Chapter 35: Sipping Soup As soon as Zhao Lin stepped into the gate, he saw Yun Keyu playing shuttlecock there. Yun Keyu saw Zhao Lin coming and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao Lin, you're back? Let's go in! Where have you been? Everyone was looking for you everywhere!" The two walked into the house. "You drink this bowl of soup first, and I will tell you. I will drink a bowl too." Zhao Lin said as he poured the soup equally into two bowls and handed one of them to Yun Keyou. "What's going on? It's so mysterious. What kind of soup is this?" Yun Keyu took the soup and looked at it, "There seem to be flower petals in it!" She smelled it again and found the fragrance very tempting. She had just played shuttlecock and was thirsty, so she drank it all in one gulp. "You drink so fast?" Zhao Lin asked. He was not drinking fast at first, but he finished the drink in one gulp. "It tastes very good!" Yun Keyu said. Zhao Lin was extremely happy to see her happily drink the bowl of soup. He was looking forward to Yun Keyou's changes and asked, "How...how did you feel after drinking it?" "Didn't I tell you it's delicious! What else could you feel? You drank it too, so I feel the same way you do!" Yun Keyu said with a smile. "Really?" Zhao Lin didn't know how much he hoped that Yun Keyou could feel about him the same way he felt about Yun Keyou.
"What kind of soup is this?" Yun Keyu asked. "This is the soup made from the ground lake flowers I picked when I left the palace this time." "Dihu flower? I've never heard of it. Where did you pick it?" "Jiu Lanshan." "Is it fun there? Did Brother Mo Ying go there too? Remember to take me with you next time you go out!" "No way, we haven't explained to father yet about our secret exit from the palace this time. If it weren't for you, why would I..." Zhao Lin was talking when he suddenly realized that he had accidentally let it slip. "For me?" Yun Keyu asked curiously with eyes wide open. Zhao Lin saw her cute look and suddenly had an urge to hug her. He thought, since he had confessed to her before and now she had drunk the soup made of Dihu flower, he might as well confess to her again to see if there would be any changes. So he said, "Yes... Keyou... you... you still don't understand... my feelings?" "What's your intention? You are still as greedy as before. For the delicious soup, you don't hesitate to leave the palace secretly. Haha!" Although Yun Keyu could see that Zhao Lin wanted to bring up that matter again, she had to pretend to be confused and interrupt him. "Keyou, do you remember what I said to you last time? I said I would wait for you, always... until you accept me..." Zhao Lin said hesitantly. Seeing that he had brought it up again, Yun Keyu suddenly felt annoyed: "Didn't I already tell you last time? Why are you doing it again... It's so annoying!" She pouted, looking very cute. "Keyou... Keyou you... you still don't like me now?" Zhao Lin was a little unhappy. "Brother Zhaolin, it's been so long since we last talked, and you've already forgotten it. Well, let me say it again. Of course I like you! You'll always be my good brother!" "You know that's not what I meant!" Zhao Lin said. "But we already talked about this not long ago!" "Not long ago... not long ago was different, you just drank..." (End of this chapter)