NOVPUBAdditionally, Ning Ying had very obviously shown her interest in Yue Yu and not Ming Chen.
Yue Yu did not once plan to get involved in this kind of needless affection. Because once he does, there will only be endless troubles, especially Ning Ying's enthusiastic and uncomfortable entanglements.
Yue Ran lowered her eyes to hide a pair of beautiful dewy eyes that flashed a cold light and lifted the teacup to her mouth to conceal the smile at the corner of her lips without a trace.
The male protagonist was much easier to attract than she had first thought.
Yue Ran had believed that she needed a few more days to attract his attention and actually start to get close to him.
But things went better than she had initially thought.
She could revise her plans.
Yue Yu's actions were only making things much easier for Yue Ran, even if he was only using her at this point in time.
She was his chosen pawn.
She was excited to see what would happen in the future.
Being moved by one's own chess piece would be such a funny sight.
After taking a sip, she placed the teacup down with a soft click.
"Then tell me how you can help me with this. Everyone in the capital knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince admires the daughter of the Grand Tutor of the Emperor, Xue Lu. Can you really make His Royal Highness change his mind?"
The look of disbelief on Yue Ran's face was obvious, and so is the disbelief in her words.
"Sister Ran, if you believe in me and do as I say, I can make sure that Ming Chen will give up on Xue Lu and fall in love with you."
Yue Yu was full of confidence as he said this.
His words were very resolute.
As long as he was in control of everything, everything would also go according to his plans.
"The Double Seventh Festival is coming soon; do you really want to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince show his affection to Xue Lu?"
The Double Seventh Festival, also called the Qixi Festival, is a Chinese Valentine's Day festival. This festival is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunisolar month on the Chinese lunisolar calendar.
It was also a day showing how girls compete and plead for skills.
Yue Yu's words had easily grasped Yue Ran's weakness.
"Shut up!"
Yue Ran hissed.
How dare he poke fun at her?
Her and the person she likes!
This was too much!
Yue Yu's inquiry had apparently provoked a defensive, almost hostile response from Yue Ran.
This reminded Yue Yu of an adorable little kitten that bristled in annoyance, with all of its fur standing up.
So cute.
"You just need to tell me what to do; as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can change his mind, I can do anything!" Yue Ran stated this unequivocally.
Yue Yu felt strangely bitter, and the smile on his face became a little forced. He took a deep look at Yue Ran; his eyes were as dark and deep as the pitch-black abyss.
"Is Ming Chen really so good that he is worth your admiration and liking?"
Yue Ran gave him a disdainful look.
"What do you know? His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is much more attractive than someone who wears endless masks like you. Do you think that I am not aware that your gentleness and tolerance are only your false faces? The refined disguise that you put on to hide your ice-cold heart is what I hate the most!"
The smile on Yue Yu's face froze before quickly warming back up again.
He was still using his mask, but his heart could not help but fluctuate. Fortunately, he had great restraint and sat there with a calm expression so that no one could see anything unusual.
"What do you mean by those words, Sister Ran?"
"You don't even understand such simple words now?" Yue Ran spoke with a face full of indifference. "Stop smiling when you don't feel like it; that smile looks so fake and ugly."
Yue Yu nearly choked on his saliva.
The room fell silent for a moment, and Yue Yu found himself sitting as stiff as a board, his face set in an unreadable expression.
He was shocked.
No one had ever seen through his disguise for the past eighteen years that he had lived in the Yue Mansion, not even the Prime Minister himself.
Yue Yu had so habitually put on his mask in front of everyone that it came to him so naturally now. But someone—Yue Ran—could actually see through his perfect disguise and tell him just how ugly and fake the false smile was on his face!
This is impossible!
This should have been an impossible feat!
But apparently not anymore.
He very quickly cleared up the complicated mood in his heart before saying, "Does Sister Ran still want to know how to make Ming Chen fall in love with you?"
He was changing the subject again, but at the very least, he was not donning that fake smile anymore.
Yue Ran could call this a huge improvement.
"See, you look so much better if you don't have that false smile on your face anymore!"
Yue Ran nodded with her words, and her body language showed that she was now much more comfortable in Yue Yu's presence than she had been previously.
Yue Yu was once again taken aback by Yue Ran's words and actions.
She was always so direct with her words.
His lips straightened into a straight line, not knowing how to react to her words.
The present Yue Ran was just so full of surprises that he was caught off guard again and again.
Right, what did the male protagonist ask again?
Something about Ming Chen?
Oh, she finally remembered!
"Right, of course I want to know how to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince fall in love with me; quick, tell me what to do!"
