There was a bright smile on Shangguan Mo's face. With the corners of his thin lips upward, he tenderly said, "I only wanted to rub your legs. Never did it occur to me that you were this eager! Since you are this desperate, it seems that I've been neglecting you. Properly, satisfying my fiancee is what I must do..." With a bit of raucity in his voice, the elongated ending-syllable did take her soul away!

Murong Xue showed an embarrassed expression, "I... I wasn't..."

Suddenly, he snatched Murong Xue with his flirting hand, "Oh, really?"

Murong Xue jumped right up, "You pervert! Filthy mind..."

Shangguan Mo's smile grew deeper, "How would you know my filthy thoughts? Not unless you have exactly the same thoughts. Otherwise... How could you possibly know so clearly...?"

Murong Xue stared at him with great anger, "I don't share your thoughts. I was merely guessing!"

"Ha-ha, come here!" Seeing her angry face, Shangguan Mo squinted his eyes due to his overwhelming pleasure. She wasn’t always obeying him at all costs anymore. She also progressed, didn't she?

Being quite rattled to avoid his hand, Murong Xue asked carefully, "What?"

Shangguan Mo didn’t tease her any more. He grabbed her right up with one swoop, put her down on his thighs, and gently massaged her stiffening shin muscles for her, "You've been walking all day today. Your feet must be killing you, and it will only hurt more tomorrow if you don't massage them now..."

Murong Xue was now completely startled for he was the Prince of the capital… There was no need for him to be condescending...

She did try to play the woman to Fang Shihua in the past life by saying feet hurting from wearing heels, but how did he react at the time? She remembered, even when she was still part of the Murong Family, he just petted her in the head and simply said she had had the long day for comfort. That simply phrase, however, would keep her happy for days...

All of a sudden, she thought Shangguan Mo unworthy... What was good about a woman like her...? She had been despised throughout her last life...

She suddenly felt like crying...

Shangguan Mo took quite a shock by the drop of tears landing on his hand, his hand rubbing the shin also stopped, with a bit of fright abruptly, "What happened? Did I squeeze too hard? Did I hurt you...?"

Murong Xue cried in absolute silence. The tears like a stream of spring-brook just kept flowing down. The tightly closed lips didn't make any sound. She just slightly shook her head from side to side...

He softly held her tight as if he had been holding diamonds and pearls in his hands, in fear of crushing her if he held any tighter. He pressed down her black hair with his chin, tenderly saying, "There. There. Xue, you cry my heart to bits..."

This woman in his arms was crying her eyes out. He was a bit afraid. Was it his autocracy that made her feel wronged? However, he could never utter the words to grant her to do things as she pleased...

Although they weren't together for all that long, he still couldn't imagine the long days and nights without her presence... Even if she didn't love him, he still couldn't let her go. Even if her crying in front of him broke his heart into pieces...

All he could do was to just hold her and repeat the comforting words, "Don’t cry…" He found those words plain and weak.

He would treat her right, better than anybody else, in the hopes that she would never say anything about leaving, which would tear his heart up...

Murong Xue cried for a long time, and Shangguan Mo just held her in peace, knowing she was worn out from crying. She gradually fell asleep...

Shangguan Mo looked at her red and swollen eyes from all the crying. Even in her sleep, she would sob every now and then. Looking at this turned his heart into mush. Murong Xue was so petite and lovely...

He laid her down in bed with great tenderness and silently undid the intricate suit. Seeing her sparkling-white skin, he didn't put any other thoughts in his mind. Inside, he still remained to wonder the reason why she cried and couldn't put his troubled mind at ease for a while...

Afterwards, Murong Xue felt much too ashamed of herself, crying all those times in front of him. Then she deliberately avoided all that happened that day.

And Shangguan Mo was so afraid he might get the answer that he didn't want from her. Therefore, he also didn't mention anything tacitly...

There was only a touch of vague affair surrounding the two of them...

Murong Xue didn't resent his approach as much as before. Ever since she found out his intentions, she grew a touch of vague and ambiguous feeling for him, also with a bit of slight sense of inferiority. She didn’t think she was virginal. She was no longer in a pure-white state both physically or mentally. She was already tainted by other people with different colors. How could her being this way ever deserve him...?

But she could no longer ignore his friendly gesture over and over again. He lowered his status again and again, which made her couldn't help but conspue herself. He was the Prince of the capital. He should have been high up and above looking down upon everything including herself... All this soft kindness was twisting her mind like a pretzel...

Shangguan Mo was busy, so he didn't have much time to be with or accompany Murong Xue all that much. And Murong Xue didn't seem to be quite interested in hanging out with him all the time, nor would she appreciate a man always hovering around a woman...

Shangguan Mo's tight schedule relieved her. She could finally put her dithered mind at ease...

Murong Xue was checking some raw materials. That was when she suddenly heard a phone ring. She picked it up without a thought, seeing the unknown number, "Hello, who is this?"

A clear and melodious voice came out, "Ha-ha, Xue, it's me."

He said in a decisive tone. How could he be sure she knew who he was? It was fine. She sure did. But what was it that made him approach her? "Shangguan Lin, what is it?"

"I told you to call me Lin, didn't I?" Hearing that unfamiliar tone made him feel inexplicably uncomfortable. She had been spending a lot of time with his elder brother these days. They must have gotten closer...

Murong Xue was speechless. Why would she do what he said? She and he were not that close! "Well, I think we don't know each other that well. I don't think we are on first-name bases..."

How could they not know each other? They were the same kind! "We will get there in time. Where are you now? I'm coming to meet you..."

Murong Xue looked at the heads of the floods of the crowd. There were bursting out shouts every now and then when jade was found. She subconsciously covered the receiver on the phone, stepped away from the noisy crowd, and said with fake drowsiness, "Ah, I'm sorry. I'm tired, and I’m having my rest..." She kept talking while she attempted to rush back to her room. Honestly, she didn't want to meet him. She still remembered Shangguan Mo's intense reaction when Shangguan Lin was mentioned. The two brothers were probably at odds. She knew it was better now not to start Shangguan Mo's anger again...

It was just that before she could walk two steps yet, the collar behind her was picked up and being shaken a bit, "Xue, where are you heading...?"

Murong Xue cracked a smile that was even uglier than crying, "Ha-ha, what a coincidence..."

"It's quite a coincidence. I never expected Xue to rest in such a crowded place..." There was a faint doubt in his tone.

"Ha-ha, I'm honestly going back to rest..." Embarrassed, Murong Xue was going to make what she had said just now become reality...

Ha-ha? It was to avoid him, wasn't it? She did this for his so-called elder brother... Why did she do that? His elder brother only got to know her earlier. He and she were people from the same world. "Let's go. Company me somewhere..."

Huh? "Where? I... I'm not available. Yeah, that's right..." After saying that, she nodded seriously as if there had been actually something important...

"I know you're not busy. Let's go..." He stared straight and right at her. There was unresistable persistence in that glare. He took her hand with one snatch and walked straight forward...

Murong Xue stumbled and almost fell, "Let go. I will walk... Just let go..." These two extreme brothers were identical in their bossy vibes...

An hour later, Murong Xue saw this limitless field of crape myrtle flowers, which was presented to her. How beautiful it was!

"How is it? Pretty? This is my secret base..."

Even Murong Xue, who had been reluctant just now, couldn't help showing the look of admiration, and she smiled wholeheartedly, "Well, it's beautiful. How did you find such a place...?"

Shangguan Lin lay down. The soft grass behind him was still the familiar smell, "This is my favorite place to stay since I was little..." What was more, he didn't tell her that this piece of land belonged to him only. Without his consent, no one was allowed to enter...

The breeze gently blew and rippled beautiful ripples on her white skirt, which strangely smoothed the restlessness at the bottom of Shangguan Lin's heart...

Murong Xue looked at Shangguan Lin lying there on the green. His pair of beautiful purple eyes were as beautiful and profound as the sea of crape myrtle flowers in front of her.

She found it strange that the Shangguan Lin whom she saw twice did not seem to be an annoying person. He was polite. Although he was a little overbearing, she could see that he was not wicked. Why did Shangguan Mo resist him so much? There seemed to be a deep disgust…

He seemed to have noticed Murong Xue's doubts, "Sit down. The grass is very comfortable. It would be nice to have a chat with me..."

Not knowing whether she was touched by his purple eyes, Murong Xue thought that there was endless sorrow and helplessness that words couldn’t even describe in those purple eyes. She couldn't help but sit down. She somewhat couldn't bear to refuse...

"Do you think it's weird that my brother and I are not close?" Shangguan Lin turned his head and looked at Murong Xue who was aside. In his eyes...

Murong Xue shook her head. She was not the gossip type, and she didn't want to get involved in the affairs between the two brothers...

Shangguan Lin didn't really care about her reaction. He just wished that someone would listen to him, "When I was young, my brother and I had a very good relationship..."

There seemed to be infinite nostalgia, "I was only 5 years old at that time, and my brother was 8 years old, and I was still ignorant. When I saw something I liked, I grabbed it. My brother would always knock on my head helplessly. When our parents questioned us, he would always take care of things..."

"I still remembered when we were young, our parents were often away from home, and my brother always used all kinds of ways to make me smile happily... Until later..." Shangguan Lin did not go on...

Murong Xue didn't ask what happened afterwards... That was not something she should ask...

She was also just as what he hoped. She was just a subject of narration...

The sky was blue, and the floating white clouds made the hearts of the two feel inexplicably peaceful and comfortable. Maybe they were not familiar with each other, but at that moment, there was a beautiful feeling lingering in their hearts.

The sudden ringing of the bell disrupted the harmonious atmosphere at the moment.

It showed: Shangguan Mo!

Murong Xue held the phone tightly. For the first time, there was a kind of imitation she didn't know whether to pick it up or not.

The reluctance bell was still ringing annoyingly. Murong Xue felt as if a century had passed...

Looking at Shangguan Lin again, it seemed that he didn't pay attention to Murong Xue at all and didn't care how annoying the ringtone was in the quiet environment at this time. He just looked at the dangling white clouds in the sky with beautiful purple eyes...

Murong Xue took a deep breath and pressed the answer button, "Hello..."

"Where are you?" The tone was uncontrollably anxious...

Murong Xue trembled in her heart. He was a big fool! She was an adult! She wasn’t going to disappear! Was this anxiety necessary? She completely forgot about her play-missing trick before, "I... I'm outside..."

"Tell me the address. I'm coming over!"

Ah! "It's alright. I'll go back later."

Shangguan Mo's expression on the other end of the phone became cold. Murong Xue's tone seemed a little wrong, "Who are you with?"

"I... I... I'm with someone..." She was so nervous, albeit she didn't do anything wrong...

Huh?! "Murong Xue! Did you go on hooking up? Did you have an affair?"

A crazy roar came from the other end of the phone. Murong Xue was speechless. These three sentences meant the same thing! Was Shangguan Mo mentally retarded? Or was he mentally handicapped? Or was he just stupid? Bah! Why was she still in the mood to think about this? "No. Just to see a friend. I will go back later, alright, bye!" She hung up the phone.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Shangguan Mo took the beeping phone and smashed it right out. D*mn it!

Murong Xue's heart was still pumping quickly after pressing the hang-up button...

"I put you in a difficult position. Sorry about that..." Shangguan Lin smiled regrettably.

Murong Xue instantly let go of prejudice in mind from the somewhat dissatisfaction before... Seeing his proper manners, perhaps he just needed someone to talk about his bad feelings. Although he did take the liberty of drugging her all this way, he also apologized appropriately, didn't he? What was more, he said about Shangguan Mo when lying on the grass. This made it impossible for her to dislike him...