Chapter 248: The 24-Storey PaG.o.da (II)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

s.h.i.+ nodded and the corners of his mouth turned upward. “Mhmm. I see.”

“Is that all?” Long kissed his lips. “Say you love me. I want to hear it.”

s.h.i.+ blinked and did not speak.

Instead of urging him, Long just looked at s.h.i.+ firmly.

Finally, s.h.i.+ slowly opened his mouth. “I love you.”

s.h.i.+’s voice was so low that others almost couldn’t hear that, but Long’s heart pumped with excitement.

“Qingzhou… Qingzhou…” Long murmured s.h.i.+’s name and then kissed his lips pa.s.sionately…

s.h.i.+ slowly closed his eyes and didn’t care where that was…

After a long time, Long finally let go of his lover.

There were only the two of them on the top floor.

s.h.i.+ slightly panted when he was released.

Long helped s.h.i.+ fix his hair around the ear. “Let’s go down.”

s.h.i.+ nodded.

It was much easier to go down.

Long and s.h.i.+ got to the first floor just in a quarter of an hour.

When they left the paG.o.da, Long turned his head, put his palms together and closed his eyes to pray for the last time.

Although s.h.i.+ didn’t move, he no longer looked that cold and tenderness had filled his eyes.

When they walked back to the inn, Ying Feng appeared.

“Masters, there’s some news from home.”

When it wasn’t convenient for them to talk about the palace, they would use “home” to refer to it.

Long nodded. “Okay. Let’s get inside first.”

After they entered the room, Ying Feng kowtowed to pay respects to the emperor.

Long waved his hand to let him stand up.

After reading the news, Long raised his eyebrows. “Qingzhou, the movements of several ministers… are a little weird.”

“Who are they?” s.h.i.+ asked.

Long pa.s.sed the note to s.h.i.+. After reading it, s.h.i.+ sneered. “They still don’t know that you’ve come back.”

“Right. The news that Liu Suifeng and I have come back is only known to the Shadow Guardians.” Long touched his chin. “If they think they can make a move since I’ve had an accident, there is really no need to keep them alive!”

s.h.i.+ nodded and said coldly, “Yes!”

“Okay, that’s settled then. Don’t worry about other things.” After telling that to s.h.i.+, Long turned to Ying Feng.

“Send some men to keep a close eye on them. If they really want to do something… just kill them all. You don’t need to wait for us to go back.”

Instead of being angry, Long sounded very calm.

“Yes! I understand.”

After Ying Feng left, Long said, “Qingzhou, let’s set off tomorrow.”

s.h.i.+ nodded. “But we don’t need to travel so fast.”

“I know.” Long smiled. “We can travel at the same speed as before. I can make my whereabouts more mysterious. I want to see how many people will plan to take action when they think I’m missing or even dead!”

“Mhmm.” s.h.i.+ responded.

“That’s it.”

Long and s.h.i.+ stayed in the room for a while and it got dark before long.

When it was time to have dinner, Long said, “How about we ask Liu Suifeng and Ouyang Chuan to come here and have dinner with us?”

s.h.i.+ looked confused. “Why?”

Without thinking much about it, Long said with a smile, “It’ll be lively.”

s.h.i.+ didn’t speak.

Long realized that s.h.i.+ was a little strange, so he went over and took s.h.i.+’s hand. “What’s the matter?”

s.h.i.+ slowly shook his head. “Nothing.”

Long also shook his head. “I don’t believe it. There must be something wrong. Don’t you want to have dinner with them?”

“That’s not true,” s.h.i.+ said calmly, “I just want to eat with you.”

“All right.” Long laughed and looked very happy. “Okay, let’s eat.”

s.h.i.+ nodded. “Mhmm…”

After dinner was delivered, the two of them ate together.

Long still kept putting food in s.h.i.+’s bowl as before. s.h.i.+ didn’t refuse and also took some food by himself. Long was very satisfied with that.

After dinner, Long felt that he was too full.

“Ah… I’m stuffed. Let’s go for a walk,” Long said.

s.h.i.+ naturally wouldn’t refuse. He just nodded and said, “Mhmm.”

Therefore, the two of them went out hand in hand. Long found that he had grown quite fond of holding the hand of his empress.

Just like that, they walked to the courtyard behind the inn.

The inn was run by a local family, so there was a courtyard and several rooms in the back.

Long led s.h.i.+ to the courtyard.

“Although the osmanthus flowers have not bloomed yet, we can already smell the fragrance.” It came from the osmanthus tree and it was very refres.h.i.+ng.

Long took a deep breath and said happily, “Qingzhou, smell it. It’s very fragrant.”

s.h.i.+ also took a deep breath. Then, he raised his eyebrows and said, “It’s from the tree?”

“Yes. This kind of tree can also give off a pleasant smell. Don’t you know that?”

s.h.i.+ said slowly, “I’m not interested in it, so I really don’t know.”

“Then what are you interested in? Music, chess, calligraphy or painting?”

s.h.i.+ did not speak.

Long guessed again. “Practicing sword?”

s.h.i.+ shook his head. “When I was a kid, my family required me to study music, chess, calligraphy and painting. I didn’t like practicing sword before, but I got interested in it later. No. To be exact, I had to choose that at that time.”

“Oh? You had to choose that?” Long was a little surprised. “What does that mean?”

s.h.i.+ said calmly, “My father is a general, so my life should be the same as his. Therefore, it is necessary to learn how to practice sword. I didn’t expect that I would enter the palace later.”

“At that time, you thought that your whole life would be ruined, right?” Long said with a smile.

s.h.i.+ glanced at him. “Mhmm. You know yourself so well.”

Long smiled helplessly. “Am I that annoying?”

“You used to be, but now… you’re not that bad,” s.h.i.+ joked.

Long hadn’t seen s.h.i.+ so relaxed for a long time.

So, Long couldn’t help but pull s.h.i.+ towards him and kissed his lips…

s.h.i.+ closed his eyes and enjoyed Long’s kiss.

After a long time, Long stopped.

“Qingzhou, let’s go back. I… I want you…”

The expression in s.h.i.+’s eyes changed from surprise to eagerness and he looked very gentle.

In the end, s.h.i.+ just nodded and didn’t say anything.

Long took s.h.i.+’s hand and went back to the room as fast as he could.

After entering the room, he closed the door and carried s.h.i.+ in his arms.

In fact, when he was in the wasteland, what he longed for most was to have some private time with his empress. However, he could only dream about it at that time. Now that s.h.i.+ was really in front of him, he naturally got excited.

Long carried s.h.i.+ to the bed. At this moment, he hoped that time could go slowly this night…

Then their happiness could last longer…

s.h.i.+ had been very cooperative from the beginning to the end and his eyes were full of gentleness.

Although his eyes were still red, they were particularly beautiful…

So, Long couldn’t help but kiss his eyes.

“Qingzhou…”

s.h.i.+ blinked. “Are my eyes beautiful?”

Long smiled. “Of course! They’re gorgeous!”