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The man showed a serious and stern face seemingly without
any expression, but at the bottom of those dark pupils, an unconscious trace of
happiness was revealed.
Seeing that the piece of sesame candy successfully pleased
Qi Yuxuan, Xu Ziyu couldn't help crying out in his heart - so cute!!! I really
want to pounce on him and give him a big smooch on the face~~!!!
Qi Yuxuan stopped chewing for a moment and glanced at Xu
Ziyu with suspicion - could it have been his misconception?
He seemed to have felt a hot gaze sticking to him just now,
a sense of presence so strong that it made him tremble inexplicably. He always
felt that the other party looked at him with a gaze of wanting to swallow him
whole.
But even though he felt that something was amiss, when he
turned his head, the other's eyes seemed quite normal - well, as long as eyes
filled with bottomless love were normal?
Qi Yuxuan was feeling somewhat irritable, but he only showed
a slight frown. The man in front of him appeared rather gentle and refined, and
even the expression of love in his eyes seemed subtle, but somehow his
intuition still told him that this Doctor Xu was an aggressive person......
"I'm done drinking." Qi Yuxuan spoke
expressionlessly.
Xu Ziyu blinked, thinking, did he want to suggest for him to
leave? But he wouldn't have been Xu Ziyu if he was driven away so easily!!
Seeing the other party looking at him blankly, Qi Yuxuan
lowered his head, "Doctor Xu..."
"Calling me Ziyu is fine." Xu Ziyu smiled softly,
"You're welcome, General, after all, my life was saved by you, so if
that's what you want, I'd be glad to repay you with my body..."
"Cough cough......" The teacup in his hand almost
fell to the ground. However calm Qi Yuxuan's personality was, he was still
shocked by Xu Ziyu's confession.
It wasn't that he hadn't noticed Xu Ziyu's subtle (??)
expression of love just now, but never did he expect that the other party would
state his intentions so boldly!!! Repay him with his body......
Qi Yuxuan felt a headache coming.
According to his intentions, his wife should be a gentle and
thoughtful woman. She didn't need to be beautiful, but gentleness and
loveliness were a must... Although the man in front of him could be called
gentle (??), marrying a man was something he had never considered.
Qi Yuxuan put the cup down first before rubbing his
forehead. He'd always had the reputation of a fierce general in the north-western
area, and this was the first time in his life being confessed to.
"Doctor Xu......"
"Ziyu." Xi Ziyu took the general's hand and
stepped closer as he corrected softly, but there was a sense of toughness in
his tone, making his meaning impossible to be ignored.
But under the shock of the other's bold move, Qi Yuxuan
didn't notice the unintentional hint of strength that Xu Ziyu showed.
He wanted to withdraw his hand right away, but the
expression of deep grievance on the other party's face made him freeze
momentarily, letting the other hold his palms with more strength.
He had no problem fighting on horseback, and even if he was
seriously injured, he wouldn't show his pain easily, but rejecting the
confession of a beauty - even for Qi Yuxuan, this was a rather difficult task.
Meeting Xu Ziyu's eyes filled with bottomless love, Qi
Yuxuan looked away with some embarrassment. He was well used to the fear in
everyone's eyes when they looked at him, but only when facing such a gentle and
pampering gaze did he feel that he really couldn't stand it.
"General... Or can I call you Yuxuan?" Xu Ziyu asked,
leaning closer lightly. His fingers wrapped around Qi Yuxuan's palms tightly,
as if they weren't the hands of a general famous for his bloodthirst, but some
sort of a peerless treasure.
Qi Yuxuan held his breath unconsciously as he felt the warm
current of air on his cheeks. Xu Ziyu stood very close to him, far closer than
what would have been a safe distance.
Qi Yuxuan could see that the other had no martial arts
skills from his movements, but even so, Xu Ziyu was too close!
He could even accurately feel the warmth emanating from
those soft lips - such a distance......
Qi Yuxuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he straightened up
suddenly. Staring at Xu Ziyu, his gaze had a trace of uncontrollable anger,
"Doctor Xu!"
Tsk-tsk. Although he felt regretful about the lost
opportunity to get close to the other, Xu Ziyu still took a step back, opening
up the distance between the two with an innocent expression, "What did
Yuxuan call me?"
Qi Yuxuan spoke coldly, "You should leave."
Xu Ziyu could feel that Qi Yuxuan was getting irritable, so
he naturally didn't continue, only advising softly with a shy look on his face,
"About my suggestion from just now, Yuxuan should still consider it
carefully.
Watching the man's figure gradually disappear behind the flaps
of the tent, Qi Yuxuan's usually cold face couldn't help showing some redness.
In complete contrast with his previous tough expression, a tangled look was
revealed in his eyes.
It had once been mentioned in the novel that because of his
familial environment when growing up, Qi Yuxuan had always had an indifferent
and serious character ever since he had been a child. After becoming the
general of Pingxi, there were also countless occasions where he returned from
battles with a bloody and terrifying appearance, which helped spread his
reputation of a brutal and dreadful general across the country with an
astounding speed.
He still had to worry about the foreign soldiers regarding his
troops as a joke, so he couldn't refute these rumours at all, even if he wanted
to. His infamous cruelty was well known all over the country, causing those who
were unfamiliar with him to feel that he was fierce and terrifying, making them
want to stay away from him unconsciously.
A few years before, His Majesty the Emperor tried to marry a
princess to him. Who could have known that after inquiring about her future
groom, the princess would be so frightened that she threatened to commit
suicide rather than marry him? Hearing this, he had to step forward on his own
initiative and say that he liked men in order to stop His Majesty from
sentencing the poor princess to death.
Ever since that incident, because his horrifying reputation
now included liking men as well, no one wanted to marry their daughters to him
anymore...
He sighed silently. Qi Yuxuan longed to marry a gentle wife,
but he didn't want to see the terrified and dodging eyes of such a woman when
facing him.
He had always stood alone with an air of loneliness around
him, and he looked forward to a day in the future when there would be a gentle
and lovely woman who wasn't afraid of him and was willing to take the
initiative to get close to him.
But now, when such a person really appeared, the scene left
him at a loss - because this beautiful and gentle person meets all of his
expectations, but he is still a man!!!
Although Qi Yuxuan had very keen senses and he could feel
that Xu Ziyu really did like him, he didn't know where this liking came from...?
It wasn't unusual to see such a drama of a hero saving a
beauty in the world, but he didn't think that the other party would be the kind
of person who promised himself to anyone who rescued him.
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notes
*一親芳澤, idiom with the meaning of getting close to/intimate
with someone (romantically).
go ziyu, get your man! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
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