Chapter 374: Selfish Desires
As a child, he was thrown into a cage and forced to fight wild beasts.
He had begged for someone to open the cell door and let him out.
It's a pity that it didn't work.
No matter how much he pleaded, he ignored him.
Since then he has understood that no one will come to save him.
Begging will not be exchanged for the softness of others, it will only make others laugh more happily.
The only thing he can rely on is himself.
Xiao Ti engraved this realization into his heart, telling himself that he could never pin his hope on others.
For so many years, he has long been accustomed to fighting alone, and just now on the line of life and death, he really thought that he was dead.
He never expected someone to come to his rescue.
didn't expect that Yu Xuanxuan would suddenly appear.
She is only one person, but with full courage, she breaks through the siege and breaks into his world desperately.
Xiao Ti suddenly had a sense of returning to the trance of his childhood.
The door of the cell, which had been tightly closed, was suddenly slammed open.
Someone rushed into the cage and held out his hand to take him away.
Memories and reality overlap.
Past and present are intertwined.
Xiao Ti couldn't tell if this was a dream for a while? Or is it something that really happened?
He met Yu's incomprehensible gaze, and his heart involuntarily softened, and even his voice became gentle.
"Thank you for saving me."
If it weren't for her, he would still be trapped in the cage of his childhood, never to be free.
Yu Yuanxuan thought that he was talking about saving him from Han Chengxi's hands.
She said with a sigh of relief.
"Luckily I came quickly, if I had been too late, your life would have been lost."
Xiao Ti said softly: "Yes, fortunately you came." β
His luck has not been very good since he was a child, his biological father died early, his mother was ruthless, and the emperor seemed to be kind to him, but he was actually using him.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty regarded him as a thorn in their eyes, and the people of the world regarded him as a flood beast.
He seemed destined to walk alone in the dark in this life.
The luck that others have at their fingertips is his unreachable stars.
But that's no longer the case.
He's got a curl.
In the dark, fate is freely arranged.
The luck he had accumulated over the years was all to be able to meet her.
Yu Yuan saw that his upper body was still naked, so he hurriedly found a clean dress and put it on him.
When Xiao Ti raised his hand, he happened to touch the butterfly jade pendant.
The jade pendant was originally held in his arms, presumably when Yu Yuan undressed him just now, the jade pendant fell out.
He picked up the jade pendant and handed it to Yu Yuan.
"It's yours, now it's back to its rightful owner."
Yu Yuan looked at the butterfly jade pendant close at hand, and there was a complicated feeling in his heart that he couldn't explain.
"Han Chengxi used this jade pendant to trick you into being willing to die?"
Xiao Ti said in a low voice: "He said that you were caught by Concubine Shu, I was afraid that something would happen to you." β
Yu's curling nose was sour, and his eye sockets became red.
"Are you stupid? Why do you believe what people say? Isn't it just a jade pendant, what if he stole it? β
Xiao Ti naturally knew that there was this possibility.
But he was still afraid, afraid that if it really fell into the hands of Concubine Shu.
Even if there was only a 1 in 10,000 chance, he didn't dare to gamble.
Yu Yuan took the butterfly jade pendant.
Thinking that Xiao Ti almost lost her life because of this jade pendant, she hated it so much that she wanted to smash it to pieces.
But when she lifted the jade pendant, she still couldn't really drop it.
This is the jade pendant that Xiao Ti desperately got back.
There was still a little bit of blood on it.
Yu Yuan held the butterfly jade pendant tightly, and said seriously in a crying voice.
"You have to remember that even if I am really kidnapped in the future, you will no longer be able to be slaughtered as stupidly as you did just now.
If you really sacrificed your life for me, how will you let me live in the future?
I will be tormented to death by guilt and remorse. β
Xiao Ti was silent.
Looking at the way he looked, you knew he didn't listen to her.
Yu took a deep breath and walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.
She took Xiao Ti's hand and looked into his eyes word by word.
"I know you have a sense of responsibility to me.
Because I am your princess, you are willing to sacrifice yourself to protect me.
But you have to remember that you live in this world first and only yourself, and then my husband.
When you are in danger, you must prioritize your own safety before you can think of others.
Maybe you'll think I'm being selfish when I say that.
But that's what I'm saying.
I selfishly hope that you will live well.
Can you fulfill this selfishness of mine? β
Xiao Ti stared at her quietly.
Over the years, in the process of cultivating him, the emperor has always kept repeating those few words-
"It was I who saved you, and from now on your life belongs to me, and you will have to do whatever I tell you to do."
"You must be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and you must have the court and the people in your heart."
"You can't be selfish, and you can't have selfish desires."
"You have to open your eyes, your life is just a speck of dust in the world, even if you die, it doesn't matter, as long as you can complete the orders I gave you."
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No one had ever told him that he wanted to prioritize his own safety.
No one had ever told him that he could be selfish.
After a long time, Xiao Ti slowly spoke.
"I'm sorry, I can't."
Yu Yuan was a little anxious: "Why don't you listen to persuasion?" Haven't you heard the saying that listening to people's advice to eat a full meal?! β
Xiao Ti reached out and helped her wipe the dust off her face.
"I really can't do it."
He wants her to live well, this is his selfish desire.
To do this, he is willing to do anything.
Yu Yuanxuan was really angry.
She pushed away Xiao Tiao's hand and scolded angrily.
"Is your head made of stone? Why don't you know how to turn? I'll just call you Xiao Shi in the future! β
Instead of getting angry, Xiao Ti smiled softly.
"Okay, let's call it Xiao Shishi."
In the future, this is the exclusive name for him.
Yu Yuan was really annoyed when he saw that he didn't eat oil and salt.
But she couldn't do anything about him, so she could only stand up in the end.
"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you."
With that, she turned around and ran out in a huff.
Xiao Ti reminded: "I haven't finished wiping my body yet." β
Although Yu Yuanxuan was annoyed, he also remembered that he was an injured patient, and his arm was still hanging with gauze at this moment, and he couldn't scrub his body.
She could only suppress her anger, returned to the bed with a small face, and ordered him with a wet handkerchief.
"Turn around."
Xiao Ti obediently turned around, facing her with his back.
His back is very straight, his shoulders are straight, and the muscles on his back are smooth and beautiful.
There are also scars of varying shades scattered on his back.
That's all what he left over from his previous missions.
Yu curled down and wiped his back with a wet handkerchief, her movements involuntarily becoming gentle when she touched those scars.
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I've written so many articles, putting aside other factors, Xuan Xuan and Xiao Ti are my favorite pair of cps so far, what about you?
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