Quick Wear: The Crazy Boss Only Loves the Cold Host

Jiang Qing didn't refuse anymore and took his hand and put the small piece of red date cake into her mouth.

She hasn't eaten good food for a long, long time!

It is less sweet than the one I had in the palace before and not as choking.

"Is it tasty?"

"It's delicious, the rest is for the little prince."

"No, half for you and half for me."

Jiang Qing's eyes curved into crescents as she smiled, and she sat in the main hall with Chu Yan, eating a few small pieces of red date cake.

Finally, both of them poured a glass of water into their mouths.

"Are you going to be a 15-year-old soon?"

Jiang Qing was stunned for a moment, "Yes, little prince."

Chu Yan lowered his head to look at the glass of water in front of him, and his face turned slightly red before he spoke.

"When you...come of age, you don't have to call me little prince anymore."

"If I don't call you Little Prince? What should I call you then?"

Jiang Qing opened his eyes wide and leaned forward to look into Chu Yan's eyes without blinking, but he avoided her eyes.

".....You can call me A-Yan."

Jiang Qing's smile froze for a moment, then he adjusted it again, saying innocently, "Then Jia Ming wants to call me Little Prince now, is that not okay?"

"It's not in accordance with etiquette... It's not in accordance with etiquette."

Chu Yan felt a little annoyed, wondering why he stuttered so much today.

"How could that be? Now I am dependent on Ah Yan for survival. Can't I just call Ah Yan?"

Chu Yan finally dared to look up at Jiang Qing's peach blossom eyes which became more and more beautiful as he grew older.

"Sure, you can call me whatever you want."

But if you reach the age of marriage, you can marry me, and it will be different if you call me like this then.

"Ah Yan."

"Ah."

Just as Jiang Qing was laughing so hard that her stomach hurt, Xiao Qi's voice rang in her mind:

[My dear, a very important event in Chu Yan's life is coming. The Heavenly Dao will pay close attention to him at this time. I think it's about time for us to leave here. Once we leave the Imperial City, we can go to the next world.]

Jiang Qing looked at Chu Yan and left the main hall under the pretext of taking the teapot to get fresh water.

"when are we leaving?"

[I haven’t figured it out yet! But it’s only during this period of time. 】

Water was drawn from the well and poured into the small teapot.

Jiang Qing hadn't sighed for a long time in the past two years, but now he couldn't stop sighing.

When I returned to the yard, Chu Yan had already left the backyard. She sat alone on the steps under the eaves for a long time.

When Chu Yan came back in the sunset, he saw Jiang Qing sitting there in a daze. When he approached, Jiang Qing looked up at him, her eyes curved into crescent shapes.

She was not beautiful, but in Chu Yan's heart she had always been beautiful.

"Little prince."

"Ah."

"Today, the manager called me over and said that my family had sent me a letter, asking me to return to the village as soon as I reached the age of marriage according to custom."

"I have to leave after a while."

Chu Yan felt an inexplicable itch on his fingertips, and he couldn't help but rub the fabric.

"where to?"

"Go back to the village."

The courtyard suddenly became quiet, and Jiang Qing smiled again, "What's wrong, little prince? Are you worried that I will never set foot in the imperial city again in my life after returning to the village?"

After saying this subconsciously, Jiang Qing stood there in a daze.

The words that just came out of her mouth echoed in her ears along with the words she had said to the now powerful Regent Chu Yan a few years ago.

"If you let me out of the palace, I will never set foot in the imperial city again in my life."

Her smile froze at the corners of her mouth and could hardly be maintained.

Chu Yan didn't notice because he turned his head away to avoid her direct gaze, but he had an intuition in his heart, an intuition that he shouldn't let her go.

But that intuition was quickly extinguished by him.

No matter how good someone is to her, she cannot rely on them too much. She also has her own things to do.

"No, how long will it take you to come back?"

Chu Yan's low and hoarse voice during his voice change period instantly woke Jiang Qing up.

"I... don't know yet."

At that moment Chu Yan suddenly felt that something was wrong. He sat next to Jiang Qing before he dared to look at her.

"Did you forget to get your dinner?"

Jiang Qing stood up immediately, "Yes, yes, it's all my fault. I'll get it now."

The next second, Jiang Qing left the side yard as quickly as he could.

Chu Yan just stared at the hem of her skirt fluttering as she left, and smiled with a youthful spirit.

Jiang Qing has been restless every day since she knew she was about to leave. She was a little worried about Chu Yan's condition after she left.

Chu Yan noticed something and looked at her from time to time, but didn't dare to ask.

Some things, when asked, will make people disappointed.

It’s better for people to live without being so clear.

As Emperor Jiang Ling became increasingly incompetent in governing the country, many people became increasingly discouraged every day.

Some important festival activities are held grandly by everyone, which at least gives them more hope when facing life.

In fact, Jiang Qing did not lie to Chu Yan. She was indeed going to reach the age of 15, but no family came to pick her up and take her home.

No one in the Chu Mansion cared about an ordinary maid's coming of age.

But she could only use this reason to leave so that Chu Yan would not be suspicious. The next day, Jiang Qing went to find the manager again and made up for the unused days of leave in the past two years at once.

In order to show his different temperament from Emperor Jiang Ling, Chu Weifeng implemented various rules in the Chu Mansion to benefit the servants, such as giving birthday leaves to maids and servants, and allowing them to go home for three days during the New Year if they have family.

Jiang Qing had never used it and was given six days off. When the steward heard that she was a maid in Chu Yan's courtyard, he extended her leave to ten days.

After getting the pass, she returned to the yard and began to pack the luggage she would need for the next few days out of the city.

In the past few days, Chu Yan would sneak out of the backyard early and not come back until the evening. Jiang Qing knew that this might be related to what he called the event node, but he never thought about it too much.

Now she understood why Chu Yan got so emotional when he heard her call him "A Yan" that day that he grabbed her neck and asked her who she was.

Once she leaves, she won't come back.

The only person he trusted abandoned him.

Jiang Qing felt a surge of irritation in her heart, but she couldn't grasp that emotion.

She didn't understand why heaven arranged such a life for Chu Yan, although she was also responsible for such a miserable life experience.

There was another barely audible sigh, and Chu Yan stepped over the threshold and spoke in a low voice, "How long will you be gone?"

When Jiang Qing didn't answer, he moved closer to her.

"...Ten days."

"Jia Ming, I'll wait for you."

When Jiang Qing comes back after reaching adulthood, he will definitely keep her by his side and not let her go anywhere.

Jiang Qing responded with a faint smile.

Two days later, Xiao Qi's voice came in a muffled voice: [Qingqing, we can leave the city now.]

"Why are you so unhappy about leaving?"

Xiao Qi thought for a while, and recalled Jiang Qing's condition in the past few days. Finally, he replied dryly: [It's still that, that heavenly law! It makes us so embarrassed...]

"It's because I violated the rules of the world. Don't worry, I will definitely not use spiritual power in the next world."

Jiang Qing chose to leave at noon. She originally wanted to avoid Chu Yan, but Chu Yan had not gone out since he knew that the steward had approved her leave, as if he was waiting to see her off.

She planned to walk out of the city, and the doorman opened the side door for her and let her leave. When she saw Chu Yan, she bowed to him loudly and did not seem to regard him as her master.

"I'm leaving, Ah Yan."

Jiang Qing approached Chu Yan and spoke in a low voice. For a maid like her to call the young prince by his name, it would be considered treasonous if outsiders heard it.

"I'm waiting for you."

In the past few days, Chu Yan forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart. He ignored the doorman behind him and reached out to tightly grasp Jiang Qing's sleeve, just like when Jiang Qing caught him under the tree two years ago. The fabric of the maid's clothes was a bit rough, which slightly pricked his palms and made them itchy.

He was unwilling to let go when Jiang Qing turned around, so Jiang Qing was pulled back by the force.

"My young master, please don't let others see you."

"No one cares about me, Jiaming. They all treat me as a dirty thing that no one wants."

An abandoned stray dog.

Jiang Qing wanted to reach out and cover his mouth for talking nonsense, but his arm fell down halfway.

She can't.

At least as a maid named Jiaming, she couldn't do that outside the Chu Mansion.

"Really gone."

She turned around again, and Chu Yan slowly loosened his grip on her sleeve.

Many years later, Chu Yan recalled this day again. The sun was shining hotly on the back of Jiang Qing's slender white neck. She was carrying a bag for the next few days. A short breeze blew past her, bringing the faint floral scent from her body to Chu Yan.

She didn't look back.

-

As soon as they arrived at the inn outside the city and rested for a while, Xiao Qi immediately said that they could leave. Jiang Qing nodded, a faint halo lit up, and she returned to the realm of void and fell asleep.

Fifteen days after Jiang Qing left, Chu Yan carved the countdown with the tip of a knife in his room late at night.

The two cuts crossed each other for a total of one day, twenty cuts in total, and then in the next five days he pierced five holes in it.

He really was a wild dog that no one wanted, he thought.

Jiaming will never come back.

Yesterday, he offended the Minister of Personnel's legitimate and illegitimate son Zhou Li because Jiang Qing did not return for a long time and stayed outside the Master's House. He was dragged and beaten.

He recalled the night when he coldly closed the door, not wanting Jiang Qing to see how miserable he was.

No one would knock on his door again to check his injuries and apply medicine for him.

A new maid came to the room next door where Jiang Qing had lived before. She didn't even have the desire to come out to see Chu Yan. She stayed in the room all day, thinking about how to get out of this dilapidated courtyard.

Chu Yan slept against the door panel all night and developed a high fever in the middle of the night and became drowsy.

The next day, Zhou Li broke into the Chu Mansion with great fanfare, and ordered his men to negotiate with Chu Weifeng and others. Then he went to the side courtyard alone to settle accounts with Chu Yan.

The yard that was originally taken care of by Jiang Qing had not been touched for half a month. Weeds had sprouted again and there was no one inside.

He first kicked open the door of the maid's room, finding no one inside. Then he hurriedly kicked open Chu Yan's door.

Chu Yan leaned against the door. Zhou Li didn't kick it open at first, so he used some more strength and finally the door opened.

Chu Yan fell to the ground sickly.

Zhou Li smiled roguely, "I failed to beat you to death yesterday, but I got the chance today. You dare to challenge me? Today I will let you know how powerful I, Zhou Li, am!"

The next second, he clenched his fists and punched Chu Yan hard. Every punch hit Chu Yan's flesh, and Chu Yan's already weak body immediately started coughing up blood.

But the pain woke him up, because his hot and dizzy head was buzzing and his eyes were red.

He gathered strength in his foot and suddenly kicked Zhou Li who was on top of him, causing Zhou Li to step back in pain.

As soon as he stood up, Zhou Li knocked him to the ground again.

"The legitimate son of the Minister of Personnel is really arrogant."

The moment he spoke, he tightly wrapped his legs around Zhou Li, turned over and pressed Zhou Li to the ground.

"Cough..." Chu Yan was a little dazed again. His weak cough made his whole face look fragile, which stunned Zhou Li.

Although Chu Yan was young, his facial features and face already showed the stunning beauty he would have when he grew up. A night of fever made him look haggard.

Zhou Li is fifteen years old this year. He has already had a maidservant by his side, so he naturally knows what sex is like.

When he saw Chu Yan's appearance, he actually felt that Chu Yan was as beautiful as a woman.

Chu Yan noticed the change in Zhou Li's eyes. His expression became worse and worse, as gloomy as a ghost.

He grabbed Zhou Li's neck hard and said, "Stop looking at me with those disgusting eyes of yours!"

Zhou Li didn't know if it was because Chu Yan's face aroused all his strength, but the moment his neck was strangled, the hand grabbed Chu Yan's wrist and twisted it hard, dislocating his left hand.

Chu Yan felt a sudden surge of pain and gritted his teeth to hold back from crying out, but Zhou Li seized the opportunity and pulled him up again, pushing him against the wall and trapping him in a corner.

"Heh... I haven't tasted the goodness of Long Yang yet, so I'll use you to try it out."

Zhou Li held his shoulders and lowered his head to smell Chu Yan's neck. Chu Yan was so disgusted that his whole body trembled. He cursed and wanted to push Zhou Li with his knees, but he was weak due to fever and was held tightly by Zhou Li.

Chu Yan's expression twisted for a moment, and countless voices rang in his chaotic mind.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Li had just broken Chu Yan's left hand and did not fix his hands at all.

Chu Yan turned his right wrist, and the sharpened branch in his sleeve was tightly grasped in his hand.

Zhou Li was about to pull open Chu Yan's clothes without realizing it, and the next second he heard Chu Yan's voice as cold as ice: "Go to hell."

The branch pierced Zhou Li's neck fiercely, and blood spurted out immediately, splashing on Chu Yan's face and eyes. He blinked, and the scene in front of him became blood red and hazy.

Zhou Li's body pressed heavily on him.

Chu Yan sneered softly, and the words Jiang Qing had said to him echoed in his ears again.

"If you climb to that position, you will be forgiven even if your hands are covered in blood."

He grasped his left wrist with his right hand and snapped the bone back into place. There was no sign of pain on his face.

He pushed Zhou Li aside and staggered out.

A wild dog wants to climb to a high position, become someone who cannot be bullied and is the best among people.

"Princess Changning——"

Someone's voice came from outside the yard.

Chu Yan walked step by step into the courtyard, and the young figure of Princess Changning appeared at the gate of the courtyard.

Chu Yan, covered in blood, stood there and looked at her, his screams echoing around the side courtyard.

*

In the eleventh year of Mingye, Emperor Jiang Ling was in power.

Zhou Li, the son of the Minister of Personnel, was worried about Long Yang's friendship and wanted to force Chu Yan, the concubine of the King of Chu, to do something improper, but he was killed on the spot.

When he entered the palace, he was killed by the host.

Chu Yan was not held accountable, but Chu Weifeng was repeatedly harassed by the Minister of Personnel in the court, and was tortured day and night after returning home.

The young man wanted to step onto the Dragon Court and take control of the world, and to avenge the beacon fire that suppressed Jun Xu.