Chapter 218: Don’t Cross the Line
Qin Huai and Wan Yangui talked for a long time. Su Luo did not ask about the final result, but seeing Qin Huai looking relaxed, it was nothing more than Wan Yangui saying with a sour face, "Bah! Who wants to forgive you" while reaching out his hand to reconcile.
On the way back, Su Luo asked Qin Huai, "Are you a man willing to take responsibility?"
Qin Huai nodded, "Of course."
Su Luo also nodded, and stared at the road leading to the Princess's Mansion in a daze, "That way leads back to the Qin Mansion."
"Of course I know, but I have to send you back first." Qin Huai said with a smile: "Your mother will be worried so late."
Su Luo approached Qin Huai and put her hand in his, and Qin Huai naturally held it. Su Luo pouted and whispered, "Be more proactive next time."
Qin Huai did not agree, but chuckled, "But on the street..."
"There's no one here. Besides, where we are, hugging and kissing are very common, not to mention holding hands in the street."
Qin Huai thought about what Su Luo said, his face looked a little bad, and he was obviously frightened. Su Luo glanced at him with a smirk, "I thought you could accept this."
Qin Huai smiled and shook his head, holding Su Luo's hand and walking slowly on the street, "Before I met Zimao, I was the same as what you call 'ancient people'."
"How did you two know each other?" Su Luo didn't want to ask this question, but she couldn't help it.
"We were only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time. One time, I was bored and went to deliver food with the shop assistants. We passed a village called Baolai... It was the village where you used to live. There was a mountain behind the village. The scenery on the mountain was beautiful. I liked it after I went there once. I went there often. Later, I met Zimao on the mountain. Guess what he was doing?"
Back mountain? Su Luo's heart moved, Qin Huai had already said with a smile: "Didn't I tell you that the silver you dug out was buried by me? Actually, it was Zimao who buried it."
Su Luo was stunned for a moment, but not too surprised. Qin Huai was not a time traveler, so the silver certainly was not buried by him.
"When I met him he was burying the silver. I asked him why he did that and he said he wanted to leave some money for his family."
Su Luo laughed dryly. She finally stopped feeling embarrassed for burying the bowl. In terms of caring for family, the bowl and the silver were exactly the same.
"Let me ask again. Their family lives so far away in Liaodong. Isn't it strange to travel so far just to bury one thousand taels of silver? Later he said that their family will be nearby in the future."
Su Luo stuck out her tongue and said, "Later, he sponsored me."
“So you two are destined to be together.”
Qin Huai's words made Su Luo stunned for a moment. He raised his head slightly. Qin Huai half raised his head and looked at the sky with a smile on his lips, but it made Su Luo feel an uncertain sense of distance.
"Qin Huai."
"Hmm?" Qin Huai lowered his head. "What's wrong?"
Su Luo shook her head and remained silent until they reached the gate of the Princess's Mansion. Qin Huai walked her up the stone steps and was about to say goodbye when Su Luo opened the gate and pulled him into the mansion.
"Luo'er?"
"Please take me back to my room." Although she said "take me back", Su Luo kept pulling him and pulled him into her room.
Qin Huai was a little confused, "What exactly are you doing?"
Su Luo closed her eyes and raised her head slightly, "Kiss me."
Qin Huai was stunned for a while, and Su Luo opened his eyes with dissatisfaction, "We said goodbye like this, I knew you were embarrassed outside, so I brought you back."
Qin Huai laughed and leaned over to give Su Luo a light kiss on the lips, but Su Luo stood on tiptoe, wrapped her arms around his neck, and took the initiative to deepen the kiss.
Qin Huai raised his head while panting, "Luo'er ..."
"Kiss me..." Su Luo offered her lips again, and deliberately took Qin Huai to the bed and lay down.
"Luo'er." Although Qin Huai was immersed in it, he also realized that something was wrong. Just as he was about to prop himself up, Su Luo turned around and pressed him down.
"Don't you want to?" Su Luo asked doubtfully and innocently.
"I want to." Qin Huai gritted his teeth, "But not now."
"Right now." Su Luo sat astride Qin Huai, holding his cheeks with both hands and pecking them lightly, "Right now."
Qin Huai finally pushed Su Luo down again, kissing her tenderly and passionately, but he just kept kissing her, refusing to go beyond the line. After a long while, he raised his head, stroked Su Luo's swollen lips, and said in a hoarse voice: "Not yet... I'll come to see you tomorrow."
Qin Huai used all his self-control to come out of Su Luo's room. Only after feeling the night breeze did he become a little more sober.
Qin Huai left. Su Luo shrank back and hid in the bed, her fingertips on her lips, her eyes wide open.
Why did Qin Huai leave? As she thought, Qin Huai had been avoiding her, right? Although he agreed to marry her, she was still unsure whether she could really be with him.
Was it that Qin Huai was thinking too much or was he just a failure as a person? Su Luo buried his face in the quilt and growled, "Don't think about it, don't think about it, go to sleep!"
The next morning, Su Luo woke up with panda eyes. Su Jiang had already packed her luggage. Seeing Su Luo's appearance, she asked in surprise, "You couldn't sleep when Qin Huai was in prison. Now that he's fine, you still can't sleep?"
Su Luo yawned listlessly, "Have you decided to leave today?"
Su Jiang nodded, "Your mother and Uncle Bao are leaving too. They will first send me back to Luoyang, and then they will return to Nanjing."
Su Luo was halfway through yawning, "Huh? How come I didn't know?" She jumped up, "Just throw one at me?"
Su came in from outside, and smiled when she heard Su Luo's words: "I feel relieved that Qin Huai is watching you. Let's go back to Nanjing to prepare first. After you and him finish the things here, you can go back and get married."
"You didn't even discuss it with me..." Su Luo still felt it was a little sudden.
After breakfast, Su and his party went to say goodbye to the princess. When they entered the princess's villa, they found that she was also packing her things. There were miscellaneous things piled up all over the yard, and she kept asking the servants to move things out. It seemed that she was also planning to return to Jianchang Prefecture.
"I'm not worried about Luo'er being here." Huairou said with a worried look on her face, "I'm just worried about Xiaoyi. He's so young and alone in the capital, I can't help but feel uneasy."
The princess has no children. After living with Su Yi for so long, she has long treated him as her own child. This is what Su is most worried about. Now Su Luo still has to stay in the capital for a while, but he will eventually have to leave.
Su Luo thought about it, then patted his chest and promised, "Isn't there still Wan Yangui?"
"But he..." Su obviously didn't quite trust Wan Yangui's character.
Su Luo smiled and said, "Don't worry, Qin Qing is watching him."
Before Princess Huairou had finished packing, Qin Huai came with Madam Qin and Qin Qi. They were originally here to see Su Jiang off, but they were a little confused by the scene. A sightseeing tour group? Ha!
Su Luo thought that Mrs. Qin would also be a little moved, but she didn't expect that she would sit so quietly.
Looking at Qin Huai again, he seemed fine. Su Luo thought about how she was aroused yesterday and felt uncomfortable. Qin Huai smiled and walked to Su Luo who was twisting her body. "What's wrong?"
Su Luo shook her head, "Mmmm..."
"Don't worry about what happened last night."
Su Luo's face turned red again, "I just..."
"I just want to confirm whether you feel the same way as me and Zimao?"
Su Luo's eyes widened instantly. Qin Huai took a deep breath and chuckled, "It should have been confirmed yesterday, right?"
Su Luo suddenly felt very aggrieved, "I, I'm not what you think. Although he and I...but, but not...I, I..." Su Luo was so anxious that she was about to cry at the end.
"I know. He came to see me in jail that night and nearly kicked the door down."
Su Luo was startled, "Which day?"
"He had a strand of your hair tied to his belt, from that day."
Su Luo felt quite ashamed and even forgot to refute - these days both men and women had very long hair, and even if Li Rusong had some women's hair on his body, it might not be hers... Humph!
"Looking at his attitude, I knew you rejected him because of me." Qin Huai gently stroked the fine scar on Su Luo's face, "Later, you said you wanted to marry me."
Qin Huai's tone was extremely gentle and full of joy, which made Su Luo feel sad, "I really..."
Qin Huai shook his head, "I'm very happy, really. But seeing how absent-minded you were today, not even knowing if the hairpin was still there, I knew that I should let go. I already have too much." There was some reluctance in Qin Huai's eyes, but he still took out a hairpin from his sleeve, which was the one Su Luo had discarded yesterday.
Before Su Luo could even feel surprised, Qin Huai had already put the hairpin back on her head. "You pulled out the hairpin just to show me. You pulled it out from your hand, but it will always be in your heart. You can never pull it out again."
Listening to Qin Huai's words, Su Luo felt uncomfortable for no reason. She had clearly rejected Li Rusong, so was she going to betray Qin Huai now?
"That's good." Qin Huai gently embraced Su Luo in his arms, "Don't be afraid of hurting me. If you are unhappy, it will be the greatest harm to me."
Su Luo's tears flowed out all of a sudden. Qin Huai slightly distanced himself from her and chuckled helplessly, "You're crying again. You always like to cry when you're with me. How can I feel at ease?"
"no……"
Su Luo was about to explain, but Qin Huai laughed, "I was just teasing you, but... I can't kiss you again." He said, gently lowering his head, "Just... this is the last time..."
Su Luo felt a little dizzy, but Qin Huai just gave her a light kiss and patted her face, "Don't cry anymore, okay?"
The haze in Su Luo's heart gradually dissipated because of Qin Huai's smile, and an inexplicable bitterness surged in her heart. She understood that this feeling was called guilt, and she also understood that the feelings she had for Qin Huai would never come back.
But she was still confused. When did Qin Huai pick up the hairpin?
