Chapter 74 Small, Soft, and Delicate
Pei Yuan reached out to grab Shen Chu's arm, but when Shen Chu fell, her arms were outstretched, and she instinctively looked for a point of support.
Instead of grabbing his arm, he supported Shen Chu's waist.
Pei Yuan felt that the waist under his palm was slender and soft, and a line of poetry he had read in his childhood inexplicably appeared in his mind: "Cherry blossoms adorn her fair lips, willow branches sway her slender waist."
Looking at Shen Chu beneath him, her eyebrows were like emerald feathers and her lips like vermilion, truly matching the poem.
"What are you looking at? Let go of me."
Shen Chu's embarrassed and annoyed voice instantly brought Pei Yuan back to his senses.
He's really gone mad, actually combining a man with lines of poetry describing a woman.
Pei Yuan quickly let go of his hand.
Shen Chu quickly steadied herself by bracing herself on the edge of the table, a blush rising on her face. Afraid that Pei Yuan would notice something was wrong, she quickly lowered her head to take a deep breath and adjust her breathing.
Just as the blush on her face faded a little, she heard Pei Yuan say with disdain:
"How can a man like you have such a slim waist?"
Her heart skipped a beat, and she almost tore the prescription in her hand to shreds.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Your Highness is mistaken. My waist may not be considered thick, but it is definitely not a slender waist."
Pei Yuan glanced at his hand, where a soft touch seemed to still linger.
"Are you questioning my touch? So what if you have a small waist? You're not exactly masculine anyway."
"you!"
Shen Chu clenched her fists, repeatedly telling herself: You can't stoop to the level of a dog.
It's better to avoid trouble.
She took a deep breath, placed the prescription on the table, and took out two silver notes.
"This is the two thousand taels that Your Highness received from the dragon boat race. The young master has booked the entire venue at the cyclamen restaurant. Your Highness is welcome to come anytime if you wish."
After saying that, she immediately tried to slip away.
Pei Yuan's cold laugh came from behind, "I, the prince, went through all the trouble to save you, and you think you can just send me away with two thousand taels?"
Is it because they think the money isn't enough?
Shen Chu instinctively clutched her purse tighter. "The prize is 20,000 taels in total, split equally among ten people, so 2,000 taels per person is correct."
"Heh, you think my efforts are only worth two thousand taels?" Pei Yuan's gaze swept over her money pouch.
After a moment of silence, Shen Chu couldn't help but retort, "Your Highness agreed to save the day in order to get the calming medicine prescription in my purse."
Since it was a transaction, it was naturally a mutually beneficial arrangement. Now that Your Highness has obtained the prescription, we are even.
"Even even? Ha, Shen Chu, you're talking about being even with me?"
Pei Yuan raised an eyebrow, reached out and grabbed him, coldly snorting, "It seems you've forgotten that we still have an unresolved score to settle."
Shen Chu's back stiffened. Was this guy never going to stop?
She glared angrily at Pei Yuan, "Your Majesty, I really only touched you twice, but you touched me too!"
Pei Yuan frowned. "When did I touch you?"
Chen Chu pouted, speaking with a straight face, "You just touched my waist, and you're touching my hand right now."
Pei Yuan's gaze shifted downwards.
Seeing that Chen Chu was about to leave, he subconsciously grabbed her and happened to pull her wrist.
Only now did I realize how small Shen Chu's hands were, with neatly trimmed and beautiful nails that had a faint, translucent pink hue.
It was even more beautiful than a woman's hand, small, soft, and delicate.
"Your Highness, you touched me, and I touched you. Doesn't that even things out?" Shen Chu asked with a smile.
Pei Yuan snapped out of his daze, his face full of disgust as he shook off her hand. "Who wants to touch you?"
Shen Chu took a deep breath, "How can Your Highness completely forget this matter?"
Otherwise, every time I see him, he'll have an excuse to torment me, which is really annoying.
Pei Yuan put his hands behind his back and unconsciously twirled his fingers. "I've suddenly changed my mind. I think your suggestion from that day seems pretty good too."
"Since you touched this prince, I'll cut off your hand as an apology. That will certainly appease my anger."
Chen Chu.....
Is it acting up again?
Rumors say Pei Yuan is capricious, but this isn't just capricious; he's practically having fits of madness.
"Didn't Your Highness find the suggestion quite boring at the time? And Your Highness also disapproved of my self-harm."
Pei Yuan sneered, "If I don't let you harm yourself, I, the prince, will cripple you myself."
abnormal!
Shen Chu took a step back, trying to break free, but was pressed down by Pei Yuan. He heard Pei Yuan sneer and the jade bone fan came straight down.
Is this guy serious?
"stop!"
Pei Yuan stared coldly at her, the sharp blade of the jade fan gently rubbing against his wrist, sending shivers down her spine.
She changed tactics, "Your Highness, let's discuss the terms again."
Pei Yuan's peach blossom eyes held a hint of mockery. "There's nothing to discuss. My mind is made up."
Shen Chu gritted his teeth and chuckled dryly, "Everything in the world can be discussed. How can we find a solution if we don't talk about it?"
What has happened is a fact, and even if I were to cut off my hand, it would be of no use.
If we could find a way to make amends to Your Highness, perhaps it would ease your discomfort.
"Oh?" Pei Yuan seemed to have taken his words to heart. "Tell me, how do you plan to make it up to me? With money?"
Shen Chu's eyes lit up, and he tentatively asked, "May this humble subject compensate Your Highness with some silver?"
"Ha, you think my body can be bought with silver?"
Shen Chu shook her head. "Of course not, but money can improve one's mood and help one temporarily forget unpleasant things. Your Highness, please consider it?"
"This is not a matter of money, but a matter of dignity."
Shen Chu's eyes flickered slightly.
My senior once said that when someone tells you, "This isn't about money, it's about something else," nine times out of ten it's still about money.
"Your Highness, I am willing to compensate you with two thousand taels of silver."
Pei Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of coldness in them. "How much?"
Shen Chu shrank back, "Uh, three thousand taels?"
"You think I'm only worth three thousand taels?"
Shen Chu muttered to himself, "I only touched it twice, and it's worth 1,500 each time."
"Let's just cut off my hand."
Shen Chu gritted her teeth: "Five thousand taels, no more than that."
"You have defiled my pure and beautiful body, and you think you can make up for it with just five thousand taels?"
Chen Chu.....
You, who frequent Qingfeng Tower, actually claim to be pure and beautiful? Where's your face?
"Your Highness, please name a number."
Pei Yuan narrowed his peach blossom eyes, reached for the money pouch at her waist again, and with a flick of his wrist, pulled the pouch away.
"I'm in a good mood today, so take whatever money you have in your purse."
Shen Chu was so angry she felt like vomiting blood.
She had 18,000 taels of silver in her purse.
This guy is shameless. What part of him is worth 18,000 taels?
"What? You think I'm not worth it?"
Shen Chu hummed, barely managing to squeeze out a few words through gritted teeth, "In my heart, Your Highness is priceless."
What is priceless has no right to a price.
Pei Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze shimmering. "Hmm, even this prince considers himself priceless."
Shen Chu... shameless.
Waaah... She hadn't even had a chance to warm up those 18,000 taels of silver!
"To be honest, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten so many silver notes."
Shen Chu didn't want to say another word.
It's better to lose money than to suffer a terrible disaster; consider this money as feeding the dogs.
At least this guy won't keep bringing up what happened at Jingguo Temple that night.
"Your Highness, may I leave now?"
"Wait!"
Shen Chu was furious. "Your Highness isn't going to change your mind again, is he?"
Pei Yuan glanced at her sideways and made another request.
"...If you can do that, I will forgive and forget what happened in the past."
Shen Chu looked at him, and after holding back for a long time, she couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, is there perhaps some serious illness?"
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