Yue Bei Yang's expression shifted, and with a wave of his right hand backward, Wu Han retreated.
Someone was at the door!
The door was quickly opened. Yue Bei Yang was facing the entrance when he saw Xing Ru walk in.
Her expression was unreadable; she hadn't overheard their conversation.
"May I ask what the Princess and the General were discussing?"
Yue Bei Yang's indifferent voice reached her ears. As Qin Jiu Jiu stepped into the room, it was quite close. She hadn't noticed Yue Bei Yang's presence at first, but as soon as his voice was heard, she looked towards him.
She saw him standing by the window, holding a sachet. It was a dark-colored sachet.
The moment she saw the sachet, she didn't feel anything unusual. But soon, her heart began to react intensely, a stinging pain even assaulting her.
Qin Jiu Jiu frowned and looked carefully at the sachet.
Seeing her silence, Yue Bei Yang seemed to sense her gaze fixed on the sachet in his hand. A slight smile curled his lips, clearly amused.
Qin Jiu Jiu suddenly remembered this sachet – it was what Xing Ru had managed to snatch from her rescuer during her struggle when she fell into the water years ago!
Therefore, perhaps it belonged to Yue Bei Yang!
She cautiously observed his expression, hoping to glean an answer from his face.
"Why doesn't the Princess answer my question?"
Qin Jiu Jiu finally came to her senses. He had asked her a question just now.
So she quickly replied, "Naturally, it was to remind me to take good care of the Second Prince..."
Yue Bei Yang seemed to hear a great joke and suddenly let out a laugh. Qin Jiu Jiu looked at him, feeling he might be slightly deranged!
"Oh? Then I must thank the General and the Princess for their concern..." His tone was sarcastic. Qin Jiu Jiu had no intention of engaging, and he didn't press further, changing the subject abruptly.
"Then, does the Princess know this is a sachet for men?"
Was he probing?
In Xing Ru's memory, Yue Bei Yang had saved her when she fell into the water. This sachet must have come from him. Yet, he was asking her this now.
Either he suspected her identity and was deliberately asking, or he genuinely didn't remember.
Qin Jiu Jiu didn't answer immediately. Yue Bei Yang's gaze fell upon her, scrutinizing her inch by inch with a probing intensity.
Suddenly, Qin Jiu Jiu looked up at him, staring directly into his eyes. Her gaze was filled with an overflowing affection!
Since she didn't know how to break the illusion, she might as well go with the flow!
Xing Ru had always hidden this affection from Yue Bei Yang. Then she would let Yue Bei Yang know!
"Your Highness, please forgive me! I didn't intend to keep Your Highness's sachet hidden..."
Faced with Qin Jiu Jiu's current gaze, even Yue Bei Yang, a man of such cold demeanor, showed surprise.
This sachet was his?
But he never had the habit of wearing sachets.
"This sachet is mine? Then I wish to know, when and how did you obtain it?"
Their gazes met. Qin Jiu Jiu felt a thrill, unsure if it was Xing Ru's emotions acting up or her own nervousness facing Yue Bei Yang. Her heart was pounding fiercely.
Yue Bei Yang's intention was that he didn't remember?
"I was fortunate enough to be saved by Your Highness in my childhood. While struggling in the water, I accidentally took this sachet..." Qin Jiu Jiu recounted everything she had seen in Xing Ru's memories to Yue Bei Yang.
Yue Bei Yang's eyes grew colder, and his gaze towards her seemed less than friendly.
She understood him even less.
"So your meaning is, this sachet was obtained from the person who saved you?" Just as Qin Jiu Jiu was about to affirm, he continued, "Then why have you kept a man's personal item until today?"
Although she found Yue Bei Yang's words somewhat peculiar, she still answered according to Xing Ru's feelings, "Because I am fond of Your Highness!"
Qin Jiu Jiu was also taken aback by this confession. Although the control of this body clearly belonged to her after regaining her memories, she couldn't ignore her own deep emotional changes.
Her expression was filled with sincerity, which even made Yue Bei Yang somewhat stunned!
He was stunned for a long time. Qin Jiu Jiu's gaze was fervent. He felt a strange sensation; the person before him had no apparent connection to him, yet her image was hazily present in his mind...
"You are bold!" After a pause, these were the only two words he could muster.
Qin Jiu Jiu: ?
What did this mean? Qin Jiu Jiu was bewildered and couldn't fathom his thoughts. She had to continue playing the tragic role. "Your Highness does not like me; I already knew that..." Her eyes seemed to glisten with tears. Yue Bei Yang showed a flicker of surprise at the first half of her statement, but quickly heard her continue, "It doesn't matter if Your Highness doesn't like me. I won't pester you. If there's a chance in the future, we can divorce!"
She spoke the latter half with resolve, her eyes shining like stars. Yue Bei Yang's memories gradually resurfaced in his mind. He seemed to have forgotten someone, someone very important to him!
"Divorce?" He sounded as if he had heard a joke. He stopped his indirect talk and stated directly, "Would Xing Zhan agree? Between us, there is no divorce, only you die or I die!"
What he said was indeed the truth.
Only when Yue Bei Yang died could she become a disposable pawn for Xing Zhan; only when Xing Ru died could she be free from Xing Zhan's control.
From beginning to end, Xing Ru was the most pitiable and helpless one!
Yet, in this illusion, no one loved her!
"Then does His Highness the Second Prince wish to kill me?"
She no longer feigned ignorance, facing Yue Bei Yang's gaze.
Yue Bei Yang's eyes were different from Xie Jing's. Although both had cold expressions, Yue Bei Yang's eyes hid ambition, while Xie Jing's eyes, though sharp, were actually clean and pure.
"When necessary, of course, I will kill you!" he answered decisively, no longer intending to conceal it.
He wanted her to understand that even if he knew she liked him, it would absolutely not make him hesitate to kill her.
"But how can Your Highness be sure you can kill me?"
"Host, what are you doing?"
The system issued a warning. Everything she was doing deviated entirely from the original plot!
Qin Jiu Jiu ignored the system's warning. Although she and Xing Ru were two different people, she could empathize with Xing Ru's feelings when she fell into the water. Therefore, Yue Bei Yang's words were truly stinging.
Yue Bei Yang seemed lost in thought, the darkness in his eyes intensifying to an impenetrable depth. Qin Jiu Jiu looked at him, but her mind conjured the image of another person.
"Detected significant emotional fluctuation from the host! This may cause system paralysis!"
The system continuously issued warnings in the background, but Qin Jiu Jiu couldn't hear them. The system, however, no longer appeared in her mind.