Lan Linxue stood beside Qin Kou'er, her smile so doting and beautiful that it seemed as if the world only contained the beauty of the two of them, leaving no room for any other flaws.
Hu Feifan suddenly understood Jun Yannuo's pain; his own pain was no less. Qin Kou'er had never smiled at him like that before, nor had she ever looked at him with such allure. And now, Lan Linxue had completely monopolized all her beauty!
On what grounds?
Why should someone like Lan Linxue receive Qin Kou'er's attention? It should all be hers!
Jun Yannuo glanced at Hu Feifan from the side, and the naked jealousy and pain in Hu Feifan's eyes made him coldly curl his lips.
He felt that if he had to choose between Hu Feifan and Lan Linxue, he might really choose Lan Linxue. At least Lan Linxue was a man who dared to think and take what he wanted, unlike Hu Feifan, who carried the reputation of a gentleman his whole life but could only be consumed by jealousy in the dark corners.
But now is definitely not the time for him to weigh the options.
Jun Yannuo casually picked up a plate from the table and threw it without thinking, startling Hu Feifan who was standing next to her.
"Lan Linxue, you are just... mmm... mmm—"
Before Jun Yannuo could even utter the three words "bastard" after his name, Hu Feifan, who was beside him, covered his mouth and quickly pulled him away through the window.
Just then, Lan Linxue squinted and turned around, intending to see if someone was calling his name.
Qin Kou'er also looked over curiously.
Clearly, neither of them saw anything.
Fearing that Lan Linxue would come looking for him, Hu Feifan didn't care about anything else. He grabbed the already drunk Jun Yannuo and left Xiankelai.
However, Qin Kou'er and Lan Linxue's smiles were imprinted in his heart, causing him a constant, agonizing pain, as if he were being tormented in flames.
"Was it Jun Yannuo calling me just now?" Lan Linxue asked Qin Kou'er softly, still smiling.
"It's him!" Qin Kou'er's eyes flashed. "Hu Feifan is standing next to him, I saw him!"
"So that means the plan succeeded?" Lan Linxue lowered her head and smiled at Qin Kou'er.
Qin Kou'er smiled and then took Lan Linxue's arm: "Now we can really have a good look around! Don't you think this beaded flower is beautiful?"
Lan Linxue glanced at it, then burst out laughing: "I really didn't realize!"
Qin Kou'er angrily punched Lan Linxue lightly, then laughed at herself.
The two walked side by side naturally, completely ignoring the envious glances from those around them.
Hu Feifan pulled Jun Yannuo all the way to Lan Xiuyuan's residence before letting go of his arm.
The two sat silently in Hu Feifan's room, neither speaking, both with serious faces and heads down, drinking tea.
Jun Yannuo drank the hangover tea and was clearly much more sober, but the expression on his face was even more gloomy and ugly!
After a long silence, Jun Yannuo slowly looked at the green bamboo outside the window and said, "Lan Linxue would never truly love Kou'er! He only loves the countless riches behind her! People like us from the martial world will never even enter the eyes of nobles like you. I don't know why Kou'er just can't understand this, and still expects Lan Linxue to marry her. It's simply wishful thinking. And that bastard Lan Linxue keeps trying to bewitch Kou'er!"
Hu Feifan raised his head and glanced at Jun Yannuo expressionlessly.
"You got beaten up this morning because of this?"
Jun Yannuo gave a bitter smile: "People who tell the truth usually don't have a good ending! I just didn't expect that Kou'er would actually side with Lan Linxue this time!"
"Could it be that Ke'er really didn't realize at all that Lan Linxue was just toying with her?"
Hu Feifan raised his voice slightly, clearly somewhat excited.
Jun Yannuo gave him a gloomy look, then helplessly tugged at the corner of his mouth: "If I had seen through it, why would I still be hanging out with that bastard Lan Linxue!"
"Wasn't it Lan Linxue who forced her?"
Hu Feifan simply couldn't accept the fact that Qin Kou'er might like Lan Linxue, because Lan Linxue was insignificant compared to anyone else.
"There might have been some coercion involved! But I think 'kidnapping' is a more accurate description!" Jun Yannuo paused, then looked at Hu Feifan with a sincere expression. "Brother Feifan, we've always been close friends. I have a favor to ask of you!"
"Oh? What is it?" Hu Feifan looked at Jun Yannuo with a hint of confusion.
Jun Yannuo's eyes turned cold as he slowly said, "If anything happens to Yannuo in the future, I hope Brother Feifan will take good care of Kou'er! You know, over the years, the number of people she can trust has been decreasing!"
At this point, Jun Yannuo's face was filled with sorrow, as if his heart was half broken.
"Yan Nuo, what are you doing? Don't do anything foolish!"
"What do you mean by doing something foolish?" Jun Yannuo looked sharply at Hu Feifan. "I can't let Kou'er really end up heartbroken and without a way out! You know better than me what the consequences will be if she gets involved with the royal family! I absolutely cannot stand by and watch Kou'er be deceived by Lan Linxue to the point where she has no way back!"
"What do you want to do?" Hu Feifan stared intently at Jun Yannuo.
"What else can I do?" Jun Yannuo said in a seemingly ambiguous way, but everyone knew the truth.
Hu Feifan immediately pressed down on Jun Yannuo's hand on the table and said urgently, "No! Yannuo, you absolutely cannot do this! First, you will never succeed, and you will never know how many people are protecting Lan Linxue; second, once you are caught, even if Kou'er jumps into the Yellow River, she will never be able to clear her name. You are sending Kou'er to her death! You absolutely cannot do this!"
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