Mu Chenshuang clenched her fingers, took a deep breath, and asked in a calm tone, "Don't you think what you're doing is selfish?"
Fu Junheng opened his eyes, his pupils dilated slightly, and his heart tightened inexplicably. "I don't believe that you, Shuang'er, have no feelings for me at all."
Mu Chenshuang pushed the man's arm away, took two steps forward, and said calmly, "I am very grateful that you accompanied me to watch the fireworks and release the lanterns today, giving me real joy." Then, she paused and sighed softly, "But in the end, we are on different paths."
It was as if he had been pondering for a long time before finally speaking.
Fu Junheng's face instantly darkened. He never expected her to say such a thing to him.
She showed no resistance on the street, and her heart was beating faster because of herself.
A brief silence.
All the ambiguity from before has been replaced by alienation and indifference.
Fu Junheng suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the woman's hand.
“You…” Mu Chenshuang was startled.
Before she could react, she was slammed against a wooden pillar. The man looked down at her with an imposing aura, his tall shadow completely enveloping her. His once gentle eyes now held a surge of emotions.
"Shuang'er, dare you say you haven't fallen for me?!"
Fu Junheng's piercing gaze made the woman before him seem transparent; she had nowhere to hide from him.
Mu Chenshuang looked up and met his gaze. After the initial shock, her heart returned to its usual calm. Suddenly, she curled her lips into a mocking laugh, though it was unclear whether she was mocking herself or someone else.
Her smile was particularly piercing to Fu Junheng's eyes, and his heart felt as if it had been pricked by a needle.
Do you know why you keep bothering me?
Fu Junheng was taken aback by Mu Chenshuang's question. Why? Wasn't it because he liked her, liked her to the point of wanting to possess her? What did she think it was?
Looking at his puzzled expression, Mu Chenshuang smiled bitterly to herself, "It's not because you really like me, but because of your possessiveness. You think a woman is different and you want to conquer her, you want her to fall in love with you. There are millions of women in this world. I just happened to appear at the moment you felt amazed. If you meet a woman who makes you feel the same way next time, I think you will feel the same way."
Fu Junheng sneered at Mu Chenshuang's self-righteous words, "So in your heart, I am such a despicable person? You think I conquer you to satisfy my own desires, and that I will abandon you after conquering you?!"
His tone of voice became increasingly unstable.
Mu Chenshuang confronted him, "Otherwise what? If I were to truly give you my heart, what could you promise me, Crown Prince Junheng? Would you promise me a grand wedding procession, a sedan chair carried by eight men, or a vow of eternal love?"
Her rhetorical questions made Fu Junheng pause slightly, a certain emotion he was trying hard to suppress beneath his golden eyes, his hands clenching tightly, yet he was unable to answer her questions.
His reaction made Mu Chenshuang feel as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her heart, and she felt uncomfortable.
She coldly withdrew her gaze, lowered her eyes, and scoffed, "That's simply impossible. After all, I'm carrying someone else's child, and I can't let Your Highness become a father unexpectedly."
A deathly silence fell over the room.
Fu Junheng lowered his eyes, the candlelight casting shadows on his deep pupils, the faint glimmer of light revealing an unfathomable melancholy.
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