Chapter 70

Gu Hanyuan showed no reaction.

Zhong Ling looked at his mask suspiciously, seemingly wanting to probe something from those indifferent eyes.

Unfortunately, she gained nothing after looking for a long time.

It did, however, strengthen the thought she had in her mind earlier.

Finally, Zhong Ling suggested that she hadn't had a good talk with Mu Wanqing for a long time, so she planned to stay at Prince Zhennan's Mansion tonight and sleep in Mu Wanqing's room.

Duan Zhengchun naturally wouldn't oppose this, even having the thought of trying to win back Gan Baobao's heart through Zhong Ling.

If Gu Hanyuan knew, he would only say, "You're overthinking it."

However, just as Duan Zhengchun was planning to find an excuse to let Gu Hanyuan return alone, Duan Yu spoke up to keep Gu Hanyuan.

After all, he had been saved by Gu Hanyuan three times and was his brother-in-law, so he wanted to take this opportunity to express his gratitude.

Gu Hanyuan already had the intention to stay, so he naturally agreed following Duan Yu's words.

Looking at Duan Yu, who was smiling and enthusiastically toasting Gu Hanyuan, Duan Zhengchun felt it would be better to just forget about such a foolish son.

The banquet ended.

Duan Zhengchun sneakily changed his room to one closer to Mu Wanqing's, under the pretext of wanting to communicate well with his daughters, saying that if they talked too late, he would sleep in the new room.

He also arranged Gu Hanyuan's room to be almost at the diagonal opposite end of the mansion.

However, he didn't stop to think: with Gu Hanyuan's martial arts, if he really wanted to do something, did such a distance really matter?

Late at night.

Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling finally couldn't stand Duan Zhengchun lingering in the room saying trivial things and drove him out.

Especially since he specifically warned them before leaving, "If someone knocks on the door at night, definitely don't open it," which left them both speechless.

After driving Duan Zhengchun out of the room, Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling both breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing each other's appearance, they looked at each other and laughed simultaneously.

"Sister Mu, it feels like we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Zhong Ling spoke first.

"Yes."

Mu Wanqing also sighed with emotion, remembering that the last time they met, she was still hating Gu Hanyuan because of the "peeping" incident; she didn't expect that now, he was the one she thought about the most.

Actually, not much time had passed, only a few days, but because so many things had happened, it was inevitable to feel like a lifetime had passed.

Clearly, before meeting Gu Hanyuan, Mu Wanqing was still thinking about marrying Duan Yu, who had removed her veil.

However, she was first taken advantage of, and later, she was seen completely.

Then her life story was exposed, and there was no longer any possibility with Duan Yu.

Although she was very sad on the edge of the cliff, she also felt a sense of relief.

After being comforted by Gu Hanyuan, she had confirmed that his shadow was in her heart.

It wasn't because of the ridiculous idea of marrying someone just because they removed her veil, but because he had forcefully broken into her heart.

When she was locked in the secret room with Duan Yu, if she liked Duan Yu, it would have been absolutely impossible to have thoughts of despair.

At that time, Mu Wanqing had made up her mind that if Duan Yanqing and the others really forced her to do something with Duan Yu, she would commit suicide.

Not for anything else, but just because she didn't want Gu Hanyuan to look down on her in the end.

As a result, it was Gu Hanyuan who descended from the sky to save her again.

Even though he shifted the blame to Black Rose at the time, only Mu Wanqing understood how moved she was inside.

Just because of Gu Hanyuan's words, "Good elasticity, keep exercising," she hadn't slacked off in her martial arts training these past few days and had paid more attention to waist exercises.

She even made Duan Zhengchun misunderstand that she was diligent in her martial arts training.

Although she had long known that Gu Hanyuan and Zhong Ling were a couple, she couldn't help but ignore it; but when she really saw the two come to visit, her heart was filled with loss.

She only felt that she was always a step slower than others, always destined for twists and turns, as if teased by the whole world.

Seeing Mu Wanqing lost in memories and looking dejected, Zhong Ling guessed seven or eight parts of it.

While inwardly cursing, "Brother Gu is really a big bad guy," she couldn't help but ask:

"Sister Mu, you like Brother Wutian, right?"

Mu Wanqing didn't know Zhong Ling would suddenly ask such a sharp question, and she was so flustered that she could only blush and retort:

"No way? How could I possibly like that guy?"

Zhong Ling's direct offensive was also learned from Gu Hanyuan.

After hearing Mu Wanqing's words, she rolled her eyes.

"Sister Mu, at least don't have such a red face when saying such things, then it might have a little bit of persuasiveness."

Hearing this, Mu Wanqing subconsciously covered her face with both hands.

Sure enough, it was burning hot.

After a moment of silence, she lowered her eyes.

"Ling'er, am I very shameless? Knowing clearly that you are a couple in love, yet I still fell for him."

"Not at all."

Zhong Ling shook her head.

"Brother Wutian is a bad person, but he's bad in a way that makes people unable to help but watch him, makes people want to peel off his indifferent mask, and makes people curious if he also has his own unique gentleness."

When Zhong Ling said this, her eyes were shining, because this was also a true portrayal of her.

Looking at Zhong Ling's expression and listening to her words, Mu Wanqing felt unparalleled agreement and even more unparalleled envy.

The Zhong Ling of the past was innocent and cute, but in reality, she wasn't very brave. But now she was sunny and open-minded.

Like a forest elf running towards the sun without fear.

Mu Wanqing suddenly felt somewhat inferior, thinking it was natural for Gu Hanyuan to like Zhong Ling.

While she was willful and extreme, only causing trouble for others.

Seeing Mu Wanqing's expression, how could Zhong Ling not know what she was thinking?

"Sister Mu, Brother Wutian has mentioned you to Ling'er."

"He definitely didn't say anything good, right?"

Mu Wanqing's expression was bitter; after all, talking about another woman to his own woman, how could there be anything good?

"When Brother Wutian first met me, he said Sister Mu was 'Mu Qinghua, Wan Xi Qing Yang.' At that time, Ling'er even felt inferior that my appearance couldn't compare to Sister Mu's. Later, he also said that although Sister Mu seems cold, arrogant, and willful, she is actually strong on the outside and soft on the inside, innocent, lively, simple, kind, intelligent, and clever."

Recalling asking Gu Hanyuan in the room a few days ago, Zhong Ling also teased him for his big reaction when mentioning Mu Wanqing.

Although he gave a very pertinent evaluation.

Then Zhong Ling was severely taught a lesson.

Because she remembered the lesson process, Zhong Ling's face was a bit red now.

Hearing Zhong Ling's words, Mu Wanqing was very pleasantly surprised, and it was even a bit unbelievable.

"Wutian really said that? How could I be that good?"

"Hmm, so Ling'er knows Brother Wutian must have thoughts about Sister Mu."

"But why are you telling me this, Ling'er? Aren't you afraid I'll snatch Wutian from you?"

Mu Wanqing was both shy and confused.

"Because Brother Wutian is a bad person, a very bad kind. Ling'er can't stop him, and I can't monopolize him. But I don't want Sister Mu to regret it in the future. It's very hard to gain Brother Wutian's approval, harder than you imagine, Sister Mu. If you can't get his approval, it's better not to like him."