After quickly wearing the second male lead who was rejected

Chapter 261 This is a secret (11)

"Your Highness, this is a long story. You should put on your clothes first." Gu Chang reached out and gently pushed Tu Mingyuan away.

The other person closed his eyes, his long eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings, and his pale pink lips slightly parted. After hearing what Gu Chang said, he pursed his lips, then lowered his head and said in a very soft voice: "I...can't see..."

Hearing this, Gu Chang couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Your Highness, have you always had others help you dress before?"

System: "Host, why can't you figure it out now? He's already like this."

Gu Chang: "Close your eyes."

System: "Oh." -v-

Tu Mingyuan still had his head lowered, and his cloak suddenly slipped off, revealing his white shoulders.

Gu Chang watched this scene, closed his eyes, and then said helplessly: "Your Highness, I will help you."

After Gu Chang stuffed the new clothes into Tu Mingyuan's hands, he began to dress him. After he was done, Gu Chang picked up the wet clothes on the ground and walked over to the wooden barrel to wring out the water from the clothes. When he was almost done, Gu Chang unfolded the clothes and hung them on the wooden rack next to the stove.

After finishing all this, Gu Chang sat by the stove, his eyes fixed on it, and then he asked Tu Mingyuan, "Your Highness, come here. It's warmer here."

The person behind him started to move. The sound of fabric rustling and the sound of rain outside the house intertwined together, making Gu Chang feel a sense of peace and tranquility.

Tu Mingyuan walked to the chair next to Gu Chang and sat down, seemingly not wanting to speak.

So Gu Chang spoke first: "Your Highness, as you can see, I am not a human. Of course, I am not a monster like a monster. I am just a puppet. I can't eat or drink water, and I have no heartbeat."

"I think you are able to hide your breath very well because of your strong internal strength." Tu Mingyuan leaned back in his chair, stretched out his hands, moved closer to the stove, and warmed his cold hands.

Gu Chang smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is my secret. Please don't mention it to anyone."

"I will keep this secret." Tu Mingyuan immediately spoke seriously.

"Then Your Highness can you tell me now why you appeared in the woods instead of in a safe place." Gu Chang looked at Tu Mingyuan, and the other party's handsome face was clearly reflected in his eyes.

Tu Mingyuan was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, "Guiyan, you should know my background. My mother died of complications during childbirth. When I was young, I lived in the prince's mansion for a while."

During the time when Tu Mingyuan was still in the prince's mansion, he met a kind-hearted nanny.

The nanny was in charge of the kitchen in the prince's mansion. Seeing that Tu Mingyuan looked so pitiful, she felt pity for him.

Because the wet nurses who took care of Tu Minyuan died one after another, Tu Minyuan was considered a lonely star by others, and no one wanted to get too close to him.

Only that nanny was willing to take care of Tu Minyuan. After much difficulty, she raised Tu Minyuan until he was over one year old. Then, a guard was afraid that Tu Minyuan would cause the death of other people, so he secretly took Tu Minyuan away from the prince's mansion.

When the nanny found out about this, she tried every possible means to find Tu Mingyuan.

The guard had originally intended to kill Tu Minyuan and put an end to it. After all, Tu Minyuan was an unpopular prince, so if he died, they could just find an excuse that he died of illness, and no one would care about why he died.

But the nanny found the guards and Tu Mingyuan.

In panic, the guard accidentally injured the nanny with a knife.

This bloody scene was deeply imprinted in Tu Mingyuan's mind.

He still remembered Mammy lying in a pool of blood, yet still smiling tenderly, saying to him, "As long as the prince is sent to the cold palace, there may still be a glimmer of hope. When the prince grows up safely, this old servant will return."

The guard heard Mammy's voice and wanted to kill Tu Minyuan, but he didn't do it in the end. He took Tu Minyuan to the cold palace and left directly.

At that time, he was standing in front of the door of the cold palace, and a palace maid who came to clean the cold palace discovered him.

Tu Mingyuan pursed his lips at this point. He placed his hands on his folded thighs, his tone somewhat bitter. "When Guiyan left, I recalled the past. I was very scared, afraid that Guiyan would never come back. So... so that's why I went to the woods to look for you. But the rain covered your scent, and I didn't know where I went, and then I passed out."

When Gu Chang heard him say this, he pictured Tu Mingyuan braving the wind and rain, desperately heading into the woods to look for him. Tu Mingyuan couldn't see, so he must have fallen several times along the way. And when he left, surprisingly, no one stopped him.

Gu Chang sighed softly, "Your Highness, if I hadn't happened to find you, you might have died."

"Are you going to blame me, Keiyan?"

"I don't mean to blame Your Highness, but... forget it, Your Highness, are you cold? How about I boil some hot water for you to drink." Gu Chang said, and got up to look for something to boil hot water.

Tu Mingyuan sat quietly on the chair. He could hear Gu Chang's footsteps, and this sound made him feel at ease.

At least he could be sure that Gu Chang was by his side.

This feeling was very strange, and Tu Mingyuan didn't know why.

He clenched his hands and felt his heartbeat quicken.

The rain outside seemed to never stop, and a damp atmosphere enveloped the cabin.

Tu Mingyuan lowered his head, raised his hand, covered his heart with his palm, and felt his own heartbeat.

If...it would be great if it could always be like this?

"Your Highness, I found a pot that can boil water." Gu Chang's slightly happy voice brought Tu Mingyuan back to his senses.

"Gui Yan, thank you." Tu Mingyuan said softly.

Gu Chang curled his lips and smiled, "What's there to thank me for? In fact, I should thank you, Your Highness, for pushing me at that time, otherwise the arrow would have hit my chest." As he spoke, he used the firelight to check whether the iron pot was clean.

"Will Guiyan also be injured?" Tu Mingyuan asked.

Gu Chang took the pot and walked to the door and opened it. As soon as the door opened, the cold wind and rain came in. Gu Chang first took out the pot in his hand to wash it, then collected some rain water and quickly closed the door.

After placing the iron pot on the stove, Gu Chang sat back in the chair and answered Tu Mingyuan's question: "Your Highness, even if I were a puppet, I would still get hurt. But after getting hurt, the wound cannot heal and will always be there. Unless..." Gu Chang stretched out his tone.

Tu Mingyuan asked anxiously, "Unless what?"

"Unless you can find the same material as mine for making a puppet, there's no way you can repair the wound." Gu Chang put his slightly damp cuffs close to the stove and continued, "But this wound doesn't hurt, it doesn't bleed, and the location isn't obvious. No one would know if I were wearing clothes."

"Then can you let me touch your wound?" Tu Mingyuan couldn't imagine what kind of wound it was, so he asked cautiously.

Gu Chang smiled and said, "Of course." After he said that, he rolled up the sleeve of the arm with the wound, and then moved closer to Tu Mingyuan, "Your Highness, stretch out your hand, move forward, and a little to the left. Yes, it's here." Under Gu Chang's command, Tu Mingyuan successfully touched the wound on Gu Chang's arm with his hand.

His finger accidentally poked the inside of the wound, and he didn't feel the flesh as he expected.

It's like there's a layer of cloth between them and there's nothing inside.

Tu Mingyuan was stunned for a moment. He slowly withdrew his hand, as if he was still trying to understand Gu Chang's body structure.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Gu Chang saw Tu Mingyuan in a daze, so he asked.

Tu Mingyuan smiled softly, then spoke softly, "I'm fine. I was wondering, since Guiyan is a puppet, is the soul inside the puppet Guiyan?"

Gu Chang thought for a moment, then said, "That seems to be the case."

At this moment, the water in the pot suddenly began to boil. Gu Chang heard the sound and got up to get the porcelain bowl from the table against the wall.

He did not see the gentle smile on Tu Mingyuan's face. This smile was different from his previous polite smile. It was a smile with a bit of shyness and happiness.

After using a spoon to pour a bowl of hot water for Tu Mingyuan, Gu Chang estimated that the water temperature should be very hot, so he said to Tu Mingyuan: "Your Highness, I will give you this bowl of hot water later. It should be a little hot now."

"Ahem, it's okay, Guiyan, you can give it to me first. Since you need to warm up your body, wouldn't it be better if it's hotter?" When Tu Mingyuan heard what Gu said, he turned his head, raised his hand to cover his lips and coughed lightly, and then he spoke.

Gu Chang: "Okay, here you go." After saying that, Gu Chang picked up the porcelain bowl of hot water with both hands and reminded Tu Mingyuan, "But Your Highness, you can test the temperature first. If you feel it's too hot, you can let it sit for a while."

"Yeah." After Tu Mingyuan responded, he felt his hand being held by Gu Chang.

The other person held his hand gently, letting his fingertips touch the slightly hot porcelain bowl first.

"The temperature is just right, Guiyan, give it to me." Tu Mingyuan lifted the bottom of the bowl with one hand and smiled slightly.

After Gu Chang confirmed that he had taken the porcelain bowl, he let go. He turned his head to look out the window. It was still dark outside, and the sound of rain didn't seem to be letting up.

Gu Chang thought about it and decided to tidy up the wooden bed next to him first.

He remembered how quickly Tu Mingyuan had pushed him down onto the bed, so he asked Tu Mingyuan, "Is your martial arts prowess very impressive?"

Tu Mingyuan was silent for a while before answering Gu Chang's question, but very briefly, "Yes."

When Gu Chang heard this, he boldly said, "Then can Your Highness rely on his inner strength to see things?"

"No." Tu Mingyuan pursed his lips.

Gu Chang said "Oh" thoughtfully, and then continued to make the bed.

After a while, Tu Mingyuan finished drinking the hot water. He noticed that the person behind him was not moving, so he asked, "Gui Yan? What are you doing?"

Gu Chang had just been chatting with the system and stood there motionless. Hearing Tu Mingyuan's voice, he came back to his senses. "I didn't do anything, just made the bed. Your Highness, you can get in bed now."

Tu Mingyuan, "..."

System, "Host, isn't what you said a bit ambiguous?"

Gu Chang: "It's okay, isn't this just normal speech?"

System: "Could it be that this system is overthinking it?"

Gu Chang: "Well, you think too much."

"Yeah." Tu Mingyuan lowered his head slightly, and the tips of his ears seemed to turn red.

Gu Chang didn't notice. He helped Tu Mingyuan to the bedside and asked him to sit down. Then Gu Chang said, "Your Highness, please rest for a while. I will stay here with you."

"it is good."

Tu Mingyuan lay down on the wooden bed. He smelled the faint fragrance from Gu Chang beside him, and immediately felt at ease both physically and mentally.

Seeing that Tu Mingyuan seemed to be asleep, Gu Changcai asked the system: "Where is the heroine?"

After the system finished checking, it replied to Gu Chang: "Replying to the host! The heroine and the prince are in a cave 500 meters away from you."

Gu Chang thought, as long as he was still alive, it was fine.

Then he turned his head to look at Tu Mingyuan's sleeping face, and only then noticed that Tu Mingyuan's hand was still holding him.

He seemed very afraid that Gu Chang would leave suddenly.