Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

The meal was eaten in a warm and tender atmosphere, as if temporarily dispelling the stormy waves of the day.

The emotions that had been surging in the morning due to the memories of his past life could finally be calmed down in the depths of his heart, and Chu Shiyu regained some of his former composure.

However, another thought popped up in his mind. With a subtle hint of inquiry and inexplicable nervousness, he looked at Liu Rusi, who was clearing the dishes, and said, "You... don't even want to ask me who I was in my previous life?"

He was prepared. He had been secretly in love with her for many years in his previous life, but no one knew about it... Now he thought, at least let her know that there was such a person who had been silently in love with her.

Upon hearing this, Liu Rusi didn't stop her movements, but just raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in a calm tone as if stating a well-known fact: "I know."

Chu Shiyu's heart skipped a beat, and he asked in surprise: "You know?!"

"Ling Yu." Liu Rusi uttered two words.

"Bang!" Chu Shiyu's left hand trembled in shock, and he almost knocked over the bowl of medicine in front of him! He looked up suddenly, and Ruifeng's eyes were filled with disbelief and astonishment, and his voice changed: "How... did you know?!"

Although he despised his past life self! How could he be so timid! He actually didn't find a chance to appear in front of Liu Rusi for three years? He felt that Ling Yu was extremely cowardly every time he thought about it!

But he never thought that Liu Rusi had actually... discovered his existence a long time ago?

Liu Rusi lowered her eyes slightly, a dazed look in her eyes. She had had a few brief dreams about her past life, in which she hadn't died in the dump truck. It was Chu Shiyu who had saved her—not Ling Yu, but the Chu Shiyu who introduced himself as Chu Shiyu and said he had been writing love letters for three years—but of course, she hadn't read any of them; they had all gone into the trash can...

Liu Rusi raised her eyes, her gaze landing on his handsome face. After a pause, she began to analyze the situation clearly, as if solving a forgotten puzzle. "When Ke Jinfeng approached me at the beginning of the semester, he wasn't driving the black car he took. But for a while, that car appeared frequently on my route, with an abnormally high frequency."

"And my roommate," she continued, "She always looks at me with... an observant look, and sometimes even deliberately follows me for a while. But the strange thing is, there are many things that my roommate knows clearly, but Ke Jinfeng is completely unaware of them. So, her actions are obviously not for Ke Jinfeng."

Liu Rusi's gaze finally settled on Chu Shiyu's stunned face, and with a look of settled understanding, she said, "Finally, I learned that Ke Jinfeng has a close friend from a wealthy family in our school. He also has a strong background and was born into an extraordinary family. His name is Ling Yu."

Every detail is like a precise puzzle piece, which eventually pieced together the vague figure who had been watching in the dark for three years but never truly entered her world.

The tent fell into a dead silence, with only the occasional crackling of the candlelight.

"So...what do you think of...Ling Yu?" Chu Shiyu asked with difficulty. He was secretly watching her and following her... She should be disgusted by such twisted and mean behavior.

Liu Rusi lowered her head slightly, then chuckled softly as if sighing, "I don't have any opinions. In my previous life, I really didn't have the energy to care about others. Some prying eyes were no different from the wind on the side of the road. As long as they didn't directly disturb me, I would ignore them and quickly forget them."

"If you're talking about your opinion of Ling Yu..." Liu Rusi curled her lips slightly and said indignantly, "He's a powerful young man who's clearly not a medical professional and has no qualifications, yet he was able to get a direct position in Professor Qin's research project just by relying on his family background!"

Chu Shiyu was stunned. In order to have normal contact with Liu Rusi, he established a cooperative project with Professor Qin, but concealed the identity of the founder and only said to the outside world that he was a newly hired researcher... Although he later backed down because of Ke Jinfeng's incident and gave up the plan to recruit Liu Rusi.

"I invested all the capital in that project. In fact, I am the original owner." Chu Shiyu was embarrassed and his voice became a little weaker unconsciously.

Liu Rusi paused for a moment after hearing this, but then she became even more angry. She looked up at Chu Shiyu with undisguised jealousy in her eyes: "Why are you born into a powerful family in both of your lives?! And I've been a commoner in both of my lives?"

Chu Shiyu paused... How could he understand why he had been born into powerful families in both of his previous lives? If he could choose, he would envy Qin Lie's life even more—although he died young, everything he encountered and gained was true love... Facing Liu Rusi's accusation, he softly asked, "If you had to choose, would you be willing to be born into the Chu family?"

If it were Liu Rusi, she would be speechless... The answer is obvious. If the Chu family is really good, why would she risk her life to stop Qin Hao from changing his surname?

"If you want to be envious, you might as well envy Qin Hao..." Chu Shiyu's voice softened, with a hint of relief that he himself hadn't noticed. "He was born with extraordinary talent and intelligence. Judging from his appearance, he will be a handsome man in the future. Although he was born in a commoner family, he has never suffered from cold or hunger, and he still has the energy to help him become a talent. His family members are harmonious and caring for him deeply."

"Even though he lost his father at a young age... he still had a strong and reliable mother."

He spoke with envy, his slight regret that Qin Hao's last name wasn't Chu fading slightly. If he were in the Chu family, with such talent, he probably wouldn't have had such a carefree childhood. Chu Shiyu's tender gaze fell on Liu Rusi, admiringly saying, "She's a mother who even dared to go against the emperor for him."

Liu Rusi's gaze was far-reaching. Yes, all the beauty in this world seemed to fall on her child. The corners of her lips raised gently: "Perhaps, this is what it means to be a mother."

"Being a mother... doesn't necessarily mean being strong." Chu Shiyu slowly shook his head... He looked at Liu Rusi, his eyes filled with the desire to share a secret, "Shall I tell you a secret from the palace?"

Liu Rusi looked back at him, as if she wanted to hear more details.

Chu Shiyu lowered his voice. "Back when Taizu was on the throne, my royal grandfather was still the crown prince. The Crown Princess at that time was extremely powerful, even more so than the current Consort Xian. Her first child was a daughter, who is now my imperial aunt Taihua. In order to keep the throne, the Crown Princess tried her best to get pregnant, but also prepared herself for not being able to give birth to a son..."

Liu Rusi's eyes widened in surprise and she asked softly, "You mean... like you, adopted?"

Chu Shiyu nodded solemnly: "Yes. However, in the third year, the Crown Princess gave birth to her second child, a boy. Then, the offspring born by others before...became an eyesore."

His voice lowered, a hint of chill in it. "That day, my father, not even three years old yet... nearly drowned in the bathtub at the hands of his biological mother... It was Grandfather the Emperor who, on a whim, wanted to visit him and caught him dead."

"Grandfather the Emperor quickly fished out the young son himself, slapping the water that had choked him, and saved my father. My father's biological mother burst into tears and kowtowed, admitting her fault, but she gritted her teeth and refused to utter a single word about why she had drowned her own flesh and blood... Later, Emperor Taizu heard of this and took my father to his side, raising and educating him personally."

Liu Rusi was stunned, speechless for a long moment. She knew power could warp human nature, but she had never imagined it could be so twisted, to the point where even a mother's love for her own flesh and blood could be swallowed up... That woman in the palace, strangled by power, had actually taken the life of the child she had carried for ten months with her own hands!

But then, Liu Rusi couldn't help but think of herself... Her mother, due to the conflict and hatred between her and her father, took her anger out on her and her feelings for her faded...

The beginning of maternal love, after all, is nothing more than a physiological mechanism. Only the correctness of one's own concepts and the little things in the future can make maternal love endless.

...

The day's entanglements fade away with the night.

Although Chu Shiyu's mood was up and down like the waves that day...but when he went to bed, he was still full of joy!

Yesterday, Liu Rusi invited her to sleep with her in order to comfort him; today, he recalled an even more heart-wrenching past life, so Liu Rusi naturally agreed to sleep with him. After all, she had been willing to be intimate with him for a long time, and she was just worried that he would have a nosebleed.

Perhaps it was because the comfort he had given during the day was too thorough, or perhaps after that heart-wrenching conversation, he needed more practical skin contact to fill the void...

After a quiet embrace for a while, his slightly cool lips could not help but gently fall on her fair forehead, slowly falling down to her long eyelashes, and then to her soft red lips...

What started out as a gentle kiss slowly turned into a scorching, burning fire...

The tentative touches unconsciously deepened in strength, the grinding and grinding bringing an irresistible demand. One hand was still around her waist, but the other hand involuntarily touched her cheek, and the calloused thumb caressed her soft earlobe, causing her to shudder slightly.

Breathing became hot and rapid in this small space.

The hot tongue pried open her teeth, exploring and entangling deeper, as if to smooth out and swallow up all the storms, worries, and fears that had gone through her bones during the day in the intimate fusion of lips and tongues.

It was like making some kind of confirmation and marking, declaring possession and existence with an almost predatory strength.

At first, Liu Rusi just passively endured this sudden surge of passion, but soon she realized the uneasiness and demands hidden behind his actions.

The hand that rested on his chest gently wrapped around his neck, fingertips burrowed into his thick hair and massaged it gently, trying to soothe his spirit...

The gentle touch of a soft tongue, like the soft and lingering spring rain...

This subtle response was like a drop of water thrown into boiling oil, instantly igniting the fire that Chu Shiyu had suppressed for a long time.

A low sigh escaped from his throat, like satisfaction, but also like a deeper desire being awakened.

The arms around her suddenly tightened, almost rubbing her into his bones and blood! The kiss became deeper and wilder, conquering her without leaving any room for others!

Love, when it is deep.

I can't help my feelings.

You have the love, I am willing, the flickering candlelight soon illuminates the beauty.

Warm, fragrant and soft, their skin became hot.

Last time, Liu Rusi accused him of "only caring about himself", and Chu Shiyu also let down some of his restraint. He has been a vegetarian for several months. If he has a nosebleed again, he might as well become a monk!

The clothes became messy in the silent friction. The hot palms with thin calluses slid across her delicate neck and explored down along the curve of her shoulder blades, arousing slight tremors wherever they passed.

The air became thick and hot, and every breath was intertwined with each other's breath.

All the calculations, struggles, and fears during the day, all the thrills under the power struggle, and all the heavy topics about past and present lives... at this moment, they are all temporarily isolated by this pure and primitive intimacy.

Only each other is left.

All that remains are the breathing and heartbeats in this tiny space of darkness, and the warmth that is enough to comfort the soul when skin touches skin.

He was like a traveler who had trekked through the desert for a long time and finally found a sweet spring. He greedily absorbed her breath and warmth, and wantonly tasted her sweetness...

Just suddenly!

A drop of crimson fell on the snowy field!

Chu Shiyu's whole body was stiff, and all his movements froze in an instant!

Liu Rusi was awakened by the warm and moist touch. From her trance, she glanced down... Then she jumped up, pushed him away, and pinched his straight nose with her slender fingers as fast as lightning!

"You..." She was both angry and amused. This time, she didn't know what to say. What was wrong with Chu Shiyu? He always got angry at this critical moment?!

How could this happen? He had been clearing his mind and calming down for months!

Interrupted again!

Chu Shiyu was stunned, his chaotic thoughts connected like lightning! An absurd yet piercing thought suddenly pierced his mind!

Those auspicious phoenix eyes, still tinged with lust, were instantly ignited with resentment, and he roared through gnashing teeth: "Qin Lie——!"

That's right! It must be that sentimental thought that's causing all this trouble!

He thought about his suspicions about Qin Lie's feelings today. He probably couldn't force his feelings to change, but he could suppress or even fuel them! He already loved Liu Rusi to the bone, and now with Qin Lie's...

The clashing flames of these two burning desires were enough to burn all his restraint to ashes! How could his blood and rage not surge like a raging sea, rushing straight to his soul?!

"What does this have to do with Qin Lie?!" Liu Rusi couldn't help but scold. Why should Qin Lie be blamed for everything?

But as soon as she finished speaking, she paused after a moment of thought and asked seriously, "Does this have anything to do with Qin Lie?"

Chu Shiyu's anger subsided again... He hadn't dared tell Liu Rusi about Qin Lie's feelings for him, fearing she would see him as someone else... afraid that every expression of his affection would be interpreted as Qin Lie's... afraid that Liu Rusi's feelings for him would be mixed with her feelings for Qin Lie...

He was originally not confident, and didn't believe that he could love Liu Rusi more than Qin Lie. How could the obsession of not letting go until death be compared?

But now, after experiencing all sorts of bizarre things, he even recalled his past life. His feelings for Liu Rusi were the result of two lifetimes of obsession, transcending the cycle of life and death! How could his love not compare to Qin Lie's?

The surging thoughts collided violently in his chest, almost bursting through his throat.

Tell her!

Tell her it's because he collapsed beside Qin Lie's grave while seriously injured! He's been possessed by the deceased's lingering obsession, and thus influenced by emotions that don't belong to him! Tell her why this damn nosebleed is so violent!

But do I really have to tell her...

Facing her eyes that were still clear in the dim light, filled with doubt and a hint of barely perceptible nervousness, the words that were about to burst out of his mouth were bitten tightly between his teeth.

Liu Rusi got off the bed, used the clear water in the porcelain pot to pinch a handkerchief and handed it to Chu Shiyu. The nosebleed stopped in a moment. Liu Rusi couldn't help but feel strange. This nosebleed seemed to appear just to interfere with their intimacy...

Chu Shiyu also realized the same thing...but he was even more angry. If Qin Lie's obsession didn't go away, wouldn't he be tortured by this unfulfilled desire for the rest of his life!

After wiping away the remaining blood from his nose, the man's Ruifeng eyes were dyed red with stubbornness, and his tall body suddenly turned over!

He threw the delicate body that had just sat down onto the bed!

"Goodbye, will your nose bleed again later?"

"If you can, keep bleeding until I die!"