It didn't take long to get to the town. After that one 'accidental' caress, Emperor Xian didn't attempt to touch Zhan Chen again. The ger had been wary of him after that and the older male decided not to tease him for the time being.
They stopped the carriage near the market where all kinds of shops were. It was Zhan Chen's second time going out. After he went out with his mother last time, his parents decided to start back on his education since Zhan Chen literally 'forgot' everything he learned before.
Forgive him this modern guy who never learned about tea arts, flower arts, calligraphy and so on, so on...
So, it couldn't be helped that Zhan Chen was excited. His huge, round black eyes shone with pure joy.
Xian Long Wei glanced at the young ger that radiated excitement. He chuckled softly as he showed his hand to the young ger.
Suddenly, seeing the big hand in front of him, Zhan Chen looked up at the calm older male in confusion. "...Wei dage?"
"I'll hold your hand." Emperor Xian Long Wei smoothly or rather shamelessly said without showing his greediness to touch his Chen Chen's smooth skin. They had held hands before, why not now? As he 'conveniently' forgot at that time, they were still children. And kids always held hands.
Looking down on that large hand, Zhan Chen was screaming in his head. He was not a child, damn it! Why should two grown up men holding hands?!
Not hearing a response, Emperor Xian discreetly frowned. Well, did the little rabbit know his bad intention? He wondered if it was the case. "Chen Chen?"
Looking up at the frowning older male, Zhan Chen reluctantly gave his own smaller hand for the older male to hold. Inside, he was lamenting about how he was still being careful - careful, he repeats, not scares, okay?! - not to anger the son of heaven. "Hmm..."
"Do you hate to hold hands with Dage?" Seeing the scrunched up but still adorable face, Xian Long Wei couldn't help but asked as he lightly tightened the clasp. Did the ger hate him? Inwardly, he was thinking on how to make the ger to like him.
Immediately, Zhan Chen shook his head like a rattling drum. "I'm not! Let's get going, Wei da ge!"
It was still so weird to see a smile on that stiff face. But, Zhan Chen tried his best not to offend the highest being. Emperor Xian Long Wei, even though, he looked cold and emotionless... he was very kind.
It was only his face was too stiff.
And even now, when seeing the upturned lips of the older man, he was a little bit scared.
But, seeing the man tried his best to smile even though he was not used to it, Zhan Chen felt happy. Well, he would overlook his scary face and looked deep into his heart. His eyes unconsciously looked down on their clasped hands.
"Chen Chen, what do you want to do?"
Zhan Chen looked up and saw the stone face with a stiff smile. He grinned and pulled the older man towards the place in the middle of the street where people were crowding. "Let's take a look at what is the commotion!"
The disguised Emperor let the young ger pulled him. Inside, he was joyful. His dark eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at their clasped hands.
"Wei da ge! Let's play that!"
Emperor Xian Long Wei looked up and saw it was a stick with rings encircled it. "How do we play?" He asked in confusion.
"Just throw the rings into the stick," Zhan Chen smiled. Some of the ancient games weren't that different from the modern ones. "If we win, we'll get the prize!"
Nodding in understanding, Long Wei went to pay the street hawker the fee and got himself five rings. Suddenly, he let out an aura, which made surrounding people to unconsciously tremble.
At the same time, Zhan Chen didn't feel anything. While others were trembling in fear, he was still cheering for the disguised emperor who looked too much serious for the kids' game. But, Zhan Chen himself was being starved from his childhood. He who was an orphan, didn't have time to play like the other teens. His youth was consumed by working hard at part time jobs. So, it couldn't be helped that he was so excited.
"Get it, Wei da ge!" Zhan Chen shouted as he peered excitedly behind the taller man's shoulder. He clapped when the first ring swiftly entered the stick. And it didn't take long for Emperor Xian to put all the five rings into the stick.
"Yeay! Wei dage is so cool!" Zhan Chen praised as he patted Emperor Xian's shoulder excitedly.
The man in question just smiled while inside he was brimming with pride. If it was the usual Xian Long Wei, he would be ashamed to feel proud for doing something so childish. And what did Chen Chen mean by 'cool'? He didn't understand what was the meaning of that word... Hmm, he needed to ask the ger later.
The old hawker smiled at the couple and offered the prize for managing to slide the five rings.
"You've got such a beautiful wife," the old hawker said, smiling kindly.
Like a proud husband, Xian Long Wei smiled. "Thank you. My wife is the most beautiful ger."
Zhan Chen who was at the back didn't hear the conversation. He was looking at another couple who failed their first attempt.
Looking through the small trinkets, Emperor Xian Long Wei's eyes fell on the pink cherry blossom hair tassel. Picking it up, he said to the hawker. "I'll take this." Then, he turned around to stand in front of the young ger. "Chen Chen, this is for you."
Zhan Chen not expected the emperor to give him the prize stared blankly. He looked down on the pink hair tassel before he looked up at the older male. "...For me?"
"Yes, you want me to win the prize for you, right?" Emperor Xian Long Wei still stood there with the hair tassel. Earlier, he wanted to put the hair tassel on Zhan Chen's hair but since he was wearing the hairpin he gave him, he decided to forgo the idea. 'Maybe next time,' he thought silently.
"Oh, right." Zhan Chen took the pink cherry blossom hair tassel, stared at it before he put it in his small pouch. In fact, he didn't really want the prize. He just wanted to play the games and enjoyed it. But, since, Emperor Xian Long Wei had been kind enough to win him the prize, even if it was 'pink' once again, he decided to accept his kind gesture.
After that, they played a few more street games. From the games they played, there was one where they needed to combine their strength because it was a game for a couple. When Zhan Chen first asked to play the game, he didn't know it was for a couple. Only when they played, he realized they needed to play together.
Zhan Chen was reluctant but suddenly, Emperor Xian Long Wei was excited. It didn't show on his face but the way he was putting all of his energy and might into it... it was obvious.
Zha Chen ended being piggybacked by the emperor and many more which everytime it happened, his male's pride was destroyed little by little...
And because it was such a big blow to Zhan Chen's manly pride... he refused to play another game even if Emperor Xian urged him to do so.
"I'm hungry," Zhan Chen said as he tugged on the black sleeve.
Smiling, Emperor Xia Long Wei glanced down at the young ger who didn't know how cute he looked to the older male. "What Chen Chen wants to eat?"
"Sweets and sweets!" Zhan Chen grinned up to the Emperor Xian.
This Emperor knew that Zhan Chen loved to eat sweets. However, he never knew how much it was. Nevertheless, he decided to just placate the young ger. Well, it wasn't like they always went outing together so it was fine to indulge the cute ger.
"Dage knows this one restaurant. It's famous around here." In fact, Emperor Xian didn't know but he had abused his power as the emperor and asked the shadow guards to find him the places which might interest Zhan Chen.
The poor shadow guards: "......"
After eating his fill of sweets, Zhan Chen walked out of the shop with glee. He looked up at the emperor and said, "Where are we going next?"
Smoothly, Emperor Xian Long Wei put his arm around Zhan Chen's slim waist, "There is this one place where Dage thinks Chen Chen will love it."
Zhan Chen whose tofu was being eaten, didn't realize it because he was very excited to what Emperor Xian had said. Everything that they did today was very fulfilling and fun, so, he decided the next destination would also very exciting.
"Okay, let's go!"
The Emperor was very satisfied. Inwardly, he praised Zhan Chen for having such a slim waist. He stole a glance at the cute bottom and resisted with all his might to not touch it.
"Wei dage, where are you looking?"
Xian Long Wei for the first time in his 23 years of life, almost choked when he coughed to cover his dirty thoughts and bad deed.
The panicked shadow guards: (whisper) "W-What should we do? Should we come out and help His Majesty?" (whisper)
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Small Theatre
Xiao Chen: Wei da ge, are you okay?!
Emperor Xian: (Coughing non-stop and almost choking)
Xiao Chen: (Inhales deeply before he hits the back of the Emperor with all his power)
Poor shadow guards: (Whisper desperately) Y-Your Majesty!
Emperor Xian: (Finally, stops coughing and trying to cover his embarrassment) Thank you, Chen Chen. (Flashing a crook smile)
Xiao Chen: It's okay, Wei da ge. Are you fine now?
Emperor Xian: Yes, I'm fine.
Xiao Chen: But, why are you coughing?
Emperor Xian: ......
Poor shadow guards: ...... (Their Emperor is so embarrassing ba!)
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A/N: Somehow, the auto schedule update is not working?
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