“Shen Wensong?! You… how dare you…” Xiao Mingyu was shocked and furious, and subconsciously clutched her clothes.
Shen Wensong didn't answer at all. He braced himself against the window frame with one hand and nimbly flipped himself inside! His movements carried an explosive force that had been suppressed to the extreme. In a few steps, he was in front of Xiao Mingyu, his tall figure completely enveloping her, and an aura carrying a strong smell of alcohol and a chilling coldness rushed towards her.
"Why?" he asked, his voice hoarse like sandpaper, filled with suppressed anger and a deeper emotion, each word seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth. "Didn't Your Highness keep saying... you liked me? And now, after only a few days, you've found a 'perfect match' like the Marquis of Zhongqin's family? Your Highness's 'liking' is far too cheap! Far too childish!" He became more and more agitated as he spoke, suddenly reaching out and grabbing Xiao Mingyu's slender wrist with such force that she cried out in pain.
"Let go! Shen Wensong! How dare you!" Xiao Mingyu was both shocked and in pain, struggling fiercely, yet a strange, secret anticipation and pleasure arose in her heart because of his question and the burning anger in his eyes. He finally...reacted?
"Your Majesty, how dare you!" Shen Wensong sneered, not only not letting go but pulling her even closer, staring intently into her panicked yet stubborn eyes. The smell of alcohol and his anger burned away his reason. "And what about Your Highness? Your Highness seduced me first and then abandoned me, toying with my every whim, treating me like trash! What is this?!"
"Who played you!" Xiao Mingyu was stung by the pain and accusation in his eyes, and her grievances and anger surged up. Her voice was trembling with sobs. "You said you didn't dare to aspire to such a high position! You said you never considered it! You pushed me away! You didn't want me! Shen Wensong! What right do you have to question me now?! What does it matter to you who I marry?!" She pounded on his arm, which was as strong as an iron clamp.
"What does this have to do with me?" Shen Wensong was completely enraged by her words, which also pierced a corner of his heart that he himself was unwilling to admit. He suddenly raised his hand, pulled something out of his pocket, and slammed it hard on the dressing table!
"Smack!"
The crisp sound was particularly jarring in the quiet night.
Xiao Mingyu stared intently and froze instantly—it was the mutton-fat white jade pendant that she had secretly hidden, which belonged to him!
Shen Wensong pointed at the jade pendant, his eyes swirling with the red of a wounded beast and a stubbornness bordering on despair: "Now that Your Highness has found a good match, why keep this 'eyesore' of mine? Why not... return it to its rightful owner!" His voice was hoarse, filled with self-mockery and pain. He abruptly released his grip on her hand and turned to leap out of the window.
"Shen Wensong!" Xiao Mingyu looked at the jade pendant lying alone on the dressing table, and then at his resolute turn, as if he were about to walk away from her life forever. A huge panic instantly seized her! All restraint and scheming were thrown to the winds! Almost instinctively, she rushed forward and hugged his lean waist tightly from behind!
"Don't go!" Hot tears streamed down his face, soaking the fabric of his clothes. His voice was broken and filled with desperate pleas. "I didn't! I didn't like anyone else! I lied to you! I was just trying to make you angry! Shen Wensong! You bastard! You clearly care! You clearly... like me!"
She hugged Shen Wensong tightly from behind. Her scalding tears and desperate cries exploded like thunder in his chaotic mind and frozen heart. His tall body instantly stiffened like iron, all his movements frozen. The words, "You clearly like me," were like a blinding lightning bolt, shattering all his self-deceiving pretense and deliberately built defenses.
He likes her? He...likes her?
This thought spread like wildfire, instantly engulfing his entire being. The restlessness and avoidance he felt when she chased him, the racing heartbeat when she approached, the reckless madness he felt when he saw her in danger, the bone-deep anger and bitterness he felt when he heard her "find another love"... all the unfamiliar emotions he had deliberately ignored and forcibly suppressed finally found an outlet at this moment, surging forth uncontrollably.
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