I woke up as the Villainous Empress

55 Secret Meeting (III)

Yang Ning was surprised when Zheng Liang suddenly closed the distance between the two and placed a finger on her lips to prevent her from speaking.

She pursed her lips and blinked her large eyes in confusion. This way, she could see his face from proximity and was surprised that he doesn’t even have dark circles under his eyes or blackheads on his nose.

How come he has such perfect skin? HOWW?? Is he a vampire or what? She wondered while screaming inwardly.

She looked at Zheng Liang with her sparkling eyes and waited for him to remove his finger from her lips and explain the meaning behind his actions.

Zheng Liang, who was also surprised by his sudden reflex, got embarrassed by the way Yang Ning was staring at him and removed his finger from her lips immediately, upon remembering that incident when he saved her from drowning the other day.

He stole a glance at her rose-tinted lips and could feel his lips getting dry.

He cleared his throat embarrassedly and said in a low voice, avoiding an eye-contact with her ” You cannot call me by that name in public. I called you here since you wanted to meet without anyone knowing.” 𝙛𝐫e𝚎wℯ𝗯𝒏𝗼ѵ𝙚l.𝒄o𝚖

“If you call me by that name in public, then everyone will find out about our identities and our disguise will go in vain.” He explained to her while being conscious of the people passing by them at the same time.

“Ah....Yes. I...forgot about that.” Yang Ning said in embarrassment. Haha. She told him to meet her secretly but she wasn’t expecting him to go to such lengths.

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He even told her to wear a plain cotton dress, just like he was wearing. Not only that, he even asked her to wear a mask in public to cover her face.

That’s why she was even wearing a veil to cover her face and was looking like a beautiful con artist.

She only wanted to meet him in a place where they will be alone and can talk in private. She did not want him to go to such lengths, just to meet her outside the palace.

Looks like he likes to play detective games a lot. That’s why they’re dressed in disguise and acting as if they’re on a mission outside.

HOW THRILLING!

“Your Hi-” Yang Ning swallowed her words upon remembering his warning and cleared her throat before asking, “Then....how should I address you?”

If she cannot address him by his title, then how should she call him for a day?

She cannot call him by his name, can she?

Hah! If she did that, Gu Lan would not wait a minute to slit her neck with his sharp sword. 𝙛𝔯𝒆e𝔀e𝗯𝓷𝗼𝘃e𝚕.𝒄𝗼𝗺

That’s the day he was waiting for.

Zheng Liang thought for a moment and answered, ” Since we’re outside, there is no need for you to use honorifics with me.”

” You can call me by the name Zhao Leng.” He said.

As soon as Gu Lan heard this name, he looked at Zheng Liang with numerous questions in his eyes.

How can he allow this woman to call him by this name? He has never told this name to anyone, how can he give this name to this cunning woman? He wondered.

While Gu Lan was conflicted by Zheng Liang’s behavior, Yang Ning frowned when she heard the name.

“Zhao Leng?” She repeated the name and wondered if she had heard this name somewhere. Why does it seem so familiar to her?

“Zhao Leng? What a nice name.” Yang Ning smiled and was happy that she did not need to address him as His Highness for a day at the least.

She was tired of acting formally all the time. It makes her cautious and she cannot even do anything because she was supposed to mind her words and actions at every step in this world.

When Yang Ning called Zheng Liang by the name Zhao Leng, his heart skipped for a moment. Because it’s been so long since anyone has called him using this name.

For some reason, it now feels unfamiliar and strange to him.

” Then....are we going somewhere or we are going to stand here and talk?” Yang Ning asked, wondering if they were going to spend the whole day, while standing in the middle of the road, burning under the scorching sun.

Zheng Liang woke up from his stupor and realized that he had made her wait for so long and started to feel guilty for it.

” Ah, No. No! I cannot allow a lady to stand under the sun for so long. You....you can follow me. The place we are going, it’s at ten minutes of walk from here.” He said and started to walk in front while Yang Ning had no choice but to follow him from behind.

This place is already far from the Yang Household. Now he wants her to walk for ten minutes more?

Why is everyone trying to make her exercise? It’s not like it’s her old body.

Yang Ning’s body is super fragile and gets tired easily. How is she supposed to walk for ten minutes more? She cried inwardly but had no choice but to follow his arrangements.

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When they reached their destination, Zheng Liang turned to look for Yang Ning who was following him behind at her slow pace and was holding onto Xiaowei’s hand for her dear life.

She only walked for ten minutes and she was already breathless. How embarrassing!

” We are here.” He announced loudly so that Yang Ning, who was still a few steps away from them, could hear his words.

When Yang Ning heard his words, she was glad that they finally reached and a bright smile appeared on her lips upon hearing this.

She fastened her pace and finally caught up with Zheng Liang and Gu Lan. She panted heavily to catch her breath and when she finally regained her senses, she looked up to see where they had come.

However, she was surprised when saw an enormous and colorful property in front of her and looked at Zheng Liang who was standing ahead of her, ” This....What place is this, His Hi- Zhao Leng?” She asked, still feeling unfamiliar with his fake name.

Before Zheng Liang could answer her question, Gu Lan who was silent all this long finally spoke up, ” We’re at the brothel.”

” Brothel?” Yang Ning repeated his words and was wondering what kind of place it is. However, her eyes widened in shock when the realization hit her and she found out what kind of place it was. ” WHAT? BROTHEL? THE KIND OF BROTHEL THAT WE KNOW?”

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