Noticing this scene, Su Huaiyuan nudged Su Huaisheng and gestured forward with his chin. The two exchanged a worried look.
They had been agonizing last night over which one to choose as their brother - in - law. Little did they expect that the situation would take a turn, and Yun Jian and Cang Xuan turned out to be the same person.
However, this result made them even more worried.
Their younger sister had clearly stated that she would marry a man of peerless appearance in the future. Could it be that after learning Cang Xuan's true identity, she was going to fall in love with him at first sight?
It was understandable, though. When Cang Xuan showed his real face, he had saved Su Yuanyuan several times in critical situations. And when he was disguised as "Yun Jian", he seemed to know exactly how to please her. Yuanbao was so innocent that it was normal for her to be charmed by this scoundrel.
But as elder brothers, they would never be happy to see their innocent and lovely younger sister being deceived by that despicable scoundrel!
Realizing this, the two brothers were eager to rush forward immediately, pull Su Yuanyuan back, and kick Cang Xuan a couple of times.
At this moment, it wasn't just the people from the Duke Yong's Mansion and others who were paying attention to Su Yuanyuan's actions.
Cang Xuan, riding on his horse, lowered his eyes and watched the young girl walking towards him step by step. He could clearly hear his heart pounding like a drum.
She was so angry. Was she going to come over and punch him a couple of times, then point at his nose and scold him?
With a hint of bitterness and uneasiness, he just watched as she walked up to him.
He thought Su Yuanyuan was about to lash out at him. However, in front of everyone, Su Yuanyuan waved her fingers and untied the rope around her neck. She took off the outer robe on her body, held it in both hands, and offered it to him with a smile:
"During the Autumn Festival Banquet, this little girl accidentally fell into the Puyang Lake in Qingyi Garden after being pushed by someone. Thanks to the outer robe given by His Royal Highness Prince Cang, I was able to avoid a serious illness. On the fifteenth, this little girl was also fortunate enough to be rescued by His Royal Highness Prince Cang. "
"His Royal Highness Prince Cang once reminded this little girl in Zhenxuan Building to return this robe. I didn't expect to meet His Highness here today by such a coincidence. So this little girl is returning the robe to its rightful owner as His Highness wished. In the future, this little girl will surely find another opportunity to repay His Highness for saving me several times."
The young girl's smile was so cute. Her delicate and beautiful face was like a gorgeous flower in this desolate mountain, so eye - catching. In Cang Xuan's eyes, it made his heart beat extremely hard and fast.
She wasn't angry?
She even smiled at him?
She showed her closeness to him in front of everyone?
He thought... after she saw his true face, she would be very angry and would never forgive him. After all, when he was getting along with her as "Yun Jian", he had never told her a single truth.
This should have been a good thing for him, but at this moment, Cang Xuan didn't dare to take the robe that should have belonged to him from her hands.
Accepting it would mean that on the surface, he was on the same side as the Duke Yong's Mansion.
It would also mean that the relationship between them was extremely close.
Maybe one day he would join hands with the Duke Yong, but definitely not now.
Cang Xuan forced himself to quickly break away from that warm feeling that he was so attached to.
With a slight curl of his lips, he said indifferently, "Little girl, you're so easy to deceive. I was just joking. Do you really believe me? I've never taken back anything I've given away. If you don't want it, just throw it away."
After saying that, without looking at Su Yuanyuan again, he clamped his horse's belly and rode away.
Seen from behind, the man on the horse looked so graceful and unrestrained. His eyes were disdainful, as if he didn't care about anything in the world, not even that he had hurt a girl's heart.
Just yesterday, he had nervously rescued the girl from the horseback and sternly scolded her for being so reckless and including her own safety in her calculations just to win.
Su Yuanyuan tightened her grip on the outer robe with a sky - full of stars painted on it, which still carried her own body heat. Her nose inexplicably turned sour.
At first, when she learned that he had been wearing a human - skin mask and deceiving her for so long, she was really angry. She really wanted to slap him hard in the face and beat him up.
Just now, after her family received the rewards, she saw a very gentle golden light on them. Little Eight said that it was a sign of good luck and smooth progress in life.
But when she saw him being conferred the title of Prince Cang, the black halo between his eyebrows seemed to become even more solid. At that moment, all her anger disappeared, and only worry remained.
Such a great honor as being conferred the title of prince couldn't even bring a bit of good luck to Cang Xuan. What kind of suffering would he experience in the future, and what kind of tragic end would he meet?
Cang Xuan had indeed deceived her, but he had also appeared several times in her critical moments to help her resolve the crisis.
Moreover, he had been very kind to her. When her second brother was competing with Yan Wenqi in a martial arts contest, he had won so much silver and was willing to give it all to her.
Although he was so good at martial arts, he had deliberately lost the shuttlecock - kicking game yesterday. He even pretended to bark like a dog for her just to make her happy.
Looking at it this way, she actually hadn't suffered much.
So, she wasn't angry anymore.
She thought that since she could come back from the dead and even snatch an external "system" from Su Qingyu, she must be very lucky. If she got closer to Cang Xuan and used her own luck to influence him, could she make the black halo on him fade a bit and help him avoid the doomed end?
Whether it would work or not, she wanted to give it a try.
But he didn't appreciate it.
He turned away so heartlessly, leaving her like a fool, subjected to the mocking looks of everyone.
Those people must be laughing at her for overestimating herself at this moment, thinking that she was trying to curry favor with Cang Xuan after he was made a prince.
She tried her best to hold back her tears so as not to cry in front of everyone.
Taking a deep breath, she forced the tears back. As Cang Xuan wished, she casually threw the robe on the pile of gravel and turned back to her family.
She, Su Yuanyuan, also had her pride.
She was the one who was deceived and fooled. She had been so magnanimous, but he was the one who turned his back first. She, Su Yuanyuan, didn't care about the heart of a liar!
Since that was the case, she would just pretend that they had never met and had never had any relationship.
Seeing that her nose and the corners of her eyes were a bit red, looking like she was about to cry, Su Huaisheng gritted his teeth and immediately rolled up his sleeves and rushed towards Cang Xuan: "Scoundrel! How dare he treat you like this! Let your third brother teach him a good lesson!"
Su Yuanyuan quickly grabbed him. She shook her head at Su Huaisheng and said, "Forget it, third brother. Let's go home."
Looking back and seeing his younger sister looking so aggrieved, Su Huaisheng sighed. He reached out and rubbed Su Yuanyuan's hair and said gently, "Okay, let's go home."
Although there was no sign of emotion on Cang Xuan's face in the front, when he really saw the young girl casually throw the robe by the roadside, his heart ached so much that it was hard for him to breathe.
Even taking an antidote for the "Heart - Eater Drum" poison wouldn't help.
At this moment, he finally realized that the strange feeling in his heart had nothing to do with the Heart - Eater Drum poison.
It was the feeling of heartache.