For the sake of his own life, Zhao Rucheng had been deliberately avoiding Helian Yunyun these past few days.
He had slipped out of Mu Garden in secret only to take a look around the Qi Pavilion.
Yuwen Duo had insisted on tagging along. Zhao Rucheng had assumed his steppe brother wanted to see the world, and since he himself had no plans to meet Jiang Wang just yet, he had agreed.
The guy had none of the openheartedness of a man of the steppe. He'd spent the whole journey putting this person down and insulting that one, and Zhao Rucheng was sick to death of it.
But who would've thought it was all a ploy to distract him?
What a rare spectacle.
He, Zhao Rucheng, prided himself on being a master strategist. Every day, he teased Du Tiger and mocked Third Brother Jiang, basking in his intellectual superiority. And now he'd been played by Yuwen Duo, a guy who couldn't keep a secret to save his life?
Worst of all, Helian Yunyun was standing there pretending they'd run into each other by chance.
She waved at them, her face alight with delight. "You went out for fun and didn't even invite me?"
Invite you or not... you showed up anyway, didn't you?
"Your Highness." Zhao Rucheng's tone remained warm. "We're just taking a casual stroll. I wouldn't call it a sightseeing trip. We were just about to head back."
He remained polite while keeping his distance. In short, he shut down the conversation right away, saying they were about to leave so Helian Yunyun couldn't make a move.
Little did he know that Helian Yunyun was cursing him in her heart, too.
They'd agreed to run into each other on the way. Yuwen Duo, why were you bellowing like