Chapter 53
For a quarter of an hour, Li Yu’s entire body was sluggish.
The big bastard had actually written such nonsense on all the white walls in the residence. This made Li Yu so embarrassed that he wanted to immediately crawl back into the fish tank. His mind flashed with the modern slogans, and then flashed with the confession walls in high schools.
Perhaps other people didn’t know how these two sentences were connected, but Li Yu knew that when he accused King Jing of treating him like a concubine that day, it was a belated explanation.
King Jing didn’t have a concubine, and the only reason he acted so impolitely was because he iked him.
Pleased … pleased …
He repeated this word over and over again, and suddenly his heart ached.
If he and King Jing were both ordinary people, he might really be touched at this moment. Whether he accepted it or not was another matter. Probably very few people didn’t like being confessed to, and it was done in such a way that it was almost like announcing it to the whole world.
However, Li Yu didn’t feel happy. Instead, he felt even more depressed. It wasn’t that he didn’t
know King Jing didn’t have a concubine, but that King Jing treated him as someone he could take
advantage of. Li Yu felt humiliated and didn’t want to face King Jing again.
However, King Jing used this method to tell him that it wasn’t because he wanted to take advantage of him, but because he was pleased.
Pleased, he knew. It was the ancient love and affection.
King Jing had feelings for him. To him, this was worse than taking advantage of him.
Li Yu knew very well that he was a fish raised by King Jing. King Jing liked “Young Master Li” only because of a series of coincidences caused by the fish’s mission.
This kind of feeling was a set up, a kind of helplessness. If he let it develop, the System’s next mission would be. According to the System’s logic, it would require a deeper relationship than
“Romantic Love.” If he wanted to complete the mission, he might have to do more things that would cause King Jing to misunderstand.
In the end, like many transmigrations, he might end up with King Jing.
But he didn’t want to do that. His feelings were the most precious thing to him, and the feeling of being pushed around by the System was very unpleasant. He could let go of some things, but he could not compromise on his feelings. He could not allow himself to be pushed or schemed against.
Perhaps it was because he had been a fish pet for a long time, but he couldn’t help but show concern and care for King Jing. But that was only the love of a pet for its master, not a pair of people who were passionately in love with each other.
He couldn’t accept King Jing’s feelings and give his heart to him. King Jing didn’t know that Young Master Li was a fish, but he knew that the fish and Young Master Li were one and the same. The fish didn’t love King Jing, and neither did Young Master Li.
If he didn’t love her and still accepted her, it would hurt both of them.
While Li Yu was lost in his thoughts, a few servants came to the nearest white wall in his field of vision and gestured at the words on the wall.
These words were written by King Jing, and Li Yu knew that King Jing was trying very hard to explain to him because he couldn’t transform into a human. King Jing couldn’t find him in his human form, and because he couldn’t speak, he could only write what he wanted to say to him everywhere so that he could know when he looked up or turned his head. No matter how childish this action was, it was King Jing’s love for him. So when he found out that King Jing liked him, he couldn’t help but feel a little sad.
He had been with King Jing for a long time and had seen many sides of King Jing. He knew that King Jing was a good person and treated people and fish very well. In the original novel, King Jing was cruel to others, but he was loyal to his loved ones. Li Yu knew that he was like this, but he couldn’t be moved by him.
Li Yu originally thought that as long as he didn’t respond and didn’t show up in his human form, King Jing would slowly forget him.
Just like the words written on the wall, Li Yu thought. Although it would cause a sensation in the residence, it wouldn’t be long before the servants erased it, right?
“The other walls are almost done. Let’s finish carving this wall. His Highness wants us to hurry up. Even if Young Master Li doesn’t come back for a while, he will still be able to see it when he comes back. Even if the wind blows and rain blows, he won’t be afraid.”
The servants encouraged each other and soon began to carve King Jing’s words with their carving knives. After carving, they applied a special kind of ink so that the words would never fade.
Li Yu, who thought that the servants were here to erase the words, was speechless.
Li Yu turned pale with fright. This bastard, does he know how to write the word ‘shame’?
It’s fine if everyone in the residence saw it, but in the future, his children and grandchildren would come in and out ..
When he thought of other people, he felt his throat tighten and his eyes begin to heat up again.
Li Yu used the excuse that the servants were making too much noise on the wall to disturb him. He listlessly jumped down from the windowsill and crawled back to the fish tank. He wanted to go back to sleep, but he couldn’t.
He was able to sleep even when he was particularly angry, but the simple words carved on the wall seemed to be engraved in his heart, causing him to throb with pain and sadness. He wanted to sleep, but his mind was restless.
The house was silent. Suddenly, there was a light click. The door bolt moved and fell to the ground. It was especially ear-piercing. Because Young Master Li often came in and out of the house, King Jing didn’t let anyone lock the door. The door bolt was always left unlocked. Perhaps even the person who opened the door didn’t expect to enter so easily.
A figure quickly flashed in. From the sound of the footsteps, it wasn’t King Jing, nor was it Wang Xi
Li Yu immediately became vigilant. The person who entered the house had his back to the crystal fish tank. He stood at the door and watched several times. Li Yu temporarily forgot his dilemma and stared at the person intently.
After the person confirmed that he wasn’t being followed, he sighed softly, turned around, and slowly walked a few steps.
Li Yu caught a glimpse of this person’s beautiful face. His looks were outstanding.
This person — isn’t this the Little Concubine Chu Yanyu in the original novel?!
Li Yu was stunned. He hadn’t seen this person since the banquet at King Jing’s mansion. He thought that this person was with the Third Prince or the Sixth Prince. It turned out that this person was in King Jing’s mansion. Why didn’t he know?
Chu Yanyu was wearing a set of servant’s clothes. Although it was a little plain, it couldn’t hide his temperament. Li Yu didn’t think that a weak person could sneak into the inner courtyard from outside the mansion. In other words, Chu Yanyu should have been in the mansion the whole time.
Everything in King Jing’s mansion was decided by King Jing. Chu Yanyu’s existence couldn’t have been hidden from King Jing. Therefore, King Jing should have allowed Chu Yanyu to stay, just like
– King Jing also allowed him to stay. However, when the Third Prince proposed to give him away at the banquet, King Jing had clearly rejected him. Was he going back to the same old grass?
And he even said that he didn’t have a concubine. Li Yu thought bitterly. Although he didn’t have a concubine, he still had a Little Concubine. He even hid it from him. It was too much.
Since he already had someone, why did he still confess to him? Humph, fish hate bastards who have a foot in two boats the most!
Li Yu gave that bastard King Jing a big cross in his heart.
Chu Yanyu walked to the front of the crystal fish tank and curiously looked at the fish swimming back and forth in the tank. Everyone in the mansion said that King Jing raised a koi fish. Chu Yanyu had seen King Jing’s fish from afar before, but he didn’t get a chance to get close. He only remembered that the fish was dark and swarthy. Now, he discovered that this fish actually had a silvery white body. Its belly and tail were faintly covered with a layer of gold. As it swam, it was obvious that it wasn’t ordinary.
With such an appearance, it could only be a koi fish. It seemed that King Jing’s extreme love for this fish wasn’t without reason.
After Chu Yanyu finished admiring the fish, he tried to pick up the jade box on the table and open it. He found that one of the jade boxes was filled with some kind of red dried food. The other jade box was filled with many tiny pieces of snacks.
Chu Yanyu closed the box that held the snacks, picked up the dried food, and sniffed it. He guessed that it was fish food. Chu Yanyu frowned slightly. It seemed that he didn’t like the smell of fish food. However, he still grabbed a handful of fish food and walked to the front of the fish tank.
Li Yu thought that Chu Yanyu was also in the mood to feed the fish. However, Chu Yanyu actually lowered his head and said softly, “Be a little more obedient. This is a rare opportunity for me …”
Li Yu:???
Did Chu Yanyu know that he could understand human language and was talking to him?
Li Yu was a little surprised. However, how was that possible? He immediately realized that Chu Yanyu wouldn’t know that he was a transmigrating fish. He probably thought that no one would be able to talk to him so happily.
However, he could hear everything. It was too awkward.
Li Yu pretended that he didn’t understand anything and blew a bubble in a daze.
Chu Yanyu didn’t suspect anything and continued, “I’ve been in the residence for so long, but I haven’t seen Her Highness a few times. I heard that there’s already a very favored Young Master Li. I really don’t understand …”
Very favored Young Master Li – Li Yu:???
What don’t you understand?
Chu Yanyu paused and lowered his eyes with a smile. “I don’t understand. How am I inferior to this Young Master Li? I’ve seen him from afar before. I don’t think I’m any worse than him. Why did Her Highness take a liking to him and ignore me? Fortunately, I figured it out later.”
Chu Yanyu became excited. He rambled on as if he was sleep-talking. “The biggest difference between me and Young Master Li is that he’s the one who helps Her Highness raise fish. Because of the fish, he can get close to Her Highness. If this opportunity was given to me, I might not be inferior to him.”
“Now, the opportunity has come.”
Chu Yanyu smiled gently and said, “Young Master Li is arrogant because of Her Highness’ favor.
He left without saying goodbye. He’s playing hard to get. He wants to coax Her Highness into paying more attention to him. However, he’s not the only one in the residence who knows how to raise and feed fish — for example, me.”
“I can completely replace him, and I’ll definitely do a better job than him.”
Chu Yanyu threw the fish food in front of Li Yu. His slightly smiling and elegant face suddenly became a little twisted, and his eyes gradually became cold.
Li Yu: “…”
The scales on Li Yu’s body were about to explode. He felt that Chu Yanyu seemed to have gone crazy and wasn’t normal. According to Chu Yanyu’s words, he probably didn’t have a good time in King Jing’s residence. He was ignored by King Jing and refused to meet him. Therefore, he wanted to poach Young Master Li!
Bah, what poach? He made it sound like he had an affair with that big bastard.
He wanted to curry favor with him, this fish, so that he could latch onto King Jing!
The fish food that Chu Yanyu threw flowed along the water and landed in front of Li Yu. His eyes were as cold as icicles as he looked at the fish.
Li Yu couldn’t help but shrink back. A person indeed had many sides. Why was it that the proud and noble concubine in the novel was actually a black lotus when cut open?!
Li Yu felt that Chu Yanyu was very dangerous, so of course he wouldn’t eat the food that Chu Yanyu gave him.
The fish food fell from the fish’s mouth, but it didn’t pick it up.
Chu Yanyu’s eyes instantly became ferocious.
He didn’t have a good time in Qingxi Park these days. Not long after he entered the residence, he was beaten and almost died. There were no doctors to treat him, and the other people in Qingxi Park couldn’t even take care of themselves, so they didn’t care whether he lived or died. Chu Yanyu secretly sent a letter to the Sixth Prince. The first few times he tried, he failed. The Sixth Prince finally replied on his last try, asking him to continue staying by King Jing’s side to gain King Jing’s trust.
Chu Yanyu repeatedly stroked the letter that the Sixth Prince gave him, feeling as if a knife was being twisted in his heart.
His beloved Sixth Prince still had high hopes for him, but he couldn’t even see King Jing’s face.
How could he share the Sixth Prince’s burdens in the future?
Chu Yanyu thought about it day and night, so much so that he felt as if he was possessed.
He had already reached this point. Even if he had to abandon all of his dignity and do anything, it didn’t matter. He had to gain King Jing’s favor!
Chu Yanyu didn’t have much money left on him, so he had to use the method that he disdained the most. He flirted with a guard for a few days and promised him many benefits in exchange for a chance to enter the inner courtyard.
When he heard that King Jing’s new favorite, Young Master Li, had recently thrown a tantrum and left the residence, Chu Yanyu made up his mind to seize this opportunity to win King Jing’s heart in one fell swoop.
He thought that Young Master Li was just the pavilion closest to the water, the first to the moon, and took advantage of the fish. As long as he could also raise fish, Young Master Li would have nothing to do with it.
But he was already here, and this fish actually didn’t eat the food he fed it?
It didn’t matter. Chu Yanyu sneered. In front of the fish, he poured a bag of brown medicinal powder into a teacup and stirred it.
Li Yu: “…”
Little Jiao Fei, are you really going to drug King Jing?
