Chapter 68 The Second Kiss

Meng Xi didn’t spend much effort to figure out who Crown Prince Yun’s friends were in the brothel that day. However, she still didn’t know Crown Prince Yun’s identity. Meng Xi didn’t think it was a big deal. She thought it meant Crown Prince Yun was a decent young master from a good family. She felt more satisfied after knowing his behavior in the brothel that day. She wanted to marry such an innocent man. However, maybe she was the real innocent white rabbit. To court Crown Prince Yun, Meng Xi had bribed his best friend Young Master Jin. She met him in a restaurant, made an appointment with him, and then had a nice talk with him... Young Master Jin was not in the brothel that day. However, he was sold by Crown Prince Yun’s friends, who actually went to the brothel. The sons of important ministers didn’t have the nerve to betray Crown Prince Yun, so they sold Young Master Jin for beauties in their arms. The Jins had always been important ministers of the Kingdom of Yun for generations. Young Master Jin’s grandfather had been a distinguished minister who worked for three kings of the Kingdom of Yun. Young Master Jin was the only boy the Jings had in his generation. He was a rare young talent, as famous as Crown Prince Yun’s older brother, Lord Yun Feng, the top gifted scholar of the Kingdom of Yun. Meng Xi wanted to make friends with Young Master Jin because of Crown Prince Yun. However, she got along with him so well that she gradually regarded this real gifted scholar as her friend and confidant. She told Young Master Jin bluntly that she liked Crown Prince Yun. What Meng Xi didn’t know was that Young Master Jin also had a special feeling for her. After all, Meng Xi was different. She was real and unpretentious, with a genuine temperament that most girls didn’t have. Such a beautiful young girl was naturally very attractive. However, Young Master Jin was a gentleman. He liked Meng Xi, but he didn’t force her to like him. He only wanted her to be happy. Young Master Jin had helped her to invite Crown Prince Yun out many times. However, Crown Prince Yun ignored Meng Xi whenever he was out. Meng Xi kept flirting with him. The strangest thing was that Crown Prince Yun could choose not to meet her if he didn’t like her. Crown Prince Yun always showed up to meet Meng Xi every time Young Master Jin invited him. However, he acted as if he disliked Meng Xi. Their relationship was so weird. Crown Prince Yun was innocent, but he was not stupid. Once, twice, not to mention three times... Meng Xi would always appear when Young Master Jin asked him out. There couldn’t be so many coincidences. After a period of time, Crown Prince Yun naturally knew that Young Master Jin was acting as a matchmaker for them. Crown Prince Yun had always known that Young Master Jin invited him because Meng Xi wanted to see him. However, he still showed up every time. Wasn’t it obvious enough? Crown Prince Yun was an arrogant little rabbit! Maybe Crown Prince Yun was actually a wolf in rabbit skin while Meng Xi was a rabbit in wolf skin—that girl Meng Xi looked so shrewd, but she was fooled by Crown Prince Yun. In this way, the three of them didn’t meet every day, but they often met and hung out together. It’s just that the atmosphere was kind of awkward every time. However, the three people’s mood was not affected at all. A month later, Crown Prince Yun and Meng Xi met again at the wedding of Young Master Jin. Their relationship finally took a step forward. Young Master Jin always didn’t want to marry a wife. No one knew why he suddenly accepted his family’s arrangement. Only Young Master Jin knew that he wanted to stop fantasizing before he was completely addicted to Meng Xi. That day, it seemed that Crown Prince Yun did it on purpose not to expose his identity. He showed up at Young Master Jin’s wedding only as his good friend. Many female guests attended the wedding banquet, but Meng Xi’s still stood out. She was not inferior to the bride. Her pink clothes set off her innocence and vitality. She smiled and showed a kind of free and easy temperament that ordinary women did not have. Many young talents surrounded Meng Xi, wanting to catch the attention of this beautiful woman. People were all chatting and laughing. However, Meng Xi mainly focused on Crown Prince Yun. She was always peeking at him. These days, Crown Prince Yun had ignored Meng Xi on purpose. Seeing so many men surrounding Meng Xi, he felt uncomfortable and jealous. He hated any men close to her. However, he acted aloof again when he looked up and noticed her gaze. Meng Xi’s eyes were so straightforward as if she was stripping off Crown Prince Yun’s clothes. Thinking of what the girl had done, Crown Prince Yun blushed. He wanted to escape from the wedding, feeling the affection from her eyes. Crown Prince Yun was going to run away. Meng Xi saw it, and she pushed away everyone standing in her way to follow him in a hurry. Everything she did was to get closer to him. How could he escape at this moment? Meng Xi grabbed Crown Prince Yun’s clothes. Crown Prince Yun kept ignoring her. He dragged her out of the mansion of the Jins. It was the big day of the Jins. No one would pay attention to their leaving. However, the bridegroom, Young Master Jin, saw them, feeling heartbroken. Maybe this was a better ending for the three of them. He should give up. He had a bitter smile and continued the wedding with his bride. Grabbing Crown Prince Yun hard, Meng Xi finally stopped him. Since he didn’t want to look back, she just walked to his front. Before he could react, she kissed him on his lips again. With her lips rubbing his, Meng Xi was feeling the sweetness of love. Gosh! Anyone would be shocked to see how bold Meng Xi was. After all, they were at the gate of the mansion of the Jins. Even the bride and groom inside were shier than her. Decorated with a red festive silk banner, the gate became the romantic background for Meng Xi and Crown Prince Yun. At that moment, people who were only part of the spectacle were all watching the two kissing in public. Fortunately, with the officials attending the wedding inside, no one there recognized Crown Prince Yun. Otherwise, he would be really embarrassed. Crown Prince Yun was about to explode. He was supposed to be the one to take the lead, but she forced him over and over again. Pushing Meng Xi away angrily, he started to run again. He couldn’t stay there any longer. Behind him, Meng Xi was chasing in a hurry. Who knew the respected Crown Prince Yun could look like a grumpy little girl? Along the way, although Crown Prince Yun ignored her and walked fast, Meng Xi was always a step behind him. In the end, she couldn’t stand it. She told him she would kiss him again if he didn’t stop. Crown Prince Yun came to a halt. Looking at Meng Xi, he was almost driven crazy. He couldn’t beat a woman, let alone Meng Xi, a girl he liked. “What exactly do you want?” “I like you.” “You like me? But you always force me...” “That’s how I express my love!” “You are a woman, right?” “Well, I am a woman, and you are a man. That’s right!” “Do you know what shame is?” “Will you care about me if I do?” “You are just talking nonsense.” “Look, if I didn’t kiss you, you wouldn’t even bother to respond to me.” “Do you do that to other men as well?” “No, I have only kissed and will only kiss you.” “I-I-I don’t believe it,” said Crown Prince Yun. But in fact, he knew it was real. After all, she still didn’t know how to kiss a man properly besides just touching his lips. Yet, he didn’t know it was one of the few times he truly believed her. In the future, his suspicion would hurt her deeply. “It was my first kiss that time in the brothel. Kiss me back and check it if you don’t believe me!” “You...” Crown Prince Yun was so angry that he was speechless. “I’m Meng Xi. You can call me Xier.” “What?” “I said call me Xier!” “Confucius was right. Of all people, girls and snobs are the most difficult to deal with.” “Yes, and I’m both. If you feel at a disadvantage, I’ll stand still and let you kiss me back.” With that said, Meng Xi really did stand there and pout her lips, waiting for Crown Prince Yun to act. The smile in her eyes became even brighter. “You are...” Crown Prince Yun had no idea how to talk back. Meng Xi was the most shameless girl he had ever met. “Alright, alright. Forget about it. Let’s go shopping, okay?” Meng Xi went to hold Crown Prince Yun’s big hand as if she was coaxing a disobedient child. But who was the real childish one between them? Still feeling awkward, Crown Prince Yun kind of wanted to pull back his hand, but Meng Xi grabbed it so hard. Couldn’t bear to really hurt her, he made a compromise. In the absence of Young Master Jin, it was the first time that they went shopping alone and held hands together. Along the way, Crown Prince Yun behaved just like a mad child. He first bought the most expensive stuff and then casually threw it away as if he didn’t like it. Meanwhile, Meng Xi would give what he didn’t want to the beggars on the street. For Meng Xi, who had already run her business, spending money was totally not a big deal for her, but she liked it when he acted so lovingly childish. Of course, although Crown Prince Yun was still pissed off, he actually felt sweet in his heart. Gradually, he had already grown a special feeling for her. Crown Prince Yun concealed his identity so that Meng Xi only thought he was a young master born in a rich family. Little did she know that he was the Crown Prince, nor did she know that he was married and had a son. She simply liked that innocent man and wanted to take him home as her husband. Every day, she was having those adolescent girls’ dreams of staying happily with her loved one for the rest of her life. Seldom going out to see the outside world, Crown Prince Yun had led his entire life in the palace, repeating the same boring tasks every day. For him, every moment with Meng Xi was refreshing and interesting. It was his special happiness. Although he pretended that he didn’t care about Meng Xi, his heart had fallen for her a long time ago. He liked to see the little girl trying every method to make him smile. However, Meng Xi certainly didn’t know that Crown Prince Yun had felt the same for her. Looking smart, the inexperienced girl was still working hard to impress him, creating all kinds of coincidences and keeping flirting with him. These days, Meng Xi had bought Crown Prince Yun flowers and snacks, invited him to walk around the lake to watch the fireworks, paid for all the bills when they went shopping, eating, and playing, and prepared gifts for him. What’s more, she even took Crown Prince Yun to gamble in the casino and have fun in the brothel. While she was making him happy however she could, the unscrupulous man, Crown Prince Yun, took her efforts for granted on purpose and enjoyed them. While gambling in the casino, Crown Prince Yun always lost all his money, but he wasn’t worried at all because Meng Xi would give him all she had earned immediately. Although they were having fun in the brothel, none of the prostitutes dared to touch Crown Prince Yun even once. They knew he was Miss Meng’s crush! Therefore, most of the time, Crown Prince Yunand Meng Xi were just there watching dance performances, listening to music, drinking, and eating. As long as they were there, the brothel would change into a restaurant or a tea room. Meng Xi was behaving well in the brothel. But it was simply because she hadn’t made Crown Prince Yun her boyfriend. After they were in a relationship, Crown Prince Yun was jealous almost every day. And it wasn’t only for the men there.