"You saw it too?" Feng Jinrui was startled.
"He really is a scumbag," Xiao Yao muttered.
After all, they had only been apart for a while, and he no longer liked her. What else could he be but a scumbag?
"Xiao Yao, my fourth brother is absolutely serious and sincere when it comes to his feelings." Feng Jinrui felt he had to defend this.
"Then tell me, why didn't your fourth brother do anything about Chu Qianli just now?"
"This..."
How could Feng Jinrui answer her? He didn't even understand matters of the heart himself.
"See? You can't even explain it. It just goes to show that your fourth brother truly doesn't like Chu Qianli anymore."
A scumbag is a scumbag; there's no way to whitewash him.
He was fickle and prone to change. Who knew which girl he had taken a liking to during his separation from Chu Qianli?
"Look, he knew that Fu Ning was going to assassinate Chu Qianli, and he knew Fu Ning was here, yet he let it happen."
Therefore, Xiao Yao immediately concluded, "He just doesn't like Chu Qianli anymore."
He didn't like her, yet he was going to marry her, and the wedding was imminent.
Was it all for the power that Chu Qianli represented?
After all, Chu Qianli was the Empress of the Longteng Kingdom!
If that were the case, he would truly be a top-tier scumbag!
Feng Jinrui looked at her and shook his head. "I don't know. Perhaps my fourth brother also has some feelings for Fu Ning. After all, they were comrades who had faced life and death together."
Xiao Yao pouted, her expression disdainful. "If you say so, then Chu Qianli's feelings for Fu Ning should be even deeper. Why does she insist on killing Fu Ning?"
"I don't know why either."
Feng Jinrui sighed softly, a hint of helplessness in his voice. "I always feel that the current Chu Qianli is no longer the same demoness she once was."
"Are you suggesting that she was replaced and isn't Chu Qianli at all?"
Xiao Yao chuckled. She said this as a joke.
However, Feng Jinrui's expression turned solemn. He actually began to ponder.
Why did the demoness seem so different after her return?
Instead...
He looked at Xiao Yao before him.
Xiao Yao had already turned around and was focused on applying acupuncture to Fu Ning.
Judging by her back alone, Xiao Yao seemed more like the demoness, a demoness who had been abused and starved thin.
The demoness was already thin, and Xiao Yao now looked somewhat malnourished.
But despite being thinner, she truly possessed the aura of the demoness.
Especially her eyes...
Feng Jinrui suddenly stood up and walked to Xiao Yao's side. He even reached out and gently rubbed her face.
"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao was startled, almost misplacing the needle she was about to insert into Fu Ning!
"Are you crazy? That hurts!"
"Your face..." Feng Jinrui was astonished. "How did it get so swollen?"
He hadn't noticed it before!
However, even though it was swollen, her face had been real all along.
It was a genuine human face, with no tricks or alterations!
It was impossible for her to be wearing a human skin mask.
Feng Jinrui felt a pang of disappointment.
If her face was real, it meant she had absolutely no connection to the demoness.
But at the same time, he felt a flicker of happiness.
If she wasn't the demoness, did that mean there was a slight possibility for him and Xiao Yao...?
He didn't quite understand romantic love, but he truly enjoyed the feeling of being with Xiao Yao.
"The Empress pinched it, just like you did, but more roughly."
Xiao Yao shot him a glare. "Why are you all pinching my face? Is it fun?"
But she wasn't foolish. This was definitely not just for fun!
Feng Jinrui was not accustomed to lying, so he could only tell the truth. "I just wanted to see... if your face was real, because you really look too much like... her."
Xiao Yao frowned. "Like who?"