The moment the identity of the client was said, Qin Yijun turned to gaze at Lin Xiao worriedly. But to his surprise, there was no reaction from the other. No surprise. In fact, there is not even a hint of familiarity. Only after he was sure that Lin Xiao was not affected did he let out a sigh of relief.
‘Maybe it would be alright?’ he wondered.
“So, this Yinjing Hou also have his family taken away from them? Don’t they have servants who act as guards?” Lin Xiao asked, but Ruo An and Yun Hua only shrugged, indicating that they don’t know any further.
“Do we have any information on the child that got kidnapped?” he asked again.
This time, Yun Hua was able to answer him. “There are two children. A pair of twin. They’ve been missing for two days now, and since the officials are not helping, Li Sunxun turned to us.”
“The twins are called Li Anrui and Li Anyi. Despite being a noble-born, the two have a good reputation in this area. The adults loved them, and the children could play with them as if they were a common-born,” Ruo An continued.
A frown formed on Lin Xiao’s face after the name of the twins were mentioned. And Qin Yijun also took notice of this. ‘He didn’t have a reaction when his own father was mentioned but… he reacted to these two children’s name?’
Qin Yijun also remembered the two children well. Back when he rushed over in order to save Li Fangming, these two children had been the one who cried the most when he announced that Li Fangming was gone. These two were also the one that Li Fangming always mentions whenever he returns from visiting his family.
‘Does he only reacts to those people who he cares for?’ thinking of it this way, he remembered when they first met each other again yesterday at the Imperial Court. Lin Xiao appear to have an extreme reaction to the point of falling unconscious. ‘I hope, that won’t happen again…’
The discussion came to a halt when two bowls of rice were placed in front of Lin Xiao and Qin Yijun. Now, the meal are completely served so Ruo An clapped his hands a few times to gain everyone’s attention to him. “Let us all eat, and enjoy the gift the heaven has granted us. Eat a lot, after this, I cannot guarantee how long until we can eat a full course meal again!”
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Lin Xiao also went back to eating his food quietly. Throughout the meal, there was only one person who was not able to eat well, and that person is currently sitting beside Lin Xiao.
One could not blame Qin Yijun for finding the meal a bit crude. As someone who has eaten the best the Empire had to offer, eating foods such as these is a struggle. Regardless, thinking that his citizens were able to live with just eating these, he still forced himself.
‘What is one few normal foods? If Ming-er is able to eat it, naturally Zhen can also eat it!’ Qin Yijun thought to himself.
Lin Xiao noticed this, and he couldn’t help but praise the Emperor in his heart. He admits, he thought the Emperor would throw a fit once he found out the food wasn’t to his liking so imagine his surprise when said Emperor finished his meal.
“Did everyone eat well?” Ruo An asked after everyone finished their meal. Seeing the satisfied look on his men, he also nods his head. “Good. Go and wait for me outside while I go and settle the bill,” he said as he stood up.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiao eyed Qin Yijun carefully. From Qin Yijun’s expression, he could see that the other was feeling uncomfortable. “Lo—, I mean, Jun-ge, are you feeling alright?” he asked out of worry.
“En. Just… the taste still lingers in my mouth,” Qin Yijun replied.
“Oh? As a ‘general’, I thought you would be used to eating common people’s food. Or is it different in Ruanyu?” Lin Xiao asked playfully, making Qin Yijun grimace.
Seeing that Qin Yijun is not answering, Lin Xiao had the urge to continue to tease him, but unfortunately, the people around the table had stood up. Knowing that they wanted to go outside, Lin Xiao held back his urge and pats Qin Yijun’s shoulder.
“Make do with it for now. Later, I will buy something for you to ease out the lingering taste,” Lin Xiao said as he also stood up from his seat. “Come on, let’s go and wait for Brother Ruo outside with the rest of the White Swan member.”
Qin Yijun quietly followed Lin Xiao, but his back, more specifically, the place that Lin Xiao had touched earlier feels hot. He wanted nothing more than to take Lin Xiao in his arm and hug him, but remembering what happened back in Tianlong Palace discouraged him from doing so.
With a sigh, he could only comfort himself by telling himself how Lin Xiao won’t be afraid of him once he regained his memories. Though sometimes, a negative thought would cross his mind. Such as, what if Lin Xiao will not remember anything from the past no matter how much he tried?
‘Ming-er returning to my side is already fortunate enough. If he won’t remember the past, then so be it. As long as he stays… then whatever the outcome is, I am willing to accept whatever will come in the future.’
As he thought of this, Qin Yijun quickened his steps and without a hint of shame, walked closer to Lin Xiao’s side. Looking downward, he saw how close their hands were, and the urge to simply grab that hand into his own was strong. It took almost all of his will power to not even let his hand brush against Lin Xiao’s.
For Qin Yijun, just getting this close is already an achievement. He had just gotten a step closer, he rather not have Lin Xiao take a hundred steps away from him because he couldn’t control his own desire.
‘Take it slow. Since he’s alive, you can take it slow. Before, you were willing to wait for years before, you can still wait more,’ Qin Yijun told himself as he steeled his heart. ‘But… If I could steal some tofu and doesn’t take the chance, am I still a man? When the chance shows itself, as the Emperor, Zhen must seize it!’
A/N:
I know I mentioned this before but, again, this author needs help. The contest is still on-going, and I guess, I am actually losing to people who are ‘botting’? XD
Anyway, if any of you are kind enough, please take some time to support me here.
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PS: If things goes well, I may do daily release for the month of December.
PPS: Early release because I need to make this announcement asking for help. Also, I think you guys will like what’ll happen in Chapter 64 soon 
Ahh thank u sooo much for the chapter 😊 i really feel bad for my baby emperor 😢 Qin Yijun don’t worry in the future u can eat all the tofu u want😏
Aww, Qin Yijun is trying so hard! <3 <3
I would like to help u.what should i do?
Basically, the site has a review system in place so leaving review is one. Then comments also counts as reader engagement. You can also leave likes up to 5 times every day 😄