Zhen Yan shook her hands, then reached out to pinch Lu Wanning's cheek and muttered, "Why is there always something bad happening whenever I see you? Fortunately, we were smart. Otherwise, your cousin would have been in big trouble. I don't know which young lady has taken a fancy to him and came up with such a sinister way to entangle him."
Lu Wanning glared at her and said, "It's not we, it's me. I'm the smart one, okay?"
Zhen Yan put her hands on her hips and said, "Hey, how can you be like this? Are you still my sister? Who led you when we climbed over the wall just now? Who did all the hard work when carrying people?"
Ji Yue watched the two of them arguing non - stop and quickly tried to persuade them, "Your Highness, Miss Zhen, stop arguing. Should we go to the flower hall in front or somewhere else now? If we're absent for too long, people may get suspicious."
Lu Wanning shook her head and said, "We can't just leave He Nanfeng alone. Otherwise, those people will still try every means to pour dirty water on him later... There aren't many people by the waterside pavilion. Let's figure out a way to wake He Nanfeng up and then go there. You, go and tell your master that we're playing chess in the long corridor of the waterside pavilion."
It was relatively easy to wake He Nanfeng up. Lu Wanning asked someone to fetch a basin of cold water and roughly pressed him into it. He Nanfeng gave a start and woke up.
"Who?"
...
Zhen Yan looked at the dazed He Nanfeng and then at her close friend since childhood. She thought to herself when this impetuous temper of hers would ever change.
Lu Wanning gave He Nanfeng a shove and said, "It's me, Lu Wanning. Are you feeling better?"
He Nanfeng was still a bit muddled, but he managed to prop himself up.
Lu Wanning threw a handkerchief at him and said, "Dry yourself quickly and come with us. Your second brother is trying to harm you."
After analyzing for a moment, He Nanfeng obediently dried his face with the handkerchief and without a word, followed Lu Wanning to the waterside pavilion.
There were already a few young gentlemen reciting poems by the waterside pavilion, but there weren't many people. When they saw He Nanfeng and the other two coming, they were quite curious.
Lu Wanning coquettishly got closer to He Nanfeng and said, "Cousin, I don't care. If you can't teach me how to play chess today, you're not allowed to leave."
After saying that, she also looked up at the young gentlemen, as if trying to figure out which one of them was the best at chess. The young gentlemen quickly avoided her gaze and walked a bit further away while joking with each other.
Zhen Yan laughed out loud and said, "You? How could Third Young Master He teach you? Just now in the pavilion, neither the Prince of Qishan nor Third Young Master He could teach you."
Lu Wanning stared at Zhen Yan with her beautiful eyes and said, "You look down on me? Where's the Prince of Qishan? Could it be that he was too scared and ran away?"
Zhen Yan laughed heartily and said, "He said he needed to relieve himself. Who knows if he was just afraid of you."
Hearing this, the young gentlemen were even more amazed. Even a romantic gentleman like the Prince of Qishan was afraid of the Princess of Zhaoyang in front of them. It was obvious that the princess was really terrifying. They'd better go even further away to avoid being implicated. As for the Third Young Master of the He family, they could only wish him good luck.
He Nanfeng set up the chessboard. But the effect of the sleeping incense just now was too strong, and he always felt a bit listless. Just as he was about to talk to Lu Wanning, when he looked up, he actually thought that the person in front of him was Jiang Shishi.
His heart was surging. For some reason, he always had an impulse to hug her.
Lu Wanning deliberately acted coquettishly and said to He Nanfeng with a pout, "Brother, where should I move this piece?"
He Nanfeng felt dizzy. When he was a child in front of his grandfather, he and Shishi played chess. Shishi would always smile coquettishly and act like a spoiled child like this.
"Brother He, where should I move this piece?"
He always thought that if the chess game could never end, would there be no such things later? He was still the son of the heir apparent, and she hadn't fallen ill yet. She could still go out and play with him. When they grew up, she would...
It was a pity that there was no if. He was no longer the son of the heir apparent, and she was no longer the noble young lady who could marry the heir apparent of the Duke of He.
How could he still be involved with her? How could he...
He Nanfeng forcefully suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and placed the chess piece on the chessboard. "Here..."
Just then, Lu Wanning also happened to put her hand over. Her sleeve brushed against his hand, scaring him so that the chess piece fell onto the chessboard with a clear sound.
Lu Wanning looked up curiously and asked, "Cousin, are you okay?"
He Nanfeng rubbed his eyes and looked carefully. Why was Shishi here? Shishi... He suddenly stood up and quickly walked to the edge of the waterside pavilion. The spring wind blew the cold air from the pool onto his face. He sobered up a bit. When he looked back, he realized that it wasn't Shishi but Lu Wanning.
He felt a bit relieved in his heart. He walked back to the table and sat down. After concentrating and thinking for a while, he rearranged the chess pieces.
Zhen Yan was sitting on the side watching the chess game. She was extremely bored. Playing chess was really a boring thing. It was so uninteresting. But for the sake of the act, she had to cheer up and act curiously. "Third Brother He, why do you move the piece here?"
He Nanfeng gave another start. When he looked up, he wondered why there were two Shishis in front of him. The one opposite was looking down at the chessboard. She always liked to lower her head. Every time she did, there was always a hint of shyness. And the Shishi beside him was looking at him with big, bright eyes, with a look of tenderness in her eyes.
Shishi...
He Nanfeng felt as if he was in a cloud. He slowly reached out his hand and was about to touch Zhen Yan's face.
Zhen Yan didn't react for a moment. But it was a pair of hands beside her that forcefully grabbed He Nanfeng's hand and pressed He Nanfeng onto the chessboard.
"Wow! Sheng Songyan, what are you doing?"
Lu Wanning was greatly startled and hadn't yet reacted from the situation in front of her.
Sheng Songyan was originally extremely angry. He looked up and sized up the three of them. He Nanfeng's face was an abnormal red, while Lu Wanning and Zhen Yan both looked blank.
The people beside them heard the commotion and all looked over.
Sheng Songyan immediately helped He Nanfeng up and laughed, "Oh, Nanfeng. You were so focused on the chess game that you didn't even notice me sneaking up on you from behind?"
He Nanfeng's expression was very strange. The veins on his forehead were bulging, and he murmured in a low voice, "Shishi... I'm playing chess with you..."
Hearing this, Lu Wanning's whole face changed. She then realized that although He Nanfeng had woken up from the sleeping incense, the effect of the incense hadn't worn off.
Sheng Songyan pressed a few acupoints on He Nanfeng's waist, helped him sit properly, and quickly took out a pill from his waist and stuffed it into his mouth.
Zhen Yan realized it later and whispered, "Who's Shishi? Jiang Shishi?"
Lu Wanning glared at her angrily and said, "You talk too much!"
Zhen Yan exclaimed excitedly, "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Is it really that amazing? Shishi will soon be his sister - in - law. Uncle and sister - in - law? Hahaha, this is even more exciting than what's written in the storybooks."
Sheng Songyan frowned. Sure enough, such a woman was not very normal in the head. He didn't know what was going on in her mind all day long. Just now, he shouldn't have saved her. He should have just let her be molested.
No, that wasn't right. Nanfeng was his brother. How could he watch Nanfeng just get out of the tiger's den and then fall into the wolf's lair?