Chapter 734 - The Curse (9) (1/2)
Yu Mei pursed her lips seeing Zhao Ming who was sitting with her legs crossed on the sofa with a pillow in her lap and her head was resting on her hand as she was staring at the front gate in a daze.
” Why are you sitting here? Shouldn't you go upstairs and join them?” Yu Mei asked. Ji Cheng and Xie Ming went upstairs in Liwei's study to talk about something while this girl didn't follow them and stayed here with her in the living room.
She was worried that the man might hurt Xie Ming in some way. When Xie Ming saw him, her face turned pale and she almost fainted. Three of them stayed in the living room for a while without saying anything. Then suddenly Xie Ming asked that man to follow her upstairs to talk.
Zhao Ming glanced at Yu Mei who was looking worried and chuckled. ” Don't worry. He won't eat your Miss. Now go and bring me a cup of hot coffee. It's been long since I have one. Also, bring some cakes as well. I at least deserve some sweets.” she said bitterly as her smile slowly disappeared.
She was trying to be chill about it but she remembered Ji Cheng's words that he said upon finding out the truth that she is not Zhao Ming. At that time, he had said that he wants Zhao Ming to come back, which means, her existence doesn't mean anything in his life. She is just a fake and fake cannot replace the original.
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In the study, Xie Ming was sitting on a single sofa while Ji Cheng took a seat opposite hers. He looked around the room that was filled with the books. The study was different from his at the palace, however, at this moment, rather than looking around the new surroundings, he was busy staring at the woman opposite him.
He knows that she is his Zhao Ming but there was an awkward silence between them. Her expressions were cold and she looked like someone else, like a stranger. The warmth that she used to have in her eyes before while looking at him was not there anymore. She looked like a different person in those strange clothes and her dark brown hair.
Not only that, her face was not her anymore. However, he doesn't care as long as she is his Zhao Ming. However, right now she didn't look like the Zhao Ming he used to know.
After a long awkward silence, Ji Cheng said, ” Zhao Ming, I was-
” Xie Ming.” she interrupted him.
” Hmm?” He raised his brows upon hearing her words. Her tone was flat and was indifferent as if she was talking to a stranger.
She calmly placed the teacup on the table that she was holding and said, ” My name is now Xie Ming, not Zhao Ming. Your Majesty, I am sure you know what happened to me and Xie Ming. Although it is hard to accept, we did swap our bodies. I am now living as Xie Ming while she is as Zhao Ming.”
” Believe it or not, but I am happy with this life. I am glad that I not only got the second chance to live but I got to meet Liwei as well who made me experience the feeling of being loved and the true meaning of love and family,” she said with a mild smile on her lips while she was talking about him.
Ji Cheng quietly listened to her words and realized how much she had changed. Zhao Ming who used to be quiet in front of him and hesitate before speaking was not only speaking with a tinge of coldness in her tone but was also looking into his eyes without appearing to be nervous. The warm gaze in her eyes was nowhere to be seen.
” What about your life at the palace? Don't you want to go back to your world? Zhao Ming, have you ever thought of going back to your world, go back to me?” He asked what he was waiting to ask for long. He wants to know if she ever missed him or wanted to go back.
She pursed her lips and stared at him quietly for a few moments before responding, ” No!”