Resisting the Wind and Splendor

Chapter 263: Trying to morally blackmail me again?

Qin Wu sought out Li Ye, the Vice Minister of the Dragon Guard, who was in charge of the Dragon Guard's paperwork. Through various channels, Li Ye conveyed Prince Jin's message to Chu Yueli.

It was two days later when Chu Yueli finished arranging her affairs and arrived at Prince Jin's residence under the guise of official business.

Lu Fengjin's injuries have improved somewhat, but he remains in a very bad mood.

His face was deathly pale, and he was completely lifeless.

"I wonder what business Your Highness has with me? The Imperial Guard is responsible for protecting Your Highness and the princes. Has Your Highness encountered any trouble recently? Has someone broken into the manor to assassinate Your Highness?"

Chu Yueli stood a dozen steps away from him, looking at the man sitting on the hospital bed with a blank expression.

It had only been seven or eight days since their last meeting at the Autumn Hunt, but Lu Fengjin seemed like a completely different person. His former high spirits were gone, and now he was just a listless and dejected patient.

“Ah Li…”

"Your Highness has not yet answered my question." Chu Yueli looked at him with indifferent eyes: "Please tell me, Your Highness, has a thief broken into the Prince Jin's residence?"

"Ah Li, do I have to see you this way now?" Her businesslike tone and attitude cut Lu Fengjin to the bone.

They used to be inseparable lovers.

Although they didn't show excessive physical intimacy, they were always emotionally connected.

Now, the way she looks at him is so unfamiliar that he can hardly believe it.

"I was wrong before, Ali, can't you give me another chance?"

"Your Highness, do you know where Tuoba Feiyuan is now?"

Lu Fengjin's eyes darkened slightly, a complex expression flashing across them: "I know, in the Clean Clothes Warehouse... Ali, she is ultimately someone I brought back. No matter what happens to her in the future, I... I don't want to watch her suffer. Ali, I want her to leave the Clean Clothes Warehouse. Would you agree?"

"What does this have to do with me? I just thought you were being too boring, Your Highness, so I wanted you to think about your own affairs."

Chu Yueli leaned against the table, her gaze towards him indeed extremely indifferent.

Not angry, not even a trace of resentment, just as calm as water, so calm that there is not a ripple at all.

This made Lu Fengjin feel very uncomfortable.

It seems they really can't go back to the past.

“Ah Li…”

"Is Your Highness going to say that because your leg is injured, I no longer want to look at you?"

Chu Yueli smiled, a smile filled with sarcasm.

"Your Highness, your family really knows how to morally blackmail others. You've gotten yourselves into this mess, and you still expect me to look at you more out of pity or sympathy."

"Ah Li!" Why did she have to speak like that!

But a hint of guilt did indeed flash across Lu Fengjin's eyes.

He thought... he thought that since he was so miserable now, at least Ali would take pity on him and maybe change her mind.

After all, Lu Fengjin couldn't find a better way to bring Ali back to his side at this point.

He was really panicked.

That day, he saw that in Ali's eyes, there was only the fourth prince...

"Ah Li, I got hurt saving you. Do you really have feelings for me...?"

"Does Your Highness know what I encountered before I met Black Wolf?"

Chu Yueli's smile vanished, her gaze turning icy and ruthless as she stared at him: "Assassins! A group of assassins who want to take my life! Guess what they look like?"

She narrowed her eyes, then suddenly laughed disdainfully: "Royal bodyguards!"