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Jiang Ruining knew what the key point of his words was, but she deliberately focused on the wrong thing, ignoring the issue of chest and abdominal muscles. With her bright eyes wide open, she started seriously discussing the "age" issue with him, counting on her fingers!

"Actual age, mental age, and physical age are all different! Even if someone is nineteen and twenty, there's a whole difference between them! It's like vegetables; they can get old if they're left out for even a day longer! Once you pick them and bring them home, they'll shrivel up a bit more if you leave them out for an extra day!"

"There's a six-year age gap between us!"

She held up a six and moved closer to him.

"I'll remain tender and juicy for many more years, while you're already on your way to reducing your juices!"

"The age gap in thinking is even more pronounced. Even among intelligent people like my father and Grand Tutor Cui, there are different levels. Not to mention someone like you who crushes cunning old foxes underfoot. There's a whole galaxy between you and someone like me with a simple mind who's never even been involved in court politics!"

Sometimes when I listen to you speak, it feels so profound. I'm not very bright, and many times I don't understand what you're saying, so I can only pretend to understand!

After saying that, he sighed deeply, as if lamenting that his mind wasn't sharp enough!

Xiao Che listened to her rambling on and on, which became more and more outrageous, until he was almost laughing in exasperation!

He didn't know who it was, but she suddenly started analyzing this and that with him, and even before he could think about some of them in depth, she had already finished explaining!

She doesn't understand?

Would she find it profound?

I can't believe her!

This is clearly an excuse for her philandering and promiscuity!

One wasn't enough, I wanted several more!

Throughout the entire capital, no! Throughout the entire Great Zhou, which young lady is as greedy as her!

Jiang Ruining didn't notice the twitching between his eyebrows and started to focus on his physique: "There are several levels of physique, but there are only two types of muscles: one is thin muscles that look slim in clothes but muscular when undressed, and the other is explosive muscles that are so muscular that you feel like you'll get beaten up if you look at them for too long."

"I like slender, toned skin! This type of physique isn't categorized into very specific age groups; 18 to 35 years old is considered the same age group, and it's the most perfect one. So, when I look at your physique, of course there's no generation gap between us!"

As if she were thinking of someone's great figure, her smile held a mixture of eagerness and longing.

"Me? Hehe... I love every good body equally!"

The last sentence was extremely grating to Xiao Che's ears.

She went on and on, basically saying: "As long as someone has a good figure, a good complexion, and is the right age, I want to look at them, touch them, and even play with them! It's not because you're Xiao Che that I'm bothering you, but because you, Xiao Che, have a good figure and are good-looking that I'm being so proactive and enthusiastic! You're not exactly unremarkable to me!"

The thought that she might grope other men or even hug them when he couldn't see her made Xiao Che unable to control the surge of anger in his heart!

This audacious, passionate, and hateful fellow should be locked up so he'll never have the chance to provoke others again!

Gada.

A very faint cracking sound was drowned out by the surrounding conversations.

Nobody cared.

Jiang Ruining glanced at the slight bulge under his sleeve, caused by his exertion, seemingly unintentionally, then turned and sat down in another armchair next to him, resting her chin on her hand and sighing, "Besides, there's clearly a generation gap between us! The more I spend with people my age these past few days, the more obvious the difference becomes."

Xiao Che regretted it.

I regret agreeing to take her out and allowing her to go out and socialize.

These two decisions were the worst decisions he had ever made in his life! They were on par with his decision to leave Beijing to go to war back then!

Perhaps he had been too angry, for Xiao Che had calmed down, and a smile even curved his cool lips: "Oh? I didn't even notice. Tell me, when and in what ways have we had a generation gap?"

Jiang Ruining waved to him.

Xiao Che pursed his thin lips, turned to the side, and wanted to hear what other nonsense she could come up with!

Jiang Ruining covered her lips with her hand and whispered, "If it were any teenager, as long as they knew I liked looking at pecs and abs, they would definitely find a chance to get wet and take off their clothes in front of me without me even asking!"

"If I didn't have muscles, I'd build them as quickly as possible so I could admire them! Unlike your old-fashioned thinking, you're so guarded and don't give me a single chance!"

As if knowing how daring the topic she was talking about was, she leaned even closer to his ear.

"Not to mention, passing by the door without actually going in!"

Xiao Che's breath hitched.

How could she not understand what she meant by "passing by the door without entering"?

Her alluring face was tense under the golden sun, and her ears were slightly red.

Jiang Ruining saw his ears turn red and then quickly disappear, and secretly clicked her tongue in amazement. He could even control that. Impressive!

She stepped back, chuckling dryly, "Of course, it also proves from another angle that you have great self-control, are mature, and unapproachable! So it also directly proves that there's a serious generation gap between us!"

Xiao Che considered himself to be emotionally stable, but he had lost count of how many times he had been so angry with her that he had to take deep breaths to control his emotions!

"You're a girl!"

Jiang Ruining opened her large, bright eyes, blinked a few times, and then chuckled, "Yes, I am! But you know I'm not exactly the kind of woman people consider a good lady. Reserved, reserved, composed… I have none of those qualities!"

"I don't want to be the 'good girl' in your eyes. Life is so bitter, I'm unlucky, every step I take is a dead end. I don't care what others think of me or what they say about me. I just want to live more freely and make myself happier."

"and……"

She suddenly stopped.

The agility and lightness that once filled her gradually faded away, leaving only sorrow and loneliness lingering around her.

His breathing was slightly suppressed and trembling.

"Who knows, one day... I might just die!"

Xiao Che's taut heartstrings were brutally torn apart by a pair of invisible hands, the pain piercing from the depths of his pores, threatening to shred him to pieces: "No! Don't think like that!"

Jiang Ruining lowered her head, no longer looking at him, and continued speaking very softly, her voice almost drowned out by the surrounding laughter: "I know that deep down, you actually look down on my way of doing things."

"But I don't want to wait until I'm on my deathbed, when my entire life is flashing before my eyes, to find that I've always been scheming and struggling with hurting others, living for the opinions of others, without even knowing what it means to be truly happy!"

"How pathetic! What's the meaning of my life?"

Xiao Che finally understood why she was so bold and unrestrained at this moment. It was because her first half of life was too bitter and she had no place to settle down in the second half. Her pain and loneliness had nowhere to go. She wanted liveliness and companionship!

But she dared not speak out, fearing that she would end up with nothing, so she preferred to pretend to revel in the void!

"I don't look down on you. You can live the way you want to live. I won't say anything to you or restrict you anymore."

Jiang Ruining remained silent for a while, then slowly raised her head to look at him, trying to curve the corners of her mouth to make herself look like she was smiling and carefree. However, her eyes were covered with a layer of mist, reflecting the sunlight and shimmering with a broken pool, making her carefree look completely unconvincing!

"Your Highness, if you don't want to tolerate my inappropriate words and actions, you can ignore me and tell me to go away. I am very sensible and will not pester you shamelessly, nor will I take advantage of your power to be arrogant and tarnish your reputation."

"I beg Your Highness, please spare my life now that I've saved your life once, in the name of the great calamity I've committed. Is that alright?"

She choked up slightly, trying her best to steady her breathing, which resulted in a very forceful pause.

"If I still wanted to be alive then!"

Xiao Che was almost overwhelmed by her bitterness: "I didn't mean to..."

"Alright!" Jiang Ruining took a deep breath, stood up, interrupting him as if she dared not listen. She performed a proper curtsy and hurriedly left, "I won't disturb Your Highness any longer! Goodbye!"

Goodbye!

These two words were like a thunderbolt, striking Xiao Che suddenly and making his heart pound with fear. They were also like a curse, the spell already written with the promise of their separation by life and death, causing his heart to clench.

He reached out and grasped her wrist.

But he just missed her; his fingertips only touched her sleeve.

He leaned forward, trying to grab it, but a gust of wind blew him away, lifting him up and letting it slip through his fingers, leaving him grasping nothing!

"Jiang Ruining!"