Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

Chapter 244

244 Before I found you

Li Hua tilted her head to peer into Lóng Wei’s eyes. He took his hand from the water and pulled her chin up to kiss her lips. However, Li Hua shifted her head back.

“It is not the time for this. His Majesty will come to see you soon. Also, His Highness cannot stay in water for too long,” Li Hua said. Lóng Wei looked at his calloused fingers and chuckled.

“What an unromantic wife I have!” Lóng Wei made a remark.

“His Highness will not be able to resist if I show my romantic side to him,” Li Hua stated.

“Even at the moment, it is tough for me to resist,” Lóng Wei asserted. Li Hua stopped washing his arm and looked at him. “I have promised you that until you allow me, I won’t break the wall between us. The final step to becoming one,” he stated. His eyes raked her eyes, her face, and then her lips before they returned back to her eyes.

Li Hua lowered her gaze for a moment before doing something unexpected to Lóng Wei. She kissed his lips and again started to wash his arm. He remained his eyes fixed at her while she poured the water over his arm.

She asked him to turn as she had to wash his back, not the part where he was wounded. “Your Highness, I made things tough for you.” Lóng Wei drew his brows together and narrowed his eyes.

“You have never been hurt this way, yet for me, you took such a big risk. Before you knew me-”

Before she could have completed her statement, Lóng Wei had turned to her and pressed his finger over her lips. “I never lived my life before I found you,” he completed the statement for her.

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He slowly lowered his finger and put it under her chin. Their lips met for a brief moment as Li Hua pulled away. She didn’t want them to get late and make the King and Queen wait.

She washed his hair while covering the wound on his back.

After she was done, Lóng Wei asked her if she would stay or leave, as he would undress fully. “I can stay if His Highness wants,” Li Hua replied.

“Wait for me in the dressing chamber,” he said. Li Hua nodded and stood up. She washed her hands before heading to the dressing chamber, which was adjacent to the bathhouse.

Li Hua fiddled with her fingers, wondering if she had disappointed Lóng Wei by not allowing him to be intimate with her. As much as he wanted her, she also wanted him. Because it was the peak morning hour when the royal family would visit Lóng Wei, she didn’t want him to be late.

She left for the main chamber to bring the medicine and the bandage. She returned and put the bowl with medicine on the circular table along with the bandage.

After ten minutes of waiting, Lóng Wei came to the dressing chamber. Li Hua picked up the towel and wiped the water from his body.

“Li Hua, do you want Feng Lao to die?” Lóng Wei’s sudden question perplexed her.

She asked Lóng Wei to sit on the stool before the mirror. He sat down and looked at her reflection in the mirror. She had started to dry his hair. “Your Highness, I do not know what I should do with Feng Lao. I stepped back from my promise. I am too weak to kill him,” Li Hua said.

“He saved your life that night, so I am lenient on him. I was late that night, and you were already out of your house. I will spare his life,” Lóng Wei asserted.

“As I said earlier, the memories I had once with him are all over. So, I do not know anything. His Highness can take whatever decision he wants to take,” Li Hua stated her opinions.

“Fine. Since you have put your trust in me, I will do what I feel will be right for you,” he said. Li Hua gave him a tiny smile and looked at the mirror.

“Li Hua, you are not weak anymore. If you are unable to punish the person before you, then that doesn’t mean you are weak. That means you are too good to do that. People may call you weak, but I will never. I have known you well by now. You believe in letting go, which is a person’s great quality. Yuze told me that sometimes letting go is better than holding a grudge.” Lóng Wei’s gaze remained fixated on hers through the mirror.

“However, I could never do that. I seek benefits in everything except from a few ones. I am glad that you are my wife. I got to learn a lot of things from you,” Lóng Wei stated.

“What did His Highness learn from me? He even called me weak once when he was teaching me to shoot arrows,” Li Hua reminded him.

“I called you weak so that you would put more strength into learning, but I won’t force you anymore,” Lóng Wei said as he recalled what Peng Yuxian had told her. “I learned to remain patient, to trust people, to express my thoughts, and to love,” he answered.

Li Hua dried his hair and made a hair bun on the top of his head, holding it with a knot holder. Lóng Wei stood up and removed the thin robe. Li Hua dressed the wound first and then helped him wear the formal dress.

“Li Hua, everything will turn out good. Thank you for trusting me all the time,” he said and embraced her. They withdrew after a while and headed to the main chamber.

“Your Highness, the King and the Queen will come to see His Highness in a while,” the maidservant informed them.

“Is there any news about Shui Xiaoqing?” Lóng Wei inquired.

“Pardon me, Your Highness, but I have no knowledge of it,” the maidservant answered. Lóng Wei nodded and asked her to leave.

Why isn’t he saying anything? I wonder if the person met Shui Xiaoqing and told him to remain quiet. I need to meet him to find out what he is thinking,’ Lóng Wei thought.