Chapter Ninety-Three: Swimming in the Lake (Part II)
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The starry sky seemed to be extraordinarily brilliant tonight, the huge star in the sky representing the god of destiny Denarus was only a little smaller than the moon, and the stars around it seemed to be looking up at its brightness, slowly moving around it, and occasionally flashing comets dragged their long tails through them, falling on the other side of the sky, adding a gorgeous note to the lonely night.
"Aragorn!" Annabelle ate the last small piece of meat, gently stirring the campfire in front of her with the branch.
"What?" Liang Ke leaned on Sanduo's warm fur, feeling the comfort after eating.
"Why did you save me?"
"It's my responsibility to save you, didn't His Royal Highness send me here to ensure your safety?" Liang Ke seemed to hesitate for a moment, but then said.
"That'...... What if your father hadn't sent you?"
"Naturally, the man who was sent saved you. ”
"You...... Are you really a person, you won't coax others?" Annabelle slapped the fire with a branch, and the splashed sparks crackled and blew at Liang Ke in the wind, making Liang Ke hot and slapping his body.
"Hehe! Actually, it's instinct to save you! Since we are here, how can we see that you are in danger and not save you?"
"But...... But after you saved me, why...... Why are you bullying me like that?"
"How did I bully you?" Liang Ke was a little puzzled.
"You ...... me," Annabelle subconsciously clutched her corset.
"Oh! That's a first-aid technique in our hometown. Works well for people who are drowning, and if I don't do that, you're probably dead. ”
"Is that so?" questioned Annabelle, but to her own surprise, she didn't seem to doubt what Liang Ke said.
"Well, that's called CPR. It may seem thin, but it was the only way to save you at the time, and I'll be able to do some. Haha, Danaruth is above, you should thank His Royal Highness the Prince for letting me accompany you, otherwise the consequences may be unimaginable. ”
"Father is right, you're a magical fellow. Thank you, though!," Annabelle said softly.
"Haha! Forget it, you've thanked you for that slap in the face. Liang Ke moved his body to make himself sit more comfortably.
"Stingy guy!" Annabelle smiled, revealing a small dimple.
A gust of night wind blew through the campfire with a few dead leaves, causing the flames to sway, and Annabelle hugged herself tighter.
"You...... Is it cold?" Annabelle asked in a voice that could barely be heard by herself.
"You're cold, you're cold, come here when it's cold, Sanduo's body is very warm. Liang Ke invited the voice on the other side of the cloak.
Annabelle seemed to hesitate, and finally bit her lip, lifted the hem of her skirt that had not yet dried, slowly lifted the cloak, glanced at the position that Liang Ke had given up, and quickly burrowed into the coat left by Liang Ke like a frightened rabbit.
It's really warm here, the stones under her, the clothes on her body and the soft fur behind Sanduo, there is no place that is not warm, she can even feel the body temperature left by Liang Ke and the masculinity that is unique only to him. However, there seems to be something missing.
"You...... Do you want to join us?" Annabelle lowered her head and whispered something she couldn't believe herself, then shifted her body to the side. The dark red bonfire made her face ruddy and lovely, which made people dazzled.
Liang Ke's body froze slightly, turned his head to look at the girl who grew up in this castle, looked at the trace of shyness hidden under the arrogance from the tips of her hair and eyebrows, and experienced the faint gentleness that he had never experienced. He lost his mind for a moment, as if he suddenly saw a little bit of Sister Tith's figure, but the feeling was fleeting, drifting with the cold wind in the endless starry sky. Liang Ke retracted his gaze and shook his head slowly.
"No, I'm in good shape, I don't feel cold. When you have dried your clothes, we will go back early, or the army of His Royal Highness the Prince will probably go out of the city to look for you!" Liang Ke stood up, picked up the clothes dried on the stone, went around to the cloak, and put them on one by one, as if he did not understand the meaning of those words at all.
Annabelle buried her head lower, her shoulders twitching, tears glistening in her eyes. She never thought that she would one day send such a ridiculous invitation to a man, let alone that her invitation would be rejected so cruelly. At this moment, she felt as if she had stumbled and fallen from the top of a mountain, as if she had been robbed of candy by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when she was a child, as if the bride had been suddenly torn off her veil, making her feel that her whole person had become empty, and that slapping the lake on the shore was a mockery of her, and she found that even the stars in the sky had closed their eyes for her shame. Annabelle stood up in a trance, letting the wet hem of her skirt pick up the dirt on the ground, and walked towards the equally dazed unicorn in despair.
Liang Ke looked at the bleak back, and also realized that his ruthlessness might have hurt Annabelle. He put away the cloak and hurried after Annabelle.
"Miss Annabelle! I ....."
"Colonel Aragon, let's go back quickly! You're right, my father will be in a hurry, besides, it's too cold here......" Annabelle didn't look back, her voice was flat and empty, and Liang Ke could hear the sadness and disappointment in her tone. He really didn't have a good feeling for the prince's daughter, all he could see was Annabelle, a high-minded, arrogant and arrogant aristocratic lady, and saving people was entirely out of duty and instinct for him, and he believed that even if it were someone else, he would do it. But Liang Ke's heroic feat is completely different in the eyes of Annabelle, who is just beginning to fall in love, she always feels that it is Liang Ke's special care for her, especially his way of saving people, which is so shy, isn't that something that only couples in love can do? But after he was light, he seemed so indifferent, and finally coldly refused her so embarrassing invitation.
Annabelle was a little hesitant in addition to loss and sadness, she had doubts about her beauty and charm for the first time, and she also knew for the first time that there were things she couldn't get in this world, and she was silent along the way, trying to keep her distance from Liang Ke, not letting this ruthless guy see her tears. It wasn't until she returned to the residence that she fell on her mother's shoulder and wept bitterly, but no matter how the prince and the princess asked, the stubborn Annabelle refused to tell the reason.