Chapter 678 Coward, Fool
“.”
"Miss Li, that's it."
"Okay, I understand. You can go out now."
"yes."
In a bedroom in a small courtyard in the west of Liangzhou City.
Just when Tang Chen was making a decision that might change his life, Li Zimu had already learned that he had gone to find Wei Changtian.
Although Tang Chen had specifically told the maid to keep the matter secret, the latter would not listen to him. After consulting Wei Changtian, she told Li Zimu the situation truthfully.
As for what the latter thought about this. In fact, when Tang Chen said insincerely, "Of course it's fake", Li Zimu had already guessed that he would definitely go to find Wei Changtian.
Li Zimu knew exactly what Tang Chen was going to do.
Plead for me, and make myself and Chu Xianping happy ."
He stood up silently and walked to the window.
Looking at the lonely pavilion in the distance, Li Zimu's expression was somewhat complicated.
To be honest, the current development of events has actually deviated from her expectations.
She originally thought that Tang Chen would never be able to resist her "sincerity" and would definitely stay in Daning to compete with Chu Xianping.
In this way, Tang Chen can only work for Wei Changtian.
Then, after Wei Changtian completely controlled Tang Chen, she would find an excuse to get out of this relationship full of lies and deception, and finally marry Chu Xianping . The plan was good, and there were no mistakes in the execution.
But Li Zimu never expected that Tang Chen would make such a decision.
Knowing his "feelings" clearly, he actually chose to withdraw.
Of course, Li Zimu could tell that Tang Chen was lying this morning, and he could also tell that the latter really had fallen in love with him.
Because of this, she became a little hesitant at the moment, not knowing whether she should continue to lie.
Apart from her deceased parents and Wei Changtian who saved her life twice, no one had ever been so kind to her.
And if we take into account that Wei Changtian's act of saving his life was more of a "casual act", then Tang Chen's sincerity towards Li Zimu becomes even more precious.
Thinking about it this way, what she once said to Tang Chen was not false.
"Mr. Tang, you know, no one has ever cared about me like this before."
Yes.
This was the first time that Li Zimu experienced what it felt like to be truly cared for by someone.
To be honest, she had never had this feeling from Chu Xianping.
"well"
With a soft sigh, Li Zimu slowly withdrew his gaze.
She didn't know what Tang Chen was talking about with Wei Changtian, and whether the latter had persuaded Tang Chen not to give up on him so easily.
With your thoughts, you should do this.
Li Zimu thought so in his heart, and then inevitably began to guess what choice Tang Chen would make.
If Tang Chen finally believed what the young master said, then the situation would return to the "right track" that he had designed before.
And if Tang Chen still insists on giving up, then is there anything else I should do?
Should we "let him go", do nothing, and let him return to sleep?
Or should he go all out and continue to deceive, using whatever means necessary to drag Tang Chen into this hopeless quagmire? Considering the interests of Wei Changtian, and even the entire Daning and Dashu, Li Zimu should undoubtedly choose the latter.
But if it was from his true heart, Li Zimu wanted to give up at this moment.
She didn't want to lie to Tang Chen anymore, to lie to the only man who truly cared about her and was willing to give up so much for her.
He turned his head to glance at the handkerchief on the table, and a rare hint of pain appeared in his eyes.
"Miss Li, Miss Li"
"I just washed this handkerchief yesterday. If you don't mind, you can use it."
The image of Tang Chen's embarrassed and helpless look emerged in his mind, and Li Zimu suddenly smiled.
But soon there was a hint of bitterness in this smile.
She walked to the table, took the gray-black handkerchief in her hand, and clenched it little by little.
After a while, she put down her handkerchief, turned around and took out some needles and thread from a small wooden box.
Holding the silver needle, Li Zimu hesitated for a long time.
But in the end she still pierced her fingertips and squeezed out a few drops of bright red blood.
Blood dripped onto the handkerchief, immediately spreading into a small dark red spot.
After finishing this incomprehensible task, Li Zimu sat down at the table, selected a piece of white silk thread, and began to embroider something on the handkerchief stitch by stitch.
Judging from the general outline, she should be embroidering words, but the specific content is still unknown at the moment.
A few strands of black hair swayed slightly at the side of her face, and every stitch was done very slowly and carefully.
The bloodstain on the needle tip had long disappeared, but as she was embroidering, a few drops of liquid fell on the handkerchief.
But this time it's not blood, but "Mr. Tang"
“S-Sorry.”
“.”
"Master Wei, thank you for telling me so much."
In the Liangzhou government office, after nearly a hundred breaths of silence, Tang Chen finally raised his head.
He looked at Wei Changtian and said softly:
"You're right. If you really like someone, you should do your best to fight for them."
"It seems that I was indeed a coward before."
Hmm? Change your mind?
Wei Changtian was stunned, thinking that his "persuasion" had worked.
However, before he could say a few words of "encouragement", Tang Chen shook his head again and continued:
"But sir, have you ever thought about what would happen if two men fell in love with the same woman at the same time?"
"And if this woman also has feelings for both men at the same time, what should she do?"
"I can fight for it, and Master Chu can fight for it, but Miss Li can't marry two husbands after all."
"No matter who she chooses in the end, I'm sure she won't feel very happy."
"I don't want to embarrass Miss Li."
"So I'd rather be a coward."
“.”
The aroma of tea wafted in the air, and the room fell silent for a moment.
I don't want to embarrass her, so I'd rather be a coward.
Although Wei Changtian was still complaining about Tang Chen's "self-conceit" in his heart when he heard half of it, when he heard the last sentence, this feeling of disdain inexplicably disappeared.
Looking at Tang Chen's frank expression, he was silent for a moment, then asked: "How do you know that Li Zimu and Chu Xianping are sincere?"
"I checked it with my mind reader this morning."
Tang Chen answered without hiding anything: "I don't know what Mr. Chu thinks of Miss Li, but Miss Li is indeed sincere to Mr. Chu."
"Really?"
Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes: "Why should I believe you?"
"Sir, don't you want to know how I found out the hundreds of spies among the army?"
Tang Chen took a deep breath and answered seriously: "I can tell you now, Master."
“I want to know, but.”
Wei Changtian chuckled and said, "What is the relationship between the two?"
"Does it matter whether there is a relationship or not?"
Tang Chen also smiled: "Master Wei, I will tell you what you want to know."
"You help Miss Li and Mr. Chu."
“It’s just a deal.”
“That’s true.”
Wei Changtian looked at Tang Chen and nodded meaningfully: "It's just that this deal is of no benefit to you."
"Hahaha, Master Wei, I've become a coward now..."
After talking about this, Tang Chen no longer had the nervousness and restraint he had before, and just smiled calmly and said, "What's the harm in being a fool again?"
(End of this chapter)
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