I just want to live a good life

Chapter 185 I’m not the kind of person you think

A small disturbance in the General's Mansion was successfully resolved.

This incident not only solved the orchard's labor problem, but also chilled Xia Lian's heart. He swore to Madam Xia that he would never bring anyone back to the mansion to raise again.

In Su Nuan's opinion, this was a good result. She took out money to subsidize the security guards who worked in the orchard, and wanted to select a few of them to work for her.

Things have been going more smoothly recently, and the industries entrusted to her by the prince have begun to make profits. The several second-in-command managers she placed in the companies have played a big role.

It has been less than a month, and according to the account books submitted, the profit has reached 4,000 taels, almost catching up with the half-year profit in previous years.

Despite her busy schedule, Su Nuan did not give up her design work at the UBS Building. She would come home every night and paint at her desk. Her life was incredibly fulfilling.

There is no extra time to think about anything else.

That night, he was busy until late at night. Listening to the faint sound of the third watch drum outside, Su Nuan stretched and prepared to go to bed.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open.

"Chun Liu, didn't I tell you to go to bed first? I'm going to sleep too, so you don't need me to serve you."

Su Nuan took off her dress with her back to the door and prepared to go to bed.

She didn't hear Chunliu's reply, so she turned around and saw Mu Yunting standing behind her with a gloomy face.

Su Nuan was startled, "Your Highness, why are you here?"

"I came to see what you've been busy with these days."

Mu Yunting replied calmly, his voice returning to its usual cold tone.

"But His Highness is still under house arrest. Are the guards willing to let you out?"

"I can get out without disturbing them."

Su Nuan silently gave him a thumbs up in her heart. This house arrest was considered to be a way to get rid of loneliness.

"Your Highness, are you bored staying in the Moon-Lan Pavilion and want to go out and relax? How about I go out with you?"

"are not you tired?"

Su Nuan wanted to say that she was tired, but then what could she do without accompanying him? Since everyone was here, she walked with him for a while, and went back to sleep when she was tired.

"Let's go, I want to get some fresh air, too."

After saying that, she resigned herself to getting her dress and putting it on.

"Put on some more clothes and let's go sit on the roof."

"That's good. Your Highness is still under house arrest. It would be bad to be seen walking around outside."

Su Nuan took a cloak and put it on, then followed Mu Yunting into the yard.

Mu Yunting put his arms around her waist, leaped up, and the two of them stood steadily on the roof.

The two people sat on the roof in silence.

Su Nuan looked up at the sky, and Mu Yunting looked at her from the side.

"Is there something on my face? Why do you keep looking at me?"

"You are such a fickle woman."

"How do you say this?"

"When he coaxed me to eat carrots, he was so sweet, but when he achieved his goal, he didn't even bother to look at me. Isn't that fickle?"

"..."

"Why, you're speechless because you were hit on the spot?"

What could Su Nuan say? She did coax him to eat the radish, and she wanted to use him to get Dong Jingshu to eat the radish as well. Her purpose was impure and her means were quite despicable.

But she didn't go to Lanyue Pavilion not because she was too lazy to see him, but because she didn't want to see him and Dong Jingshu together.

"I am crazy to expect to hear your excuses."

Mu Yunting muttered to himself.

"I have no excuse."

Su Nuan said faintly: "I just want you to experience how I felt when I ate radishes and cabbages all day long."

"So, you are taking revenge on me?"

"It's not really revenge, I just wanted to make you feel that way back then, this is a rare opportunity, I can also let that woman suffer a little bit."

"You are honest."

Mu Yunting's cold face gradually warmed up.

"I am brave enough to take responsibility for what I have done."

"Then how do you explain your absence these past few days?"

"I thought Your Highness had just seen everything. He has been busy these past few days."

"what are you busy with?"

"I'm busy making money, making money for His Highness, making money for myself, and also helping my mother and sister-in-law open a shop."

"Why do you love money so much?" Mu Yunting frowned.

"What's wrong with loving money? Once I earn the money, it belongs to me. I can spend it when I want to, and it won't run away when I don't want to. It's much more reliable than people."

"Are you blaming me?"

There was a little bit, but Su Nuan thought she was not qualified, so she played dumb and said, "No, why blame you?"

Mu Yunting frowned and looked at her, and spoke after a while: "My father threatened me with marriage. If I don't agree to marry Dong Jingshu, he won't let me overturn the case for the Xun family. I have no choice. Before I married her, I told her that I could only give her the status of a concubine."

"Your Highness, have you ever heard of love growing over time? Have you ever heard of love being hard to control and a mother's status being elevated by her son?"

"I won't let her—"

"That would be cruel to her too." Su Nuan interrupted Mu Yunting. In fact, in her opinion, there was no difference between her and Dong Jingshu. It was just that she had been his concubine for a few days earlier.

I have a deal with him, and the two of us just get closer.

Once the Xun family case is concluded, all of this will be over. By then, she will be just another Dong Jingshu to Mu Yunting.

Therefore, the cruelty that Mu Yunting showed to Dong Jingshu today will sooner or later affect her.

“That was not my intention.”

Mu Yunting said this calmly, his eager eyes gradually turning cold.

Neither of them spoke anymore.

Su Nuan looked at the stars silently.

After an unknown amount of time, Mu Yunting's voice sounded again, "It's getting late, go back to sleep."

Su Nuan nodded, stood up cooperatively, and let Mu Yunting hold her and fly down from the roof.

This feeling was exciting but also scary. Her hands were tightly around Mu Yunting's waist.

"It's okay, let it go."

A familiar cold voice, without any warmth.

Su Nuan let go of her hand and watched Mu Yunting leave.

The special fragrance of his body seemed to still linger at the tip of her nose. Su Nuan sniffed hard, and a layer of mist gradually covered her eyes.

This night will be another sleepless night for her.

Like her, Xia Changze, the third son of the Xia family, was also unable to fall asleep.

At this moment, Ye Yin was standing at the head of his bed, looking at him like a ghost.

"You, do you have something to ask me?"

Although Xia Changze longed to see Ye Yin again, that was to compete with Ye Yin in martial arts. At this time and in this situation, how could he compete when he had already lost the momentum?

"Concubine Xia said you wanted to see me."

Ye Yin replied with a frown, his disdain evident in his words.

"But why did you come so late?"

"Your Highness has gone to bed, otherwise I would be at your service at any time."

He didn't want to come so late, but he didn't want to see him during the day. If someone saw him and spread something bad, he would kill him.

"Well, please sit down first, I'll put on some clothes."

Xia Changze weighed it up and decided that he couldn't beat him anyway, so it didn't matter if he lost his momentum. The opportunity must be missed. He had begged his younger sister for a long time to invite this man, so he absolutely couldn't let him go like this.

"No need, just make it clear, I'm not the kind of person you think."

Xia Changze: “???”