Chapter 47: Connected 1
Ouyang Xueqing's mind was so filled with the thought of Mo Yujian that she had just realized that Ren Yupei still hadn't come home two days later.
It was the day when they were supposed to go shopping together. Ren Yupei had promised her that he would buy whatever she wanted for her birthday gift.
She had been looking forward to this day ever since the day they made the promise…
Ouyang Xueqing's mood was at all-time low when she approached An Zhengnan. The man had been avoiding Ling Xiaochen for the last two days, making her—as a certified matchmaker—felt like being stuck between rock and a hard place. One was her best friend, and one was her protector since childhood (not quite a brother because she didn't really wanted to admit it).
She had really thought hard on how to solve this. And the best way she could do was to create more and more opportunities for them to be alone.
Thus, she had planned to ask Ling Xiaochen out for a walk, then she would leave them all alone while she would go shopping with Ren Yupei!
Such a perfect plan!
If only Ren Yupei was here…
Ouyang Xueqing pouted with a sullen look. "Still no news of Brother Ren?"
An Zhengnan had been listening to the same question for about a hundred times for the last few days. To be honest, he was a little irritated now that she kept on looking for Ren Yupei. Thus, his reply was curt and short. "Nope."
"You really don't know where he went?"
"Nope."
"Why don't you ask Imperial Father? Aren't you his friend? You are not worried?"
"Nope."
"Can you say another word?"
"Nope."
Ouyang Xueqing's mouth twitched. "…" What the hell is wrong with An Zhengnan? Even though he was in a bad mood, he had never shown it so clearly on his face before. But why did his aura seemed so gloomy right now?
Is it because he knew her plan of leaving him and Ling Xiaochen alone?
She knew it. He was so childish! Look at that scowl on his face!
"You look ugly like this." She commented.
An Zhengnan harrumphed and sulked. "Don't you say I am always ugly no matter how I look?"
Ouyang Xueqing was speechless…
Did she say that?
Okay, she seemed to have some kind of recollection of saying that. But it was just a passing joke! Moreover, if she wasn't wrong, it was the thing from a few years ago! And he still remembered it until now?
Should she say that he was childish or spiteful?
"Okay, you look uglier—"
Ouyang Xueqing frowned suddenly and sucked in a sharp, deep breath. An Zhengnan who noticed it put his tantrum away and approached the girl in panic. "What's wrong?!"
He held the thin and slender figure as Ouyang Xueqing's knees almost buckled and she almost fell flat on the ground. Her hand was clutching her chest firmly as she groaned in pain. "Hurts…"
"What hurts?" An Zhengnan looked as pale as she was. He spent no time and slipped his arm around her shoulder and another beneath her knees, lifting her up with ease. He secured her firmly in his embrace and went back to the Royal Palace where they came from.
His expression was full of concern as he asked again. "What is hurting?"
Ouyang Xueqing gasped as she felt the sharp pain came again akin to raging waves slamming fiercely against the shore. It was the kind of pain which felt like arrows were piercing through her heart. She felt so much pain that it took no time for her forehead to be soak in sweat.
"Drag the Royal Physician here! NOW!" An Zhengnan hollered toward the guards as he marched in high speed toward the Princess' courtyard.
"Yes, sir!"
The guards were efficient as the royal physician arrived not long after. But then, Ouyang Xueqing had stopped feeling the pain. Yet her face was still as pale as sheet of paper. Her lips was bitten until they were almost bleeding and her hair was damped in sweat.
Her chest was heaving as she tried to calm her breath. Her heart was still thumping vigorously and she was filled with trepidation and anxiety.
"How are you doing?" An Zhengnan was in a full panic mode. "Where does it hurt? When do you get hurt? Why don't I know it?" He cursed himself inwardly, the Princess was hurting to this degree, yet he didn't even realize anything.
What happened? Even Ouyang Xueqing didn't know what had happened earlier.
She had never felt this kind of thing before.
Something was going berserk inside her a moment ago. It was like the deepest part of her soul was trying to get somewhere. To go to someone. But where and who? She didn't have any idea at all. Even she was baffled by her own revelation.
She whispered weakly. "It doesn't hurt anymore."
"What?" An Zhengnan who just welcomed the royal physician flew to her bed side and observed her from head to toe. "What did you say?"
Ouyang Xueqing felt her beating heart and said slowly. "It…doesn't hurt anymore. Really." It was like the pain just now was merely her imagination. If not for her still drumming heart and An Zhengnan's panic, Ouyang Xueqing could have treated it all as her imagination.
Alas, An Zhengnan didn't believe her at all. How could such a severe pain suddenly came and gone just like that. His heart had sank to the bottom of the sea and had yet to return. "Say no more. Let the royal physician check on you."
Ouyang Xueqing nodded helplessly.
The Royal Physician's result was what exactly Ouyang Xueqing thought it was. "There is nothing wrong with The Princess. Her pulse and heartbeat is normal. No internal injuries either."
She was really as fit as a fiddle ah! But An Zhengnan eyed her like some kind of dying patient in need of urgent medication. "Then, why did she experience chest pain earlier?"
"This…" The Royal Physician too didn't know what to say because there was really nothing wrong with the Princess' body! "This humble one needs further test for more result."
Ouyang Xueqing interjected. "No need for that."
"But Princess—"
"I'm okay, Zhengnan." She said softly and this time, she threw the honorifics she usually used away. This time, she knew that she had really worried him. She could faintly felt the man's arm trembling when he carried her earlier. "I don't really know what happened earlier, but I'm okay now."
An Zhengnan was stunned at the slightly intimate way she called him. His tongue suddenly tied and he felt his ears burning. Yet he still insisted stubbornly. "No. You still need more checkup, who knows if it will happen again?"
Ouyang Xueqing sighed inwardly and pouted when her plan didn't work. She then decided to use her ultimate skill, the pitiful puppy eyed expression! "I know my body best, okay? If something like that happen again, aren't you here?" She pleaded earnestly as she honestly didn't want to make such a huge ruckus over this matter.
An Zhengnan choked on his saliva and coughed. Humph, the Princess had begged him so, then…then he really had no choice but to comply! "Well, alright then."
That's right though, as the Princess said, if anything happened, he would be there for her!
"One more, please don't tell Imperial Father!"
An Zhengnan scratched his head. "This—"
"Please! Brother An!"
He sighed helplessly while his heart was actually dancing in joy. This is the sixth time that The Princess had called him 'Brother An'!
"Okay, I will listen to you, satisfied?"
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