Chapter 530 Extra: Lu Xuanyi and Cen Zhijing (Part 4)

"No." Lu Xuanyi hurriedly denied.

But Cen Zhijing's face flashed through my mind unconsciously.

"It's okay. It doesn't matter if you don't have it. We're not in a hurry." Lu Zhirong patted her daughter's shoulder to comfort her.

"Yeah." Lu Xuanyi thought about it and decided not to tell her mother about the black dragon incident she had caused.

Anyway, she and her junior brother are just a pretend couple, not real, needless to say.

As long as I can fool my senior brother, that's enough.

But she forgot that the palace maids around her were arranged by her mother.

That night, the palace maid told Lu Zhirong exactly what had happened that day.

"Why didn't this kid tell me?" Lu Zhirong sighed.

If she had known earlier that her daughter liked her senior brother, she would have sent someone to inquire about him earlier.

If she had known that Liang Zhao had a fiancée, she would have advised her daughter to give up early, so that her daughter would not have liked him for so long and was so sad now.

"Did Cen Zhijing come up with this idea intentionally or unintentionally?" she murmured to herself.

The palace maids beside him did not dare to answer.

Lu Zhirong thought about it and decided to observe secretly for a while.

So in the following days, Lu Xuanyi and Cen Zhijing started acting in front of Liang Zhao.

Lu Xuanyi is acting, but Cen Zhijing's feelings are genuine.

Whether it was wiping her sweat, preparing delicious food for her, asking her out to play, or drawing her experiments, it was all done with sincerity.

Every time he saw Lu Xuanyi, the corners of his mouth would curl up high.

Lu Zhirong sent people to observe secretly for three months and was basically able to confirm it.

Xuan'er hasn't figured it out yet, but this Cen Zhijing really likes her daughter.

So she went to see Cen Zhijing alone.

"Greetings, Concubine Lu." Cen Zhijing bowed hurriedly.

"Good boy, no need to be polite, get up. I came to you today because I have something to ask you." Lu Zhirong motioned for him to sit down.

"Please ask me anything, I will tell you everything I know." Cen Zhijing became more respectful.

This is senior sister's biological mother, he can't embarrass himself in front of her.

"I want to ask you, when will you express your feelings to Xuan'er?" Lu Zhirong spoke slowly.

Cen Zhijing froze in place, not caring about etiquette as he looked up at her in surprise.

"You, you know everything?"

"Yes." Lu Zhirong took a sip of tea and put down the teacup.

"I already know your feelings for Xuan'er. But if you keep dragging this on, aren't you afraid that Xuan'er will fall in love with someone else?"

"I didn't mean to delay it. I was afraid that my senior sister would not accept me after she knew about it..." Cen Zhijing pursed his lips, feeling anxious and worried.

"If you don't break the window paper between you, then Xuan'er will only treat you as a junior brother forever. Just like Liang Zhao has always treated Xuan'er as a junior sister."

Lu Zhirong's words enlightened Cen Zhijing.

It's time to boil the frog in warm water.

He had to make his senior sister realize that he wanted to be more than just her junior apprentice.

"I understand now. Thank you for your guidance, Concubine Lu." Cen Zhijing bowed respectfully.

"Remember, don't be too hasty and don't procrastinate." Lu Zhirong instructed.

"Yes." Cen Zhijing agreed, planning to find an opportunity to explain things to Lu Xuanyi later.

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On this day, Cen Zhijing, as usual, pulled Lu Xuanyi to perform in front of his senior brothers.

Liang Zhao looked at the sweetness of the two of them and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

"Junior sister and junior brother, they are such a perfect match."

Lu Xuanyi blushed immediately, and Cen Zhijing smiled without saying anything.

"What are you talking about?" Mo Ju came over.

"Nothing, just talking about my senior brother and sister-in-law's wedding." Lu Xuanyi answered first.

"When did you and your cousin get married?" Mo Ju looked at Liang Zhao.

"Next March." Liang Zhao answered respectfully.

"That's fine. It won't delay our research. Come on, I've thought of a good way to reduce the damage of steam carriages." Mo Zhe excitedly pulled him to continue his research.

Only Lu Xuanyi and Cen Zhijing were left.

"It was a close call. Master almost found out." Lu Xuanyi patted his chest.

"What are you afraid of? Once you know, you will know." Cen Zhijing spoke in a nonchalant tone.

"That won't work. We are fake." Lu Xuanyi glared at him.

After hearing this, Cen Zhijing realized that it was time to tell the truth.

"Fake can also become real." Cen Zhijing looked at her straight.

His undisguised look made Lu Xuanyi feel inexplicably uneasy.

"What, what do you mean?" She bit her lip and looked at Cen Zhijing.

"I have been fond of Senior Sister for a long time." Cen Zhijing spoke out what was in his heart.

"Junior brother, don't joke with me, this is not funny..." Lu Xuanyi's mind went blank.

Junior brother, do you like her?

So these days are not just a casual act, but are sincere?

"I'm not kidding, I've always liked you." Cen Zhijing spoke out everything that was in his heart.

"Because I like you, I have been paying attention to you and found out that you like me."

Speaking of this, Cen Zhijing felt a little disappointed.

He took a deep breath and said the rest: "But luckily you gave me the opportunity and were willing to act with me. If possible, I really hope to continue acting."

"Junior brother, I just remembered that I still have some experimental stuff in the palace that I haven't brought out. I'll go back for a while." Lu Xuanyi subconsciously wanted to avoid this question.

"Senior Sister, after spending all this time together, are you really not attracted to me at all?" Cen Zhijing did not give her a chance to escape and reached out to grab her wrist.

His burning palm pressed against her slightly cool wrist, and Lu Xuanyi felt as if a fire was burning through her hand and all over her body.

"Let go! How disrespectful of you to be like this! I want to go back to the palace." Lu Xuanyi wanted to shake off his hand, but he was stubborn and refused to let go.

"Sister, I want to hear your true feelings. Are you really not attracted to me at all? If not, I will give up and leave the capital forever." Cen Zhijing looked at her angrily.

"What did you say?" Lu Xuanyi looked at him in shock.

"How can you leave when the experiment hasn't come out yet?"

When she heard that Cen Zhijing was leaving, she started to panic for unknown reasons.

"I stay here, living with you day and night, and I can't control my heart. I don't want to live in this pain for the rest of my life, and I don't want to see you marry someone else. This is too cruel for me." Cen Zhijing let go of her hand.

For a moment, Lu Xuanyi felt like she was about to lose something important.