I Have No Interest in Him
Wang Yue had just helped the still-shaken Cheng Shaoshang regain her footing when he saw a figure flash past the spot where she had nearly fallen.
Wang Yue frowned and quickly focused on the figure. To his surprise, it was Ling Buyi. That made him both puzzled and wary. What was going on with this man? Hadn't he gone to take care of something? Why had he suddenly come to the rescue? Had Ling Buyi saved her because of him, or because she was Cheng Shaoshang?
Wang Yue thought this was very important. Given Ling Buyi's personality, he had been able to look on indifferently while Princess Yuchang was in the freezing river just moments ago, yet now he wanted to save a young lady from a noble household. That was completely out of character for him.
When something was out of the ordinary, there was usually a reason. In this case, either Ling Buyi liked Cheng Shaoshang, or he wanted to repay Wang Yue for a favor. Wang Yue very much wanted to believe it was the latter, but his instincts told him that Ling Buyi had acted because he liked Cheng Shaoshang.
Through the firelight, Wang Yue looked at Ling Buyi's eyes in the distance and frowned. If they hadn't spent so much time together lately, he might have been willing to give way. But after these past few days, he truly didn't want to back down.
Of course, there was another reason: backing down now would be like handing his girl over to someone else. That was far too great a sin for Wang Yue to bear. He was afraid the author would write him to death.
As Wang Yue wondered what Ling Buyi was thinking, Cheng Shaoshang, in his arms,