Huo Wei had been drinking heavily last night. He fell asleep without even recognizing his own bed.
Today, his cold, fair and handsome face seemed tinged with a grayish hue that came after exhaustion. He curved his thin lips slightly and said, "Thanks."
Du Gu Luanyue didn't even glance at him and said coldly, "I'm not helping you. You don't need to thank me. I'm just putting on a show for the Crown Prince of Dongning."
Huo Wei's cold and fierce eyes stared intently at her. "Does your elbow still hurt?"
Du Gu Luanyue turned her body to the side. "It's none of your business."
Huo Wei pulled her body back. "Answer whatever I ask you. Understand?"
Du Gu Luanyue suddenly widened her eyes and frowned.
"Huo Wei, are you going crazy again? Do you even remember what you did last night? And what you said before last night, have you forgotten that too?"
Huo Wei slightly lifted his eyelids and said brazenly, "I do whatever I want. Do I need a reason?"
He paused for a moment and then continued, "Do you know that you've offended that Mu Rong Hua?"
Even he, the Second Prince, didn't dare to directly offend that man, yet Du Gu Luanyue had boldly stepped forward.
Mu Rong Min had only imprisoned him. Sooner or later, he would be released. He really didn't understand what Du Gu Luanyue was thinking. She had brought a huge trouble upon herself.
Du Gu Luanyue swallowed hard and lowered her head. "Yes, I know."
Huo Wei said in a bad tone, "You knew it and still did it. Are you out of your mind!"
She bit her lips and kept silent.
Huo Wei also kept looking at her. It wasn't until he saw a few crystal - clear teardrops falling intermittently on Du Gu Luanyue's hand that his eyes froze. "What's wrong with you again?"
Huo Wei found that he could never guess Du Gu Luanyue's thoughts. He couldn't understand at all why she cried or why she laughed.
Du Gu Luanyue turned around and walked away, wiping her tears as she went. "It's none of your business."
Huo Wei suddenly picked her up horizontally and hid under a small tree with lush foliage. He pressed against her and asked, "I'm asking you a question. Why are you crying?"
Du Gu Luanyue struggled for a few times and then gave up resisting. Huo Wei had been too forceful with her many times, and it was always her who got hurt.
Du Gu Luanyue slowly raised her head at this moment. Tears rolled down from her eyes. Her delicate voice trembled slightly.
"Because I don't want you to be wronged."
Seeing the woman crying, Huo Wei felt inexplicably annoyed. Why did she have so many tears to shed?
He couldn't help it. He didn't want to see that thing rolling down from her eyes, so he raised his finger and wiped it away for her. "My business is none of your business."
Du Gu Luanyue sobbed. "I do what I want. It's none of your business either. Let me go quickly. I have to go back."
Huo Wei punched the tree trunk behind Du Gu Luanyue's head. A fierce look rose on his handsome face like a wolf.
"Du Gu Luanyue, I'm warning you. Don't meddle in my business anymore.
Although Mu Rong Hua is a fool, the family behind him is very powerful. He's not easy to deal with."
He himself hadn't openly resisted Mu Rong Hua because he knew that although this fool was indeed stupid, the power behind him still existed.
Du Gu Luanyue pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "I know."
Huo Wei's thoughts were disrupted. The Du Gu Luanyue in his impression was eloquent and clear - minded. Why did she just reply with "I know" today?
He couldn't help raising his voice. "Did you not listen at all!"
Du Gu Luanyue said, "If the Second Prince wants to take revenge, he'll take it on me. Why are you so anxious? You've always looked down on me. What do you mean by acting like this today?"
Huo Wei said coldly, "Where am I anxious? I'm not anxious at all."
Du Gu Luanyue said, "That's good. Your Highness, please let go. I have to go back."
Huo Wei didn't stop her anymore. Du Gu Luanyue lifted her skirt and left. After walking a few steps, she came back and said,
"Your Highness of Yuzhang, please don't drink heavily in the future, and don't climb over the wall into my bedroom in the middle of the night. I can't bear it."
After saying that, Du Gu Luanyue left quietly. Her words were distant, but her actions had helped him.
The cold wind blew in. It got into Huo Wei's black robe and spread to every part of his body. It was extremely cold. He shivered.
For a moment, he didn't know what was wrong with Du Gu Luanyue. Shouldn't she hate and stay away from him?
What did it mean that she had stepped forward to help him deal with Mu Rong Hua? Didn't she know what price she had to pay?
Huo Wei's black eyes were filled with doubts. Were all women in the world so inexplicable?
Huo Wei returned to his residence with a heavy heart. Before dusk, someone came to report that Mu Rong Min had ordered Mu Rong Hua to spit out all the silver he had embezzled and send it to the Mansion of Yuzhang.
Meng Tan said that it was the Queen who had handled this matter, and the Second Prince was extremely angry.
Huo Wei got up, picked up his long spear and went to the back courtyard to practice martial arts. He practiced until his whole body was red and sweating profusely, and only then did the boredom in his heart gradually subside.
But before long, his mind began to uncontrollably think about why Du Gu Luanyue had done this.
Her behavior was like hooking Huo Wei and making him struggle in the water. He just wanted to figure out the starting point of Du Gu Luanyue's inexplicable behavior.
As for Du Gu Luanyue, she was lazily warming herself by the fire in her bedroom. She smiled and said, "Aunt Mei Jiang, I think this method is still a bit useful."
Aunt Mei Jiang also smiled.
"His Highness of Yuzhang didn't make a fuss after learning that half of the silver for renovating the palace had been embezzled. Instead, he chose to pay half of the money himself to finish the job.
This old servant thinks that His Highness of Yuzhang does have feelings for Your Highness in his heart. Even if he wants to deal with the Second Prince, he doesn't need to wait until he has spent so much money to collect evidence."
Du Gu Luanyue raised her charming and enchanting eyes.
"Yes. After I learned that Huo Wei had silently paid half of the silver, I thought that this man was really interesting.
He said it was out of brotherhood. I don't believe it at all. Moreover, he was really anxious today."
She just wanted to make Huo Wei anxious, to make him unable to guess her thoughts, and to make him keep thinking about her.
Her mother had once said that if you wanted a man to care about you, you had to make him unable to see through you and keep thinking about you.
The more he thought about her, the more he would miss her.
Aunt Mei Jiang presented the dinner plate and felt in a good mood.
"His Highness of Yuzhang even climbed over the wall to find Your Highness last night. This old servant doesn't believe that His Highness of Yuzhang has no feelings for Your Highness at all."
Du Gu Luanyue said seriously, "Actually, Huo Wei is not a twisted person. A fierce beast like him should act straightforwardly.
The reason why he always suppresses his thoughts every time he has an idea must be for some very important reason, either a person or interests."
She thought about it again and again and still didn't want to give up on Huo Wei.
Looking at all the civil and military officials in the court, no one was more suitable than Huo Wei.
Aunt Mei Jiang also agreed with her view. "So what are you going to do next, Your Highness?"
Du Gu Luanyue got up and walked to the round table. She picked up the chopsticks and her appetite had returned.
"Just like this time, I'll still be cold to Huo Wei, but I'll offer power and influence to him.
As for Mu Rong Min, we have to continue. We don't have much time left. Spring is coming soon. When spring arrives, the great gift I prepared for Huo Wei will also arrive."
Aunt Mei Jiang blinked her eyes, looking full of doubts. "What great gift?"