At this moment, Sheng Jiangli no longer looked flippant.
His eyes suddenly turned sharp and cold. He showed no sign of weakness and said, "Your Highness, Prince of Yan, you're hurting her!"
Song Yinghuai's face tightened. It seemed as if a crushing force was radiating from his body. He said coldly, "She's a maid in my mansion. General Sheng is being too meddlesome!"
"Humph!" Sheng Jiangli lifted the corner of his mouth slightly. "The woman I've taken a fancy to, no matter where she is, I won't allow others to bully her!"
The woman he'd taken a fancy to!
The scene of the two of them coming downstairs together lingered in Song Yinghuai's mind. Coupled with the fact that Caiyu had taken a whole quarter of an hour to change her clothes earlier.
What on earth had they been doing in the room during that quarter of an hour?
Jealousy was indeed the fiercest fire that burned away reason. Sheng Jiangli's words were like the last straw that broke Song Yinghuai's sanity.
As soon as Sheng Jiangli finished speaking, a Buddhist bead shot out from Song Yinghuai's fingertips!
The two of them were only separated by Caiyu. Sheng Jiangli didn't expect Song Yinghuai to attack so quickly after just a few words.
For a moment, he couldn't dodge in time. The Buddhist bead hit his back of the hand right on the mark.
Blood spurted out instantly!
A round and smooth bead had actually broken his hand!
One could only imagine how much force Song Yinghuai had used!
Caiyu subconsciously turned to look at Sheng Jiangli's hand. She saw that the back of his hand had swollen up badly and was bloody and mangled.
"General Sheng!" Caiyu reflexively tried to shake off Song Yinghuai to check on Sheng Jiangli's injury.
They were on the same side now!
They were all working hard to save the Lan family!
Caiyu's attempt to shake him off further enraged Song Yinghuai.
The man exuded a terrifying killing intent all over his body. His face was full of anger as he roared, "Lan Caiyu! How dare you go over and try!"
Even though Sheng Jiangli's hand had been injured like that, he still didn't let go. Instead, he grabbed Caiyu's wrist with his other hand and pulled her behind him. His voice was as cold as frost:
"You're scaring her!"
Without saying a word, Song Yinghuai slapped towards Sheng Jiangli's chest!
This palm strike was extremely swift, as fast as lightning. The wind of the palm carried a howling sound that made one's hair stand on end.
If this palm strike landed on Sheng Jiangli, he would either die or be seriously injured.
Sheng Jiangli had an injury on his hand and was protecting Caiyu behind him. Gritting his teeth, he also slapped out a palm, ready to go head - to - head with Song Yinghuai.
In the blink of an eye, Caiyu's slender figure flashed between the two of them.
She faced Song Yinghuai and had her back to Sheng Jiangli. A determined look appeared on her face.
Facing the powerful palm winds of the two men, the corner of her red lips curled up in a charming way. Her white teeth were faintly visible. Her eyes were both sharp and gentle, two completely different expressions merging into one.
Song Yinghuai was facing Caiyu directly.
He could see Caiyu's expression clearly.
The girl looked as if she was determined to stop their fight even if it meant sacrificing her own life.
In the nick of time, the two shocked men both forcefully changed the direction of their palm winds!
"Boom!"
The two palm winds met in mid - air, creating an earth - shattering sound. The roof of the restaurant was even blown off.
In an instant, broken stones and wood chips rained down.
Taking the opportunity, Caiyu pushed Sheng Jiangli and said, "Go first! I'll be fine!"
Sheng Jiangli had exchanged a palm strike with Song Yinghuai. His chest ached badly and his qi and blood were surging.
He glared fiercely at Song Yinghuai. As he turned around to run, he left behind a sentence:
"Don't forget our agreement!"
Saying that, he pushed Caiyu towards Song Yinghuai and then leaped out through the broken roof.
By the time Song Yinghuai caught Caiyu, Sheng Jiangli had already disappeared without a trace.
As soon as Song Yinghuai put her down, he was about to go after Sheng Jiangli. But Caiyu squatted down, covering her stomach and shouting:
"Ah! It hurts! It hurts so much!"
Because of Caiyu's cry of pain, Song Yinghuai stopped without hesitation.
The fight between the two men finally ended.
However, the misunderstanding between her and Song Yinghuai might have deepened.
Song Yinghuai walked towards Caiyu step by step. Standing in front of her, he didn't squat down but just looked down at her with a gloomy expression.
Caiyu covered her stomach and watched those approaching legs. Her heart was pounding wildly.
Actually, if Sheng Jiangli hadn't been protecting her at that time, he wouldn't have been injured by Song Yinghuai.
With Sheng Jiangli's ability, it wouldn't have been a problem for him to escape.
Caiyu was just worried that he would insist on staying here to fight Song Yinghuai to the death.
That was why she had resorted to this desperate measure, risking her own life and even pretending to be in pain to hold Song Yinghuai back.
Looking at Caiyu, Song Yinghuai couldn't tell whether he felt bitter or disappointed inside.
It was always like this. Every time she would protect Sheng Jiangli.
Looking at Song Yinghuai's feet in front of her, Caiyu's heart was about to jump out of her chest.
With Song Yinghuai's cold and all - seeing eyes, there was nothing he couldn't see, especially when she had so obviously let Sheng Jiangli go.
She could only think about how to make this man a little less angry.
Perhaps because they were in the capital, Song Yinghuai wasn't as extremely angry as usual. His silence was deafening.
But Caiyu was even more panicked.
She knew that when a person was extremely angry, they wouldn't make a big fuss but would instead fall into a deathly silence.
Finally, Song Yinghuai slowly squatted down in front of her. His eyes were as sharp as knives. He asked coldly:
"Where does it hurt?"
My head hurts!
Caiyu complained in her heart and completely forgot that she was still angry with him.
"My stomach... hurts..." Caiyu murmured. "This servant was punched by that little tyrant before and got scared..."
"Really?" Song Yinghuai's voice was very low, so low that it was almost inaudible.
But it made everyone present hold their breaths.
Seeing that things were going wrong, Han Fen quickly drove everyone out of the restaurant and closed the shop, leaving only the two big shots inside.
Caiyu lowered her head even more.
The last time she had let Sheng Jiangli go, she could still make up an excuse.
But this time, she had protected him right in front of Song Yinghuai's eyes and even urged him to run for his life.
There was no way she could make up an excuse.
She could only keep her mouth shut.
Suddenly, Song Yinghuai grabbed Caiyu's chin fiercely and forced her to look up at him.
His cold eyes were full of hostility. His anger sprayed on her face as he said, "What did he mean by the agreement with you just now?"
Caiyu's chin was being pinched so painfully that she couldn't say a word. Moreover, she couldn't answer Song Yinghuai's question either, so she just became even more silent.
Not getting an answer made Song Yinghuai even angrier.
"Lan Caiyu! Do you think I'm a fool?"
"You've let Sheng Jiangli go again and again. Do you really protect him so much?"
"Do you like him? If you like him, why did you approach me in the first place?"
"What's your agreement? Kill me and then live happily ever after together?"
Song Yinghuai fired off a series of questions.
He had never been played around by a woman like this in his life.
Only she had done this to him!
It was because he liked her and also because she was the young Miss Lan San from his childhood!
He really didn't want to say these things to Lan Jinshu.
But precisely because she was Lan Jinshu, Song Yinghuai couldn't tolerate her betrayal even more than when they were in Yanjing!
Because Lan Jinshu was the little girl who had been on his mind for many years!
He had secretly fallen in love with her when he was young. As time passed, he still loved her when he grew up.
The Buddha said: Cause and effect cycle, fate is intertwined, and all sentient beings are predestined, like a shadow following one's form.
When he discovered that Caiyu might be Lan Jinshu, he couldn't help but believe that there must be an unbreakable bond between them.
But why was there a Sheng Jiangli?
Was this the "evil fate" that the Great Master Guangzhi had mentioned?
His restless mood made the twin snakes in his body swim wildly in his blood, threatening to drive him crazy.
"It's not like this!" Seeing him so excited, Caiyu shook her head violently and finally managed to shake off the fingers pinching her chin. "This servant only regards General Sheng as family and an older brother!"
"Family?"
"Older brother?"
Song Yinghuai's eyes gradually turned red. His sinister look was filled with a cold chill. His originally cold and aloof temperament suddenly became sinister and perverse. His voice was hoarse and cold:
"What kind of family?"
"A husband?"
"What kind of older brother?"
"A lover?"