Chapter 209: He Wants To

Although he doesn’t cry as often as the little Li Yu in her dreams, he is just as easily coaxed as the little Li Yu.

The young man in front of her, although his face had become cold again, was different from before. The smile in his eyes was unconcealable.

Bai Li smiled, “No need to force it. In front of me, laugh if you want, don’t laugh if you don’t want to. You look good either way.” She said, looking at the food table and pointing to it for him, “Look, this is the new dish I asked them to add. I had it on the street, try it.”

Does he look good either way? That’s good. Li Yu smiled, picked up his chopsticks, ate as instructed, and nodded, “It’s really delicious.” He sighed again, “As expected, you put more effort into the pleasure boat.”

Bai Li raised an eyebrow, “You can just say I’m a glutton.”

“How can this be gluttony?” Li Yu shook his head, “I have no interest in food and drink because of the hardships I’ve endured, but you’re different. You still like to try the world’s delicacies.”

He stretched out his hand and gestured.

“This shows that your heart is stronger than mine.”

Bai Li laughed out loud.

A person who loves to cry and get angry is also good at making people happy.

“Alright, that’s enough. No need to flatter me anymore. We’re both not angry anymore, let’s put this behind us.” She said, pointing to the food table, “Eat, eat quickly, I’m really hungry.”

“I’m telling the truth.” Li Yu said with a smile, but didn’t speak anymore, picking up his chopsticks and eating in big mouthfuls.

After a simple breakfast, Li Yu also reminisced about Bai Li’s experiences over the past two days, “The child was switched, and it wasn’t discovered at the time. It’s indeed not easy to expose them afterward.”

Zhang Ze is still in power. If we report it to the Emperor, it will be said that Bai Ying was framed.

Those pregnant women are all in Zhang Ze’s hands, there are no witnesses and no physical evidence.

Bai Li’s identity is also troublesome. She’s the fugitive daughter of Bai Xun and the Young Madam of Dongyang who faked her death. She has no credibility in front of the Emperor. If she comes forward to testify, not only will she be dragged down and beheaded, but Zhou Jingyun’s family will also suffer.

“It’s good that the little princess is still alive. As long as she’s alive, there’s always a chance to reunite with her biological parents.”

“Although with that kind of mother, it doesn’t matter whether she recognizes her or not.” Bai Li said, then raised an eyebrow, “But we should still try if there’s a chance.”

Li Yu looked at her and smiled, “Otherwise, wouldn’t it let that kind of mother get her way?”

Bai Li laughed heartily, pointing to herself and then to him, “That’s why we’re the same.”

“Indeed, neither of us are good people.” Li Yu smiled and took over the conversation again.

Thinking back to when he thought Bai Li was a vengeful ghost, they had said such things. Now, they were saying such things together again. And this time, she was no longer secretly meeting him, nor was she someone else’s wife…

Someone else’s wife.

Li Yu thought of a key person in the process she had just described.

“Is the little princess now at the place Zhou Jingyun arranged?” he asked.

Bai Li nodded, “He’s very reliable.”

Li Yu’s hand hanging by his side gently clenched, he nodded, “Yes, seeing his sincerity towards you, you can tell he will definitely protect the little princess well.” He added, “It’s good that the Marquis’s Heir was there at the time. If it were me, even if you had told me in advance, I might not have done as well as him.”

Bai Li said with a smile, “No, if you were there, it would be even more powerful for us. Maybe we would have exposed Zhang Ze and Bai Ying’s conspiracy at that time.”

Speaking of this, she was a little regretful.

“It might have been so.”

Li Yu repeated the two words “we” she said in his heart, and he also felt regret. He was not among “us”…

“I knew I shouldn’t have gone to the imperial tombs.” He said.

Bai Li laughed, “There’s no such thing as ‘knowing’ in this world. We just deal with things as they come. Stop thinking about it, you should go back, or do whatever needs to be done.” She yawned, “I’m going to rest for a while.”

Li Yu nodded with a smile, glanced at her, and hesitated.

“What’s wrong?” Bai Li asked, noticing his hesitation.

Li Yu looked at her and shook his head with a smile, “Nothing, you rest first.”

Bai Li smiled at him, waved her hand, and turned to walk into the inner room.

Li Yu called someone to clean up the table and stood there in a daze, until Cai Songnian couldn’t wait any longer and poked his head in from the door.

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“Young Master.” He called out, glancing at the closed door of the inner room, “Is there anything else you want to say?”

There was nothing else to say, but just now, when Bai Li told him she was going to rest, he suddenly wanted to hug her again.

She didn’t push him away when he hugged her before, and even reached out to hug him back.

But before, it was because he was anxious and worried, excited to have found her again. Now, if he hugged her again, what would she think?

And why did he want to hug her?

When he heard that she was missing, he was really anxious, sad, and scared.

When he saw her appear at the door and rushed over to hug her, he felt a sense of peace and joy he had never experienced before.

He only wanted that moment to last forever.

What does it mean to want to be with someone forever?

“Young Master?” Cai Songnian called out again, frowning at Li Yu. What did that woman say just now? The Young Master’s face was no longer gloomy and scary, but he was absent-minded…

Li Yu hummed in response, didn’t say anything, and walked out, then turned around and gently closed the door with his own hand.

Cai Songnian put the hood on him. Although the pleasure boat was safe, it was already dawn, the dock was crowded, and there were many boats on the river. If someone with sharp eyes saw and recognized him, the Young Master said he was guarding the tombs, but appeared on the pleasure boat, it wouldn’t sound good for his reputation.

“Young Master, what did she say?” Cai Songnian asked, and without waiting for Li Yu’s answer, frowned and said in a deep voice, “She’s really going too far. Young Master treats her with sincerity, but she acts on her own, too…”

Before he could finish saying “disrespectful,” Li Yu, who had been distracted, interrupted in a deep voice, “Don’t talk nonsense, the things she does are very important to me!”

Cai Songnian was stunned, what things?

Li Yu glanced at him, “This matter is of great importance, I’ll tell you later.”

Her? What important things could she do? Cai Songnian was puzzled. Could she be saying some nice things to deceive the Young Master? Looking at the slightly upturned corners of Li Yu’s mouth under the hood, his eyes were bright and cheerful. Just having breakfast for a while, the Young Master had become like this.

A gentleman’s obsession is unspeakable.

This sentence popped up in Cai Songnian’s mind again.

This Bai Li, she was also the Young Madam of Dongyang, he wondered how she deceived that Zhou Shizi, who dared to hide her.

Now the Young Master is like this again.

This woman indeed cannot be underestimated.

Cai Songnian was lost in thought, but there was nothing he could do. Perhaps after the Young Master gets married and settles down, it will be better.

“Young Master.” He stopped asking and just reminded, “The return trip is all arranged. We can reach the imperial tombs by nightfall. The palace gate has also been arranged. This way, when you come out of the tomb tomorrow morning, no one will notice.”

Li Yu shook his head, “I’m not going back yet, I’m going to see the Princess.” Then he smiled and looked in the direction of the imperial city, “And then I’ll go see His Majesty.”

Cai Songnian was a little surprised, “Young Master, you’re going to see His Majesty at this time?”

He said he was guarding the imperial tombs, but he came back after only a few days. He couldn’t stand a little hardship, he was untrustworthy.

And now that the Emperor has a little prince, he, the former heir apparent, is running back…not good, right?

“No, now is the right time.” Li Yu smiled, “It’s good that I run back after the birth of the prince. If it were a little princess, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to come back from the imperial tombs.”

As an adult member of the royal family, he was once the heir apparent favored by the previous Emperor, and his father was the former Crown Prince. The former Crown Prince was also restored to his status as a member of the royal family.

If Bai Ying gave birth to a princess and the Emperor still had no prince, then the Emperor would definitely be suspicious of him, a grown-up royal descendant.

Only relying on Princess Jinyu, his situation would be very difficult. He would be watched no matter what he did, it would be very dangerous.

Now it’s good, the Emperor has a prince, the Emperor is relieved, his situation will also be easier, he will have more opportunities to strengthen himself, and then…

The smile on Li Yu’s face faded, he was really lucky.

Who gave him such good luck?

He turned to look at the door, and Bai Li’s face appeared before his eyes again, imitating him with her mouth drooping, as if making a face.

That face was as beautiful as jade, her eyes like stars, clear and lovely.