Xu Qingke glanced at Lin Yunmeng. She didn't seem to like fancy jewelry very much. This simple hairpin was perfect for her. After thinking about it, she asked the shopkeeper to wrap it up.

"Isn't the prince poor? Why buy such expensive things?" Lin Yunmeng curled her lips when she saw this. She had never seen anyone who loved money more than Xu Qingke.

Xu Qingke glanced at her lightly, then picked up the hairpin and inserted it directly into Lin Yunmeng's hair.

As his movements brought up a breeze, the tip of his nose seemed to smell a faint fragrance, like a gardenia blooming.

Lin Yunmeng was stunned and her nose twitched slightly. Why was this smell inexplicably familiar?

Xu Qingke was also stunned for a second, and then withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened.

"Well, this prince has always had good taste."

Faced with his boast, Lin Yunmeng came back to her senses and immediately looked helpless: "Say, how much is this hairpin? I'll keep it in my account."

She also liked this hairpin very much, so she thought it was bought for herself.

"Is this prince the kind of person who makes you pay for anything?" Xu Qingke was a little unhappy.

Lin Yunmeng lamented in her heart, dare she say so? Then she shook her head.

"I gave this hairpin to you...just think of me as showing mercy." Xu Qingke seemed to be making an excuse, and this excuse really fooled Lin Yunmeng.

Lin Yunmeng touched the shiny texture of her hairpin and couldn't help but curl her lips. This man is actually not bad. Although he has a bit of a poisonous mouth, loves money, and is a bit stingy, he is indeed the number one in this life.

A person who gives himself gifts.

"Thank you so much, Prince." Lin Yunmeng originally thought that Xu Qingke would make an exception just once, but what he did next could be described as terrifying.

This person seemed to be under some kind of curse. He suddenly bought things for Lin Yunmeng, and the things he bought were strange.

Staring at the rabbit-shaped candy man in her hand and the small rabbit lantern that Xu Qingke was holding, Lin Yunmeng had a strange expression.

And she also wore a rabbit mask exactly like Xu Qingke's to prevent anyone from seeing the two of them gossiping.

"Prince Qing's hobbies are really... surprising." From this point of view, Xu Qingke, who is pale and dressed in white, looks like a white rabbit, but he does not look soft and delicate at all.

Xu Qingke paused as he paid and stared straight at Lin Yunmeng with his amber eyes, seeming a little... resentful?

"Don't you think rabbits are... delicious?"

I thought he was going to say the very cute Lin Yunmeng: "..."

So Xu Qingke only likes everything about rabbits because rabbit meat is delicious?

"Here, a lantern that looks like rabbit meat." Xu Qingke handed the unlit small lantern to Lin Yunmeng. Lin Yunmeng hesitated and took it silently.

So why is Xu Qingke so generous all of a sudden? It makes her feel unsure.

The two of them walked to the riverside. This was the place where Lin Yunmeng attended a banquet not long after her rebirth. It was also the place where the two of them met for the first time.

"Are you happy?" The person next to her suddenly said, and Lin Yunmeng paused for a while before she understood.

Is he actually... comforting himself?

Lin Yunmeng raised her eyes with a complicated expression: "You..."

Seeing the hesitation in her words, Xu Qingke subconsciously raised his heart and his eyes flickered slightly.

In fact, he didn't know what he was doing, but the moment he saw this man's face full of tears, he always felt something unpleasant.

"You really want to blackmail me severely, right? Prince Qing, even if we are not friends now, we are at least partners, right? I won't let you go so far."

Lin Yunmeng's righteous and stern accusation.

Xu Qingke's face was paralyzed, he took off his mask expressionlessly, and bit the candy rabbit's head into pieces in one bite.

That fierce look made Lin Yunmeng shrink her neck subconsciously.

Xu Qingke is such a mysterious person. He obviously looks weak and coughs a few times after walking a few steps. Sometimes it seems like he will cough out his lungs.

But Lin Yunmeng just felt something was wrong. If this person was really weak, why was he so careful to tell that he knew martial arts? How could someone who has never really been exposed to martial arts know the characteristics of a person who practices martial arts?

Now in the coldest month of winter, there were almost no people on the riverside, so Lin Yunmeng took off her mask and let the cold wind hit her face.

The water on the river has frozen, and the branches on the bank are covered with frost. The silvery white is hanging down the willow trees and onto the glacier. The two unrelated things combine with these branches to form a beautiful winter scenery.

A man and a woman stand facing the wind, one black and one white perfectly matched. From a distance, they seem to have blended into this landscape painting, looking beautiful and elegant.

Xiao Yubei, who had followed the two of them not far away, saw this scene and his smile completely disappeared.

Along the way, I watched the two of them getting along, the scene where Lin Yunmeng burst into tears and laughed, and the scenes of flirting... Only then did Xiao Yubei realize it belatedly.

Lin Yunmeng's family background and beauty are all top-notch, so how could she lack suitors?

As for the suitor this time, Xiao Yubei never expected that it would be Xu Qingke.

The prince, who was born with a golden key in his mouth, was extremely intelligent. If he had not been frail and sick since childhood, he would have been able to replace Lin Lin as the emperor's right-hand man at his current age.

This is the first time Xiao Yubei has felt a sense of crisis since the plan was launched. Judging from how miserably Lin Yunmeng cried just now, she definitely has feelings for herself. Her previous luck was not in vain, but now...

Looking at Xu Qingke's tall and tall back like a bamboo, Xiao Yubei's expression was gloomy, and some unknown fire burned in his heart.

Xiao Yubei said nothing and left quietly. He had to find a way to be alone with Lin Yunmeng.

After Xiao Yubei left, Lin Yunmeng slowly turned back and glanced meaningfully at the place where Xiao Yubei had just stood.

But this glance caused Xu Qingke to misunderstand it as a lingering thought. He sneered: "How did you fall in love with such a fancy thing?"

Lin Yunmeng twitched the corner of her mouth and responded with a few vague words. She was not familiar enough with Xu Qingke to be unprepared, so of course she would not reveal a word about her revenge on Xiao Yubei.

However, her attitude caused Xu Qingke to feel cold and cold all over his body unconsciously. Then he let out a "hum" and turned around to leave.

Lin Yunmeng was left alone standing in the cold wind, feeling dazed.

That night, Xiao Yubei broke into the Prime Minister's Mansion again at night and sneaked into Quemeng Pavilion quietly.

Xiaojing and Xiaoruo both stared at this prostitute with some dissatisfaction. At first glance, it seemed that he was not a serious person. Who would be a serious person who breaks into other girls' boudoirs every day?

I really don’t know why the young lady has a soft spot for this deceitful man.

"Miss, Nadeng...Master Xiao is here again." Xiaojing almost let it slip.
Chapter completed!