Chapter 81: Chapter 79: Nangong Mo Owes Me Money!
If it were before, even after drinking an entire pot of Peach Blossom Brew, Yun Ran wouldn’t get drunk.
But now, she had only drunk three cups, and her mind was already starting to blur. Her originally fair complexion now seemed stained with rouge, alluring like a peach blossom in early bloom.
She waved cheerfully at Shen Weixi, "I’m not going, I’m not going! Nangong Mo still owes me a lot of Silver! I must ask for it back from him!"
Shen Weixi looked at her helplessly and sighed, "Yan, Yue’er is drunk. Since she insists on not leaving for now, let’s send her back to Prince Qin Mansion first and then wait and see what happens."
Previously, they had been arguing over this topic about ’elopement’ for a long time, yet no matter what Shen Weixi and Yan Zichu said, Yun Ran was adamant about staying at Prince Qin Mansion.
This made Shen Weixi suspect that Yun Ran had been thoroughly heartbroken by Shen Mubai, making her disillusioned, self-destructive, and reckless.
But Yun Ran denied this assertion and firmly stated that she had nothing to do with Shen Mubai anymore and certainly wouldn’t be sad over him.
But in Shen Weixi and Yan Zichu’s view:
Lin Wanyue liked Shen Mubai for a full ten years, from childhood sweethearts, innocent and naïve, to youthful ignorance and newfound feelings, and later to a longing that she would marry none but him.
Shen Mubai occupied virtually all of Lin Wanyue’s life. To her, first love was him, deep-rooted love was still him.
How could someone who featured so prominently in one’s life be so easily forgotten?
Moreover, with Lin Wanyue’s nature, once she falls in love with someone, it’s for life, with gentleness and lasting affection.
Shen Weixi naturally didn’t believe her words.
Thinking she was acting on impulse!
Deliberately staying at Prince Qin Mansion, marrying Nangong Mo, perhaps to make Shen Mubai feel guilty, as if he owed her, stubbornly wanting a place in his heart, even if it’s not love.
Shen Weixi felt extremely pained, thinking Yun Ran was just a foolish girl!
Bitterly persuading her, how could she wager her life’s happiness to win a jerk’s guilt and remembrance? It’s too unworthy!
Yun Ran sighed silently in her heart, expressing helplessness.
In this emotional entanglement, she was just an outsider!
As a spectator, her mind was crystal clear.
A person who doesn’t like you, who can easily discard you, not to mention feeling guilty if you live poorly, wouldn’t even bat an eye if you died before them.
So how could she possibly trample her life for a man who doesn’t like her?
But she also knew that no matter what she said, Shen Weixi wouldn’t listen, just because she was Lin Wanyue.
Yun Ran simply stopped explaining, since no matter how much she explained, it would still be seen as ’forced concealment’, but whatever they said, all she would reply with was: Except for Prince Qin Mansion, I won’t go anywhere.
Shen Weixi had no choice with her either, so agreed to let her return temporarily, and then reconsider from there.
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The sky was as dark as ink, the moon bright in the ninth heaven, a few cold stars scattered in the sky, with the night wind blowing, spreading a cool, eerie chill.
Shen Weixi carried Yun Ran onto the carriage, Yan Zichu personally driving outside.
The carriage passed through the bustling streets, heading towards Prince Qin Mansion.
Nangong Mo emerged from the shadows, his figure like a straight bamboo, standing amidst the boundless night.
The wind lifted his black robe, wanton, wild. As if a deity born of the dark night, exuding an aura that transcends the nine heavens.
Feng Xuan stood behind him, watching the carriage gradually get farther away and fade into the night, softly calling, "Master?"
Nangong Mo pursed his lips without speaking, standing silent for a moment, raised his hand to brush his sleeve, and in the next instant, his figure vanished into thin air.
Feng Xuan was startled, quickly using Qinggong to chase after him.
Master, please slow down! Your Qinggong skills can’t be followed by ordinary people!
Even if you want to reach home before the princess, there’s no need to be so fast!