Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

Mahiru subconsciously tried to avoid meeting that gaze.

But those eyes seemed to contain some kind of magic, and she couldn't help but imagine staring at them like she was doing now.

[How despicable! Using pretty eyes to attract me is so despicable!]

Mahiru couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

"Go, go buy some groceries. Didn't I just tell you that there weren't enough groceries in the refrigerator?"

Mahiru swallowed.

Because of nervousness, her beautiful eyes kept blinking.

But she still tried her best to put on an innocent and sincere expression.

From Su Qing's perspective.

The originally beautiful princess now looks even more adorable.

"It's very windy outside, you should go back and change into suitable clothes." Su Qing said.

[Mistook, muddled through]

Exhaling calmly, Mahiru nodded, "Okay."

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Mahiru's house.

In the girl's room.

Mahiru is a person who does not procrastinate. This can be seen from the detailed actions of Su Qing when he just arrived at the apartment and helped him pack his luggage.

In just a few minutes, Mahiru changed into a cream-white preppy dress and walked out of the room.

"How, how is it?"

Mahiru spun lightly twice.

Because the skirt was ankle-length, it didn't fly around.

But even so, Mahiru is still incredibly beautiful.

"It suits your temperament very well. Now I suddenly feel that the word princess doesn't suit you."

Su Qing said with a smile.

"Really? Then you better think of some new words quickly~" Mahiru covered her mouth and chuckled, "Come to think of it. This seems to be your first time coming to my house?"

"The second time. The first time was when you fainted due to a cold."

Su Qing corrected.

"Oh...I remembered..."

Mahiru blushed slightly and muttered quietly.

"Looking at it now, it seems to be similar in structure to my house."

After Su Qing looked around the layout of the Mahiru family's home, his sight finally fell on a door.

If I remember correctly, that should be Mahiru's room, right?

"After all, it's the same apartment building..."

Mahiru said, suddenly noticing Su Qing's gaze.

I looked in the direction of curiosity, and saw the door of my room at the end.

"I, I have to go buy some groceries. It will be too late if I don't buy them now."

Mahiru's face turned even redder.

She couldn't quite figure out Su Qing's thoughts.

Is the other party planning to enter my room?

No no no.

There is a big secret in her room!

"I know. Hasn't this been waiting for you?"

Retracting his gaze, Su Qing also prepared to go out.

"Eh? I can go alone..."

Mahiru waved her hand and refused.

[Stupid... If you come with me, how can I give you a surprise?]

"I told you, didn't I? It's very windy outside. I'm worried that the princess will be blown away, so I want to accompany you. Is that not okay?"

Su Qing took two steps forward, getting closer to Mahiru.

"Shouldn't accompanying someone be something a knight would do?"

After hearing Su Qing's reason, Mahiru smiled happily, but she still wanted to fight for it again.

"If you want to, it doesn't matter what it is."

Su Qing shook his head and answered indifferently.

"Let's go. Didn't you say it's getting late?"

Su Qing urged again.

"okay."

Mahiru nodded slightly, and the moment Su Qing turned around, she slowly exhaled.

[Surprise... the hot spring is ruined~]

[Knowing that we were going to go together, shouldn’t we have chosen an outfit more carefully?]

Even though he was troubled by this, the curve of Mahiru's mouth became even wider.

[Oh, that's right.]

[No matter if it's a prince or a knight, they can't compare to Su Qing~]

[Su Qing, it’s Su Qing~]

Zhenri walked over to Su Qing with a smile on his face.

perhaps.

Angels can't purify demons in this life.

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On the way to the supermarket, the weather was just as Su Qing described.

The wind was really strong, making Mahiru's long hair a bit messy.

"My hair is messy."

Mahiru suddenly said.

"Indeed, but the princess' hair is not messy."

After hearing what Mahiru said, Su Qing turned his head and looked at the flax color and said.

"Even if it's messy, it's still handsome."

Mahiru gave an irrelevant reply.

wrong.

It turned out that the person who was talking irrelevantly was Su Qing himself.

"So you're talking about me?"

Su Qing finally reacted.

"How rude. Is there a third person here?"

Mahiru said in a feigned dissatisfaction.

Then he stretched out his hand and made a pinky promise, as if hinting something to Su Qing.

However, when the latter saw this, he just smiled and did not move his hands.

"No, you won't hold my hand?"

Mahiru was at a loss and asked first.

"I'm worried I'll get it wrong again."

Su Qing also pretended to be distressed and spoke.

"Okay... I admit that I was deliberately misleading you just now."

Su Qing is actually quite bad sometimes.

Just like it is now.

Even though I knew she did it on purpose, I still forced her to say it out loud.

"Hmm...what else?"

Su Qing continued to ask with a smile, neither hurried nor slow.

"And, and..." Mahiru hesitated, but she was smart and quickly thought of a suitable reason, "Aren't you worried that I'll be blown away by the wind? If you can hold my hand, you don't have to worry about me being blown away~"

The wind is howling.

The girl's melodious voice was like the wind chimes in the temple, which tinkled and made pleasant sounds when the breeze blew.

Mahiru's argument was effective.

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, she felt a warmth in her hand that did not belong to her, but belonged to her.

"Let's go."

Su Qing just spoke softly without replying to Mahiru.

It was as if I didn't hear what she said just now.

Or maybe.

There is no need for those.

"Is there another typhoon coming?"

Holding Su Qing's hand, Mahiru felt at ease.

She raised her head and looked at the sky not far away, with a worried look on her face.

"It should be." Su Qing nodded.

"Remember the last time there was a typhoon, our apartment had no electricity." Mahiru's gentle voice suddenly became distant, "Thank you so much for that time."

"I've said thank you enough once." Su Qing said after a moment of silence.

“This time is different from that time.

And I guess~ besides teasing me just now, you also wanted me to say [what I want], right?"

Mahiru smiled, like a flower swaying in the wind.

So beautiful and so strong.

She actually felt it vaguely.

You can tell from the time Su Qing specifically emphasized letting her be as willful as a child.

"If you think there is, you have to have it even if you don't."

Su Qing smiled back.

The answer was somewhat ambiguous.

?

Su Qing guessed that Mahiru's childhood could probably be described as "tragic".

That's not good.

At least, Su Qing doesn't like it.

Children's willfulness is always temporary.

Growing up seems to be accompanied by compromising, compromising, and compromising again.

Just make do with it.

I just get by with my life.

Gradually, I began to feel that there is nothing wrong with compromising and making do.

after all.

Humans are the best at comforting and letting go of themselves.

Su Qing doesn't want to be like Mahiru.

Choose the life you want.

Start by getting in the habit of saying "I want".

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"Isn't this statement too cunning?"

It seems like he is feeling resentful and helpless.

In short.

Su Qing could feel that the force coming from his hands had increased a little.

It was like a child's prank.

"What if I'm really blown away by the wind?"

Mahiru seemed to have strayed off topic.

"As long as I'm here, it won't happen."

Su Qing held on tighter.

"If, if."

The girl smiled even more cunningly, as if she heard some satisfactory answer.

“I actually have a pretty good sense of smell.”

"Um... so what?"

"So. No matter where the wind takes you, I'll find you."

[Just like... that encounter in the rain.]

The two of them stopped at the same time and looked at that delicate face. Su Qing spoke very seriously.

"Idiot. If that's the case, I'll come find you myself. That's the way it should be."

Mahiru said as only Su Qing's figure appeared in her caramel eyes.

"Wouldn't it be faster if we went both ways?"

"Yeah...that's true~"

The wind is still howling.

Invariably.

The footsteps of the two echoed in the wind again.

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