Chapter 597: 534 I’ve captured his heart, and you’ve got the arms.
Seemingly aware that Zhongli Wuzhi was out of it, Chinian stuck out her head, slightly tilted her face, and looked at Zhongli Wuzhi with puzzled eyes, blinking as if to ask,
——"What’s wrong with you?"
Zhongli Wuzhi squinted his eyes. He looked at Chinian for two seconds and then turned his gaze to Chiluo,
"I want to marry Chinian. Getting married to Chinian is something others can’t even beg for, but ... after getting married, I won’t live in M country. I hope you understand that."
Chinian visibly let out a sigh of relief and then smiled, glancing at Chiluo.
Chiluo also smiled,
"Mr. Zhongli, don’t worry about that. Chinian is getting married, not taking you back home. Why would we want you to live in M country?"
"Maybe I thought too much."
Zhongli Wuzhi smiled wryly as well.
Chinian held Zhongli Wuzhi’s hand tightly, as if to dispel all his doubts and unease.
Chiluo looked at the two of them,
"Seeing you two exchange such affectionate glances, I’m really envious as a brother."
Chinian shyly retracted her neck.
Zhongli also slightly curved the corners of his lips.
"However, there’s another matter, Mr. Zhongli. Today, Lord Wen Nian told me that there’s still some entanglement between you and Miss Lu. I don’t know..."
"..."
"Oh, I mean no offense. I know both you and Miss Lu. You haven’t forgotten what happened in Chuihai, have you?"
"How could I forget? Thanks to Prince Chiluo, we were able to be rescued."
Zhongli Wuzhi replied indifferently.
"Back then, Lord Wen Nian and Lady Lili were envied by everyone, having a relationship forged through life and death, a kind of affection that others couldn’t even envy."
Chiluo said this, his expression drifting away as if reminiscing something,
"And you and Miss Lu ... back then ..."
"Back then, I wasn’t with Lu Xiaoer. It wasn’t until after I returned to the country that we gradually started dating. Just like His Highness the Prince said, a life-and-death experience is indeed very rare."
"But as you have seen, I’ve already broken up with Lu Xiaoer. These past six months were just a brief interlude."
"So ... was it you who initiated the breakup, or was it Lu Xiaoer?"
Zhongli Wuzhi’s brows furrowed slightly,
"Does His Highness the Prince need to know even this?"
"Sorry, Mr. Zhongli, my question was too abrupt. Let me ask in a different way, do you have no feelings for Lu Xiaoer now?"
After Chiluo asked this, the air in the living room turned cold.
Chinian also unconsciously held her breath, waiting for Zhongli Wuzhi’s answer.
"I think, there isn’t a man who, after catching his girlfriend in bed with someone else, could remain indifferent and continue to like her?"
After saying this, Chinian’s expression was visibly shocked.
Chiluo was also taken aback,
"This ... I see, I understand now, and I’m also reassured."
Zhongli Wuzhi lightly curled his lips, sat up straight,
"Prince Chiluo, I’ll await your message. Once the King agrees to my marriage with Chinian, I will bring her to meet my parents. Then we will discuss the wedding arrangements."
"Okay."
Chiluo responded, and with a passing glance at Chinian, he saw her secretly smiling, her face full of joy.
Zhongli Wuzhi stood up,
"It’s getting late now. If Prince Chiluo has no other questions, I’ll take my leave."
"Go ahead. Chinian will stay with me tonight."
Zhongli Wuzhi nodded slightly.
Chinian saw Zhongli Wuzhi out, standing at the door of the hotel room, she sent all the attendants away.
Zhongli stood there, blinking in confusion as he looked at Chinian.
Chinian tiptoed and leaned in to give him a quick kiss.
Zhongli Wuzhi’s expression remained unchanged, Chinian’s eyes closed and then opened again...
Her heels touched the ground once more,
——"Be careful on the way home."
She made the simplest hand gesture, one that even Zhongli Wuzhi could understand.
"Come on in, I’ll message you when I get home."
Chinian nodded continuously, appearing charming and obedient, her cheeks still flushed red, her eyes curving into beautiful crescents.
With her hands behind her back, she stood in front of him, swaying slightly, signaling him to leave first.
Zhongli Wuzhi took a shallow breath, shrugged his shoulders and then turned and left first.
Chinian stood rooted to the spot, watching Zhongli Wuzhi disappear around the corner.
The naive and obedient expression on her face faded away, replaced by a smug look of determined triumph.
She returned to her hotel room, and as she pushed the door open, she saw Chiluo with his arms crossed, leaning against the doorway. Seeing her enter, he smiled,
"Everything has gone according to your plan, you got your wish, didn’t you?"
Chinian pursed her lips, and then coquettishly threw herself at Chiluo. Walking to his side, the two of them moved towards the living room together,
——"Thank you, brother, if it weren’t for your cooperation, I might really have been married off by father."
"You... I really don’t see what’s so great about that Zhongli Wuzhi,"
Chiluo shook his head.
Chinian picked up a small cake from the coffee table, scooping it little by little with a spoon. The cake was sweet, just like her mood at that moment.
Watching her infatuated appearance, Chiluo leaned back,
"I think Zhongli Wuzhi is quite indifferent towards you. If you marry him, I’m afraid you’ll be heartbroken."
Chinian’s spoon paused briefly, she set down the cake and spoon to face Chiluo,
——"Brother, Zhongli Wuzhi is different from the others."
"..."
——"Brother, from the time I was eighteen until now, haven’t father and you arranged plenty of marriage prospects for me? No matter how excellent I am, regardless of how gentle my personality, or even how pretty I am, they just won’t let go of the one point that I can’t speak."
Chinian took a deep breath,
——"My acquaintance with Zhongli Wuzhi has not been long, but we’ve spent quite a bit of time together, and I believe he is someone I can entrust myself to."
"But he’s from the Zhongli Family, and his relationship with Wen Nian is so strong."
——"Brother, that’s clearly a plus for him, how has it become a minus in your mind?"
"..."
——"As long as I capture Zhongli Wuzhi’s heart, once he inherits the Zhongli Consortium, brother, won’t you have a powerful arm to help you achieve your ambitions?"
"..."
What Chinian said wasn’t wrong, but Chiluo still felt a hint of worry...
Chinian bit her lip,
——"Don’t you trust my ability, brother? You think I can’t make Zhongli Wuzhi completely obedient to me?"
"Niannian, of course, brother trusts your ability. Even if you can’t speak, you can charm most men."
Chiluo chuckled lightly.
Chinian took a deep breath,
——"Charming them, no matter how many men, I can do it, but... the one who’s truly willing to see the real me, truly willing to marry me, and is also quite suitable, is really only Zhongli."