Chapter 144: Does the Little Fairy Want to Follow Him Back to the Prince’s Residence?

“My little fairy, what am I to do? I have grown accustomed to spending every day and night with you. At the thought of parting from you now, my heart… truly cannot bear it. I am filled with endless reluctance and sorrow.”

“Nalan Di Jiu, must you make it sound so cloying? Why does it feel so ominous? You make it sound as though I will not live to see tomorrow’s sunrise.”

“My little fairy…”

Nalan Di Jiu seemed to have a thousand words to say to Baili Tianchang.

Yet he had always been cold and reserved by nature. After meeting Baili Tianchang, he had already said many things he had once believed he would never say in this lifetime.

Now, with all those words crowding his heart, he truly did not know where to begin.

“All right, all right, that’s enough. Ninth Prince, you should go back. We have plenty of time ahead of us; we’ll meet again.”

Baili Tianchang could no longer stand his intensely affectionate expression, as though the two of them were deeply in love and their feelings ran as deep as the sea. She pried his fingers apart and tried to pull her hand free herself.

“Very well. I’ll escort you inside.”

Nalan Di Jiu clasped the hand she had nearly freed once more, holding it tightly in his palm.

Then he walked ahead, leading Baili Tianchang by the hand toward the main entrance of the General’s Residence.

“Nalan Di Jiu, wait. I’m not going through the main entrance.”

Baili Tianchang lowered her voice as she spoke.

Nalan Di Jiu was far too conspicuous. How could she possibly enter the General’s Residence with him so openly through the main gate?

If she did that, there would be no hope of keeping a low profile.

Therefore, she absolutely could not let Nalan Di Jiu accompany her through the main entrance.

“My little fairy doesn’t like the main entrance? Then we’ll use the back gate.”

Nalan Di Jiu did not ask why she was unwilling to use the main entrance. He simply changed direction and led her toward the back gate.

“No, I’m not going through the back gate either.”

There was an equal chance of being seen there.

As long as one person caught sight of them, the news could spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

In that case, it would be no different from entering through the main gate.

“Then, my little fairy, are you planning to return to my princely residence with me?”

Nalan Di Jiu’s heart suddenly filled with delight.

His little fairy was unwilling to use either the main entrance or the back gate of the General’s Residence.

Could she be hinting that she no longer wished to return there, and instead wanted to accompany him back to his princely residence?

Had she finally come to her senses?

Nalan Di Jiu swiftly formed a plan in his mind.

Once his little fairy returned to his residence with him today, he would have the courtyard where she would stay thoroughly arranged.

The conditions in which she lived at the General’s Residence were so harsh. After she came to his residence, he would make it up to her a thousandfold, ten-thousandfold.

“Nalan Di Jiu, why would I go to your residence for no reason?”

“My little fairy is unwilling to use the main entrance and unwilling to use the back gate. Then how does she intend to enter?”

Hearing this, Nalan Di Jiu could not help feeling somewhat disappointed.

“Over the courtyard wall. Have you forgotten how we left the residence?”

With a mischievous smile, Baili Tianchang immediately tugged Nalan Di Jiu along and lightly leaped with him onto the wall surrounding the dilapidated courtyard where she lived.