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As soon as Chen Ye arrived at the door and was about to knock, he looked at Shen Baiqing. Shen Baiqing narrowed his eyes and looked at Chu Xingyuan, who was half a head taller than him, with a bit of admiration in his almond-shaped eyes. Then he said something to Chu Xingyuan and approached Chu Xingyuan.

When his hand was raised, Chu Xingyuan took a step back.

Even so, from Chen Ye's perspective, the postures of the two people were extremely ambiguous, as if they were kissing.

"Your Highness." Chen Ye called out.

Chu Xingyuan turned around and saw Chen Ye with a look of surprise on his face, as if he didn't expect Chen Ye to go upstairs.

Shen Baiqing walked forward a few steps and pulled Chen Ye into the room, "Your Highness and I are discussing something."

Chen Ye pursed his lips and said nothing.

Shen Baiqing continued to add fuel to the fire, "Today is His Highness' birthday, and I wanted to come here alone to wish His Highness a happy birthday. I just saw that His Highness' hair was a little messy, so I fixed it up for him. Shi Jing, don't think too much about it."

Chen Ye said: "I didn't think much about it. Since the blessing has been sent, you can leave first."

Seeing Chen Ye's indifferent look, a trace of disbelief and disappointment flashed in Shen Baiqing's eyes. If it were the previous Shi Jing, he would have made a fuss when he saw him and Chu Xingyuan standing together, and would have at least scolded him.

This made Chu Xingyuan hate him even more.

Why didn’t Chen do the same this time?

"What's wrong? Do you have anything else to say to His Highness?"

Shen Baiqing smiled awkwardly, "No more, you guys chat, I'll leave first."

He glanced at Chu Xingyuan before leaving, but Chu Xingyuan's gaze did not stay on him for a moment.

Shen Baiqing's originally bright face turned gloomy.

The door was closed, and Chen Ye walked up to Chu Xingyuan and handed the yellow gift box to him.

Just as Chu Xingyuan was about to reach out to take the gift, Chen Ye withdrew his hand.

Facing Chu Xingyuan's slightly puzzled look, Chen Ye said: "Your Highness is so close to other people, I am not happy, so I will not give the gift to Your Highness."

Chu Xingyuan's lowered hand curled up slightly, "It's up to you."

Chen Ye approached Chu Xingyuan, accusing with dissatisfaction in his eyes, "I just want Your Highness to coax me."

Chu Xingyuan's eyes became even darker, and his tone was unusually puzzled, "But I don't know how to coax people."

He has never coaxed anyone.

Chen Ye put his hands around Chu Xingyuan's neck. He looked at Chu Xingyuan and said, "I will teach Your Highness."

"Your Highness, just tell me that you are not interested in Shen Baiqing, and the person you like is me."

Chu Xingyuan's breathing became disordered and he pushed Chen Ye away.

He quickly dispelled the feelings in his heart and said in a self-righteous and indifferent manner: "Except for the feelings I cannot give you, I can give you the status of a prince's consort and the rights."

Chen Ye said: "I don't want status or power, I just want your Highness's love."

He held Chu Xingyuan's arm and asked, "Your Highness really doesn't like me?"

Chu Xingyuan did not shake off Chen Ye's hand. He let Chen Ye hold him, "I have never been attracted to anyone. The engagement between you and me was arranged by our father. I promised to fulfill the engagement with you, but I did not promise to respond to your feelings."

After saying so much, he still didn't directly say that he didn't like Chen Ye. Chen Ye understood, but he was still trying to be stubborn.

Or maybe Chu Xingyuan really hasn't fallen in love with him yet, but Chu Xingyuan's attitude has changed a long time ago, and it's only a matter of time before he falls in love with him.

I just don’t know if Chu Xingyuan at that time would regret his cold words to Chen Ye now.

"Okay." Chen Ye compromised, "As long as Your Highness doesn't have an unclear relationship with others, it's fine."

Chu Xingyuan was about to retort that he had no affair with anyone else, but he heard Chen Ye continue, "If Your Highness had anything with someone else, I would never like Your Highness again. I mean what I say."

Because if Chu Xingyuan was flirting with someone else, then he was definitely not the one Chen Ye had in mind. Chen Ye was too lazy to really pursue her, and at most he would just play along for the sake of points.

Chen Ye stopped asking questions about this topic and pulled Chu Xingyuan to sit on the sofa.

I don’t know what the sofa is made of, but when Chen Ye sat on it, he felt it was very soft, just like sitting on a cloud.

"Your Highness, you have made me happy." Chen Ye smiled slyly, "So the gift is for you."

Chu Xingyuan frowned slightly. The boy's attitude changed too quickly. One second he was saying that he would not like him if he flirted with others, and the next second he was happily offering him a gift.

And when did he coax anyone?

Chen Ye leaned close to Chu Xingyuan's ear and said, "In fact, as long as Your Highness is by my side, I will be very happy. Your Highness does not need to coax me specially. When I see Your Highness's face, I will coax myself and no longer be angry."

Do you like it so much? Chu Xingyuan was puzzled, but in this puzzlement there was also a budding joy.

Chen Ye distanced himself from Chu Xingyuan and patted the beautifully wrapped gift box. "Okay, Your Highness, open it and take a look."

He just happened to see what gifts the butler had prepared, and he was quite curious.

The gift box was opened, revealing a watch inside. The watch was a high-end brand well known to the imperial nobility and was very expensive, making it a perfect gift for someone else.

Chu Xingyuan saw a hint of curiosity in Chen Ye's eyes. Chen Ye didn't know what the gift was in advance?

Most nobles would ask their subordinates to help prepare gifts. Thinking that this gift was probably prepared by Luo Zhiyuan and Chen Ye did not ask about it, Chu Xingyuan felt a little unhappy.

If you really love him that much, shouldn't you do everything yourself?

"Your Highness, please try it on."

The young man looked at Chu Xingyuan with a hint of expectation in his amber eyes. Chu Xingyuan suppressed his displeasure and put the watch away.

"No, I don't wear jewelry."

There was obvious disappointment in Chen Ye's eyes. "Okay, Your Highness can wear it whenever you want in the future."

Chu Xingyuan stood up and put the watch into the drawer.

"What a coincidence! Your Highness' birthday is on the same day as Cheng Lang's birthday."

Chu Xingyuan paused as he closed the drawer. "How old is he this year?"

Chen Ye just said it casually, and he didn't expect Chu Xingyuan to ask about it. He thought about it and said, "It should be thirty."

"But he doesn't look like that at all. I think he looks only about twenty years old."

Chu Xingyuan walked to the sofa and sat down. Even when he was sitting, his back was still straight. "He was selected from the slums?"

Seeing Chu Xingyuan was interested, Chen said a few more words, "Yes, Brother Zhiyuan picked him. Brother Zhiyuan probably chose him because he looked a bit like His Highness."

He didn't notice that when he was talking about Brother Zhiyuan, Chu Xingyuan raised his eyebrows slightly.

You say you like him and admire him, so why do you call another man "brother"?

Chen Ye's thoughts were very jumpy. After he finished speaking, he looked at Chu Xingyuan and said in a clear and crisp voice, "Your Highness, happy birthday."

Chu Xingyuan responded calmly and then stood up.

"Go downstairs, the others are waiting."