The Elegant Dancing Years By Huo Li (火狸) | BL

Chapter 59 | Lingering Entanglement

Warning: This chapter contains major sexual content.

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"You haven't answered my question yet." Qi Mingyue immersed himself in the warm spring water and lazily stretched out his hand to fiddle with the snowy moonflowers nearby with his back facing him. His movements were quite relaxed, and even his expression was calm like usual, but his heart clenched inexplicably. After such a long separation, as an emperor, he faced an endless number of concubines in the harem...

Qi Xutian hugged him from behind and dropped several light kisses on the red bruises, and when he spoke, no emotions could be felt in his faint voice, "Before I answer, tell me, do you really care?"

Qi Mingyue furrowed his eyebrows because of his question and looked sideways in confusion, "What do you mean?"

When did he not care? The thought that Father might have touched someone else... He lowered his eyes, and a dark, chilly light flashed past in his eyes. The moonflower crumpled into a ball under his gradually tightening fist.

"If you cared, why didn't you have even the slightest reaction when Jiang Yao sent that letter to you to inform you about the situation in the palace?" Holding him close to his chest, Qi Xutian dropped a few light kisses on the side of his neck and continued. "Qi Lianshuo took your place and became the most favoured prince, shouldn't you care? I didn't send any letters all these years, and you didn't send letters to me either. Did you ever miss me? Were you even the least bit worried?"

Qi Xutian asked this question with a sigh, but the movement of his hands remained exceptionally gentle. He slowly parted his legs and slowly inserted his fingers to tentatively search around.

Qi Mingyue's body was still sensitive after the sexual affair. He trembled lightly and reflexively clamped the foreign intruder inside him, and even his front reacted. When he heard the question filled with intense emotions from Father Emperor, his heart surged, and he couldn't bring himself to speak.

Qi Xutian encircled his waist and let his body lean against him as he gently entered his fingers again. His anger previously was not just because of seeing the intimacy between MingEr and Yan Qing, but also because of MingEr's behaviour. This time, he left the mountain without telling him in advance and didn't return to the palace to see him immediately; instead, he went to a restaurant and afterwards, he went to a brothel with someone else. He rushed to meet him, but what he saw was that scene. How could he not be angry? He felt so furious that he lost control of himself and wanted to do something to him in that situation. Thinking of the ardent sex under the influence of anger earlier, Qi Xutian pulled his finger out again, bringing out the residual traces of semen. His fingers gently rubbed the chrysanthemum a few times, "Does it still hurt?"

Qi Mingyue shook his head and leaned into his arms. After listening to these words, how could he not know what Father's anger was about? "Only now do I realise that you are actually so concerned about me," The complex feelings in his heart were not something he had ever felt before, and he did not know how to express it. He bit his lip and said, "It's not like I didn't miss you, it's just..."

"It's just what?" Qi Xutian felt helpless towards the young man in his arms. MingEr never relied on others, not even on him. "When will you be willing to treat me as the one you love rather than a so-called partner?" MingEr trusted him, but not emotionally. Instead, it was another kind of trust and a sort of dependence on a strong person.

Did he treat Father Emperor like his former partners? Did he have a rational sense of trust but not much enthusiasm? Qi Mingyue lowered his eyes when he heard the words, and a scene from the past flickered past his mind. He did indeed feel affection towards Father, but he had never experienced 'love.' He didn't know how to express his feelings. Back in his world, he had been a player; some people might have loved him, but had he ever truly loved anyone? However, today, he suddenly felt enlightened because of his father's words.