CH 36.2

Translator – Xiao He Lian

Chapter 36.2

There is nothing more tragic in the world than this.

Young Master Li would never have imagined that he would fall into such a predicament the first time he saw His Highness the Crown Prince.

But who would have thought that such an ugly phoenix was actually drawn by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

Moreover, His Royal Highness actually allowed a mere Wen Chi to walk around with that painting.

Young Master Li was bewildered, remorseful and deeply jealous ……

He had no time to think alot, he thought he would die in the hands of His Highness the Crown Prince but just when he was about to suffocate to death, His Highness the Crown Prince’s hand suddenly loosened.

Immediately afterwards, Young Master Li was thrown into the cold lake next to him.

The lake water came from all directions and choked into his mouth and nose.

Young Master Li couldn’t swim, so he was thrashing desperately in the lake.

The people on the shore watched this scene without daring to breathe. It was the first time they saw His Highness the Crown Prince’s temper. They never expected that such a cruel heart was hidden under that handsome face.

No one dared to speak and no one dared to intercede for Young Master Li and and no one could bear to turn their heads.

It wasn’t until Young Master Li gradually became silent that Shi Ye waved his hand expressionlessly.

Seeing this, Eunuch Zhu immediately winked at the little eunuch beside him.

The little eunuch jumped into the lake without saying a word, swam over to fish up Young Master Li who had passed out.

Now that things have come to this point, the tea banquet came to an end.

Eunuch Zhu asked the little eunuch who came with Young Master Li to carry him back and dismissed everyone else. 

Wen Chi was among the crowd and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to sneak away but unfortunately he was stopped by the quick-eyed Eunuch Zhu just as he took a few steps.

“Young Master Wen, this way please.” Eunuch Zhu smiled and made a gesture of invitation.

Wen Chi: “…”

He can’t afford to mess with him nor can he afford to avoid him, so he has nothing to look forward to in life.

Wen Chi was very reluctant but he must not let the crown prince see his reluctance, so he tried his best to squeeze out a bright smile and walked in front of the crown prince pretending to be nonchalant.

He called obediently: “Did Your Royal Highness ask for me?”

Shi Ye was still holding the handkerchief that he had just wiped his hand with. He seemed to be a bit of a clean freak. He wiped his hands with a handkerchief after touching Yue Shan’s neck before as well.

But to say that this cleanliness is not very similar to that cleanliness, after all, Shi Ye had a lot of fun playing with clay that night…

Shi Ye threw the handkerchief to Eunuch Zhu, then leaned back lightly, propped his chin and looked at Wen Chi: “You don’t like the picture I drew?”

Wen Chi pursed his lips: “Your Highness, I like it very much.”

Shi Ye sneered: “Since you like it, why did you throw the picture drawn by Bengong on the ground?”

Wen Chi: “…”

He was startled and quickly turned his head to look at the ground. Sure enough, he saw the picture on the ground not far away. It seemed that many people had stepped on it and the picture was split in two.

F*ck!

At this moment, Wen Chi wanted to strangle Li Yu to death with his own hands.

Damn you Li Yu, after looking at the painting, he threw it on the ground!

Wen Chi was dripping with cold sweat, thinking that he was about to die and his teeth were chattering when he spoke: “Your Royal Highness, this, this is a misunderstanding, I just gave the painting for everyone to see and I didn’t have time to take it back…”

Shi Ye raised his hand: “No need to explain.”

Wen Chi froze for a moment and opened his almond-shaped eyes in shock.

Shi Ye said again:  “Explaining means to cover up something.”

Hearing this, Wen Chi quickly swallowed all the words. He wanted to explain but didn’t dare to explain. His desire to speak made him look extremely pitiful. 

At this moment, a large cloud of fire was spreading in the evening sky and the fiery red light fell on the two of them.

Wen Chi was wearing a simple blue and white robe with black hair in light bundles, one strand falling in front of his ears, swaying in the breeze. But Wen Chi looked like a clueless rabbit caught in a trap, with red eyes, long eyelashes trembling slightly while staring at Shi Ye blankly.

Originally, Shi Ye just wanted to tease Wen Chi but seeing this scene, he couldn’t help but have even worse thoughts.

“If you don’t like that phoenix, I will draw you a better phoenix. What do you think?”

Wen Chi smelled a hint of intrigue and trembled, not daring to speak.

However, Shi Ye had no intention of waiting for an answer and turned his head and ordered, “Zhu Xian, prepare the brush and ink.”

Eunuch Zhu said: “Yes.”

There was ready-made brush and ink here but the quality of the white paper was not as good as what Shi Ye usually uses. After some considerations, Eunuch Zhu planned to send a little eunuch to the study to get a stack of white paper.

Unexpectedly, Shi Ye suddenly said, “No need.”

Eunuch Zhu said: “Your Royal Highness, the paper here…”

Shi Ye interrupted him impatiently: “I said there is no need for it, you can all leave.”

Eunuch Zhu seemed to understand something and quickly cleared the scene cooperatively.

After a while, Shi Ye and Wen Chi were the only ones left by the lively lakeside.

Wen Chi watched helplessly as Shi Ye stood up from the wheelchair and walked to the table. His slender and beautiful hand picked up the brush and dipped it on the polished inkstone.

The bad premonition in Wen Chi’s heart was getting stronger and stronger…

Sure enough, he saw Shi Ye turned around, his long and narrow eyes were slightly narrowed in the fiery red sunset, the perfect outline was a little blurred by the light but he could see his thin lips opening and closing: “One piece of paper is not enough for Bengong, why not use your body as paper and Ben Gong will draw you a real phoenix.”

Wen Chi: “…”