Chu Xingchen suddenly laughed, and Shen Cangzhu and the others looked at her, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just thought of a joke." Chu Xingchen didn't have the nerve to talk about her narcissistic incident just now, so he asked an eternal classic question, "Do you think the egg or the chicken came first in this world?"
The discussion started, which was quite lively, and eventually turned into a story session.
The storytelling session was pretty good, but the bad thing was that Lingzhou suddenly started telling ghost stories.
Lingzhou had heard many ancient legends and ghost stories in Northern Xinjiang before. When he looked at the place where Chu Xingchen slept, he came up with the idea of deliberately scaring Chu Xingchen.
His goal was achieved, and Chu Xingchen was indeed frightened.
"It's scary, stop talking."
Chu Xingchen was afraid of ghosts and didn't dare to watch ghost movies at all. She was scared for a long time after watching them once, and then no one dared to watch them again. As a result, in this small mountain village, Ling Zhou suddenly told a very appropriate ghost story, which scared her so much. Not light.
Seeing that Chu Xingchen was scared, Lingzhou snickered and wanted to tease her, but Xiao Wang quickly blocked his mouth with quick eyes and hands.
Lingzhou's ghost story was forced to end. Xiao Wang and Shen Cangzhu both saw that Chu Xingchen was afraid, so they told several stories that were a bit of a joke to divert Chu Xingchen's attention.
Not to mention, they were knowledgeable and interesting. They attracted two children from Grandma Yang’s family to listen, and Chu Xingchen was finally not so afraid.
It felt pretty good to tell stories by the fire, but... as time went on, Chu Xingchen became a little impatient.
She wanted to go to the toilet, but when she thought about going outside, she remembered the ghost story Ling Zhou had just told, and suddenly she was afraid to go out.
Shen Cangzhu was the first to discover Chu Xingchen's anomaly.
After all, they had been trapped together and had similar experiences. They had seen her... suffocating look and noticed something strange about her. Shen Cangzhu immediately went out and wanted to ask Grandma Yang to accompany Chu Xingchen.
But when I went out to look for them, I discovered that Grandma Yang and the others had gone to bed early and had already rested.
It was not good to disturb the old man, so he woke him up from bed. Shen Cangzhu thought about it, and after entering, he waved to Chu Xingchen to let her out.
"What's wrong?"
"I want to go get some firewood, please accompany me out."
The place where Shen Cangzhu put the firewood was right next to the toilet. Chu Xingchen's eyes lit up, "Okay."
It would be nice to go out together.
She was too anxious to care that there was still a lot of unused firewood in the yard, so she went out with Shen Cangzhu.
When they arrived at Chai, Chu Xingchen hesitated for a moment, then Shen Cangzhu took the initiative and said, "Your Highness, please go down. I'll wait for you here."
Afraid that Chu Xingchen would be scared and that Chu Xingchen would be embarrassed, Shen Cangzhu pulled a leaf from the side and blew it.
This would not embarrass her, but also subtly show that he was here and tell him that there was nothing to be afraid of.
Shen Cangzhu's method really worked. Chu Xingchen didn't feel so scared anymore and successfully solved the problem.
Shen Cangzhu waited for her to come out, grabbed some firewood and went back together.
It was too late to tell the story and it was time to rest. When Chu Xingchen went in, Xiao Wang had already sent the two children back to sleep.
"Madam, wash up."
The outside was not as good as inside the palace. Xiao Wang asked Jinyan to buy toiletries and wash the towels and tubs. When Chu Xingchen came back, he mixed the hot water.
"I can do it myself," Chu Xingchen said, but the hot towel was already put in her hand.
After Chu Xingchen washed his face, Xiao Wang had already prepared the foot-washing water and moved the small bench.
"Madam, wash your feet."
"You wash first, I'll pour it myself..."
"Sit down quickly, the water is getting cold."
Xiao Wang pressed her down on the small bench and said, "I've been away for a long time today. Please take a good bath. If it gets cold, add hot water."
He looked inside and said, "I just wanted to open your baggage, but I don't know if it's convenient."
"It's convenient." Chu Xingchen nodded. She put on her underwear herself. Fortunately, she put them on herself, otherwise she might have died in society again.
"That's okay."
Xiao Wang got up and went in to rummage through Chu Xingchen's baggage and took out the socks he had packed in late winter. Seeing Ling Zhou and Shen Cangzhu watching his movements, he explained, "His Highness said you can touch them."
Ling Zhou looked at it and asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time, "How will we arrange our sleep at night?"
Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang paused, and their eyes moved from Chu Xingchen's floral quilt to the bed next to them.
That's the focus of tonight's competition.
Because everyone wants to be closer to her.
"Let her choose." Xiao Wang said directly.
Xiao Wang took a towel to wipe Chu Xingchen's feet, and swept it across her feet, which had turned pink from the hot water. His Adam's apple rolled, and he hurriedly avoided it.
After Chu Xingchen finished wiping, Xiao Wang handed her the socks, "It will still be a little cold at night, so put them on so you don't catch a cold."
This is one reason, and the other reason is that she doesn't want them to see her feet again.
After Chu Xingchen finished washing and entered the room, Shen Cangzhu and the others made a tacit agreement to avoid the room and give Chu Xingchen time and space to change clothes.
Chu Xingchen took advantage of their absence to spread all the extra mattresses back, and then nodded with satisfaction.
She quickly changed into her pajamas. Seeing that they hadn't come in yet, she said directly, "Come in after you've finished washing. I'll change them."
Four people came in one after another, and no one was left behind. Shen Cangzhu asked warmly, "Madam, who do you want to sleep next to you?"
Chu Xingchen didn't think about this problem at first, but now he remembered that, yes, she lived in the same room with them, and there was someone closest to her.
"I can do either."
As soon as Chu Xingchen finished speaking, Lingzhou immediately took the initiative to fight for it, "Then let me sleep next to you, madam."
He promised, "Don't worry, I will never do anything."
Chu Xingchen: "..."
Ling Zhou didn't say anything, Chu Xingchen didn't expect to do anything. After all, no one seemed to be like this. But when Ling Zhou said it, Chu Xingchen remembered the last time he was suppressed.
"Stop it, you're not a good sleeper."
Upon hearing this, Shen Cangzhu and the others, who had not looked very good at first, changed their eyes.
Shen Cangzhu and Xiao Wang came forward in tacit understanding, held Ling Zhou's shoulders and dragged her back, "If you don't sleep well, don't get close to Your Highness and disturb her rest."
After being rejected by Chu Xingchen, Lingzhou knew that he had no chance, but he had no chance, and he would not give them a chance.
"What about you, Brother Xiao Wang? Don't you like to be clean? You definitely don't like to be squeezed in the middle. Then you can sleep there. I wiped the wall carefully and it's clean."
Lingzhou pointed to the other end of the kang, the place furthest away from Chu Xingchen.
Xiao Wang moved his mouth, but couldn't say any words of rejection at all.
In this way, only Shen Cangzhu and Zhou Buyan were left in the end, and Xiao Wang and Ling Zhou's eyes fell on them.
Shen Cangzhu's eyes moved slightly, while Zhou Buyan stood aside with his arms folded on his chest, as if he didn't hear their conversation. He didn't participate in the whole process, and was aloof. He looked emotionless and never fought for it.
Compared with Shen Cangzhu's previous initiative towards Chu Xingchen, looking at Zhou Buyan, Xiao Wang immediately made a decision, "If not, let's go with Mr. Zhou, who can protect His Highness."
"Yes, yes, it just so happens that Brother Xiao Wang dislikes the smell of my sweat. Brother Cangzhu, you smell good. I happen to be sleeping next to Brother Xiao Wang."
He was sleeping in the middle, and although he didn't speak for a week, he was the second closest to His Highness.
Shen Cangzhu looked at them with a smile on his face and twitched the corner of his mouth without saying a word. He was on guard against them, so he could only do this.
Mr. Zhou, let's just say Mr. Zhou, at least he is better than Xiao Wang and Ling Zhou who want to take action.
"Then it's settled."
Zhou Buyan's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to lie next to Chu Xingchen.
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Zhou. The king of picking up leaks. The lucky one. Silent.