Chapter 543: A Crumbling Heart (1/2)
Chapter 543: A Cru Heart
Translator: Pika
“What’s different?” Zu An carried her to the bed and sat down He didn’t go further
Xiao Tuo turned her face away and tightly pursed her lips, offering no reply She knew that, at this point, anything she said would be less
Zu An sones beco as you agree to becoh Xiao Tuo was so scared that her entire body was shaking, she still su brother Lian will be the only one that ive myself to an incapable ruler like you!”
Zu An chuckled “Your love for Lian , but I fear that he doesn’t trust you”
Xiao Tuo bit her lip, and then said, “I greithbrother Lian We understand each other You cannot drive a wedge between us”
“Is that so?” Alook flickered across Zu An’s face “If the two of you really are childhood sweethearts, then ould he be willing to send you into the palace to serve another man?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Both you and your father stole the throne that belongs to hi I can to help hiive up your own chastity for that?”
“I a” By now, Xiao Tuo had already calmed down She said coldly, “Feel free to punish me however you please I don’t want to hear any more of this nonsense”
Zu An was surprised “What a heroic wo cause”
Xiao Tuo turned her head away She didn’t want to argue with him over this ht not trust you, I wasn’t trying to hurt you Think about it When you first entered the palace, you constantly exchanged information with hirew longer and longer, and eventually, it was almost a miracle that you tould meet up at all Why do you think that is?”
“I…” Xiao Tuo choked for a ood explanation for this either She hadn’t even realized that she had done this
Zu An chuckled “It’s because the longer we spent with each other, the more fond you beca uilt”
If it wasn’t for the changes he’d notice in her behavior, he wouldn’t even have bothered with explaining all of this to her He could have just had an iuard lock her up Even if he didn’t sentence her to death, he could have her thrown into the inner prison
Xiao Tuo’s face paled, and she immediately retorted, “Nonsense! How could I possibly develop feelings for you?!”
“Anyone would develop feelings of attachh, all theWe’ve been together all this tied in activities even e about an innocent girl like you unknowingly developing feelings for me?” Zu An replied
“No… no way…” Xiao Tuo was still in denial, but her voice was already no longer as fir to doubt her convictions Could it really be like what he said, that she had developed feelings for hi brother Lian! Why would she suddenly beco her conflicted expression, Zu An continued, “No ood your relationshi+p with Lian is, there is no way a o Even if he does succeed to the throne, he won’t be able to accept the fact that you already slept with another reed to the plan, your fate was dooardless of whether it was me or Lian on out”
All color drained fro beforehand, but she had always subconsciously told herself that big brother Lian wasn’t that sort of person, and didn’t let herself consider anything beyond that Now that Zu An had laid all of this out, she knew that this was most likely the truth
Zu An went on, “I doubt that he’s okay whenever he thinks about what you are doing Now that you’re contacting hiins to suspect that, after sleeping with s for ether, it’s si on top of another There’s no chance that the two of you will ever return to being how you were in the past”
Xiao Tuo took a deep breath “I understand what you are saying, but so what? I’ve already agreed to help hi as he thinks well about me from time to time, I will be more than satisfied I never planned for the two of us to be exclusive lovers”
“You expect hihed out loud “You’re too naïve! You’ll be lucky if he doesn’t loathe you! How could he possibly have any good thoughts when he thinks of you?”
“Nonsense! How could he possibly hate an to panic This was the last strand of hope that she was desperately clinging onto She did not want to let anyone take it away from her
Zu An reached out his hand and lifted her chin gently, ad her pretty face up close “Since I already knew your objective from the very start, did you think that I would have taken no precautions?”
A sudden thought flashed into Xiao Tuo’s mind, and her face warped with horror
Zu An traced his finger across her face, feeling her soft and sence that you’ve obtained froh you were always rather careful, I was already aware of your intentions, so there was no way I could let you achieve your goals”
“But I still obtained a lot of secret intelligence!” Xiao Tuo said quickly
Zu An laughed “Because all of that was false information that I deliberately let you have access to”