Chapter 703 A strange combination of circumstances
Chapter 703 A strange combination of circumstances
"No... the relationship between her and me is not just a simple mission relationship..."
"Since I returned to Dragon Country, she has always been very kind to me. She has never treated me as an outsider. She asked me to go to school and taught me how to study. Haha, I am a mercenary who lives on the edge of a knife, but she actually asked me to read and learn to write. She also said that at my age, I should be in school. Haha, it's really ridiculous. Who knows what's going on in the mind of a lady from a famous family."
"But the days at school are really happy. I can participate in various activities and laugh with my friends. I feel like I am gradually becoming a human being..."
No matter how much Ye Xingke wanted to calm down, he could not deceive himself about his true thoughts in the deepest part of his heart.
"Haha, if you think about it carefully, I have caused so much trouble to the Chu family. The Chu family hates me so much that their teeth itch when they see me, but she is the only one who stands behind me without hesitation and speaks for me. If it weren't for her, I would have been driven back long ago."
"So, my relationship with her is no longer just the one in the mission contract, right? Can we consider her as friends???"
"No, it should be more than that. Not long ago, she threw herself into my arms and burst into tears. Is this relationship just a simple friendship? Or is it more than friends? It's so troublesome, so uncomfortable, so entangled. It turns out that interpersonal relationships are so complicated. I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out!!!"
Ye Xingke slumped to the ground and curled up into a ball.
"Anyway... no matter how much I think about it, she is already Ye Chen's woman. Now everyone knows that she is Ye Chen's fiancée, and this will never change..."
Thinking of this, Ye Xingke gave up on himself and buried his head deeply in his knees.
"Get up!!! Get up for me!!!"
At this moment, a stern shout from outside suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
"who???"
Who on earth would care about him at this time? ? Ye Xingke slowly raised his head from between his knees and saw Ji Shaluo's angry and anxious face.
"I thought you had gone somewhere, but you're hiding here alone, feeling sad, right???"
Ji Shaluo frowned tightly and reprimanded Ye Xingke harshly.
"Well, yes, anyway, nothing can be hidden from your eyes, that's true."
Ye Xingke lowered his head again feeling guilty.
But before he could lower himself, a hand reached out, grabbed his collar, and tried to lift him up.
"Do you know that you look like a homeless dog right now? Hurry up and stand up. Don't sink any further!"
Ji Sha Luo stared at him intently.
"What's wrong? Is there any need to be so angry?"
Ye Xingke stood up slowly, but felt that he had no strength left in his body.
“Needless to say, seeing my partner lying here like a stray dog, how can I not be angry???”
Ji Sha Luo said bitterly.
"Well, I am indeed a waste."
"Just like when you reminded me, you said that if you don't invite her quickly, it will be too late to regret it."
"Yes, I do regret it, and the regret is even greater than I thought. I am in so much pain right now that I don't want to care about anything. I am so miserable that I want to die."
Ye Xingke said with a look of despair on his face.
"waste!!!"
Ji Shaluo punched Ye Xingke hard in the stomach. She always regarded everything in reality as a game, but at this moment, she rarely expressed her true feelings.
"If you want to die, you must fulfill our agreement first!!!"
"A mere woman has influenced you like this. What great things can you achieve in the future? How can you still be considered my partner, Ji Sha Luo?!"
Ji Sha Luo said with great regret.
"What do you mean by a mere woman..."
"What do you know!!! Do you know what I am carrying!!!"
This sentence touched the pain point in Ye Xingke's heart. He raised his head and roared at Ji Shaluo. At the same time, the tears that had been suppressed for a long time could no longer be held back and flowed down.
Looking at the crying man in front of him, Ji Shaluo was also stunned, with a hint of pity in his eyes.
To be honest, she still knew nothing about Ye Xingke's life experience.
"Actually, I know. I know everything..."
"But, from my perspective, there are some things that I simply cannot do, and I dare not even think about them..."
"That's why I've been trying so hard to suppress my emotions, not thinking about it, not doing it, pretending that I don't understand anything, deliberately deceiving myself, just to achieve my goal of revenge, all other personal emotions have been abandoned by me!!!"
"It's just... it's just that I didn't expect that this blow would be so great... I just can't bear it anymore..."
Ye Xingke lowered his head and murmured, like a poor child who had made a mistake.
Ji Shaluo was speechless for a moment and could only look at Ye Xingke silently, unable to say anything.
"He...is not that easy actually. Although he always looks carefree, I know nothing about his life experience or the stories he has hidden in the past."
"Perhaps, his past may be more miserable than I thought..."
Ji Sha Luo remained silent.
After the dance ended, there was a thunderous applause from the audience, drowning out the two of them.
Ye Chen and Chu Lingjun in the center of the dance floor were still the focus of everyone's attention.
"We have finished dancing, it's time to go down..."
Chu Lingjun lowered her head and spoke softly. She had been looking for Ye Xingke's figure in the crowd with the corner of her eyes, but she couldn't find him. This made her a little anxious.
"The night is still long, there is no need to be so anxious, Miss Chu."
"See the people in the audience? They are all looking at us. If you go down like this, it will really spoil the fun for the guests."
Ye Chen smiled slightly and held Chu Lingjun's tender little hand tightly, with no intention of letting go.
Immediately afterwards, the melodious music sounded again, drowning Chu Lingjun in the crowd on the dance floor.
Now, even if she wanted to go down, there was no way.
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"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you just now..."
"You've worked hard to get here. In fact, it hasn't been easy for you either..."
At the same time, at the same place, in the corner of the ballroom, Ji Sha Luo hugged the depressed Ye Xingke, held him in his arms, and comforted him gently.
Just like this, on and off the stage, the future life paths of these two pairs of young men and women whose destinies are intertwined are about to undergo earth-shaking changes.
Smelling the alluring girlish body fragrance on Ji Shaluo, Ye Xingke seemed to feel better. After all, having someone who could understand him was finally some psychological comfort.
"I understand your mentality. If that's the case, then you must not back down now!!"
Letting go of his embrace, Ji Shaluo put his hand on Ye Xingke's shoulder and said seriously.
"What do you mean?"
Ye Xingke said doubtfully.
"The person I choose to work with must be the best!! I absolutely cannot lose to anyone!!!"
"Since you have chosen to cooperate with me, we are now in the same boat. I will never allow you to continue to complain and sink into self-pity!!! Otherwise, it will appear that my vision in selecting people is extremely poor!!! I cannot tolerate this!!!"
Ji Sarao encouraged.
"But...but what else can I do...I have no other options in this situation..."
Ye Xingke looked away and said.
"There is a way."
"let me help you."
Ji Sha Luo's tone softened a lot.
"Well, you tell me, I will do my best to cooperate if I can."
Looking at Ji Shaluo's determined gaze, Ye Xingke couldn't bear to let her down, so he nodded slowly.
"See? Ye Chen and Chu Lingjun on the stage. They stole all the limelight."
Ji Sha Luo pointed her little finger towards the center of the dance floor. Everyone's eyes were focused on this divine couple and no one noticed this side at all.
"Ok, I know."
Looking at the shining and charming Chu Lingjun in the dance floor, Ye Xingke lowered his head and said in inferiority, his eyes dimmed. The more shining Chu Lingjun was in the center of the dance floor, the more Ye Xingke felt that he was increasingly unworthy of her.
"Are you willing to let them steal the limelight of this dance party? Are you willing to watch them dazzle everyone on the dance floor while you can only be a rat in the gutter, hiding in the dark and not daring to see anyone? "
"Have you ever thought about getting on stage, becoming the brightest person on the stage, standing in the middle of the dance floor with your head held high, proving that you are no worse than anyone else???"
Ji Sha Luo asked anxiously.
"Of course...of course I'm unwilling!!!"
"But, how can I, a lousy bodyguard, be appreciated by others? You know how snobbish these people here are."
Ye Xingke gritted his teeth in hatred, angrily scolding himself for being incompetent.
"Yes, they will look at you differently."
"You can't do it, let me help you achieve it."
Ji Shaluo said lightly, and slowly extended his hand towards Ye Xingke.
“Are you…are you serious???”
Ye Xingke was stunned, vaguely understood Ji Shaluo's thoughts, and was a little surprised for a moment.
"Of course I'm serious, didn't you hear what I just said??"
"The person I work with must be the best!!! You can't be worse than anyone else!!! Whether in secret or in public, you must be the most dazzling person and never lose to others!!!"
"Otherwise, you are not worthy of cooperating with the Thirteenth Princess of Brunitania. This is the price of your cooperation with me."
For the first time, Ji Sha Luo's expression was extremely serious, and the noble and cold kingly temperament burst out from him in an instant, making people dare only look up to him.
"Go ahead, young man, hold your chest high and walk confidently onto the dance floor. Under the shining light of Her Royal Highness the Princess, you will never lose to anyone!!!"
At this time, Sebastian on the side also stepped forward to encourage.
"I understand."
"I want to stand face to face with Ye Chen and face him equally. Only when I stand at the same height as him, can I have the qualifications to compete with him!!!"
"Otherwise... if I continue to be so self-deprecating, I will only be like the cry of a stray dog. No one will care about the life or death of a stray dog. No matter how miserable and sad I am, no one will notice it."
"Thank you, Ji Sha Luo, for making me understand this truth."
"Now, let's go up there and throw those guys in the spotlight down!!!"
At this moment, Ye Xingke completely got rid of his previous inferiority complex and was no longer confused. He dusted off the dust on his body and his eyes became extremely determined.
At this moment, he seemed to have washed away all the makeup and been reborn from the flames. His whole temperament was completely different from the slightly childish and willful boy before. He became calm and proud, just like a real prince and nobleman.
This blow made him grow in a completely different way.
"Very good, you are worthy of being the man I chose."
"Only you, like me, are qualified to dance with this princess."
Looking at the transformed Ye Xingke, Ji Shaluo was very pleased and slowly stretched out his little hand.
"Let's go, Princess."
Ye Xingke took Ji Shaluo's little hand and walked towards the dance floor without hesitation.
"It's so rare that you actually took the initiative to call me Your Highness Princess. This is so rare."
Ji Sha Luo covered her mouth and chuckled.
"From today on, I will never let anyone look down on me again!!!"
"Even if I can't reveal my identity, I will live uprightly in the sunshine and never be a loser in the gutter!!! Only in this way can I live up to my father's reputation."
However, Ye Xingke did not answer him, but just murmured to himself in a low voice.
"Father?? You can't reveal your identity???"
Ji Sha Luo was stunned at first, then he smiled with relief.
"Never mind. When the time comes, he will tell me everything himself."
Just like that, the young man and woman slowly walked towards the dance floor.
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"Where is Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth??? Wasn't she dancing with her old housekeeper just now??? How come she disappeared in the blink of an eye???"
At the dinner table, Prince Aliza of Dubai looked around for Ji Sha Luo.
"I don't know. What about you? Why don't you go dancing? So many beautiful girls came over to invite you just now. I'm so envious!"
The loser Wang Kai next to him was drinking wine out of boredom. He also wanted to find a beautiful female partner to dance with, but all the women at this place were either rich or noble, and a loser like him was totally unworthy of them, so he wisely just drank here in silence.
"Who wants to dance with those ordinary women? If I'm looking for a dance partner, it can only be Princess Elizabeth!!"
Ariza said decisively.
"Is this infatuation or obsession? I feel like Ji Sha Luo has no interest in you at all."
Xiao Dahai, president of the animation club, was leaning on the sofa playing games out of boredom, and said lazily.
"How could that be!?? I've never met a woman I couldn't pursue!!! Of course, except Princess Elizabeth, that's why I fell in love with her at first sight!!!"
"She is different from other women. No matter how much money I spend, she won't even look at me!!!"
Ariza had a crazy smile on his face.
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