"Miss, just now the eldest princess's personal nanny came to send a message. The eldest princess has something to do and has to go to the palace. She can't come to keep the appointment. So... shall we go back?"
Shangguan Wan Ning originally made an appointment with the eldest princess for tea today, but now... she is not in any mood anymore.
She didn't want to take her current emotions home and be noticed by her mother.
"Anyway, we've reserved a private room, so let's go sit down and have something to eat before going back."
Shangguan Wan Ning brought Lu Tong to the reserved private room. Lu Tong turned around to arrange some food for her. She leaned on the window sill alone and stared at the crowd of people who came to her in a daze.
Vaguely, she seemed to see someone coming in from the corner of her eye.
"Lutong, you can eat it yourself, I don't have much appetite."
She didn't get a response for a long time, but suddenly her body tightened, and she was pulled up, tightly wrapped in a pair of strong arms.
"Is it you?" Shangguan Wan Ning struggled a few times, but did not let Mu Jingrui let go.
Thinking of how affectionate Mu Jingrui and Yin Yuqing were just now, she felt angry and annoyed, and kicked and hit Mu Jingrui.
"Mu Jingrui, please let go quickly and leave my private room... If you don't leave, I'll call someone."
"Okay, shout."
The way Mu Jingrui didn't care at all made Shangguan Wanning's aggrieved nose sore.
She stopped struggling.
"Of course I know that people here don't dare to do anything to Mr. Mu, but... you have alarmed your confidante, aren't you afraid that she will be jealous?"
Mu Jingrui said nothing, but stared at the anger in Shangguan Wanning's eyes.
He remembered her appearance that day at the theater.
He couldn't help but look at Shangguan Wan Ning's hand, the scars were still visible.
Mu Jingrui's heart began to hurt again, and he involuntarily relaxed his arm strength, grabbed Shangguan Wan Ning's hand, and his tone became softer.
"Does it still hurt?"
For a moment, Shangguan Wan Ning's heart felt like a knife piercing her heart, the pain and sorrow in her heart kept rolling, and the tears she was holding back flowed freely.
"None of your business."
"Whose business does that have to do with? Xiao Zhenting?"
Shangguan Wan Ning was startled, pushed Mu Jingrui away with all her strength, and said coldly: "Yes."
Mu Jingrui's face darkened, and his anger surged.
"What a pity, can he still control you? He has already married Ling Zhiru. You are not even qualified to be his concubine."
"That's my business and has nothing to do with you. This is the place I paid for. Mu Jingrui, get out of here."
Mu Jingrui was going crazy.
He felt that his brain was definitely filled with water, otherwise how could he come in by accident?
He thought of the scene in the theater that day and persuaded himself to talk to her calmly, but...
She actually told him to get lost!
"Shangguan Wan Ning, please say it again."
"Get out!" Shangguan Wanning was so angry that she was shaking with Mu Jingrui. When she saw Mu Jingrui standing there, she grabbed a small potted plant on the windowsill and threw it at him.
Mu Jingrui stepped sideways and held Shangguan Wan Ning in his arms again. He leaned over and kissed her lips. No matter how hard Shangguan Wan Ning struggled and beat, he never let go.
Shangguan Wan Ning was ashamed and angry, so she bit Mu Jingrui hard.
"Tsk!"
Mu Jingrui took a breath of air and subconsciously let go of Shangguan Wan Ning.
When he touched it with his hand, blood seeped out from the corners of his lips.
He couldn't help but frown.
"Mu Jingrui, who do you think I am?" Shangguan Wan Ning took several deep breaths to calm herself down.
"Before, you came in and out of my boudoir at will; now...you humiliate me again and again, and I..."
With tears in Shangguan Wan Ning's eyes, she pulled out the hairpin and put it against her throat.
Mu Jingrui was shocked, his heart was lifted, and he immediately took a few steps forward. "Shangguan Wan Ning, what are you going to do?"
"Don't come here." Shangguan Wan Ning stepped back, "I know I can't kill you, but if you touch me again, I would rather kill myself than be humiliated."
Mu Jingrui suddenly realized that his behavior was indeed excessive.
He also took a few steps back, trying to keep a distance from Guan Wan Ning. "Okay, I won't go. You calm down and put down the hairpin."
Shangguan Wan Ning slowly lowered her hand.
Mu Jingrui breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Mu, since you have chosen Miss Yin, I...I have nothing to say. But, I hope you still remember what you promised me."
Mu Jingrui began to feel annoyed again.
What does "having nothing to say" mean?
"Who told you that I want to be with Yin Yuqing?"
Mu Jingrui almost jumped when he saw Shangguan Wan Ning sentenced him to death.
It was obvious that she was determined to not give up on Xiao Zhenting, but now she made it sound as if he had failed her.
"I don't want to know anymore..."
Shangguan Wan Ning was exhausted. Mu Jingrui looked at her and wanted to go up and hug her, but thinking of her extreme behavior just now, he didn't dare.
He was a little at a loss, and the pain on his shoulder started to hurt again, which made him frown. He didn't want anything unusual in front of Shangguan Wan Ning, so he turned around and prepared to leave, but couldn't help but stumbled.
Shangguan Wan Ning saw that Mu Jingrui's expression was abnormal, so she stepped forward to help him.
"What's wrong with you? Are you hurt?"
Mu Jingrui saw the concern in Shangguan Wan Ning's eyes and suddenly smiled.
"Care about me?"
Shangguan Wan Ning was stunned and quickly retracted her hand.
"I'm afraid that if you die here, I'll get involved in a life lawsuit again."
Mu Jingrui was not satisfied with this reply, but he could also see that Shangguan Wan Ning was duplicity.
He sighed deeply and said, "I'm fine, just a minor injury."
Shangguan Wan Ning turned her head to the side, still angry.
Mu Jingrui pondered for a moment and softened his tone. "I apologize to you for what happened just now. It was indeed my fault. As for Yin Yuqing and I..."
Mu Jingrui also had a headache thinking about it. "I have nothing to do with her, so don't think about it. I have a lot of things to do these days. I will come back to you after I finish handling it."
Shangguan Wan Ning felt a little soft-hearted.
She turned to look at Mu Jingrui and found that Mu Jingrui was also looking at her.
"Do you have anything to do with Yin Yuqing...what does it have to do with me..." Shangguan Wan Ning's cheeks turned red, and her complaints against Mu Jingrui were reduced by more than half.
"As long as you won't be unhappy because of these things."
Mu Jingrui himself felt that he was not living up to expectations.
He had already begun to defend Shangguan Wan Ning in his heart. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding.
She didn't betray him, the person she loved was not Xiao Zhenting.
Mu Jingrui turned around to prepare his strength, walked to the door and stopped again, turned around and asked, "Were you looking for me that day at the theater?"
Shangguan Wan Ning lowered her head and bit her lips, then nodded.
Mu Jingrui's heart felt warm.
At this moment, his resentment has been relieved. Even if she really betrayed him, he can no longer care about her.