The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

Gu Nianzhi looked around, frightened.

The man in white in the wheelchair stretched out his right hand and made a gesture to stop. The guards put away their swords and stood beside the two men.

"He means no harm, you don't have to stay here."

"I obey my orders."

The leading guard waved his hand, and everyone quickly disappeared into the surrounding woods.

"You really don't want to commit suicide?"

"I just want to be closer to the lake."

"You know that there is a cliff at the bottom of the lake a few meters ahead, and the water depth suddenly increases from one foot to ten feet. If the wheelchair slips down..." Gu Nianzhi wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly thought of the guards, so he took back the rest of his words and muttered to himself: "But you have so many followers, even if you are in danger, they will save you."

"They are the guards in my mansion. With them around, we are naturally safe. Can you push me a little closer?"

"If we go any further, the wheelchair will hit the water!"

Although wheelchairs are not rare in modern society, ancient wooden wheelchairs are bulky and expensive. Once the wooden wheels come into contact with water and deform, the entire wheelchair may be scrapped.

"It doesn't matter if it's soaked in water." The man raised his head slightly and looked at Gu Nianzhi: "I have more than one wheelchair. If it breaks, I can just change it."

Gu Nianzhi didn't say anything, but she was muttering in her heart, "Your legs are broken but you still love to show off your wealth."

Although she complained in her heart, she still walked behind the man and slowly pushed the wheelchair to the junction of the lake and the lakeshore.

The man turned out a lot of stone chips from the side of the chair. These stone chips were polished smooth and flat.

He picked up one of the pieces at random, tilted his body slightly, and exerted light force with his hand. The stone piece drew an arc in the air and fell on the water surface, then bounced up, fell again, and bounced up again. The stone piece actually flew up and down on the water surface for more than ten times before it was completely submerged in the water.

"Amazing! You are really good at skipping stones on water."

Gu Nianzhi couldn't help but praise him.

The man smiled and picked up a piece of stone and handed it to Gu Nianzhi.

"You want to try too?"

Gu Nianzhi was bored, so he didn't refuse. He took the stone and threw it into the lake. The stone just made a bubble on the water and then sank straight down.

“I can’t play this…”

“Everything has its own rules.”

The man held the stone slab and demonstrated it to Gu Nianzhi.

"The stones used for skipping must be flat and thin, like the ones I used. The angle at which they enter the water should be as flat as possible. In addition, it is best if the stones can rotate. The faster the better."

As the man explained, he operated the operation, and the second stone flew farther than the previous one.

Gu Nianzhi followed the man's instructions and practiced several times, finally achieving some success.

Although it didn't fly as far as the man's stone, it was able to create nearly ten water holes.

"You have a good understanding. If you practice more when you have time, you will definitely be better than me." The man patted his wheelchair. "I am sitting in a wheelchair, so I am not so flexible in exerting force. At best, I can only reach my current level."

"But you are the best at skipping stones I have ever seen."

What Gu Nianzhi said was the truth.

This made the man look in a good mood.

"Push me back."

Gu Nianzhi struggled to push the man to the shade of a tree on the shore. The man made a gesture and the guards came over and quickly set up a simple food table. A few more people came over, brought food boxes, and then placed the food in the boxes one by one.

"Sir, it's time to eat."

"You guys go down."

The man in white looked at Gu Nianzhi and gestured with his hand, inviting Gu Nianzhi to eat together.

"Then I'm not welcome!"

In order to avoid Sima Yao, she went to the kitchen in the morning, got a bun and hurried out. Now she was starving, and seeing this dazzling array of food, how could she not be tempted?

Gu Nianzhi tore off a roasted chicken leg and handed it to the man in white, then tore off another one and started chewing it.

"Why are you here alone?"

The man in white took the chicken leg but did not eat it. Instead, he asked about Gu Nianzhi's situation.

Gu Nianzhi looked at the lake and recalled the scene with Sima Yao last night. She thought to herself, it is impossible to tell him that she hid here to avoid the love between two men and wanted the embarrassment to fade with the passage of time, right?

"I'm having some troubles and I'm relaxing by the lake. What about you?"

"Same as you. By the way, may I know your name?"

"Gu Nianzhi. What about you?"

"Nice to meet you. My name is Cen Yu. Yu means feather."

"This name fits your temperament."

Gu Nianzhi looked at Cen Yu. Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, he had a strange aura.

Noble and sad, as if he didn't care about anything in this world and just lived in his own world.

Cen Yu smiled faintly and looked at Gu Nianzhi who was eating with relish.

Gu Nianzhi's behavior at this moment was extremely rude, but Cen Yu did not feel disgusted.

He looked Gu Nianzhi up and down, and finally fixed his gaze on Gu Nianzhi's throat.

Cen Yu's pupils moved and he narrowed his eyes, as if he wanted to see more accurately.

"Brother Gu, have you found relief from your worries amidst the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains?"

"Alas. It's still annoying. The problem hasn't been solved, and relaxing is just a temporary escape."

"Brother Gu is right. Running away will not solve the problem."

Cen Yu's eyes were filled with scrutiny and suspicion as he looked Gu Nianzhi up and down again.

"Brother Gu doesn't look well. I know a little bit about medicine. Why don't I take your pulse?"

"It shouldn't be a big problem. I just didn't sleep well last night."

Having said that, Gu Nianzhi had already extended his hand in front of Cen Yu.

Cen Yu placed three fingers on Gu Nianzhi's wrist, his eyelids drooped slightly, as if he had discovered something. His eyes moved slightly, and he turned his head to look at Gu Nianzhi again, with a subtle smile on his face.

"Brother Gu is in good health, just take a rest."

"I may look frail, but I am actually in good health."

Gu Nianzhi withdrew her hand and continued to choose her favorite food on the table.

"By the way, Brother Cen, what do you do? You have so many followers and they serve you so well."

"I just have a little inheritance from my family, which is enough for me to live a life of ease and wait for death, that's all."

Gu Nianzhi glanced at the well-trained guards in the woods again. Although he didn't believe it, he didn't ask any more questions.

In Gu Nianzhi's memory, this kind of character did not seem to appear in the book, so it seemed that he would not play any role in the development of the entire plot.

Perhaps Cen Yu just exists in this world, just an ordinary young man from a wealthy family whom I met by chance.

The two chatted by the lake, and they got along better and better until the sun set, when they said goodbye to each other.

Gu Nianzhi jumped on his horse and waved to Cen Yu.

"Brother Cen, see you again if we are lucky!"

Cen Yu smiled and waved in the wheelchair, and replied softly in a voice that Gu Nianzhi in the distance could no longer hear: "We will definitely see each other again in the future. Miss Gu."