The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 207 - 206: Are You Still Hungry?

Chapter 207: Chapter 206: Are You Still Hungry?

"..." Xiao Jinyan: "Why would you ask that?"

Shen Chuwei blinked her beautiful, starry eyes, looking very innocent as she said, "Wasn’t it Your Highness who asked?"

Xiao Jinyan: "The palace did not bring up the matter of taking concubines."

Shen Chuwei: "Oh, my mistake then. I must have misheard."

Not wanting to take concubines, why mention the matter of having multiple wives and concubines?

Even if you wanted to take concubines, no one would stop you!

Nor dared to stop!

Xiao Jinyan couldn’t help but lift his hand to knock on her plump forehead: "The palace has no intention of taking concubines."

Shen Chuwei touched her forehead, looking puzzledly at Xiao Jinyan, "Concubine never said you wanted to take concubines!"

I was merely thinking about it, and the Crown Prince has already noticed?

Are his eyes too sharp?

Xiao Jinyan pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling slightly out of character just now. How did he let it slip out so directly?

Seeing Xiao Jinyan’s troubled expression, Shen Chuwei comforted him: "Your Highness, do you have a headache? It must be from staying up late these past few days. You should go to sleep early, staying up is the most harmful to your body."

Xiao Jinyan turned his head to look at Shen Chuwei, her pretty little face just gazing at him unblinkingly.

"Do you know what I am thinking right now?"

Suppressing the urge to yawn, Shen Chuwei shook her head, "Concubine does not know."

Xiao Jinyan picked up Xuetuan and casually tossed her aside.

The bewildered Xuetuan, suddenly soaring in the air, startled for a moment before flipping over to land steadily on the ground.

This time it wasn’t confusion but a glare directed at Xiao Jinyan, those eyes seemed to accuse, ’you discard me after using me?’

Xiao Jinyan’s sudden action also took Shen Chuwei by surprise, her eyes wide as she watched Xuetuan being thrown out...

The Crown Prince is so rough, huh!

I’m rough? Xiao Jinyan signaled to her with a hook of his finger, "Come here."

Having been tricked once before, Shen Chuwei still hadn’t learned her lesson and obediently moved closer, "What does Your Highness wish to say?"

Xiao Jinyan leaned close to her ear and whispered, "..."

The voice was too soft, and Shen Chuwei didn’t catch it. She turned her head to ask: "Your Highness, could you repeat that..." I didn’t hear clearly.

The remaining words were stopped, trapped in her mouth, never getting the chance to be spoken.

Unlike previous kisses, this one was clearly more urgent, and clearly more domineering and restrained.

After it ended, Shen Chuwei felt not only short of breath but also a bit of pain.

She touched it with her hand and it still hurt.

"Your Highness, are you not full?"

Xiao Jinyan: "..." He hadn’t eaten even once, how could he be full?

The next day, when Shen Chuwei woke up and looked in the mirror, she found it was swollen.

Since when had Xiao Jinyan become so rough?

Chun Xi, who had figured out Shen Chuwei’s daily routine and guessed that she would be awake by this time, pushed open the door and entered.

Seeing Shen Chuwei in front of the dressing table, she approached with a smile, "Young Mistress, His Highness left this morning and said he won’t return until late. He told you not to wait for him."

"Also, he said not to run around and to stay home obediently."

"Who’s waiting for him?" Shen Chuwei was feeling grumpy, and seeing the evidence Xiao Jinyan left behind made her even moodier.

Shen Chuwei turned her head to look at Chun Xi and grabbed her hand, "Chun Xi, shall we run away?"

Chun Xi asked with confusion, "Young Mistress, why should we run away?"

As if thinking of something, Chun Xi covered her mouth in shock: "Young Mistress, you haven’t done something bad, have you? Planning to flee from a crime?"

Shen Chuwei: "..." This child really has a rich imagination!

"Young Mistress, if you’ve done something wrong, you should confess to His Highness. The entire land belongs to the Xiao family; we have nowhere to escape to, and we would become fugitives!"

Shen Chuwei patted Chun Xi’s hand reassuringly, "I was just joking."

Chun Xi patted her chest, "Scared me to death."

As dusk approached, Shen Chuwei took advantage of Xiao Jinyan’s absence to slip out with Chun Xi.

"Young Mistress, where are we going?"

"We’re going to the snack street."

Having heard about going to snack street, Chun Xi remembered the incident from last time when they nearly got sold, and she quickly grabbed Shen Chuwei’s hand, "Young Mistress, there are many bad people out there. Let’s wait for His Highness to come back before we go, okay? If His Highness comes back and finds out we’ve gone out, he will surely be angry."

Shen Chuwei reluctantly stopped in her tracks and, looking back at Chun Xi’s scared face, she said, "He’s been busy these past few days and hasn’t had the time to go out. We’ll sneak out, and he won’t find out."

"...But." Chun Xi was still hesitant.

"No buts. Once you see the food, you’ll feel it’s all worth it."

Shen Chuwei pulled Chun Xi and went out through the back door.

They sought the bustling market from the back door, and after asking a few people along the way, they soon found the snack street, which was brightly lit and aromatic with the scents of delicious food.

The snack street of Yongqian City was much larger than the last one they visited.

Chun Xi was still worried on the way there about Xiao Jinyan coming back and blaming them, but as soon as she arrived at snack street, she was quickly seduced by the delicious food.

Although Chun Xi wasn’t as greedy as Shen Chuwei, she also liked to eat.

Shen Chuwei came to a roasted cake stall and pointed at the freshly baked cakes, "Boss, two cakes please, the ones just out of the oven."

"Right away." The boss quickly wrapped two in waxed paper bags and handed them to Shen Chuwei.

Chun Xi took out her purse, asked for the price, and paid.

Shen Chuwei waited for Chun Xi to finish paying and then handed her one of the cakes, "These cakes ought to be eaten while they’re hot."

Holding the warm cake, Chun Xi, who had been raised in the palace, had never eaten such street food.

She felt both curiosity and temptation, and without waiting, took a bite to discover it truly was delicious.

No wonder Shen Chuwei liked to eat them.

Shen Chuwei ate her cake while wandering around in front of the stalls, unable to resist stopping whenever she saw food she wanted to buy.

They bought quite a few tasty things as they walked along.

Chun Xi hadn’t forgotten they had sneaked out, and she tugged at Shen Chuwei’s sleeve to remind her, "Young Mistress, we should go back now. If His Highness returns and finds us gone, it’ll be trouble."

Shen Chuwei’s eyes were fixed on a stall selling Spicy Soup, unable to move at the sight of it.

"Just one more bowl of Spicy Soup and then we’ll go back."

"...But."

Chun Xi, seeing Shen Chuwei heading straight for the Spicy Soup stall, sighed helplessly and followed.

"Boss Lady, two bowls of Spicy Soup!" Shen Chuwei called out loudly, afraid that the noise and crowd would prevent the Boss Lady from hearing her.

The Boss Lady was busy with customers, her face lined with age but beaming with joy, "Coming right up, ma’am."

Soon, two bowls of Spicy Soup were served, steaming hot.

Shen Chuwei picked up a spoonful of Spicy Soup, blew on it gently, and then eagerly tasted it.

Seeing this, Chun Xi’s appetite was piqued too. She had never had Spicy Soup before, and it smelled even more tempting.

Meanwhile, at the county government office

Xiao Jinyan returned from outside and immediately went straight to his room. Noticing the darkness within, he frowned: "Xiaojui?"

Searching the room and finding no sign of Shen Chuwei, he strode out to ask the household’s servants and found out they had gone out.

Xiao Jinyan, recalling Shen Chuwei’s desire to go to the snack street the day before, and his busyness these past few days had not allowed him to accompany her there.