"Wh-What?"
Su Ziyue must not have heard him right.
Royal princess from Country J?
Princess Aika started to rage. "Did I give you permission to tell her? What made you think you could tell her my identity? I should be the one to tell Ziyue!"
"I'm just telling her the truth." Qin Muchen said breezily.
Su Ziyue looked at Princess Aika carefully.
It was no wonder she felt that Princess Aika had a certain air around her when she first saw her.
So, she is Country J's Royal Princess.
Su Ziyue suddenly felt out of sorts.
She wanted to pretend that she was unaffected, but she had never met royalty before. So, it was only natural for her to be curious and in awe.
"Let's go. Just ignore her." Qin Muchen suddenly spoke up and broke her train of thought.
Su Ziyue, "…"
"Ziyue, stay and eat with me. I may be a princess, but I've taken quite a liking to you." Princess Aika beamed at her.
If it was any other person who said this, Su Ziyue would chuckle and laugh it off. But it sounded a little off coming from Princess Aika.
Qin Muchen snorted derisively, "Did the private tutors not teach you any manners? Use 'please' when you want someone to have a meal with you."
"You!" Princess Aika glared at Qin Muchen.
It was plain for Su Ziyue to see that Qin Muchen did not like Princess Aika.
And it was the same for Princess Aika.
And her being stuck in the middle of this. It was obvious she had to choose Qin Muchen!
Her husband was more important.
She leaned in toward Princess Aika and whispered something to her.
Princess Aika looked shocked with what was said. "Is that so? Then you should hurry back. We'll have lunch tomorrow."
…
Qin Muchen asked Su Ziyue when they finally returned to the hotel. "What did you say to Princess Aika?"
Su Ziyue smiled mysteriously, "Take a guess."
"It doesn't matter if you guess it or not. I won't tell you." She added.
Qin Muchen snorted. He picked her up and tossed her onto the bed. "You really won't tell me? I guess we'll have to battle it out."
After the shock of being manhandled had passed, Su Ziyue tugged at her clothes, "Come on then."
Qin Muchen gripped her chin roughly. "I see you're learnt a thing or two. But do you really think that I won't do anything to you?"
Su Ziyue wasn't smiling. "Yup."
She then hopped off the bed. "I'm gonna wash up and go to bed. After all, I'm having lunch with the princess tomorrow."
Qin Muchen stripped and hurled his clothes onto the bed in anger. "You're not going!" He yelled at her retreating back.
How could he let Su Ziyue have lunch with that unreasonable woman? She was just trying to worm her way into his wife's life!
"I promised her I would, and I am a woman of my word." Su Ziyue's reply was muffled as she was brushing her teeth.
Qin Muchen wiped his face in aggravation and pouted like a child, "Then I'm going too!"
But even though that's what he said, he had to go back to work the next day.
He sent a few bodyguards to go with Su Ziyue in his stead.
…
"Ziyue, over here."
Princess Aika was dressed casually today in loose fitting clothes.
While she couldn't tell which brand it was from, it was obvious that it was very comfortable.
"Prin…"
"Yup." Before she could even call her princess, Aika cut her off.
She then winked at Su Ziyue.
"Let's go. My goal today is to buy some souvenirs for my mom and siblings back home. Thanks for helping me." Princess Aika smiled widely at her.
She was much more approachable today. It was a complete one-eighty from how she was yesterday.
Princess Aika shrugged. "Don't look so surprised. I spent a lot of my time in the army when I was in Country J. I just want to get along with everyone. Don't be so uptight. Besides, Country Z has long abolished their monarchy. You're used to democracy, and your government was elected by the public."
Su Ziyue relaxed when she heard what the princess said.
They spent the entire day together and at the end of it, Su Ziyue came to realize that Princess Aika was quite the chatterbox. Her curiosity was easily piqued, and she talked to Su Ziyue nonstop.
It was completely different from how she imagined a royal princess would act.
Their bodyguards took care of the parcels and bags they had accumulated from shopping.
Princess Aika held a greasy carton in her hand, and she was chewing on a french-fry. She turned to Su Ziyue and mumbled with her mouth full, "Shall we get rid of them?"
"What?" Su Ziyue wasn't paying attention to what Princess Aika was saying. She was holding an ice-cream cone and was focused on keeping it from dripping all over the place.
"I'm saying, let's get rid of them and hang out without them." Aika repeated.
The smell of garlic from the french-fry seasoning filled Su Ziyue's nose when Aika spoke.
Su Ziyue burst out in laughter. "We can't do that. Your safety is much more important."
This was no laughing matter. Aika was Country J's beloved princess. If anything were to happen to her in Country Z, who knew what the repercussions would be.
"It's fine. I can take care of myself. I can even take care of you. It's decided then." Aika patted Su Ziyue on the shoulder.
Before she knew it, Aika had tossed everything over her shoulder, and they were running.
Aika pulled Su Ziyue into a crowd of people.
Aika was being a bit rough with Su Ziyue. Her hand gripped tightly around Su Ziyue, urging her to go faster.
Su Ziyue could not pull herself free. She had no choice but to run along with her.
"Mrs. Qin! Miss Aika!"
"Mrs. Qin!"
"…"
The cries of the bodyguard quickly faded out.
"Prin… cess… Ai… ka…. I can't… Run any further…" Su Ziyue gasped for air.
Aika pulled her around a few more corners before finally letting go of her.
"Your stamina is seriously lacking. You won't have a chance in beating Qin Muchen in a fight if you're like this." Aika sounded like she was actually worried for her.
Su Ziyue wheezed as she shook her head. "No… No way…"
Before she could finish her sentence, Aika interrupted her. "You mean to say you'd beat him?"
"No, I meant that he won't hit me." Su Ziyue finally caught her breath.
Aika's eyes widened. "Really? I don't believe it. He doesn't hit you?"
Su Ziyue chuckled.
Everyone knew him to be ruthless and bad tempered. She was the only one he was vulnerable to.
One wouldn't believe it if they didn't witness it.
Su Ziyue had no intention of explaining further. "Come on. What do you want to do?"
"I want to go to a bar. I heard that the bars here are really different from Country J's."
"…"
She had thought that Aika was going to do something crazy…
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