422: Chapter 422 You're not in a hurry, but the brothers are eager to get married!

Jiang You straightened his body, cleared his throat tactically, and resumed that indifferent, expressionless look.

However, his originally stiff voice lacked a bit of the previous aloofness:

"Ahem... Sorry, I was just recalling some past events and got a bit emotional. I didn't scare you, did I?"

Jiang You crossed his arms over his chest, his gaze wandering toward the stalactites on the cave ceiling, trying to hide that momentary sense of guilt, and couldn't help but complain:

"But seriously, Boss, who did you learn this... ahem, this way of coaxing people from? Are you trying to treat me like a three-year-old?"

Hearing Jiang You's complaint, The Fourth Princess only then belatedly realized how bold and intimate her previous actions had been.

With a "swish," two blushes quickly climbed up to her earlobes, spreading all the way to her fair neck.

She retracted her hands as if electrocuted, nervously twisting the corner of her clothes, head lowered, her voice as thin as a thread:

"Hehe... I didn't mean to."

The Fourth Princess stuck out her tongue embarrassedly and whispered in defense:

"Back in the palace, every time I cried in anger because I didn't do my homework well or because the rabbit I was raising ran away..."

"My Imperial Father... would hold me in his arms like this and pat my back to coax me."

As soon as she finished speaking, the atmosphere in the cave suddenly became eerily quiet.

The shy blush on The Fourth Princess's face, like sunset clouds scattered by a cold wind, quickly faded, leaving only a sickly pallor.

The smile on her face froze.

It wasn't until she said the words "Imperial Father" that her Brain, which had been paralyzed by a brief sense of security, suddenly started working again.

She suddenly realized that the man who would always hold her in his arms, rubbing his prickly stubble against her face and laughing, saying "Our little Fourth is such a good girl, Imperial Father will find all the good things in the world for you"...

Was dead.

Killed by his own son.

Not only her Imperial Father, but her Princesss Mansion had also turned into scorched earth.

She was now a rebel wanted by the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, bearing the charge of patricide.

She had lost all her relatives, guards, and maids, completely becoming a homeless orphan.

In this vast and strange world, the only thing she could grasp onto was this man from a foreign land before her.

The Fourth Princess bit her lower lip hard, trying to stop the soreness welling up in her eyes again.

But that intense, hard-to-hide sorrow was still clearly transmitted to Jiang You's eyes through her slightly trembling shoulders.

Watching the girl before him who was holding back her tears, Jiang You subconsciously turned his head, his deep gaze looking toward the ink-black night sky outside the cave.

Inside the cave, the flickering orange-yellow flames cast uncertain light and shadows on The Fourth Princess's pale, pretty face.

Watching Jiang You turn away silently, looking at that cold, broad back in the black trench coat, The Fourth Princess bit her lower lip, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force, clutching her tattered skirt hem tightly.

A sense of desperate powerlessness spread in her heart.

She thought that her heavy and somewhat selfish crying just now would push this man, who had finally managed to return, even further away.

She knew he had always been aloof.

She knew that for the past month, he had been intentionally or unintentionally avoiding her.

In today's desperate and tragic encirclement, the fact that he could risk everything to return to the Imperial City and rescue her was already a great blessing to her.

How could she have the right to ask him to stay?

But just when The Fourth Princess pursed her lips, preparing herself for another dousing of cold water in her heart.

"I will help you resolve all of this."

Jiang You's voice sounded in the empty cave without a ripple, still the same stiff, temperatureless tone as usual:

"But before that, I will accompany you to get your health back in order."

The Fourth Princess was completely stunned.

Her large eyes, filled with tears and red and swollen, widened slightly, her breathing even paused for a moment, blankly looking up at the black figure who was still turned away from her.

She wasn't stupid. Through the day-to-day life over the past month, she could clearly feel the restraint in Jiang You.

It wasn't that he disliked her, nor was he repulsed by her closeness, but because he would sooner or later have to return to that place called Blue Star...

Perhaps by that time, they would never meet again.

But at this moment.

This man, burdened with deep blood feuds, actually promised her personally that he would help her hold up this sky that had collapsed!

An indescribable joy and sweetness instantly surged into her heart, diluting some of the pain and helplessness she had suffered over the past two days.

The Fourth Princess straightened up, somewhat excited, a blush appearing on her pale, pretty face. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something more:

"Boss, you should rest a bit more. I'll go out and get us some dinner."

However, before she could say those words of thanks, Jiang You interrupted her directly.

He didn't even give this girl any chance to speak, turned around directly, his black clothes flashing, and he swept out of the cave quickly like a silent black mist.

"Hey... you!"

The Fourth Princess's outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

Looking at the empty cave entrance, where only cold wind blew in, she gave a soft hmph, pouted her little mouth with some resentment, and muttered softly:

"Big liar! Not even letting someone finish their sentence!"

She hugged her knees with a resentful face, shrinking into the corner all alone like a punching bag, but deep within those bright eyes, there was a hidden, sweet smile that couldn't be concealed.

...

Walking out of the cave. Jiang You stood alone on a steep ridge with jagged rocks and howling cold winds.

The night wind in the suburbs was a bit cold, scraping against his cold cheeks like a knife, bringing waves of faint stinging pain.

But he was in no rush to hunt.

Jiang You just stood quietly in place, slightly tilting his head, looking at the night sky of the Great Zhou world, filled with constellations completely different from those of Blue Star.

His expression was as calm as a ten-thousand-year-old unmelting boulder.

Only beneath the bangs on his forehead, which were messed up by the cold wind, his deep eyes reflected the faint, shimmering light of the stars filling the sky.

"Almost broke character..."

Jiang You inwardly cursed himself for his lack of composure.

Just now, looking at the way the girl was gazing at him, he was really afraid that if he stayed for one more second, he would inevitably do something he shouldn't.

As a passing traveler destined to leave, some boundaries, once crossed, could never be taken back.

So he had to come out to blow in the cold wind, let his Brain cool down, and maintain that state of absolute rationality and decisive ruthlessness.

However. He wanted to stay calm, but some voices inside his body clearly didn't intend to let him have his way.

"Boss, why did you just come out? Such a good opportunity, why didn't you seize it!"

Deep in his silent Brain, a sharp, noisy sound suddenly exploded.

[Kidneys] jumped around wildly in the chat group, the tone was extremely heartbroken:

"Boss! Her intentions are already so obvious!"

"We brothers have been single for so long! You're not in a rush, but the brothers are eager to get wives! If you had been a bit more gentle just now and said a couple of sweet words, couldn't we have been in the cave tonight..."

[Right Hand] was also adding fuel to the fire at this moment:

"Exactly! Every day I'm either crushing someone's head or tearing through the void!"

"I also want to experience what it feels like to hold a little girl's soft, boneless hand!"