In an instant, the room fell into an endless silence, occasionally interrupted by distant shouts from the front hall, where voices fluctuated with excitement, perhaps from a game of rock-paper-scissors or cheers.
The recently honored Ling Yuxuan, now titled Xuan Wang Ye, seemed unusually clingy today. It had been less than two hours since they parted, yet at this moment, their attachment felt as if they had been separated for a long time, like lovers who had missed each other dearly and were finally reunited.
Ziyan found himself gradually stirred by the teasing and entanglement, awakening a feeling akin to savoring a long-awaited delicacy. At that moment, it didn't matter whether the outside world was about to erupt in chaos or if the sky would soon fall!
Thus, the two affectionate young lovers continued their intimate entanglement at the doorway. Eventually, the boy lifted the girl and placed her on his large bed, then followed suit to lean over her as they resumed their tender exchanges.
Just before they lost themselves completely in their affection, Ling Yuxuan suddenly snapped back to reality and reluctantly withdrew his hands that had been exploring Beloved Child without restraint.
He then rolled off the bed and hurried barefoot to the table, quickly grabbing a teapot. Tilting his head back, he poured the tea into his mouth. The entire pot of tea flowed down his throat, splashing onto his neck as well. When he could no longer drink, he poured the remaining tea over his face.
At that moment, Ziyan finally let out a long sigh of relief. Meanwhile, the Demon Prince had nearly emptied the teapot in just a few minutes.
Only then did the "nameless fire" within him begin to cool down. However, once he calmed down, his first words were: "One more year!"
"Huh? A year?" Ziyan, still dazed from the earlier events, looked bewildered.
"Silly, have you forgotten our agreement from two years ago? In one more year, this husband can officially consummate our marriage with my Future Wife." As he said this, the Demon Prince blinked his enchanting eyes and intentionally made an extremely tempting expression.
This left Beloved Child speechless with embarrassment; her face instantly turned from pink to the color of a bright red lantern.
Seeing Beloved Child's adorably shy expression, Ling Yuxuan almost leaped to the bedside. Ziyan immediately clutched the blanket tightly, her first thought being: Is he coming again?
"Hahaha—what a silly fool," Ling Yuxuan laughed triumphantly after successfully teasing her.
After laughing enough, he stopped and solemnly lifted Beloved Child's small face, expressing his feelings seriously: "Fool, I really want to marry you quickly, so that we can avoid those 'wolves and tigers' worrying about you again."
"Those? Isn't it just your good Sixth Brother Xiang Wang Ye? Why are there so many wolves and tigers?" Ziyan, who was unaware of the situation, still did not notice that there were others around.
"Of course, he's not the only one."
"Uh? Who else? How come I don't know?"
"That's because you're foolish!"
"I, I'm foolish?" At this point, Ziyan's mouth twitched as she stared wide-eyed in shock, reluctantly pointing a finger at herself.
"Yes! You are foolish." When she heard Ling Yuxuan affirming this and even nodding, Ziyan was completely dumbfounded, repeatedly asking herself, "Am I foolish? Am I really foolish? Pfft, you're the foolish one; your whole family is foolish."
Finally, while watching the Demonically Charming Man secretly enjoying himself like a Monster, Ziyan snapped back to reality and directly retorted.
Thinking to herself: In this world, if I am considered foolish, then everyone in the world must be foolish.
"Alright, alright, Little Fool, stop messing around. Are you hungry?" One sentence woke her from her daze. As soon as she heard Ling Yuxuan ask if she was hungry, Ziyan realized her stomach was already growling.
"I'm so hungry! I was just trying to see you sooner; I didn't even have time to eat." The next moment, Ziyan pouted her small face in grievance.
"For my part, I have also been waiting with an empty stomach for my Future Wife to return." Seeing Ziyan looking so wronged made Ling Yuxuan feel even more aggrieved.
"Uh? What are you waiting for? Hurry and call someone, let them instruct the kitchen to quickly bring us some good food and drinks."
"Alright! I will take care of it right away." After adjusting his clothes, Ling Yuxuan strode over to open the door and shouted loudly into the empty courtyard, "Come here!"
Immediately, two guards appeared from somewhere. Ling Yuxuan efficiently gave them orders: "Go, your master is hungry. Quickly go to the kitchen and tell them to prepare some good food and drinks for us."
"Yes!" The two guards turned and left immediately.
"Alright, I've taken care of it. Shouldn't there be some rewards?" Watching the two shadow guards leave, Ling Yuxuan turned back into the room, a hint of ambiguity flashing in his eyes.
Faced with the Demon Prince's charming and deadly allure, Ziyan could only turn her face away, not daring to look at him any longer. She thought to herself: at this rate, they might end up falling for each other before their wedding night.
Damn that Monster! Ziyan shook her head, trying to clear her mind and stop thinking about those embarrassing things.
As night approached, the atmosphere in the room became quite strange. Perhaps it was due to the earlier mention of their wedding night that made both of them feel a bit awkward.
Ziyan remained silent, seemingly on guard, while the Demon Prince stared intently at his future wife, who was clearly flustered.
This feeling was actually quite amusing for the Demon Prince! He enjoyed watching his Beloved Child display such shy and cute expressions.
As time passed, Ziyan could no longer hold her composure. So she bluntly asked, "Hey, have you finished looking?"
"Not at all! I can never get enough!" Unexpectedly, the Demon Prince replied while flashing his enchanting eyes once again.
"Oh, it's easy to say that now—ten or twenty years from now, you won't be saying the same thing." Ziyan said, somewhat distrustfully curling her lips.
"Don't talk about ten or twenty years; even fifty or sixty years from now, you still won't have enough."
"Hmph, who believes that?" With this argument, Ziyan shrugged her shoulders noncommittally at the other person.
Just as Ziyan was about to lower her head and ignore the certain Monster, she caught a glimpse of a white shadow flashing by, and that person pulled her tightly into his embrace again.
Immediately, a very serious voice came to her ear: "You are not allowed to think of me like that. Even if one day you grow old with white hair and lose all your teeth, I will still treat you as a treasure in my hands. If you don't believe me, I will swear an oath right now—" Just as Ling Yuxuan was about to start his oath, Ziyan quickly covered his mouth with her hand: "Forget it, I was just joking. Future Husband, there's no need to take it seriously."
"This concerns our future together for a lifetime; how can it be taken lightly!" Looking at her Demonically Charming Man's serious expression at that moment, Ziyan realized that her previous words had indeed hurt his sincere heart.
So Ziyan immediately apologized: "Alright, I was wrong. I won't doubt this anymore."
"Really realized your mistake?" Ling Yuxuan's eyes were bright and he continued to look seriously at his Beloved Child.
"Really really, not even pearls are this sincere!"
"Good! That's right. If you doubt me again next time, I will—" As Ling Yuxuan spoke, his gaze fixed on a certain part of himself while continuing, "spank your little bottom."
"Don't! I won't do it again; I promise!" Upon hearing the mention of a spanking, Ziyan immediately recalled the incident from a few years ago in Hot Spring Valley at the Waterfall Cave when her little bottom had been spanked by this Demonically Charming Man.
Thinking of this, Ziyan suddenly jumped out of his embrace while covering that certain part of herself and kept a distance of about ten feet away from him.
At the same time, just then, a half-open door outside was knocked on: "Master, Xuan Wang Ye, the maid and Clerk from the front yard have brought you food."
Thinking of food, Ziyan suddenly realized that she was already starving, only having forgotten about it due to being played by this Monster earlier.
Thus, Ziyan swallowed hard and immediately dashed to the table at lightning speed.
The maid Yang Xiaodie led two Clerks to carefully place the dishes from the basket onto the table. Ziyan quickly spotted a plate of braised meat and reached out to grab a piece to eat first.
However, she was stopped by Yang Xiaodie. "Master, pay attention to hygiene," Yang Xiaodie said with a smile while gesturing with her mouth towards a plate of water held by the last Clerk.
"Uh? Oh!" Ziyan reluctantly walked towards the plate of water while suddenly turning her head to look at Yang Xiaodie, as if she had thought of something.
Furrowing her brows, she immediately put on an angry expression and scolded Yang Xiaodie: "What? Your courage is getting bolder; how dare you order your master around?"
"Uh? I-I wouldn't dare," the maid Yang Xiaodie exclaimed in shock, preparing to kneel and beg for mercy.
"Pfft—Alright, alright, I was just teasing you. You can all leave now. Considering how attentive you've been to me lately, I will reward you tomorrow," Ziyan laughed out loud, her previous small gloominess from being bested by a certain man quickly balanced out by her interaction with maid Yang Xiaodie.
"Uh? Well, thank you, Master. Then I will take my leave," Yang Xiaodie replied while glancing at the two Clerks. At that moment, all three of them exited the room together.
"Hehe—this little Maid is quite cute," Ziyan thought about how dedicated Yang Xiaodie had been to her during this time and felt she had gained quite a few points in her favor.
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