Chapter 153: Sent Flying With a Palm

"What?"

"This Prince asks you, have you taken leave of your senses? Otherwise why would you spout such nonsense before This Prince? Have you and This Prince ever had any dealings? Before, This Prince, out of regard for the fact that Lord Su once saved This Prince's life, exercised much patience toward your words, but that is not a basis for you to speak recklessly before This Prince. This Prince has no relationship with you whatsoever. If you say any more of this baseless talk, do not blame This Prince for being discourteous."

Hearing this, Su Yujing's expression turned extremely ugly. She never imagined that Mo Junyan would speak to her with such severity.

The last time she saw him, he had said exactly the same thing to her. She had only assumed that Mo Junyan was somewhat vexed to see her marrying into the Crown Prince's Residence. She never expected that even now, after she had said she did not want to marry the Crown Prince, Mo Junyan would still say the same thing.

Could it be that he wanted her to coax him again?

But... how should she coax him?

At this thought, a flush of pink flashed across her face. She took a few steps forward, and the fragrance of rouge on her body drifted into Mo Junyan's nose. He furrowed his brow, and just then, a pale, slender hand reached toward his shoulder.

A trace of cold severity flashed through Mo Junyan's eyes. With a sweep of his arm, inner power surged from his palm.

"Bang!"

Su Yujing's body flew straight backward like a pearl snapped off its string. By the time Chi Nan Yi heard the sound downstairs, Su Yujing had already flown out of the room, and the private room's grand door had a hole smashed through it.

Chi Nan Yi: "..."

Brutal. Too brutal!

She was a young lady, after all!

No matter what, you shouldn't blast someone flying out of a room!

And in her own shop!

Yun Shan and Yun Shui's hearts sank.

It was over. Their master was truly furious.

What on earth did Miss Su do to the Prince!

Su Yujing's maid shrieked in terror and could not help crying out, "Miss! Miss! Are you all right, Miss?"

She shook Su Yujing, but no matter how she called out, Su Yujing showed no response at all, having clearly fainted dead away.

Chi Nan Yi placed her fingers on Su Yujing's wrist. Seeing this, the maid hurriedly asked, "You... who are you? Are you a physician?"

Chi Nan Yi nodded. Feeling the somewhat weak pulse beneath her fingertips, she unhurriedly took out a pill from her robes.

"What kind of pill is this? Our miss is precious and noble—not just any medicine can be taken. If you give our miss the wrong medicine and make her ill, you..."

"Noisy. If others can eat it, can your miss not? If she won't eat it, forget it. If she wants to die, go die outside. Don't bring bad luck to this young master's shop."

Hearing her say this, the maid hesitantly took the pill from her hand and placed it in Su Yujing's mouth.

Chi Nan Yi rolled her eyes. It was not that she wanted to meddle. Back when she was still the Meng Family's legitimate daughter, this Su Yujing had been at odds with her—or rather, jealous of her looks and talent. Whenever the two met, Su Yujing would always throw obstacles in her path, big and small. The original owner of this body had a good temper, or rather, was a pushover—she dodged when she could and was unwilling to clash with her, but in her heart she extremely disliked Su Yujing.

Today, if this were anywhere else, let alone merely fainting—even if Su Yujing were dead, she would not spare her a second glance. But this was her shop. The clientele built up during the earlier snow disaster could not be ruined by this fool. If she wanted to die, she could go die somewhere else.

Before long, the unconscious Su Yujing slowly opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was half a mask, and beneath the mask, a pair of eyes faintly revealing concern.

With just one glance, Su Yujing was captivated by those eyes, bright as stars.

"I..."

"Don't speak yet. Your body has not recovered."

This person was concerned about her.

Su Yujing's heart leaped with joy. Could he be bewitched by her beauty?

She did not know that the reason Chi Nan Yi said this was simply because she did not want to speak with her.

If Chi Nan Yi knew that a simple sentence of hers would be so misinterpreted by Su Yujing, she would likely want to swallow those words right back however they had come out.

Beauty?

She herself probably had no idea how wretched she looked just now when Mo Junyan blasted her out of the private room. Even now, she still had several wood splinters stuck in her hair.

Su Yujing raised a hand and tucked her loose strands behind her ear. "Many thanks, young master."

Watching her affected mannerisms, Chi Nan Yi vaguely sensed something was not quite right, but she did not dwell on it. She simply took two steps back, putting distance between them.

Could she have had her brains knocked loose by Mo Junyan?

While taking her pulse, Chi Nan Yi discovered that although Su Yujing had been blasted out of the room by Mo Junyan and had some internal injuries to varying degrees, they were not serious. It seemed Mo Junyan had held back when he struck. Otherwise, given his inner power, a single palm strike would have been enough to shatter Su Yujing's internal organs. She had merely lost consciousness momentarily.

"Miss Su." Mo Junyan was pushed out by Yun Shui, his gaze cold and hard as he looked at Su Yujing. "This Prince's patience is limited. You pester This Prince time and again. This Prince, out of regard for Lord Su, does not hold it against you, but if there is a next time, let Lord Su come collect your corpse!"

Only now did Su Yujing fully believe that Mo Junyan had no affection for her whatsoever.

But if he had no feelings for her whatsoever, why had he come to her aid all those years ago when she was being harassed?

When she called him A'yan, he had clearly answered to it.

She had never seen any other woman who could call him that name.

But he had answered her—did that not mean she was unique in his heart?

Could it really be, just as he had said just now, because of the Su Family's life-saving grace toward him?

Su Yujing wanted to press further, but she did not dare. She feared Mo Junyan would truly kill her.

"This humble girl Su Yujing thanks the young master for saving her." Su Yujing turned her gaze toward Chi Nan Yi and said softly, "I have yet to ask the young master's name. I shall certainly call upon you another day to express my thanks."

"Miss Su, no need for courtesy. If you wish to thank me, once the shop opens, please do me the honor of coming here for a meal."

So he was just a merchant.

Su Yujing's expression stalled slightly. She leaned on her maid's hand and took two steps back. "Very well. I certainly shall." She glanced at Mo Junyan, and seeing that he was not looking at her, she hastily turned and left.

Her footsteps were so fast, as if starving wolves were chasing at her heels, and she paid no mind to the pain radiating throughout her body.

Chi Nan Yi walked to the private room's doorway. The battered door, unable to bear the strain, crashed straight down from its frame.

Chi Nan Yi curled her lips and said to Mo Junyan, "When the Son of Heaven breaks the law, he is punished the same as the common folk. If the Prince smashes my shop, he must pay compensation too, right?"

Mo Junyan nodded. "This Prince will have someone renovate this shop of yours. How about that?"

"Then many thanks to the Prince."

Chi Nan Yi had never been one to refuse such a good thing delivered to her door.

After Mo Junyan left, Chi Nan Yi returned to the room and immediately flashed into the space.

The man she had previously knocked out was lying on the grass.

Stepping forward, Chi Nan Yi lifted the man's face covering, revealing a handsome face.

Chi Nan Yi could confirm that she had never seen this person before.

After thinking, she took the man out of the space, reached out and removed the several Silver Needles from his acupoints; shortly afterward, the man slowly woke up.

Upon seeing Chi Nan Yi, his eyes suddenly widened and he instinctively touched something at his side.