Although Hui Lan had smiled it off, she lowered her gaze and could not take her eyes off his chest. The noises in her ears had become all muffled. Everything in the outside world was coming from a distance. All she could hear was her own heartbeat that was beating loudly in her mind.
Ba-Dum. Ba-Dum.
It continued to dominate her consciousness.
Young master Hei had called Hong Ying many times but to no avail. Hong Ying's attention was elsewhere. He followed her gaze and found himself looking at his own chest.
...Something that bothered her didn't go away.
With two hands, he decided to wrap her face in his grasp ever so lightly.
But that was enough to bring Hong Ying's attention back to him. She sucked a deep breath of cool air into her lungs.
Hong Ying was like a rabbit that had been caught. Her eyes shook and fear was written all over her face.
Phew, now I can finally breathe. SORRY GUYS. The plot I originally planned for was this and not going to lie, I almost ditched this plot. I didn't expect to receive so many strong feelings towards the Emperor. Then again, he wasn't the greatest male lead, but I tried to bring out the nature of what an Emperor is like. His decisions might not be fair or reasonable, but it's the only way that wouldn't harm his people. Though some of his decisions might have been clouded, in the end, his people were safe. It was hard because I tried to write what it was like in his shoes under my own pressure of how I would have done differently. As the Emperor, he can only do as much, but as young master Hei, it's like he's invincible. I leave you guys to guess which side of him is his true personality hehe. Thank you for reading, see you tmr! BTW the mass release will come Jan 6! I'm going back to see my family this week, so I had to postpone the mass release TT.