Lu Chimo will definitely take good care of Bai Yulang. They haven't gotten up yet, so he shouldn't disturb them.
So he withdrew his hand, turned around, and left.
He returned to his room, ready to continue spacing out, when suddenly he heard someone knocking on the door.
Without thinking, he went to open the door and saw Feng Muting standing outside.
He paused, wondering who had let Mu Ting in since Lu Chimo and Bai Yulang were still asleep.
Could it be that Feng Muting climbed over the wall to get in?
Thinking of this, he blurted out, "Did the prince climb over the wall to get in?"
"Ah Liu has become smarter..."
"...Does Your Highness know how to speak properly!" Su Fuliu immediately complained. Was this Feng Muting really a prince, doing something so unbecoming of his status as climbing over someone else's wall?
Feng Muting immediately slapped his mouth: "Look at my mouth, I can't speak properly! A-Liu is clearly the smartest person in the world!"
"Hmph, smart? If I were smart, would you have made me run around in circles?!" With that, Su Fuliu angrily prepared to close the door.
"Ah Liu!" Feng Muting quickly reached out to stop him; whatever he said was wrong. "Ah Liu, it's been two days, and you... you're still not over it..."
"Your Highness has kept this from me for so long, how could I possibly calm down in just two days? Are you kidding me!" Su Fuliu said with a hardened heart.
But when he saw Feng Muting's face, he realized that he was indeed haggard and hadn't slept much.
Then Feng Muting took out a large stack of papers and handed them to him. He paused for a moment, then looked down at them.
"This is a letter of repentance and a guarantee that I wrote over two days and two nights..." Feng Muting said.
Su Fuliu didn't expect that Feng Muting had been copying this at home as punishment for the past two days.
With such a huge stack, the writer's hands probably never stopped writing.
Feng Muting did punish him by making him write, saying he would make him write for three days and three nights, but that didn't actually happen; he only made him write it once.
"Ah Liu, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have kept it from you. But at the time, I didn't dare to tell you, afraid that you would run away again and I wouldn't be able to find you."
"Then, what about afterwards? After we got together, couldn't you tell us?"
"Yes, it was my fault. I should have admitted it in time, but I just didn't find the opportunity..." Feng Muting grabbed Su Fuliu's hand and placed what he had written in his hand.
“Ah Liu, I know you are very angry... As long as you can calm down, I can go back and continue copying the letter of repentance and the letter of guarantee. I will keep writing until you calm down.”
Su Fuliu looked at the stack of papers in her hand, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
Speaking of hiding things, wasn't he also hiding something from Feng Muting...?
After a long silence, Su Fuliu finally spoke, "Never mind, let's go home..."
His presence here is quite a disturbance to Lu Chimo and Bai Yulang.
"Really, A-Liu, you're willing to go back with me?!" Feng Muting excitedly tried to grab Su Fuliu's hand, but Su Fuliu dodged away.
"I just didn't want to disturb Yulang and Doctor Lu here, so I said I was going back. I didn't say I forgave you."
"Then let's go back. When we get back, you can punish me however you like!"
These past two days, with Su Fuliu not by his side, Feng Muting really felt unaccustomed; his heart felt empty.
Chapter 301 The Prince is Also a Big Fool
Seeing Feng Muting's excited expression, Su Fuliu couldn't help but sigh softly: "I'll go find Yulang and Doctor Lu and talk to them."
“Yes, I will go with you,” Feng Muting replied immediately.
Su Fuliu didn't say much. She just took the pile of repentance letters and guarantees written by Feng Muting and went to find Lu Chimo and Bai Yulang again.
They arrived at Lu Chimo's room. Just as Su Fuliu was about to knock, she heard Bai Yulang's aggrieved voice from inside: "Senior brother, I'm in so much pain! Why is it that when I drink too much, my head doesn't hurt, but my back does?"
“Because Yulang got drunk last night and insisted on playing horse riding games with his senior brother, he hurt his back. Does it hurt a lot? Should I give you acupuncture to relieve the pain?” Lu Chimo replied.
"No need, senior brother can rub it for me. But... what kind of horse riding game did we play?" Bai Yulang tried hard to recall, but couldn't remember.
Lu Chimo smiled: "You insisted on being on top last night..."
"Ah, no..."
"how?"
"I have absolutely no recollection of it!"
"Does Yulang mean that now that he's sober, he wants to try again?"
Bai Yulang chuckled: "Not now, my back is hurting right now. I'll come back when my back is better!"
Su Fuliu, who was standing outside the door with her hand raised, ready to knock, blushed and didn't know whether she should knock or not.
His hand remained frozen in mid-air for a long time until he heard Bai Yulang's coquettish voice coming from inside: "Senior brother is so nice, I like senior brother so much!"
"Is it just liking it?"
"Oh, I misspoke, it should be 'love'! Yulang loves his senior brother so much!"
Upon hearing this, Su Fuliu decisively withdrew his hand. He glanced awkwardly at Feng Muting, then turned and left.
Feng Muting glanced at the door, feeling a tiny bit envious. He wished his A Liu could be as warm and welcoming as Bai Yulang someday.
Even if his Ah Liu had even one ten-thousandth of Bai Yulang's initiative, it would be fine...
Su Fuliu was too embarrassed to bother Lu Chimo and Bai Yulang, so he left them a letter to tell them that he had returned to the Prince's Mansion.
Then he went back with Feng Muting.
Upon arriving at the Prince's residence, Su Fuliu was about to go to his room when Feng Muting called out to him, "Aliu, you've gone to the wrong place again."
"I didn't go to the wrong place."
Feng Muting understood what Su Fuliu meant; Su Fuliu was still angry and didn't want to live with him.
"You go sleep in my room, I'll sleep in the study." He couldn't let Su Fuliu go back to his room, otherwise it would be difficult to get Su Fuliu to come to his room again.
Therefore, he was willing to offer to sleep in the study rather than leave Su Fuliu in his room.
After thinking for a moment, Su Fuliu went to Feng Muting's room in a different direction.
Feng Muting breathed a sigh of relief, but inwardly lamented that he still couldn't escape the fate of sleeping in the study.
However, it's good that A-Liu came back with him; he'll just have to coax her properly from now on.
Upon arriving at the room, Su Fuliu was taken aback when she saw the bright red bed sheets, thinking to herself that Feng Muting had indeed changed the bed sheets to red.
But he didn't want to talk to Feng Muting right now, so he didn't ask him to change. He just stood with his back to him and said, "I want to be alone for a while now. Your Highness, please go out first?"
“Okay…” Feng Muting glanced at him and then left.
Su Fuliu sat down and placed the letters of repentance and guarantee written by Feng Muting on the table. He picked them up one by one and read them. Although they were repetitive, he still read them all.
"The prince is such a fool..." Su Fuliu never expected that Feng Muting would do something so stupid.
Chapter 302 A Bad Impression
After reading it, Su Fuliu carefully folded what Feng Muting had written and put it in a brocade box.
At noon, Feng Muting arrived again.
"Ah Liu, this is a light lunch that I had the kitchen prepare for you. See if there's anything you don't like. If so, take it away and replace it with something else."
Su Fuliu glanced at them, then shook her head: "I don't dislike any of them, they're all fine."
"Then sit down and eat?" Feng Muting spoke very softly, as if afraid of raising his voice.
Su Fuliu didn't say much and just sat down.
Feng Muting quickly ladled a bowl of porridge for him and placed it in front of him.
"Thank you," Su Fuliu said, picking up her bowl.
"No need to say thank you, that's too formal." Feng Muting didn't want to hear Su Fuliu thank him at all. Although it was polite, it made him feel distant from Su Fuliu.
Su Fuliu remained silent, instead quietly eating her porridge with her head down.
Feng Muting then helped him put some food in his bowl: "Aliu, don't just eat porridge, you should also eat some vegetables."
Su Fuliu was about to say thank you, but then she remembered what Feng Muting had just said, so she remained silent.
As he was finishing his meal, he couldn't help but ask, "Has Your Highness eaten?"
Feng Muting shook his head: "No."
"I'm full, Your Highness, you should go and eat too." Su Fuliu put down her bowl.
“I am not hungry,” Feng Muting replied.
Looking at his haggard face, Su Fuliu guessed that he hadn't slept or eaten well these past two days: "Why aren't you hungry?"
Feng Muting paused, then looked at Su Fuliu without saying a word.
But that look said it all.
He couldn't eat because of Su Fuliu's matter.
Su Fuliu pouted: "If Your Highness isn't going to eat, then I'd better leave, lest Your Highness starve to death and others blame me."
"Alright, alright, I'll eat some, please don't be angry, A-Liu." Feng Muting immediately started eating the porridge and vegetables that Su Fuliu had left.
But he was secretly overjoyed.
Because his Ah Liu still cares about him.
Su Fuliu sat there watching Feng Muting finish the rest of the porridge and vegetables, and then said, "Does the Emperor also know that you are Qin Shi?"
Feng Muting nodded: "Yes, Father and Mother met and fell in love in Jade Dragon Village. Jade Dragon Village was co-founded by Mother and Aunt Xu. Mother's surname is Qin and her given name is Yu, and Aunt Xu's given name is Jiaolong, so the village is called Jade Dragon. However, my grandmother was very concerned about my mother's identity, so she did not allow her to enter the palace. Father had no choice but to build a Jade Lodge outside the palace for me and Mother to live there. Mother would occasionally return to the village, and for convenience, she gave me another name. When I returned to the village, I used the identity of Qin Shi."
"So that's how it is." After listening, Su Fuliu asked as if she remembered something, "I ran away like that the day before yesterday, was His Majesty very angry?"
“Hmm.” Feng Muting nodded again.
"Ah, then... what should we do?" Su Fuliu felt a little sad. He didn't expect that when Feng Muting took him to see the Emperor in a proper manner, he would leave such a bad impression on the Emperor.
What if the Emperor gets upset and doesn't want Feng Muting to be with him anymore?
Seeing Su Fuliu's worried expression, Feng Muting knew he had misunderstood and immediately explained, "No, A-Liu, you've misunderstood. Father is very angry, but... he's angry at me. He blames me for making you run away..."