

Weisheng: ' I had kissed her forehead once before that night but she was asleep. Or maybe she wasn't…'

Weisheng widened his eyes in realization, he had made sure she was asleep before he climbed in to her room. Then he recalled that his mind wasn't in a good condition at that night, he was slightly dazed as he was too shocked by the angry Hong er. He put his finger on his chin while he was in deep thought.

Hong er: " Mah~ I will go to sleep first, Sheng ge told me to rest early. Maybe tomorrow will be quite tiring."

Hong er's voice woke him up from his deep thought, Weisheng immediately left the place and went to his study room. Hong er noticed a faint sound from outside, she summoned her sword and looked outside of the window. Seeing no one was there, she jumped to the roof and looked around.

Hong er: ' Hhmm, weird.'

Hong er jumped down from the roof and went back to her room.

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Morning*

Hong er went to the main hall to eat breakfast but the moment she entered the hall, someone hugged her from behind. She spontaneously threw the person that hugged her to the floor with all of her strength. She bewildered when she saw the person she threw, the person laying on the ground not moving.

Servants: " Your Majesty!!"

Hong er: " Ohmygod, Sheng ge!"

Hong er squatted beside him and helped him sit up, she checked his head and back then sighed.

Hong er: ' Glad that his rib didn't break.'

Hong er: " Sheng ge, why did you suddenly appear behind me? You know that I have that reflex if someone suddenly appear behind me."

Weisheng was too sleepy to reply her, he just dazedly stared at Hong er and pulled her into his embrace. He buried his face on her neck crook and inhaled her scent. Hong er widened her eyes as she was dumbfounded by his action, she wanted to push him away but her hand was restrained by his hug. Hong er's face got red as she was getting breathless inside of his embrace.

Hong er: " Sh-sheng ge, pl-please let me go."

Weisheng: " Hhmm, no…"

Weisheng sleepily grunted. Hong er noticed his sleepy tone.

Hong er: " Sh-sheng ge, are you not awake?"

Weisheng: " Hhm…"

Hong er: " Then how can you be here?"

Weisheng: " Cause you aren't the one who woke me up."

Hong er: " Eh-ehhh…."

Hong er turned her head towards the servants but they avoided her stares. Hong er sighed and slowly lifted Weisheng up but because of their height difference, Weisheng's body overlapped Hong er's body. The servants were worried that Hong er would fall down so they rushed to her side. Weisheng peeked and frowned when he saw the servants were so close to Hong er.

He turned Hong er's body and lifted her up, he effortlessly carried her in his arms. He went to his seat and sat down, he put Hong er on his thighs and hugged her from behind like a bodypillow. He closes his eyes and leaned his head on her shoulder while lightly rocked their body. At first, Hong er wanted to struggle out of his embrace but when she turned her head to the side to face Weisheng, she saw dark circles under his eyes.

She felt pity towards him so she just let him do whatever he wants even though she was still embarrassed by the skinship. She gently leaned her head on his head and caressed his hands. She hummed a song while slowly transferring some Light Qi to his body through her hand. The servants smiled and blushed while being fed dog food, especially the head butler, he grinned at the couple in front of him. Qiyi and Qier who saw his grin instantly shivered in fear.

Head butler: ' I have to report this.'