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When Chaoyang sent Lin Huiye away and returned to the valley again, the sky was already dark.The rays of the setting sun covered the entire Lingxi Valley, making it a bright red.Chaoyang walked back along the way he came, and saw Chaoyu standing at the end of the mountain trail waiting for him.Behind her was Xiao Qi, standing upright.Chaoyang didn't know if it was because of the dusk, but Chaoyu's familiar expression actually carried a little...sadness.

"Idiot, it took so long to come back." Chao Yu pretended to be angry when he saw that Chao Yang had returned.

"His Royal Highness Hui Ye injured her foot, I sent her back, so she came back late." Chaoyang said. "You've been waiting here all this time?"

"Yes." Chao Yu turned around and walked on the way home. "I knew that you idiot would definitely come back to find us. If we left, wouldn't you want to make a trip for nothing?"

"En." Hearing what Chao Yu said, Chao Yang smiled, and she ran two steps to follow Chao Yu and followed her. "Dinner...what do you want to eat?"

"Dinner... without you." Chao Yu thought for a while.

"why?!"

"Because you made us wait for you all afternoon." Chao Yu said with a sigh.

"Ah...this..."

"Yang, Xiaoyu was just joking." Seeing that Chaoyang was seriously thinking about not having dinner, Xiaoqi, who had been waiting by the side, said with a smile.

"Xiao Yu... your bad taste has become more and more serious lately..." Zhao Yang said, looking sideways at his younger sister who was still puffing up.

"Is it?"

"Yes……"

Just chatting with Chaoyang without saying a word, Chaoyu suddenly felt sore eyes, she walked forward quickly, so as not to let the two people find that she was crying.Chaoyang knew that there was something wrong with Chao Yu walking so fast, so he ran to the front to block her and asked.

"what happened?"

Chao Yu saw Chao Yang's serious expression in the red glow.

She... is still so close to him, and is still the sister who has been by his side all the time.

But... for some reason, the tears flowed even more violently.

"Yang...we...will always be together?" she asked.

"Of course." Chaoyang replied, raising his hand to touch the tip of her red nose.

"I'm afraid." Chao Yu said with a flattened mouth.

"afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid we won't be able to go home for dinner together again, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you every day, I'm afraid you will leave me." Chao Yu said, tears streaming down her face. "Afraid of us..."

"How is it possible." Chaoyang didn't understand why Chaoyu was crying, she only knew that when she saw this little sister crying, her heart was completely confused, she took a step forward and hugged Chaoyu in her arms. "You, me, father, mother, elder brother, Xiaoqi, and everyone in Lingxi Valley. We will always be together and will never be separated."

"Yeah." Chao Yu cried and replied.

"So... don't cry, okay?" Seeing that Chao Yu's mood seemed to calm down a little, Chao Yang said softly.

"I'll cry! Just cry! You don't care!!"

"..." Even though he knew that Chao Yu couldn't be coaxed every time, Chao Yang still coaxed him.She patted Chao Yu's back and said softly. "Cry if you want to cry, my sister is always by your side."

At night, Chaoyang Chaoyu went to bed early.Chao Yu saw Chao Yang turned off the oil lamp and lay beside him, but did not sleep, so he asked.

"What do you think?"

"I'm wondering... What kind of person is His Highness Hui Ye?" Chaoyang murmured, looking at the dark roof.

"Why do you think about this?"

"I talked to her a lot during the day, and I don't think she's as gloomy as she looks." Chaoyang turned sideways and looked at Chaoyu. "She knew the legend of the consonant kite and chestnut flower, she said it was very warm for no reason, and she even... cried."

"Why is she crying?"

"I don't know." Chaoyang frowned. "I don't know why she's crying, but I know she's not crying because she's sad."

"It's not because of sadness, but because of happiness." Chao Yu said.

"happy?"

"The so-called...weeping with joy."

"Xiao Yu, you really worked hard at school!" Hearing weeping with joy, Chao Yang's eyes lit up instantly, and his voice was filled with joy.

"Yang... did someone say that your focus is strange?"

"..." Being told that the point was strange for the third time, Chaoyang pulled up the quilt aggrieved and slipped in silently.

"Is this going to suffocate to death?" Chao Yu said when he saw the man get into the quilt inexplicably. "come out……"

"Leave me alone..." Realizing that Chao Yu was going to take her out of the quilt, Chao Yang said in a muffled voice, and then went further inside.

Looking at the bulging quilt, Chao Yu sighed.

"Forget about suffocation."

However, even though Chao Yu said so, he kept staring at Chao Yang's hidden figure.Until she was too bored to get out.

"You're so stupid..." Seeing that Chaoyang had come out of the quilt, Chaoyu yawned.

She just looked at the back of Chaoyang's head like this, and she didn't know when she fell asleep in a daze.

Seeing Lin Huiye again was a few days later. Chaoyang remembered that day, when she went to visit Lingxi's town with Chaoyu, she saw Lin Huiye inadvertently.

Still far away, Chaoyang stood where he was, staring at Lin Huiye's direction in a daze.Chao Yu was keenly aware of Chao Yang's strangeness, and followed her gaze.At the corner of the street not far away, Lin Huiye was being led by Priest Li, playing with the children in the town.They all squatted on the ground, as if they were concentrating on researching something.

"She's alone again." Chao Yu said. "I don't see any other royal family either."

"En." Chaoyang said. "She doesn't have a good relationship with her royal brothers and sisters, unlike us."

"However, although she doesn't like to be in contact with her royal brothers and sisters, she doesn't reject other people." Chao Yu said as he looked at Lin Huiye from a distance. "That's good."

"Yeah." After hearing what Chao Yu said, Chao Yang smiled. "Finally not so alone."

However, as soon as Chaoyang finished speaking, a child suddenly stood up from the ground and threw all the stones in his hands.Then, the other children also dropped the stones in their hands, and they all scattered.The priests around Lin Huiye obviously didn't expect such a situation, and they didn't know what to do for a while.Those children are ignorant and don't care about the majesty of the royal family, but... he is sensible, but he doesn't know what to do.

Chaoyang just stared blankly at Lin Huiye, who was squatting alone in the crowd, and didn't regain his senses until the crowd dispersed.

"What are you in a daze for?" Seeing Chaoyang stunned in place, Chao Yu grabbed Chaoyang and walked towards Lin Huiye.

Chaoyang was grabbed by Chaoyu and walked forward, but for no reason, he couldn't erase Lin Huiye's silent and lonely appearance in the crowd.

"His Royal Highness Chao Yu! Shao Jun Chaoyang..." As if seeing a rescue soldier, the priest quickly bowed and saluted.

"What happened?" Chao Yu asked.

"This subordinate originally took Princess Huiye out for a walk, but unexpectedly the princess was interested in the stones those children were playing with, so he asked her to play with them." After saying this, Priest Li's expression became awkward.

"Then?"

"Then...His Royal Highness always wins...keeps winning...keeps winning..." Li Jiji wondered. "After all, those kids have been playing this game for a long time... I can't bear the fact that someone who just came into contact with it is so good... After all, they are not very familiar with it..."

"So..." After understanding the situation, Chao Yu nodded, and then turned his eyes to Lin Hui Yedao. "your Highness."

Lin Huiye just squatted in place and ignored her.

Seeing this, Chao Yu continued.

"If you lose two rounds, it will not be the current situation."

"Why?" Lin Huiye asked after a while.

"because……"

"Why did I deliberately lose two rounds?" Lin Huiye said, then stood up. "If you can't win, you will get angry if you don't think about the reason. If you can't win, if you don't think about how to win, you will give up. Am I going to cater to such a person?"

"This is just a game, and they are just ordinary children..." Chao Yu said to Lin Huiye's cold eyes.

Unexpectedly, Lin Huiye just glanced at her with disdain, and then turned to leave.

"Where are you going!" Seeing that Lin Huiye was about to leave again, Chaoyang stepped forward and grabbed Lin Huiye's wrist tightly, but Lin Huiye didn't say anything this time, but turned around and gave Chaoyang a slap !

"His Royal Highness Chaoyang!"

During the yelling of the priest, Chao Yu had already raised his hand to hit Lin Huiye in the face, but was caught by Chao Yang!Chaoyang only felt that Chaoyu's hands were shaking, and she yelled at herself.

"Why are you stopping me! She hit you!"

Chao Yu yelled something and Chao Yang didn't have time to respond, she just remained silent in the midst of her fiery face and Lin Huiye's cold voice, unable to recover.

She listened to her.

"I said, don't touch me."

As Lin Huiye said, he turned around and was about to leave, but he was caught by Chaoyang again.She only listens to Chaoyang Road,

"I also said that if it wasn't for your business, I wouldn't care about it."

"I have something to do, what is it with you?" Lin Hui Ye Yin Zhi asked.

"His Royal Highness Huiye." Chaoyang did not answer Lin Huiye's question, but said so. "I'm not afraid of losing, and I'll keep working hard until I win you. So, if you can't find someone who can accompany you, how about you come to me?"

Hearing what Chaoyang said, Lin Huiye smiled arrogantly.

Chaoyang listened to her nonsense.

"What if you can never win?"

"Then I will keep working hard." Chaoyang said. "It won't work in this life, just the next life, the next life. Eternal life, until that day comes."

Unexpectedly, Chaoyang would answer like this, Lin Huiye froze in place, his eyes softened instantly.

"Whether it's a child or an adult... Lingxi Valley is too simple and fragile." She looked at Chaoyang with a rare serious expression.Chaoyang only listened to her. "Relying on shields and sacrifices for everything, living a carefree life without any defense. Such days will not last long."

"However, for hundreds of thousands of years, my consonance is based on the shield..."

As Chaoyang said this, he felt Lin Huiye leaning closer to his ear and whispering.

"Remember, Chaoyang, this world is full of indifference, darkness, and conspiracies that you cannot see. The shield can support a piece of pure land for you, but... there is darkness outside the shield. When one day, the shield is eroded by that darkness It can’t be unfolded, what are you guys going to do to save yourself?”

"What did she tell you?" After Lin Huiye left, Chao Yu walked up to Chao Yang and covered her swollen cheeks with his hands, and asked.

"She confirmed my long-standing worries." Chaoyang said.

"concern?"

"Xiao Yu." Seeing that Chao Yu was puzzled, Chao Yang turned to look at her and said. "Even if my mother doesn't allow it, I should still go to practice swords, and I should bring more people..."

"This will lead to war, and you will be locked up by mother..." Lin Huiye didn't know what he said to Chaoyang, but he found that Chaoyang's mind was much firmer than usual, and Chaoyu was anxious.

"But if we don't practice swords and only rely on shields, will there really be no disasters of war?"

"Yang, I am the strongest shield ever." Seeing Chaoyang worried and anxious, Chaoyu hugged her in his arms, and said with his face close to Chaoyang's. "Even if war strikes, I will definitely protect you."

Even though Chao Yu said so, she would still accompany Chao Yang to practice swords, sometimes just the two of them, sometimes with Xiao Qi.As a shield, Chao Yu is still not very interested in swords, even though Chao Yang once said, "If Xiao Yu practices swords, she will be able to practice both civil and military skills."

The valley in the afternoon is full of emerald green.

Chaoyang was still dancing with his sword, and Chaoyu was still lying on the hillside and yawning.

The only difference is.

"Kaguya...?"

Every time Chaoyang finishes dancing his sword and looks towards Chaoyu, he can always see Lin Huiye's shadow under the tree not far behind Chaoyu.The shadow looked at this side quietly, but when Chaoyang wanted to walk over, he had already left first.

A few more days later, after the sword dance in the morning sun, Lin Huiye was nowhere to be seen, so he thoughtfully walked towards the tree where Lin Huiye usually stood.She kept walking along that road, and she really saw Lin Huiye's figure.

The princess seemed to have changed into a more plain dress, and was sitting on a big rock by the side of the valley looking into the distance.In the morning sun, in the warm sunlight, a ray of bright light shone directly on Lin Huiye's side.And Lin Huiye stretched out his hand in a daze, as if he wanted to hold the sunshine in his palm.

"Hui Ye." Chaoyang walked up to Lin Huiye and called her name.

"Why don't you practice swords anymore?" Lin Huiye was not surprised by Chaoyang's arrival, but just greeted him plainly.

"I practiced. But I didn't see you, so I came here for a walk." Chaoyang said. "But I didn't expect you to be here."

"Where else should I go?" Hearing what Chaoyang said, Lin Huiye looked over.A pair of silent and dark eyes stared at Chaoyang's cheeks without blinking.Chaoyang blushed when she looked at him, so he had to turn his head away.

At this embarrassing moment, Chaoyang heard Lin Huiye ask.

"Does your face... still hurt?"

"It hurts." Chaoyang said.

"Liar." Lin Huiye raised his hand and stroked Chaoyang's side face. "It's obviously not swollen."

"But the feeling of pain will be remembered in my heart, and I will never forget it." Chaoyang said, but seeing Lin Huiye leaning his face closer, he asked. "What are you doing?"

"You slap me too, let me remember it in my heart."

"What? You also have to remember how painful it is for me to slap you?" Hearing what Lin Huiye said, Chaoyang said angrily.

"No." Lin Huiye said. "Let me know how much you hurt. Then I will remember it in my heart, and next time, I will never hit you again."

"I won't tell you how much pain I have." Chaoyang put his hands away and said. "But I want you to remember that if you slap me again next time, I will never talk to you again."

When Lin Huiye heard the words "I will never talk to you again", Lin Huiye only felt a stabbing pain in his heart.She looked at Chaoyang's sunny eyes, nodded seriously, and said.

"I, Lin Huiye, swear that I will never do such a thing again. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise, we won't be able to eat dinner." Chaoyang added.

Hearing what Chaoyang said, Lin Huiye's eyes softened instantly, and he looked at Chaoyang's smiling face and said.

"Well. Otherwise, you'll never have dinner."

After hearing Lin Huiye's additional words, Chaoyang frowned.

"Lin Huiye."

"Ok?"

"Are you always so hard on yourself?"

"I have confidence in myself." Seeing Chaoyang frowning, Lin Huiye smiled. "I am confident that I will treat you well for the rest of my life."

"Who... who wants you to be nice to me forever." Chaoyang retorted when Lin Huiye's heart beat faster when disturbed by Lin Huiye's words.

Unexpectedly, Lin Huiye whispered in Chaoyang's ear.

"I."

I.

I……

In the afternoon of that day, Chaoyang couldn't remember what moves she had practiced, and her mind was full of the word Lin Huiye said.

She didn't know what was wrong with herself, she seemed to have fallen into a huge whirlpool, she couldn't escape, and... she didn't want to escape.