He took a step forward and grabbed Shen Ningyuan's wrist.

The voice was low and asked: "Chen Ningyuan, why are you always like this in front of me?"

"You are obviously very nice to everyone else, even to Ji Yunnuo, who is a member of the Ji family, you can be friendly and pleasant, but in front of me, you are always cold and sarcastic."

Shen Ningyuan was stunned and looked at Xie Wanzhou in surprise.

She couldn't understand why Xie Wanzhou reacted so strongly when she had just said one sentence.

After a while, Shen Ningyuan hesitated and said, “Actually, I don’t want to be so cold to you.”

Without waiting for Xie Wanzhou to ask, Shen Ningyuan explained to herself: "You always come to me suddenly for no apparent reason, and every time you say a bunch of inexplicable things, after a long time, I... am a little annoyed."

Shen Ningyuan’s voice was a little low when he said the last three words, but Xie Wanzhou still heard it clearly.

"Is it because of this?" Xie Wanzhou was puzzled. "Is that why you are so cold?"

"Yes, that's why."

Shen Ningyuan nodded truthfully.

Seeing her serious look, Xie Wanzhou didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a while, he finally said, "Well, I know."

Although he appeared calm on the outside, he felt inexplicably happy in his heart.

He thought that Shen Ningyuan hated him!

Fortunately, she was just annoying him.

Thinking of this, Xie Wanzhou breathed a sigh of relief.

But just when he breathed a sigh of relief, Shen Ningyuan suddenly asked, "How is your relationship with King Min?"

Hearing this, Xie Wanzhou's heart tightened.

He stared at Shen Ningyuan and asked in a deep voice, "Why are you asking about him suddenly?"

Seeing his reaction, Shen Ningyuan knew that she had asked the right person.

Straight to the point, "Is he the person I've been looking for?"

Xie Wanzhou still didn't respond, but by staring at him, Shen Ningyuan had already gotten the answer she wanted.

“So it was him…”

Shen Ningyuan laughed and said, "No wonder you never wanted to tell me who was behind this. It turns out you did it to protect your brother."

"Why do you say that?" Xie Wanzhou's expression suddenly became very nervous.

Shen Ningyuan turned her back and whispered, "I've already sent someone to investigate. Before you got into trouble, you had a very good relationship with Prince Min. He was raised by your late mother."

"You're investigating me?"

Xie Wanzhou's face darkened, his eyes grew colder, and he even stopped referring to himself as he used to.

"Xie Wanzhou, you approached me first."

Shen Ningyuan's brows were indifferent, and he spoke bluntly.

Xie Wanzhou paused and subconsciously avoided Shen Ningyuan's gaze.

"Xie Wanzhou, won't you give me an explanation?" Shen Ningyuan continued to ask.

Xie Wanzhou said in a depressed tone, "There's nothing to explain. You never trusted me. You always thought I approached you to get something."

"Isn't it?" Shen Ningyuan immediately asked back.

"When a person suddenly approaches another person, it must be to gain something."

Shen Ningyuan raised her brows even higher.

"Ji Yunchuan approached me in order to gain the power and money of the Shen family. What are you after?"

After hearing this, Xie Wanzhou felt depressed.

He wanted to refute, but found that he couldn't find any words to refute.

Shen Ningyuan was right. He approached her in order to get something.

But I can't tell her now.

"Xie Wanzhou, why don't you speak?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shen Ningyuan continued to urge him.

To be honest, she sometimes really annoyed Xie Wanzhou.

Whenever he has something on his mind, he becomes silent.

Sometimes, I even run away.

Sure enough, Shen Ningyuan just came up with this idea.

Xie Wanzhou immediately said, "I'll tell you everything when I get a chance. I have something else to do now, so I'll take my leave now!"

After saying that, without waiting for Shen Ningyuan's response, Xie Wanzhou turned around and ran away.

Soon, he disappeared from Shen Ningyuan's sight.

Dark lines slid down Shen Ningyuan's forehead, and she cursed inwardly in the direction where Xie Wanzhou left.

"Miss, after being with you for so long, this is the first time I've heard you say dirty words."

Lan Yin approached from behind and put a robe on Shen Ningyuan.

"Did you hear everything?"

"Yeah, I heard it." Lan Yin covered her lips and smiled, "I didn't expect that the first person the young lady cursed at was His Highness Wanzhou."

"Your Highness Wanzhou?" Shen Ningyuan raised an eyebrow. "When did you become so familiar with him?"

"He has no ill will towards you," Lan Yin explained, "and he's actually quite nice to you."

"Um?"

Shen Ningyuan was stunned and asked without thinking: "Which eye of yours saw that he was nice to me?"

Obviously, Xie Wanzhou didn't do anything for him.

"There was a light in his eyes when he looked at the young lady, which Ji Yunchuan didn't have."

After a pause, Lan Yin explained, "At least Ji Yunchuan doesn't look at Miss like this."

Seeing that Lan Yin spoke so logically, Shen Ningyuan decided to teach her a lesson.

After tidying up his words, he said earnestly, "Lan Yin, to judge whether a man is good to you, don't look at his eyes. Sometimes, eyes can be deceiving."