BVAHEDLA[W Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Ancient Times 17: Bathing Together

Hearing Chu Li-fei’s voice, Lu Mo-chen’s heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly stuffed the note back into the clothes Chu Li-fei had thrown on the ground, then pretended to be calm and opened his mouth, his tone still trembling, looking like he had received a huge shock: “Royal Uncle… It’s me…”

He was obviously still a little panicked. He didn’t understand why Chu Li-fei would have a secret letter from Lu Mo-lin?

In his previous life, after he cleared out the forces of the Crown Prince’s party, he found this kind of secret letter in the residences of many of his cronies. The handwriting would gradually appear when exposed to heat, but would disappear again after the temperature dropped.

And each secret letter had the signature of the character “Lu,” and the handwriting was exactly the same as the note in Chu Li-fei’s clothes!

Chu Li-fei and Lu Mo-lin were in cahoots? Since when?

Lu Mo-chen asked himself again and again in his heart, and a layer of red bloodshot eyes gradually appeared in his eyes.

He didn’t know Chu Li-fei’s reason for doing this, and he didn’t know if he had reached any agreement with Lu Mo-lin.

Associating it with Chu Li-fei’s soft-heartedness towards him today, he even began to suspect that this was just a scheme between Chu Li-fei and Lu Mo-lin, so even if he pinched his nose, he still kept him.

But soon he quickly regained his composure.

It doesn’t matter. He kept repeating to himself in his heart.

He would get rid of those ungrateful guys.

Lu Mo-chen raised his head to look at the figure behind the screen, and infinite paranoia surged in his eyes.

Chu Li-fei, can only be his.

Chu Li-fei in the pool heard Lu Mo-chen’s voice, and then he relaxed his vigilance slightly. At first, he thought it was the group of men in black he met at the Cheng residence during the day, and the mastermind behind them was so bold that he dared to reach into his royal palace.

Thinking of what happened during the day, Chu Li-fei’s eyes gradually turned cold.

The assassination at the Cheng residence made him even more certain of his inner guess, and at the same time, it also indirectly proved that their investigation direction was not wrong.

The Cheng residence must still hide some unknown secrets.

And this case from more than ten years ago, as their investigation deepened, its truth would inevitably surface step by step. Its connection with the Qi residence case would also be revealed by them little by little.

Moreover, the murderer hiding behind the scenes dared to assassinate him and Lu Mo-chen—one was a popular prince of a different surname in the court, and the other was, at the very least, a serious prince—presumably the other party must be in a high position of power and not afraid of their identities and the consequences of doing so.

There was another possibility, that was that he, or they, had already decided to cut them off at the root.

Seeing that Chu Li-fei didn’t speak, Lu Mo-chen felt a little uneasy, but he still plucked up his courage and shouted again: “Royal Uncle…?”

Chu Li-fei then recovered from his thoughts. He frowned slightly, with a hint of incomprehension in his eyes: “Why are you here?”

Lu Mo-chen saw that Chu Li-fei didn’t mean to be angry with him, so he relaxed and brought out the rhetoric he had prepared long ago: “Royal Uncle… There’s thunder outside, I… I’m afraid…”

At this time, a loud noise came from the horizon in extreme coordination.

“Boom—”

Chu Li-fei only saw a figure behind the screen shrink back, and then rushed towards him with a speed that could not cover his ears.

The pool in front of him raised a huge splash of water, which landed on Chu Li-fei’s head and face. Before he could wipe it dry, an ice-cold body quickly burrowed into his arms, and then tightly hugged him and trembled uncontrollably.

The sudden external force made Chu Li-fei stagger back a step. He was slightly taken aback, and the hands he stretched out of the water froze for a moment, then landed on Lu Mo-chen’s back in a very unfamiliar posture, gently patting to comfort him.

The other hand finally slowly landed on the head buried in his neck, stroking it gently.

The heat warmed Lu Mo-chen’s cold body. Perhaps Chu Li-fei’s comfort played a role, and Lu Mo-chen gradually stopped trembling. He slightly loosened his hands that were originally tightly imprisoning Chu Li-fei, raised his head to look at him, the heat was misty, blurring Chu Li-fei’s face. Lu Mo-chen seemed to realize his subconscious action just now, a blush rose on his cheeks, making him a little shy, and he turned his head slightly, embarrassed to look at him, but the arms around his waist were still not released.

Seeing that Lu Mo-chen’s fear just now did not seem to be fake, Chu Li-fei slightly softened his eyebrows and eyes, and tried to soften his voice, and did not pursue when Lu Mo-chen broke into the room.

Chu Li-fei looked out the window. It was still raining outside, with lightning and thunder. He hesitated a little and moved his gaze back: “Afraid?”

Lu Mo-chen nodded embarrassedly, and muffled an “um” from his nose.

He lowered his head, seemingly afraid that his timidity would invite Chu Li-fei’s ridicule.

From Chu Li-fei’s perspective, he could only see Lu Mo-chen’s slightly wet hair ends and his red earlobes.

Very cute, he thought to himself.

Chu Li smiled, but he didn’t say much, just gently brought Lu Mo-chen’s body closer to him, hoping he could have more security. He patted his back again and again, as if comforting a cub.

The familiar feeling seemed that even Chu Li-fei himself didn’t realize something was wrong, as if he had done this action thousands of times.

Lu Mo-chen stuck to Chu Li-fei’s body, feeling the warmth of the embrace, but a few feelings of guilt arose in his heart.

He laughed at himself in his heart.

He lied to Royal Uncle.

No, it can’t be said to be a lie. He was indeed afraid of thunder, but the current him was no longer afraid.

Only the child who cries gets the candy, Lu Mo-chen had forgotten where he had heard this sentence. But he understood since he was a child that his tears would only be exchanged for more wanton trampling and humiliation.

Only one person was an exception.

In Chu Li-fei’s place, he had the qualification to act spoiled.

In fact, everything just now was pretended by him.

Lu Mo-chen’s eyes darkened.

Fortunately, Royal Uncle didn’t investigate in detail, he thought in his heart, but he couldn’t help but think of the actions Chu Li-fei took to comfort him in his previous life.

In his previous life, he was indeed afraid of thunder.

As a child, he was often bullied, so a little disturbance would make him terrified, let alone thunder.

In this kind of thunderstorm weather, Lu Mo-lin would bring people to laugh at his fearful expression, and order people to forcefully pry open his hands covering his ears, forcing him to open his eyes and not blink at the terrifying lightning.

The thunder illuminated the sky, reflecting Lu Mo-lin’s hideous face in his eyes.

Later, Chu Li-fei reached a deal with Lu Yuan-jing and took him out of the palace. Whenever he was afraid, Chu Li-fei was by his side, stroking him gently, dispelling his nightmares, and allowing him to fall asleep peacefully.

After ascending the throne, Lu Mo-chen understood even more that he did not have the qualification to be afraid in front of outsiders, which would only become his weakness.

But now being comforted by Chu Li-fei like this, he seemed to have the qualification to be weak again, and his body involuntarily cooperated with Chu Li-fei’s gentle trembling, making a fearful appearance.

Perhaps the taste of fear had never been forgotten in the depths of his heart, but it had been well hidden by him in the past.

Seeing that Lu Mo-chen seemed to be falling asleep, Chu Li-fei stopped his movements.

He carried Lu Mo-chen out of the pool, and the dark and smooth hair trailed a trail of water on the ground.

Not bothering to wipe his body dry, and thinking of the wind and rain outside, the sound of thunder and lightning might wake Lu Mo-chen again. Chu Li-fei had no choice but to carry Lu Mo-chen into the inner hall, helplessly changed him into a new set of sleeping clothes, and then put him on his bed.

After doing all this, Chu Li-fei pulled up the curtain for him and walked out of the inner hall.

He looked at the messy pool and felt quite helpless. He really didn’t expect Lu Mo-chen to do such a thing today.

He dried his long hair, changed into new clothes, and then opened the door, intending to go to the room originally prepared for Lu Mo-chen to spend the night.

Outside, there was lightning and thunder, and the servants had long been ordered by Chu Li-fei to rest.

Chu Li-fei walked alone through the long corridor. The strong wind was still howling, the leaves rustled, shaking non-stop, as if even the entire tree was about to be uprooted.

For a time, all kinds of sounds, along with the sound of rain hitting the roof, were like the miserable wails of evil ghosts.

After a day of work, Chu Li-fei gradually felt sleepy.

He opened the door of the side hall, simply tidied up, and lay down on the bed.

In his sleep, a white figure gently pushed open his door.

Chu Li-fei frowned slightly, feeling something.

Outside the door, the white hem of his clothes swayed in the strong wind.