Chen Xinyi peered up timidly at Feng Tianlan and asked tentatively, “Really?”
Feng Tianlan acknowledged her with a brief sound. Mobai had long forgotten who she was, much less cared about what she did. And more likely, he would not watch her attentively at all times.
Chen Xinyi sobbed with joy as she said, “Thank you, Master Shen. You are so kind to me.”
Sure enough, as long as she opened her mouth, Master Shen would help her.
Feng Tianlan briefly pressed her lips together. She did not care about Chen Xinyi. She turned around and was about to go about her business, but Chen Xinyi tugged at the corner of her clothes. She looked back, frowning, and asked, “Miss Chen, is anything else the matter?”
“Does Master Shen know about the Demon King taking the Princess Consort shopping?” Chen Xinyi asked.
Feng Tianlan nodded and replied, “I’m aware.” She knew because Mobai had taken her shopping.
Chen Xinyi widened her reddened eyes and looked straight at the elegant young man in front of her. She asked, “Aren’t you upset?”
“Why should I be upset?” Mobai had personally taken her shopping and announced to everyone that she was his Princess Consort, which left no room for doubt.
Chen Xinyi swallowed hard. She paused for a bit before saying, “You and the Demon King are close, and yet he turned around and went to the Princess Consort. Are you willing to be the shameful one, always hidden in the shadows?”
“Uh…” Feng Tianlan stared blankly.
Chen Xinyi spoke again, saying angrily, “The Demon King already has his Princess Consort and has doted on her so much. But what about you? What does he take you for? How can he be so greedy?”
She had heard that Xi Yuan Nation was open-minded in its ways. The rich people of high society would marry wives and have children while keeping handsome male companions. Men and women were afforded equal opportunities.
She always thought these people were far removed from her, but she had not thought that her own beloved was one of them. It made her angry and distressed.
She wanted to treat her beloved well, and yet she trampled upon him in such a way.
Feng Tianlan saw that she got the wrong idea and hurriedly said, “You think too much. Things are not how you think they are.”
Chen Xinyi had separated Feng Tianlan and Master Shen, but now she needed to do things while disguised as a man. She did not want to reveal her identity, so she could not tell Xinyi.
“Is Master Shen going to deceive himself?” Chen Xinyi reached out to take Feng Tianlan’s hand but was kept away. She said, “The Demon King has his Princess Consort. Can’t you leave him?”
“Miss Chen, I told you early on that I do not like you. Even if the Demon King didn’t exist, I still would not like you. I saved you the last time for Shi Moning’s sake. Later, I struck Chen Xinlu because I absolutely found her objectionable. I do not like you one bit. You’d better give up the idea. A woman must love herself. Not to mention, you are the eldest Miss of an Aristocratic family. All the more reason for you to give it up,” Feng Tianlan said.
Having finished indifferently, Feng Tianlan then pulled back the corner of her clothes, and then, with a flash of her figure, she quickly moved a few meters away.
“Master Shen.”
With a tall and strong body built like a mountain, Da Da stopped Chen Xinyi and said, “Miss Chen, please leave and do not disturb Big Brother Lan anymore. He said he does not like you, and he meant it. So, do not pester. If you really want to devote your life to someone, I also saved you that time. Why don’t you promise yourself to me? I’d be happy to.”
Chen Xinyi looked up at Da Da, tall as a mountain with rippling muscles and full of strength. She looked like a dwarf standing in front of him. And his face, which was doubled the size of hers, was suntanned and plain. When he smiled, a row of big white teeth was revealed. Whatever way she looked at him, he just appeared foolish.
“I like Master Shen and not you,” Chen Xinyi snorted. Reluctant to part, she glanced at the vanishing back of the person she loved as he went upstairs. She hung her head desolately and then turned around to leave.