Just when his hand was about to touch Yu Mingshu, Yu Mingshu changed his way of playing and began to jump back and forth in his hand with the knife.

Of course, she still played these with her eyes closed.

With this buffer, Ling Xiaoyu, who had not extended his hand, finally secretly withdrew it.

"He's really able to keep his composure. If it were me, I would have given up long ago." Shen Wenxi said that he didn't have that kind of composure. At least he couldn't let a female do something that might hurt herself, even if the female was asking for trouble.

"Then he can't defeat the master either." Chong Yue suddenly said from the side.

"Are you so confident in your master?" Shen Wenxi curled his lips in disdain.

Chong Yue didn't even bother to pay attention to him and just gave him a look of disgust.

"You!" Shen Wenxi felt deeply despised. He raised his fist towards Zhong Yue and wanted to fight with this guy like Ling Xiaoyu.

But when he saw the Seventh Prince Cangran looking at him with a cold gaze, he still put away his fist in dismay and found a way out for himself: "Forget it, I won't bother with a hawk like you."

Just because Chong Yue was Yu Mingshu's best thug, Shen Wenxi disliked him anyway. He would feel uncomfortable if he didn't take advantage of him.

When Chong Yue heard Shen Wenxi calling him that, he just looked at Shen Wenxi again without saying a word.

It was as if nothing else could shake his emotions except for Yu Mingshu's affairs.

When Cangran saw this scene, he naturally admired Chongyue more. He was absolutely loyal to him and would not show his joy even if he became his master's concubine. Such a secret guard was indeed worthy of his master's trust.

On the contrary, Shen Wenxi was a very mean guy. He scolded Chongyue, but Chongyue ignored him. He got upset first and simply said to Chongyue: "You are so boring."

This sentence made Shao Chen deeply realize how much Shen Wenxi deserved to be punished. The Seventh Prince had just reminded him because he spoke without thinking.

Shao Chen secretly looked at Cangran's expression, and it was indeed a bit colder than before. His lips were tightly drawn, as if he was enduring a bit.

But this is inevitable. After all, some people make stupid mistakes again and again without realizing it.

Fortunately, Yu Mingshu's closed-eye knife spinning skills were so exciting that they soon attracted everyone's attention again, making this incident just a small episode that passed for the time being.

Yu Mingshu took out another knife and tossed and caught it alternately between her hands with her eyes closed. The knife light was so dense that it almost intertwined into a silver net. Even though every time she tossed and caught it was accurate, Ling Xiaoyu's heart was no longer calm.

His eyes were always following Yu Mingshu's movements. He didn't know how many times he felt that she was about to get hurt.

Finally, when Yu Mingshu threw the two knives into the air at the same time, closed his eyes and stretched out his hands, ready to clamp the blades with his fingers, Ling Xiaoyu took the initiative and took both knives into his hands in the air.

Judging from his experience, she caught the knife a little off-center this time. If she let the knife fall like that, the tip would definitely pierce her palm!

"Yu Mingshu! Are you crazy?" Ling Xiaoyu yelled at her angrily.

After opening his eyes, Yu Mingshu smiled gently at Ling Xiaoyu.

"Ling Xiaoyu, I told you before that this game is a gamble. It depends on whether you want me to die as much as you say. Then, you lose."

Ling Xiaoyu turned his face away awkwardly after hearing what she said, not wanting to look at this female who was much smaller than him but had a lot of bad intentions.

"If I lose, I lose. I'm not denying it. Besides, if I watch you get hurt and don't help you, I'll be the one who suffers, right? According to the Imperial Code, after a marriage is concluded, if a male fails to protect his female, he will be severely punished."

Even though Ling Xiaoyu knew very well that this was not the reason why he stopped Yu Mingshu from continuing to play this dangerous game, having a legitimate excuse would not make him too embarrassed.

"Actually, you watched helplessly for quite a while." Yu Mingshu directly exposed his excuse and paused the timer, stopping it at a glaring 8 minutes and 16 seconds. "You must be feeling very conflicted, right? If you could hold on for two more minutes, you would have won."

Ling Xiaoyu: “!”

How could this damn female have such a strong desire to win? I had already admitted defeat, but she still wanted to squeeze me?

"That's because it was so exciting at the beginning, so I watched it for a little longer." Ling Xiaoyu was trying to make excuses, but his words weren't entirely false. Yu Mingshulu's move had truly astounded him. Even if it was more of a showpiece with no practical use, it still made you revere the female before you.

Because compared to other females, she is really too bold.

"Thank you." Yu Mingshu was not polite at all and took it as a compliment.

"You female... you are so shameless!"

Yu Mingshu didn't seem too angry when he was told that. Instead, he pinched his cheeks and said, "I'm thick-skinned because I have enough collagen. That's why I look so good!"

Ling Xiaoyu: “…”

He finally knew what it felt like to be unable to win and unable to argue.

However, there seemed to be nothing wrong with Yu Mingshu praising herself for her beauty in various ways. From a male's perspective, she was indeed pretty, and the action of pinching her face just now was even a bit cute.

But when he thought that he actually found Yu Mingshuo cute, Ling Xiaoyu wanted to slap himself. It was not like he had never seen beautiful females before, but he was actually bewitched by the beauty of this vicious female. How useless he was.

Ling Xiaoyu's mind was full of thoughts, but his handsome face remained tense throughout, and he didn't reveal anything about himself.

Yu Mingshu took the initiative to move closer to him at this time and poked him on the waist: "Hey, you can't even beat me, shouldn't you cook properly?"

As she spoke, she took the initiative to help wash the pile of tomatoes before pushing them in front of Ling Xiaoyu. Then, she stuffed a knife of the right size into his hand without saying a word, and put her hand on his hand, holding it tightly.

Yu Mingshu did these things naturally, and there was an indescribable intimacy in his every move.

When Yu Mingshu's hand was forcibly placed on the back of his hand, Ling Xiaoyu felt as if he was burned. He resisted and tried to push her away: "Yu Mingshu, what are you doing!"

"What else can I do?" Yu Mingshu refused to let go, his tone sounding helpless and complaining. "Of course, I'm teaching you how to cut vegetables."