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"Spring Flower,come back here!"
I chased all the way to the front hall and bumped right into Howard Shaw who was about to come in.
Run,run!Hurry up and run!
"Nina Green,stop right there!"
Then came Howard Shaw's voice,and when I heard it,I ran even faster.
"Don't think I don't know it's you.Nina Green,stop!Didn't you say you were losing weight?You haven't even succeeded yet.How can you leave first?I stood there waiting for a whole morning.Do you know that?"
I came to an abrupt stop.
So he already knew...
I turned around,feeling a little afraid to look him in the eye.
"When did you know..."
"Do you think I just went to Lingyin Temple for no reason?Why did I stay in the guesthouse?Why did I go to the forest to practice martial arts every day?"
He took a step forward,and I took a step back.
What...what does that mean?Did he come here for me?
But...but why?
Doesn't he like the Nina Green in the portrait?
How could he like me like this?
"You...like me?"
I asked uncertainly.
"Of course!If I didn't like you,why would I ask the Emperor to arrange our marriage?If I didn't like you,why would I go to Lingyin Temple to find you?If I didn't like you,why would I accompany you to lose weight every day?"
Huh?
Is that really the case?
"But...but you like the Nina Green in the portrait.That was painted by the painter my father hired to promote me.It's been beautified so much.I don't look anything like the person in the portrait..."
To be honest,I'm usually cheerful.Thanks to my father's love,I've never really felt inferior.
But at this moment,I felt a little self-conscious.
After all,I'm so different from the beauty in the portrait.How can I have the nerve to say in front of the person who likes me that I'm Nina Green?
"Who told you I like the Nina Green in the portrait?I like you,the you who was naughty enough to steal bird eggs,the you who didn't know your own limits,the you who fell off the tree and cried out loud,the you who was punished by the Imperial Tutor for not doing your homework and had tears on your face but still dared to do it again,the you who got angry and lashed out when other girls made fun of your weight.I like the lively you.A beautiful face may be pleasing to the eye,but Nina Green,think about it.When have you ever been just pleasing to the eye since you were a child?"
I was quite touched by the previous words.So he's been paying so much attention to me!
When I heard the last sentence,I didn't want to talk to him at all.
"Yes,yes,I'm not as pleasing to the eye as you,Fourth Prince!"
Seeing me roll my eyes,Howard Shaw couldn't help but laugh.
Fortunately,he was talking about things that happened after I transmigrated.Otherwise,I would have suspected that he liked the Nina Green before I transmigrated.
That Nina Green couldn't bear the blow.After her mother passed away,she ate a lot and her figure got completely out of shape.She was mocked by the noble ladies at a banquet and died of anger.That's when I transmigrated.The first thing I did when I woke up was to give those noble ladies a good scolding.I didn't expect Howard Shaw to have seen that.
I can't remember the other things clearly.I've done so many things.I accepted the fact that I transmigrated here,and I decided to eat well,drink well,and have fun.I will never let down the chance that heaven has given me to live another life.
"Well,will you marry me?"
"Sure!Why not?After all,you're a prince.I'm the one who's getting a good deal here."
"But I have one condition."
"What condition?"
"I want to keep losing weight.I want to be as thin as the woman in the portrait!"
The Nina Green before she got fat was also a little beauty.It's just that she didn't look good after she got fat.But I'm confident that I can lose weight and become as beautiful as I used to be.
Howard Shaw looked me up and down and then chuckled."You look just fine like this.Why do you have to be so thin?It won't look good then."
"Good-looking?"
I suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes.I have rolls of fat on my face,arms,and stomach,and he still thinks I look good.
"If you think I look good,then you can get fat too.I don't want to be this fat.I want to lose weight!I want to lose weight!"
"Okay,okay,lose weight!It's just about losing weight.I'll accompany you.If you think I'm too thin,I can also eat more."
Accompany me again?
If he keeps accompanying me and practices martial arts every day,and if the Emperor finds out,he might be charged with the crime of deceiving the Emperor.
The image he's created is that of a frivolous and carefree playboy.If the Emperor discovers that the persona he's created is false,he'll surely be in big trouble.
Thinking of this,I pulled him to a corner.
"Howard Shaw,I'm telling you.I know there's a lot of competition among you princes.In order to live a stable life,you have to pretend to be a frivolous person.So don't practice martial arts every day just to accompany me.If others find out,your stable life will be over."
Howard Shaw was taken aback for a moment,looked at me with a strange gaze,and then smiled again.
"It's not like what you think..."
"Okay,okay,it's not like what I think.But you must never let the Emperor know that you're so good at martial arts.Otherwise,if the Emperor has misgivings about you,what should you do?"
I thought he was being naive and was stunned again.Presumably,no one had ever said such things to him before.He must be touched now.
There aren't many girls as kind-hearted and understanding as me.He's really lucky to marry me.
