The Little King

36 | Hot Tongue (M)

Translator: PastTimer

Editor: PastTimer
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Xia Xi slept until the evening. The room was warm, the strong scent after sex has disappeared, but the traces on Xia Xi's body haven't disappeared yet. His lips were slightly swollen and he was bare, there were red marks on his neck, and there were more under his clothes. Most expectedly, the two flowers between his legs were still a little swollen.

After he woke up, Lan Duo'er brought in dinner made of easy to digest food. Xia Chun was sitting at the table practising calligraphy, after Xia Xi finished eating, Xia Chun quickly poured him a cup of tea. Xia Xi touched his head and said with a light smile: "Good." He drank the tea, but the child didn't leave, frowning and staring at his neck. Xia Xi covered it in embarrassment. The child suddenly ran to the table, wrote a few words on the wooden board with a brush, and held it in front of Xia Xi to show him.

The words on the wooden board were a bit crooked, Xia Xi recited the barely-recognisable characters: "Is he a bad guy..." Xia Xi was a little bit amused. Seeing the child's serious face, he became serious, and said warmly: "He's not a bad guy, Xia Chun, he's the king of the Barbarian state and my husband."

Xia Chun obviously didn't understand it and still felt that Xia Xi was being bullied¹, his fists were clenched tightly. Xia Xi stretched out his hand and hugged him into his lap, he said in a softer voice: "I haven't been bullied by him, this is what the matter between husband and wife is; it's normal. You're worried about me, did I scare you last night?" He said again: "The King is a very good person, he's the sender of the candy you eat every day."

The sentence was obviously much more useful. The tight look on the child's face slowly relaxed, and he looked at him with a pair of pure eyes that still had some doubt. Xia Xi smiled and nodded, "It's true, otherwise why would there be so many?" Although Lan Duo'er didn't say it, Xia Xi knew that these things must've been sent by Chu Lan. Other people rely on dried cow dung for heating, only his house had the finest charcoal. The food was also the most delicate, such as his favourite rice porridge and nutritious soups, sweets were also the best, he even had exotic fruits that ordinary people couldn't afford.

Xia Xi vaguely remembered Chu Lan saying that he would come again the next month, however, he didn't know the specific time so he just quietly looked forward to it every day. As spring started, the weather finally warmed up a bit, and Xia Xi opened up a few vegetable plots in the yard and began to plant seeds. Yue Ling'er gave him some seeds from a foreign land, there were many vegetables he hadn't seen before so he was careful planting them, when he saw the sprouts growing he felt happy.

Maybe it was because of sufficient nourishment, but Xia Chun had begun to grow taller, and his personality became more cheerful. He wasn't as afraid of the unfamiliar, Xia Xi taught him to understand some Barbarian words, and he slowly understood. One day, he was actually starting to converse with people, going to the outer courtyard and wanting to learn horseback riding and archery.

Xia Xi always felt that riding a horse was a dangerous thing. He wanted the child to not go, but Xia Chun insisted, so he finally let Lan Duo'er find a reliable expert to teach him.

Chu Lan said that he would come, but Xia Xi waited until the end of the month and he still didn't come. Xia Xi even wondered if what he heard before were only hallucinations. He couldn't help feeling a little lost, so when he saw Chu Lan appearing in his house at night, his heart that was too pleasantly surprised almost jumped out.

Chu Lan was dressed like a commoner, without his crown, he only had an outfit much like the guards outside, the only difference was the abundant dust on his face. Xia Xi was both surprised and delighted, he asked: "Why are you here at this hour?"