Obsessively Raised by My Doll 97

Chapter 97

A kiss was like a mark, imprinting certain lines intertwined with fate onto each other’s lives and souls.

After forcing herself to ask that question, for a moment, Lu Dieqing really wanted to turn around and run to the bed, to hide her head under the quilt.

So embarrassing.

—Are we still friends now?

This sentence seemed to reveal that she was not satisfied with the identity of “friend.”

Zheng Xuening bent down slightly, leaned closer to Lu Dieqing, and took in all the girl’s unease and shyness.

“You don’t think we’re friends? Then what are we?”

She stared at the girl’s two clear almond eyes, a hint of gentle encouragement hidden in her long, slender phoenix eyes.

It was as if no matter what Lu Dieqing asked, she would grant it.

Even if it were rude, even if it crossed a line.

She slowly stirred the girl’s emotions, as if she were drawing out the palpitations and threads of affection hidden in Lu Dieqing’s heart, bit by bit.

“…” Lu Dieqing pressed her lips together, her little face red, feeling as if she were about to burn up.

Originally, the thought of retreating was in her heart, but the moment she looked up and met Zheng Xuening’s gaze, she was encouraged by the other’s gentle expression.

Her small hand, which had been half-retracted into her sleeve, hesitated for a long moment, then she pinched Zheng Xuening’s sleeve.

As if feeling that this was not imposing enough, the girl stared at Zheng Xuening’s lapel for a moment.

There was a slight height difference between the two of them. Zheng Xuening cooperatively bent down, closing the distance between them, bringing her face even closer.

“What do you want to do? What do you want to say?”

Every word she said was very light, as if she were afraid of scaring someone.

The private environment was too good at creating a sense of ambiguity.

Lu Dieqing, bit by bit, mustered her courage.

“You. Mine,” she said, word by word, a little halting, but pretending to be fierce. “Do you know that?”

What friends?

Friends aren’t this intimate.

Zheng Xuening was about to be completely charmed by the cuteness the girl was showing.

She held back her laughter, pretended not to understand, and slowly blinked her eyes.

“Mine what?”

Lu Dieqing’s little face flushed red, her lashes trembling non-stop.

Her beautiful, grape-like almond eyes were filled with shyness, hesitation, and all sorts of complex emotions, as if she were contemplating whether or not to speak the truth.

Zheng Xuening secretly added fuel to the fire, nibbling on the girl’s earlobe.

“Why aren’t you speaking?”

Her ear instantly felt like it was on fire. Lu Dieqing’s face was flushed, and her gaze was as evasive as it could be.

“You… you know yourself.”

Lu Dieqing’s little hands pushed against her, her soft, tender cheeks puffed out, very annoyed.

How was it that every time she was with Ningning, she was the one who was at a disadvantage?

Her aura was completely suppressed, which made her shy, flustered, and she didn’t even know what she was saying, even talking nonsense.

Lu Dieqing really didn’t like herself like this.

Would this make her seem so stupid?

Having made up her mind not to seem so clumsy anymore, Lu Dieqing held back her shyness and spoke firmly.

“It’s the meaning you understand. You’re so stupid, you still have to ask me.”

Zheng Xuening chuckled softly. “That’s right, I’m so stupid. Then our clever Little Princess, hurry up and teach me how to become clever. Hmm?”

She caressed Lu Dieqing’s sideburns, her voice so doting it made one want to hide in her embrace and roll around.

Lu Dieqing stammered, almost out of breath.

“I don’t know how… don’t learn from me.”

Help, how did I not know before that Ningning was so good at this?

She seems to have the ability to make my heart beat faster with ease.

Hmph, if this side of her were to be seen by others, who knows how many people would be captivated by her.

At this thought, a sour pang of jealousy rose in Lu Dieqing’s chest.

I really want to hide Ningning away.

But it was impossible.

Zheng Xuening was not just her Ningning. Unlike her little doll, which she could stuff into her sleeve so that no one in the world would know or see.

Zheng Xuening was the future ruler of the Chaoying Kingdom. A person like her was destined not to stay by her side forever.

The inseparable companionship like today was also an opportunity that only existed because they were going to the forbidden land.

Awu, a little sad.

Lu Dieqing felt her emotions constantly rising and falling. Just as she was a little happy, she would start to feel sour and sad because of various small things.

She had become so sentimental, not even like herself anymore.

“Annoyed?”

Zheng Xuening saw the girl’s low spirits and held her, gently stroking her back.

“Why do you get angry so easily?”

Lu Dieqing was being coaxed, but her heart was even more wronged.

She turned her back, not letting Zheng Xuening see her face.

The food on the table was still steaming, but it seemed that for a while, the girl had no appetite to eat.

Zheng Xuening sighed slightly, knowing that she had teased her a little too hard just now.

She walked around to the front of Lu Dieqing, was silent for a moment, and took the girl’s hand.

“You are the person I will never abandon in my life.”

When Zheng Xuening’s cool, clear voice softened, and she spoke words of love, no one could resist, and the lethality was immense.

Lu Dieqing’s heart had been heavy, and a little sour.

That feeling of a young girl’s first love, but having her heart fall for someone else, and the apprehension of not getting a promise, had made her subconsciously worry.

But with just this one sentence, her whole person was stunned.

Lu Dieqing slowly raised her eyes. Her beautiful almond eyes were round, clear, and clean. She was a little shaken, but also satisfied.

The huff she had been in just now had completely dissipated.

“…I won’t abandon you either.”

The girl’s lips pressed together, her voice trembling a little, but she did not fall behind. As if making an oath, she quickly said her own promise.

Lu Dieqing stuck out her little index finger, paused, and took the initiative to pull Zheng Xuening’s finger.

“It’s a deal. A promise is a promise.”

Zheng Xuening was dazedly pulled by the girl into a pinky promise.

If Helian, Matron Zhang, and the others in the imperial palace had seen this scene, their eyeballs would probably have fallen to the ground again.

Others, in front of the Crown Princess, didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly, for fear of annoying her.

However, Lu Dieqing could do as she pleased, and could even retain that romantic personality.

After the pinky promise, Lu Dieqing felt as if she had completed a mysterious ritual. Even her shyness had gone down a lot, and she became more open.

“Hurry up and eat. The food is getting cold.”

She ran to her seat in a flash. Seeing Zheng Xuening not moving, she smiled and waved at her.

Zheng Xuening looked down at her own hand.

Just now, the girl’s warm and moist fingers had softly hooked hers.

She couldn’t even imagine that she would actually make a pinky promise with someone, to make a promise in such a childish way.

However, this feeling was very novel, like a seed full of hope being planted in the soil.

You would look forward to it taking root and sprouting, and thus, the days ahead would suddenly have something to look forward to.

*

Lu Er had been waiting in another private room for a long, long time, his ears pricked up to listen to the movements of the door opposite.

He had finally waited until the door was pulled open, but he saw his cousin wearing a veiled hat, her face completely covered, walking out.

“Cousin…” Thinking of what his mother had said to him before he left, Lu Er really wanted to talk more with his cousin.

At the very least, he had to get that jade pendant and spiritual incense back.

That was the legacy of the legendary immortals.

The entire Shan Kingdom now only had that one.

In the past, the matter of immortals was ethereal, and everyone had treated it as a legend. So when the Third Aunt had left the Shan Kingdom and had asked His Majesty for these two things, saying that she wanted to keep them as a memento, His Majesty had agreed.

But now it was different.

Strange things were happening everywhere. The matter of immortals was probably true.

That legacy item had to be taken back.