He Yusheng chuckled softly, his smile a mix of nonchalant frivolity and amusement.

"Cui Zhiling, you really are still Cui Zhiling. You're just like the same old Cui Zhiling, still as straightforward as ever."

Seeing He Yusheng smile, Cui Zhiling's heart, which had been pounding in her chest, relaxed again. Her face softened, she patted her chest, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"You scared me to death! I really thought you'd been switched at birth."

"I'm saying, what do you mean by constantly harassing me like this, Cui family?"

Cui Zhiling pursed her lips and said whatever came to mind, "How would I know what it means? My grandmother's mind is all over the place, who knows what she's thinking about this time."

Anyway, let me come and take you back.

He Yusheng twitched the corner of his mouth.

“You’re really going to accept this so obediently? With your temper, that’s impossible, right? Besides—” He Yusheng paused halfway through his sentence.

Cui Zhiling raised an eyebrow. "Why did you suddenly stop halfway through? And what?"

"Didn't you say you'd never see me again? That's not like you at all."

Cui Zhiling snorted and slammed her hand on the table.

"Of course I didn't want to come, but I made a deal with my grandmother. If I take you back, she will promise to help me arrange my marriage with the young master of the Hongchengwei family. Of course, I'm happy to agree."

You've met the young master of the Hongchengwei family before, haven't you?

"A refined and cultured person is far superior to your thuggish attitude."

He Yusheng lowered his eyes slightly, as if recalling the young master Wei that Cui Zhiling had mentioned.

"The Wei family of Hongcheng?" He then chuckled in realization. "Oh, I remember now. You mean that kid? He's all pretentious and has no redeeming qualities. He's got a terrible temper. He's nothing like the refined and cultured guy he seems to be. It's all an act. You've definitely been fooled."

"Pah, I think you're just jealous of her and trying to ruin her reputation."

"What do I have to be jealous of him for?"

Cui Zhiling raised her chin as if it were the most natural thing in the world and said, "Of course I'm jealous that I like him. Don't you like me?"

He Yusheng paused slightly, then raised his lips, nodded, and readily admitted it.

"I did like you. Back then, I even planned to marry you as my wife."

However, I have no intention of having any further dealings with your Cui family now, and naturally, I no longer like you.

Who you like is none of my business anymore.

Cui Zhiling rubbed her arms, looking disgusted.

"It's as if who I liked in the past had anything to do with you."

Several little heads peeked out from behind the cashier counter, and when they heard the conversation between the two people, they all stared in surprise.

"Oh my goodness! I never thought He Yusheng would actually have a girl he likes!" An Ning covered her mouth, looking astonished, her eyes shining with a curious and gossipy light.

An Yi stroked his chin, glanced at Cui Zhiling, and clicked his tongue.

"Not bad, she's quite good-looking, no wonder she'd be interested!"

Anle raised an eyebrow.

"Speaking of which, isn't this girl her cousin? Has she fallen for her cousin?" Isn't that incest? This joke is really going too far!

That can't be right.

Qiao Zhiqin licked her lips, swallowed, and stared intently at Cui Zhiling's outfit with a wolfish glint in her eyes. Her gaze never left Cui Zhiling's attire.

"The red dress this girl is wearing is really beautiful, and the two butterfly hairpins in her hair are also really pretty."

"That necklace she's wearing must be worth a lot of money, right?"

Anle glanced at the silver and jade peace lock hanging around Cui Zhiling's neck, then looked at Qiao Zhiqin with a deep look in her eyes.

"Hey, where's your focus? You've gone way off-topic! We're clearly talking about their relationship right now!"

An Ding coughed lightly and whispered in a low voice.

"I think it's not appropriate for us to be eavesdropping and spying like this?"

An Jing nodded in agreement, "I also think we've gone a bit too far. This is Young Master He's private matter, so let's not peek."

"Big sister, second brother, you two were clearly peeking around here too, so don't say such hindsight things."

I'm saying, here, is it okay for cousins ​​to be together? Isn't that incest?

Several pairs of eyes immediately turned to look at Anle.

Anle felt a little uneasy under the gaze of several pairs of eyes. "W-why are you all looking at me like that?"

An Ding looked at An Le with a strange expression. "Little sister, what nonsense are you talking about? What incest? This is clearly a marriage between relatives. Many families do this."

"Huh? Is that so?" Upon hearing this, Anle was dumbfounded. If that's the case, wouldn't there be problems with their offspring if they really became husband and wife?

This won't do.

There's absolutely no awareness here about the prohibition of marriage between close relatives!

Lack of education is truly terrifying!

However, judging from He Yusheng's attitude, he doesn't plan to have any further contact with his cousin. Fortunately, she doesn't have any intention of going any further with her cousin, otherwise, if the two of them really got together, she would be worried for their future children.

She shook her head sharply, stopping herself from continuing to fill in the blanks in her mind, and focused her attention back on He Yusheng and Cui Zhiling. Then, she heard Qiao Zhiqin's gossipy and questioning voice.

"Little cousin, what grudge does He Yusheng have against the Cui family? Why can't we get him back no matter how many times we ask?"

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