How irritating.
Haines laughed in anger. He simply could not stand the way Ye Qinglan always played innocent after getting his way. He was cut from the same cloth as the Third Prince. When Ye Qinglan and the Third Prince had fallen out and become enemies, Haines had been so delighted that he held a banquet at home for three days and three nights.
Now, the Ye Family's eldest daughter, who should have turned to dust long ago, had actually returned. That meant relations between the Ye Family and the Third Prince would surely improve as well. For the sake of the Third Prince's future, Madam Jun would certainly fight for him, too.
Born into their position, even if they had no desire to compete, there would always be people behind them pushing them forward. The Third Prince made a show of not caring, but who knew what he was really thinking?
Haines never concealed his true intentions. But he also knew that, given his abilities and backing, as long as the Third Prince lived, that position would never be his. No amount of fighting would win it for him, but if he could not have it, the Third Prince could forget about having it, too.
The Ye Family's eldest daughter was the perfect opening. A delicate young girl who had spent her life struggling at the bottom, never experiencing how the nobility of the Imperial Capital lived, would soon be dazzled by the capital's splendor. Girls like that were the easiest to control.
That blockheaded Third Prince would never understand.
Haines gazed after Ye Chuqi's retreating figure, a malicious smile spreading across his face.
Ye Chuqi sighed. "San San, next time, just keep scenes like that to yourself. You don't need to broadcast them to me." They really ruined