Chapter 294: Confession
She felt as if her very soul was being drawn away.
Above her head, a gentle, pleasant, and somewhat coaxing voice sounded again.
“Be good and answer honestly.”
Yan Xiaosi thought with her muddled brain.
At that moment, when she saw that arrow flying swiftly toward Long Yu, she had been very worried. Without much thought, she had wanted to use her psychic power to slow down the arrow’s speed, but the person behind her had given her that flying kick, disrupting her plan.
“I was afraid you would be in danger.”
This answer greatly satisfied Long Yu.
“You were afraid I’d be in danger, so you used yourself as a human shield to block the arrow for me.”
“I…”
This was actually a misunderstanding. Yan Xiaosi wanted to explain clearly at this moment.
However, Long Yu didn’t give her this opportunity. Seeing her dazed appearance, the corners of his mouth curved upward.
“I’m very happy that you care about me so much.”
“…”
“Yan Xiaosi, listen carefully to what I’m about to say. Don’t forget a single word.”
“…”
“Yan Xiaosi, my heart is moved by you. Are you willing to be with me?”
Yan Xiaosi had never imagined that someone so lofty and superior, who held military power over the realm and was the current emperor’s own uncle, such an illustrious figure would actually like her. This sudden confession startled her so much that she choked on her own saliva.
“Cough, cough… Your Highness, but I’m a man, and you’re also a man. We…”
Long Yu shook his head slightly, his voice even gentler than before.
“I don’t care. My heart is moved by you, regardless of gender.”
“Two men together, aren’t you afraid the world will laugh at you?”
“If the world wants to laugh, let them laugh. I don’t care.”
Liking her regardless of gender and not caring about the world’s opinions deeply moved Yan Xiaosi.
Thump thump, thump thump!
Her chest continued to beat like a drum. Yan Xiaosi felt that her old heart was about to jump out of her throat.
“Among the three forms of unfilial behavior, having no descendants is the greatest. As the War King of Great Chu, aren’t you afraid the imperial family will cause you trouble?”
Royalty had large harems. As the War King of Great Chu and the emperor’s own uncle, even if he didn’t have three palaces and six courts, his princely residence should at least have a lively rear courtyard for the imperial family to feel at ease.
A mocking cold smile appeared at the corner of Long Yu’s mouth.
“My affairs are not for those imperial members to interfere with. If I have no descendants, then so be it. My family doesn’t have an imperial throne to inherit anyway.”
A confession should originally be a very solemn matter, but hearing his response, Yan Xiaosi couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
This laugh pulled at her wound again, causing her to grimace in pain and cry out.
“Haha, your family doesn’t have an imperial throne to inherit, but your family has a princely title and vast wealth to inherit! If you have no descendants, wouldn’t your princely title and vast fortune just benefit others?”
Long Yu thought about it and felt the little thing made a valid point.
“How about we adopt one then?”
Yan Xiaosi rolled her eyes.
“Your Highness, did I agree to engage in… that with you?”
“That?”
Long Yu obviously didn’t understand the meaning of those words and couldn’t comprehend them literally either.
Yan Xiaosi had to explain: “I mean cut sleeves, male favor.”
Long Yu understood. He looked seriously at her face, his breath enveloping her face as he breathed.
“Little thing, so do you agree or disagree?”
Yan Xiaosi felt her cheeks tingling.
Honestly speaking, an excellent man like Long Yu could easily move someone’s heart, and she was no exception. Especially since she had transmigrated into a poor village girl with nothing to her name. If she could latch onto a big shot like Long Yu, she could walk sideways through the Great Chu Dynasty in the future, and her financial prospects would be bright.
“I have one condition. If you agree to it, then I can agree.”
Long Yu moved one hand to gently hook her chin.
“Speak.”
“I don’t really like sharing one man with other women or men. If you can’t do this, then in the future, I’ll remain your military physician and servant.”
Long Yu smiled and answered readily: “What a coincidence, I also prefer one partner for life.”
It was precisely because he didn’t want to casually find someone to warm his bed that his princely residence’s rear courtyard remained empty to this day.
“Xiaosi, does this mean you’re agreeing to me?”
Yan Xiaosi’s cheeks burned with heat, her heart in chaos, momentarily unsure how to respond.
In this current era of male superiority and female inferiority, men from all countries, as long as they had even a bit of money in their families, which one didn’t have three wives and four concubines? Long Yu, as the War King, lofty and superior, wealthy and handsome, she had thought it impossible for him to agree to such an absurd condition of hers, but unexpectedly…
“Mm, you’re very good. Let’s try getting along for a period of time.”
If it was suitable, she would then tell Long Yu her true gender.
Long Yu was extremely excited.
From the moment Yan Xiaosi used her body as a human shield to block the arrow for him, he had completely confirmed his own feelings. After deciding to confess tonight, his mood had been restless and uneasy. Now his anxious mood finally turned to excitement and elation.
Having lived for over twenty years, he had never been as excited and elated as he was at this moment.
“Xiaosi.”
“Mm, is there anything else?”
Long Yu moved closer to her, cupping her face with both hands.
“When there’s no one around, you can call me by my name. Between us, there’s no need for honorifics, just like during those few days when I was recovering from injuries in Shaoyao Village, when you called me Long Hao or Big Brother Long Hao. Now you can call me Long Yu or Big Brother Long Yu.”
“Long Yu.”
Yan Xiaosi had no concept of hierarchical respect in her heart, so she easily called out his name.
“Your name sounds quite nice, better than War King or Your Highness War King.”
At this moment, Long Yu’s heart was as soft as a pool of spring water. The two words “Long Yu” coming from Yan Xiaosi’s mouth were like a warm stone thrown into this pool of spring water, creating ripples.
Yan Xiaosi smiled slightly, suddenly feeling Long Yu’s breath getting closer and closer. She widened her eyes as Long Yu cupped her cheeks, his warm lips already pressing down toward her.
When their lips touched, Yan Xiaosi’s brain crashed.
Having lived two lifetimes, this was still her first kiss.
Long Yu was obviously also kissing someone for the first time. Cupping Yan Xiaosi’s face, he clumsily explored her lips, afraid of aggravating her wound, so he stopped after just a taste.
After separating, both their faces were flushed red.
The atmosphere in the military tent was quiet for a moment before Long Yu cleared his throat lightly, breaking the awkwardness.
“Xiaosi, should we have mother-in-law come to the military camp to take care of you?”
He had heard people say that when children were sick, they would miss their mothers very much.
Yan Xiaosi’s emotions hadn’t yet stabilized, and hearing him call her “mother-in-law” made her heart even more chaotic.
“Better not call my mother here. My mother is soft-hearted. Seeing me injured, she’d definitely be sad for a long time. This minor injury of mine will heal in a few days.”
Long Yu grasped one of her hands.
He was fifteen years old, so why were his palms so small?
His heart ached as he frowned slightly.
“Then we won’t invite mother-in-law to come. I’ll personally take care of you.”
“…”
“Don’t call her mother-in-law so intimately. We haven’t even started anything yet.”
Long Yu pondered for a moment and said: “Haven’t started anything yet? Then after this battle is finished, I’ll go to your home to propose marriage. That way we’ll have started something.”
Hearing his confident tone, Yan Xiaosi smiled and said: “Are you so certain that we’ll be together in the future? There’s a saying: falling in love is easy, but staying together is difficult.”
Long Yu said: “I don’t easily like someone, but once I’ve made up my mind, I won’t easily let go. In the future, unless you give up on me, I won’t give up on you.”