Golden Branch

"pet?"

Lou Yu laughed out of anger.

"Wang Heng, do you have a heart?"

"Yes! I admit that when I first met you, I did treat you as a toy and a pet."

"Back then, you and I were still little, kids who only knew how to have fun!"

How can a child understand what love is?

The naughty Lou Dalang found the well-behaved and quiet Wang Heng interesting and was willing to play with her.

"How much have we been through together over the years?"

Lou Yu's deep eyes looked at Wang Heng with great concentration.

"You know all my secrets!"

"I've witnessed your growth firsthand!"

He and she supported and redeemed each other.

Lou Yu could not forget Wang Heng’s words “I will support you”, nor could he forget the figure running towards him when he was forced to kneel.

Wang Heng treated him with utmost sincerity, and he also loved Wang Heng wholeheartedly.

They are not related by blood, but they are the most important and closest people to each other in this world.

"I know! I know all this! In my heart, I have always regarded you as my closest relative!"

After hearing what Lou Yu said, Wang Heng regained some of her sanity.

She also recalled every little detail of her relationship with Lou Yu.

Having known each other since childhood and having been together for ten years, they have become so close that they are inseparable.

"So, brother, let's just keep going like this, okay?"

Why do you have to get married?

Once you become husband and wife, the once pure feelings will change.

Wang Heng didn't dare to gamble whether this change would be good or bad.

Hearing her father plotting against her mother and watching her mother being sent away as a child are definitely traumas that Wang Heng will never be able to erase in her life.

In the Dayu Dynasty, the husband was the primary leader.

A marriage certificate seemed to become a woman's indenture.

Once she marries a man, the rest of her life, her wealth and her life will no longer belong to her.

Even if she is a princess, she cannot escape the rule of male superiority and female inferiority.

The princess of Dayu was quite tough, but if she kept a lover, she would be impeached by the censor and criticized by the world.

Princes can have many concubines, but princesses with the same father and mother still have to be advised by some sour children to "be a virtuous woman". How unfair is that?

Wang Heng was not a real princess yet. She was just a fake princess who relied on her mother, a favorite concubine. Wang Heng could not imagine that if she got married and her mother fell out of favor in the future, she would end up in an extremely passive and miserable situation.

Not to mention, Lou Yu is so domineering and perverted.

Wang Heng has too many concerns.

She believed that she and Lou Yu would not reach the point where they became disgusted with each other and became enemies.

However, people's hearts are fickle, and when they are siblings, they can be each other's only one.

If they become husband and wife, the relationship changes, the feelings change, and everything may change.

Lou Yu: ...Why are we back here again?

That was the case with the last argument.

This time, it’s still the same!

Lou Yu slowly stopped smiling, his handsome face looking as cold as a jade sculpture.

Lou Yu knew Wang Heng’s heart knot and could understand her fear.

What really irritated him was that she didn't believe him!

Whether they were brother and sister or husband and wife, no matter how the relationship changed, Wang Heng would always be his little girl, his beloved and only one!

"It seems that there is no point in reasoning with this girl!"

Lou Yu didn't want to end up like last time, arguing for a long time but still getting no result.

He didn't want to continue to indulge Ah Heng: This girl is becoming more and more outrageous!

This time he actually dared to go out to sea, risking his life and acting lawless!

Lou Yu couldn't imagine how this girl would commit suicide in the future!

Don’t be afraid of getting into trouble, Lou Yu can cover for her.

What he was afraid of was that Wang Heng would hurt herself, which Lou Yu could not allow.

"If Ah Heng doesn't behave, she must be taught a lesson!"

"Also, this marriage should have a conclusion, instead of letting Ah Heng continue to mess around!"

Lou Yu had already made up his mind.

At this moment, seeing that Wang Heng was still so willful, Lou Yu simply stopped hesitating.

He slowly took off the elephant bone ring. The white ring, which had been worn for many years, already had the texture of jade.

He placed it in his palm and squeezed it hard.

The ring made of hard elephant bone shattered instantly.

Lou Yu twisted it with his fingers again, and the fragments immediately turned into powder and flew off from his fingertips.

Wang Heng felt the black energy gushing out of Lou Yu. She, who had always been fearless, couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Lou Yu is angry again?"

"I'm just telling the truth. Can't he understand?"

"However, this time seems to be even scarier than last time. What is he doing?"

"Oh my god, he actually crushed the Elephant Bone Destruction Technique into slag?"

Wang Heng's big eyes, with distinct black and white, are very lively.

She stared at the falling powder, her heart seemed to be pinched by someone.

Wang Heng couldn't help but have wild thoughts: What Lou Yu wanted to crush most was not the ring, but, but her, Wang Heng!

In a trance, Wang Heng vaguely heard the sound of chains breaking.

No!

We can’t let Lou Yu go crazy!

She, she will try hard to make amends.

With a gulp, Wang Heng swallowed hard.

She raised the corners of her lips in a familiar way, and smiled an extremely sweet smile: "Brother! You must be exhausted after being busy traveling these days."

As a pampered young lady, Wang Heng could only walk 200 steps a day, which was her limit.

Every day, sitting on the horse's back, the constant shaking, not to mention the abrasions on the inner thighs, just the bones in the body are about to fall apart.

Lou Yu set out later than her, but still arrived before her.

It can only be said that Lou Yu marched at a speed of forced march (without regard for his life), no less than 400 miles a day.

Several horses might die of exhaustion.

People on horseback are challenging their physical limits.

Lou Yu is a military man who has been practicing martial arts since childhood and his physical fitness is far beyond that of ordinary people.

But, he ultimately did not escape from his mortal body.

Rubbing the saddle will cause redness, swelling and skin breakage, and traveling day and night will make you mentally exhausted.

Wang Heng secretly glanced at a tall and handsome young man. On the surface, he was still a handsome, calm and composed nobleman.

In fact, his spirit and body were on the verge of collapse.

Wang Heng noticed that Lou Yu had dark circles under his eyes on his fair face.

The cold-hearted Wang Heng couldn't help but feel a little guilty: although she didn't beg Lou Yu to pursue her, Lou Yu did so because of her.

"Brother, how about you sit down and take a rest?"

"Or, I'll ask the store to prepare some hot water for you so you can take a bath and relax?"

Wang Heng smiled with her eyes curved, just like the sweet and sweet girl she was when she was a child.

There was no trace of the "sharp teeth and claws" from before.

Lou Yu sneered. This girl is always like this.

Now that he is scared and wants to give in, he starts calling you "brother" and stops calling you "you".

"Wang Heng, do you think you can always control me like this?"

Lou Yu looked straight at Wang Heng, his fox eyes, which should have been charming and lively, were now frost-covered.

"You keep talking about 'brothers and sisters,' Wang Heng. I have sisters from the same mother! I have cousins ​​from the next room, and even more distant cousins! I have them all!"

"Be it Lou Lang, the other daughters of the Lou family, or Zheng Shisan, the one you are most familiar with, they are all my sisters!"

"But you've seen how I treat them!"

"Do you also want to be a 'sister' like that?"

This time, Lou Yu really did not hide anything and did not leave any leeway for Wang Heng.

Wang Heng's sweet smile froze on her face.

Of course she knew Lou Yu's attitude towards Lou Lang, Zheng Shisan and others.

Not mean, not targeting, and can even be described as "gentle". Well, just like all outsiders.

There was no preferential treatment, nor any favoritism... Wang Heng didn't want to be such a sister.

She wanted Lou Yu to continue protecting her and pampering her, just like in the past.

Wang Heng knew that her thoughts were somewhat selfish and even shameless.

But, but she will trust and support Lou Yu wholeheartedly just like she did in the past.

"Impossible! Wang Heng, there's no such thing as having the best of both worlds."

Lou Yu was too familiar with Wang Heng. Just by looking at her eyes, he knew what she was thinking.

He coldly rejected it and said bluntly: "Either it's a sister like Lou Lang; or it's my wife, Lou Yu!"

"Wang Heng, there is no third option."

In reality, there is only one option.

Even if Wang Heng was really willing to give up Lou Yu's preference and become a real "sister", Lou Yu would not allow it.

Wang Heng pursed her lips, her delicate little face full of struggle.

Do you really have to make a choice?

...If it really doesn't work out, then just be my younger sister.

No favoritism, no preference. She is a princess now. Even without Lou Yu's protection, she can live a very good life!

The dark energy under Lou Yu's eyes became thicker and thicker, and the corners of his eyes began to turn red.

Wang Heng didn't need to say anything. Just by looking at the glance in her eyes, Lou Yu knew her choice.

She, she really wanted to be his sister, even if they were "strangers"?!

Lou Yu habitually touched the Elephant Bone Crushing Technique on his thumb, but unexpectedly touched nothing.

Lou Yu suddenly remembered that just now, he had personally crushed the shackles that he used to control himself.

It’s okay if it breaks!

"Wang Heng, you want to be my sister? Draw a clear line between you and me?"

Lou Yu's voice was very soft, like a whisper coming from hell.

Wang Heng felt wronged: "Why do I think so? It's obviously you—"

She chose to give up, and she is also very painful, okay?

Lou Yu stared at Wang Heng intently, not feeling any pity for her grievances.

He pulled out two pieces of paper from his sleeve pocket. "Wang Heng, have you forgotten that you're still facing the crisis of marriage in the capital?"

Lou Yu finally brought the topic back to the point: Wang Heng left the capital this time in order to escape the marriage.

Lou Yu chased for thousands of miles for the purpose of "marriage alliance".

He handed one of the papers in his hand to Wang Heng.

Wang Heng took it, unfolded it, and looked down at it. The handwriting on the paper was a little sloppy, but it felt strangely familiar.

She looked carefully and saw the title: "A Letter Requesting Princess Langya to Marry"!

and many more!

She remembered that this was Wang Lin's handwriting!

He, what does he mean?

It is not enough to offer your wife to your superior to please him, you also have to sell your daughter for fame.

Under the banner of national justice, they forced her to marry into a foreign country?!

Also, how did Wang Lin’s “letter of request” end up in Lou Yu’s hands?

Could it be——

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