The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1108 - 1108 535 Crafty Jiaojiao (First Release)

Chapter 1108: 535 Crafty Jiaojiao (First Release) Chapter 1108: 535 Crafty Jiaojiao (First Release) “Not there? Hmm?”

Xiao Hen raised an eyebrow, a muffled voice coming through clenched teeth.

However, the person caught in the act didn’t seem to feel guilty at all; her cool fingertips continued to peck downwards.

Xiao Hen was both amused and exasperated.

In this world, there was no one with a thicker face than this girl.

By nature, Xiao Hen was a shy person, whose heart would race for a long while even from holding hands, but he couldn’t stand how someone kept taking advantage of him time and again, and so unabashedly at that.

Did this girl really think he wouldn’t dare to do anything to her?

He pinched her smooth little chin with a hint of a threat in his voice, “So you don’t want to sleep, do you?”

Gu Jiao’s mischievous hand paused briefly, her eyes still closed, she said, “I do.”

“No, you don’t.”

Xiao Hen then flipped over, propping his elbows on both sides of her, pressing her down beneath him in a feigned manner.

Since she was the one who provoked him first, he wouldn’t let her sleep well.

He lowered his head and covered her soft lips with his.

From the moment she had returned through the wind and snow to appear before him, wishing him “Happy Birthday, Lord Xiao,” he had wanted to do just this.

He struggled to restrain himself; this girl had no idea how hard he fought to control himself, easily breaking all his restraints with ease.

After resting at home for a few days, the lips that had been chapped by the wind and frost regained their moisture and softness.

His breathing became ragged, his heart nearly leaping out of his chest.

He briefly let her go just before the last shred of his composure collapsed.

“Your face is red,” Gu Jiao said.

“Don’t talk!” he buried his head in the crook of her neck.

“Your ears are red too,” Gu Jiao continued.

“Gu Jiaojiao!” his voice was husky.

Gu Jiao slightly turned her head, her small mouth aimed at his reddening ear, whispering softly, “Your voice doesn’t even sound like your own~”

Xiao Hen’s breath hitched, “…Gu Jiaojiao!”

“Here,” Gu Jiao obediently responded.

That single word made Xiao Hen’s heart melt, the flames of embarrassment swiftly extinguished by a bucket of ice-cold water, leaving him with a wry smile looking down at the person beneath him.

The person beneath him still had her eyes closed in feigned ignorance.

Xiao Hen shifted his elbows inward, holding her even tighter, then the corner of his lips raised in a chuckle, “Aren’t you supposed to be asleep? How is it that you can see now?”

Let her try to be defiant again.

Xiao Hen saw her tightly closed eyelids twitch as her eyes moved beneath them.

Xiao Hen laughed, his forehead pressed against hers, and he said in a voice full of seduction, “Can’t speak anymore, can you?”

His voice was so pleasant that Gu Jiao’s ears tingled.

Gu Jiao paused for a moment, “You taste really good.”

Xiao Hen: “…”

How did the subject change so quickly?

Fine, let’s discuss how many coins that’s worth, then.

Xiao Hen watched amusingly as she stubbornly kept her eyes closed, “Really? How can it be tasty when you haven’t even had a bite?”

“I did have a bite.” Gu Jiao blindly raised her hand, fumbling until she touched his cheek, and she tapped his lips.

With her still pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed, Xiao Hen truly admired her nerve.

In times past, there was the proverbial thief who covered his ears while stealing a bell; now, there was Gu Jiao playing coy with her husband.

Xiao Hen wanted to laugh, whispering in her ear, “Gu Jiaojiao, that’s not what having a bite means.”

He spoke swiftly and immediately regretted it after.

Those words… were too brazen.

Perhaps worried she’d catch on and they’d both feel awkward, he swiftly changed the topic, “How old are girls in your region when they come of age?”

Now that he knew she wasn’t the real Gu Jiaoniang, and since she had admitted she wasn’t Gu Jiaoniang, there was no need to pretend he was clueless.

Even though, in truth, there was still much he was unclear about.

For example, her origins, and why she had ended up as Gu Jiaoniang.

Unaware of the rapid thoughts that had flashed through his mind in an instant, Gu Jiao honestly replied, “Girls become adults at eighteen, and marry at twenty.”

Coming of age meant the hairpin ceremony and marriage was to wed; these were things Xiao Hen understood.

As he stroked the top of her head, Xiao Hen asked softly, “So when you ask me to wait for you to grow up, are you talking about waiting until you’re twenty or until you’re eighteen?”

As Gu Jiao, with her eyes still closed, was about to speak,

Xiao Hen said in a hoarse voice, “Eighteen.”

Gu Jiao: “I didn’t say that.”

Xiao Hen: “You did, I heard it.”

Gu Jiao: “You’re playing dirty.”

Xiao Hen laughed softly, touching her cheek lightly, “Yes, I’m playing dirty, but Doctor Gu, are you sure you can wait until eighteen?”

Gu Jiao earnestly said, “Of course I can!”

Xiao Hen looked at her with a smirk, “Maybe you should take your hand out before you say that?”

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