Chapter 418 - Why are you being so nice to me. (1/2)

” Ji Cheng.” Zhao Ming called him out as she held her head down.

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Ji Cheng raised his brows seeing her pale complexion and serious expression.

His smile disappeared as he asked, ” What happened?”

He looked at her seriously as he stretched his hand and placed it on her hand which was on her lap.

” Can I ask you something?” Zhao Ming raised her head as she looked into his dark orbit eyes.

Ji Cheng nodded as he looked at her seriously.

He does not know what she was about to ask but from her expressions it was clear that she wasn't in the mood to goof around.

” Why… Are you being so nice to me?” she asked as she looked into his eyes with questions.

Ji Cheng was surprised for a moment when he heard her question. His lips pursed as he was unsure how to answer this question.

” What do you mean by this? Can't I be nice to my wife? ” he asked her a question in return.

He couldn't understand what she meant by her question.

Zhao Ming shook her head and said, ” That's not what I mean. I mean why are you being so nice to me now? You know that I don't have my past memories. However, I had heard many things from the people, how you never glanced at me before. You always ignored me and never interfered when Empress Dowager and Xiao Li treated me badly. ”

She has heard many servants talking behind her back here and there and also Lu shi has also told her many things about the past.

” But I am curious why your attitude suddenly changed? You even argued with your mother and Xiao Li for me. Why are you suddenly treating me so nicely?”

She was feeling uncomfortable because he was treating her with care and extremely nice. Though she didn't hate this, however, she was feeling uncomfortable because she is not Zhao Ming.

She knows that his love and care was for Zhao Ming and she is enjoying everything in her stead.

Ji Cheng pursed his lips as he stared at her. His eyes dimmed as he finally spoke.

He pursed his lips as he realized that it's time that he needed to talk to her about this.

” At first I was unsure of my feelings towards you. When I first saw you when I was 15 years old, I was puzzled because it was the first time I smiled when I saw you.” a smile appeared on his lips when he remembered how adorable she looked while playing with a butterfly when he saw her for the first time.

” I grew up while seeing the harsh reality of the palace and was forced to learn those things which I was not fond of because I had to become the Emperor in the future. I had to hide my feelings and learn to be cold and ruthless for the sake of taking the throne in the future.”

Ji Cheng's expressions were complicated and full of old painful memories.

” After when my grandfather, the old Emperor, fixed our marriage I was happy yet a little upset that I was dragging you with me to face the bitter reality of the palace. ”