Having achieved his goal, Luo Nanchen immediately relaxed. "I'm hungry. I want to have a meal."
Lin Qiao then ordered the small kitchen to start cooking. Anyway, Luo Nanchen used to dine in the Palace of Eternal Joy. Lin Qiao was so used to it that she gave the order smoothly.
But Lin Qiao vaguely felt that it was still a bit different from before.
After all, Luo Nanchen had actually learned to threaten.
This made Lin Qiao, as a mother figure, feel quite embarrassed. She was actually being held in check by this step - son and couldn't break free.
Lin Qiao could only vent her frustration by muttering under her breath that he was a scoundrel.
Hearing this, Luo Nanchen wasn't angry. He just smiled and said, "So what I did wasn't being a hooligan?"
When Lin Qiao realized that Luo Nanchen had heard her, she stopped muttering secretly. "It's about the same. What you did was being a scoundrel. It's a very hooligan - like behavior."
Luo Nanchen nodded, with a mischievous smile on his lips. "So Little Lin, teach me. What exactly is being a hooligan?"
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Lin Qiao was stunned. Luo Nanchen had just called her... Little Lin?!
Wasn't this the kind of address used for subordinates?!
And he even asked her to teach him how to be a hooligan?
Wasn't this like a little lamb teaching a big bad wolf how to eat itself!
Lin Qiao gritted her teeth. "Luo Nanchen!"
Luo Nanchen gave a provocative smile. "What's wrong?"
Lin Qiao swallowed her anger and said the most humble words in the most forceful tone.
"... Change the address."
Back then, when she had just transmigrated into the book and was trying to build up her prestige to complete tasks, she had also been this aggrieved and endured humiliation.
Sure enough, it had been the same for six years. Transmigrating into this book was just suffering for her.
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Luo Nanchen shook his head. "This sounds nice. I'll keep using it."
Where on earth was it nice?!
Lin Qiao gritted her teeth so hard that it seemed she was itching to tear Luo Nanchen apart. "Do you think you've grown up? Do you think your wings are hard enough?!"
Luo Nanchen nodded and leaned in even more provocatively. "Not only are my wings hard, but there's something else that's even harder. Do you want to try it, Little Lin?"
Lin Qiao: "..."
She couldn't win this argument. Luo Nanchen, with his lewd remarks, was too powerful in combat.
He was so straightforward, not beating around the bush at all.
Lin Qiao had a headache.
Luo Nanchen smiled and didn't seem ready to stop. He said meaningfully, "Oh, no wonder Little Lin used to like saying such things to me so much. It does feel quite good."
Lin Qiao: "..."
She'd rather just die...
From this day on, Luo Nanchen became even more unscrupulous.
Lin Qiao even suspected that Luo Nanchen had been possessed. He seemed to have done a complete 180 - degree turn and adopted the style of a hooligan and scoundrel.
At first, he would report his arrival and only enter after Lin Qiao's consent.
Although, due to Luo Nanchen's status, Lin Qiao had never refused him entry.
But still, at least there was that formality, right?!
Later, he would just give a perfunctory report and enter on his own without waiting for Lin Qiao to say anything.
Now, it was even more outrageous.
He would enter as if he was at home, without even reporting.
It didn't matter what Lin Qiao was doing.
Once, when Lin Qiao was taking a bath, Luo Nanchen just sat behind the screen waiting for her to come out.
When Lin Qiao came out wrapped in a bathrobe and saw Luo Nanchen's hungry - wolf - like look, she was so scared that she almost had a heart attack.
But the only thing Lin Qiao was glad about was that Luo Nanchen still abided by the etiquette and didn't cross the last line.
He still hugged her to sleep like before. At most, he would ask Lin Qiao to kiss him once every night.
Lin Qiao thought this was still acceptable. After all, she was an advanced youth from the 21st century.
On this day, they were having breakfast as usual.
Luo Nanchen had achieved the state of not needing food, so he didn't really need to eat. But stubbornly, he still wanted to sit with Lin Qiao.
Out of boredom, he kept putting meat into Lin Qiao's bowl.
Lin Qiao quietly moved her bowl away and finally hugged it in her arms. "I... I can eat by myself."
Luo Nanchen put down his chopsticks. "There's something I think I should tell you first."
Lin Qiao nodded. "Okay, go ahead."
Zou Lvrui beside them was trying her best to make herself invisible, silently shoveling rice into her mouth.
In fact, in the past few days, especially after Luo Nanchen had become so unscrupulous in showing physical affection to Lin Qiao in public, Zou Lvrui had been too scared to say a word.
Naturally, she was also too scared to eat much.
She was so hungry that her double - chin had disappeared.
"I'm going to the south of the Yangtze River in a few days to inspect the people's livelihood."
Lin Qiao suddenly looked up, showing her joy for the first time since she had transmigrated into the book. "Really? That's great!"
In the past few days, Luo Nanchen had always been putting food in her bowl. Lin Qiao didn't want to be waited on hand and foot, especially when it came to Luo Nanchen.
She didn't want to rely on Luo Nanchen, and even less did she want to owe him anything.
So she ate very little at each meal.
She had lost a lot of weight.
Although after Luo Nanchen noticed that she had lost weight, he immediately ordered Mo Xiujie to move the imperial kitchen here.
They would feed Lin Qiao at irregular times and she had no choice but to eat.
Finally, her weight had returned to normal.
But...
This feeling...
It was so uncomfortable!
It was as if she, an old woman who had endured much hardship, had picked up a wolf cub. After raising it, she actually had to rely on the wolf cub to support her?!
This feeling was really disgusting.
So Luo Nanchen leaving for a while was the best solution. Maybe after going out to relax and see the world, he would no longer think she was so special.
It was a win - win situation.
Although Lin Qiao's reaction was within his expectation, Luo Nanchen's heart still sank. He pursed his lips and said nothing.
Lin Qiao couldn't be too over - excited. She quickly comforted him. "Your Majesty, I don't mean I'm extremely happy. I just think it's a good thing for you to go out and broaden your horizons."
Luo Nanchen pursed his lips and frowned slightly. "Oh, I forgot to say. You have to go with me."
Lin Qiao smiled and comforted Luo Nanchen in a condescending manner. "Listen to me, it's a good thing for young people to go out and see the world. I'm an old woman with weak limbs. I can't bear it. It's better for me not to go."
"Weak limbs?"
Lin Qiao quickly nodded.
Luo Nanchen seemed to understand. He smiled, his eyes deep and unfathomable. He even leaned in closer, just inches away from Lin Qiao. "I can help you test if your weak limbs can bear it."
The predatory look in his eyes was very obvious, as if he was about to pounce on Lin Qiao and swallow her up the next second.
"If you can bear me, you can surely bear the arduous journey to the south of the Yangtze River."
Lin Qiao couldn't help but shiver.
Zou Lvrui shivered too.
... Where on earth had Luo Nanchen learned these lewd words? And they were getting scarier each time?!
Lin Qiao had a new understanding of Luo Nanchen's audacity.
Luo Nanchen leaned back on his chair and said leisurely, "I just remembered. Concubine Zou mentioned something about the 21st century—"
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Lin Qiao felt uncomfortable. Why did this familiar term sound so strange when it came from the familiar Luo Nanchen?
... Wait a minute. How did Luo Nanchen know about this?!
Lin Qiao looked at Zou Lvrui. Zou Lvrui was trying her best to curl up into a ball, shivering, pretending she didn't see Lin Qiao.
Damn it, Zou Lvrui was such a useless teammate! She had just confessed to Luo Nanchen like that?!
Luo Nanchen just sat there, quietly waiting for Lin Qiao to take the bait. "I heard that there's a well in the south of the Yangtze River. Among the strange people, it's said that this well can connect the past and the present..."
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Lin Qiao immediately looked up, her eyes shining. Did this mean she could return to the 21st century?
"Stop talking, Your Majesty," Lin Qiao walked over and held Luo Nanchen's hand to show her intimacy. "How could I not go with Your Majesty when you go to the south of the Yangtze River?"
Luo Nanchen nodded, smiling very amiably. "Little Lin has finally figured it out. It's not easy. Well, I'll take you with me then."
Lin Qiao pointed at Zou Lvrui. "But! She has to go too."
Zou Lvrui shivered again.