I Did It For You
Prince Ling did not speak, only scrutinizing Su Li with his gaze. The look made Su Li extremely uncomfortable, as if she were a rabbit in the eyes of a hunter, ready to be caught at any moment.
After a moment, Su Li chose to speak first, her face calm but displeased: "Did you set fire to my field?"
Prince Ling was taken aback for a moment and said, "Y-you don’t want to ask who I am first?"
Su Li’s eyes seemed to suppress anger: "I don’t care who you are. I’m just asking if you burned my field."
Prince Ling’s lips curled up: "At a time like this, you care more about your field than your own situation. Tsk, not bad. Yes, I ordered someone to set fire to your field. Now that you know, so what?"
Su Li snorted and glared at the man in front of her with disdain: "I know. So what? I just know you’re not a good person."
"You!" Prince Ling was genuinely speechless, "How dare you speak to me like that? Do you know who I am?"
"I’m not interested in knowing who you are! No matter how important your status is, to me, you’re just a fire-setting, kidnapper bandit." Su Li raised her chin, her disgust obvious: "That field is the fruit of my hard work, the hope for our entire village’s prosperity. You burned it for your own selfish desires! I don’t want to know who you are."
Su Li spoke righteously, which made Prince Ling feel that burning the field was indeed despicable. He subconsciously touched his nose, but then remembered how he was being led by this woman, and became annoyed: "Woman, do you even understand your situation? If you offend me like this, aren’t you afraid I’ll kill you with one stroke?"
Su Li sneered: "If you caught me to kill me, why go to such trouble? You caught me for another purpose, probably for money. Since you haven’t achieved your goal, why would you kill me?"
Prince Ling was once again speechless, but Su Li was telling the truth.
He captured her to use her, to make her work for him, using her mind and business skills to make money.
Usually eloquent in the court, Prince Ling now didn’t know what had come over him. Facing a young woman, he was constantly outwitted. Unwilling to lose face, he gave a sly smile to regain control.
"Woman, you’re smart, but not smart enough. So you only guessed half right. I caught you not only for money... but also for you personally... Woman, divorce that foolish husband of yours and live freely with me, wouldn’t that be wonderful?" Prince Ling said as he leaned closer to Su Li, his handsome profile becoming more striking in the candlelight.
Prince Ling was very aware of his advantages: his high status and handsome looks. No woman could resist the charm of such a noble and beautiful man.
Prince Ling guessed that even if Su Li was strong-minded, in this situation, she would surely be tempted.
Su Li sat still, watching the man leaning closer, smelling the faint fragrance he wore.
The two, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, were close together in the cramped carriage, the atmosphere suddenly becoming very ambiguous.
At least in Prince Ling’s mind, he believed the atmosphere was ambiguous enough to make the woman’s heart flutter.
Until...
Ugh! Suddenly, Su Li clutched her stomach and vomited right onto Prince Ling’s face!
"Sorry, I get carsick whenever I see something disgusting..."