HRPM – Chapter 197 Sorry, I need to pee (3)

Inside the restroom, Jin Luoluo had just flipped to a page about some noble young master who got caught visiting prostitutes and was chased all over the streets by his wife. She nearly laughed so hard her stomach cramped, so she could only make groaning noises and pretend to be in terrible pain.

“Oww~~ Ahhh~~ It hurts so much~~ Just wait a little longer.”

After another while—

“Jin Luoluo, the banquet is about to begin. Are you done yet?”

“Just a tiny bit longer. Wait a little more, ow ow~~” Jin Luoluo continued reading the magazine with great enjoyment.

“Your Highness, Miss Yang has been looking everywhere for you. She says she has a bit of a headache today, but she doesn’t want to trouble the Empress, so she hopes to borrow your medicated oil to rub on her forehead.” A palace maid suddenly came to report.

After hearing this, Xiao Che hesitated for a moment, then called toward the inside of the restroom, “I have something to deal with first, so I’m leaving. Once you’re done, hurry directly to the banquet. Don’t delay any longer, or you’ll regret it.”

“Oh, I’ll hurry up.”

Inside, Jin Luoluo gave a cold snort. She hadn’t expected that the jinx actually still had some genuine feelings for that pretentious woman.

But make her “regret it”? Who would really end up embarrassed later was still uncertain.

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“Ruoyao, hasn’t your headache not relapsed for a very long time? Why has it started again? Here, rub some of this medicated oil on first.”

When Xiao Che saw Yang Ruoyao’s pale complexion and slightly haggard expression, which made her appear even more delicate and fragile like a willow swaying in the wind, he could not help feeling pity for her. Even his voice softened gently.

“I don’t know either. It suddenly started acting up again recently. Back when I was studying in the palace as a child, whenever I had a headache, I never dared tell the tutors because I was afraid people would think I was troublesome. Every time back then, you would bring me here and personally apply medicated oil for me. Che, I really miss those days so much—so carefree and innocent, when we were childhood sweethearts without worries.”

A pure and innocent smile spread across Yang Ruoyao’s face, but by the end of her words, the smile at her lips had turned bitter.

Xiao Che’s heart darkened with emotion. He dipped his fingers into the medicated oil and pressed them gently against her temples, softly massaging them.

“The past will never return. Besides, I don’t wish to go back to those childhood days either. At that time, Mother hadn’t become Empress yet and was only a low-ranking consort. We weren’t favored, and our lives weren’t pleasant at all. How could it compare to now? Now no one dares to look down on us anymore.”

Xiao Che was someone who constantly strove upward. He would never feel nostalgic for those days in the past.