Chu Jinshuo didn’t feel awkward when Chu Yunshen didn’t answer him. “Brother Yunshen, do you like someone? Why are you being so shy about it?”

Chu Yunshen adjusted the lion cat’s position in his arms. He glanced at Chu Jinshuo calmly before veering his eyes to look at the lion cat’s smooth fur without saying a word.

“Was I right? Which girl is it? What’s her name? Do I know her?” Chu Jinshuo fanned even harder.

Chu Yunshen clearly did not say a word!

How could Chu Jinshuo consider this silent admission?

Cheng Xiaoxiao wanted to shout at Chu Jinshuo. She did not get it. Chu Jinshuo was never friends with Chu Yunshen to begin with. Why did he start pretending to take so much interest in Chu Yunshen’s marriage?

“Brother Yunshen, are you being shy? Even if you don’t want to talk about it, I have faith in your taste!”

Chu Jinshuo chatted with Chu Yunshen excitedly, “After you are married, you will need to work on having children. I have some excellent midwives at my residence. When the time comes, I will send them over to you.”

Why was he talking about children?

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt surprised by the development of the conversation. For a moment, she could not tell what Chu Jinshuo was driving at.

“Brother Jinshuo, you are so good at talking today.”

Chu Yunshen finally broke his silence after Chu Jinshuo kept talking. However, he sounded calm and distant.

Why did he talk to Chu Jinshuo? Why did he praise Chu Jinshuo?

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt annoyed when Chu Yunshen suddenly became so nice to Chu Jinshuo. After she realized what Chu Yunshen genuinely meant, she really wanted to applaud Chu Yunshen!

He was complaining that Chu Jinshuo was being noisy, right?

Right right right?

Cheng Xiaoxiao hurriedly raised her head and looked at Chu Yunshen with her bright eyes.

Chu Yunshen lowered his head when he detected the lion cat’s sudden movement. His dark bright eyes were filled with concern when he caught her eyes gleaming.

Cheng Xiaoxiao realized Chu Yunshen must have thought something was wrong when she suddenly moved, so she obediently lowered her head and rubbed Chu Yunshen’s arm.

Chu Yunshen was busy interacting with the lion cat and completely forgot about Chu Jinshuo.

Chu Jinshuo concealed the hate in his eyes when they were not looking and put on his courteous façade.

“Brother Yunshen, I never liked kids in the past and found them annoying.”

Chu Jinshuo caught Cheng Xiaoxiao’s attention. Chu Yunshen turned to look at Chu Jinshuo.

“Now that I finally have a boy, I know about the pleasures of being a father,” said Chu Jinshuo as he closed his fan and gestured for Wan Xia quietly standing nearby to come over.

Wan Xia filled Chu Jinshuo’s empty teacup with more tea before moving back to her spot. However, Cheng Xiaoxiao detected Wan Xia’s hatred towards Chu Jinshuo.

Wan Xia was so obvious that even Chu Yunshen glanced at her sideways.

Chu Jinshuo noticed Chu Yunshen looking at her. He deliberately pointed at her and asked, “Does Brother Yunshen like her? Why don’t you accept Wan Xia as a concubine then?”

Cheng Xiaoxiao almost thought Chu Jinshuo only kept talking because he was excited about having a child.

He unexpectedly talked about Wan Xia!

Wan Xia was her friend! Also, Wan Xia didn’t like Chu Jinshuo. Chu Jinshuo was really matchmaking the wrong girl to Chu Yunshen!

Wait, hang on!

Wasn’t Wan Xia sent to the residence to marry Chu Yunshen?

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt flustered when the thought came to mind.

Sometimes, people had no control over their futures. What if Chu Yunshen received a royal decree and was ordered to marry Wan Xia?

What would happen to her?

What would happen to Wan Xia and Chu Yunshen?

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt exceptionally nervous. She did not even dare to move and wanted to know Chu Yunshen’s answer about marrying Wan Xia.

She curled in Chu Yunshen’s arms unusually obediently. However, Wan Xia simply looked at Chu Jinshuo blatantly.

Wan Xia kept looking at Chu Jinshuo openly.

Her gentle eyes were now cold and even filled with hate.

Initially, Cheng Xiaoxiao might not be entirely sure, but she was now 100% certain that Wan Xia hated Chu Jinshuo.

Did she hate Chu Jinshuo for sending her to Prince Jing’s residence as a spy?

Wan Xia didn’t like doing that.

Cheng Xiaoxiao noticed this very quickly.

Judging from their conversations, Cheng Xiaoxiao could tell Wan Xia didn’t like living here. Also, Wan Xia felt powerless about her situation.

“Don’t worry about me, Brother Jinshuo. You should just mind your own business.”

Chu Yunshen was considered polite earlier. Now, he was blatantly telling Chu Jinshuo to keep his nose out of his business.

Chu Jinshuo undoubtedly looked annoyed. He stopped talking about his baby boy and Chu Yunshen’s marriage.

He simply finished his tea quickly before throwing the teacup on the table hard.

The teacup spun on the table before falling with a thud.

“Brother Yunshen, I will stop if you don’t like talking about it. Let me remind you. Even if you don’t care about having children, Father certainly does.”

The moment Chu Jinshuo finished his sentence, he stopped pretending to be polite.

He retrieved the official seal for the ministry of justice from his sleeve and threw it on the table and left without even saying goodbye.

Wasn’t Chu Jinshuo very patient earlier? Why did he blow up without warning?

Chu Jinshuo left, but Wan Xia continued looking at him until he disappeared through the door.

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t know how much Wan Xia detested Chu Jinshuo in the past.

Cheng Xiaoxiao faintly sensed someone looking at Chu Jinshuo when the royal decree was being announced earlier.

Since she had her eyes on Chu Jinshuo, she could sense someone else also looking at Chu Jinshuo.

From the looks of it, it was probably Wan Xia.

Why did this seem strange to her?

Cheng Xiaoxiao recalled the person looking at Chu Jinshuo wasn’t secretly observing him. It didn’t seem like anger either. Instead, it felt sad and at the same time consisted of admiration.

Perhaps she was mistaken.

Everyone in the residence knew that Chu Jinshuo and Chu Yunshen didn’t get along. No one would be crazy enough to develop feelings towards Chu Jinshuo, right?

Cheng Xiaoxiao was unsure if she was mistaken or if someone else in the residence would pay any attention to Chu Jinshuo.

Never mind.

Even if the sky was falling, there were plenty of tall folk around to break the fall. If something happened in the residence, Chu Yunshen could handle it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao quickly recalled Chu Yunshen telling Chu Jinshuo to mind his own business.

Cheng Xiaoxiao smirked.

Just thinking about it made her happy.

Chu Yunshen didn’t say anything about fancying a girl.

Hang on!

He did not deny it either!

Cheng Xiaoxiao was in a dilemma. Why did Chu Yunshen speak so ambiguously? Why didn’t he say no directly?

Wan Xia had started to clear Chu Jinshuo’s overturned teacup with her head lowered as she bent over and seemed particularly pitiful. Anyone who saw this would want to comfort her.

“Leave it. Someone else will take care of it.”

Chu Yunshen surprisingly spoke up. Although there wasn’t a shred of emotion in his words and he sounded as flat as a machine saying an advertisement, Cheng Xiaoxiao saw Wan Xia going stunned.

After some time, Wan Xia looked at Chu Yunshen and felt touched. Since she was a beautiful woman, she seemed even more gorgeous with her cheeks blushing slightly.

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

Wan Xia bit her red lips as she kept twisting the corner of her robe. For a moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao thought Wan Xia might just tear her robe when Wan Xia finally mustered enough courage and said, “Don’t take what he said to heart. I know my place and would never harbor any fantasies about being with you.”

Wan Xia lowered her head even more. Cheng Xiaoxiao wasn’t able to see her face, but she could tell Wan Xia was crying just by listening to her voice.

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t know what to say, but she kept pawing Chu Yunshen’s arm and gestured for him to comfort Wan Xia.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was caught by surprise when Chu Yunshen opened his mouth. Also, she was shocked by what he said.

“Don’t be too hard on yourself.”

Even though Chu Yunshen’s voice remained cold, anyone could tell he was trying to comfort her.

Did Chu Yunshen care about Wan Xia’s feelings?

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt happy and was sad at the same time. She had asked Chu Yunshen to comfort Wan Xia, but she felt jealous when Chu Yunshen did it.

She felt very awkward as these strange feelings kept rising in her mind.

She did not want to think this way, but she couldn’t stop herself.

Wan Xia raised her head in surprise when she heard what Chu Yunshen said. The tears in her eyes trickled down her face from the sudden movement.

Her eyes remained teary and red. Cheng Xiaoxiao felt Wan Xia resembled a little white bunny she used to have and found Wan Xia adorable.

In an instant, all the complicated emotions in Cheng Xiaoxiao’s heart dissipated.

She simply wanted to console this young woman and tell her what a wonderful girl she was.

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt she must be possessed. Otherwise, why would she keep having the urge to protect Wan Xia? The more she hung out with Wan Xia, the more she felt that way.

Perhaps Cheng Xiaoxiao had developed feelings for Wan Xia over time. Maybe Cheng Xiaoxiao liked Wan Xia after getting to know her true self.

No matter what, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt Wan Xia was a nice girl and worthy of the best things on earth.

For a moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao even suspected she was lesbian. She kept feeling Chu Yunshen wasn’t good enough for Wan Xia.

She was probably the only person who was good enough for Wan Xia.

Wan Xia was simply charming.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was worried Wan Xia would keep crying, so she jumped out of Chu Yunshen’s arms and climbed into Wan Xia’s embrace.

Wan Xia was only briefly shocked when the lion cat jumped into her arms. In a second, she promptly embraced the lion cat with her dimples showing.

She finally smiled.

Sure enough, it worked!

Only Cheng Xiaoxiao was capable of making her smile and the rest of them were useless!