CHAPTER 607: CHAPTER 196: LEAVING A LINGERING ILLNESS_2

She completely let down her guard.

When she was placed on the bed, the loss of that sense of security made her involuntarily grasp someone’s sleeve.

Xiao Jinxing had intended to leave as soon as he set Ye Qichi down.

But then he saw Ye Qichi’s reluctance to let him go.

In his heart, there seemed to be a kind of different emotion stirring.

Even though Xiao Jinxing never spent time pondering over so-called emotions.

At that moment, he was surprisingly gentle.

Leaning close to Ye Qichi’s ear, he whispered softly, "Be good, go to sleep."

That deep, indulgent voice.

Made Little Wu almost drop his jaw in astonishment.

The Prince was actually speaking to the Princess in this tone.

It’s all over now.

The Prince must have fallen in love.

Little Wu’s mind was filled with all sorts of imaginations about the Prince’s future treatment of the Princess...

And then, his face turned beet red.

Ye Qichi released Xiao Jinxing’s sleeve.

It was as if she had heard his words.

And obediently listened to him.

At the corner of Xiao Jinxing’s lips, there seemed to be a slight uplift.

He looked at Ye Qichi once more before he turned and left.

Little Wu naturally followed the pace of Xiao Jinxing.

Regarding the Prince’s behavior today...

He acted as though he saw nothing.

"Stay here to protect the Princess." Xiao Jinxing ordered.

Little Wu was stunned again.

Prince Chen’s Mansion was actually quite safe.

Now that the Prince had reorganized the guards, it would be hard for the average person to break into Prince Chen’s Mansion.

Of course, Little Wu didn’t dare to contradict.

He could only respectfully say, "If the Princess wakes up, Little Wu will send a message to the Prince."

He thought.

The Prince must have had something important to deal with coming to see the Princess.

"No need," Xiao Jinxing said, "I am very busy."

"Yes," Little Wu replied respectfully.

"If the Princess wishes to find me..." Xiao Jinxing’s Adam’s apple moved, "she may come and report."

"Yes."

Little Wu couldn’t help but feel.

That the Prince seemed to be self-contradicting, saying one thing but meaning another, deliberately hiding.

Xiao Jinxing left with a final word and departed.

Little Wu then stood guard at the door again.

Remaining in a state of half-drowsiness and alertness.

Ye Qichi slept deeply.

For a very long time.

And she even had a beautiful dream.

She dreamt of Fu Xingyi.

She hadn’t dreamt about him for a long time.

Sometimes she even dared not dream of him.

Fearing that she might long too much.

Just now, however, she dreamt of him again.

Dreamt of him tenderly lulling her to sleep by her ear.

Like so many times before.

Either over the phone or right beside her.

Fu Xingyi was too gentle.

That kind of tenderness

Is something no one in this world can compare with.

She thought she would never hear it again.

But in her sleep,

She once again felt the warmth of Fu Xingyi.

Ye Qichi opened her eyes.

When she woke up, she was somewhat bewildered about where she was exactly.

Looking at the antique surroundings, she finally realized she had transmigrated into the book, and she was still inside this melodramatic story.

She got up.

Stretched lazily.

For some reason,

Whenever she dreamt of Fu Xingyi in the past,

She would wake up in tears every time.

This time,

Instead, it was warmth that prevailed.

Has Fu Xingyi been gone for so long that she has finally accepted it?! Or was it because Fu Xingyi in her dream just now felt so real that she truly believed he was still by her side?

She didn’t allow herself to be confined by these thoughts.

The warmth of this moment, when she truly falls into Fu Xingyi’s tenderness, would turn into pain.

After all,

Fu Xingyi was gone after all.

Long gone.

She called out for Lu You.

Lu You hurriedly came in from outside.

Lu You had fallen asleep in Xie Ruotong’s room.

Waking up and not seeing the Princess, she was terribly frightened.

Fortunately, as she ran back, she saw the Princess sleeping on the bed.

She was baffled as to how the Princess got back to bed on her own.

Could it be that the Princess returned to her room on her own while she was asleep?!

And didn’t even call for her to come along.

"Princess." Lu You approached and bowed to Ye Qichi.

"How did I get back here?" Ye Qichi asked.

Lu You was instantly dumbfounded.

"Didn’t the Princess walk back on her own?" Lu You was utterly confused.

Ye Qichi frowned.

Could it be that she sleepwalked?!

"Where’s Little Wu?" Ye Qichi asked.

"He’s still napping at the door," Lu You answered, "Should I call Lord Little Wu in for you?"

"No need, let’s not bother him." Little Wu had also had a hard time.

Following her to Duke Mansion, now guarding her all day without going back to his own bed to rest, he must be exhausted.

However, she was somewhat surprised.

Last night, she asked Xiao Jinxing to lend her Little Wu for assistance.

Yet,

For such a long time, that wretched Prince hadn’t called Little Wu back?!

Could it be that Xiao Jinxing, a man so stingy and miserly, had changed his ways?