Chapter 1163: Chapter 1150: Clam Pearl (35)
He had wanted to say these words for a long time, but never managed to actually say them.
Now that he’s said them, he feels relieved but also more anxious.
He’s afraid of not getting a response.
Afraid that the reply will disappoint him.
Xingxing’s face turned sour, "If you like me, you won’t let me wear the hairpins gifted by others. If they give me food, are you going to make me spit it out too?"
"There are plenty who like me, but none have been so overbearing and unreasonable!"
Hidden Guard, "...."
Of course.
He simply can’t expect anything from her.
They’re not on the same wavelength.
Or perhaps —
He’s not expressing himself accurately enough.
Hidden Guard’s heart rises again with a glimmer of hope, he stares directly at Xingxing.
"I want to marry you."
There’s nothing more straightforward than this.
Xingxing froze for a moment, then her face quickly turned red.
She turned around to leave immediately, Hidden Guard quickly moved to block the door.
He looked at Xingxing, his voice slightly trembling, "You haven’t answered me yet."
Xingxing pulled him and said, "Let me eat two meat buns to calm down."
Hidden Guard, "...."
What can he do?
He kind of hates meat buns a bit.
Hidden Guard stepped aside, and Xingxing dashed to the kitchen.
Freshly baked meat buns, their aroma spread everywhere.
Xingxing took one and began devouring it, grabbing another to hold in her hand, her mind racing.
Her mind was filled with Hidden Guard saying he wanted to marry her.
Why does the boss’s sidekick want to marry her?
She could eat so much.
The cook at Qingyun Mountain had said she might never get married.
After eating two meat buns, her mind was still in a whirl. She went to find Su Jin, "Miss, the boss’s sidekick said he wants to marry me."
Su Jin was patting Yuanyuan to help him sleep.
Hearing what Xingxing said and seeing her blushing face, she laughed, "Well, do you want to marry him?"
"I don’t know," Xingxing said.
"Miss, should I marry him?"
"...."
Xingxing asked with utmost sincerity.
So sincere that Su Jin felt a bit of sympathy for Hidden Guard.
Su Jin could see clearly that Hidden Guard liked Xingxing, but Xingxing had yet to realize it herself. Su Jin thought Xingxing was still young, just over fifteen, not urgently needing to settle down, so she hadn’t pushed them together.
Now, after he finally spoke up, the maid wanted Su Jin to make the decision for her.
Su Jin looked at her and said, "You have to make this decision yourself."
She’s decisive when using a whip, but now she shows indecision.
Xingxing stammered.
It’s hard for her to admit to her miss that she often dreams of Hidden Guard not letting her eat, which would make her seem too gluttonous.
Moreover, the boss’s sidekick appears to treat her well, but that’s now, not necessarily in the future.
Seeing Xingxing hesitating, Su Jin thought that perhaps the maid already liked Di Qing, just hadn’t realized it herself yet.
Since Hidden Guard has already spoken, helping him a bit, Su Jin laughed and said, "Di Qing is nice. If you don’t want to marry him, I’ll have Bi Zhu marry him."
Xingxing thought about Bi Zhu and then about Hidden Guard, and instantly felt uncomfortable.
She quickly shook her head, "I will marry."
"Have you made up your mind to marry him?" Su Jin asked with a smile.
Xingxing nodded repeatedly.
She made her decision, and Xingxing was ready to go tell Hidden Guard.
Hidden Guard was right outside, quickly returning to his room upon hearing that Xingxing was coming out.
He sat on the boat, keeping his joy and excitement hidden inside, though some of it still showed.
Xingxing came in and felt a bit shy.
Hidden Guard looked at her, "Why aren’t you saying anything?"
"I... I agreed to marry you," Xingxing replied in a small voice.
After saying this, her face turned three shades redder.
Her face had never been so red in her entire life, making her feel a bit at a loss.
Hidden Guard quickly got up, startling Xingxing to take two steps back and turn to leave.
Hidden Guard blocked the door once again, "Isn’t there anything else you want to say to me?"
Something else?
Xingxing looked at Hidden Guard, "If you won’t let me eat in the future, I’ll bite you."
Hidden Guard, "...."
A big, imaginary grievance mark sat on his forehead.
The weight was almost crushing his neck.
When had he ever stopped her from eating?
At most, he had followed the Heir’s wife’s orders to let her eat a little less.
But she agreed, so it’s alright; what he feared most was her refusal.
Hidden Guard glanced at the silver hairpin on the table, lifted it, and tossed it directly out the window.
Xingxing’s face turned green with anger, "Why did you throw my hairpin?!"
"I’ll buy you another one," Hidden Guard said.
Xingxing pushed Hidden Guard away with all her might and jumped down immediately.
She regretted agreeing to marry him.
This was too wasteful!
Did he know how much those two silver hairpins were worth?!
Hidden Guard didn’t expect Xingxing to jump out, and she pushed him onto the bed with a strong shove.
Only when he got up, he heard the sound of water splashing.
He looked out the window, where was Xingxing’s shadow now?
The boat was still moving forward, Hidden Guard jumped down too.
They jumped into the water one after the other, the commotion startled everyone.
What?
Are they trying to drown together?
The boat quickly stopped.
Xingxing was excellent at swimming; she wouldn’t have jumped so decisively if she weren’t.
Hidden Guard wasn’t bad either; he went to grab Xingxing.
Xingxing didn’t think much and kicked over straight away, landing a kick directly on Hidden Guard’s face.
Hidden Guard, "...."
With sense dashed, he followed jumping, and that’s just pointless worrying.
Hidden Guard emerged from the water, not sure whether he should wait for Xingxing in the water or head back to the boat first.
Xingxing was searching for the hairpin in the water, unable to find it after a long time. She surfaced for breath before diving again.
After a few attempts, Xingxing surfaced with a large clam shell, saying with delight, "Miss, look what I’ve found."
Su Jin, "...."
She hugged the clam shell, holding two silver hairpins, grinning wide.
Hidden Guard felt utterly defeated from afar.
The silver hairpins had been thrown away, but she managed to fish them back.
Couldn’t he have just bought her new ones?
The shell was very large, covered in moss, sticking to Xingxing’s clothes.
Hidden Guard swam over, wrapped Xingxing’s waist, and directly flew back onto the boat.
Xingxing’s bad mood was greatly alleviated by the discovery of the large clam shell. She heard that pearls come from clamshells, would this one have any?
Xingxing couldn’t wait to open the clam shell.
Su Jin said, "Quick, go change your clothes."
"I’m not cold," Xingxing quickly shook her head.
Hidden Guard directly pulled Xingxing up and took her back to the cabin.
Xingxing was so focused on opening the clam that she didn’t bother glaring at Hidden Guard.
She quickly changed into dry clothes and rushed out.
The servant brought a basin of water and splashed it on the clam pearl.
After a long while, the clam pearl finally opened up, and Xingxing pried it open to check for pearls inside.
Xingxing always had good luck.
If there were no pearls in such a big clam pearl, that would be disappointing.
After fumbling for a while, Xingxing said, "There’s really a pearl!"
She quickly took it out; the pearl was not small.
Moreover, the clam pearl contained more than one pearl, large and small, eight in total. Except for one with blemishes, the others were quite smooth.
Xingxing was elated.
Mrs. Xu laughed, "Just got engaged and already found such a big clam, containing eight pearls. Does this mean you’ll have eight children in the future?"
Xingxing, "...."
Hidden Guard, "...."
Both blushed.
She didn’t want to have that many children!
Xingxing offered the pearls to Su Jin, "Miss, you have eight children instead."
Su Jin knocked on Xingxing’s head, "Take good care of them; when we return to the Capital, embed these pearls in the phoenix crown and wear it for your wedding."
Xingxing fondled the pearls, unwilling to part.
She gazed into the distance, feeling a bit impulsive.
Randomly fishing yielded such a big clam pearl; there were surely more treasures below.
But the ship had to hurry on its way, Xingxing dared not suggest stopping the ship so she could fish out more clams.
At dawn, she got up to fish clams.
After two empty sweeps, she stopped.
