The handprint was still there. He could still feel the stinging pain there from when that girl had slapped him. It was fast and sharp.
He had thought that she would be angry at him and he never expected she would agree to marry him.
The reactions from that girl at the start and the end were completely different. It puzzled him quite a bit.
He thought about this for quite a while before finally breaking the silence. "Um, Miss Zhu Yu, there's no need for you to be troubled too much over this. You should give this careful consideration and if you aren't willing, just let Her Highness know anytime."
Zhu Yu turned to him when she heard this, "Does this mean that those were just empty words you told Her Highness just now, Brother Chu Yi?"
Chu Yi choked. He finally stammered after a long pause, "Of course not. I was serious."
"How do you know that I'm not serious then?" Zhu Yu questioned him back.
