Normal Daily Life And Disbelief

"Sit there."

After making sure that Wang Ling is seated in a comfortable chair while away from where the smoke would drift, Yusheng started cooking their late lunch after the cliche situation of almost being forcefully being taken away by a woman.

"I can watch you cook right?"

"Yeah."

Yusheng nods his head while pulling his sleeves up, after all, being in the same room, or having close proximity with each other works well too when it comes to dealing with the pressure that is damaging Wang Ling's body.

"It might take a while, would you like to have a drink and a snack?"

"Hm, it's alright. I'm still full from the snacks we ate before."

"Just let me know if you need something."

"Hmm… Yeah…"

Unbeknown to Yusheng, who is busy preparing the ingredients, Wang Ling's smile turns gentler and warmer after the thoughtful question of the young man, particularly when he was personally cooking their lunch.

At the same time, he was also informed that the young man will prepare a bone soup that will be boiled for hours, and will be ready to be eaten during dinner.

How kind and thoughtful, even though it is for the sake of a goal, and yet, there is no need to be this diligent and thoroughly taking care of his well-being.

At least, the information about the young man being kind and gentle has some truth about it.

As the sound of chopping, the smell of wood-burning, along with the scent of delicious food started drifting in the kitchen, Wang Ling's entire attention is on the busy young man carefully and meticulously cooking their food.

And as time goes by, Wang Ling's eyes become deeper and shimmering with unknown emotion, of course, a certain someone is completely oblivious about the change of the person watching behind him.

Soon, Yusheng and Wang Ling sit at a table filled with beautifully made and delicious smelling food, which is simple but nutritional shiitake chicken soup, fluffy white rice, smashed cucumber with sesame oil, and garlic, and there is also a simple steam river shrimp.

"When you have better digestion, I'll let you taste the crispy fried chicken, I'm sure you will like it."

Yusheng calmly places a bowl filled with the fluffy white rice in front of the curious Wang Ling after mentioning one of the famous foods in the modern world, before placing a bowl of the mushroom chicken soup.

"You are making me curious, well, you are the one making the crispy fried chicken you mentioned, right?"

"Of course, as long as I have time, I'll be taking care of the food you will be eating from this moment on."

I don't want you to be poisoned or given medicine by people with malicious intentions, after all, accidents and unexpected situations still tend to happen no matter how extremely guarded a person can be.

"Hm, ok, I can't wait for that day to come."

Wang Ling tries to restrain the slight happiness from leaking out from his smile, knowing that the young man before him will become guarded. Despite how intimate the young man is acting, he can still detect the similar wall that stops anyone from genuinely entering the young man's heart.

Usually, people with lifelike them are born with a suspicious and paranoid nature, it just depends on how deep and dark it is.

And just like that, every meal and break time, Yusheng personally prepares everything, while Wang Ling's job is just to be pretty while taking care of his health.

It is quite a peaceful and comforting time, the normal daily life slowly easing up the two young man's burden hearts while unconsciously letting them get used to each other's presence and causing their relationship to become deeper as the days passed by.

And when it is one of the times where Yusheng takes Wang Ling to appreciate the life of the common people at the same time, training the man's endurance, two days have already passed by and it isn't surprising when the two of them since the arrival of Xing Gen.

After making sure that there aren't any people around, Yusheng signals for the young man to appear before continuing to try catching fishes and even crabs in the long river that was sparkling beautifully because of the sunlight in the sky.

"Your Royal Highness!!!"

"... Gen. It's been hard for you."

Under a large tree, Wang Ling nods his head while carefully sipping the cold soy milk that the Young Prince had prepared for their outing near the river. And in just two days, there is a slight healthy glow on his thin pale cheeks, showing how he has been greatly taken care of by the young man.

"Your Royal Highness!"

Xing Gen can't help but tear up after a careful observation of the Imperial Prince's well-being and at the same time feeling extremely relieved that his Master has been safe and sound. Fortunately, Kang's plot hasn't worked out from the look of it. 

As long as the Imperial Prince isn't caught off guard, no one will be able to easily cause him harm, much less be able to take his life.

"Come and sit down. Tell me everything you know."

When Wang Ling sees the way Gen hesitates while glancing at the Young Prince, his eyes can't help but warm up after gazing for a few seconds at the busy figure in the river causing Xing Gen who is able to catch a glimpse of the change of his Master eyes to become stunned.

"You can trust him. In the entire world, he is the only existence that would never hurt me."

Not only does the young Prince need to keep me alive, but there also seems to be an additional task that I need to be happy and extremely taken care of.

"...!!!"

What happened in the last few days they were together??? Master, why do you have the appearance of a person falling in love???

Despite the doubt, suspicion, and surprise Xing Gen feels about what he just witnessed, he starts to report on everything he knows and what he has been doing before he got caught and tortured by the enemy.

And even though he is still alert and suspicious of the Second Imperial Prince of the Su Empire, he can only swallow his doubt after perceiving the sharp and threatening gaze of his Master.

After all, a proud aristocratic family has disappeared in the Wang Empire after being executed because of a severe crime in the past.

Although the evidence has been given by one of the officials in the Royal Court, however, most of the people in the higher up understood that it was his Royal Highness Ling who had caused it.

And the entire reason was the fact that the family had been so proud of being appreciated by one of the Imperial Princes that they didn't control themselves when dealing with his Royal Highness Ling.

Even though the Imperial Prince has been able to endure and remain unaffected by the sneers of the people around him, that foolish family has just gone too far, completely forgetting the fact that Wang Ling is still an Imperial Prince despite how the other Imperial Prince has a higher status, influence, and power in the Empire.

"Your Royal Highness… about Kang…"

Usually, Xing Gen would remain silent after reporting and yet, he can't help but speak up after thinking of the traitor that wanted to harm the Imperial Prince's life, even going so far as eyeing the information network and power that his Royal Highness had painfully built up in the past.

"I have it handled, don't worry, and just help me prepare what I need since I will be accompanying Yusheng in the war. In almost two weeks, we will go to the frontline."

"...!?"

Xing Gen utterly feels confused at the decision of the Imperial Prince, especially when the Imperial Prince belongs to the Wang Empire, the enemy that the Su Empire is currently battling.

Why? It's dangerous! Besides that, why is Imperial Prince Yusheng willing to take the Prince of the enemy Empire in the frontline when it can easily cause danger to his life and the army?

After all, it still can't remove the suspicion that Imperial Prince Ling is acting as a spy or he could be secretly sending intel to the Wang Empire during the war, causing the Su army to be in grave danger.

Of course, Xing Gen knows that such a situation is possible when it comes to his Master.

Oh, don't look at the calm smile, or gentle eyes, his Royal Highness has cruelty and ruthlessness deep in his bones.

However, before Xing Gen can further recall the insidious, cunning, and malicious situations his Master had done in the past, the bright and excited voice of the usually bloodthirsty and violent Imperial Prince resounds in his ears.

"Li! Look at what I got! A crab! Well, you can only eat a few of it, but I'm going to make sure that it will taste great!"

"Mnm! If it's Yusheng making it, there is no doubt that it will taste delicious."

Xing Gen can only watch with utter disbelief as the two Imperial Princes, the ones who are supposed to be enemies with each other because of the war going on, smile brightly with each other.

"... Am I hallucinating? Maybe, I'm still in the torture room???"