I Packed Your Luggage

Xixi scribbled the equation of yesterday. After a few minutes or so her mind wandered off to yesterday. She couldn't shake off the fuzzy feelings from her mind. It was as if she was under a charm no matter how much she is trying to stay cautious she is being irresistibly drawn towards him.

The pull in her cape brought her back from her thoughts. As usual, it was Reliott chewing on her cotton cape and spitting away the soft threads indicating how she didn't like how it tasted.

"Yeah, cause that's not an edible item." Xixi commented, staring at her wronged face. Reliott rolled over on the ground with an even more adorable expression.

Xixi picked it up gently, booping her nose. 

"Aye, I wish I could take you with me tomorrow but unfortunately you are repulsed by cold weather." She remorsefully looked at the small cutie held in her hands.

Reliott was about to babble something in protest before Ziran entered, almost snatching her away from Xixi.

The befuddled Xixi blinked a few times from surprise. 

"She needs to attend the dragon training. Erm.. that she has been skipping them for a few days now." Ziran stated. He carefully observed her reaction and finally felt at ease noticing that she seemed to believe his words.

"Oh ok. You should take her away then." Xixi responded with reluctance laced in her voice. 

Ziran sulked inside his mind. This tiny ugly creature caught her heart within such a short time and here he was trying all tricks he could yet not able to let her even lower her guard around him.

He left not even bothering to properly say a polite bye to her.

"Weird. Isn't he always so gentlemanly? What happened to break that demeanor of his. " Xixi thought to herself.

The day seemed longer to her as neither Riwansa nor Reliott was there with her. Perhaps she did the right thing, agreeing to accompany him to his official work. It would help her figure out more about this place in general along with not getting bored.

She strolled across her own room before tiptoeing towards the balcony. The weather was comfortable. Her eyes drifted to the fluffy pink cotton flower petals floating in the air. It resembled spring back there.

A few petals floated near her. She caught one in her palms effortlessly, laughing childishly and whiffed it. 

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Initially, it wasn't his plan to go for an on-site visit so soon. However recently he has been having a not-so-good gut feeling. A sense of the ray of vibrant light that entered his life unexpectedly, leaving in the same way. Even though his rationality told him it definitely wouldn't be so easy for her to leave.

However, he simply didn't want to take a risk. Since when did he start throwing logic out of the window and rely on instincts? He was discussing the next city construction plans with the blueprinting engineer when he spotted her standing on the balcony. Her wavy locks cascaded down her shoulder and her skin radiated a golden glow due to the daylight. He was almost entranced by her cheerful smile curiously blowing off the swamp wineberry flowers. It took the engineer quite the effort to bring back his attention.

He had to finish the tasks of this place soon. They will be leaving tomorrow morning. As for Steven, this time he isn't going to help him. In matters of love, it's for the best to leave things to the couple. Anyways he is currently more worried about his own romance life.

Donghai was more than surprised to find the second prince who was always so attentive to even the minor details of works, wasn't paying attention to such an important construction plan. Intrigued by who or what was behind his inattentiveness he followed the direction of his gaze only to be even more surprised by the fact that it was a fine lady who attracted the stoic second prince's attention. 

Not daring to probe into the secret he called out to him several times. Satisfied with the quick approval he delightedly took his leave. Finally this one time he can keep his promise to his wife about returning home on time.

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It was pretty early when she opened her eyes. She felt slightly giddy.

She still had over an hour to get ready. 

"Damn." She cursed out loud remembering the fact that it completely slipped her mind to pack the luggage.

She jumped down from the bed in a hurry looking for the regular wear and necessary stuff. After five minutes of searching for things aimlessly, it finally dawned upon her that there was not a single thing in her room apart from her toiletry products and the notebook. 

Her brows furrowed in thoughts. She sat down on the bed again trying to figure out whether like some fantasy movie she has traveled into another different dimension or not.

"You didn't wash up? I packed up your baggage since it was quite late and I didn't want to wake you up. It's with me."

Her brain almost short-circuited as she digested the information and realized whose voice it was.