Li naturally would not expose him. Instead, he went along with it and said, "Eighteenth Brother, you can fool around as much as you like normally, but now you've even barged into my bedchamber at will. From now on, without my permission, the Eighteenth Young Master is not allowed to enter freely!"
The latter half of those words was directed at the guards standing at the door.
The moment he said that, the smile on Hu Hai's face froze.
Li snorted inwardly. Did he really think my room was so easy to enter? He had long been dissatisfied with Hu Hai's habit of entering uninvited. It was only because Fusu had always indulged this eighteenth brother in the memories he inherited that he feared a sudden order would arouse suspicion.
Now, however, he had found a good excuse. More importantly, Hu Hai had delivered that excuse right to him himself. Hu Hai had truly tried to steal a chicken only to lose a handful of rice instead.
"Brother, you're still angry." Hu Hai pursed his lips, looking utterly aggrieved.
"Hu Hai, you've truly disappointed me. There is important business to discuss today. Let's go." Looking as though he hated iron for not becoming steel, Li turned and took Shi Lan's hand as he left.
Hu Hai's smile vanished completely, and a cold, sharp gleam flashed through his eyes as he watched the two figures depart with a sinister gaze.
This time, he had miscalculated. But what he had not expected was that that woman held such a high place in Fusu's heart! Hu Hai sneered, though he also felt somewhat disappointed in Fusu. At least Fusu had counted as his rival. Though he had always been somewhat too benevolent, he had never indulged in women.
Who would have thought that