一夜情

Zhao Chuchu let out a laugh. “Hey, that’s a little far-fetched, don’t you think? You’re thinking of becoming a grandfather already? Da Lang, you are thinking too far ahead.”

“Not exactly. These are my thoughts on our future. I want to grow old together with you, Chuchu.”

Xie Heng took Zhao Chuchu’s hand and looked at her with a burning gaze.

When he gazed at her, his eyes were sparkling like the stars. She couldn’t help but get lost in his eyes.

She didn’t think much about the future, but Xie Heng even had their future planned out, all with her in it.

“Chuchu, I can’t be a part of your past, but I hope that your present and future will be with me. Although I don’t know what it’s like for men and women to get married in your place, I will do my best to give you everything you want.”

Xie Heng’s voice was so low that only the two of them could hear it, but the seriousness and determination in his tone were not missing at all.

Zhao Chuchu reached out and wrapped her arms around Xie Heng’s waist. “Da Lang, in our place, if a man and a woman like each other, they will be in a relationship. And if they feel that they are suitable for each other, they will get married.

“The marriage ceremony is similar to that here and also requires a banquet, but those complicated procedures are simplified. However, in our place, if the husband is not faithful to his wife after the marriage, the wife can ask for a divorce and share the husband’s property equally.

“Da Lang, if you want to marry me, you have to follow the rules of our place. If you are unfaithful to me, I can end the relationship at any time. Moreover, I won’t follow any women’s duties like other girls, let alone just stay at home and take care of you and our children.”

Xie Heng said, “No matter what you do, I’ll be on your side. This is a life that belongs only to you and me, so what others think has nothing to do with us. I only hope that you will feel happy when you are with me. As for being faithful, nothing I say now counts. Time will prove it.”

“Yep. I also believe that time will prove that you are my Mr. Right, Da Lang.”

Zhao Chuchu’s words made Xie Heng’s mouth curl up in a pleasant arc.

“Chuchu, I won’t be the wrong man for you.”

The two of them hugged each other for a while, and Zhao Chuchu talked to Xie Heng about the poetry and literature gathering of the next day.

Xie Heng thought for a while and asked, “How about I go with you?”

“You? No way. It’s too unfair for you to go to that kind of occasion. You are too outstanding, and who can be your opponent? Who knows if other men or women will take fancy to you when you make a splash? Da Lang, I don’t like fighting over you.”

“Don’t worry. Nothing like that will happen.”

“You can’t go.”

Zhao Chuchu insisted.

“It won’t be fun if you go. How can an old hand bully a green hand?”

“Old hand? Green hand?”

Xie Heng was intrigued as soon as he heard the unfamiliar words.

“An old hand is a very experienced person and a green hand is a person who doesn’t know a thing. So, it will be a huge strike for them to face you.”

“I see. Is it something like an ant trying to shake a big tree?”

“Yep! You’re so smart, Da Lang.”

“I’m an ‘old hand’, remember? I can’t let you down, Chuchu.”

At first, Zhao Chuchu actually thought that Xie Heng couldn’t accept someone from a different world.

But after getting along, she found that Xie Heng’s ability to accept new things was far better than she had imagined. Perhaps it was because Xie Heng had returned from reincarnation, so he accepted her existence easily.

When she sometimes communicated with Xie Heng in the way she did in her previous life, Xie Heng was not quite used to it, but he was still trying to adapt.

Zhao Chuchu had met people who liked her before.

But none of them could do what Xie Heng did.

Xie Heng was a very powerful person himself, but he was willing to lower himself for her, trying to learn her culture and adapt to everything about her.

Xie Heng never treated her like a weirdo. He even cared more about her well-being than she did and helped her hide her secrets.

Zhao Chuchu used to be a person who didn’t believe in fate, but now she felt that her encounter with Xie Heng was probably fate.

Otherwise, how could they meet each other in their repeated lives?

“Da Lang, falling in love with me is also the best choice you’ve ever made in your life.” Zhao Chuchu nestled in Xie Heng’s arms.

Xie Heng smiled. “Yes. I thank God every day when I wake up for sending you to my side. Chuchu, you are probably the compensation that God gave me.”

“So, I’m the one you got in exchange for a lot of merits?”

“Yes. Maybe good people get good rewards, I guess.”

“But don’t you always say that you are not a good person?”

“To my enemies, I am a ruthless person, but to the people of the Wei Dynasty, I have done my best. Chuchu, you should know better than I do how many lives it will take to bring back peace in the world. Some people don’t have to die for their crimes, but I still killed them.”

“Because they hindered the peace of the world?”

“Yes.”

Xie Heng admitted frankly.

Whether it was good or bad, he would not deny the existence of the fact if he did it.

Xie Heng had always been a man of responsibility.

He would never run away from his responsibility.

Zhao Chuchu thought for a moment and told Xie Heng about the history of her country when it was invaded by the great powers and how, during those tragic 100 years, a peaceful and unprecedented era was forged with the blood of countless martyrs.

Xie Heng listened with awe. “They deserve to live on for thousands of years, and the national courage of your martyrs is really admirable. Chuchu, you are very lucky.”

Zhao Chuchu said, “Yes. We, the descendants, are happy because we live in the peaceful and prosperous world created for us by our martyrs. In fact, when I was alive, there were still battles everywhere in the world, more tragic than the battles now.”

“Although the price of sacrificing a small number of people for the peace of the vast majority of people is heavy, it is still worth it. Chuchu, in fact, people had mixed opinions about me when I died. Those who thought I was right respected me and those who thought I was militaristic and held sole power cursed me every day.”

“Did you kill those who cursed you then?”

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“I never cared about this. No matter how they scolded me, I was the most powerful grand secretary in their eyes, and no one could shake my position. What I cared about was when the emperor would grow up and take power.”

That was because he also did not have much time left at that time.

He did not want the peace he had tried so hard to establish to be ruined. He wanted the emperor to have the world at heart and create a prosperous world.

Even if he could not see, he would be comforted if he knew in heaven.

“Chuchu, although I am not a good person in the eyes of others or even a demon-like existence, I have a ruler in my heart. It’s not that I can’t bear others scolding me. Listening to other people’s heartless scolding occasionally can make me soberer.”