"Yu Wenrui, I like you," she said.
Yu Wenrui couldn’t help it and embraced her tightly in his arms.
The two of them, under the backdrop of the blooming fireworks, held each other in an embrace, which was the most romantic thing.
However, the words that Yu Wenrui uttered were not romantic at all.
"Do not like me, You Lan," he said after a long while.
Gu Shengyin had played all day and was somewhat tired; now she was almost asleep, and when she heard him speak, she only responded in a dazed mumble.
Seeing her , any bit of sorrow that had just risen in Yu Wenrui’s heart disappeared at once.
He couldn’t help but smile, picked her up around the waist, and returned to the Prince’s Mansion.
From that night on, something seemed to change.
Yu Wenrui started spending more and more time in Gu Shengyin’s courtyard, and Gu Shengyin was no longer as self-entertaining as before; she would anticipate Yu Wenrui’s arrival when alone, be overjoyed upon seeing him, play tunes he liked for him, and hope that he would stay the whole day to accompany her.
Yu Wenrui thought he had gone mad.
He shouldn’t be ; he knew best why he had brought this woman to the Prince’s Mansion.
But, he had developed feelings.
"Prince, let us not forget our goal," his confidant advised him .
These few people knew of Gu Shengyin’s existence, yet they had never seen her.
Because of her particular ability, Yu Wenrui dared not let them meet her.
Yes, he had more important matters at hand.
Yu Wenrui remembered her blooming smile and shut his eyes tightly.
Gu Shengyin hadn’t seen Yu Wenrui for three days.
When one day, a maid from the Prince’s Mansion was preparing her meal, she asked, "Why hasn’t Yu Wenrui come?"
In the entire Prince’s Mansion, only she dared to call him that.
The maid had become familiar with her over these days and was very fond of the Prince’s junior sister, saying with a smile, "Miss, our Prince is about to take a side consort; he’s a bit too busy now."
"Take a side consort?" Gu Shengyin was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what the words meant.
After setting her meal, the maid left; the Prince had said that Miss You Lan disliked crowds, and they should not disturb her without reason.
After the maid left, Gu Shengyin reverted to her lazy demeanor, "System, check it for me."
After all, she had accompanied Yu Wenrui in their deaf and mute pretense for so long; it was time to read the script.
The system told her everything.
Even though Gu Shengyin had surmised some guesses from Yu Wenrui’s words and deeds in the past few days, when she truly learned the truth, she couldn’t help but sigh: lovers in this world... are really trashy.
If she were truly You Lan, encountering such a person, she’d probably have to enter the Monster Path all over again.
Accustomed as she was to lovers who were utterly devoted and remorseless in every world, suddenly encountering one left Gu Shengyin feeling... quite peculiar.
However, peculiar as it may be, Gu Shengyin felt angry.
And since she was angry, if she didn’t thoroughly torment a certain someone, it really wouldn’t make her happy.
While conversing with his confidant, Yu Wenrui suddenly felt a chill all over and an ominous sensation began to spread through his heart.
He was puzzled for a moment but paid it no mind.