Adhering to the attitude of 'I'm not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed', Jiang Yao climbed up from the man's lap and said naturally:
"Ano, it's good morning."
The man responded: "Morning."
Jiang Yao admired the beauty in front of her.
Ji Huaiye's face is a little pale, and a few strands of bangs are falling down, revealing a fragile beauty that makes people want to take good care of her.
Ji Huaiye also looked at Jiang Yao, staring straight at her.
This time, Jiang Yao felt embarrassed.
A Ye is still the same fun person as before. When she stares at her, she kicks herself in embarrassment. How cute.
Now I have learned so badly that I actually look at myself like this.
"Aye, how are you feeling?" Jiang Yao asked.
"Much better." Ji Huaiye said, looking at Jiang Yao, he hesitated to speak.
"Aye, if you have anything to say, just say it. There is no need to hide our relationship."
"Yes, what's the relationship between the two of us..." Ji Huaiye seemed to like this description very much, "Was I scary last night?"
He didn't want to expose such an ugly side in front of her.
However, he really couldn't control himself...
"It's not scary. You have a problem called 'claustrophobia'. You can overcome it on your own. It's amazing." Jiang Yao praised.
She really thought Ji Huaiye was powerful. She was almost scared to death, fearing that he wouldn't be able to persist.
Ji Huaiye didn't expect Jiang Yao to say that, and the heavy pressure on his heart lightened a little.
"Claustrophobia?" This was the first time he heard this name.
"Claustrophobia is caused by some bad experiences in childhood, which leave a shadow on people. As adults, when living in a claustrophobic environment, it is easy to suffer from this problem." Jiang Yao explained seriously.
Is that so?
He had had attacks before, but those people said he was haunted by ghosts, that he was an unknown person, and that he was attracting evil spirits, and even wanted to burn him with fire...
This was the first time someone told him that this was a disease called 'claustrophobia'.
"Can I call you 'Yao Yao'?" Ji Huaiye said suddenly.
Many people called her "Yao Yao", but the man's voice was deep and hoarse, which made Jiang Yao's ears warm.
"You can scream if you like." Jiang Yao hummed.
"Yao Yao..." Ji Huaiye said this name, lingering on the tip of his tongue, always feeling that it had a special taste.
He recited it several times in succession, and Jiang Yao's ears felt hot hearing the low and hoarse voice.
"I heard it all, and you still screamed, calling for souls." Jiang Yao said angrily.
"Yao Yao, come here." Ji Huaiye said softly.
Jiang Yao rolled her eyes, but walked to Ji Huaiye's side and sat down.
"Come here, what next?"
"Do you want to know why I get claustrophobia?" Ji Huaiye said.
Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment, feeling very complicated.
I think so, of course I do, people are curious.
Especially Ji Huaiye is her favorite villain, and she wants to tap into her heart even more.
However, everything requires reciprocity, and secrets are also different.
Ji Huaiye told her his secret, and he also had to tell her a secret.
While Jiang Yao was still hesitating and struggling, Ji Huaiye had already spoken.
"I started to read when I was three years old. I could read and write at the age of four, and I could read the Four Classics at the age of five. However, my mother was still dissatisfied with me and was very strict with me. If I couldn't meet her requirements, I would be locked up.
In the room, it was very dark and there was no light. I shouted as hard as I could and banged on the door, but she never paid attention..."
Ji Huaiye's voice was very slow. He had never thought of mentioning these past events to anyone.
He never had any desire to mention it to anyone.
She was the first one he wanted to tell.
Jiang Yao thought about the tiny, delicate and beautiful little boy, being locked up in a small dark room, and felt pitiful just thinking about it.
Aye's mother is really cruel.
Jiang Yao really wanted to travel back to that time and hug poor little Aye.
"Later, I realized that crying was useless. Every time I was locked in a dark room, I would huddle in the corner, carrying a book..."
"My mother thought that I was not afraid and the punishment must be insufficient, so she put some things in the room that I was afraid of, such as snakes."
Jiang Yao listened, her hands were itchy and she wanted to hit someone.
How can anyone behave like this?!
"She was very controlling. She said to go east, but I couldn't go west. Sometimes, I even felt like I couldn't breathe. Later, she got sick, very seriously. I still couldn't bear to leave her. I served her every day. In front of the hospital bed.”
"One day, I woke up from her hospital bed in the middle of the night, and I felt something shaking in front of me..."
Ji Huaiye took a deep breath.
He felt a soft body leaning against him, and a small hand gently patted his back.
Ji Huaiye's suffocating feeling dissipated a little.
"What was shaking was my mother's foot. She hanged herself, but her eyes were still open and looking at me. I was nine years old that year."
Jiang Yao leaned on Ji Huaiye's back and tried hard to hug her.
She was almost heartbroken. She didn't expect that Aye would have such an experience.
Why is there such a mother?
These are not mother and son, are they enemies?
"Aye, why is your mother..."
"My mother left a suicide note asking me to take revenge. In this way, she told me not to forget my hatred." Ji Huaiye whispered.
"So your mother asked you to study for revenge?" Jiang Yao's voice contained suppressed anger.
"Yes, the person she wants to take revenge on has a high position. She wants me to study hard, get the top prize in the exam, become an official in the court, and then one day be able to take revenge..." Ji Huaiye said, suddenly laughing, a little bit. desolate.
Jiang Yao's heart throbbed in pain.
She remembered some content in the novel. In the novel, Ji Huaiye was promoted step by step, reaching the rank of chief minister, but he was not greedy for power.
His soul seemed empty.
Perhaps, this is not what he wanted at all.
He was just following his mother's ideas, being his mother's puppet, controlling power, and seeking revenge...
Finally, when his own son's sword stabbed at him, it was not necessarily that he couldn't hide, but that he didn't want to hide.
Because this was the last straw for him, and he no longer had any nostalgia for this world.
"Aye, don't let others control your life, even your mother. Do you live for yourself?" Jiang Yao said.
She felt so uncomfortable. She really didn't want Ji Huaiye to repeat the fate in the novel.
"Live for yourself?" Ji Huaiye raised his head and looked at Jiang Yao, with a trace of confusion in his deep eyes, "If it is for myself, I don't know what I will do."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know now. Let's look for it slowly. Like me, I just want to make money, buy a big house, and raise a lot of..." Jiang Yao paused, "I have time to raise a lot of cats and dogs. Just go and travel around these great rivers and mountains, feel free and unrestrained!"
This was Jiang Yao's dream before she went to the book.