MARRIED TO A CRUEL CROWN PRINCE

Let's Run

Chapter 37: Let's run

Ying Lili smiled at Sheng Li's statement. "When a lion is in front of you, throw this rope at me. I know you will be the first one to escape from there," Ying Lili said. Sheng Li walked back as well as Ying Lili.

"You're ruining the meaning of my name" Sheng Li said.

"Sheng Li, thank you," Ying Lili said. Sheng Li blinked his eyes and glanced at him. "Why did you suddenly say thank you?" Sheng Li asked skeptically.

"Because you saved my friend's life, and you agreed to my request to go to the market," Ying Lili replied to him. Sheng Li was unable to digest the fact that Ying Lili was saying words worthy of praise about him. "So, you're trying to say I'm not cruel enough and I also have a soft heart?" Sheng Li sought answers from Ying Lili.

"Indeed. If you're going to be ruthless, you'll kill Jingguo without a second thought. You treated me well too. Back at Juyan, I had heard that the crown prince was a female seductress and he treated women badly. My mother is afraid of how I will survive with you but, now it feels different," Ying Lili uttered in her gentle tone.

Sheng Li smiled. "How do you know that I'm not a woman? It's just that I didn't see you as a woman that's why nothing happened between us until now. Don't deduce things so quickly, Lili. It's not even a week for us. Marriage and you start to deduce things about me? I treat women badly. With the right words, I don't consider gender when I punish someone. Forgot about your waiter? She was also a woman, but I killed her. Some ulterior motives in keeping Hu Jingguo alive," Sheng Li added.

Ying Lili was at a loss for words. "Why didn't you answer? Don't tell me you've started loving me" Sheng Li said.

"Disputed? Huh huh? That's never gonna happen. I'm just saying. Okay, throw everything I say out of your mind," Ying Lili said.

"I'm not a child, Lili. How could I forget anything you told me? Wait, are you telling me that I'm good because I asked Your Majesty to let me be a one-woman man?" Sheng Li asked Ying Lili with a satisfied expression.

"We are on the main road, Sheng Li," Ying Lili said happily when Sheng Li told Ying Lili that they should use a different name, not her real name. Ying Lili nodded and asked what name they should use.

"Hushu" "Minli" Ying Lili and Sheng Li both suggested each other's names. Sheng Li blinked his eyes and said, "That's a very wrong name. You want people to call me ..." Sheng Li was cut by Ying Lili in the middle. "I'll call you Hushu. It fits perfectly with your personality and, I like the name you gave me. Let's go, Hushu," Ying Lili said with a smile and started walking.

Sheng Li could not speak anything as he watched someone coming from the front. Both of them kept going and in a while, they were on the market. Ying Lili saw a restaurant that was quite crowded with customers. "Hushu, let's go there," Ying Lili told Sheng Li who nodded and the two walked inside the restaurant.

"Minli, I don't think it's safe to eat here. What if someone puts poison in it?" Sheng Li in a low voice asked.

"Hushu, you think too much. No one knows us" whispered Ying Lili. Sheng Li looked around to check if it was safe for them there when he heard something that caught his attention quickly. Three men were sitting around the table on their left and laughing at each other.

"Have you seen the crown princess?" one of them asked.

"Indeed, I have seen the crown princess. She was a true jade beauty. But, I wonder how His Majesty survived with the crown prince?" the man expressed his concern.

"Don't lie to us. Getting inside the palace was no easy feat," said another man among them. Minli also heard their conversation and looked inside Sheng Li whose anger was rising. The boy came there with a tray in his hand where two porcelain bowls were laid. "This is your order," said the boy as he placed the bowl on the table.

"What's that?" Sheng Li complained, with a disgusting expression on his face. He did not realize that he was speaking so loudly that everyone around him turned their eyes towards him. "It's wheat dough noodles, Hushu. Sorry, Son. My husband has never eaten any outside food so, he behaved like this," Ying Lili handled the situation well.

"It's okay, sister," said the boy and walked away.

Ying Lili tasted her soup first and then started eating her noodles. Seeing Ying Lili alive, Sheng Li also started eating. Mienya didn't seem like her taste so she stopped in the middle. "I don't like it," Sheng Li said in annoyance.

"Don't waste food like this" Ying Lili told him.

"I can't eat this food. This makes my tongue hurt," Sheng Li insisted. Ying Lili did not speak any further and continued to eat. After he finished eating, they stood up from their seats. They went to the counter to pay the bills when Sheng Li remembered something. "Minli, I don't have any money," Sheng Li whispered near Minli's ear.

The cashier looked at them and spoke, "You should give 20 coins for two servings." Sheng Li smiled then looked at Minli who was getting closer to Sheng Li and whispered, "Let's run." Sheng Li looked at him confusedly.