Zhong Wanyue couldn't stand their hypocritical act, so she stepped forward and stood next to her older brother, coldly snorting, "So you don't know each other? The way you talked just now, I thought you and my brother had some kind of connection."
Zhong Tianheng frowned: "Wanyue, speak properly."
Princess Chang Le gritted her teeth and threatened, "If you can't speak properly, I can teach you."
Shen Ning chuckled softly and slowly shook her head: "I do know Zhong Tianheng, but not the young master in front of me. The person I know is a young general. When I met him, he was already twenty-four years old. Later, I heard that he led troops to the border. Some people said he went missing, and some people said he died. Today, I suddenly remembered to ask him a question. I thought he was a member of the Zhong family. I didn't expect that the Zhong family really has such a young general. But Young Master Zhong should only be just coming of age, right?"
Zhong Tianheng: "I am twenty-two years old this year."
Zhong Wanyue didn't believe it: "It really isn't my brother, it's someone else?"
She felt that Shen Ning was fabricating the story.
Princess Chang Le was starting to doubt herself. Was Shen Ning telling the truth or lying?
Shen Ning sized up the spirited young man in front of him, and through him looked at the young general who had helped him so much—it was one person, yet not one person.
Her gaze was open and honest, without much inappropriate tenderness or ambiguity, only a hint of nostalgia.
Even if it's the same person, that's from a past life. In this life, they are still strangers. Besides, if Zhong Wanyue hadn't appeared today, she wouldn't have remembered such a person.
“Young Master Zhong is the son of a military general, and he does have a similar temperament to him.”
Zhong Tianheng's curiosity was piqued: "I'm going to the military camp in April. If I meet someone with the same name as me, I'll definitely pass on your message."
Shen Ning chuckled: "What a coincidence! But thank you for your kindness, young master."
I will never meet him, because that's him.
Zhong Wanyue originally wanted to bring her older brother over to embarrass Shen Ning and get revenge for herself, but things didn't go as she expected. In particular, Shen Ning's attitude was completely unrepentant, so open that Zhong Wanyue couldn't find any flaws in him.
That's some serious scheming.
Zhong Tianheng invited the three of them to come together, but Princess Chang Le refused. Instead, she took one of them by the hand and led them away as if they were her precious treasures.
Only after they disappeared from sight around the corner did Princess Chang Le ask solemnly, "Are you sure that person you're talking about isn't my cousin?"
Shen Ning shook her head: "No."
Princess Chang Le stared at her intently, as if trying to find any trace of her lying.
It took her a while to give up, probably believing that Shen Ning was telling the truth, and then she let out a heavy sigh: "That's good too, I don't have to fight with Qin Zhuo."
Shen Ning was puzzled: "Why did you fight with him?"
Princess Chang Le: "Try to take him away from me!"
Shen Ning paused for a moment, then realized what she meant: "What are you thinking? Even if I said that person really is your cousin, we don't have that kind of relationship. You really are... what are you thinking?"
Princess Chang Le was displeased: "What do you like about Qin Zhuo? I think my cousin is just as good. You didn't know him before, but you just saw him. He's so handsome and dashing. He's much more masculine than Qin Zhuo's seductive appearance."
Shen Ning: "..." Princess Chang Le just thinks Qin Zhuo wouldn't dare to hit her because she's a member of the imperial family and a woman. She really dares to say anything.
Although Qin Zhuo's appearance is indeed quite beautiful, why use the word 'seductive'?
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Just like how Zhong Wanyue is obsessed with your brother, you can't understand it either, can you?"
Princess Chang Le immediately turned sour: "That's good, you've convinced me."
Du Yunzhi expressed her incomprehension: "The person Miss Zhong likes doesn't like her, so you can't compare them, can you?"
A good sister's friendship can't be one-sided, right?
Princess Chang Le's face turned even uglier: "Stop talking."
unlucky!
Shen Ning took Princess Chang Le's hand and comforted her with a smile: "Alright, I didn't say anything, why are you so angry?"
As she spoke, she said casually, "Actually, what Zhong Wanyue feels for your brother is not affection, but obsession. She may have liked your brother at first, but he never reciprocated her feelings. She was too proud to accept it and developed a desire to conquer him. Perhaps now she feels that she must marry the prince to be satisfied, but once she actually marries the prince, she will feel that I am his wife and he must love me. This should not be called affection, it is an illness."
"Cure her condition is actually quite easy. Just have someone who likes her and is willing to marry her transfer her morbid feelings to him. Once she falls in love with someone else and starts thinking about conquering him, she won't bother your brother anymore."
Princess Chang Le thought for a moment and nodded: "That makes sense, but how do we move it?"
To say this is too easy; that is far too easy.
Shen Ning recalled Shen Shu's past life and twitched her lips speechlessly.
"He rescued her, shared joys and sorrows, took good care of her, and then ignored her afterward, and she came running to him on her own."
Princess Chang Le thought about Zhong Wanyue's character for a moment, and thought, "Tsk, this medicine is the right one."
Leaving Zhong Wanyue aside, the three of them naturally had a great time. After strolling around the streets, they went to the riverbank, where Ye Feiyan had chartered a pleasure boat, waiting to meet Du Yunzhi.
This was their time alone, so Shen Ning and Princess Chang Le decided not to join in.
Du Yunzhi, that silly girl, insisted on inviting them together. Her lack of understanding of romance caused Princess Chang Le to simply drag her onto the boat and then take Shen Ning away.
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"Excuse me, miss, may I set up a stage for you?"
Shen Ning and Princess Chang Le found a teahouse by the river to drink tea and enjoy the scenery. Princess Chang Le went out for a while and didn't come back. Before Shen Ning noticed, there was another person next to him.
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