Read Novel Full Chapter 2581: I Don’t Like Being Used (5)
Chapter 2581: Chapter 2581: I Don’t Like Being Used (5)
Yang Ruxin picked up a piece of fried fish and took a bite. Actually, she preferred shrimp and crab, but since she was breastfeeding, eating those things could cause the children to develop eczema, so she had to resist. However, the taste of the small fish was not bad. But what left her helpless was that as soon as she finished the first piece, a plate with another piece of fried fish, with the bones already removed, was handed to her.
Yet, Yang Ruxin didn’t move her chopsticks again.
"This fish is best eaten while warm," Qi Jingyun said with a smile.
Yang Ruxin suddenly raised her eyes to look directly into his: "Qi Jingyun, who do you think Flame could be?"
Just now, she had gone through all the members of the Imperial Family in her mind. The Crown Prince, Prince Yun, Prince Yi, and Prince Rong could all be eliminated, leaving Prince Han and Prince Xuan as the most suspicious. Of course, there was also the elderly Commandery Prince Tai, but he was over seventy and had been summoned by the Emperor to Beijing for care, so he could be excluded too. That left just Prince Han and Prince Xuan.
She had interacted with both these princes. If Prince Xuan was not extraordinarily good at acting, he could be ruled out, as an honest person like him could not possibly be associated with someone like Flame, leaving Prince Han as the main suspect.
But Qi Jinghao was a proper prince, and his fiefdom, Hanzhong, was a prosperous place. How could he possibly be the violent Flame? So she quickly discarded that idea, but then, thinking of the injuries on Queen Yunxiong, she felt a bit uncertain again.
Qi Jingyun looked at Yang Ruxin and suddenly laughed: "I think who it is doesn’t matter. What’s important is that if we have a suspect, we should find a way to verify it, shouldn’t we?"
Yang Ruxin was silent for a while before she looked up: "Then, Your Highness Prince Yun, why are you so sure that Flame isn’t you?"
Qi Jingyun raised his eyes in surprise, only to meet Yang Ruxin’s calm and slightly chilly gaze, which made his heart skip a beat.
"I don’t like being used."
"Xinxin, you’ve misunderstood me. I had no intention of using you." Qi Jingyun wanted to hold his forehead in frustration; how could even the slightest thought in his mind not escape this girl’s notice?
"Anyway, I can tell my man about these things." Yang Ruxin said, putting down her chopsticks and wiping her fingers with a handkerchief. "I’m just a woman who wants to live a stable life. If people don’t offend me, I won’t offend them, and as for those lofty ideals of national interest, I don’t have them."
"Alright." Qi Jingyun could only sigh in resignation. "I guess I misjudged. Your identity and abilities would attract many people’s attention. I really just wanted to remind you, I didn’t expect you to misunderstand. So let me be clear, I just wanted to spend some time alone with you, that’s all, so I found this excuse."
This time, Yang Ruxin wasn’t angry. Instead, she looked at Qi Jingyun seriously: "And what good would spending time together once do?"
Qi Jingyun was at a loss for words.
"Spread rumors that I’m unfaithful? And then make Gu Qingheng despise me?" Yang Ruxin laughed. "Such tactics are too childish, aren’t they?"
"Am I so despicable in your eyes?" Qi Jingyun smiled bitterly.
"Not despicable, on the contrary, you’re someone with principles. That’s why I’m willing to cooperate with you." Yang Ruxin shook her head. "But your feelings for me, I think are completely unnecessary."
Qi Jingyun raised his eyebrows slightly: "A fair lady, a gentleman’s desire. I’m a man, isn’t it normal to like a woman? However, I never forced you, I’m just doing what I think I should do."