Chapter 121 Too Clever
“Just now…” Su Wenyan glanced at Ye Wanning and answered somewhat timidly, “On the way here… I saw Third Brother and thought I should inform Second Brother, so…”
"So you sent someone to tell him?" Upon hearing this, Ye Wanning was furious. She looked at Su Wenyan, feeling extremely angry. "Couldn't you have informed me beforehand?"
Upon hearing Ye Wanning's words, Su Wenyan was taken aback, clearly somewhat bewildered. He looked at Ye Wanning with a blank expression, "The situation was urgent at the time, I thought Third Brother was going to..."
"How could he..." Before she could finish speaking, Ye Wanning realized something was wrong and quickly stopped. If she said that, wouldn't she give herself away? After a moment, she glanced at Su Wenyan with a gloomy look in her eyes, "A good-for-nothing bastard!" With that, Ye Wanning lifted the curtain and entered the carriage.
Su Wenyan felt extremely wronged. After all, wasn't he just doing it for his sister-in-law's safety? Yet today he was being treated like this by her... He truly felt incredibly wronged!
Thinking about it, Su Wenyan pursed his lips. After a while, he suddenly heard an angry female voice coming from inside the carriage, "Granny Sun, let's go!"
Su Wenyan was taken aback and turned to look at Granny Sun. Granny Sun was also startled, but upon receiving Su Wenyan's gaze, she immediately understood what he meant. She composed herself and asked the carriage in a deep voice, "Your Highness, where are we... going?"
"Where else can we go?" Sitting in the carriage, Ye Wanning waved her hand impatiently. "The Fourth Prince has spoken, let's go back to the manor!"
Upon arriving at the Prince of Jin's residence and alighting from the carriage, Ye Wanning saw Su Wenzhen riding towards her. Ye Wanning felt a jolt of surprise and cursed inwardly, "Oh no! He's here so early!" Ye Wanning swallowed hard, pretending not to see him, and turned her head away guiltily.
"Wan Ning!" Su Wenzhen rushed to Ye Wan Ning's side, his face full of concern. "Are you alright?"
Ye Wanning turned around, looked at Su Wenzhen, and gave a somewhat forced smile, "It's nothing..." Before she could finish speaking, Su Wenzhen pulled her into a tight embrace. "Ah..."
"It's good that you're alright." Su Wenzhen seemed to be quite frightened. He hugged Ye Wanning and sighed deeply. "If I had known that things would be unstable in the city recently, I shouldn't have let you leave."
Seeing Su Wenzhen's concern, Ye Wanning felt even more humble. Her voice was a little weak, "Actually, it's nothing serious... He just wanted me to take him out of the city, he didn't do anything to me..."
"Wenyan discovered it, but what if he hadn't?" Su Wenzhen frowned, released Ye Wanning, and noticed that her complexion was not good. He was taken aback and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"
"It's nothing..." Ye Wanning felt her heart pounding wildly, afraid that Su Wenzhen had discovered something. She looked up at Su Wenzhen and smiled, "It's just... now that you mention it, I'm a little scared..."
"It's good that you know fear." Su Wenzhen smiled and gently pinched Ye Wanning's nose. "Don't leave the city for a while. We'll talk about it again when the situation stabilizes." Today it's Su Wenliang, but who knows who it will be tomorrow? If something happens to Wanning in the future, it will be too late to regret it!
Thinking it over, Su Wenzhen's eyes darkened, and he pulled Ye Wanning into his arms. "Come on, let's go inside first." As he spoke, he turned his head and gave Su Wenyan a wink. Su Wenyan nodded and turned to walk towards the study.
“Wenzhen…” Ye Wanning glanced at Su Wenzhen, who stood beside her with a solemn expression, “I…”
When Ye Wanning called him, Su Wenzhen was taken aback and turned to look at her. "What's wrong?"
The more Su Wenzhen acted this way, the more uneasy Ye Wanning felt. She bit her lip, looked at Su Wenzhen, but ultimately said nothing. She lowered her head, her eyes narrowing, "N-nothing..."
After settling Ye Wanning in, Su Wenzhen turned and headed towards the study. As soon as he entered, he saw Su Wenyan teasing a bird.
Hearing the noise by the door, Su Wenyan turned around and saw Su Wenzhen walking over. He smiled and said, "Brother, you've come?"
"Hmm." Su Wenzhen nodded, turned around and sat down on a chair. "You didn't handle this matter well today."
“If we don’t release Third Brother, my sister-in-law might be in danger.” Su Wenyan paused, stopped what he was doing, turned around and sat down next to Su Wenzhen. “I was worried that my sister-in-law might get hurt…”
Su Wenzhen slowly lowered his head. After a while, as if unwilling to bring up the matter again, he looked at Su Wenyan and asked, "What do you think about this?"
"What is it?" Su Wenyan was taken aback, clearly not understanding what Su Wenzhen was talking about.
Su Wenzhen extended his right hand and gently tapped the table. After a while, he finally spoke: "Is the traitor in Chu... Su Wenliang?"
"Second Brother..." Su Wenyan was taken aback. Although all the previous evidence pointed to the Third Prince of Chu, his second brother had never spoken of it. But now... He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Second Brother... probably already has the answer in your heart, right?"
"I just want to hear your opinion." Su Wenzhen stopped what he was doing, looked at Su Wenyan, and said with a serious expression, "Now that Father has appointed me as regent, I am already being criticized. If I make even the slightest mistake, I'm afraid..."
“I know that.” Su Wenyan pursed his lips, frowned as he looked at Su Wenzhen, and after thinking for a long time, said, “I think this person…”
“It’s not my third brother,” Su Wenzhen said suddenly, his eyes still closed.
"Second brother, you..." Su Wenyan was taken aback, clearly not expecting Su Wenzhen to say such a thing. He looked at him for a long while, then asked with some confusion, "Since you know it wasn't him, second brother, then why..."
"Tell me, what happened today..." Su Wenzhen suddenly laughed, then abruptly opened his eyes, looking intently at Su Wenyan, "What exactly happened?"
Su Wenzhen's gaze terrified Su Wenyan. He gritted his teeth, and after a long while, he finally spoke, "Second Brother, Sister-in-law...she wouldn't..."
"What can't she do?" Su Wenzhen smiled, then looked at Su Wenyan and shook his head helplessly. "Wenyan, I know her too well."
Upon hearing this, Su Wenyan's eyes darkened. He naturally understood Su Wenzhen's meaning, but... He composed himself. Early this morning, he had received orders from his second brother, saying that his sister-in-law's departure from the city might be a trap. He hadn't believed it at first, but... when he finally went there, he discovered...
"What are you thinking?" Seeing that Su Wenyan did not respond, Su Wenzhen smiled and asked again.
What was he thinking? After a pause, Su Wenyan pouted helplessly, "Brother... I..." He paused again, looked at Su Wenzhen, and continued, "I do think... even if Sister-in-law planned this, but... but..."
"But what?" Su Wenzhen raised an eyebrow and looked at Su Wenyan.
“But… your sister-in-law would never betray you.” Su Wenyan lowered his head, his face full of certainty.
“I know that.” Su Wenzhen suddenly laughed. He picked up the cup next to him, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Su Wenyan. “You don’t even need to tell me.”
"..." Su Wenyan looked at Su Wenzhen, shaking his head helplessly. He felt... something was definitely off about today's conversation... He looked at Su Wenzhen, his mind filled with doubt, "Brother... do you mean..."
“She’s always been sensible in her actions.” Su Wenzhen sighed, then looked at Su Wenyan. After a long pause, he said with a hint of helplessness, “She must have guessed something before she did this. She’s very clever, but I think…” He paused, then looked at Su Wenyan and frowned, “Being too clever isn’t necessarily a good thing. Wenyan, what do you think?”
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