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"I’ll come to pick you up when it’s time." Ye Yuxi smiled as he looked towards Ye Suhuan, "Third Brother, where are you planning to go?"

Ye Suhuan replied indifferently with two words, "A walk."

After that, he continued on, pulling along Xiao Jiu and completely ignoring Ye Yuxi.

Shen Chuwei’s face was lined with black threads: "..."

Watching Ye Suhuan’s actions, Ye Yuxi’s face also darkened. He was, after all, the Crown Prince and Ye Suhuan was neither respecting him as such nor acknowledging his presence for Xiao Jiu.

That evening, Ye Yuxi arrived on time to take Xiao Jiu to watch the play, only to see Ye Suhuan taking Xiao Jiu out from Wuyou Palace.

Seeing Ye Yuxi arrive, Shen Chuwei felt somewhat awkward.

Ye Yuxi suppressed the displeasure in his heart, took a few steps forward, and said with a smile, "Xiao Jiu, let’s go, the play is about to start."

After finishing, he turned to look at Ye Suhuan with a smile, "Third Brother, do you want to come watch as well?"

Ye Suhuan looked down at Shen Chuwei for a moment and spoke, "I’m taking Xiao Jiu out of the palace for a while. We won’t have time to watch the play."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yuxi’s face turned even darker, but he held back from lashing out then and there, "Didn’t Xiao Jiu say she wanted to watch the play? How come there are plans to leave the palace now?"

He looked towards Xiao Jiu with a smile, his eyes filled with questions.

Shen Chuwei shrugged helplessly. It really wasn’t her fault; she was compelled by circumstances.

"Let’s go, the sooner we go, the sooner we’ll be back."

Ye Suhuan led Shen Chuwei out of Wuyou Palace.

Ye Yuxi could no longer maintain his smile, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot as he watched the two of them leave side by side.

It was obvious that Ye Suhuan was deliberately not giving him a chance to spend time with Xiao Jiu.

Angry as he was, he couldn’t simply snatch someone away by force.

Inside the horse carriage, the space was spacious, with a low table set in the middle and four lamps installed at the top, illuminating the dark interior brightly.

Shen Chuwei maintained a very safe distance from Ye Suhuan, but with only the two of them in the horse carriage, it always felt like a certain aura was pressing down on her, leaving her short of breath.

She lifted the curtain to get some fresh air.

Ye Suhuan, observing her actions, glanced at the empty space between them, "I won’t eat you, you don’t have to be so afraid of me."

Shen Chuwei clenched the curtain tightly and turned back to look at Ye Suhuan, opening her mouth to say, "You forced me to jump off a building."

Ye Suhuan paused for a moment, realizing that her fear of him was due to that leap from the building.

"Would you have jumped if it wasn’t for him? For a man, to the point of not caring about your own life, do you still have the face to complain?"

Shen Chuwei felt he was making an unjust accusation. She retorted angrily, "Isn’t that all your doing? If you hadn’t pushed me, why would I, not being a fool, go and jump off the building? Besides, he is my husband. Husband and wife are one. When disaster strikes, we don’t fly separately."

"..." Ye Suhuan: "Shut your mouth."

Shen Chuwei immediately clamped her mouth shut, fearing that he would get angry and kick her out of the carriage to fall face-first into the mud – that would be too much of a loss.

The atmosphere inside the carriage grew even tenser than before.

Shen Chuwei once again peeked her face out of the carriage for some fresh air.

When the carriage stopped, Shen Chuwei covertly glanced at Ye Suhuan, only to find him looking at her. She quickly averted her gaze and got out of the carriage.

Once she had alighted, she saw Ye Suhuan stepping out of the carriage with a composed stride.

Ye Suhuan looked down at her, "Let’s go."

Shen Chuwei asked in confusion, "Where to?"

Ye Suhuan swept his gaze over the bustling street and said, "Wherever you want to go."

"I’ll go find Xiao Jinyan..."

Shen Chuwei had not finished speaking when Ye Suhuan interrupted in a cold voice, "No."

Shen Chuwei pouted, "Didn’t you say I could go wherever I wanted?" Naturally, she wanted to see Xiao Jinyan since they had come out.

Ye Suhuan explained, "I meant regarding food."

Shen Chuwei: "..."

Looking at the lively street filled with food vendors.

When Shen Chuwei saw something delicious, she bought it, trying to convert her anger into appetite, allowing the taste of the food to make her forget about the unpredictable Ye Suhuan beside her.

Along the way, Ye Suhuan’s hands were full of snacks Shen Chuwei had purchased – she was responsible for eating, and he was responsible for paying.

Watching Shen Chuwei’s continuous eating, Ye Suhuan finally couldn’t help but remind her, "Eat less, you might get indigestion."

Shen Chuwei had eaten dinner before coming out, and by now she was full. She held her bulging stomach, looking up at Ye Suhuan.

Her heart felt frustrated, but she couldn’t voice it. Why didn’t you remind me earlier? I thought you were trying to bloat me to death～

"Shall we go back?"

Ye Suhuan asked with an inquiring tone, which to Shen Chuwei’s ears, sounded no different from "Let’s go back."

Shen Chuwei nodded and got back on the carriage with Ye Suhuan.

As on the journey there, Shen Chuwei maintained a very safe distance from Ye Suhuan.

The ride back was silent until they entered the palace gates. Shen Chuwei noticed from the corner of her eye that something was off with Ye Suhuan – he rested his hand on the armrest, his head slightly tilted to the side as if he had fallen asleep.

She tentatively called out, "Third Prince?"

Receiving no response from Ye Suhuan, Shen Chuwei extended her finger and poked his mask a few times, but still, Ye Suhuan showed no reaction.

He’s sleeping that deeply?

Shen Chuwei stared at the mask for a while, growing curious about what he looked like. If she removed the mask now, he probably wouldn’t notice, right?