Han Zhan burst in and grabbed Chu Qianli by the shoulders.
"Didn't you already receive the letter of annulment? Why would you submit your portrait to participate in the selection?"
"Chu Qianli, what are you thinking? Why can't I ever see through you, never see through you?"
Chu Qianli was almost stunned. What did her participation in the selection have to do with him?
"If I'm not mistaken, Chu Huaiyu also went to participate in the selection. Why aren't you going to question her, but instead, you've come to find me?"
Was this man crazy?
Or had he drunk too much and forgotten where he was or what he was doing?
"Han Zhan, look clearly, I am Chu Qianli, not Chu Huaiyu!"
Han Zhan stared intently at her face.
He saw it very clearly, it was this damned crazy girl!
"What exactly do you want?"
She herself had proposed not wanting Feng Yexuan. Now, why was she begging him to choose her?
He thought that once the annulment letter was issued, she and Feng Yexuan would truly have nothing to do with each other!
"The royal family gave you the annulment letter. If you now go to participate in the selection, how could the royal family possibly allow it? You'll only be humiliated if you go. Don't you know that!"
He shook her shoulders forcefully.
"Why do you have to make yourself so humble? Why must you torment yourself like this?"
He didn't understand, he truly didn't!
If she went, she would be looked down upon by everyone in the royal family, and mocked by everyone in the world!
He didn't want to see her crying alone in a corner!
Why did she have to be like this? Was she still unable to let go of Prince Xuan?
Chu Qianli was a little stunned.
She had thought this fellow had come to cause trouble for her, but now it sounded like he was… sad for her?
Chu Qianli shook her head, suspecting her brain had gone bad.
Han Zhan being sad for her? What a joke!
She didn't want to dwell on this question.
Pushing him away, she said displeasedly, "What I do is none of your business, Han Zhan…"
"It is my business!"
Han Zhan lunged forward again, but this time, Chu Qianli dodged.
"Madman, you don't need to manage my affairs. Can you stop going crazy? Go find Chu Huaiyu if you want to go crazy!"
"Do you really… have no one but him?"
At first, Chu Qianli didn't quite understand who "him" was, but soon, she understood.
"That's right, Prince Xuan is peerless. Ask any girl in the entire imperial city how many want to marry him?"
Chu Qianli might have understood a little. This man, she didn't know when it started, but it seemed he had developed some feelings for her.
But he had always liked Chu Huaiyu, and yet he could have feelings for her at the same time. He was quite the scumbag.
"Han Zhan, I have no feelings for you at all. Don't come here to seek a sense of existence. I like Prince Xuan. If you're in a bad mood, go back and find Chu Huaiyu."
She pushed him, and finally, before he could react, she pushed him out the door.
With a bang, the door was shut mercilessly in Han Zhan's face.
Han Zhan looked at the closed door for a long time, unable to calm his emotions.
She said she liked Feng Yexuan, she said she had no feelings for him.
She didn't like him, she liked Prince Xuan.
But she used to like him, liked him very much.
When did she stop liking him…
A gust of evening wind blew, and the coolness slightly sobered his drunken state.
Looking at the closed door in front of him again, Han Zhan was stunned, not knowing why he had come here?
Not only had he come, but he had even wanted to say some things to Chu Qianli that he absolutely shouldn't have said?
No, she wanted to participate in the selection, what did that have to do with him?
After learning about this, why had he been so depressed, and even drunk so much wine?
What was wrong with him?
What did it have to do with him that Chu Qianli wanted to marry Prince Xuan?
Han Zhan felt he must be sick, must be crazy.
Perhaps he had drunk too much and was not in his right mind.
As for why his heart ached continuously, he didn't understand either.
But he absolutely refused to admit that his heart ached because he knew Chu Qianli was going to participate in the selection for the Crown Princess.
Definitely not!
He wanted to say something else to her, but this woman had already locked the door tightly and even bolted it from the inside.
Han Zhan felt lost and walked out of the Li Courtyard step by step.
The wind blew again and again, and the throbbing pain in his heart still lingered.
Unknowingly, he returned to his own courtyard.
Unknowingly, he picked up the wine bottle he had thrown aside earlier and continued drinking.
The night was long.
At some point, a slender figure appeared in his vision.
Han Zhan shook his head and frowned.
Looking again, it was still that figure.
Impossible, how could she possibly come to find him at this time?
Didn't she always hate him?
The girl walked slowly towards him and reached out to feel his forehead.
Han Zhan knew he should push her away, but the moment he touched her cool little hand, he suddenly couldn't bear to push her away.
Instead, he grabbed her hand.
She didn't refuse!
She didn't get angry and scold him, nor did she pull her hand back. In fact, she even smiled gently at him!
She smiled at him!
Han Zhan's mood was like a roller coaster, suddenly pushed to the bottom by her, and then, pushed to the clouds by her again!
"Why… must you treat me like this?"
Why was she so hot and cold? What did she want to do?
His heart wasn't good, he almost couldn't bear it!
Han Zhan was groggy and didn't expect to hear her say softly, "Han Zhan, do you want me?"
He trembled all over.
He suddenly looked up at her.
She was still smiling at him, smiling so gently, smiling so sweetly.
She even actively held his hand back.
Her voice was like a seductive power, pulling his heart into the abyss step by step.
"Do you want me? Han Zhan, do you want me?"
With a clatter, the wine bottle in Han Zhan's hand fell to the ground.
He looked at her, his heart full of unease, "Don't… play with me anymore, you don't… like me at all…"
It was she who said it, she liked Prince Xuan, she had no feelings for him at all.
Han Zhan was truly in pain.
He didn't know when he had started to like this bad woman!
Perhaps it was when they went to Phoenix Mountain together and he saw her resourceful, wise, and calm side.
Perhaps it was when he discovered she was being framed, yet she could still be as cold and proud as frost.
Perhaps…
He didn't know, he only knew that a girl he used to dislike so much had recently, inexplicably, taken up residence in his heart.
If he hadn't been drinking, he would never have admitted it.
But he just, just wanted her, very, very much!
"Han Zhan, you really don't want me?" Her voice, as if carrying magic, echoed in his ears again.
Han Zhan's eyes slowly became dark and hazy.
Suddenly, he stood up, picked her up abruptly, turned, and walked towards his sleeping quarters.