Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

85 Sees him or Portrays him

“Your Highness,” she softly said, and the Sixth Prince looked at her, “I am truly apologetic for my earlier question. I will not do it ever.” Li Hua kept her gaze fixed on him.

“You never made a mistake, so you do not need to apologize,” Lóng Wei stated. Li Hua didn’t agree with his words.

“I have no right to ask His Highness about such things. Please forgive me,” she humbly said.

“You have the right to ask me anything, Wifey. You have every right to know about me, but you need to fall deeply in love with me. When the time will come, I will surely tell you why I killed her. However, by that time, I would expect you to trust me. I know you will hate me if I tell you the truth,” Lóng Wei asserted. Those words hit hard in Li Hua’s head.

“Why will I hate His Highness?” She asked curiously. “There must be some solid reason behind that. I will not hate him. This I can assure him,” Li Hua stated with assurance.

“Don’t you believe the rumors that had spread about me among the people? Since I killed the person, who brought me into this world, I am capable to do any sin.” Lóng Wei was interested to know her opinion on that.

“If I had been the previous Li Hua, I surely would have believed those rumors. I don’t carry any preconceived notions about any person anymore. When my family was murdered, strange rumors spread among the people. I saw how people without knowing the truth started to judge the Xu Family,” Li Hua clarified to him. “Your Highness saved my Senior First Brother. He is definitely not the person, which everyone sees him or portrays him.” She smiled at him and lowered her eyes to look into the bowl.

Lóng Wei slightly lifted his body and brought his hand behind her nape. Before Li Hua could understand, she felt the soft brush of Lóng Wei’s lips over hers. She widened her eyes and moved her head back.

However, Lóng Wei drew her to him and crashed his lips on hers. She gripped the chopsticks tightly and shut her eyes tightly. Lóng Wei also closed her eyes and continued to kiss her until she responded to him.

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‘Why my every kiss is with the Sixth Prince? It was supposed to be Feng Lao,’ she thought. Her mind blew off when Lóng Wei kissed her, not wanting to let her go. Her body responded on its own and she also moved her lips against him.

They both withdrew from the kiss after a minute. Li Hua immediately lowered her eyes and felt terrible for reciprocating his kiss. She should not have done that.

Lóng Wei studied her face. “That’s why I love you,” he confessed for the nth time, “Li Hua.”

She again lifted her head to meet his gaze.

“Your eyes never judged me. You are the same as before, for me. I promise you that I will kill the person, who made you suffer. I will rip him apart, Li Hua,” Lóng Wei promised her again. He slowly pulled his hand back and sat back on his seat.

“I remember when His Highness told me that he was not allowed to go out of the Cold Palace. Then, how did he find out that I belong to the Xu Family? He must have come outside,” she said and squinted her eyes.

“Just like you lied to me, I also lied. There’s no force in this world which can capture me inside the four walls,” Lóng Wei pronounced. “It wasn’t tough for me to find you,” he asserted.

“May I know how?” Li Hua asked. She had to find that how much Lóng Wei stalked her.

“Finish your food first. We will have the rest of the conversation in the manor,” he affirmed. Li Hua hummed and quickly finished eating. Lóng Wei smiled to see how curious she was. He served her one more bowl of noodles despite her refusal.

“You need strength,” Lóng Wei stated. “You didn’t even practice archery in these few days,” he reminded her.

“His Highness does not let me practice,” she remarked and started eating.

“Then, after returning to the palace, you will practice,” Lóng Wei proclaimed.

“Isn’t His Highness tired?” She wanted to escape the training. “I can practice tomorrow,” she asserted. Even though she had made up her mind to practice archery, it was too tough for her. The scorching heat of the sun would take away her entire strength. Moreover, she didn’t need it because she would not kill her enemy throw an arrow.

“I am not tired,” Lóng Wei stated. “Don’t think about running away. You must become a good archer,” he opined.

“That’s not needed, Your Highness. There are several other ways through which I can fight with my enemy,” Li Hua argued with him.

Lóng Wei chuckled and decided to make her aware of the strength that she possessed. She was a little mouse that anyone could catch and put in a cage. She was lucky that her appearance was unknown to the enemy, else she would have been dead by now.

Li Hua plonked the bowl on the table and wiped her lips from the back of her palm. “It was satisfying. Thanks to Your Highness, I got to eat such a delicious meal,” Li Hua said with a smile and waited for him to finish. Once he finished, she grabbed the bowls and platter to wash them when Lóng Wei snatched them from her.

“You will wet your clothes,” he said, and he went to the backside where a small well was constructed. Li Hua followed him and found him washing the dishes.

‘How could a Prince do such chores? Li Hua, go and help him,’ she told herself and ran to him. Squatting down, she quickly snatched the bowl from him and started to wash it. “The Prince isn’t made for this work. Since he cooked for us, I must wash these dishes,” she reasoned and washed them. Lóng Wei used the remaining water in the bucket to water the plants.

He put the bowls and platter back in the kitchen. After locking the house, they both left for the palace.