Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Chapter 321: Impossible in This Life

When Zhou Ruoqiu heard this, his body shook violently, his face turned pale, and his eyes were filled with panic.

"You...what do you mean? No...who else could it be if not me?" There was a hint of trembling in her voice.

"Ruoqiu, you should know something about me." Doctor Zhou looked at her with half-lidded eyes. "I never talk about anything I'm not sure about in front of others. Even now, you still want to lie to me, don't you?"

"Ah Heng, I didn't. Back then, I really was..."

"Enough!" Doctor Zhou interrupted her harshly, "I know everything. The person who went through those things with me back then was Miss Shen Lingshuang! It was never... you."

"So what if it's her?" Zhou Ruoqiu's eyes welled up with tears. "Were all our feelings over the years fake? Could it be that every little bit of our time together can't compare to that time?"

Doctor Zhou raised his eyes to the sky. "A relationship built on lies is nothing but an illusion. Today, I'm here to end things with you. You and I...there's no possibility in this life."

Zhou Ruoqiu bit her lower lip, tears streaming down her face. "Don't... Ah Heng, I love you, I really do. Don't abandon me! I was wrong. Can we start over?"

Doctor Zhou remained unmoved.

Zhou Ruoqiu shook his head and continued, "I don't believe it... I don't believe you have no feelings for me at all."

As she spoke, Zhou Ruoqiu stood on tiptoe and was about to lean over to kiss Doctor Zhou, but was pushed away by Doctor Zhou.

"I have said everything I need to say. Let's end it here." Doctor Zhou said and turned to leave.

"No, I don't want it to end!" Zhou Ruoqiu hugged him from behind, "You said you would marry me, you can't break your promise!"

Doctor Zhou pried her hands apart with all his strength. "There's something I didn't want to tell you. But now... I feel the need to tell you."

"Your father..." Doctor Zhou turned and looked at her, saying word by word, "He is also... my father!"

Zhou Ruoqiu seemed to have heard the most absurd thing in the world and stood there in a daze.

"What did you say?"

Doctor Zhou said emotionlessly, "You and I are half-siblings from the same father!"

"No!" Zhou Ruoqiu covered her ears and shook her head frantically in denial, "Impossible... No way... How could we be brother and sister?

You lied to me, you must be lying to me!

You just want to abandon me, so you made up such a lie to deceive me! I don't believe it, I don't believe a single word of it! "

"Am I such a terrible person in your heart?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Ruoqiu's cries of disbelief suddenly stopped. The wind blowing past his ears spoke of irony.

Just like that, after the two of them sat face to face in silence for a moment, Doctor Zhou walked past her, intending to leave.

But he had only taken a few steps when he heard heart-wrenching sobbing behind him and stopped in his tracks.

Zhou Ruoqiu squatted on the ground, buried his face between his knees and burst into tears. His cries were carried far away by the winter wind.

Doctor Zhou raised his feet again... and left.

***

On the other side, Jiang Yueyang went to Qingfeng Tower and was sitting in front of Gu Linger.

Gu Lan is no longer here.

Gu Ling'er supported her chin with one hand, looking at Jiang Yueyang with interest, the corner of her mouth raised, "Miss Jiang is just as I thought, a rare beauty."

"Thank you for the compliment." Jiang Yueyang took a sip of the warm water in front of him and put it down. "But Miss Ling'er, isn't it a bit rude to stare at me like this?"

"I'm sorry, but when I see beautiful people, I always want to take a few more glances. I hope you can forgive me for my impoliteness."

"If you put it that way, it's true. Every morning when I see myself in the mirror, I can't help but look at myself a few more times."

Gu Linger chuckled, "You're not shy at all."

"I'm telling the truth." Jiang Yueyang raised her eyebrows slightly. "Miss Ling'er asked to meet me, didn't she just want to compliment my looks?"

"Of course not." Gu Ling'er patted Xu An's shoulder beside her, "He said you are special. I want to see what's special about you."

Jiang Yueyang looked at Xu An in confusion. Is there anything special about me?

Xu An was a little flustered and was about to tell a lie to cover it up, but unexpectedly he heard his inner voice at this moment.

【Xiaogua, am I special? 】

The system said without a second thought: [The host is extremely rich, extremely beautiful, and extremely happy!]

[Hmm...] Jiang Yueyang nodded seriously, [You're right!]

[Also, the host is also very good at quarreling!] The system added.

Jiang Yueyang: […This doesn’t need to be mentioned.]

When Gu Ling'er first heard the inner voice, her expression was full of confusion, then shock, and finally she was unable to describe it in words.

She stared at Jiang Yueyang blankly, thinking to herself, is this the special thing that Xu An was talking about?

Oh My God!

What an amazing stunt!

"Miss Jiang." Gu Ling'er excitedly grabbed Jiang Yueyang's hand, her eyes sparkling. "I'm going to stay in the capital for a while. Can I stay at your house?"

"Ah?" Jiang Yueyang didn't react for a moment.

"Lu Yunting doesn't let me stay at his place, and it's not safe for a girl like me to stay in an inn for a long time, so can you let me stay at your place?" Gu Ling'er blinked and looked at her pitifully.

Jiang Yueyang was a little overwhelmed. He pulled his hand away and looked at her warily before thinking for a moment, "Miss Ling'er, I can let you live with me, but you have to agree to two conditions?"

"Two is that too much?"

Hearing that she thought it was too much, Jiang Yueyang looked at her with a half-smile, "Are two conditions too many? Not many, right? I heard that you even asked Ah Yue to agree to three conditions!"

Ah Yue?

After a little thought, Gu Linger knew that the A Yue Jiang Yueyang was talking about was Lu Yunting. Was she seeking justice for her lover?

"If Miss Ling'er thinks these two conditions are too many, just ignore what I said." Jiang Yueyang continued indifferently.

Gu Ling'er curled her lips slightly, "Miss Jiang, tell me your conditions."

"First, help the Queen give birth smoothly. Second, during the time you stay at my house, you need to take care of my family's health."

"The second condition is fine, but I'm afraid the first one is a bit inappropriate. A woman's pregnancy lasts ten months, and I won't stay in the capital for such a long time."

Jiang Yueyang pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "Miss Ling'er, don't be so absolute! Maybe after staying in the capital for a while, you will fall in love with this place and be reluctant to leave."

"Really?" Gu Ling'er stared at her for a long time. "Okay, as long as I'm in the capital for one day, I'll help you take care of the Queen."

Jiang Yueyang raised his glass of water and said, "Deal!"

"Deal." Gu Ling'er picked up the teacup and clinked glasses with her.

Just at this moment, Lu Yunting pushed the door open from outside.

The three of them subconsciously looked over to where the voice came from. Xu An instinctively stood up and called out, "Young Master."

Lu Yunting walked straight to the seat next to Jiang Yueyang and sat down. He took her hand as if no one was around, holding their fingers tightly.

"Ayue, have all the military affairs been dealt with?"

"Yeah, everything's taken care of." He glanced at the only tea on the table and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Jiang Yueyang touched his stomach and said, "I'm hungry!"

Hearing this, Xu An immediately stood up and said, "I'll ask someone to bring some food over right away, without Lu Yunting having to speak."

***

In a blink of an eye, night falls.

The third prince and the fifth prince took the puppet back to the palace and went straight to the Queen's palace.

Jiang Yueyang and Lu Yunting were strolling on the busy streets. As the winter solstice was approaching, the streets were much busier than usual.

But she never expected that she would meet the young man in white who played the flute last time again.

After meeting twice, Jiang Yueyang couldn't help but feel curious.

[Xiaogua, do you know who that young man in white is? ]

The system took a quick look and replied, "The court musician has a big melon. Want to hear it?"

【Don't listen, can't you see I'm on a date? 】

[You can see each other every day, so why would it take a little while? ]

【Difference!】

At this time, on the other side, the Shen Mansion was in chaos, accompanied by crying.

The Dali Temple Minister shouted, "Go and get the imperial physician!"