Chapter 21: The Temptation of Light Blue Lake

Although Liu Nian was invited to have lunch together, she was the only one eating. Bo Heng always sat there and looked at her quietly, like Gulliver supervising her table manners.

Liu Nian looked at the face that was exactly the same as the one in the original world, feeling mixed emotions. Wang Boheng's every move made her heart restless, but her feelings were clearly because of the man in the original world.

"As a guest, I should treat you like this. Don't feel restrained." Perhaps noticing that Liu Nian was a little unnatural, Bo Heng took a sip of tea lightly.

Liu Nian quietly looked up and couldn't help but complain in his heart - it turns out that vampires also drink tea.

"It's nothing. I feel quite comfortable." Liu Nian wiped his mouth and sat up straight, like a student being interviewed by a teacher.

"Doesn't Ge Li have any place he often goes to after he came back?" Bo Heng played with his fingers and asked the purpose of inviting Liu Nian to have dinner together this time.

"I don't have any place I go often. I like to take a bath at home?" Liu Nian sat upright, his eyes rolling around as he answered the question.

Every day at noon these days, Guang Wang Boheng would ask her to have lunch together, and then ask her a lot of questions about Ge Lie. His words simply meant to know what Ge Lie was doing recently, how he felt, and whether he was in good health.

Liu Nian thought to himself, he is really a person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He cares so much about Ge Lie, how could their brotherly relationship not be good?

Liu Nian stopped eating and was thinking about how to leave.

"Are you full?" Bo Heng saw that Liu Nian had stopped and had asked all the questions he wanted to ask today, so he gave Liu Nian a way out and gave her a reason to leave.

"Yeah." Liu Nian put down the fork in his hand, picked up Juanbu and wiped his mouth.

"Grey wouldn't want to know what you and I talk about during dinner." Liu Nian looked up and met Bo Heng's eyes, which were full of threats.

"I understand. I won't tell anyone." Liu Nian lowered his head, not daring to look into Bo Heng's eyes.

Liu Nianxin's heart was beating wildly. Boheng's gaze fell on her, like the scorching sun, burning every inch of her skin.

"Then I'll go first." Liu Nian felt uncomfortable all over. Although it was very exciting to have a meal with a man who was like a male idol, the feeling of having this kind of pressure right above his head was really unbearable!

Liu Nian looked up at Bo Heng, then quickly looked away and walked out of the restaurant.

Bo Heng's cold eyes were still on Liu Nian, and he did not take his gaze away until Liu Nian walked out of the restaurant.

She returned to the room she was in and thought back to what Beheng had said to her in the restaurant.

The two brothers, one threatens people openly, and the other threatens people indirectly. They are so similar.

He touched the bauhinia flower he picked in the garden. It was the one that Liu Nian found among countless flowers and the one that Bo Heng had gazed at deeply.

"I really regret it. I shouldn't have picked it. I should have let it bloom in the garden." Liu Nian gently stroked the petals of the bauhinia, as tenderly as if he was admiring his own treasure.

"What do you regret?" Luo Ya's voice came from the door of the room.

Liu Nian was a little surprised. Why did she come back so soon?

No wonder I didn’t see Topher when I came out of the restaurant just now. He must have gone to pick up Luoya.

"Have you missed me a lot these days?" Luo Ya walked up to Liu Nian and took his arm, her eyes fixed on the bauhinia flower.

"Of course." Liu Nian naturally took the hand that Luo Ya offered him. That smile made Liu Nian feel at ease. She was the first person in this strange world who treated him so warmly.

"I was originally going to Oreste to visit Mrs. Slant, but because the journey was long, Mrs. Slant was worried that I was tired, so she went to Borja to wait for me, so I came back soon."

Luo Ya pulled Liu Nian to sit down, and the two of them sat next to each other, looking like two inseparable good sisters.

"Mrs. Slant is such a kind person." Liu Nian pulled his hands, which were held down by Luo Ya, somewhat unnaturally. Why did Luo Ya's hands feel so strong?

"What about you?" Luo Ya also felt Liu Nian's rejection, relaxed a little, and then touched Liu Nian's nose with her hand.

"Me?" Liu Nian felt even more unnatural. Although Luo Ya treated her warmly and gently, this overly intimate behavior now really made Liu Nian at a loss.

"How are you doing without me?"

"I just take a stroll every day, go to the study and read a book or something."

"Is that all?" Luo Ya's eyes darkened, but the smile on her face was still elegant and dangerous.

Liu Nian seemed to sense something. He glanced at Topher who was standing upright next to Luoya. Liu Nian understood what was going on. He originally thought that Topher was Luoya's gentleness, but unexpectedly he was Luoya's spy.

"I heard that Boheng eats with you every day at noon. What do you talk about?" Luoya glanced at Topher and said, "Topher said that she can't serve you because she is afraid that you are not used to it."

Liu Nian's body was stiff. She felt that this easily gained friendship was not solid. "Princess Luoya may have misunderstood something. Prince Guang invited me to dinner because I am Ge Lie's friend."

"Really?" Luo Ya's smile was chilling. "Boheng is very boring. I hope some of the things I said won't make you angry."

"No, no."

She originally thought that this would help Luoya to clear up her misunderstanding, but looking at Luoya's fake smile, she felt that the only person who made her feel warm here had disappeared.

Luoya stood up and fiddled with the flower she had been looking at many times.

"A flower that originally belonged to the garden will die if it is picked and placed where it doesn't belong." Holding the flower in her palm, Luo Ya rubbed the petals vigorously until they were torn and deformed.

"I just think it looks good, so..." Liu Nian twirled his fingers and retorted weakly.

"So, there is no use regretting some things."

Liu Nian stopped talking and Luo Ya was too lazy to stay here.

"I came to see you as soon as I got back. Boheng must want to see me. I won't accompany you for now." Throwing the flowers on the table, Luoya took Topher out.

After Luo Ya left, Liu Nian wanted to relax, so he came to the rooftop of the Guangwang Palace, where he could see the entire scenery of the Guangwang Palace.

It was already the sixth day, and the seven-day deadline was about to expire, and she had not found any clues about the black room.

Looking down from the top platform of the Palace of Prince of Light, it was all golden, without a single black shadow.

Just when Liu Nian was about to give up indifferently, a voice from behind made her whole body stiffen.

"What are you doing here?" It was the voice of Guang Wang Boheng.

"Uh... I'm looking at the scenery." His originally unruly posture straightened up in a second, like a child caught slacking off by the instructor.

"Not cold?" Bo Heng didn't care about her reaction. Liu Nian pursed her lips, looking extremely embarrassed.

"It's not cold." Liu Nian played with his hair to hide his red cheeks. "I ate a little too much tonight, so I came here to digest it. Now that I'm done, I'll leave first."

"If you're not cold, stay a little longer." Bo Heng walked to Liu Nian, only half a meter away.

“……” Liu Nian didn’t know what to say, so he just stood there silently, fingering the patterns on the hem of her skirt with his hands.

Bo Heng put his coat on Liu Nian and said, "Stay a little longer even if it's cold."

"Okay." For some unknown reason, when Bo Heng put his coat on Liu Nian, Liu Nian raised his eyes to look at Bo Heng. His cold and distant expression made Liu Nian inexplicably want to get closer to him, but once he had this thought, Luo Ya's smile immediately appeared in his mind.

Liu Nian took a step back calmly, waiting for Bo Heng to speak.

He probably wanted to ask her something about Gulliver, so he let her stay here. However, from the orange-red sunset to the starry sky, King Guang did not say another word.

And perhaps because Prince Guang's coat exuded warmth, Liu Nian really stayed with Prince Guang from dusk to midnight in April when the spring was in full bloom.

"Bauhinia." Liu Nian broke the peaceful silence, "Gulley's garden is also full of bauhinia."

Bo Heng must have heard it, otherwise how could Liu Nian see a faint smile on the corner of Bo Heng's mouth.

That was the first time Liu Nian saw him smile.

"Luo Ya has accompanied you here, right?" The evening breeze blew by, gently brushing Boheng's hair, making Boheng's profile appear more clearly in front of Liu Nian's eyes.

"Well, this place is really beautiful." Liu Nian raised his hand unconsciously and wanted to touch that cheek. You are so beautiful in this place.

Bo Heng seemed to have heard the hidden meaning in Liu Nian's words, and looked back from the starry sky, "Why is it beautiful?"

Those light blue eyes were like the temptation of the lake, tempting Liu Nian to jump down regardless of everything.

Liu Nian swallowed unconsciously, "It's all golden and shining with warm light."

"It's not all gold. The bookshelves in the study are black."

Liu Nian was a little surprised that Bo Heng suddenly mentioned the study, and he answered according to Bo Heng's words.

"Yes, the bookshelf and desk are all black."

After saying this, Liu Nian suddenly seemed to think of something and stared at Guang Wang Boheng in a daze. Boheng was also looking at her, his ice-blue eyes reflecting Liu Nian's figure.

"Go back and have a good rest. I want to see the beautiful place you mentioned again."

"Okay." Liu Nian nodded, turned and left the rooftop.

Rushed to the study room.