CHAPTER 621: CHAPTER 208: XIE RUILIN’S TREATMENT (SECOND UPDATE)

Xiao Jinxing paid no attention to anyone else.

After Lu You handed over the bowl and chopsticks, she just started eating on her own.

Ye Qichi was stunned for a few seconds but then decided not to bother with this ’crazy piece’.

She called others to start their meal.

Gu Xingchuan and Xie Ruotong, of course, dared not to overstep.

"Let’s eat," Xiao Jinxing said.

Only then did the two of them pick up their bowls and chopsticks again.

The dinner table became much more constrained because of Xiao Jinxing’s presence.

Xie Ruotong glanced at Gu Xingchuan while she ate.

In the depths of Gu Xingchuan’s eyes, there was still a trace of sadness.

"How come you’re wearing this outfit?" Ye Qichi felt the atmosphere was too tense, so she took the initiative to speak.

"Isn’t it you who chose it for me?" Xiao Jinxing asked.

Ye Qichi pursed her lips.

She was deliberately teasing him, and he couldn’t tell?!

"Didn’t you say this color looks classy? That it makes me look fair-skinned?" Xiao Jinxing pressed.

"It does look pretty fair," Ye Qichi replied nervously.

In fact, the clothes didn’t look bad on Xiao Jinxing.

It’s just that being as handsome as Xiao Jinxing with a good figure, he would never look bad in anything.

It’s just very different from the cold-toned clothes he usually wears.

At first glance.

It was quite jarring.

Gu Xingchuan and Xie Ruotong, listening to their conversation, also understood why the Prince was different today from usual.

Xie Ruotong couldn’t help but take another look at Gu Xingchuan.

Gu Xingchuan just continued to eat silently.

With Xiao Jinxing joining in.

Everyone didn’t talk much during the meal.

The atmosphere was tense.

But the hotpot lamb in the pot was completely finished.

After Xiao Jinxing finished his meal, he stood up.

And the moment he turned to leave.

"Gu Xingchuan, come with me," he ordered.

It was clear that he didn’t want Gu Xingchuan and Ye Qichi to interact behind his back.

Gu Xingchuan had no choice but to leave respectfully.

Ye Qichi was speechless.

Xiao Jinxing, this man, really had his head stuck in a door sometime.

Xiao Jinxing left with Gu Xingchuan.

Xie Ruotong also left the courtyard.

To hurry up and confirm the Assassin heading towards the border.

After eating, Ye Qichi always felt sleepy, so she went back to her room for a nap.

In the courtyard, only Lu You was left looking at the table where not even leftovers remained.

She really wanted to cry but had no tears!

...

At the entrance of Prince Chen’s Mansion.

Gu Xingchuan had just come out.

"Xingchuan," Xie Ruotong was waiting for him at the doorway.

Gu Xingchuan was taken aback and then realized, "Are we going out?"

"Yes," Xie Ruotong nodded, "I thought you’d come out soon, so I waited for you."

Gu Xingchuan smiled.

He obviously knew what Xie Ruotong meant.

The Prince had just asked him to leave, clearly not wanting him to be with Ye Qichi, nothing urgent to discuss.

So it wouldn’t be a long delay.

"Let’s go, I’ll accompany you a little way," Gu Xingchuan said.

Xie Ruotong did not refuse.

The two of them got into the carriage.

Xie Ruotong took the initiative to say, "I feel like the Prince’s attitude towards the Princess has changed."

Gu Xingchuan nodded.

He nodded in silence.

"The Prince’s possessiveness over the Princess is getting stronger, which means the Prince is starting to care more about the Princess," Xie Ruotong commented.

Gu Xingchuan smiled, saying to Xie Ruotong, "I know what you want to say. Don’t worry, I won’t cross the line with Ye Qichi."

"I’m not worried you would cross the line, I know very well what kind of person you are. I’m just afraid you won’t be able to move on," Xie Ruotong spoke frankly.

"It’s okay," Gu Xingchuan said lightly.

As long as Ye Qichi can be happy,

it doesn’t really matter to him how he himself fares.

Xie Ruotong is not actually someone who is particularly adept at conversations.

She simply thinks that Gu Xingchuan is a good person.

Thus, she hopes that he can lead a better life.

The carriage stopped next to a shop in Xun City.

Xie Ruotong prepared to get off the carriage.

Gu Xingchuan got off the carriage first.

He personally lifted the carriage curtain for Xie Ruotong, waiting courteously for her to alight.

"Thank you," Xie Ruotong expressed her thanks.

"It’s nothing," Gu Xingchuan smiled. "Are you sure you don’t need me to accompany you?"

"If a real fight breaks out," Xie Ruotong said with a slight smile, "you’d be a burden."

Gu Xingchuan also smiled.

Of course, he knew she was just joking.

But in fact, it is indeed the case.

He said, "Then I’ll be on my way. Do you want me to take you back to Prince Chen’s Mansion later?"

"No need," Xie Ruotong bid farewell. "See you next time."

"See you next time."

Gu Xingchuan left.

Xie Ruotong watched the carriage leave before turning to enter a grocery store.

As soon as she walked in,

someone emerged from a small stall on the other side.

"Young madam, was that Miss Xie just now?" Yuele murmured beside her.

Xie Ruilin coldly watched Xie Ruotong enter that grocery store.

Today, she took Yuele out shopping, wanting to buy some rouge to adorn herself and also planning to please Song Yanqing with some new clothes. Just as they were walking on the street, she saw Xie Ruotong alighting from a carriage, accompanied by Gu Xingchuan.

This woman, indeed, can’t stand loneliness.

Only two months after being driven out of the Song Residence, she’s already hooked up with Gu Xingchuan.

Gu Xingchuan, being the son of the wealthiest man in the Daxuan Kingdom and a staff member of Prince Chen... What right does Xie Ruotong, this withered flower and decayed willow, have to be with Gu Xingchuan?

It’s absolutely impossible.

Even if they were together, she could only be a lowly concubine!

The anger inside Xie Ruilin made her stare fixedly at the grocery store without leaving.

However, the moment Xie Ruotong walked out of the store,

she quickly pulled Yuele and hid again.

She has a sort of innate fear of Xie Ruotong.

Just thinking about last time, nearly dying at her hands in the Song Residence... That damned woman, despite such severe injuries, had actually fully recovered in just two months.

She had thought that Xie Ruotong was already dead.

Completely dead.

Hiding behind the small stall, she didn’t dare to come out.

Xie Ruotong’s keen senses naturally detected Xie Ruilin.

The Inner Strength accumulated in the palm of her hand could clearly feel her anger.

"Xiang Qin," the person beside her called out to her,

noticing her restlessness too.

Xie Ruotong bit her lip and left with the woman.

Ye Qichi was right.

Xie Ruilin is not worth dying together with her.

If she kills Xie Ruilin now,

she’d be taken to the government office as well; even though she could leave for the jianghu, at such a critical time, she prefers to suppress her thirst for revenge and serve Ye Qichi instead.

Xie Ruilin,

only after a while, did she feel that Xie Ruotong had left.

She couldn’t help but take a deep breath of relief.

She always felt that she had just been discovered by Xie Ruotong.

If Xie Ruotong wanted to kill her,

Xie Ruilin felt a cold shiver down her spine and hurried back to the Song Residence with Yuele.

On the way back,

she finally managed to calm herself down a bit.

Upon entering the gates of the Song Residence,

she encountered Ming Yufang.

Ming Yufang glanced at Xie Ruilin, "Aren’t you in poor health? If you’re unwell, you should rest at home and not go out unnecessarily."

Her tone was clearly unwelcoming.

Ever since finding out that Xie Ruilin couldn’t conceive, she didn’t have a single good impression of her!