It wasn't an apple that hit Newton.

Li Cheng: ? ? ?

Oh, where are you? I haven't even touched you, except for a few strange laughs. How come you already have a child?

This person has an incredibly vivid imagination.

However, seeing Holly frantically filling in the plot in her mind, almost scaring herself to tears, Li Cheng decided to stop teasing her and became a little worried.

"Cough cough cough."

He coughed twice and stared at the little maid sitting on the ground in front of him, saying, "I was just kidding. I'm not interested in you."

Holly is now synonymous with green. She wears a light green tulle dress, has long, smooth dark green hair, and brown-green eyes. She sits slumped on the dark green summer grass in a duck-like position, letting the tender green grass blades brush against the bare skin on her thighs, making her look even more like a green grasshopper.

Although there are many strange monster girl works, insect girls are also very common.

But humans cannot, or at least should not.

"really?"

The grasshopper girl sniffed.

"Well, but you have to answer one question for me."

Li Cheng nodded: "Do you know why Her Highness won't let me go to the front lines to accompany her, as you hoped?"

Although she didn't understand why Li Cheng suddenly asked this, Holly still sniffled and replied, "Because... Your Highness is a strong person and disdains asking others to accompany you?"

"Wrong."

Li Cheng shook his head: "Because you've misunderstood something. It's not that companionship only means being together—to ask another question, do you know why your prince accepted me?"

“Because His Highness was violated by you,” Holly answered instinctively.

???

Li Cheng's face immediately darkened, and he threatened, "Believe me or not, I'll rape you right now and see if you'll accept me?"

"Waaah!"

Holly clutched her chest in fright.

“The correct answer is that we share common ideals.” Li Cheng ignored the grasshopper girl and continued, “The church, history, business, humanity, currency, politics, food... We’ve talked about many of these topics and have striking similarities and mutual understanding in these ideas.”

"With this premise in mind, do you understand why you don't need close companionship?"

"not understand."

Holly shook her head, not understanding the connection between the two.

"No wonder you can only be a maid, and can only be a maid." Li Cheng slapped his forehead, somewhat speechless.

"What's wrong with being His Highness's maid?"

When the beloved princess was involved, Grasshopper Girl immediately spoke up to refute.

"Fine, fine, whatever you want."

Li Cheng was too lazy to argue that she was just a maid: "Let me put it more clearly, even if Her Highness the Princess were a man, we would still become good friends."

"The reason they've become husband and wife is actually a case of making the best of a bad situation. Since they've already gone all the way, they might as well take it a step further."

"In other words, this love is a deeper derivative of the shared beliefs and recognition. It requires the same ideals and recognition to maintain it. On the basis of ensuring like-mindedness, companionship is no longer the decisive factor. As long as we ensure the exchange of information from time to time, such as writing letters, asking someone to pass on messages, or meeting and chatting, we can solidify and deepen the sense of recognition."

"Typical love is built on mutual attachment and companionship, requiring daily time spent together to maintain. It's the differences in values ​​and beliefs that can be compromised and adjusted to each other..."

Do you understand now?

Li Cheng rambled on and on, then looked closely and noticed that the grasshopper girl's eyes were starting to dart around.

"Identity, belief, maintenance, companionship..."

She unconsciously repeated words she couldn't understand at all; these words seemed far too profound for a grasshopper.

"Okay, I can tell from your expression that you don't understand."

Li Cheng's lips twitched: "Just think of Her Highness and me as soulmates. I'll write her a letter regularly and meet her occasionally to show my presence and build rapport. There's no need for me to be by her side all the time, understand?"

As the saying goes, "High mountains and flowing water seek a kindred spirit," a kindred spirit can be a friend, a stranger, or even a spouse.

"Oh."

Holly obediently responded, lowered her head to think for a moment, and suddenly asked a question: "If one day, you and His Highness have different ideas, will you break up?"

"probably."

Li Cheng paused for two seconds, then changed the subject: "Since you're already here, why don't we spend a day having fun, and then go see His Highness together the day after tomorrow, what do you say?"

"Hey, you're willing to go to the front lines?" Holly was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes, I definitely have to go and visit them."

Li Cheng nodded, watching the grasshopper girl become happy, but his heart was not as joyful as this simple little maid.

The trust between him and Veronica was not built overnight, but through repeated conversations and actions, they confirmed that they shared the same ideals, which gradually led to a sense of identification. Finally, with the birth of their child, a symbol of their union, their trust was strengthened step by step.

but.

From both a perspective of interests and emotions, Li Cheng has never raised, or has tried to avoid raising, the issue that might conflict with the princess's beliefs.

"I really hope we're on the same page..."

Li Cheng let out a breath and turned around to continue attending the barbecue party.

"Excuse me, could you help me up?"

Holly's weak voice came from the ground: "My legs are numb, I can't stand up by myself..."

However, it seems that the grasshopper girl had been sitting on the ground in a duck-like position for too long, causing poor blood circulation in her legs, which made them numb.

"..."

Li Cheng reached out an arm to help her up from the ground, but the grasshopper girl was still unsteady on her feet, so she leaned against him, hugging the arm that had helped her up, using Li Cheng's body for support, and said with a slightly flushed voice:

"Hiss... Let me hold it for a while, it'll be over soon."

So how exactly did this guy become the princess's personal maid?

Li Cheng was speechless. He decided to become a human stake for once, since it wouldn't make a difference if he spent two more minutes.

Just then.

"Hey! Li Cheng, the barbecue's ready, we're just waiting for you!"

Annie ran over in that direction with a gusto, only to see Li Cheng and Holly seemingly hugging each other.

Holly, in particular, had a teary-eyed expression and was covered in bits of grass from the ground, as if she had just been pinned to the ground and subjected to some rather unseemly activity.

Holy crap!

Anne immediately swore: "Li Cheng, you even dared to have an affair with His Highness's maid, and you even had to seize such a short time to have a secret rendezvous—you wait and see, this time I'm going to tell Newton that I can't tolerate this anymore."

With that, she ran back even faster, shouting as she ran, "Newton! Newton! Li Cheng is having an affair with that maid behind your back!"

Grass (a type of plant).

Chapter 383 Possibly a Masochist

Anne took long strides and ran away as fast as she could.

Holly heard her shouting and yelling without any attempt to hide it, talking about cheating and cheating, and she couldn't take it anymore. She reached out to push Li Cheng away. But her legs were already numb, so she lost her footing, missed a step, and suddenly slipped to the side.

"ah--"

"Hey, watch out."

Li Cheng reacted quickly and immediately grabbed her arm, preventing the girl from falling.

Seeing that Li Cheng was gently supporting her again, Holly, frail and weak, turned to the side and said with a mixture of shame and anxiety, "You, you let go! I don't want to have an affair with you!"

"I didn't have an affair with you!"

Li Cheng was speechless.

“But that person was shouting just now,” Holly said, quite annoyed.

"Just because she calls you having an affair doesn't mean you're having an affair?" Li Cheng retorted. "No wonder you can only be a maid. Putting aside your flawed logic, what's wrong with her calling you that? Just turn back to the princess's side. Who cares if you're having an affair or not? Does she have any say in it?"

"...That makes some sense?"

Holly blinked, but still shook her head repeatedly: "No, you have to make it clear for me that I didn't have an affair with you just now."

"I would have done it even if you hadn't said anything."

Li Cheng sighed, "Alright, let's go, let's get there early so that the big mouth won't have to say much."

"I'll go by myself."

Holly pushed Li Cheng away. This time she didn't fall, but her walking posture was a bit unsteady, making people worry that she might fall to the ground at any moment.

"Will it work?"

Li Cheng was slightly uneasy.

"It can do it... Ah!"

The moment Holly uttered the words "I can do it," she twisted her ankle and fell to her knees in front of Li Cheng with a "thud," as if she were begging for forgiveness. Originally, her leg was just a little numb, but now, after falling twice, her ankle was truly sprained.

What's even more embarrassing is that she had just pushed Li Cheng away, indicating that she could walk, but before she could say another word, she fell down.

"Waaaaah... Why am I so miserable?"

Too ashamed to face anyone, the maid covered her face with her hands and simply knelt there, wailing, "First I was threatened with rape, then people thought I was having an affair, and now I've even sprained my ankle..."

Li Cheng watched her actions from the sidelines, his lips twitching wildly.

He was numb too.

"Can we still walk now?"

Holly covered her face and shook her head.

"Shall I carry you across?"

Holly shook her head again.

"Come on, I'll carry you across."

Li Cheng turned around and squatted down in front of the little maid who was still apologizing with thorns on her back: "Just say that you fell just now and I was helping you up. I'll carry you over here while I'm at it—if I call someone to carry you over, I'll have to make an extra trip."