But what benefits did Mu Qingyun give him that made him willing to make up such an excuse to fob her off?
“I never had any feelings for him in the first place, so I’m quite happy that you suddenly changed your mind.”
Her expression changed quickly. She looked at Deng Yijie and smiled, presenting herself as a gentle, kind, and proper girl.
"Okay." Hearing this, Deng Yijie nodded happily.
He knew that the princess liked Su Qiluo, and that her so-called admiration was nothing more than an excuse for her affection.
Although he also loved the princess, he was willing to be the guardian behind the scenes, always protecting her and helping her find her true love.
Su Qiluo doesn't have a good impression of His Highness right now, so he needs to be even more proactive in helping His Highness change his impression of Su Qiluo.
...
As midnight approached, Mu Qingyun, having slept enough today, simply couldn't fall asleep.
Looking up at the starlight outside the window, she reached out and grasped it. From her angle, it looked as if she were holding the sun, moon, and stars in her hands.
Can't sleep?
Kazel's voice came from the other side of the fence. Before she could speak, Kazel pushed open the door and came in.
“You know my secret, and you still come in here in the middle of the night,” she turned to look at Cazell, moved her lips to convey the next words, “Don’t you know there’s a difference between men and women?”
“Sleeping on a deserted island? It’s like you’d dare take your clothes off.” Kazel smiled and walked over to her, sitting down on the spot. “You’ve had enough sleep this afternoon, and I doubt you’ll continue sleeping like a pig.”
"..." Why did those words sound so awkward to her?
"Is the live stream device turned off?" He glanced down at Mu Qingyun's wrist to make sure the device was off before lying down next to her.
"What are you going to do now?" She glanced at Kazel with a helpless look. Although Kazel was lying down next to her, she did not make any move to move to the side.
"Don't want to do anything? Want to see the seabed?" Kazel chuckled, returning to the previous topic.
Upon hearing this, she frowned. Why was this person so insistent on sending her to the bottom of the sea?
"I've said it before, I don't want to put my fate in someone else's hands." She withdrew her hand that was "holding" the sun, moon, and stars, and said lazily.
“You said we were friends, and we even made a deal. Even after all this, you still won’t believe me just this once?” Kazel tilted his head, a cold glint in his eyes.
"There are no permanent friends, nor permanent interests. My trust in others is based on the premise that I can always walk away unscathed." She closed her eyes, feeling the breeze blowing in from the window, and contentedly rested with her eyes closed.
Are we that vigilant?
Hearing her words, Kazel smiled helplessly. What had this person been through? Why did she always give him the feeling of being cunning and calculating?
Never mind, he slightly raised his legs, and instantly, his legs transformed into a beautiful fishtail.
He braced himself on one arm, turned his body, and leaned on her.
Sensing the movement beside her, she opened her eyes and met a pair of translucent purple pupils.
A cold glint flashed in her eyes as she looked at Kazel, who was very close to her, almost touching her.
"Get out of the way."
"Mu Qingyun, do you know anything about matters between men and women?" Kazel didn't leave; instead, he went even further and grabbed her chin.
Having never really looked at Mu Qingyun before, this was the first time Kazel had observed her so closely.
The bangs that had been covering her eyes were now spread out as she lay down, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes that shone with a coldness.
His dark complexion and numerous freckles on his cheeks gave him an initial impression of being ugly, but aside from that, he found that Mu Qingyun's features were truly beautiful.
People with such natural beauty can become quite attractive with just a little dressing up, even if they aren't considered stunning beauties.
“I think I might like you a little,” Kazel reached out and brushed the stray hairs from Mu Qingyun’s forehead, looking intently into her eyes. “Whether you’re willing to respond or not, I want to tell you that I like you.”
"..."
Has she been confessed her feelings to someone?
Mu Qingyun raised an eyebrow. She had seen this kind of scene many times in her previous life. Beautiful women are generally shy, and she also acted as if she was not interested in women, so the ministers thought that her sexual orientation was "abnormal", so they gave her a lot of handsome men.
Handsome men are much more passionate and daring than beautiful women. Expressing their feelings is considered rather low-class. Some even strip naked and crawl into her bed, uttering all sorts of vulgar words the moment they see her.
He doesn't seem like a young master from a prestigious family, but more like someone from a brothel.
"I can't give you a response, I don't like you."
She reached out and pressed on Kazel's shoulder, saying coldly, "Get up now, and I'll pretend nothing happened."
“You like Sue,” Kazel said, a hint of amusement in her eyes, without answering her question. “Is that so?”
"I only see him as a younger brother." She frowned irritably, her eyes filled with impatience. "I'm saying this one last time, get up."
Kazel clearly hadn't grasped the seriousness of the situation, or perhaps Mu Qingyun had a three-day period of weakness, so he didn't think she could do anything. "Brother? More than that, you and him..."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back, as if he had been violently thrust into by something.
The next moment, his hands were grabbed by Mu Qingyun, who flipped him over and kicked him from the side. Before he could even react, Mu Qingyun used her strength to slam him hard against the wall.
With a loud "bang," Mu Qingyun looked at Kazel, who had fallen to the ground again, and immediately stood up. "I told you to get out of the way, but you wouldn't listen. You got what you deserved."
"..."
Kazel clutched his waist, a flash of coldness crossing his eyes, but the next instant, he immediately put on a wronged look, looking at her pitifully, "I haven't even had a chance to get up yet, how can you be so cruel to me?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
The noise woke everyone up immediately, as they hadn't taken off their clothes and arrived quickly.
"Brother Mu, Kazel?"
Xiong Ruoyou was the first to arrive. She looked at the two people, one standing and one "lying down," and frowned in confusion. "What are you two doing?"
"I can't sleep in the middle of the night, let's have a spar." Mu Qingyun didn't even look up, just looked at Kazel indifferently, "You probably don't know, but my close combat skills are also top-notch. Even without superpowers, I won't be helpless."
"A friendly spar? You're clearly beating me in one direction." Kazel pursed his lips. "You're abusing handsome men, and you're abusing mermaids too."
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