A short night is hard to please! A stunningly handsome prince dotes on her exclusively.

Chapter 239 Answer Me

"Zhaoyao, I..." Her throat was choked with emotion, and she stared blankly at Yun Zhaoyao's face, not knowing what to say.

"Sister Hua, I'm seventeen now, not the child I used to be. Can you treat me like a man? Can you... can you look at me properly?"

He dared not touch the skin on her wrist again, and could only carefully tug at the hem of her clothes.

Hua Buyu didn't shake him off. She just took a deep breath and said seriously, "Yun Zhaoyao, I'll say it again, it's impossible for us. No matter what, it's absolutely impossible for us."

"Why? Sister Hua, do you think I'm too young? Or... is it because of Uncle?"

He asked the second half of the question almost tremblingly. Of course, he absolutely did not believe that the person in front of him still had feelings for his royal uncle.

"Both! First of all, you're seventeen this year, and I... I'm old enough to be your mother."

"Who said that? Sister Hua, you just..."

Hua Buyu waved her hand, interrupting him, "Zhao Yao, you wouldn't understand. Secondly, regarding Yun Kuang..."

Her mouth was slightly open, and the expression in her eyes gradually became complicated, as if she was organizing her thoughts.

Yun Zhaoyao was equally nervous, her palms sweating, fearing that she might say something that would drive him to despair in the next moment.

“Zhaoyao, you know very well about my past with Yun Kuang. He is your royal uncle, and I almost became... your royal aunt. Logically and emotionally, we are not suitable for each other. Don’t have any expectations of me anymore. I don’t like you.”

"I don't care about any of this! Sister Hua, I know all about it from beginning to end. I don't care, I only want you." He pressed on Hua Buyu's shoulder, eager to show her his attitude.

"No! You frivolous person, I have nothing to do with you, you... stop talking." Her red lips were tightly pursed, many words were on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't say them.

"Sister Hua, I want to say that I really don't care about your past with the Imperial Uncle, unless, unless you still have feelings for him..."

"Sister Hua, are you still thinking about your royal uncle?"

Upon hearing this, he disregarded everything else, cupping Hua Buyu's face tightly in his hands. Their eyes met, their breaths almost touching, and he was determined not to miss a single expression from her.

"no!"

Hua Buyu's tone was more serious than ever before. She shook her head, "Six years ago, I gave up on Yun Kuang. Right now, my only thought is to stop you from being stubborn and stop having any more thoughts about me. I hope you become the Emperor of Qiyun as soon as possible. The reason I mentioned Yun Kuang is because..."

Suddenly, her nose stung, and she became agitated. She almost shouted at the innocent-looking boy in front of her, as if all the blood in her body was rushing to one side.

"It's because I want you to face this fact, Yun Kuang, your royal uncle, I slept with him! Yun Zhaoyao, do you even understand? I, Hua Buyu, slept with your own uncle, didn't you see it all back then? Why? Why do you still keep telling me these things?"

"Don't you feel that every time you say you like me, it's an insult to me? I'm just a promiscuous woman, a rat in the gutter, while you, Yun Zhaoyao, are the future emperor of Qiyun. We're worlds apart. Why are you clinging to me like this?"

"No! Sister Hua, it's not like that! I didn't mean to humiliate you, and you're not that kind of person. We're not worlds apart. To me, you're just Hua Buyu, just my Sister Hua. Please, don't say that about yourself, okay?"

He shook Hua Buyu's shoulders forcefully, his youthful and delicate face flushed red, his eyes filled with tears, and his expression looked like he was about to break down.

"Sister Hua, I don't care about your past with the Imperial Uncle. So what if I witnessed it all? I don't care! I hate myself the most. I couldn't protect Mother back then, and I couldn't protect you either. I'm sorry, Sister Hua, I really... I really..."

By the end, Yun Zhaoyao was completely choked up, tears streaming down his face. Looking at the equally desperate woman in front of him, he didn't know how to comfort her.

After a long pause, Hua Buyu raised her hand and wiped the corner of her eye. "Zhaoyao, stop talking. I know you're a good girl. You don't need to apologize to me. It was my bad luck to meet the wrong person. I should thank you for saving me from the palace back then. Your feelings for me... are just a kind of dependence, not love. You'll understand naturally in time."

"No, it's not dependence, Sister Flower, I like you, I really, truly like you, Sister Flower, please don't leave me, okay?"

With a swift movement of his long arm, he pulled Hua Buyu into a tight embrace, restraining her delicate body as if she might leave him at any moment.

“Show off, let go.”

She sniffed and, as usual, coaxed Yun Zhaoyao in an elder's tone, "Little Zhaoyao, it's getting late, let's go back!"

He gently shook his head behind Hua Buyu's ear, "Sister Hua, can you tell me the truth?"

"what?"

Yun Zhaoyao loosened her embrace, brought her face closer, her gaze intense as she stared at her and slowly said, "Sister Hua, you said you've given up on Uncle Huang, so how do you feel about me right now? Sister Hua, tell me the truth, you still have feelings for me, don't you?"

When she met those eyes, those deer-like eyes that reflected her image seemed to hold a hint of urgency and expectation. Hua Buyu subconsciously turned her head away, not daring to look at him anymore. As a result, Yun Zhaoyao grabbed her chin, forcing her to look up and face him directly, to look into her heart.

His thin lips were as red as blood. He gently brushed against her soft lips and murmured, "Sister Hua, look into my eyes. You like me too, don't you?"

Hua Buyu's throat felt terribly bitter. She didn't answer the question directly, but only said in a hoarse voice, "Zhaoyao, be obedient, let go."

"No! Sister Hua, answer me." He stubbornly turned her face to the side, forcing Hua Buyu to explain herself.

"Yun Zhaoyao, I'm warning you, don't get too close to me, let go!"

Anger gradually rose on her stunningly beautiful face. Hua Buyu frowned, her eyes revealing annoyance.

Like an unwanted puppy, he asked in a trembling voice, "Sister Hua, you like me, don't you? Why won't you admit it?"

"let go!"

At this moment, the distance between the two was very ambiguous. Yun Zhaoyao pinched her chin with one hand and held her waist with the other, with amazing strength, leaving Hua Buyu with no room to resist.

When she met his eyes, she couldn't say anything, so she simply closed her eyes and mouth and stopped looking at Yun Zhaoyao.

"Hmm~"

She suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils filled with panic and helplessness, and pushed against the chest in front of her with all her might, to no avail...