He could only say seriously, "I can't be with you."
“If I go shopping with you, rumors will spread tomorrow, and people will go to my fiancé to ridicule and mock him. He will be sad and hurt. So, I'm sorry.”
"What about me?" Zhang Tongyang was genuinely saddened.
"I get sad and upset too. Can't you treat everyone the same?"
"I'm sorry." These were the only two words Wei Wangqing could say; she couldn't say anything else, nor could she give anything else.
After all, someone is bound to get hurt in this kind of situation, and she didn't want Chen Zhiyan to get hurt.
Zhang Tongyang truly wondered how he could have liked such a cold and ruthless woman.
Women in their region would have softened their hearts long ago. Even in the Northern Dynasty, women who have affairs everywhere don't have to take responsibility.
But she, only her, was truly an anomaly.
"Alright, it's fine if you don't want to stay with me, but I'll at least have a meal with you."
"Please stop rejecting me. Surely you can have a meal with me."
Wei Wangqing could not refuse any longer, so he ordered a meal to be prepared.
The two ate the meal with different thoughts on their own.
Zhang Tongyang had been trying to figure out how to win her over, but this woman was truly impenetrable. It seemed he could only start with the man.
After the meal, Zhang Tongyang left.
Back at the inn, Zhang Tongyang summoned the waiter and asked about the rumors circulating in the capital regarding the Sixth Princess.
He frowned upon hearing this, for the rumored sixth princess was quite different from the sixth princess he had seen!
She's not promiscuous at all; she's clearly very virtuous.
Rumors are indeed unreliable!
"Go and order someone to keep watch over the young master of the Chen family. If you see him leave the house, report to us immediately."
"This..." The waiter hesitated.
Seeing the silver in front of him, the waiter immediately grinned: "Okay, sir, no problem."
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