Chapter 101 The Prince is So Easily Pleased

The sudden sound in the night startled Xiao Fengyun and stunned Yu Qingwu.

She froze in place, not yet recovered, when she saw Xie Jin Yan walk over in the dim light. His slender hand pushed Xiao Fengyun, who was blocking her, aside not too hard, and then drew her into his arms.

Before Xiao Fengyun could react, he chuckled, a hint of mockery on his handsome face as he lazily surveyed Xiao Fengyun. He sneered, "Xiao Fengyun, you were the one who was weak and incompetent first, and you were the one who didn't cherish yourself later, so don't stand here blaming everyone else."

"Don't say I forced A-Wu that day. Even if I hadn't forced her, you wouldn't have had the guts to marry her, would you?"

"If I remember correctly, your Shifu (master) should have already arranged a marriage for you with a well-connected Jianghu (martial world) woman, right? Instead of harassing other people's wives, you should think about how to deal with your fiancée."

"Or, if you don't like her, find a way to break off the engagement. Don't indulge in self-pity when the time comes, neglecting her and then blaming it on my wife."

"Alright, it's getting late. We two lovebirds won't keep you company."

Xie Jin Yan didn't give Xiao Fengyun a chance to interrupt. After speaking, he casually picked up the half-bucket of water next to him, signaled Yu Qingwu to pick up the kettle, and left, passing Xiao Fengyun.

This time, Xiao Fengyun did not stop him.

Yes, just as Yu Qingwu had said, he was a coward. He was afraid of his Shifu and Xie Jin Yan's imperial power.

But why?

Wasn't it just that Xie Jin Yan had been born into a good family?

If Xie Jin Yan wasn't the Crown Prince, with his dissolute and absurd ways, what achievements could he have made?

Why did he have to be so high and mighty, why did he have to talk to him like that?

Xiao Fengyun stood there, his fingers gradually tightening, his eyes also gloomy…

One day, he would trample that dissolute Crown Prince under his feet. One day, he would take back A-Wu.

"Do you believe it? Xiao Fengyun probably still thinks you like me because of my Crown Prince status." Inside the guest room, the two of them, who were already boiling water for a foot bath, sat facing each other. Xie Jin Yan played with the finger ring in his hand and suddenly smiled at Yu Qingwu.

Yu Qingwu was still in a daze from the complete collapse of Xiao Fengyun's image and Xie Jin Yan's earlier anger. Hearing Xie Jin Yan suddenly speak, and so cheerfully, she was a little stunned.

He... was he not angry anymore?

Just now, he was so angry that he didn't want to say half a word to her.

Yu Qingwu raised her head, met the man's lazy and wicked face, paused for a long while, did not answer his question, but stammered and asked him, "Your Highness, are you… not angry with me anymore?"

Angry?

Who said he wasn't angry?

But even if he was angry, he couldn't just watch her be bullied by Xiao Fengyun, right?

Xie Jin Yan smiled, gave her a wink, and hummed, "Who said I wasn't angry? Of course, I'm angry."

"Seeing that you were gone for so long and hadn't come back, I didn't even feel like being angry. I was just worried that something had happened to you outside, so I went out to find you."

"But it turned out for the best. I saw that hypocritical Xiao Fengyun crying and wailing there. He was clearly a cowardly and hypocritical scoundrel, yet he was so moved by himself. I just wanted to beat him up."

"I was so focused on beating him up that I didn't even have time to be angry with you."

"Besides, seeing how much you look down on him, the fire in my heart disappeared by half. Now that I'm back, I'm not angry at all."

Xie Jin Yan said, leaning back in his chair.

His expression was lazy, his tone relaxed, and he really didn't have any of the anger and gloominess he had just had.

Yu Qingwu suspected that he was faking it. She stared at him carefully for a long while and realized that he was indeed smiling with his eyes, a genuine, gleeful smile. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, her guilt towards Xie Jin Yan deepened.

Thinking about it, if he had asked her to sell her body, she would definitely be angry for a long time, perhaps not saying a word to him for ten days or half a month. But Xie Jin Yan wasn't angry after such a short time.

And it was because he was worried about her and went to find her that he didn't have time to be angry.

He... was too easy to please.

Thinking of this, Qingwu's eyes couldn't help but turn red. She looked at the man with a face full of shame and softly called out to him, "Jin Yan, I'm sorry. I… shouldn't have asked you to sell your body, and I shouldn't have really thought of you as such a person who doesn't… cherish your self-respect because of those rumors from the past."

???

Why was this woman suddenly crying again?

He had been so angry just now, but she hadn't shed a tear. Why was she now…

Meeting Yu Qingwu's moving, watery eyes, Xie Jin Yan's heart trembled. His heart, which had already softened a little, immediately softened even more. He sighed and coaxed her, "Yu Qingwu, I'm telling you, why are you crying for no reason? This… I'm not even angry anymore, so what are you doing?"

To be honest, a moment ago, Xie Jin Yan was still thinking about whether to throw another tantrum, but at this moment, seeing Yu Qingwu's teary-eyed appearance, he became even more at a loss.

It was as if he had done something wrong. He took a deep look at her and added, "A-Wu, I really shouldn't have lost my temper with you like that today. Did I scare you?"

Xie Jin Yan's words were not entirely to coax her but were a genuine question.

After all, he knew his own temper. Even his fearless sister, Xie Ruizhi, was afraid when she saw his gloomy appearance, let alone Yu Qingwu.

She was a little afraid of him.

Afraid of his gloominess, afraid of his identity, his decisiveness in killing.

Even though she had personally killed some bandits, he knew very well that his Qingwu, his Shijie (senior martial sister), was still a little girl at heart.

Everyone else thought that she played with insects, threw poisonous snakes, and was ruthless in her actions, so her gentleness was mostly pretense.

But Xie Jin Yan knew that she was inherently gentle, but her experiences in her youth had forced her to become ruthless.

Such Yu Qingwu seemed very disjointed, but Xie Jin Yan knew that the reason she could be gentle in front of him was precisely because she trusted him and believed that he was worth relying on.

Therefore, she often cried in front of him.

Thinking in his heart, Xie Jin Yan's phoenix eyes were still fixed on the woman opposite him.

Sure enough, she was crying again, but she was trying her best to hold back.

After a long while, she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, with a bit of shyness, and replied in a low voice, "I was a little scared. Just now, I was thinking in my heart, 'Could it be that you want my life?'"

As Yu Qingwu spoke, she had already dried her feet and got up, walked behind Xie Jin Yan, put her arms around his neck, rested her head lightly on his shoulder, and repeated softly in his ear, extremely sincerely and earnestly, "Jin Yan, I'm sorry."

The warm fragrance emanated from her body. Xie Jin Yan grasped her pair of snowy-white, soft hands, stroking them intentionally or unintentionally, glanced at her sideways, and said meaningfully, "If you really feel sorry for Gu (this humble one), then help Gu release some fire."