hotmtlnovel Chapter 146
Chapter 146
Lin Muqian was momentarily stunned, unable to grasp the situation.
Lu Tu calmly said, "The young miss doesn't like entertaining guests. Please don't come here anymore."
Lin Muqian finally caught on to Lu Tu's attitude and asked in disbelief, "What do you mean? Weren't you... Weren't you the one who wanted to be eliminated in the first place?"
"So did you," Lu Tu replied nonchalantly.
Lin Muqian suddenly realized that his thoughts had been completely exposed. His face darkened as he tried to explain, "I just didn't understand the young miss. I had preconceived notions based on unfavorable rumors..."
"There's no need to understand her now. Please leave," Lu Tu said, showing no interest in hearing his explanation.
Having been repeatedly asked to leave, even Lin Muqian, thick-skinned as he was, couldn't stay any longer. Still, he couldn't help but ask, "Then, what about you? Now you're..."
"Delighted to be here."
As Lin Muqian looked back with a complex expression, Lu Tu raised his hand in a gesture of farewell.
Lin Muqian hung his head and finally left. The timing was wrong, the place was wrong, the way he expressed himself was wrong. His so-called affection was built on presumptuous blindness. From the very beginning, it was all wrong.
So every step he took was misguided.
...
Lu Tu's lips curved slightly as he watched him leave. In his mind, he analyzed the differences between himself and Lin Muqian. They had their first encounter in the same place, shared the same type of initial rejection, and even their feelings of affection began at almost the same moment.
As the story neared its end, Jiang Yan responded with disinterest, "Oh. I thought it was the princess's kiss that turned him back."
A small flame suddenly flickered in Lu Tu's heart, and he murmured softly, "It could be that way too."
Jiang Yan, lying on the sofa, paused for a moment. She bit her soft lip with her small sharp teeth, still feeling that Lu Tu was trying to seduce her. After a moment of internal struggle, she couldn't help but ask quietly, "Do you want to become a prince?"
Lu Tu's Adam's apple moved slowly up and down as he squeezed out a single word from his husky throat. He said, "Yes."
The young miss's eyes were as dark as ever, but her upturned eye corners betrayed her mischievous intentions. She couldn't see Lu Tu, but she could sense his intense, burning gaze.
Lu Tu's eyes were fixed on her, yet he found himself in a passive position. At some point, he had straightened up from his sitting position and was now kneeling. Though he was much taller than Jiang Yan, in this posture, he was looking up at her.
Jiang Yan's fingers tapped on the leather surface of the sofa. Finally, she spoke, her imperious tone barely concealing a hint of shyness: "I command you to kiss me."
Without hesitation, Lu Tu moved forward on his knees, placing his hands on either side of the sofa—a gesture that trapped her, making it impossible for her to escape.
But when he got close to Jiang Yan's face, he hesitated to take the next step. In a last-ditch effort before succumbing, he pondered: What does this mean... Why am I kissing her? Does the young miss really know that I like her...
He took the initiative only because Jiang Yan couldn't find the right direction. Once he presented himself, Jiang Yan didn't hold back.
She kissed him during his moment of hesitation.
And so, the doubts in Lu Tu's heart were forced into silence, like ice melting and then evaporating in the sunlight.
He had finally been captured by the young miss.