Detective Ghost Empress

198 Messed up feelings

Liu Hui Ying looked at Zhai Tianyu who was inviting her to a drink and scoffed, ” Just say that you need someone to accompany you while you are mourning the loss of your aunt, there is no need for you to beat around the bush like this,” she originally wanted to refuse him after all she was tired as well but when she saw the gloom of loneliness hanging around Zhai Tianyu’s shoulders causing his entire back to bend, she decided to be generous towards him and give him some of her time.

” This is going to cost you though,” she told him as she flicked her hair behind her shoulder as she curled a side of her lips. ” I am tired and I only promised that I will only help your aunt move on to the next life, now that I am done with my work, this is going to be counted as working overtime, you need to pay me for my time, your esteemed majesty.”

Zhai Tianyu was no longer surprised when he heard Liu Hui Ying mention money again, after all, he knew that she adored …no, it was better to say that she loved money even more than her life. At this moment a sudden thought came to his head as he remembered that he has stolen a lot of goods from the Liu house that belonged to Liu Hui Ying, a shiver danced down his spine when he remembered it.

He hoped that Liu Hui Ying will never find out that he stole from her house or else she will send him after his aunt given how much she loved her money. Because he did feel a bit guilty about stealing from Liu Hui Ying, he nodded and replied in a calm voice, “It’s all right, as long as you are willing to give me your time, I will be willing to pay you as per your choice. You don’t need to worry about something like this either.”

” You are being a bit too generous, your majesty,” Liu Hui Ying said suddenly as she finished looking at the man who agreed to pay her a sum of money just because she was willing to spend some time with him.

Listening to her words caused Zhai Tianyu to stiffen but then he calmed down and said in a polite voice, ” There is no need for my queen to overthink about something as small as this, isn’t it because you have been working hard for this case for so many days? There is no other reason for me to be generous towards.”

Liu Hui Ying looked at his expression for a few more seconds a part of her was telling her that he was lying but then again she couldn’t think of a reason for this man to lie to her either because what he said was the truth, she has indeed been running around while solving this case, getting some extra money was what she deserved.

” All right then let’s go,” she said after a quick nod but then she stopped and then turned to look at Zhai Tianyu who was going to heave a sigh of relief but paused when he saw that she was looking at him. ” But make sure that you keep your hands to yourself if you get drunk and try to take advantage of me, I will break your only tree in the forest, you get it?”

Zhai Tianyu did not have any intentions as such in his heart, he was a man who never touched a woman even though he had countless Concubines in his harem, his reason was simple. He wanted to make the imperial city liveable and take care of all the corrupted officials before giving birth to a child after all, if his royal Concubine was to give birth to a child then his enemies will be able to target him even more easily which was he was holding himself back.

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In the past, he only thought of having an heir and leaving the matter as it was because he did not care about the matters between man and woman, to him it was simply a matter of procreating and nothing more but …

His gaze skimmed to Liu Hui Ying’s lips which were full and had a tint of redness to them as if they have been dyed red with blood. Before he pursed his lips and then thought about how it would feel to kiss those lips —— but no sooner did this thought come to his head, he pinched himself on the waist.

What the hell was thinking? One thing was sure his feelings towards Liu Hui Ying were admiration but how come his feelings for her were turning so perverted in such a small time? No, it must be because he was too tired and overwhelmed by what happened today, there was no other explanation.

He has promised that he will only have a single child and that too through Ji Yu’s womb, since she could no longer give birth, he was going to let go of the matter of having an heir ever again but he will never betray her ever. That was what Zhai Tianyu told himself but as he looked at Liu Hui Ying, his heartbeat continued to escalate more and more.

Seeing that he was no longer responding, Liu Hui Ying frowned as she looked at him and then waved her hands in front of him with a light frown. ” What are you looking at? Are you looking at something that only you can see? Why are you staring into space for no reason, your majesty?”

Zhai Tianyu snapped out of his daze and looked at Liu Hui Ying who was looking at him with a slight scrunch of her brows, her lips were pouting slightly and suddenly Zhai Tianyu felt like his throat was very parched, he licked his lips and swallowed hard before squeaking out a reply, ” You don’t have to worry my Queen, I will keep my hands to my side. There is no way I will touch you.”