sbdcsierra Chapter 340 Pretending
Chapter 340 Pretending
Jun Lanjin braced himself on the ground with one hand and struggled to get up. Then he saw the moon next to Xie Xing. He stared at the moon for a while before speaking, "Is this the tiger you rescued and injured during the autumn hunt?"
Xie Xingxi said happily, "Yes, Your Highness, you still remember?"
Jun Lanjin said meaningfully, "It's rare that even a little tiger has a heart to repay kindness, but a human does not."
Xie Xing: "..."
She looked embarrassed for a moment, then quickly explained, "Your Highness, it was an accident."
"I knew you were the Ghost King, and I wanted to snatch this Heavenly Snow Lotus to cure your illness. If I save the Ghost King, I won't be able to save you!"
"Heaven and earth bear witness, Your Highness will always be the most important person in my heart!"
Jun Lanjin rested her chin on her hand, her peach blossom eyes smiling as she looked at her: "Is that so? Then what did your husband, the Fifth Prince of the Southern Kingdom, say?"
Xie Xing: "..."
She felt that Jun Lanjin couldn't get over the issue of his concubine.
She explained, "Your Highness, it's like this, back then..."
Xie Xing explained what had happened again.
If Jun Lanjin is indeed the Ghost King, then what happened between them before...?
Xie Xing thought of her first encounter with the Ghost King, and how she had provoked him and even spoken ill of him in front of him. Suddenly, Xie Xing's back stiffened.
isn't it?
If that's really the case, then it's very awkward.
Jun Lanjin could naturally hear Xie Xing's thoughts. Not only Xie Xing, but Jun Lanjin's back also stiffened noticeably after his disguise was revealed, and he looked somewhat embarrassed.
After all, he had done a lot of things to Xie Xing under the guise of the Ghost King.
Junlan Jin simply chose to selectively avoid the question.
"Your Highness..." Xie Xing called out to Jun Lanjin, hesitantly, when he saw that Jun Lanjin did not answer.
Jun Lanjin coughed lightly and said, "There are some things that are better left unknown to you."
"Alright!" As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Xing immediately shut up, then changed his tone and added a sentence after him, lacking any backbone.
A profound silence fell over the surroundings, except for the rumbling of the moon; the two looked at each other in silence.
Finally, Jun Lanjin spoke first: "The Tianshan Snow Lotus can only be preserved for fifteen days. We are still in the city, and we cannot stay in the cave for long. The Tianshan Snow Lotus is very important to Chao Le, and he will do anything to find it."
"We can't delay any longer; we have to leave the city."
Xie Xing said, "There's a city-wide warrant for our arrest, so leaving the city gates will be difficult."
Especially given the impending war, no one was allowed to enter or leave the city.
Jun Lanjin fell silent.
After a long pause, he finally spoke up: "I have people in the city. As long as I can contact them, I have nothing to fear."
Xie Xing nodded upon hearing this: "In that case, Your Highness, let's set off now."
Xie Xing stood up as he spoke.
Just as she was about to call Yue Liang to move together, she saw that Jun Lanjin was still sitting in the same spot without moving. Xie Xing turned her head and looked at Jun Lanjin in confusion: "Your Highness?"
Jun Lanjin coughed awkwardly and said, "I have no strength."
Xie Xing: "..."
Finally, Xie Xing helped Jun Lanjin onto the moon's back.
After all, the moon was just a young tiger that had not yet reached adulthood. When carrying Jun Lanjin, the tiger shook its back somewhat unhappily, almost shaking Jun Lanjin off its back.
Xie Xing was startled and turned around to meet Jun Lanjin's gaze. She smiled apologetically.
"Haha, Your Highness, I just met Yue Liang, we're not very familiar with each other yet."
Jun Lanjin: "..."
……
The city was indeed heavily guarded.
Xie Xing secretly sneaked into a cosmetics shop, stole some cosmetics, found a secluded spot, spread them out, and looked at Jun Lanjin, saying, "Your Highness, I'm sorry to have troubled you."
As she spoke, Xie Xing took the face powder and was about to smear it on Jun Lanjin's face.
Jun Lanjin leaned back slightly, his gaze falling on the face powder in Xie Xing's hand, and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xie Xing said, "Your Highness, your appearance is too conspicuous and you will be easily recognized. I will give you some disguise."
Upon hearing this, Jun Lanjin slowly released Xie Xing's hand.
Seeing this, Xie Xing grinned at Jun Lanjin and then slowly approached him.
The warm breath touched Jun Lanjin's face, and his eyelashes trembled nervously. He could only close his eyes and let Xie Xing paint on his face.
As Xie Xing drew, his attention kept drifting towards Jun Lanjin's face.
These exquisite and superior features are simply a masterpiece of nature.
The same thought echoed in Jun Lanjin's ear. He pursed his lips slightly and then heard the thought:
His lips felt so moist and soft to the touch, they seemed really nice to kiss.
Jun Lanjin: "..."
System: [It's truly unexpected. This villain looks like a stunningly cunning old fox, but when they're actually being kissed, he looks strangely innocent.]
[Modern readers prefer innocent, pure-hearted men, it's just a pity they're villains, not the protagonist.]
Jun Lanjin's eyelids twitched.
An angry character slammed down on his forehead, and the discomfort and embarrassment he had just felt were completely washed away by those two sentences.
His skin is so nice, it feels so smooth. The thought of turning his face into a scruffy, scraggly mess makes me reluctant to do it.
Jun Lanjin: "..."
System: [He looks so cute like this, he really let you do his makeup so obediently.]
Hey, your makeup looks awful! Can't you at least put on some nicer makeup?
The system was speechless when it saw the final success.
Jun Lanjin clenched his fists.
After an unknown amount of time, Xie Xing finally finished his work. [He's done. He feels like even his own mother standing right in front of him wouldn't recognize him.]
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Jun Lanjin couldn't help himself and smashed a spike into Xie Xing's head.
"Ouch!" Xie Xing cried out in pain, covering his head with both hands. He looked up at Jun Lanjin in a daze and asked, "Your Highness! Why did you hit me?"
Jun Lanjin stood up and said, "You're so noisy."
Xie Xing: ?
She followed behind Jun Lanjin and said, "I didn't make a sound!"
Jun Lanjin glanced at her and said, "Your heartbeat is disturbing me."
Xie Xing: "..."
She puffed out her cheeks, glared angrily at Jun Lanjin's retreating figure, and muttered, "This is utterly unreasonable!"
The system coaxed Xie Xing: "Hey, think about what's going to happen to him later, just bear with him, he's kind of pitiful."
Jun Lanjin was walking ahead when he heard this thought. He was about to turn around when his body suddenly stumbled because he couldn't bear the weight of his body and almost fell flat on his face.
Fortunately, Xie Xing's attention was on Jun Lanjin. Seeing that he was about to fall, he quickly stepped forward to support him.
She looked up and saw Jun Lanjin staring intently at her.
Xie Xing was completely bewildered: "Your Highness?"