[As expected, I am too weak.] A soft sigh escaped his lips, filled with self-doubt and resentment at his own lack of ambition.
Fang Ruotang looked at Rong Xing, whose voice was the first to ring in her mind. She suddenly understood what he meant by his seemingly random sentence.
"Didn't you say you were going into seclusion? You were only taking fasting pills for the next few days and weren't going to come out. Why did you come out so early this morning?"
"..." Rong Xing looked at Fang Ruotang silently, at a loss for words.
Should I just tell her that I was standing here because the commotion last night was too loud and I couldn't concentrate on my cultivation? Last night… they must have had a great time, right? Am I really that much worse than Cui Shixu in bed?
Fang Ruotang hissed and covered her face with her hand, resting her chin on her hand.
The five men, whose expressions had varied just moments before, immediately strode forward and nervously surrounded Fang Ruotang.
"What's wrong? Why are you covering it? Does your face hurt or your teeth hurt?"
My teeth hurt!
Fang Ruotang gave Rong Xing a resentful look.
Rong Xing was stunned.
Why is Xiao Liu looking at me like that? Could it be that the food we ate last night wasn't clean, and since I wasn't there, she doesn't want to tell the others, especially since they were the ones who prepared the food?
Rong Xing racked his brains and thought he had found the answer.
When he opened his mouth, it was about to come.
Fang Ruotang interrupted him.
"I was just kidding. Otherwise, if you five were like vinegar bags, and I drank so much vinegar, do you think my teeth would ache?"
"You! You're so scary." Gu Yanjin raised his hand and gently tapped Fang Ruotang's forehead.
Fang Ruotang raised an eyebrow and looked at him.
Waiting for his true feelings to be revealed.
She waited and waited, but instead of his heartfelt words, she received a large hand from him pressing on her forehead. His brows furrowed, and he asked with concern, "Why are you looking at me like that? Are you sure everything's alright? If anything is wrong, you must tell me."
"It's nothing! It was just you..."
Fang Ruotang really wanted to ask Gu Yanjin how he could be so calm. Was it because he had too much self-control? But Rong Xing and the others were no less calm; their inner thoughts were so active.
"You have something to say!" Huo Zhige looked at Fang Ruotang suspiciously.
Fang Ruotang glanced guiltily to the side, but said firmly, "What could possibly be wrong with me? You wouldn't know what's going on with me."
No, something must have happened to you.
Huo Zhige and his group knew Fang Ruotang.
It's good that she's sharper now, but her personality hasn't changed much. She won't transform from a simple and straightforward person into someone with a deep and complex mind.
So anything that happened to her was written all over her face. At this moment, it was as if the words "I have a secret" were etched on her forehead.
"Hmph! I said it's nothing, so it's nothing. Don't go asking around! Go away, go away, I'm going back to my room!" Fang Ruotang scolded playfully, then ran off with the spiritual food.
To prevent them from asking questions, he used teleportation in the yard and slammed the door shut with a loud bang.
Ye Wuxia's eyes darted around, a faint smile playing on her lips, and she said incredulously, "Little Six has a secret with Cui Shixu, yet he's wary of the five of us!"
Huo Zhige rolled his eyes at Ye Wuxia.
"If you want to know, go look it up yourself. Don't use us as pawns."
"What does it matter whether we're used as pawns or not? The important thing is to know what the secret Xiao Liu isn't telling us is," Gu Nancheng replied.
At the same time, she looked at Gu Yanjin, nudged him with her shoulder, and said with a grin, "Why don't you go and ask Xiao Liu alone? Xiao Liu listens to you quite a bit."
Gu Yanjin chuckled, looking both amused and exasperated. Her gaze shifted from Gu Nancheng to Rong Xing and the other three, the meaning of which was self-evident.
If Fang Ruotang truly cared about him, he wouldn't have had to engage in palace intrigue with these men.
These few idiots didn't realize that Fang Ruotang didn't actually like him that much at first; he was just her most convenient tool.
But it doesn't matter, it's fine this way. He wants Fang Ruotang to depend on him in every way and enjoy his care.
For someone who has no emotional attachments, whether or not they love someone isn't that important. What matters is that she finds him useful and can't live without him.
"Don't be curious. Xiao Liu can't keep things to herself. She'll tell us on her own in a few days. Since she doesn't want to talk about it now, don't force her and make her unhappy. Just let her be! There must be a reason why she doesn't want to talk about it."
It was rare for Gu Yanjin to talk to these men for so long, because he was afraid they would be too impolite and upset Fang Ruotang, especially Gu Nancheng.
Rong Xing agreed, "Judging from Xiao Liu's appearance, it's not a bad thing. She will tell us when she wants to."
Ye Wuxia gave a fake smile, "It's I who am inferior to my two brothers."
Gu Yanjin glanced expressionlessly at the sarcastic Ye Wuxia, then left without saying a word. Rong Xing didn't even look at him, and walked away indifferently.
The two have slightly different personalities, but both have a distant and unapproachable demeanor. However, Rong Xing is more concerned with his own well-being, while Gu Yanjin is more considerate of the bigger picture.
Although in the eyes of the world, Fang Ruotang and Ye Wuxia had a grand wedding, and he was her rightful husband, Gu Yanjin was used to taking the lead. So, since he couldn't get rid of these five people, and they had been accepted by Fang Ruotang, he would occasionally step in to balance their relationship, not wanting it to become ugly and put Fang Ruotang in a difficult position.
"I don't believe he doesn't want to know." Huo Zhige complained as he watched Gu Yanjin's back. "Although he used to send us out to fight in order to expand his power as quickly as possible, he has never hidden his desire to monopolize everything. Now he's pretending to be something he's not."
“That’s normal! If I were the Crown Prince, I would have done the same. Even though I’m not the Crown Prince, I still want to have it all to myself. There’s nothing wrong with that. He just wanted to get rid of us. He didn’t want to upset Xiao Liu. He didn’t object to anything Xiao Liu wanted to do, including taking us into his room.”
At this point, it's necessary to speak fairly about the relationship between Gu Nancheng and Gu Yanjin.
“His domineering attitude is directed at us. When it comes to Xiao Liu, he’s like a yes-man. Wherever she points, he goes.”
Ye Wuxia shut her mouth awkwardly, unable to refute these words.
As an official of the Ministry of Revenue, he knew that Gu Yanjin had secretly obtained the marriage certificate ahead of everyone else, and he could also see that Gu Yanjin really wanted to have a proper wedding with Fang Ruotang.
However, because Fang Ruotang had promised him this one and only wedding, Gu Yanjin suppressed all his thoughts, mainly because he didn't want to upset Fang Ruotang because of his own selfish desires.
Huo Zhige agreed with this statement and did not refute it, but said somewhat unconvinced, "I also listen to Little Cutie's words. Whatever she says, I will do."
Gu Nancheng said jokingly, "Whether it is or not, you all know the answer in your hearts."
"Tsk, if you're not going to ask, then don't ask. Why say so much? You just said you were going to ask yourself." Huo Zhige retorted defiantly.
Gu Nancheng shrugged. "I have my own ideas, but I'm open to advice."
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