Yuwen Yao looked at Xie Lingqin's icy expression, his dark eyes seeming to surge with dark waves, and his slender, strong fingers tightened involuntarily. After a moment, his breath fell silent and he said, "Xie Lingqin, do you secretly hope that I have something going on with Miss Li, so that you can leave me without any problem?"
Xie Lingqin was stunned. What kind of logic is this?
"I like you, I want to be close to you all the time, and I only wish you all the best. Why don't you understand?"
Xie Lingqin's eyes darkened slightly, and a hint of anger suddenly appeared. "Yuwen Yao, what are you pretending for in front of me? Do you think I'll dismiss you based on this? Do you think I don't know what you've done? You know perfectly well that this was done by your good father, the Emperor, but you won't say anything. Yuwen Yao, how can I trust you?"
Yuwen Yao's thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and he suddenly fell silent.
"The person who lured me and the Prefect of the Capital out of the city today set up an illusion array. The array is so powerful that I can't guess who else could have done it besides the Emperor. Besides, you also know illusion magic, don't you?"
Yuwen Yao stepped forward, his voice heavy. "You think it's me?"
Xie Lingqin waved her hand, "It wasn't you, but... you knew, but you didn't tell me."
"We've only just started dating, and you're already making things like this?"
Xie Lingqin glanced sideways at the window, her whole body as cold as snow. "It's late, Your Highness. Please leave."
"We've kissed, we've hugged, and you want to do this..."
"I'll just consider it as being chewed by a dog, and the Crown Prince can just consider it as practice. We'll be even."
"Xie Lingqin!"
Seeing Xie Lingqin's insistence on keeping her distance from him, Yuwen Yao's face turned ashen with anger, and his brows twitched. "Xie Lingqin, you have never believed me from beginning to end. From beginning to end, I have been honest with you, but you have gradually closed your heart off and refused to open it up to me."
"It's come to this now, say what you want."
Xie Lingqin lifted the curtain and went straight into the inner room.
“Li Qingyu is not simple. If I hadn’t arrived in time, she would have discovered the silver needle you stuck in the horse’s ear and, if she had investigated further, do you think she wouldn’t have found out about you…”
Xie Lingqin paused slightly.
Yuwen Yao closed his eyes and sighed coldly, "I understand. If you trusted me, you wouldn't have ignored it, wouldn't have failed to verify it yourself, and wouldn't have given up so easily. So, in the end, it all comes down to you. You don't like me. Since that's the case... I'll leave."
When Yuwen Yao uttered the last four words heavily, Xie Lingqin felt as if the entire room had been filled with the deep snow of midwinter. After a long while, when she turned around, Yuwen Yao's figure had already vanished from her sight.
Xie Lingqin lowered her brows slightly, took a few steps to the window, and looked at the flower buds bathed in the night. Suddenly, she felt uneasy and a little annoyed.
Extremely annoyed!
It was clearly his fault, so why did she suddenly feel that she was the one being unreasonable?
What kind of logic is that?
Yuwen Yao, is this yet another one of your tricks?
Don't worry, I won't fall for it this time.
From now on, may we all be well and have no further contact.
"Miss...
Just then, Zihe's voice came softly from outside the door.
"Don't worry, the Crown Prince is gone, but I'm still alive," Xie Lingqin said. Then, she turned to the door and said, "Tomorrow, clean the main house thoroughly, from top to bottom, left to right, so as not to be tainted by the Crown Prince's bad luck."
"……yes."
Zihe retreated in alarm.
"Listen to the sea."
Inside the house, Xie Lingqin called out to Tinghai again.
Tinghai immediately appeared, "What are your orders, Miss?"
"Did you hear what I just said to the Crown Prince?"
"...Miss, I...I heard some things, that..."
"Since the Crown Prince gave you to me before, you are mine now, understand?"
Tinghai swallowed hard, and under Xie Lingqin's intimidating aura, he lowered his head even further. "Don't worry, Miss, I will only listen to you from now on."
"You're on the right track. Alright, it's getting late, go downstairs and get some sleep."
Tinghai actually wanted to say something more, but he withdrew.
That night, Xie Lingqin slept very restlessly, feeling that Yuwen Yao's aura permeated the room. So, after only a few hours of sleep, before dawn, she called Cheqi and Zihe to come in and clean.
It seemed that the cold air pressure from last night was still there, and the giant clam and the placenta dared not breathe.
However, the giant clam's complexion quickly worsened.
Because the thing she had hidden at the very bottom of the young lady's bedding was gone.
Tridacna immediately looked up at Xie Lingqin, who was looking out the window with a somber expression.
It's not a young lady. That thing recognizes the young lady's scent. At most, it will play with the young lady for a while, but it will never go after her.
Could it be that they have already succeeded?
"Xie Lingqin."
Outside the courtyard, Xie Danling suddenly ran in without a care in the world.
Seeing Xie Danling's obviously angry face, Xie Lingqin slowly walked out, "It's only dawn, and you're already so angry."
"You, you, you..."
Looking at Xie Lingqin's calm expression, Xie Danling, who was originally full of anger, stammered again.
"Young master, Elder Dong has already sent someone to invite you. He said that you will be entering the academy to study tomorrow, so you should go to him early today to study medicine properly."
Behind Xie Danling, Xie Yushu walked over with his men, and greeted Xie Lingqin as he finished speaking.
Upon hearing this, Xie Danling raised his flushed face slightly and looked at Xie Lingqin, saying, "You, you just wait."
Then, he turned around and left with Xie Yushu.
Xie Yushu smiled and gestured to Xie Lingqin before stepping down.
Xie Yushu has been noticeably more reserved these days than when he first arrived.
However, this old man Dong was quite useful, making Xie Danling obedient.
Come to think of it, she hadn't seen that old man for several days.
"Wait."
Xie Lingqin suddenly called out to Xie Yushu.
Xie Yushu stopped, and Xie Danling, who was walking ahead, also stopped unconsciously, turning his head to look at Xie Lingqin with resentment and anger.
"Let's go together."
Xie Lingqin smiled.
Xie Danling was so angry she almost jumped up. "What did you say? I'm not going with you!"
"I'm your older sister, sweetie."
Xie Lingqin's gentle "good boy" made Xie Danling's hair stand on end.
Xie Yushu knew that Xie Lingqin was not a gentle person, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but swallow hard, feeling quite sympathetic towards Xie Danling.
"Miss, this servant..."
Tridacna and Purple River came out of the house.
"You can stay in the manor." Xie Lingqin waved her hand, seemingly in a very good mood, and walked directly past Xie Yushu and Xie Danling.
Xie Danling was almost in tears.
Xie Lingqin is a devil; he doesn't want to be with her.
---Aside---
Um... in the next chapter, someone else is going to be unlucky...
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