I woke up as the Villainous Empress

142 Wild Imaginations

Yang Ning was flustered to see Zheng Liang misunderstanding her words. She dropped the formalities while talking to him earlier because she was surprised when he entered the bathhouse unannounced and witnessed her naked while she was taking a bath.

Who wouldn’t be flustered in this situation?

Unknowingly, she was treating him as Fang Li and not Yang Ning. By the time she realized her mistake, it was too late to explain her actions to him.

Moreover, what can she say to explain why she treated him like that a while ago? Because she forgot that she is not Fang Li but Yang Ning?

Can she say that? No, she cannot.

That’s why she blabbered whatever came to her mind at that moment. However, who would have thought that he would misunderstand her words in such a complex way?

Yang Ning took a deep breath and tried to explain things to him once again. ” Your Highness, this is not what-”

However, Zheng Liang interrupted her words once again and said with a proud smirk on his lips, “Zheng Liang! My name is Zheng Liang. I don’t think I ever introduced myself to you properly before.”

‘Well, it was because your name is already known by everyone in the Empire.’

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‘You don’t need to introduce yourself to me. We’re already married anyway!’ Yang Ning pursed her lips and was wondering when she would get a chance to speak. For some reason, the conversation is going in a different direction than she had expected.

Rather than getting angry at why she ordered him around earlier, he was giving her permission to talk to him without using formalities. What a strange crown prince he is!

This niceness coming from him was making her feel uncomfortable instead. What if she will be enchanted by his handsome face and gets attached to him like a woman in love?

If that happens, it will be so sad after she returns to her world. The world where her lover wouldn’t be there.

No! She doesn’t want that kind of sad future for herself. That’s why it is better to stay here while maintaining a decent distance between the two and go their separate ways when needed.

While she was planning so many things in her head, she heard him say, ” You can address me by using my name, Zheng Liang”

“Or....like yesterday night, you can also call me Zheng Zheng. You can call me however you like it.” He said and turned his head away in embarrassment.

His ears turned scarlet red in embarrassment and he started to feel hot. Even though his bathrobe wasn’t tied properly and exposed his toned chest and abs muscles to Yang Ning, he was still feeling nervous and hot for some reason.

He was embarrassed at the way his bathrobe was not secured properly. However, seeing the way Yang Ning was staring at his muscles earlier and her cheeks were blushing to see him, he doesn’t feel like binding the bathrobe anytime soon.

“Ah, So I did that.” Yang Ning murmured in embarrassment when she remembered that she had called him Zheng Zheng last night.

She cannot believe that she called him Zheng Zheng in her drunken state. He is the Crown Prince after all, how can she call him in such an informal way?

How flustered he must have been when she called him Zheng Zheng rather than addressing him as His Highness or Your Highness. No doubt he kept calling her Fang Fang in the morning because she permitted him to do so.

If she called him Zheng Zheng the whole night, how can she nag at him for calling her Fang Fang in the morning? It was her fault yet she scolded him for no reason.

Argh! How embarrassing.

She covered her face with her palms in embarrassment and wanted to dig a hole into the bathtub and hide there forever.

How can she call the Crown Prince of the Zheng Empire using a cute nickname? That’s...ridiculous.

Zheng Liang’s lips curled up in a smile to see Yang Ning covering her face in embarrassment. He cleared his throat and asked, “Yang Ning, are you going to continue with your bath?”

“Yes?” Yang Ning was surprised when he suddenly called her using her name and did not address her using the formal title.

It felt strange and unfamiliar to her. Yang Ning?

“Why? Didn’t we agree to call each other comfortably when we’re alone? If you’re going to call me using my name, isn’t it appropriate for me to do the same?” He reasoned with her.

“No. You can do that. Please call me however you like.” Yang Ning nodded in panic and allowed him to do whatever he wanted.

What can she say anyway when he isn’t listening to any of her explanations?

So she decided to go with the flow for now. At least, she doesn’t need to use honorifics with him from now on.

That’s a relief at the least.

“You haven’t answered my question yet.” Zheng Liang reminded her when she forgot to answer his question.

“Ah? Yes. I...am done with it. You can take a bath now. I’ll take my leave then.” She said and hurried to leave the bathhouse.

If she stays here longer, she will lose her mind. She wanted to take a bath and relax her mind, but all of this gave her a new headache instead.

Now she needs to drink a glass of cold water after leaving this place. Everything is too hot and complicated for her to think straight.

While she was hurriedly trying to leave, Zheng Liang grasped her wrist from behind and stopped her from leaving. “Wait!”

“Yes?” She nervously turned around and blinked in confusion, wondering why he suddenly stopped her like this.

“Is there something wrong, Your Highness? I mean....Zheng Liang.” She asked hesitantly while fixing the way to address him as well.

“Are you planning to go outside wearing this damped bathrobe only?” He asked.

“Ah! Right. I need to change.” Yang Ning was surprised when she looked down at her condition and realized that the wet bathrobe was now sticking to her skin and exposing her curves quite well.

The bathrobe wasn’t made of thick towel-like material and was made of satin instead. That’s why it stuck to her body because she wore it without wiping her body to dry with a towel first.

How embarrassing!

She suddenly started to feel conscious of her appearance in front of him. She might not be standing naked in front of him, but wearing this bathrobe over a water-dripping wet body is nothing less than exposing herself in front of him.

‘Why didn’t he say anything earlier?’ She consciously covered her chest with her arms and felt embarrassed standing in front of him like this.

Before she could decide what to do, Zheng Liang noticed her dilemma and said, “You stay here and change. I’ll go outside and wait for you.” He said.

“How can we do that? Wouldn’t it be suspicious if you go outside to wait? I mean...didn’t they plan all of these things-” she was worried that stupid rumors will start to speculate if he goes out and waits for her to come out.

He didn’t even take a bath and if he goes out alone to wait for her to come, wouldn’t everyone talk about their relationship? She cannot afford for people to misunderstand their relationship, because it will give them a chance to look down on her.

Just as people treated Yang Ning in the . They might not have disrespected her in the face but they never stop talking about Yang Ning and Zheng Liang’s relationship in private gatherings.

It was a topic of hot gossip after all.

From his reaction, she could tell that he didn’t know that she was in the bathhouse when he came. Considering the way Xiaowei was acting suspiciously earlier and didn’t return with her turmeric paste, she was sure that it must be her planning and plotting to lock them inside the bathroom.

She will deal with her later. However, firstly, she needs to deal with this situation.

“It doesn’t matter anymore. Moreover, we have stayed here together for enough time to allow them to think of the wild stories. They wouldn’t be disappointed by them.” He said casually and walked out of the bathhouse, leaving Yang Ning behind.

“Damn it! How can he look so cool while saying it?” She exclaimed in amazement as she watched him leaving the bathhouse in his bathrobe which was hanging on his shoulders like a robe of victory.

Her eyes widened when she realized that he exited the bathroom without fixing his bathrobe. If people see him like this, they will surely be convinced that something must have happened in the bathhouse between the two.

Yang Ning’s face turned crimson and felt embarrassed thinking about it. Does that mean that everyone will think that they did something inside the bathroom all this time?

That’s kinda wild!

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