Tonight, with a series of things on Jin Zhao's head, he suddenly felt a little irritable. He went back to his room, sat at the table for an unknown amount of time, took a few sips of strong wine, and then slowly calmed down..

He was lying on the table, and the spirits in the jug spilled on the table at some point, but he didn't react, his eyes gradually blurred, and he fell into a drowsy sleep.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, a familiar voice came from my ear, and someone tapped my shoulder twice.

"Azhao, Azhao, wake up."

The man called him for a while, but he didn't respond in a daze, so the man had no choice but to help him up and went to the side of the bed.

After helping him to lie down, it took a while before he opened his eyes, and saw someone he knew sitting beside the bed.

Unexpectedly, Shen Li would take the initiative to look for him, he thought it was his own illusion.

Looking at his face stupidly, there was no response for a long time.

Shen Li stretched out his hand to caress his eyebrows, and said softly, "What are you looking at so stupidly?"

His palm was warm and gentle, which made Jin Zhao's face, which was already hot from drinking, feel very comfortable, so he involuntarily held his palm and pressed it against his cheek.

"I thought it was... a dream, why did you come here?"

Shen Li didn't break free, sat on the side of the bed, looked at him quietly and said, "You...what's the matter? Drink like this?"

Jin Zhao muttered, "It's nothing, just took a few sips."

"How did you leave just now? I thought you would wait for me in the mansion." His face was indeed very hot, and his palms were so hot.

Jin Zhao just drank a lot of wine, and now his mind is still groggy. Regarding Shen Li's question, he was almost stunned for a long time before saying: "I... I'm fine."

"Xunfeng said that you were in a hurry just now, and your urgency was to come back and drink?" Shen Li didn't intend to listen to his casual perfunctory.

Jin Zhao raised his eyes to look at him, and there was a trace of struggle in his eyes that was fleeting. He was really uncomfortable now, but he didn't know where to start.

Shen Li was not in a hurry, moved his body, got closer to him, stretched out his other hand, held his cheeks, and asked seriously: "Did Xun Feng tell you something?"

Jin Zhao: ...

Without hearing his answer, Shen Li almost acquiesced, stroking his temples gently with his fingertips, and said softly: "Azhao, between you and me, there is no need for others to point fingers, you just need to listen to me., what are you doing listening to others?"

"But because of me, Gui Yun's eyes..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Li stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around his neck, and said against his forehead, "What nonsense, it's not because of you, don't take everything on yourself."

Shen Li's tone was as firm as his eyes, which made Jin Zhao unconsciously sucked in and believed his words unconsciously.

"It's the first time I've seen you look so listless. Didn't you always look like an arrogant rascal in the past?"

"If something goes wrong, we can solve it together. I don't want to...you hide everything in your heart, so what do you think of me?"

"Can't I...help you?"

Shen Li spoke out one sentence after another, with a soft and comforting tone, it was the first time Jin Zhao saw him talking so much, although he was not very sober now, but because of his words, his heart was warmYes, very comfortable.

But after thinking about it, although he said that Gui Yun's incident was not because of him, but... the self-blame in his heart has not dissipated, and the matter has developed to this point, and he can still be so comforted...

Jin Zhao stretched out his hands to wrap his arms around his body, buried his cheek in his neck, and said in a muffled voice, "Your Highness, why are you so kind to me?"

Shen Li gently stroked the top of his hair, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, "Fool, why are you and I asking these questions, the reason... don't you understand?"

Jin Zhao raised his head, looked at him stupidly and said, "But I want to hear it from you."

Shen Li caressed his eyebrows, "I love you, I want to treat you well, is there anything wrong?"

After asking this question, he took the initiative to kiss Jin Zhao's lips.

Jin Zhao was still immersed in that sentence before he could react, and felt a burst of warmth and softness on his lips.

His eyes are as gentle as water, and people can't help but sink into them.

Jin Zhao slowly realized that the villain he tried to avoid had gradually entered his heart. When the two of them opened their hearts together, the person in front of him was also gradually changing.

Jin Zhao admits that after living for decades, he has never been so close to a person's heart. The perverted male partner he once hated, slowly took off that layer of disguise and shackles, and showed his true self in front of him.in front of.

Originally... he was such a gentle and kind person, but due to environmental factors... he had to build a barrier for himself to prevent himself from the outside world.

Jin Zhao unconsciously recalled the scene in the dream, the boy squatting helplessly in a corner and crying, with a pitiful appearance, at that time, he was just a... helpless and fragile child.

"What are you thinking?" Seeing that his face was lost, Shen Li asked softly, leaving his lips.

Jin Zhao didn't realize that at this moment, his eyes were reddish with faint wetness.

Shen Li seemed to have noticed something was wrong with him, and touched his forehead worriedly, "What's wrong?"

Jin Zhao held his hand and drew closer to him, "I don't feel uncomfortable at all, I feel... very happy to be with you."

"Are you really happy?"

"real."

Jin Zhao kissed his forehead lightly, and said in an extremely sincere tone.

"Then don't look like this anymore. I still hope you...return to the way you were before. This look...is very distressing."

Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on the corner of Jin Zhao's mouth, "If you can be treated like this by His Highness... I don't mind a few more times... so that you can feel more distressed."

Seeing that he had returned to his previous appearance, Shen Li breathed a sigh of relief, wrapped his arms around his neck and said, "Just now...you couldn't have pretended like that."

Jin Zhao smiled and said, "What do you think?"

"I think... it's mostly pretentious."

As soon as Shen Li finished speaking, Jin Zhao hugged his waist tightly and kissed his temples, "If you like it, I will pretend for you forever."

"you really…"

Shen Li's cheeks flushed slightly, and he also hugged his neck tightly.

The night breeze was slightly cool, but the temperature in the room was gradually rising, mixed with the faint aroma of wine, and the hearts of the two people on the bed gradually moved closer together.

Early the next morning, Shen Li returned to the mansion with a tired expression, fell asleep and fell asleep.

On the contrary, after Shen Li left, Jin Zhao entered the palace and went to the imperial study.

Emperor Xuanhui was reviewing the memorial, and it seemed to be expected that Jin Zhao would take the initiative to meet him without being summoned.

He put down the memorial in his hand, looked at Jin Zhao with a smile on his face and said, "I don't know why General Cui came here?"

Jin Zhao said bluntly: "Your Majesty, you should have guessed why I came here."