Chapter 30

Chen Liangyuan held the sachet in both hands as if it were a heart.

Such a deep and heartfelt declaration, coupled with Chen Liangyuan's tearful appearance, would surely soften the heart of any normal man.

Unfortunately, Luo Qinghan was not a normal man.

He was an emotionless brute.

"I remember now, your name is Chen Lanxin, meaning 'a heart as pure as orchid.' It's indeed a good name, but you don't deserve it."

His cold and indifferent voice, devoid of any emotion, instantly sent Chen Liangyuan to hell.

She never expected her carefully prepared declaration to end this way.

Her face turned as pale as paper, and her fingers trembled as she clutched the sachet.

She wanted to say something more, but Luo Qinghan didn't give her the chance. With a wave of his hand, he had her dragged out.

Without Chen Liangyuan, the room fell into a silence.

Baoqin and Chang Gonggong both kept their heads down, afraid to speak, lest they be implicated.

Luo Qinghan looked at Xiao Xixi.

Xiao Xixi sensed that he was in a bad mood and, not knowing how to comfort him, could only ask dryly,

"Has Your Highness eaten?"

Luo Qinghan: "No."

"I haven't eaten either. I've been waiting for you."

For some reason, when Luo Qinghan heard this, his originally gloomy mood improved slightly.

He said, "I was too busy today and forgot the time. If this happens again, you can send someone to remind me."

Xiao Xixi nodded in agreement.

The chicken soup had been kept warm on the stove and could be served immediately. Baoqin also prepared a few simple dishes using ingredients from their backyard.

Xiao Xixi was starving, but she remembered her role as a concubine and first served a bowl of chicken soup to the Crown Prince.

Only after the Crown Prince took the first sip did she start to eat.

Luo Qinghan watched her quickly shovel food into her mouth and gently reminded her, "Don't eat too fast; it's bad for your stomach."

Xiao Xixi's cheeks were puffed out with food.

She chewed and mumbled a response.

"Okay."

Luo Qinghan's eating was very elegant; he chewed and swallowed each mouthful slowly. However, it didn't seem like he was savoring the food, but rather completing a predetermined task.

By the time he finished his first bowl, Xiao Xixi was already on her third.

Baoqin, fearing that her mistress would leave a bad impression of being a glutton, whispered, "Mistress, are you full yet?"

Xiao Xixi swallowed the food in her mouth. "No, I can still eat another bowl!"

Baoqin: "..."

She was despairing.

She didn't even dare to look at the Crown Prince's expression.

Other concubines would pretend to be delicate fairies who only drank dew in front of the Crown Prince, but her mistress was a unique one, eating bowl after bowl as if her stomach were a bottomless pit.

Luo Qinghan pushed his empty bowl toward Xiao Xixi.

Xiao Xixi looked up from her bowl, a grain of rice still stuck to her lip, and asked, "Does Your Highness want more rice?"

Luo Qinghan said, "I want to drink the soup."

He tried to hold back but couldn't, and reminded her, "You have a grain of rice on your lip."

Xiao Xixi touched her mouth. "Here?"

"Not this side, the other side."

Xiao Xixi switched to the other side but still couldn't find the grain of rice.

Luo Qinghan reached out, and his cool fingertips brushed past her mouth.

It was like summer rain falling on a lake, rippling the surface.

He took a handkerchief from Chang Gonggong, wiped his fingers, and said calmly, "That's better."