Kept in the Dark

Cut open a pink-haired girl, and she was black inside!

Song Qingshu shuddered all over, instinctively recalling a meme from the anime world of his previous life. It meant that many pink-haired beauties in anime looked as innocent as could be, as kind and pure as could be, yet in reality, each was more scheming and sinister than the last.

Time passed quickly. Night had just fallen when Wanyan Liang arrived at Tang Kuo Manor with Princess Consort Tudan Jing. Song Qingshu and Ge Bi had long been waiting at the entrance and warmly welcomed the King of Hailing and his wife inside.

Seeing Tudan Jing's faint smile and the dimples that appeared and vanished beside her lips, Song Qingshu secretly sighed. Of the four people present, she was probably the only one being kept in the dark.

At that moment, Wanyan Liang was also openly sizing up Ge Bi. Her light-blue gown wrapped around her flawless figure, accentuating every curve. A faint blush tinged her exquisite, immaculate face, and an indescribable charm radiated from her entire body. Thinking that he would soon be able to press this beauty beneath him and ravage her as he pleased, his breathing quickened involuntarily.

Ge Bi vaguely sensed Wanyan Liang's gaze and was thoroughly disgusted. But in order to take an even more brutal revenge on him, she forcibly suppressed the hatred in her heart and continued pretending to know nothing.

Song Qingshu had initially worried that she would be unable to contain her hatred and let Wanyan Liang spot some flaw. Seeing how perfectly she concealed her emotions, he could not help secretly marveling that women truly were born actresses.

As the group entered, Ge Bi and Tudan Jing walked together, chatting and laughing about anecdotes from the circles of noble