The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

Hu Luanfei stared at the sheep eating grass quickly without saying anything.

After about a quarter of an hour, Le Yao, like Conan, a master of solving cases, narrowed her eyes and began to analyze the case incessantly: "Oh~ I see. Madam, you must also be interested in Brother Jiang Shi, right?"

Hu Luanfei denied, "I just treat him as my younger brother."

Le Yao retorted, "I don't think so. Your current behavior probably means that your feelings towards Jiang Shi have never been like those of a brother and sister. You rely on Jiang Shi. No, to be precise, you are close to him out of habit, and you can't tell whether this feeling is between a brother and sister or between lovers."

Hu Luanfei remained silent, thinking carefully about Le Yao's words.

Does she really have romantic feelings for Jiang Shi?

Habitually close to...

It was simply because I was too lazy to move, so I simply asked Jiang Shi to do the work. Is this also called "habitual closeness"?

"The villagers created those rumors for a reason. Everyone has witnessed Jiang Shi's previous whereabouts. Everyone in the village knows that, apart from the prince, you are only close to Jiang Shi. And today... the reason you are unwilling to admit it is that you are actually afraid."

"What am I afraid of?" Hu Luanfei frowned slightly.

"I told you not to tell anyone."

Hu Luanfei nodded. Le Yao jumped off her horse and took a few steps closer to her and whispered, "You are afraid that you can't make a choice, and you are also afraid that you will disappoint the prince because you like Jiang Shi. So you have been avoiding Jiang Shi's feelings and paralyzing yourself by saying that he is just a younger brother."

Is that really the case?

Hu Luanfei seemed to be caught in a whirlpool of rumors. Everyone thought she had a romantic relationship with Jiang Shi. In fact, she really just regarded Jiang Shi as her younger brother.

It is possible that she was careless and was a little more considerate to Jiang, which made it easy for people to have the illusion that "she likes him".

"That's why a wave of rumors started. To be honest, Le Yao, I thought you were different from others. You would definitely stand on my side and believe that my feelings for Jiang Shi were just ordinary siblings. I didn't expect you to be so good at playing fence-sitters that you can't even tell right from wrong. But you are young and don't have much experience. I believe you just believed the rumors because you were confused for a while."

Hu Luanfei felt that some words would hurt feelings if said too much. Le Yao was unhappy and was about to say something when Qi Siriao came out of the small shabby house and looked up at the two of them.

Le Yao was so frightened that her hands trembled, and the reins almost slipped off, and her tone of voice also changed: "...Prince, you and the princess can talk slowly..."

Qi Siliao ignored Le Yao, but his eyes fell on Hu Luanfei. His eyes were deep and he didn't say a word but smiled.

Hu Luanfei knew that he was doomed, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He dared not mention Jiang Shi again, and asked honestly: "Do you want to inspect the dam?"

Thinking that there was still work to be done, Qi Siriao subconsciously wanted to say "hmm", but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered that he had just heard the conversation between Le Yao and Hu Luanfei in the small shabby house. Le Yao once forced Hu Luanfei to admit that he liked Jiang Shi, but Hu Luanfei sincerely denied it.

She said that she only regarded Jiang Shi as her younger brother.

She replied promptly and without hesitation.

"Your Majesty?" Hu Luanfei waited for a long time, and seeing that Qi Siriao didn't say anything, he couldn't help but speak again: "If you don't want to go to the dam, then come with me to the fields to take a look."

Qi Si Liao came back to his senses. He did not rush to answer Hu Luanfei's words, but looked at Le Yao, "If you dare to do it again, I will not show mercy."

Everyone understood what he meant. Qi Siliao's attitude was serious and Le Yao didn't even have the courage to respond, let alone talk back.

Less than half a minute later, he turned his head and saw Le Yao, as if she had been saved. She rode away on her horse, wishing she could grow wings and escape from his sight.

In the quiet Taohua Village, sheep were enjoying the green grass. As the number of sheep increased, Hu Luanfei was afraid that they might be injured, so he simply went back to the house.

"Luan Fei, do you like Jiang Shi?"

His voice was so soft that Hu Luanfei didn't hear it: "What?"

Qi Siliao realized that he had lost his composure and replied, "Nothing."

After a moment, he spoke again: "Go home, I have something to discuss with you."

Hu Luanfei was confused again, but before she could speak, Qi Siliao seemed to have thought of something and added, "Don't listen to Le Yao's nonsense in the future."

Hu Luanfei: “…”

Back in the shabby house, there were already two bowls of noodles on the kitchen table. On the other side, there were maps and four treasures of the study.

Hu Luanfei copied a map and he loved to look at the copied map on weekdays.

Qi Si Liao helped her sit down and said, "Let's roughly calculate the expenses of the dam. I think the dividends from Zuihualou and an escort agency are far from enough."

Since they separated last year, apart from sleeping in the same bed last night, they have rarely been seen together.

Ever since Hu Luanfei entered the room, his eyes had been fixed on Qi Siriao.

Her mind wandered to other things. She thought about Jiang Shi being injured on the battlefield, and she thought Qi Si Liao wouldn't be much better...

As she thought about it, her eyes shifted to his chest.

Will he also suffer serious sword wounds like Jiang Shi?

For some unknown reason, I stretched out my hand uncontrollably and attacked his chest...

"Luan Fei, let's talk about business first!" He held her wrist and successfully stopped her from doing anything rash.

Hu Luanfei was startled and almost choked on his own saliva, "You hurt me."

Pulling her hand back, Hu Luanfei felt a little hurt. After not seeing him for half a year, he didn't show her affection or ask her if she had been well in the past six months. She suddenly didn't know what she was expecting.

"Sorry, I subconsciously..."

Hu Luanfei forced a smile stiffly. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether this man in front of her, who was sometimes affectionate and sometimes indifferent and cold, loved her or not.

The noodles were cooked too early, so they were a bit clumpy and tasted terrible.

There were only the two of them in the kitchen. In the quiet and narrow space, Hu Luanfei was stirring the noodles that had lost their moisture, and suddenly thought of Jiang Shi.

Then, he laughed at himself. Just as Le Yao said, he was indeed used to relying on others.

It's always painful to like someone secretly.

She is, and so is Jiang Shi.

"It's okay, let's talk business first."

Noodles, tasteless.

She just ate a few bites.

Seeing her depressed, Qi Si Liao sighed and hugged her in his arms, "In fact, this king has always been very scared."

Hu Luanfei's breath was choked, and he quickly raised his head from his arms: "What are you afraid of?"

Before he said anything, his hand covered her bulging belly. As a new father, his face was full of anticipation.

"This child..."

Hu Luanfei's alarm bells rang loudly, and he immediately slapped his hand away and moved a few centimeters away from him, "My God, don't even think about it."

She has not forgotten the words "children will become the weak point".

If he thought the child came at the wrong time, he would drug her openly or secretly...

Thinking of this, she immediately looked at the bowl of noodles she had eaten. A strong sense of protecting her calf arose spontaneously, and she rushed outside to induce vomiting.