Rumours (3)
âWhere are you going? I havenât eaten- sit and keep me company!â Princess Longji grabbed the childâs collar with a swoop, then lifted him on to her lap.
âLet me go! You eat your noodles, I want to go play. I havenât got many days left to enjoy myself here!â The child struggled, wanting to leave her âmagic graspâ.
He didnât know how many people envied him right now. To be hugged by Princess Longji, to sit in her lapâŠ
âSo you know it too? Then why not keep me company for a little while longer. We donât know when weâll meet again!â she said wistfully.
The child looked at her, thought for a moment, then said, âAlright, Iâll keep you company for the last few daysâŠâ
âHey hey! What do you mean âthe last few daysâ!! You sound like we wonât meet each other forever. Youâre so silly, you canât say that!!â huffed Princess Longji, who tightened her hug.
âPrincess Longji, your noodlesâŠâ The owner appeared, bringing a bowl of noodles filled with different ingredients. His eyes filled with admiration as he looked at the child.
However, when the child saw the bowl of noodles, his face changed. Upset, he complained, âThatâs not fair, why does she get so much stuff in her bowl! My noodles were so little. Are you favouring my cousin because sheâs a pretty girl!!â
ââŠâ The owner stood awkwardly, not sure what to say. As if the child had said exactly what he thought.
âYou little troublemaker, who can blame your cousin for being so pretty? Of course he would give me extra food. You can be jealous all you want, Iâll only share a little with you⊠Ah, you little troublemaker, I havenât finished speaking and youâre eating already!!â Princess Longji realised the child had already started to attack her noodles gleefully.
âEven if you didnât say that, Iâd still eat some!â came his reply as he continued to eat.
ââŠâ She didnât say anything. Instead, she proceeded to fight the child for her food.
This scene made the stall owner sweat. He really wanted to say that he still had noodles. If they wanted, he could always cook more.
Then again, he didnât understand that they would still fight even if there were more noodles! The problem didnât lie with the portion of noodles!!
Although the stall owner didnât know what was going on, watching them made him understand something. He threw all the rumours heâd heard out of the window.
What did they mean, illegitimate son? Thatâs bullshit, they were insulting my goddess!!
âBrother, according to your estimates, how long before recovering your original state?â said Princess Longji after finishing her noodles. She hugged the child gently.
âNot more than three days. The larger the size, the faster the recovery would be!â said the child.
Recovering? Original state? The stall owner, still straining his ears, was confused. He didnât understand what Princess Longji was talking about. Was this state not the childâs âoriginal stateâ?
Thatâs right! He wasnât supposed to look like this, he was a youth of 18-19 years old!!
As our story reaches this point, youâd know that the child is Ye Lang!!
Ye Lang was now the height of a child, plus with his teenage face, many people mistook him for a child. That was how he became the rumoured illegitimate son of Princess Longji!
This wasnât something Ye Lang expected either. He thought recovery would be sudden, where heâd immediately return to his original size. Instead, the results were this. He was recovering gradually.
According to his calculations, as his body grew, the effects of the herb would decrease, thatâd mean his growth rate would get faster and faster!!
He could also work out that his body would return in three days. He was very happy because that meant being able to escape Princess Longji.
These days, sheâd been bringing Ye Lang with her all day. Especially when he was still tiny, she almost always kept him in her belt.
According to her, she liked Ye Lang this tiny, because it was convenientâŠ
And because Ye Lang was tiny, sheâd bully him a little. Too bad he was so small!!
That was how Ye Lang lived in suffering, constantly wanting to recover quicker to escape her!
Of course, he didnât let her off easy either. When he did research on methods of recovery, heâd accidentally put a little herb into her food, or accidentally spill it on her.
That caused Princess Longji to faint at least once a day, then sheâd be treated by Ye LangâŠ
âYou little troublemaker! You did that on purpose!!â She clenched her teeth, accusing Ye Lang of doing all of it on purpose. Ye Lang always insisted they were accidents though, and she had no evidence of him doing it on purpose, soâŠ
Of course she wouldnât back down! She continued to bully Ye Lang! An eye for an eye, Iâll kill you!!
That was how both of them were trapped in a cycleâŠ
Also, after Ye Lang recovered, Coldblood Five wanted to escape. She was caught by Ye Lang and brutally bullied!
What she was worried about before finally came true. She was held in his hand, like a kid holding a toy!
The worst thing was that this kid didnât seem to like his toy. He kept tugging on his toy, pulling, tossing it aroundâŠ
This was payback!! Revenge served cold!!
It was still fine though. Most of the time, Ye Lang would forget and instead bring Coldblood Five around to play!
After Ye Lang recovered, perhaps it would be the moment they both would separate. He might not want to bring Coldblood Five along with him, and Coldblood Five wouldnât want to follow him either. She had other things going on!!
During this period, even the empress dowager would often chat with Ye Lang, even hugging him!
In her own words, she said she thought sheâd missed the opportunity to watch her grandson grow up. This was an opportunity given by the heavens for her to make amends during this time, so she could watch her grandson grow little by little every day.
Two days later, in the morning, Ye Lang had already almost fully recovered. There was still a centimetre or two left, but within an hour heâd get back that centimetre!
âAlright, Iâm leaving. Donât miss me too much. If you want to see me, go to Sheng City!â he said to Princess Longji, Coldblood Five and Coldblood Seven standing in front of him. He was stretching.
âNo one will miss you! I canât wait for you to leave!!â said Coldblood Five suddenly. She was sitting on Ye Langâs shoulder. Her tiny head was cocked, looking nonchalant.
âLittle Five, Iâm considering bringing you along with me. Just in case you donât recover, Iâll be able to help you!â said Ye Lang solemnly, deep in thought.
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