: Be grateful but also bear grudges

Author: Bai Xiaoyuan

Remembering kindness but also holding grudges

"Cancel the engagement?!"

Mu Huaian was shocked.

He never imagined that Shen Lingxi would say such a thing.

Chu Yan relaxed his eyebrows, pretended not to hear anything, and retracted his steps.

He turned around and passed Mu Huaian, walked to the window and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, turned to look out the window at the busy traffic downstairs, his eyes as calm as water, as if he only cared about the scenery outside the window and didn't care at all about the conversation between the two.

But the slender and tall figure was invisible, slightly tilted in the direction of the two of them.

Shen Lingxi glanced at him subconsciously.

I really like to join in the fun.

What I was about to say——

"Shen Lingxi, are you sick? Are you talking nonsense?"

In front of her, Mu Huaian stretched out his hand to touch her forehead.

Shen Lingxi turned sideways to avoid it.

"I'm not sick, and I'm not talking nonsense. I just want to cancel the engagement."

Shen Lingxi saw that Mu Huaian seemed unhappy, so she told the truth.

"I only found out two days ago that before my grandmother passed away, she was worried that I would have no one to rely on in the house after she passed away. She made the decision on this marriage without asking me."

"This is not my wish, and I believe the same is true for Shaoqing. Shaoqing knows the situation of the Shen family, and I don't want to drag Shaoqing down. Instead of you and me becoming a bitter couple in the future, it would be better to take advantage of the fact that the marriage is not yet known to others. By breaking off the engagement, Shaoqing can find a beautiful woman as soon as possible and spend the rest of his life together."

"That's it? Is this the reason why you want to break off the engagement with me?" Mu Huaian's expression softened slightly. He thought she broke off the engagement with him because of the man in front of the window.

It turned out that it was just because he was afraid of dragging him down.

Shen Lingxi was puzzled: "Yes, that's it, what else?"

Mu Huaian looked at her clear and innocent eyes, and he really didn't mean anything else.

"That's the case, then that's fine." Mu Huaian smiled lightly, "I'm not afraid of being dragged down by you, so there's no need to cancel the engagement."

"That won't work." Shen Lingxi said without thinking, "I still have to retreat."

"Why?" Mu Huaian's eyes darkened slightly, "Could it be that you insisted on breaking off the engagement with me because you wanted to find another husband?"

He deliberately emphasized the word "husband" and glanced quickly at the profile of the man in front of the window.

"Where are these words?" Shen Lingxi asked puzzledly.

Mu Huaian: "If you don't, why do you have to cancel this marriage? If you are just afraid that I won't want to, then there is no need. I can tell you today that I, Mu Huaian, am not only willing, but also very willing. Is it possible? In your heart, is there any more suitable adult candidate than me?"

Shen Lingxi looked at him strangely.

I really didn't expect that Mu Huaian would be willing to marry her.

After a moment of thoughtfulness, she asked thoughtfully: "Young Master wants to marry me. Does he want me to go to Dali Temple with you every day to handle cases?"

Mu Huaian's face softened slightly and he gave her a "you know me best" look.

He knew that he and Shen Lingxi were "in tune with each other".

Shen Lingxi's eyebrows jumped sharply.

"If this is the case, there is no need to get married. If Shaoqing is willing to cancel the engagement, I can help Shaoqing handle more cases as compensation." She persuaded her gently.

Mu Huaian held the fan bone in his hand and shook it at her, "No, this is different. I like you and want to be with you all the time, so we must get married."

I guess I want to drag her along to handle cases all the time!

Shen Lingxi lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you, Shaoqing, for your wrong love. But you know my temperament. If I marry into the prince's mansion, it will definitely disturb the family. It is not a good match. Shaoqing is not as good as..."

"If it's just because of this, you don't have to worry." Mu Huaian cut off her words and said, "I have made it clear to my grandmother that I am not interested in the position of the heir apparent. After you and I get married, we will leave the capital and Jiangnan. Northland, Yunjiang... wherever you want to go, we will go. Carefree, carefree, no one controls you, you can do whatever you want. Isn't this kind of life what every woman dreams of? ?”

"It's really good." Shen Lingxi praised.

Mu Huaian's eyebrows widened.

At this moment, a shouting curse suddenly came from the window outside the building: "Oh, who is the one who killed a thousand swords, threw broken pieces of porcelain to plot against me! If you have the ability, come out and fight with me for 800 rounds!"

The street outside the building was buzzing with people. Some unlucky guy was hit by a sudden falling piece of porcelain, and he was screaming.

The two people who were talking in the private room didn't pay attention to the yelling on the street.

No one noticed that the celadon tea set on the table by the window was missing a tea cup.

Chu Yan sat in front of the window, raised his plain face, and turned to look at the other two people talking in the private room.

His eyes were dark and cold, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"In this case, Shaoqing should not marry me."

At this time, Shen Lingxi's next words froze Mu Huaian's uneasy eyebrows.

With a smile on her lips, she said sincerely, "I don't have any ambitions, and I don't like to go out. I just want to stay in the capital, guard the Fu'an Hall and the coffin shop left by Aweng, and make them bigger and stronger. Shao You are so passionate and should be entrusted to a woman who has the same interests as you. It is a waste of precious time on me."

After she finished speaking, the deep cold look on Chu Yan's plain face unknowingly faded a bit.

This time it was Mu Huaian's turn, his face darkened slightly, and there was a coldness in his eyes.

Just as he was about to speak, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the leisurely figure of the man by the window.

The conversation suddenly changed, "Could it be that you rejected me so much because... the person you really like in your heart is Ning Rokuro?"

Chu Yan's finger bones tapped on the table neither lightly nor heavily, and he couldn't help but sit upright.

"What do you mean by Shaoqing's words?" Shen Lingxi couldn't hide the surprise on her face and quickly denied it, "Ning Liulang and I were just pretending to show it to the people in Yin Yue Pavilion. There is no personal relationship between us."

Seeing the man by the window turning his head to look out the window again, Mu Huaian felt at ease, and asked in a soft voice: "Are you really, really not interested in him at all? But how could I listen to what he said... in your heart Are you pleased with him?"

"What?" Shen Lingxi was slightly startled.

But then I thought about it, back in Fu'an Hall, in order to avoid that man's temptation, she had indeed pretended to be shy and happy in front of him.

If he really had such a misunderstanding, it would be justified.

Her clear apricot eyes were thoughtful.

"I have no intention of admiring Ning Liulang. If Shaoqing has the opportunity to meet him, please help clarify it in person."

Shen Lingxi smiled slightly and cleared the relationship, "After all, I will never fall in love with someone who pushes me into danger and tests me repeatedly. I hope Shaoqing understands that Ning Liulang and I just met by chance. But I But I regard Shaoqing as a close friend who can be trusted, so I ask Shaoqing to do it for the sake of our friendship and to make it convenient for you to break off the engagement."

She has not forgotten that back in Fu'an Hall, "Ning Liulang" deliberately lured an assassin to kill her, causing her to almost die with the sword.

Although he saved himself in the end, one code always leads to another.

Shen Lingxi is a person who cherishes gratitude but also holds grudges.

Any kindness must be repaid.

If you have any grudges, you will definitely pay them back.

She would definitely not like this person "Ning Rokuro".

The tall figure sitting by the window, because of these words, grasped the other remaining teacup on the table.

Just as a cloud passed outside the window, it blocked half of the sunshine.

Chu Yan's extremely ordinary side face was trapped in shadow, uncertainly appearing or disappearing.

It was a "chance meeting" with him.

He and Mu Huaian are "trusted friends".

Oh……

It turned out that in her heart, he was not even a friend.

Good, very good.
Chapter completed!