Wei Shuwan couldn't help but think of her past life, which ended in the same tragic way.
"If this can save my parents, I'm willing."
While making this decision, Wei Shuwan also made other plans. She then expressed her determination: "I am extremely grateful that Your Highness is willing to save our Wei family. However, since it is only due to the circumstances, I will not be a burden to Your Highness when you achieve great success in the future. I will leave on my own."
Let's just treat this as a mutually beneficial transaction. She's been so sensible and self-aware; he won't need to harbor any murderous intent towards her anymore, right? Wei Shuwan thought to herself.
The gleam that had just appeared in Li Qingchen's eyes because of the words "I do" quickly faded away because of the superfluous words that followed.
His expression was cold and stern. He let out a long breath and thought to himself that this was probably the kind of person who would be dismantled after crossing the river.
However, achieving great things is still a long way off. Since she already had this idea in mind, Li Qingchen was unwilling to force her and simply replied, "Okay."
Two sharp glints flashed in Wei Shuwan's eyes, which then curved into crescent moons. This way, she could save both the Wei family and her own life!
Seeing her happy expression, Li Qingchen felt a mix of emotions and remained silent for a moment. After a while, he took out a brocade pouch from his bosom:
"Since we have made this agreement, we should exchange tokens of our commitment. This is my promise to you."
After saying that, he stuffed the things into Wei Shuwan's hands.
Wei Shuwan took the object and felt the hard interior, which resembled a tag. Just as she was curious about what it was and was about to open it to take a look, her hand was suddenly pressed down by Li Qingchen's large, well-defined hand.
This wasn't the first time Wei Shuwan's hands had touched Li Qingchen's, but for some reason, this time her heart was beating very fast, a blush spread from her cheeks to behind her ears, and her whole face was as hot as a furnace!
Li Qingchen seemed to have noticed this as well. He moved his hand away and said, "I'll look at it after I leave."
As he withdrew his hand, Wei Shuwan gradually regained her composure, looked up at him with some difficulty, and said, "But I don't have any token to return the favor, what should I do?"
She knew that other girls gave their lovers love tokens such as hairpins and jewelry, but all her jewelry was taken away on the second day after she was imprisoned. Even her handkerchief and sachet were taken by those people under the pretext of preventing suicide. Now she had nothing left but this set of clothes.
Li Qingchen scanned Wei Shuwan from head to toe and found that she was indeed not wearing any jewelry. Finally, he squatted down, took off a pearl from the top of Wei Shuwan's silk shoes, smiled at her, and put it in his palm without saying a word.
"Then let's go with this one."
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