"We will be taking our leave now," The emperor said while having a wide smile on his face from seeing the way yang yang never left his eyes from li-lian
Before li-lian realized that her father and mother were leaving she saw the look on her father's face and knew he left because he's planning something
"Ummm... so umm I'm gonna go and make the blueprint for the greenhouse so... you can stay or leave but I'm going to the market." Li-lian said while looking at the ground
Yang-yang chuckled at her shyness.
"I'll take my leave then my princess," yang yang said while smiling because he saw that li-lian never made contact with him since they kissed
"Ok, that's your choice, eighth prince," Li-lian said while looking at her hands
A couple of minutes passed. Li-lian maids could see a person coming out of the princess room but she didn't have the princesses eye colors, they were a brown-caramel color instead. The maids questioned what they saw but decided to just report to the head maid after their duties.
"Miss is it safe for you to go outside even though what happened to y-you, "Mo-chou said while looking at Li-lian feeling bad for saying what she said but she had to
"You don't have to make that face mo-chou I'm fine this will help me get over it I need to get over it so, I can get my revenge for my shi-fu," Li-lian said while stroking her hair cuz it was in a ponytail for the first time since being at the temple
"Yes Miss Mo-chou understands," Mo-chou said while feeling a chill in her spine
"Let's g-" Li-lian stopped talking because she bumped into someone's chest
"My princess you have to keep your head up while walking," Yang-yang said while smiling because he thought it was cute the way she looked at him with her angry face while rubbing her head
Li-lian had an annoyed look on her face, while she was thinking about who had run into her and mo-chou, the disrespect.
"Huh?!? what are you doing here?," Li-lian said while looking at his face while looking surprised and blushing a little
"Your parents heard that you were going outside and thought that I should come with to guard you," yang yang said as he was looking at her brown eyes
"Is there something wrong with my eyes? I have to change the color so-," Li-lian said as she was rubbing her eye as she was uncomfortable with his stare
*yang yang grabs her hand and holds her hand with his*
"Your eyes are fine, I just like your original eye colors that's all," Yang-yang said while looking into her eyes.
"Let's go to the market since you are ready," yang yang said as he grasps her hand and starts walking out of the palace.
<~~Zeng Qing make sure to guard li-lian and not me you hear me~~>
<~~Yes, Master~~>
<~~remember to stick in the shadows at all times unless she is threatened~~>
<~~Understood master~~>
While searching for greenhouse blueprints Li-lian and mo-chou kept stopping at all the food stalls. They were having a blast until Li-lian's eye caught sight of something written on the store.
"Ice cream" li-lian said out loud as she tried to figure out what ice cream was, a hand holding a bowl filled with a pile of green stuff and brown pieces throughout the green stuff. Li-lian was confused about what was being shoved into her face. There was steam coming from the pile of green and brown stuff, but it wasn't hot. Li-lian scrunched up her face as she tried to figure out what was going on.
"It's called ice cream, it was founded in the Summer's country. It's selling very well, better than I expected. Try it, you'll like it" Yang-yang said with a smile on his face as he handed Li-lian the bowl.
"I'll trust you, just this once." Li-lian said while accepting the ice cream.
"You'll definitely like it, it has a similar taste to something we use everyday." Yang-yang clicked his tongue in agreement to what he just said.
Li-lian made eye contact with Yang-yang before she took a spoonful of ice cream, and tasted something she never thought would taste like. The green stuff was cold, rich, creamy and very much sweet with a hint of green tea. The brown chips tasted so sweet, rich, something she had never tasted before in her life. As Li-lian ate the ice cream she realized it tasted similar to the cleaning paste she uses to clean her teeth. Li-lian's eyes widened with surprise as she made the connection to the ice cream, she couldn't believe something like that could be tasted sweet and creamy. She loved every bit of the ice cream. She made various facial expressions while enjoying it that made Yang-yang smile. He was delighted she enjoyed something he made.
Yang-yang signaled to his guard to get more new flavors for Li-lian and Mo-chou. He asked if the ladies had enough time to sit and eat at the store, he would treat them to treats inside. Li-lian and Mo-chou nodded to agree to coming inside the shop. He motioned for them to follow his lead.
Inside was filled with fern-green and black interior designing. The walls were filled with different menus of flavors. Upstairs was lit with fairy lights, they were actually fairies the kind that would serve a purpose or their lifespan starts to decline rapidly. They were buzzing about laughing, smiling and talking to the guests. The black chairs and tables would move to where the person wants to be seated, there was people dining on the walls sideways, upside down. The cash register was also moving to different places as the people lined up to the dark wooden desk, the worker would just smoothly walk with the cash register as it moved along. Li-lian and Mo-chou looked with astonishment in his eyes. They couldn't believe what they were seeing, the lights, colors, people dining on the wall. It was too much for them to take it for the first time, it took a little while to regain their composure.
Li-lian cleared her throat as she patted the "dust" off of her skirt as she grabbed Mo-chou's hand to lead them towards a spot she wanted to dine at. While making her way to the spot, her eyes shined and the table and chairs immediately moved towards them. Li-lian sat down with Mo-chou, a waiter came to their table to wait on them, they ordered a bunch of drinks, ice creams, and snacks, ones that Li-lian never tried before. Li-lian and Mo-chou exchanged looks as they smiled and giggled like little girls. As they were enjoying the scenery, Li-lian and Yang-yang locked eyes with each other, they didn't look away until the waiter brought out the various types of ice creams and combinations to try them with. Li-lian smiled, she looked up at Yang-yang to say thank you and she's loving the experience already.
"As long as you're happy and enjoying our time together princess." Yang-yang said while scooping a spoonful of lychee ice cream to feed to Li-lian.
After a while, they left their table and made their way back to finding the perfect blueprint for Li-lian's garden.