Shen Li frowned, and a flash of annoyance flashed in his eyes.

"Don't mention the matter of retiring the book, the marriage given by my father and the emperor, which you can withdraw if I want to. It's already inconvenient for you to live in the seventh brother's house these days, I have asked Hongluan to clean up the house for you, and now go back with me. ”

Saying this, Shen Li took Mu Yan's hand and wanted to take her back directly. But Mu Yan stopped moving, just like the night in the imperial city, he held him with his backhand.

"Shen Li, there's a question I don't understand. ”

Mu Yan smiled and looked at the man in front of him fixedly. The warmth in her hands made her a little unbearable, and she could only smile to hide the redness in her eyes.

"Since you hate me so much, isn't this the best chance to get rid of me? Everyone saw that it was Shen Yan who took me away, and I also took the initiative to ask you to write a letter of resignation. Everything is Shen Yan's fault with me, so even if you divorce me, your father won't blame you, will he?"

"Hmm. ”

Shen Li responded softly, looking at the hand held by Mu Yan with some blankness.

"Then in that case, why do you want to take me back?

"I don't know. ”

Almost instantaneous in reply, Shen Li raised his head and stretched out his other hand to cover Mu Yan's eyes.

"Probably...... I'm already getting used to your presence. ”

“......”

Because his eyes were covered, Mu Yan couldn't see the expression on Shen Li's face at this moment. But in another place, there was a person standing in a daze, although he was separated by the crowd, he could still clearly see the moment of tenderness that flashed in Shen Li's eyes.

Outsiders only say that the third brother is indifferent, although he is tactful and humble, he always gives people a sense of alienation. However, only he knows what kind of warmth the third brother really cares about a person.

Shen Yan clenched his hands and looked fixedly at the pair of people standing silently not far away. Thinking about the past, how much work did it take him to get Shen Li to treat him sincerely. And now, Mu Yan has done it so easily. If he is not in love, then who can tell him why the third brother at this moment is smiling so gently? If he is not in love, then who can tell him why the woman whose eyes are covered is so obedient?

Pulling the corners of his mouth, Shen Yan laughed at himself, raised his hand and took off the mask on his face. The steps that were about to step forward stopped, closed his eyes, turned around, and left.

*

"Come back with me. If you feel unhappy in your heart, then it is better to repay the favor you owe me before. ”

Shen Li spoke lightly and slowly lowered his right hand that was covering Mu Yan's eyes.

Mu Yan lowered his head and responded as if he was resigned to his fate.

"Promise you. Not now, though. ”

"Why?"

Shen Li frowned, the words have already been said to this point, why do you want to make awkward trouble?

Mu Yan subconsciously looked back, but still didn't see Shen Yan's figure before he spoke: "I came out with Shen Yan, if I suddenly go back with you, he will be worried." I'll go to him today, don't worry, since I promised you to go back, I will never break my promise. I'll ask Shen Yan to send me back tomorrow. ”

Shen Yan Shen Yan, Shen Yan again! Listening to Mu Yan repeatedly mention someone's name, Shen Li felt a little inexplicably irritable in his heart. But since she has promised to go back, it can be regarded as a good result.

"Okay, it's up to you. What about others?"

"Uh......" Mu Yan pursed her lips uneasily, casually making up a lie. "There were too many people, and I got separated from him. ”

Shen Li didn't suspect it, but his brows frowned deeper, and he said angrily: "I don't think he's always been very nervous about you?

Mu Yan didn't hear the slight sourness in Shen Li's tone, and he didn't answer when he was deliberately mocking himself. So, the two walked back and looked for Shen Yan together.

The full moon is at the head, the time is getting later and later, the lantern festival is lively, and it will eventually end. Mu Yan walked all the way back, but did not find Shen Yan, and finally at Shen Li's suggestion, the two went back directly to Shen Yan's palace.

Sure enough, in the distance, I saw a person sitting on the steps of the palace gate, bowing his head, silently looking at the mask in his hand. The two lanterns hanging at the entrance of the house shone with a faint candlelight, which was sprinkled on the man at the moment, and it looked particularly sad.

"Shen Yan?"

Mu Yan stepped forward and called his name softly. Somehow, she suddenly panicked in her heart, not because she was afraid of anything, but because she felt a little inexplicably distressed.

Shen Yan raised his head, first stunned, and then quickly raised his hearty smile in the past. He glanced sideways at Shen Li again before he opened his mouth to say hello, "Oh, you're finally back!Huh, when did you meet the third brother?"

"Ah, I just stumbled across it on the street. ”

Mu Yan casually said perfunctorily, turned to Shen Li. Shen Li glanced at her, nodded and said, "Hmm." I was a little bored in the study, so I went out for a stroll, but I didn't expect to meet her. I heard her say that she came out with you, so I took her to look for you, and after looking around but couldn't find it, I sent her back directly. ”

"Really?"

Shen Yan smiled faintly, and his eyes looked a little confused. "Since the third brother has met with her, why don't you just bring her back?

Shen Li's eyes froze, ignoring Mu Yan's flustered eyes, and he spoke coldly.

"I originally wanted to take her back directly, but she insisted on coming over and saying goodbye to you before leaving. I think about it, these days, thanks to the seventh brother, you have bothered to take care of her, and I should say goodbye to you. ”

Shen Yan's hand holding the mask tightened suddenly, and for the first time in his life, he glared fiercely at the third brother who he had always admired in his heart. And Shen Li's gaze was also on him, unhurried, calm as usual.

"That's it!"

Mu Yan spoke out in time to break the deadlock, walked to Shen Yan and stood still, looking down at him silently.

"Thank you to the third prince for sending me back today. I will keep my promise and go home tomorrow. Now that it's getting late, the third prince should go back and rest early. ”

Shen Li knew that his mood was very wrong tonight, and if he stayed, he didn't know if it would be even more abnormal. Hearing Mu Yan say this, he followed her words and said, "Okay, I'll go back first." I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow. ”

Mu Yan didn't answer, Shen Li narrowed his eyes, glanced at the two people with the candle flame, waved his sleeves and turned to leave.

Ayan, anything in this world, the third brother can do it for you. Anyone in this world, the third brother can find it for you. Anything you fancy in this world, the third brother can give you. However, only Mu Yan can't.

It's not that the third brother can't let it, but she is destined not to belong to you.