Chapter 743 - The Curse (18)
After Xie Ming went to the hospital, Zhao Ming and Ji Cheng were left alone at home. Zhao Ming looked at Ji Cheng who was sitting in the living room alone and was trying to read the newspaper that Liwei was reading earlier.
She walked towards him and stood behind the sofa, she peeked at the newspaper and pursed her lips seeing that he was reading the business newspaper in English. Her lips curled up in a smile seeing him staring at the newspaper with utmost seriousness.
" So..what are you reading?" she leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
Ji Cheng who was frowning while looking at the paper that was written in the foreign language was startled when he heard her words that sounded just like a whisper to him. He instinctively turned around to look at her and was surprised to see her face that was close to him, only a few inches away.
Even Zhao Ming was startled when he turned around suddenly and seeing his face from close made her nervous for some reason. It's been days since they were arguing and before coming here, they were even sleeping in different rooms and were avoiding each other whenever they crossed paths.
She was staring into his eyes when she remembered his words, " You have no right to call me Ji Cheng!" She woke up from her daze with a jerk and stood up immediately, which left Ji Cheng to stare at her in wonder.
She coughed lightly and said, " If you have nothing to do then accompany me to the mall. We need to buy clothes and other things for you." she said.
He stared at her in a daze and wondered if she said this as a sarcastic comment or what. What work can he have in this strange place? He didn't reject her and nodded, agreeing to accompany her wherever she wanted to take him.
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Ji Cheng's pupils widened in shock and bewilderment seeing the strange-looking place with the magnificent building that has multiple storeys and was crowded with people, wearing the strange clothes of this world. Zhao Ming said that they are here to buy his clothes and stuff that they might need for their stay in this world.
He was expecting them to go to a local market just like they have one in Ji Dynasty but his eyes widened in shock to see this large magnificent building which has multiple shops that has everything they need to buy. His mouth opened when he saw people going on the second floor using the escalator. People were standing in one place while the stairs were moving.
" What kind of strange world is this? How can stairs move like this?" He looked at the stairs in shock.
Zhao Ming couldn't help but chuckle when she saw him looking around the place in amusement.
'This Emperor is getting cuter day by day.' she shook her head seeing him looking at the place dreamily. He was like a happy kid who had come to the amusement park for the first time and was trying to fit the whole place in his memory.
" Ah, I can't let him act like this around me. It's not good for my poor heart." She murmured and patted her chest, trying to tear off her gaze from him.
" Your Maj- she wanted to call him but paused in her words, remembering that calling him Your Majesty in the public might not be proper. However, she was hesitating to call him by name as well.
Ji Cheng turned to look at her and saw her hesitating while calling him by his name." You don't need to address me with my title here. You can call me by my name. I am not the Emperor here anyway."
She pursed her lips seeing his excited expressions suppressing. She recognized these expressions as they were the same as her when she first went to Ji Dynasty. She sighed as she knew that it's not easy to leaving everything behind and adjust to new foreign surroundings.
" Okay. I will call you Ji Cheng from now on. But, you allowed me this time. Don't you dare blame me next time." she reminded him, making him raise brows at her bold attitude.
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Ji Cheng clasped his palms nervously and glanced at the women who were staring at him strangely. He was standing in the store where Zhao Ming pulled him to check out the dresses and after picking one dress, she went inside the trial room to try it on, leaving him outside alone.
He pursed his lips hearing women's giggling while looking at him strangely. Their suggestive gazes were making him uncomfortable. Why are they smiling at me like this? He wondered.
" Zh...Zhao Ming, come fast." He leaned closer to the trial room and said in a low voice.
Zhao Ming who was changing inside raised her brows upon hearing his words and chuckled. She looked in the mirror in the trial room and tried to zip the dress but couldn't pull it off.
" AH, did the zipper get stuck?" she wondered and tried to pull it off.
" Ji Cheng, will you look around and ask someone to help me with the dress?" She asked.
Ji Cheng, who was standing outside, frowned and wondered why she needed someone else to help her wear the dress. Is it because she got used to the maids helping her change?
However, when he looked around to ask someone for help, he realized that to help her, he needed to ask someone for help. This only made his eyes widen in shock. She wants me to ask for help from others? The Emperor of Ji Dynasty? He has never asked for help from anyone before. At the palace, he was surrounded by guards, maids, and servants and he never needed to ask for help from anyone before.
" Ji Cheng? Did you hear me? Will you call someone for help?" She shouted from inside.
She pursed her lips and realized that he must be feeling awkward to ask for help from a stranger and that too when he is not adjusted to this world.
" Do one thing. Look for the woman who attended us earlier. She will help us." She said.
He pressed his lips together upon hearing her shouting urgently. He looked around and realized that the woman who attended them earlier was busy and was attending to the other customer. He pursed his lips and looked at the closed trial room door in front of him.
He took a deep breath and held onto the handle and said, " Open the door."
" Oh. Is she already here? Please come in." Zhao Ming asked while unlocking the door from inside. After opening, she turned around, with her back facing the door.
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