In the car.

Shen Ruyi leaned in Rong Yan's arms, her heartbeat drowning out the sound of the cold wind outside as she said, "Your Highness, the day after tomorrow I will break off my engagement with Gu Qinghua. By then, I will be hated by everyone. Will Your Highness still treat me like this?"

The man said nothing, but bent down and kissed her lips.

Everything is expressed through actions.

After a long while, he raised his head and said, "With me here, no one dares to tell you what to do."

Shen Ruyi smiled and rubbed her head against his chest again. A warm feeling spread throughout her body. She asked, "The person who assassinated Shen Xiao was sent by His Highness, right?"

The man looked down at her and did not hide anything, "Yeah."

After a pause, he added: "He should pay the price for hurting you for no reason."

Shen Ruyi felt warm in her heart and couldn't help asking, "What have I done to deserve such protection from His Highness? Logically speaking, His Highness and I are not familiar with each other, but His Highness is so kind to me..."

She also didn't expect that things would progress so quickly between her and Rong Yan in this life, as if there was a hand behind fate pushing them to be together earlier.

In just over half a month, it has come to this point. Not only is she planning to leave the Shen family, she also wants to marry him and grow old together.

Things were moving so fast that she couldn't believe it.

And she had no idea when Rong Yan fell in love with her.

After hearing what she said, Rong Yan was a little dazed.

After a moment, he said, "Maybe it's the remaining memory from my previous life. As soon as I saw you, I wanted to protect you."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and stroked her face, "Besides, in my eyes, it's good, it's just that others are blind and can't see it."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ruyi stretched out her bare arm and wrapped it around half of his body.

Rong Yan's mouth corners slightly raised.

He was waiting for the day when she would stretch out her arms, throw herself into his arms, and hold him tightly.

A subtle feeling of happiness surged in the carriage.

The days seemed to suddenly become quiet and warm.

Shen Ruyi took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Your Highness's fox fur is really warm."

"For you."

The man chuckled and pulled the fox fur tighter around her.

Maybe the atmosphere was too good, he couldn't help but ask: "Ruyi, why did you...let Gu Qinghua refuse to marry Shen Jiaojiao? In fact, it doesn't matter whether he marries her or not."

When Shen Ruyi made such a request to Gu Qinghua, he felt a little jealous.

Could it be that Shen Ruyi still has feelings for Gu Qinghua?

According to his idea, Gu Qinghua and Shen Jiaojiao should be locked up.

So as to avoid being annoyed by following Shen Ruyi every day.

"I want to fulfill their wishes, but not now."

Shen Ruyi looked up at Rong Yan and smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "In fact, no matter whether I stop him or not, or whether I agree or not, Gu Qinghua will marry Shen Jiaojiao in the end, and I will leave the Prime Minister's Mansion and draw a clear line with the Gu family."

"But if I don't do that, the other people in the Prime Minister's Mansion and Gu Qinghua won't believe that I'm still under their control, and my plan will be disrupted."

She had no intention of competing with Shen Jiaojiao for anything.

On the contrary, she is willing to help these people.

However, if she still had no temper after seeing how Shen Xiao treated her this morning, the young masters of the Shen family and Shen Cangyun would definitely think that she had evil intentions and was not sincere.

After all, before the family recognition party, she and Shen Jiaojiao had a fierce battle.

At that time, she had no one behind her and she refused to compromise.

Now that so many people support her, if she doesn't fight for it, it will make them wary.

Rong Yan understood, "So, you want them to think that your compromise was the price they paid and they fought hard to get it back, but they were so happy that they forgot to be on guard?"

Shen Ruyi nodded, "That's right."

Rong Yan's heart knot was untied, and a smile appeared on his lips, "I will cooperate with you."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Shen Ruyi was somewhat touched.

Rong Yan hugged her tighter, "No need to be so polite to me."

The carriage continued to move towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Shen Ruyi lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside, but was stopped by Rong Yan, "Be careful of the wind. You were just injured and your body is still weak. It's easy to get a headache if you are blown by the wind."

Shen Ruyi then behaved well and stopped making trouble.

…

At this time, Gu Qinghua had already rushed back to Jiaoyang Pavilion. He rushed up to the attic breathlessly and called Shen Jiaojiao's name, "Jiaojiao——"

Because he had been running all the way, his voice sounded impatient and a little hot, which made Shen Jiaojiao tremble all over and said to the maid happily, "I knew that he still had me in his heart."

"That's right. In Mr. Gu's heart and eyes, there is only our Second Miss."

Songhua flattered him.

As they were talking, Gu Qinghua walked in.

He stopped at the door, his breathing gradually calmed down, and his eyes fell on Shen Jiaojiao's palm-sized face beside the bed.

But my mood gradually became different from before.

Countless times before, he broke into Shen Jiaojiao's room just to have an affair with her.

But this time, he quickly calmed down and said, "Jiaojiao, I have something very important to tell you."

As he spoke, he glanced at the maids by the window and said, "Tell the maids to go out first."

Because he had been running all the way, Gu Qinghua's breathing had not calmed down.

Shen Jiaojiao looked at him rushing around for her, feeling happy and proud. She glanced at the maids tenderly and said, "You guys go out first."

After the servants had left, she stepped forward and took Gu Qinghua's hand, "Brother Qinghua, I heard that you stayed with my sister all night last night. You must be exhausted, right? How about you rest here for a while?"

Shen Jiaojiao's voice was softer than usual.

Also more understanding.

Shen Yu had already told her last night that Gu Qinghua would only marry Shen Ruyi.

She was mentally prepared.

But when he saw Gu Qinghua at this moment, and thought about how he had stayed with Shen Ruyi all night last night, he couldn't help feeling sad.

As a result, there was a slight tremor in the voice.

But she believed that as long as Gu Qinghua saw her, he would definitely stand on her side, and explaining to her what happened last night was just a face-saving move, and she was the only one in his heart.

She hugged Gu Qinghua's arm and leaned on his chest.

Gu Qinghua could feel her tenderness.

That kind of little bird-like appearance has indeed made him unable to stop in the past year. But for a man who wants to pursue a career in the future, the power behind Shen Ruyi is more important.

Compared with this, Shen Jiaojiao's gentleness and thoughtfulness become insignificant.

“Jiaojiao.”

Gu Qinghua looked at her hand for a long while before he raised his head and looked at her straight in the eye. He took a deep breath and said, "Jiaojiao, forgive me for not being able to marry you. In seven days, I will marry Ruyi alone, and there will be no more contact between you and me in the future."

Different from the usual tenderness and sweetness.

This time, Gu Qinghua's eyes were firm.

He broke free from Shen Jiaojiao's hand and took a step back. "From now on, I am your brother-in-law and you are just my sister-in-law. Don't mention the past anymore."

The gentleness on Shen Jiaojiao's face froze inch by inch.