Chapter 62: Feeling Grievant

This was beyond Chu Ran's expectation. Li Fu was looking for him?

Why are you looking for him?

"Come up and talk."

Chu Ran hesitated for a while, but finally sat on it.

But along the way, Li Fu didn't say what he wanted to do, and Chu Ran didn't take the initiative to ask. It wasn't until the carriage stopped in front of the tavern where they had drunk last time and Li Fu got off the carriage that Chu Ran realized, "Does the prince want to drink?"

"I guess so." Li Fu said.

What does it mean to be considered as such? Is it really so?

The two found a seat in the pub and sat down facing each other.

From the moment he entered the door, Chu Ran reminded himself to drink less and absolutely not get drunk.

But when Li Fu personally poured him a full glass of wine, Chu Ran drank it in one gulp without refusing.

He didn't know why Li Fu suddenly asked him to come over for a drink, but he probably wanted to drink, so he asked him to come over to accompany him. If he drank very little, or was very perfunctory, wouldn't Li Fu, who was already unhappy, be even more unhappy?

So whenever Li Fu poured wine for Chu Ran, Chu Ran would drink it. Chu Ran drank as much as Li Fu poured.

Chu Ran thought that this time Li Fu would definitely get him drunk, but unexpectedly, after a few drinks, Li Fu suddenly stopped pouring him wine.

"If I keep pouring, will you keep drinking? Are you that unhappy?"

"Um?"

Chu Ran's cheeks flushed, his hands were placed obediently on his thighs, and he looked at Li Fu opposite him in a daze.

"Aren't you unhappy?"

Chu Ran was confused and shook his head, "No."

"Really?"

"Um."

"Where is the little maid?"

Chu Ran then realized who Li Fu was talking about. He was talking about Fu'er.

Li Fu knew that Fu'er was dead.

That’s right, how could he not know such an important thing.

But how did he know that he was unhappy because of Fu'er's matter?

Chu Ran couldn't understand.

He felt that Li Fu seemed to know a lot of things, other people's affairs, and even what Chu Ran was thinking. Li Fu knew everything.

"Can you read minds?" Chu Ran blushed, put his arms on the table, leaned forward slightly, and approached Li Fu, "Can you read minds?"

Li Fu looked at Chu Ran approaching, his brows slightly furrowed.

"Oh, that's not right." Chu Ran sobered up a little, resting his elbows on the table, his palms against his forehead, feeling a little dizzy.

No one can read minds. He was a little drunk and just talked nonsense.

"Fu'er was pregnant." Chu Ran said in a sullen voice, "She was pregnant with Li Gaoyou's child, but she still died. Do you know who killed her?"

"What do you think?"

"I don't know." Chu Ran suddenly felt a headache. "It can't be Li Jinheng. Li Jinheng went after Li Gaoyou. There was no need to kill a little palace maid. If Fu'er died, it would not do him any good. Is it Li Gaoyou? Or Concubine Xi?"

"It doesn't matter who it is," said Li Fu.

Then he guessed right.

No matter whether it was Li Gaoyou or Concubine Xi, no matter who killed Fu'er, it was almost the same, there was no difference.

Fu'er is pregnant with Li Gaoyou's child. Only if Fu'er and the baby in her belly die can the marriage with the Shen family be preserved.

In fact, after so many years in the palace, Chu Ran had long been accustomed to the behavior of those high-ranking royal relatives and nobles who regarded the people below as ants and trampled them to death whenever they wanted. However, even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. He thought that Fu'er was pregnant with Li Gaoyou's child, and Li Gaoyou and Concubine Xi would at least spare Fu'er's life for the sake of the child, or at least wait until Fu'er gave birth to the child. However, they executed Fu'er and the child in her belly together.

Maybe in the eyes of these people, human life and family ties are all not worth mentioning, and only the position at the top is the most important.

"Fu'er is dead." Chu Ran said, "This way they don't have to worry about the future, and Li Gaoyou can happily marry the eldest daughter of the Shen family."

"Nothing matters." Chu Ran lowered his head and murmured, "Nothing is important... Nothing matters..."

Chu Ran couldn't help but think, maybe to Li Fu, these are all unimportant things? Just like the relationship between him and Li Fu when they were young, it seemed that only he valued it, but in fact, in Li Fu's heart, it was insignificant.

Li Fu has a new life and other friends. Chu Ran is no longer his only friend and partner whom he can trust and with whom he can confide.

He warned himself not to drink too much, let alone get drunk, but now, Chu Ran only wanted to drink.

He didn't know what else he could do to relieve his boredom except drinking.

He reached out to take the wine bottle on the table, but was held back by Li Fu.

Li Fu frowned, "Drink less."

Chu Ran was very unhappy and a little aggrieved. "Didn't you ask me to drink with you? I drank, and you're still unhappy?"

"Who said I asked you to drink with me?" Li Fu didn't understand why Chu Ran thought so.

"Then why did you bring me here? Isn't it to drink with you?"

Li Fu didn't know whether he should laugh because of his anger, but he did laugh.

It was obvious that Li Fu saw that Chu Ran was in a bad mood these days, and he also heard from Uncle Xing that when Chu Ran was in a bad mood in the past, he always liked to drink a little wine, then take a nap, and then he would be fine after waking up. He didn't want Chu Ran to hold back when he was unhappy, so he pulled him over.

In the end, it was Chu Ran who accompanied "the frustrated Li Fu" to drink.

Chu Ran wanted to snatch the wine from Li Fu's hand, muttering as he did so, "I know you must be in a bad mood too. It's okay to be in a bad mood. Drink some wine, take a nap, and everything will be fine. Come on, I'll drink with you. It's just drinking, right? I can drink a lot, I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, that's me."

Li Fu sneered, "You can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, you're quite boastful."

He pushed away Chu Ran's outstretched claws, "I'm happy now, you don't have to drink anymore."

"oh."

When Chu Ran heard that he was happy, he retracted his outstretched claw.

After a while, Chu Ran looked up at Li Fu. Maybe because he had drunk some wine, Chu Ran's eyes were watery, as if they were filled with moisture, which made people feel itchy.

"Then can I go now?"

It turned out that Chu Ran thought that he was just a tool to relieve his frustration and would be thrown away after use.

Li Fu's face darkened and he said "hmm".

Chu Ran wanted to leave, and he was halfway up, but when he saw Li Fu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, Chu Ran sat down again. He said aggrievedly, "I'd better not leave."

Li Fu: …