"Of course!" Shen Weiwan puffed out her chest and deliberately dragged out her tone, "Please listen to the question - in this world, which came first, men or women?"
The people around were stunned for a moment, then burst into even louder laughter. Liu stamped her feet in anger, pointing at Shen Weiwan and screaming, "Shen Weiwan! How dare you ask such a shameless question in public!"
Xiao Yu laughed out loud, took a step forward, and lowered his voice until only the two of them could hear: "In my opinion, you came first."
Shen Weiwan was stunned: "Me?"
"Well," Xiao Yu stared into her eyes, his expression so serious that her heart skipped a beat. "It was only with a quirky little girl like you that I felt this capital city, made of steel and concrete, finally had some life."
Shen Weiwan's cheeks flushed bright red, like a peach ripened by the summer sun. This guy... why is he suddenly talking about love? Chuntao, watching from the side, was amused and secretly nudged her young lady's waist with her elbow. Shen Weiwan hurriedly took a half step back and waved her hand with forced composure: "Your Highness... Your Highness is talking nonsense again!"
Xiao Yu chuckled, stopped teasing her, and turned to face Liu. His tone returned to his usual coldness: "Liu, I will report the internal affairs of the General's Mansion to His Majesty for their disposal. As for Miss Shen's marriage..." He paused, his eyes sweeping over the onlookers, "The royal family will choose a husband for her, so there is no need for you to worry about it."
When Liu heard the word "Your Majesty", she was so frightened that she could only watch Xiao Yu naturally take the food box from Chuntao's hand and accompany Shen Weiwan into the general's mansion. The figures of the two walking side by side looked particularly harmonious in the sunlight.
In Tinglan Courtyard, Shen Weiwan stared at the milk ice cream in the white porcelain bowl on the table, sprinkled with fine rose petals, but her mind was full of Xiao Yu's words just now, "I had you first..." This guy, when he talks about love, it's like he doesn't need money, and it makes people feel sweet.
"Miss, why is your face redder than the rose on the ice cream?" Chuntao handed over a small mother-of-pearl mirror and winked mischievously.
Shen Weiwan glanced in the mirror and saw the girl's cheeks flushed and her eyes frantic, just like a cooked shrimp. She hurriedly covered half her face with a round fan and muttered, "It's too hot! It must be this awful weather!"
Chun Tao laughed even more happily: "Yes, yes, it's so hot today that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince couldn't help but come over again and again to bring ice cream to the young lady~"
"Go to hell!" Shen Weiwan glared at her in feigned anger, but her heart was actually filled with joy. It had to be said that although the Seventh Prince was sometimes quite daft, he was a far cry from the calculating, lame scumbag Li Xiu in his previous life.
"Oh, Miss," Chun Tao remembered something and whispered in her ear, "Just now, Aunt Zhang from the kitchen said that Liu secretly sent a servant to the Li Mansion in the west of the city, apparently trying to match Shen Ruorou with that lame Li Xiu!"
A cold light flashed in Shen Weiwan's eyes, and the painful memory of being deceived by Li Xiu in her previous life and having her family destroyed instantly flooded her mind. "Li Xiu?" She sneered, her fingertips clenching the silver spoon in her hand. "He still dares to show up in the capital?"
"That's right!" Chun Tao stamped her feet in anger. "Liu must want Shen Ruorou to marry into the Li family and then join forces to trick our general's mansion!"
Chen Weiwan placed the silver spoon heavily on the edge of the bowl, making a crisp sound. "Want to join forces? Then let them 'join' properly." She scooped up a spoonful of ice cream and put it into her mouth. The cool sweetness calmed her down instantly. "Chun Tao, come closer... this and that..."
Chuntao's eyes lit up as she listened, and she couldn't help but clap her hands in praise: "Miss, you're really good at using a knife to kill someone!"
Three days later, the streets of the capital were suddenly in an uproar. Rumors had surfaced from nowhere that Li Xiu's limp wasn't due to a disability, but was instead a cover-up for his "homosexual" tendencies. Some even described vividly witnessing Li Xiu and a guard from the Seventh Prince behaving intimately in the backyard of a teahouse, even hand-in-hand while buying the same piece of osmanthus cake.
When the news reached Li Xiu's ears, he was having breakfast. He was so angry that he smashed the dishes to pieces on the spot. He limped out to confront Shen Weiwan, but was stopped by Liu who came hurriedly: "Are you crazy? If you rush out now, won't it just confirm those dirty rumors?"
Shen Ruorou was crying beside her, her handkerchief almost torn to pieces: "Mother, what should I do now? If I really marry him, won't everyone in the capital laugh at me to death?"
Liu looked at her daughter's red and swollen eyes and said through gritted teeth, "Why are you panicking? I'll think of a way... There will always be a way!"
Meanwhile, in Tinglan Courtyard, Shen Weiwan and Xiao Yu were playing with the green-feathered parrot. Listening to Chuntao's vivid account of Li Xiu's embarrassing incident, she couldn't help but burst into laughter. Xiao Yu put down his corn and couldn't help but admire, "Miss Shen's 'transplantation' technique is becoming even more perfect."
Shen Weiwan raised her eyebrows proudly, her face full of cunning: "That's right! Don't you see who I learned this from~"
Xiao Yu took a step closer, his warm breath brushing against her ear: "Oh? Did you learn this from me?"
Shen Weiwan raised her eyes and met his handsome face so close to her. She clearly saw her own reflection in his eyes, and her heartbeat instantly went haywire. She hurriedly looked away, pretending to adjust the jade hairpin on her temples: "Who wants to learn from you! This young lady is gifted!"
Xiao Yu chuckled and stopped asking. The two of them were silent for a moment, but they didn't feel awkward. Instead, a tacit understanding flowed through the air without words. Shen Weiwan secretly glanced at him and saw that he was concentrating on watching the parrot peck at its food. The sunlight outlined his straight nose and soft jawline, and he looked a little absent-minded.
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