Ji Xuanyuan changed the subject, pointing directly at Gu Qingwan.
“Fairy Gu, aren’t you already with Young Master Yunlan? Just a few days ago, you declared this to Young Master Chu Yuan in public, didn’t you? Now, meeting Young Master Chu Yuan alone, aren’t you afraid of gossip?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Qingwan’s happy mood felt like a drop tower ride, suddenly soaring high only to plummet rapidly.
The sky had originally cleared, but Ji Xuanyuan’s words trapped her in a rainy season once more.
Gu Qingwan instinctively looked at Chu Yuan.
Chu Yuan’s face was filled with awkwardness.
In truth, he did not care about this matter because he knew very well that his childhood friend had no feelings for that fake young master, and there would be no significant involvement between them later.
Otherwise, the Saintess of Medicine King Valley in his previous life would have been someone else.
It was clear that at some point in the future, that fake young master had discarded his childhood friend like a tool with no utility value.
However, now that it was being called out so openly, his expression inevitably changed.
Seeing her childhood friend like this, Gu Qingwan opened her cherry lips, wanting to explain, but the words were stuck in her throat, unable to be voiced.
‘I won!’
Ji Xuanyuan looked at Gu Qingwan’s awkward and complex expression, tilting her head up triumphantly.
‘Little girl, this kid is a beast; you can’t handle him.’
‘Better let me take care of him for you.’
‘I’m doing this for your own good!!!’
Whether this boy was her Junior Brother or an Evil Cultivator, Ji Xuanyuan would not let this girl succeed.
Seeing the Crown Princess’s proud look, Gu Qingwan clenched her teeth and frowned, but she suffered from having no ground to stand on.
Observing this, Chu Yunlan sighed heavily inside a distant teahouse.
‘Oh boy! This Fairy Gu’s level is still too low.’
‘Should I go out and save the situation?’
‘No! If I appear now, it would be too abrupt.’
‘And it would only annoy Her Highness!’
‘I can’t lose the forest for the trees.’
Thinking of this, he could only suppress the urge to step out and help.
Fortunately, Chu Yuan insisted on the spot.
“Your Highness, regardless, I have already made an appointment with Miss Gu to attend today’s Small Auction. I ask for your understanding!”
“Heh!”
Ji Xuanyuan sneered.
‘Still playing hard to get?’
‘Fine! I’ll play with you!’
Thinking this, her smile grew even wider.
“Coincidentally, I also want to join in the fun.”
Ji Xuanyuan stepped toward the exit. At the doorway, she suddenly turned back and reached out her hand toward Chu Yuan.
“Master Chu, shall we?”
The Crown Princess’s forceful persistence made Chu Yuan frown in annoyance.
‘This woman!!!’
‘Why is she so clingy today?’
‘Does she like being close to me that much?’
‘Sigh! Forget it! Who told her to be the Crown Princess?’
Thinking about his current status as an orphan, Chu Yuan sighed and said against his better judgment, “It is my honor to travel with the Crown Princess!”
Gu Qingwan bit her lip and stepped forward quickly, wanting to grab Chu Yuan’s other arm.
But just as her hand reached out, Ji Xuanyuan had already taken a step ahead and linked arms with Chu Yuan, smiling brightly.
“Master Yuan, I heard there is a 1,000-Year Lingzhi at today’s auction. It has the effect of curing all diseases and suppressing restrictions. I wonder if you are interested?”
‘1,000-Year Lingzhi?’
Chu Yuan’s heart skipped a beat.
‘I remember this medicine can completely suppress Wan’er’s Nine Yin Severed Meridians!’
‘It seems that although today is a Small Auction, there are still some good things!’
Thinking this, he nodded slightly. “Let’s go!”
“Ah?”
Seeing that Chu Yuan actually had no objection, Gu Qingwan’s outstretched hand froze in midair.
Watching the two walk out of the shop, her eyes turned slightly red. However, she heard Ji Xuanyuan look back, her tone full of concern.
“What’s wrong? Sister Qingwan, didn’t you want to go to the auction? Keep up, don’t get lost~!”
Provocation!
This was blatant provocation!
Gu Qingwan clenched her sleeves tightly.
Looking at the backs of those two walking so close together, she only felt a blockage in her chest.
‘Clearly, when we were children, A-Yuan would only hold my hand…’
‘Clearly, I have known A-Yuan longer…’
‘Clearly, I was here first…’
Her pearly teeth bit her cherry lips, and her eyes grew redder.
Before Gu Qingwan could think any further, Chu Yunlan encouraged her through the Command Medallion via Sound Transmission.
[ Go for it! Fairy Gu, A-Yuan clearly has feelings for you. ]
[ Even if the Crown Princess just pointed out you being with me, his attitude remained firm. This already shows: ]
[ A-Yuan doesn’t care about that at all. You can’t let the Crown Princess have her way! ]
Gu Qingwan nodded.
‘Young Master Yunlan is right. A-Yuan’s statement just now already showed he didn’t care.’
‘I just need to follow the original plan, feign an illness, and then confess.’
‘I must not let the Crown Princess succeed!’
She could feel the gap between the two of them was just a thin sheet of paper. At such a critical moment, Gu Qingwan knew she could not stop moving forward.
Taking a deep breath, she moved her jade-like legs and followed.
This time, Gu Qingwan grabbed the young man’s other arm.
This action startled Chu Yuan. “Wan’er?”
Gu Qingwan’s jade face flushed. She lowered her head and remained silent, only hugging his solid arm tightly to express her stance.
Ji Xuanyuan frowned, but for a moment, she could not say much.
—
On the long street, the crowd was like a woven tapestry.
Chu Yuan was flanked by two beautiful figures on his left and right, moving forward with difficulty.
On the left, Gu Qingwan held his arm, her slender jade fingers resting lightly on his sleeve. She lowered her eyelashes, occasionally glancing up at him before quickly looking down again. That gaze was resentful and aggrieved, as if there were 1,000 words left unsaid.
On the right, Ji Xuanyuan held his other arm, her posture upright, eyes looking straight ahead. A confident smile played on the corners of her lips, as if everything in the world was under her control. Her jade-like arm was hooked through his, carrying a strength that did not allow for escape.
While walking, Chu Yuan could occasionally feel the ample bosoms of the two women. He could not help but swallow his saliva, looking forward expressionlessly with only one thought in his mind:
‘Why is this road so long?’
‘Where exactly is that auction venue?’
Walking all the way, Chu Yuan, with a woman on each arm, attracted countless gazes.
Setting aside Gu Qingwan’s ethereal beauty and her red-rimmed eyes that added a touch of pitiful charm, Ji Xuanyuan’s peerless looks and her natural, elegant aura would let even a blind person see this person was of extraordinary origin.
Two such beauties were actually holding the same man’s hands at the same time?
The onlookers looked at each other, and whispers began to rise.
“Look at that young master. He looks decent, but in broad daylight, he’s embracing two women. What kind of conduct is this!”
“Exactly. A man should be dignified and self-disciplined, keeping to his place. To parade around like this with one on each arm, what is the world coming to?”
“Those two ladies too! These days, surely there aren’t women who would share a husband?”
“Impossible! Didn’t you see that fairy in black has an extraordinary aura? A person of her caliber would be top-tier even in the entire Immortal Dynasty. How could she do such a thing?”
In the Immortal Dynasty, if a woman had a man on each arm, people would only be envious. If a man did it, it was considered indiscreet, a lack of Male Virtue.
The discussions rushed in like a tide, wave after wave.
Chu Yuan remained expressionless on the surface, but cold sweat was already breaking out on his forehead.
Gu Qingwan felt a bit embarrassed by those comments, but her fingers tightened around Chu Yuan’s arm, unwilling to let go.
Meanwhile, Ji Xuanyuan still looked straight ahead, the faint smile on her lips even deepening a bit.
‘Good! This public opinion is excellent!’
‘I want him to feel like there are needles in his back and a fishbone in his throat…’
‘Let this beast properly receive the moral judgment of my Immortal Dynasty!’
At this moment, they were not far from the auction venue, and her plan was about to begin.