After Being Kidnapped by the Crown Prince - Chapter 245
~End of chapter 244
The kitten let out a few meows.
Xiaoman found it very annoying, and let go of it. Tilting her round little face, she looked at her mother and said, “The kitten is so noisy.”
Ming Zhu thought that her daughter would also like cute little animals like these, but it turned out that she had gotten ahead of herself.
She asked the maid to carry the white kitten back, while she herself accompanied Xiaoman to play a game for half an hour.
Chapter 245
Zhao Zhi came back in the evening, and when he heard the intendant Lin say that she seemed to like the cat, his raised eyebrows gradually relaxed, and his cold and stern expression softened slightly as he asked, “Have the cat’s nails been clipped?”
Cats were not understanding of human nature.
And if their character was not gentle, cats would easily use their claws to hurt people.
The intendant Lin slightly bent over, “When I brought it to the crown princess, I already had the cat’s claws trimmed clean, and also carefully trained its temperament, I will never let a small beast hurt the crown princess.”
“Mmh.”
“At first, the crown princess didn’t really want to keep it.”
Zhao Zhi was surprised to hear this, the sharp cold wind swayed his wide sleeves, revealing his white and thin wrists, he was clutching a string of Buddha beads in his palm, he said, “That can’t be.”
He didn’t like these non-human little beasts.
But Ming Zhu did like cats and dogs very much.
At that time, when Ming Zhu was probably still be in the stage of getting engaged and preparing her marriage, she used to sneak out of the back door every day.
She didn’t have much money, so she bought some snacks, and when she saw wild cats and dogs on the roadside, she couldn’t help feeding them.
The cats also stuck to her, and every time they saw her, they would go up to her and meow.
Back then, Ming Zhu’s expression was full of struggle, “I want to take you home too, but my family won’t let me keep you, you’ll die if you go back with me.”
The matriarch hated the sound of cats meowing.
Her legitimate sister also thought that wild cats were extremely dirty.
Back then, Zhao Zhi saw it by chance, and hearing the words she said, he silently memorized it in his mind.
The summer heat was sweltering, the clouds were oppressing, the air was humid, and it looked as if it was going to snow.
It was stuffy inside the room.
And opening the windows to let in air didn’t work.
Zhao Zhi would sweat very easily. After bathing and changing clothes, he walked out and saw Ming Zhu sitting by the window, holding a needle and thread in her hand.
His long hair was tied up with a glazed crown, his face was exquisite, his pupils were clear, but his profile looked a little sharp.
Zhao Zhi walked to her side and sat down, carrying a fresh and light fragrance on his body, he asked, “What are you embroidering?”
Ming Zhu did not look up, “Shoes.”
She added a few words, “Xiaoman’s.”
Ming Zhu had also made two pairs of shoes for Hong Ling as well, but she had made none for him.
The sound of rain gradually started to resound outside the window.
The raindrops were as big as beans and crackled as they hit the window.
Zhao Zhi got up and closed the window, listening to the continuous rain, he said, “If you’re bored of staying in the residence, you can call an opera troupe to come over and set up a stage to perform.”
Ming Zhu removed her stitches and absentmindedly said, “Oh.”
There was nothing interesting about listening to an opera alone.
Zhao Zhi lifted the lid of the teacup and continued to speak to her in a gentle voice: “Don’t you have a few sisters left in your family home? You can call them all over and let them watch the performance together with you.”
Ming Zhu didn’t hold the needle in her hand steady, and the needle poked into her fingertip, spilling blood bubbles.
She let out a hiss of pain.
Zhao Zhi grabbed her wrist, tugged it to his face to take a look at it, and without saying a word, he used a handkerchief to press down on the small opening on her fingertip that had been poked.
Ming Zhu felt quite uncomfortable.
Zhao Zhi ordered her not to move.
The plump white cat that had been sleeping in the soft pillow was startled by the sound of his voice, its fur raised up, and it jumped up, scurrying about recklessly. The cat’s claws almost scratched Zhao Zhi’s face.
As the plump cat scurried about, it knocked down the cup of water on the short table.
The hot water in the cup poured onto Zhao Zhi’s leg, the back of his hand was not spared either, and was scalded red.
It looked very painful just by the look of it.
Zhao Zhi endured the pain very well and didn’t even furrow his eyebrows.
Ming Zhu swallowed her saliva, her voice a bit astringent: “My cat didn’t do it on purpose.”
The corners of Zhao Zhi’s mouth pulled up into an ugly smile. She was not even a bit concerned about whether he was in pain or not, whether he had been scalded or not.
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Ming Zhu knew that Zhao Zhi did not like cats and dogs, and despised them for being unclean. She was afraid that he would really get angry on this little white cat and immediately sent it away.
Her gaze was careful, her round eyes turned around twice, and seeing him pursing his lips, hesitating to speak, the anxiety in her heart further deepened, and she explained once again: “He was just laying on the pillow to sleep, I was the one who spoke too loudly, and scared him.”
After a long time, Zhao Zhi still did not make a sound.
Ming Zhu clenched the handkerchief in her hand, her heart was drumming, and for a while, she couldn’t tell whether or not Zhao Zhi was really irritated.
Translator : Laura
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