Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

Li Hua slowly opened her eyelids as she gained consciousness.

“Li Hua, are you alright? How are you feeling?” Lóng Wei inquired. His voice was soft and his eyes were misty. Li Hua used her elbows to sit up when Lóng Wei told her not to move. He pushed her to the mattress.

“Peng Yuxian said that you must stay in bed. You need a good rest. Forgive me, for being so hard on you,” Lóng Wei said, and caressed her forehead.

“He lied so blatantly,” Li Hua said, as her eyes filled with tears. “Your Highness, it is hurting me. I won’t lie to you. I loved him until the past few days, when I found out about his betrayal. It is so painful.” Tears poured down her cheeks. She sniffled while sobbing and covered her eyes with her hands.

Lóng Wei gulped because it pained him to see Li Hua crying for another man. He was upset that Li Hua hadn’t fallen in love with him yet. She stopped loving Feng Lao because he betrayed her. If she knew the truth of what Feng Lao told him earlier, then she would fall in love with him again.

The mere thought of it broke his heart into millions of pieces. He wanted to be alone and disappeared from her sight. He stood up and turned to leave when Li Hua caught his hand.

“Don’t leave me,” Li Hua said as she stopped crying.

“Why?” he asked.

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“Because I need you,” Li Hua stated.

A tear rolled down Lóng Wei’s left cheek, and he said, “Feng Lao said that he never betrayed you. He said that he saved you that night. He was not involved in the murder of your family. His father is involved in all this. He loves you. He married Yang Mei because she was pregnant with someone’s child. Maybe to save her dignity.”

Li Hua was shocked to hear another series of truth from Lóng Wei.

“So, do you love him? Since he never betrayed you, your feelings for him will revive again. Am I right?” Lóng Wei asked, and he slowly pulled his hand away from her. He decided not to keep her with him. He wasn’t dying for anyone’s love. He was meant to be alone from the very beginning, so he knew how to handle heartbreak.

Li Hua sat up on the bed and confusedly pondered over Lóng Wei’s words.

“I will let you go,” Lóng Wei said with a heavy heart and stepped forward to leave, but he stopped.

Li Hua had circled her arms around him and embraced him tightly from behind. “How could His Highness even tell me to leave him?” She questioned him.

“You said that you loved him until the day you found out he betrayed you. That means, I always forced my feelings on you. I was never yours and you were never mine,” Lóng Wei said. He was so engrossed with the heartbreak that he got after hearing that particular statement, that he almost forgot that he was told not to give Li Hua any kind of stress.

“I didn’t mean that. His Highness took the wrong meaning of my words. I was hopeful that the love and trust I carried for Feng Lao would never be proven wrong, until the day His Highness told me the truth,” Li Hua explained to him.

“I am his and he is mine,” she pronounced with a firm tone.

Lóng Wei gently loosened her grip with his hands. He turned to look at her and put his hand on her arm. “Feng Lao said that-”

“I don’t want to hear what he told His Highness or my brother. He should not have stayed quiet when he knew that his family was present in my house,” Li Hua said firmly.

“I am upset with His Highness. How could he tell me to leave?” She complained and lifted her hand to wipe the tear from his left cheek.

Lóng Wei didn’t ask her permission this time. His hand went to her waist as he pulled her up, while his other hand went to her neck. He tilted her neck slightly and captured her lips in a passionate kiss.

Li Hua locked her hand around his neck and returned his kisses while closing her eyes. They withdrew after a while and slowly opened their eyes.

“Even if you want to run away, I won’t let you run away,” Lóng Wei said while gasping for air. His thumb stroked her cheek, and he continued, “I love you, Li Hua. I love you more than my own life. If you ask for my life, I will give you that too. Just don’t ever leave me.”

“I won’t ever leave His Highness. I will haunt him even in his dreams,” Li Hua said, and they both laughed.

“Haunt me all the time,” Lóng Wei said, and hugged her tightly. His chin rested on her shoulder.

“Your Highness, I have a request to make,” Li Hua said.

“Hmm. Speak,” Lóng Wei told her.

“I don’t want to see Feng Lao anymore. Even if he begs to meet me, His Highness will refuse him. Also, I would like to investigate the matter further with His Highness. His father was behind it, so we will investigate his father,” Li Hua stated.

Lóng Wei drew back and looked her in the eyes.

“I don’t want you to undergo more stress, so I will investigate it myself. If you don’t want to meet Feng Lao anymore, then I will deliver your message to him. However, I want you to hear the truth from his mouth for one last time. What he has to say to you, you must know it,” Lóng Wei suggested to her.

“No. Feng Lao is dead to me. I don’t want to see him or talk about him,” Li Hua affirmed, “please.”

“Sure,” Lóng Wei replied. “Li Hua, I will make sure to catch the true culprit,” he assured her.

“I trust His Highness,” Li Hua said, and curled her lips into a tiny smile.