Chapter 152: Pushing the Limits

That night, Wen Jin wrote a few letters and sent them out. When he went to bed at night, he sat in front of the couch and said in a gentle voice: "Your Highness, can you leave a light on tonight?"

After taking a bath, Yan Qing leaned against the head of the bed and said lazily: "Why?"

"When Your Highness is asleep, I can take a good look at Your Highness." Wen Jin's voice seemed a little erratic, "I haven't dared to take a serious look for these years, and suddenly I had this idea."

I used to be humble, and even staring at Your Highness's face was disrespectful, so every time I looked at him, I became greedy.

In the seven years that he missed in his previous life, he could only see him once or twice a year, so every time he met, he felt it was precious and enough for him to savor for a long time. However, due to the constraints of etiquette and rules, he even had to hide his eyes and expressions, and dared not easily reveal a trace of emotion.

After the separation, the bitterness in my heart could not be stopped. Every night after getting drunk, I could only fantasize about seeing Your Highness's face in my dreams.

Yan Qing hummed: "Whatever you want."

Wen Jin smiled: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Yan Qing ignored him.

Wen Jin raised his eyes slightly and stared at Yan Qing who was reading, "I heard what Your Highness and Lu Ming said."

"Hmm?" Yan Qing raised his eyebrows and glanced at him casually, "I heard it, and I didn't plot anything shameful."

Wen Jin's expression was visibly softer than usual: "Lu Ming said that Your Highness is partial to me."

Yan Qing paused: "No need to listen to his nonsense."

"I think so too." Wen Jin's voice was low, and it sounded particularly elegant and beautiful at night, "I was stupid before, I was only timid and inferior, and I kept retreating. I couldn't see the good intentions of Your Highness for me. It was my fault."

Yan Qing finally realized that since Wen Jin moved the couch over, it became a luxury for her to read quietly for a while before going to bed at night.

So she simply put the book aside and decided to talk to him.

"Can't you sleep here at night?"

Wen Jin was silent for a moment, and quickly shook his head: "No, I sleep very well."

Yan Qing sneered: "I thought you couldn't sleep at night, and I was planning to let you move back."

Wen Jin pursed his lips: "I just want to stay here."

"In the future, you must go to bed before I go to bed." Yan Qing spoke casually, but with a firmness that could not be refused, "Who indulged you in staying up late at night every day?"

Wen Jin lowered his eyes, "It's not that I don't want to sleep, I used to have insomnia and couldn't sleep, but now I can sleep but I can't bear to sleep."

"Can't bear to sleep?" Yan Qing's expression was subtle, "This sounds fresh."

"I just want to feel more of the sense of security of Your Highness by my side when I am awake." Wen Jin With a faint smile, "Time flies by too fast after falling asleep. Sleeping till dawn always makes people feel that they have missed a lot of beautiful things."

Yan Qing looked at him expressionlessly: "This is the first time I've heard such a statement. Aren't you sleepy?"

Wen Jin shook his head: "I'm used to it, I'm not very sleepy."

Yan Qing said: "No matter what you are used to, change it as soon as possible in the future, so that I don't have to find a way to punish you."

"...Yes." Wen Jin smiled, "Then...can I make a request?"

"Are you asking for more?"

"I dare not." Wen Jin was very docile, "I want to kiss your Highness's hand before going to bed."

Yan Qing's expression suddenly became strange. Thinking of his action of holding her hand in the middle of the night, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Wen Jin glanced at her hesitantly: "Your Highness, will you think this is indecent?"

"You don't have to think so, this behavior is indeed indecent." Yan Qing said indifferently, "Did the sage book teach you to behave like this?"

Wen Jin lowered his eyes: "I didn't learn the rules from the sage book, I just follow the rules set by Your Highness, so as long as Your Highness thinks it's okay."

He didn't have time to care about what those sages who had long passed away thought, and rules were meant to be broken.

Yan Qing didn't know how to refute him for a moment. After all, Wen Jin said the facts. Although the rules she set back then were not out of the ordinary, in most cases, Wen Jin did follow her rules.

Just like he was cruel by nature but could still be as gentle as a gentleman on the surface, the sage book could not require every man to do this, and the sage book did not require him to be both civil and military, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But Wen Jin still did it according to her requirements.

As for the indecent assault...

Yan Qing's mouth twitched slightly. It is said that boys and girls should not sit at the same table after the age of seven. She was already eight years old when she met Wen Jin. Wen Jin said he was ten years old. At that time, in order to take good care of his body and correct him from his self-enclosed state, they not only ate at the same table, but also slept in the same room.

The rule that men and women should not touch each other has long been thrown out of the window.

Yan Qing thought of this and took the initiative to reach out to Wen Jin.

Wen Jin was startled, then raised his hand and held Yan Qing's slender white hand, but for a moment he didn't know what to do.

"Si Yuan said we are the same age?" Yan Qing suddenly thought of this question, frowning slightly, "So, one of us is wrong in age?"

Wen Jin nodded: "Yes."

"Whose age is wrong?" Yan Qing raised his eyebrows, "Should I be 20 years old like you, or should you be 18 years old like me?"

Wen Jin was silent: "I didn't ask."

"Then we are both 18." Yan Qing's posture was a little lazy, "I am not happy if you add two years to my age for no reason."

Wen Jin was silent, then smiled with pursed lips.

"Why are you laughing?" Yan Qing narrowed his eyes, "Laughing at me."

Wen Jin quickly shook his head: "I don't dare."

Yan Qing snorted coldly.

"I just think that Your Highness tonight..." Wen Jin carefully considered the words, "very gentle."