547 Heartbeat (6)
That pastry was prepared by Jingzhe because she was afraid that Shen Miao would be hungry at night. Did Xie Jingxing actually think that she specially prepared it for him? Shen Miao looked at Xie Jingxing coldly.
“I’ve been very tired these past few days.” Xie Jingxing said, “Thank you for providing a place to rest for a while.”
Shen Miao’s heart skipped a beat. It had been a few days since Xie Jingxing came, and she was not used to him not coming uninvited at night. She asked, “What’s been keeping you busy?”
Xie Jingxing looked at her with a faint smile. “Are you trying to get information out of me again?”
Shen Miao did not comment.
“It’s not fair to keep doing this.” Xie Jingxing said lazily, “You know a lot of my secrets. I know nothing about you. Why don’t you tell me about yourself?”
Shen Miao rolled her eyes at Xie Jingxing. Xie Jingxing had an intelligence place like the Exiled Immortal Pawnshop under him. He was informed of everything in Ming Qi, but he still said he knew nothing about Shen Miao.
“Prince Rui, if you want to know anything about me, you can go and ask Shopkeeper Ji,” Shen Miao said coldly. “Shopkeeper Ji will be very happy to tell you.”
“Shopkeeper Ji doesn’t know anything about your romantic past.” Xie Jingxing said, “Shopkeeper Ji doesn’t have an answer to what I want to know. Only you can answer me.”
Shen Miao asked, “What do you want to know?”
Xie Jingxing held his chin and looked at Shen Miao calmly. After a while, he suddenly said, “What do you like about Fu Xiuyi?”
Shen Miao was slightly stunned.
She had thought about Xie Jingxing asking her some tough questions. Over the years of interacting with Xie Jingxing, she clearly realized that her understanding of Xie Jingxing in her previous life was very shallow. Xie Jingxing was a smart and dangerous hunter. If she wasn’t careful, she would be easily caught by the hunter.
She knew that she had revealed a lot of information and made some mistakes that made Xie Jingxing suspicious. She even expected that Xie Jingxing would ask her how she knew so much about the future, but she did not expect him to ask such an irrelevant question.
Shen Miao asked, “Why do you ask this?”
After not hearing a response for a long time, Shen Miao turned around and met his gaze.
Under the light, Xie Jingxing was staring at her intently. At this moment, his black eyes were bright like stars, even outshining the starry sky outside. However, in the brightness, there was a sharpness that locked people in place and made people unable to look away.
There seemed to be something else in that gaze.
‘Why do you ask this?’ He didn’t answer.
When Shen Miao heard her heart beating violently, she panicked for a moment. This long-lost heartbeat coming from her chest made her helpless and confused.
In the cold winter, the dim candlelight shone warmly. The young man’s gaze was sharp, as if he could see through everything. The corners of his lips slowly curled up.
The white tiger in Xie Jingxing’s arms sneezed, breaking the silence in the room.
Shen Miao came back to her senses and said, “Your pet is sick.” She skillfully smoothed things over.
Xie Jingxing did not go on asking either. Instead, he picked up the white tiger from his sleeve and looked at it. “You delicate little thing!” It was unknown who he was talking about.
Shen Miao took a deep breath. She felt that Xie Jingxing had a very bad intention of using her pet name to name the white tiger. At the thought of this, she was a little unhappy with the white tiger and even was displeased with Xie Jingxing.
“Since it’s so delicate, ask Imperial Physician Gao to take a look at it later.” Shen Miao mocked, “In any case, Imperial Physician Gao’s medical skills are brilliant. He can treat animals just as well as humans.
Xie Jingxing smiled. “Jiaojiao doesn’t like Imperial Physician Gao. She only likes to stick to me.”
Shen Miao glared at him.
Xie Jingxing must have done it on purpose!
“Prince Rui, why aren’t you leaving?” Shen Miao said, “I’m going to rest.”
Xie Jingxing said with displeasure. “You can go out with Feng Anning for an entire day, but you can’t even tolerate me staying here for a little while longer. How heartless.” Although he said that, he still stood up from his seat and walked to the window. Suddenly, he thought of something and turned around. “About that question I ask you just now. You can tell me the answer in the future.”
He disappeared from the window.
Shen Miao walked over and closed the window. She blew out the light and went to bed.
The room fell into silence, as if all that happened just now was an illusion. However, the teacup at the table still reminded her that it was not just an illusion.
Everything was real, but…
On the bed, Shen Miao placed her hand on her chest.
The violent heartbeat just now had yet to calm down.
It was not an illusion.