It's Chongyang's voice. What's he doing here?

Qin Su immediately stood up, completely ignoring Xue Huai'an sitting opposite her.

Xue Huai'an couldn't sit still either, so he followed.

"Let me go in and report first. It's very impolite of you to barge in like this."

"Okay, hurry up. My time is very precious, and I can't waste it on you."

"Oh! Brother Chongyang, is your time so precious?" Qin Su poked her head out from inside and said to Chongyang jokingly.

Upon seeing Qin Su emerge, Chongyang immediately smiled and spoke in a very gentle tone, "Not at all, not at all. Miss Qin, what brings you to Shuangyue Lake?"

Before Qin Su could reply, Chongyang's gaze fell on Xue Huai'an, and that gaze was anything but friendly.

"My ex-husband invited me out for a boat trip on the lake." Qin Su admitted it very openly, showing no excessive intimacy with Xue Huai'an.

Xue Huai'an looked somewhat displeased. He moved closer to Qin Su and whispered, "Su Su, could you please give me some face?"

He now believes that Qin Su still has feelings for him and is about to agree to return to the manor with him, so he naturally wants to make good use of her to benefit himself.

Chongyang, with his sharp ears, immediately said, "This face isn't given by anyone; it's earned. If Young Master Xue doesn't have face, don't ask others for it. Ask yourself if you've worked hard to climb the ladder all these years."

These words were truly grating to Xue Huai'an's ears. Where had he not tried his best? No matter how glorious Chongyang was, he was still just a guard, yet he dared to speak to him like that.

Once he makes his mark, he'll make this man kneel and kowtow, wishing he were dead.

Now he could only lower his head, pretending not to understand, and say, "Guard Chongyang is joking."

Chongyang snorted coldly and turned to Qin Su, saying, "Miss Qin, would you like to see His Highness? He's nearby."

Just as Qin Su was about to speak, Xue Huai'an beside her immediately asked, "Is His Highness Prince Chen also at Shuangyue Lake?"

Chongyang: "..." I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone this shameless. Did I ask you?

Qin Su asked, "Does Your Highness have any official business?"

"Yes, it's still about what happened before." He didn't go into details, perhaps because he had reservations.

Qin Su nodded, "Then I won't disturb Your Highness for now, I'll go later."

Chongyang was somewhat unwilling. He didn't want Qin Su and Xue Huai'an to be together, also because he was afraid that Qin Su's feelings for Xue Huai'an would rekindle. What would happen to his prince then?

He didn't want to become isolated along with His Highness, affecting everyone else.

However, he dared not openly obstruct Qin Su, and especially dared not reveal His Highness's thoughts.

"Then I'll go ask His Highness."

He sounded very depressed and left dejectedly.

"What's wrong with him?" Qin Su wondered.

Xue Huai'an, however, keenly sensed that something was amiss; it seemed that Prince Chen's guard didn't want him to be with Qin Su.

Why?

Could it be that he has taken a liking to Qin Su?

wrong.

Could it be that Prince Chen has taken a liking to Qin Su?

Impossible, impossible.

How could His Highness Prince Chen have taken a liking to someone like Qin Su?

He kept denying it, his mind a complete mess.

"Not going in?" Qin Su turned to look at Xue Huai'an, who was still standing there in a daze.

Xue Huai'an snapped out of his daze and immediately bent down to come in.

He then poured Qin Su a cup of hot tea and tentatively asked, "Su Su and Prince Chen seem to have a very good relationship."

Qin Su poured the hot tea, "I'll have a glass of water."

I don't want to drink tea or alcohol during my pregnancy, which is good for my baby.

"good."

As long as Qin Su doesn't return to the Duke's mansion, he will have to serve Qin Su as a lowly servant.

But it's okay, it won't be permanent.

"When did Susu meet Prince Chen? I remember that Prince Chen doesn't have much contact with women."

He tested the waters again.

Qin Su leaned back in her chair, her gaze passing through the window; the sky outside was gradually darkening.

"This is none of your business. Stop asking questions."

Xue Huai'an looked aggrieved and disappointed, saying, "Can't I be jealous? My wife is having an affair with another man, and I, as her husband, know nothing about it."

"Bang!"

A teacup with half a cup of water was suddenly and heavily placed on the table.

Xue Huai'an looked at her blankly, not understanding why Qin Su was acting this way all of a sudden.

"I've already said, you're my ex-husband. What kind of husband do you think you are? Please don't use that title to refer to yourself." Qin Su's eyes were extremely cold, and it didn't seem like she was pretending at all.

Xue Huai'an suddenly felt uncertain and started to panic.

He reached out to grab Qin Su's hand, and said in a panic, "Su Su, don't you want me anymore? I really know I was wrong. If you don't want me to be jealous, I... I'll try my best to pretend I didn't know anything."

He adopted an extremely humble posture, as if he were as insignificant as dust.

Qin Su pulled her hand back, grabbed the teacup, and splashed water all over his face. "Are you sober now?"

Xue Huai'an clenched his fists under his wide sleeves, using great self-control to prevent himself from bursting into anger.

"If you're not sober, go soak in the lake."

Her words were like sharp knives, piercing deeply into Xue Huai'an's heart.

Xue Huai'an's eyes were moist, as if he was about to shed tears.

He really knows how to manipulate a woman's soft heart. If Qin Su hadn't experienced her past life, she definitely would have softened her heart.

Because she didn't know Xue Huai'an's ruthlessness, and she didn't know that he would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

"I was wrong. Susu, I know I was wrong. I truly love you, please don't leave me, okay?"

Qin Su felt as disgusted as if she had swallowed a fly.

She wanted to pick Xue Huai'an up and throw him into the water, but when she got up, she felt weak in her limbs.

She immediately looked at Xue Huai'an and angrily said, "Did you drug the water?"

Xue Huai'an gently stroked Qin Su's face and said, "What's wrong? Why would I put drugs in the water? Su Su has misunderstood me."

Qin Su looked around, her gaze finally settling on the candle. She rushed over, took the candle off, and threw it into the lake.

The window was wide open, and she was finally able to breathe properly.

Qin Su is naturally not very sensitive to smells, so she is easily affected.

"You really only know these tricks." Qin Su glared at him.

Xue Huai'an bent down to hug Qin Su, "The methods don't matter, as long as they work. There are many people at Shuangyue Lake today. If others see you and me being intimate, you'll have to marry me whether you like it or not."

Qin Su rolled over to avoid him; even though she was weak, she was still agile.

"Don't waste your energy. Use that energy to shout properly later."

The filthy words that came out of Xue Huai'an's mouth were extremely vulgar.

Qin Su pulled out the hairpin, and Xue Huai'an's pupils constricted, his chest wound, which had almost healed, began to hurt again.

He remembered that it was a hairpin that almost killed him.

"Even..." She had just uttered a sound when Xue Huai'an rushed over and covered Qin Su's mouth, but his shoulder was cut again by Qin Su's hairpin.

Qin Su was also feeling unwell; Xue Huai'an's knee was pressed against her stomach, making her feel threatened.

Just then, a commotion suddenly came from the pleasure boat, as if someone was boarding.

Xue Huai'an was nervous and buried his face in Qin Su's neck, creating the illusion of intimacy between the two.

Qin Su didn't let him off the hook either, and the hairpin pierced his shoulder again, but this time it wasn't deep.

If she had a knife, she would definitely teach Xue Huai'an a lesson!