This was indeed something Zheng Yu hadn't expected. Zheng Yu was taken aback, but Jiang Shu's arms were already tightly wrapped around his waist!
"Zheng Yu!" Jiang Shu choked up, and warm tears streamed down her face. Zheng Yu did not comfort her, but instead took a step back.
The tears that flowed freely instantly soaked through Zheng Yu's clothes.
"Zheng Yu, please, take me away from here, okay?" Jiang Shu's eyes were filled with fervor as she clung to Zheng Yu in fear, her grip even tighter than before.
“Zheng Yu, I know! You have feelings for me too, right? Let’s leave here! Let’s leave the capital and find a beautiful place to live in seclusion. Let’s go anywhere together! Let’s be a pair of immortal lovers, living a carefree life.”
Zheng Yu remained expressionless, his eyes even displaying a chilling intensity.
Jiang Shu continued speaking to herself, "Zheng Yu, I don't care about status, I only want you, Shu'er only wants to be with you!"
At this point, Jiang Shu looked up with tears in her eyes, her lips trembling. In fact, she had more words she wanted to say, but she no longer had the chance.
Jiang Shu looked at Zheng Yu with burning eyes; before she could melt Zheng Yu, she wanted to melt herself first.
"If you're willing, I can do it right now..." As she said this, Jiang Shu had already unbuttoned her clothes, as long as she and Zheng Yu had been intimate once today.
What good would it do to go back to the Prince Ning's mansion if the die was cast?
[Sister Shu is a force to be reckoned with; she's ruthless and doesn't mince words.]
Holy crap, Jiang Shu's going straight for the point!
[So heartbreaking!]
【Zheng Yu, why don't you go for it?】
Zheng Yu's body stiffened instantly. With a warm and soft woman in his arms, any virile man would normally lose control, but Zheng Yu was different.
Jiang Shu slightly raised her eyes to look at him, her long eyelashes trembling. She looked at Zheng Yu with despair and disbelief. She was originally a proud and arrogant woman, but at this moment she had humbly and even debasely offered herself up for free, but she did not expect that Zheng Yu would ignore her.
She was just about to take off her clothes when her hand, which had been resting on her collar, froze. Jiang Shu's eyes were filled with shock and helplessness, a complex mix of emotions clashing intensely within her.
Zheng Yu pushed Jiang Shu away without hesitation, even rudely.
He pushed away the woman who was throwing herself into his arms.
“Princess Jiang! Please have some self-respect!” Zheng Yu spoke, neither addressing her by her given name nor calling her “Shu’er” or anything like that. Zheng Yu’s voice was icy cold, and her dark eyes were filled with an unprecedented chill.
Jiang Shu's assumption was merely "her assumption." The moment she saw Zheng Yu's forceful rejection, Jiang Shu's beautiful dreams were easily shattered.
The faint glimmer of light in her eyes gradually faded, faded, faded...
"Princess! Do you know what you are saying and doing right now?" Unexpectedly, Zheng Yu intensified his reprimands. Jiang Shu was pushed away by Zheng Yu and stumbled. She barely managed to stand up by holding onto the table.
At this moment, Jiang Shu was still looking at the cold and aloof man opposite her with an incredulous gaze. In that instant, Jiang Shu felt as if an invisible slap had been thrown hard across her face.
The color drained from her face, leaving only a ghastly white complexion, despair, and exhaustion, as well as the humiliation and shame of being rejected.
She was shameless and reckless, sending herself to the dangerous altar, but unexpectedly Zheng Yu rejected her without even looking at her.
"Self-respect?" Jiang Shu stared at Zheng Yu with a fierce look in her eyes. "You want me to have self-respect?!" Jiang Shu smiled sadly, still looking at Zheng Yu in disbelief.
In that instant, her voice suddenly rose considerably: "Zheng Yu! Look me in the eyes and tell me, do you like Zheng Heyi? Is it because of Zheng Heyi that you rejected me?"
Jiang Shu screamed hysterically, her pain almost overwhelming her.
This is a truly fatal question, a soul-searching inquiry.
Zheng Yu looked at Jiang Shu in surprise. His pupils trembled for a moment. That resounding question was like a sharp dagger piercing Zheng Yu's heart.
Zheng Yu bit her lip, her jawline taut, and her eyes flashing with a complex light.
"Tell me, Zheng Yu, is it really true that I'm the only one in the world who's been kept in the dark?" Zheng Yu's eyes darted away, and he didn't say anything more.
"Answer me, Zheng Yu!" Jiang Shu wanted to tear Zheng Yu apart, but Zheng Yu did not respond; all that remained was a deep silence.
Zheng Yu neither admitted nor denied it. Yet this silence itself was an answer, and it was more hurtful than any affirmative or negative response.
"Ha! I... I understand."
Looking at his silence, Jiang Shu felt her heart plummet into an endless, icy abyss. That sliver of hope was extinguished in that instant.
Instead, he felt an unprecedented humiliation and rage after being rejected. "Well done! What a noble and virtuous young master Zheng! What a devoted and affectionate brother!"
Jiang Shu staggered backward, her eyes devoid of tenderness. She almost fainted, but her cold, mocking laugh reached Zheng Yu's ears like a venomous snake.
"Now it seems that I, Jiang Shu, was just deluding myself from beginning to end. It was all wishful thinking on my part! Fine, I wish you and your dear sister a long and happy marriage, and that you will be together forever."
After saying that, Jiang Shu forcefully pulled open the door and, ignoring Yun Yu's astonishment outside, ran away and disappeared into the darkness. Seeing that Jiang Shu had gone far away, Yun Yu hurriedly rushed over and shouted to chase after her.
"Princess! Princess, please slow down!"
The clouds and rain hurriedly chased after each other.
At this moment, Zheng Yu may have had a change of heart and realized that he shouldn't have rejected Jiang Shu so coldly and cruelly. He turned around and glared at Zheng Yu.
Zheng Yu did not chase after her, but stood coldly at the door of the study like an ice block. Yun Yu was furious. She ran away while turning back fiercely and spitting.
"Bah! What's the point of reading the classics and learning the ways of a gentleman! You're a complete hypocrite, a false moralist! Zheng Yu, you even covet your own sister, how utterly shameless!"
[Yunyu: It's time for the tea ceremony performance.]
This maid is a professional troublemaker for a hundred years.
It seems they have no chance.
Miss Jiang Shu was still upset; oh dear, the plot had completely changed.
Jiang Shu turned back, tears streaming down her face, and realized that Yun Yu had been walking towards her without her noticing. In that instant, Jiang Shu stared intently at Yun Yu.
"What nonsense are you spouting?! Let Zheng Yu like whomever he wants. He is the stepson of Minister Zheng and has no blood relation with He Yi. It is perfectly acceptable for them to be together. Yunyu, if you dare to spout nonsense again, I'll kick you out!"
At this moment, Jiang Shu was unsettled. Rather than criticizing their intimate relationship, she was reminding herself that there might still be a possibility between her and Zheng Yu.
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