flstandardbreds Shouldn't we continue with Chapter 105?
Shouldn't we continue with Chapter 105?
As he spoke, he moved closer to her, pinched her waist and hips, and pulled her into his arms.
Jiang Wan felt a sharp pain in her lower back from being pressed, and after realizing what was happening, she suddenly straightened her body.
"No..." she broke free from his grasp and whispered, "Your Highness, please don't..."
"fear me?"
Jiang Mian didn't speak, but her silence was the answer.
Suddenly, I felt my waist being released, and a voice came from beside me: "I have important matters to attend to tomorrow, so I won't do anything tonight. I just really missed you, so I came to see you... Go to sleep."
Jiang Wan breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Although Xiao Hengzhi is not a gentleman, he has not done anything even at this point, so he probably really won't do anything more.
But he said he had important business to attend to...
Jiang Wan suppressed the discomfort in her shoulder, turned slightly, and asked, "Is Your Highness going out tomorrow?"
"Okay, take good care of yourself and wait for me to come back."
"Is it the Empress Dowager who wants to see you?"
"No."
Jiang Mian frowned, thinking: If it wasn't the Empress Dowager who sought him out, then he must be asking the Emperor for a marriage decree.
This is not possible!
She hurriedly tried to figure out how to keep him.
In the dim light, Xiao Hengzhi could see her slightly furrowed brows.
"What are you thinking about?" He raised his hand and gently rubbed her brow.
"Your Highness..." Jiang Wan called softly, "Could you please not leave tomorrow?"
"Why?"
"because......"
Jiang Mian pursed her lips, her heart pounding like a drum, and gritted her teeth as she said, "Because... I want Your Highness to be with me."
In the darkness, Jiang Wan couldn't see Xiao Hengzhi's expression, nor could she discern where his eyes were. She could only stare blankly into the night, trying to see something through the darkness.
But Xiao Hengzhi saw it clearly; Jiang Mian's searching yet slightly anxious expression was all captured in his eyes.
Her words did indeed touch his heart. But reason still reminded him that her submissiveness was for ulterior motives.
However, he did find this approach very effective.
He suddenly felt a playful urge and said quietly, "How can you expect me to accompany you when you won't let me touch you?"
Jiang Wan pursed her lips and muttered, "You know perfectly well what the prince has done in the past, how could I dare let you touch him?"
Xiao Hengzhi raised an eyebrow, and the smile on his lips deepened.
"You're right, then I'll move further away and sleep on the side."
He slowly moved his hand away, creating some distance between them, and said in a deliberately distant manner, "I have to leave early tomorrow. I won't tease you anymore, go to sleep."
He shifted to the side of the bed, and the blankets immediately collapsed in the middle.
Jiang Wan was stunned, thinking he had really moved to the side to sleep.
But in reality, Xiao Heng was supporting his head with his hand, his gaze still fixed on her face.
Jiang Mian's mouth was bulging and her brows were furrowed. After a while, she took the initiative to reach out and tug at his clothes.
"Your Majesty..."
Xiao Hengzhi didn't speak, just looked at her quietly with a mischievous smile on his face.
Jiang Mian thought he was really asleep, so she listlessly withdrew her hand and shrank to the side.
She wondered what would happen if she woke up tomorrow to find Xiao Hengzhi already in court.
He was ill a few days ago and that's why he didn't go to the palace. Now that he's recovered, the first thing he naturally does is ask the Emperor for an imperial decree. The Empress Dowager favors him, so she will naturally help him.
No, Jiang Mian clenched her fists.
We must stall him tonight, no matter what.
As Xiao Hengzhi watched her expressions change, he was about to stop teasing her when he saw Jiang Wan prop herself up on her arms and slowly move closer to him.
His eyes flickered, then he stopped moving, as if waiting for something.
Given Jiang Wan's personality, the only intimate gesture she could make was holding his hand or hooking her arm around his.
But to his utter surprise, she snuggled into his arms, pressed her face against his chest, and whispered with a rare hint of coquetry, "Your Highness, can't you really stay with me tomorrow?"
He felt a slight tremor in his heart, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should continue pretending to be asleep.
Xiao Hengzhi knew that Jiang Mian's approach and every soft word she uttered were deliberate.
Even though he knew it, his heart still raced wildly.
Jiang Wan's initiative gave him a predatory thrill that he had never felt before.
If Jiang Wan had listened carefully, she could have sensed how fast his heart was beating.
He remained frozen, not moving.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Jiang Wan tentatively called out again.
"Your Majesty?"
"Xiao Hengzhi?"
He didn't respond; he seemed to be fast asleep.
Really asleep?
She blinked, her mind filled with thoughts of keeping him at home, and a somewhat audacious idea began to stir within her.
I might as well go all out; as long as it doesn't come to the last step, I can tolerate it.
She reached up his chest with one hand, touching his chin, her fingertips gently caressing it as if teasing him.
"Your Highness... I have something to say..."
Her voice was as soft as coiled silk threads.
But the people around him still didn't react.
She couldn't help but blow a breath into his ear again, the soft warmth brushing against his skin, but he still didn't react.
I've never seen him fall asleep so quickly before.
Could he be pretending to be asleep?
Jiang Wan frowned, and tentatively called out again, "Your Highness, are you pretending to be asleep?"
The person next to him still didn't react.
She pouted. What a joke! She finally mustered up the courage to try and seduce him, but he didn't give her a chance at all.
She simply withdrew her hand and lay down, then tried one last time: "I was thinking of kissing you before I went to sleep, but never mind."
After she finished speaking, she listened to the person beside her, but there was still no response.
She finally sighed. He was probably exhausted today; after all, fighting with Ning Zhi had taken a toll on his stamina...
She shifted her body and lay down further inside.
She was determined to wake up before him tomorrow, lest he leave.
Suddenly, the blankets beside me moved violently.
Xiao Hengzhi's breath instantly approached, and before she could react, she felt a layer of heat covering her body, followed by a barrage of kisses.
"Why did you stop...?"
A low, husky voice, accompanied by hot breaths, fell into her ear.