Jun Linyuan said, “Of course they admire you.”
Feng Wu asked, “Why?”
Jun Linyuan said, “Most men are like that. They like getting a free lunch, but they don’t want to hear people say that they were helped by a woman. Therefore, after such an opportunity popped up, they admire me for being able to say no.”
Feng Wu’s eyes twinkled. “But why did you turn her down? She can save you a lot of effort.”
Jun Linyuan snickered. “Sleeping with someone you don’t like is like stepping into a toilet. I can’t do it.”
Feng Wu said, “Hey, Your Royal Highness, that’s so gross!”
Jun Linyuan said, “Because it is.”
Feng Wu said, “Are you saying that Ranmil is gross?”
Jun Linyuan said. “Am I wrong?”
Feng Wu said, “But they all think that she’s gentle, beautiful, and has a pure heart…”
Jun Linyuan glanced at her. “That’s because they’re all blind.”
Feng Wu looked perplexed.
The crown prince crossed his hands behind his back and said, “No, it’s not that.”
Feng Wu looked perplexed.
He said, “They have no eyes.”
Feng Wu chuckled and gave Jun Linyuan a little shove. “Hey, you shouldn’t say such a thing about a girl.”
The crown prince glanced at Feng Wu. “Why are you so happy about what I said?”
Feng Wu said, “Well…”
The crown prince looked her up and down.
Feng Wu stared back at him. “What?”
Jun Linyuan said, “Feng Wu.”
Feng Wu said, “Speak!”
The crown prince suddenly smiled and said, “Exactly how much do you like me? It’s impossible to hide it.”
Feng Wu threw a dirty look at him. “No, I don’t like you!”
The crown prince raised his chin. “I see.”
Feng Wu stomped her foot and stressed, “I mean it! I don’t!”
The crown prince smiled a little. “Alright.”
Feng Wu said, “Why are you smiling?!”
The crown prince said, “You look nice when you lie.”
Feng Wu said, “I’m being serious! Didn’t you hear what I said? I don’t…”
The crown prince scratched his ear. “Yes, yes, I heard you. You don’t like me.”
Feng Wu said, “But you don’t seem angry at all.”
The crown prince asked, “Why should I be angry?”
The crown prince had figured it out by now. He believed that the girl would never admit her true feelings. Despite how much she liked him, she always stressed that she didn’t like him. However, she had been doing everything to be around him. What a girl…
Feng Wu didn’t know what to say.
Jun Linyuan used to lose his temper whenever she told him that she didn’t like him, but why wasn’t he like that now?
Feng Wu said, “Alright. That’s even better!”
The crown prince suddenly chuckled.
Feng Wu stared at him. “Why are you laughing again?”
The crown prince crossed his hands behind his back and said, “I’m not telling you.”
Feng Wu replied in the same tone, “I don’t want to know either.”
The crown prince said, “I won’t tell you, then.”
Feng Wu stole a glance at Jun Linyuan and wondered if that meant that he actually wanted to tell her.
A thought then struck her.
The ninth trial!
The two of them had to stay within ten steps of each other for a month.
The thought gave Feng Wu a headache.
