"Ye Qichi." Xiao Jinxing called her name again.
Ye Qichi was truly annoyed.
She walked towards Xiao Jinxing with big steps, full of displeasure.
Xiao Jinxing was lying on the bed at this moment.
Seeming to want to get up.
Ye Qichi looked around.
There were the Imperial Physician, palace maids, and eunuchs beside him.
He was a Prince, after all; couldn’t he order people around?!
"I didn’t want to get up." Xiao Jinxing saw what Ye Qichi was thinking.
He was only trying to move his body to see if Ye Qichi had come over.
As a result, he saw Ye Qichi standing in front of him, fuming with rage.
"So what does His Highness Prince Chen want from this servant?" Ye Qichi asked Xiao Jinxing, containing her frustration, but her grinding teeth were evident in her voice.
"Where have you been just now?" Xiao Jinxing asked.
"What do you want to ask?" Ye Qichi said bluntly.
Xiao Jinxing surely didn’t have the kindness to care about her whereabouts.
And she didn’t want to beat around the bush with him; she needed to finish this conversation and go to sleep.
"About the reward from His Majesty today..." Xiao Jinxing started.
"So do you also need an explanation for why I didn’t reject this reward?!" Ye Qichi was really getting impatient.
She had just explained once to Bai Mowan, and she felt quite exhausted already.
And now she had to explain to Xiao Jinxing as well.
These two really are a match made in heaven—the skill of being annoying is utterly peerless!
Xiao Jinxing’s eyes tightened.
His expression evidently worsened.
"Alright, I’ll say it once more, listen carefully, and don’t ask again!" Ye Qichi took a deep breath, "The reason I did not refuse it is that I know the Emperor’s intention, and I know it cannot be refused. Most importantly, I am very clear that you will not always be Prince Chen, so this reward is only temporary, it won’t last long, and thus there’s no need for me to offend the Emperor now; I also need to save my own life. As for my feelings towards you, let me clarify once again, I have no feelings for you, and I won’t cling to you. The moment the opportunity arises, I will leave immediately and not delay the good things between you and Bai Mowan!"
Xiao Jinxing just watched Ye Qichi, listening to her excited and hurried speech.
"I have also explained these things to Bai Mowan, I don’t know if she will take them to heart, but if she doesn’t, you should persuade her." Ye Qichi added.
She looked at Xiao Jinxing just like that.
Looking at Xiao Jinxing’s pallid face, staring coldly back at him.
For some reason, she felt that Xiao Jinxing seemed to be angry.
So, was her explanation not perfect enough?!
She had made herself very clear; she had no imprudent thoughts about him, wasn’t that what he wanted?!
"Then why, did you save me?!" Xiao Jinxing asked her.
"If I don’t save you, could I spare my life?!" Ye Qichi could not be too explicit.
With so many people around now, if word got out, it would be a grave sin of disrespect.
"So you saved me, only for self-preservation." Xiao Jinxing, of course, knew what Ye Qichi was hinting at.
Then it would truly be Xiao Jinsen’s world.
Once Xiao Jinsen gained power, he would inevitably kill all those around him to prevent future troubles.
"Correct." Ye Qichi answered decisively.
"When you held the Empress hostage, all the words you said to me..."
"They were all lies." Ye Qichi spoke directly, "It was just to deceive the Empress and to buy time. And the reason I did not accept the Empress’s suggestion was that I knew very well that the Empress’s attempt to take power would not succeed. If I had listened to her, I would truly be dead without a whole corpse now!"
"Ye Qichi, do you really have no feelings for me at all?" Xiao Jinxing asked her.
"It’s not that I have no feelings, it’s that I have never had feelings for you." Ye Qichi made things very clear, "To me, you are a collaborator, and of course, I hope for a win-win cooperation. I admit that your betrayal did once disappoint me slightly. But in the end, since I chose to collaborate with you and have already taken my political stance, I can only continue this cooperation. Xiao Jinxing, I really have no excessive expectations or hopes for you. The only thing I want is that when you reign supreme, you keep your promise not to kill me or my family members, that’s all!"
"Ye Qichi, today I truly wished to have a sincere talk with you, not to hear these angry words," Xiao Jinxing said with a somber face.
"Which part of what I said was said out of anger?!" At this moment, Ye Qichi really felt infuriated, "How can you believe that I have no intentions towards you, that I simply don’t like you!"
"If you didn’t like me, you also wouldn’t risk your life to save me repeatedly!"
"I’ve already said I did it to save myself, to keep myself alive!" Ye Qichi was really about to explode.
How narcissistic can a person be!
He must think he’s so charming that every woman would fall for him.
"We will talk again when you’ve calmed down," Xiao Jinxing didn’t want to continue the conversation.
Ye Qichi was just speaking insincerely.
Ye Qichi was just venting her emotions.
Ye Qichi, seeing Xiao Jinxing’s behavior, was truly at a loss for words.
Others dig out their hearts to show how much they love someone.
She now wanted to dig out her own heart to tell Xiao Jinxing how much she didn’t love him!
She took a deep breath.
And then said word by word, "Xiao Jinxing, I have someone I like!"