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Chapter 61 Confession in a Dream
"what are you doing?"

Chu Jiang clenched his fist tightly to avoid pushing the person away.

The little girl tilted her head and said, "Your face is red."

He averted his gaze and said coldly, "You've mistaken me for someone else."

She blinked, and good-naturedly refrained from arguing. Instead, she sat down beside him and asked, "What do you want to eat tomorrow?"

There was no fear or disgust as he had imagined; the tone was as usual.

For a moment, Chu Jiang's fingertips trembled slightly at his side. He didn't answer the question, but instead stared intently at the girl before him, as if trying to see right through her.
"Don't you have anything to ask me?"

She exclaimed "Ah!" and asked him, somewhat confused, "What do you mean?"

Of course, ask him who he is!

Ask him why he looks so much like the Crown Prince!
Ask him if he would kill him!
Complex emotions welled up in the man's eyes, but he ultimately said nothing.

He has always detested those pretentious types, and if they annoy him, he might even kill them with a single sword strike.

But I never imagined that one day I would become that kind of person.

Meeting the girl's clean and gentle eyes, he found himself unable to utter a single word.

He even thought, somewhat resignedly, that it was her own fault for not asking, and that she deserved to end up in his hands!
"nothing!"

After finishing his sentence, the young man angrily looked away, his furrowed brows suggesting he was sulking with someone.

The little girl just looked at him with a puzzled expression, then nodded: "Okay."

After Qin Su finished speaking, she stood up and said, "Then I'll head back now~"

Chu Jiang heard this, his eyebrows twitched, but he didn't turn around. His cold demeanor seemed no different from before.

Only when the footsteps completely disappeared and the person's presence was gone did he finally turn around, his eyes fixed on the direction the person had left in.

Just then, he caught a glimpse of something shimmering out of the corner of his eye. He looked down and saw a small, exquisite earring that had somehow fallen to his feet.

It was exactly the same as the one that had just been hung near the girl's ear.

Chu Jiang bent down and picked it up.

Liu Ying saw this from the shadows and was wondering whether she should return the girl to her when she saw the man casually pull her into his arms.

Liu Ying: ? ? ?
No, how many times has this happened? You keep taking things from young girls without your permission. Aren't you ashamed?
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Although Qin Su's trip seemed fruitless, she was quite satisfied with it.

Just as he was in a good mood, he stepped outside and saw a woman in the courtyard looking at him with a complicated expression.

The way Aunt Xu looked at her was as if her own daughter had suddenly changed genders. Her mouth trembled slightly, whether she couldn't speak or was having an epileptic seizure was unknown.

Qin Su was seen, and after only a moment of surprise, she quickly regained her composure, calmly walked to the woman's side, and spoke in a warm and gentle tone as if she were saying that the weather was nice today:

“Mother is a wise woman; she should know what to say and what not to say. If you still want to live a good life, remember not to cause trouble for your daughter.”

The girl still smiled gently and sweetly, but Aunt Xu, who was being looked at by her, felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar in the middle of summer, so cold that her blood had frozen.

She felt that the girl in front of her was so unfamiliar, but she couldn't utter a single word to refute her.

Only after Qin Su left her side did she suddenly gasp for breath, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.

She dared not, dared not disobey her...
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Qin Su had hoped to continue delivering food to the tyrant the next day, but he seemed to appear only briefly, meeting her briefly before disappearing again. Qin Su remained relatively calm, but the system was already deeply worried: [Host, what's wrong with the tyrant? Is he not coming back? If he doesn't return, what will happen to our mission?]

The way it keeps rambling on and on is making it almost like a chatterbox system.

Seeing the system's anxiety, Qin Su's solution was: "Why don't we just ask?"

system:? ? ?
How should I ask? Should I break into his window in the middle of the night and ask him?
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While Qin Su was out of sight, Chu Jiang stayed in the palace, playing the role of the crown prince.

He handled several tricky official matters skillfully, demonstrating commendable performance, and he did not lose his temper.

His stable condition surprised everyone around him.

Even Emperor Wen had to admit:
Even though "Seventh Prince" remained indifferent as always, his abilities were undeniable. If he hadn't admitted it himself, no one would have doubted that he wasn't the Crown Prince.

He couldn't help but think: if "his" mental state could remain this stable, then what if there were "two souls in one body"?
These are questions the emperor only has time to ponder in his spare moments; the real problem now is—

He was still eating too little, and he had become very thin, which was heartbreaking to see.

Perhaps it's really worth considering summoning the Qin family's daughter to the palace. If she can take good care of the Crown Prince's health, that would be a blessing for her!
At this moment, Chu Jiang, whose calm demeanor brought comfort to everyone, was not particularly happy.

After finishing the official business that had been delivered to the Eastern Palace that day, he got up and left his study, going to a lotus pond in the Eastern Palace.

A gentle breeze wafted by, bringing with it lush greenery and the sweet fragrance of lotus blossoms. But the man's handsome face showed no sign of a smile; instead, it was chillingly gloomy.

"Is all this your job? When are you coming back to handle it yourself? If you don't come back soon, I'll set fire to your entire Eastern Palace!"

After the man finished his threatening words, no one responded to him.

The guards in the distance only knew that the Seventh Prince was in a bad mood, but they didn't know why.

On this day, he stood by the pond for a very long time until a sudden summer downpour began, at the urging of the palace servants, and Chu Jiang turned and left.

Perhaps it was because he was caught in the rain and was in a bad mood, but that night he developed a fever and, late at night, went back to that place he didn't really want to go—

"Hi, long time no see. You don't seem to be in a good mood. Is there anything you'd like to talk to me about?"

When the familiar voice rang out, Chu Jiang realized that he had entered his dream again and encountered that inexplicable woman, but he was still lazy, seemingly neither angry nor surprised.

Qin Su could also clearly sense that the man's reaction was not as strong as before, and his mood was not very high.

However, this is good news for psychologists, which means that:

Has he slowly gotten used to her?
Qin Su did not urge him, patiently waiting for the man to think it over himself.

Before he could move a finger, she handed him a glass of water that had already been poured.

Chu Jiang didn't take it, but his slender fingers pressed against a certain spot on his chest.

"Can you really cure diseases?"

This was the first time in a long time that the young man had asked her a question seriously.

To be honest, at that moment, Qin Su even felt a sense of excitement.

"Of course! Didn't I tell you on the first day? I'm a psychologist who specializes in helping patients solve psychological problems. No matter what troubles you, you can ask me."

(End of this chapter)