"You... what did you say?"
Xiao Zisu's voice is terrifyingly hoarse.
"I said..."
Xiao Ziheng's eyes stayed on his lips for a few seconds. Just when Xiao Zisu was about to fall out on the spot, he suddenly raised his lips and smiled, "I said I agreed to help you."
Xiao Zisu didn't expect that his attitude would change so quickly. He said "Ah" blankly, and all the anger in his heart disappeared completely. He raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Ziheng in front of him, with a bit of uncertainty in his tone. "... Really?"
The distance between them is very close.
You can clearly see Xiao Ziheng's eyelashes up close.
Xiao Ziheng's eyelashes were inherited from his late mother. They are long and thick. When he blinks, they are like butterflies fluttering about to fly. They are as beautiful as if they had stepped out of a picture book.
Xiao Ziheng arrived at the hot springs half an hour ago. The hair on his forehead had already been wet with water. Xiao Ziheng usually looks like a dignified young man in front of outsiders. This is the first time Xiao Zisu has seen him like this.
Xiao Zisu's Adam's apple moved slightly. The moment the two looked at each other, for some reason, his heart suddenly jumped.
This feeling is amazing.
Xiao Zisu I don't know how to describe it either.
In fact, he is not used to having close physical contact with people. When talking to others, he often keeps a distance of half a meter. According to his original personality, he should find an opportunity to distance the two people, but what Xiao Ziheng just said in his mind is "I said I agree to help you."
Is it just... that simple?
Xiao Ziheng agreed without money, power, or even any commitment from him?
Seeing Xiao Zisu's shocked look, Xiao Ziheng felt faintly funny. His lips curved slightly. "It could also be fake."
"No!"
Xiao Zisu said quickly, "Repenting is a puppy!"
Such childish words are a bit abrupt in today's situation. Not to mention Xiao Ziheng, even Xiao Zisu felt that he was a bit childish. "That's not what I meant... I just don't want you to regret it..."
Seeing this, Xiao Ziheng's lips are slightly curved.
An ominous premonition flashed through Xiao Zisu's heart.
Sure enough--
The next second, Xiao Ziheng opened his lips slightly. "Woof woof woof."
Xiao Zisu:"?"
The handsome boy's pupils shrank and he looked at Xiao Ziheng in disbelief. Because he was so shocked, he spoke a little erratically, "No... brother... you... I... ah? No... you... do you want to regret it? I... I'm talking nonsense... you... you won't take it seriously, oops... I..."
Xiao Ziheng looks like a gentle and harmless gentleman, but why does he look like a scoundrel?
"Hahahahahaha..."
Seeing Xiao Zisu's delirious appearance, Xiao Ziheng finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.
It had been a long time since he had smiled so happily. The guards guarding the door looked at each other a few times, all in disbelief. "What did the Fourth Highness say to our Highness?"
"Not sure."
The captain of the guard listened to Xiao Ziheng's hearty laughter and murmured in a low voice, "But this palace is about to change."
He has been with Xiao Ziheng for some years, and he clearly knows what is hidden under his harmless face. As long as it is what Xiao Ziheng wants to get, he has never failed.
If His Highness hadn't been weak since childhood, the two idiots, the First Prince and the Second Prince, would definitely not be able to compete with His Highness.
In the past, the captain of the guard was worried that after the eldest prince or the second prince ascended the throne, he would send his highness to a remote place at will. Now that he was chatting happily with the fourth prince, there should be no need to worry about this matter.
The fourth prince is a smart man.
And their highness is also a smart man.
When smart people cooperate with smart people, both parties can benefit. According to the captain's understanding of Xiao Ziheng, he feels that the condition for their cooperation should be "freedom".
In other words, their highness helped the fourth prince win the throne, and the fourth prince promised to give his highness his freedom.
This can achieve a win-win situation.
Thinking of this, the captain of the guard finally felt relieved. He looked up at the sky and felt that today's moon was big and round. It was the most beautiful moon he had ever seen.
The poor captain of the guard did not know that their highness did not put forward any conditions, but chose to work for the other party in vain.
"Don't laugh!"
Looking at Xiao Ziheng's appearance, Xiao Zisu thought of the stupid thing he just said again. He was ashamed and angry. "What's so funny? If you laugh again... I'll... just..."
It's just that Xiao Zisu thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think of anything that could threaten Xiao Ziheng.
Xiao Ziheng is known to have no desires or demands. Even the purpose of this encounter was to hope that the other party could help. In a short period of time, he really couldn't think of any strong threats.
"What are you doing?"
Xiao Ziheng found his appearance very interesting. Seeing the angry but helpless look of the young man, the smile in his eyes deepened, "What can you do to me? Are you going to continue to call me a puppy? Or call me a piggy? Or do you have any other words that I haven't heard before, Your Highness?"
When Xiao Ziheng said "Your Highness," the ending sound rose slightly, with a somewhat teasing smile.
Xiao Zisu:"..."
"You..."
Xiao Zisu felt that Xiao Ziheng's mouth was too sarcastic. He remembered that he had seen a civil servant who ran out of Xiao Ziheng's house angrily, and kept muttering "I am angry, I am angry".
At that time, Xiao Zisu's impression of Xiao Ziheng was still based on the rumored "gentle as jade" and "gentle the Erya". At that time, Xiao Zisu thought that the official's belly was too small. Now it seems that the official's belly was too small. It was obviously that his good third brother was too talkative.
"Huh?"
Seeing Xiao Zisu being speechless by him, Xiao Ziheng raised his eyebrows slightly. He was about to turn around the topic when he found that his lips were blocked with fingers.
What followed was a fierce threatening voice from Xiao Zisu: "Stop talking! I won't let you go!"
Xiao Zisu couldn't think of how to threaten Xiao Ziheng, so he could only block his mouth in this rude and barbaric way.
Xiao Zisu smells like bamboo.
He has been raised in the mountains for many years and often interacts with various plants. Among the many plants, the one he interacts with most often is bamboo. Over time, Xiao Zisu's body has been imbued with the smell of bamboo.
The smell of bamboo is not strong, it can even be said to be very light, but the distance between them is too close, Xiao Ziheng can smell this vague smell of bamboo.