"Um, Nuan, could I discuss something with you?"
Thinking of the foolish thing he had done, Jiang Linxi felt his toes curl with embarrassment.
So he ventured tentatively,
"Hmm? What did you want to discuss, Linxi?"
"Well... about what happened today, could you please keep it a secret?"
It was already mortifying enough that Jiang Nuan knew how foolish he had been. If anyone else found out, he would never be able to show his face in Capital City again!
"Oh, that! Of course I can!"
Jiang Nuan agreed without hesitation. It was his private business, after all. She would certainly keep it confidential rather than tell people casually.
Hearing Jiang Nuan say that, Jiang Linxi relaxed. Then he discovered he had relaxed far too soon!
When the two of them reached the Prince's Mansion, they found Jin Yueyi already waiting at the entrance.
"Mother."
"Auntie, why did you come outside?"
Jin Yueyi glanced at her little rascal of a son, then looked at Jiang Nuan and said,
"It was getting late, and you still hadn't arrived, Nuan. I was worried about you and was just about to send someone to check. But how did you two end up coming back together?"
"I happened to run into Nuan on the way, so we came back together."
Jiang Nuan nodded, confirming Jiang Linxi's account.
In her mind, however, she began grumbling.
[Happened to run into me? If I hadn't spotted Linxi just then, he probably would have been duped into a gambling den and gotten hooked by now!]
Upon hearing that thought, the smile on Jiang Linxi's face cracked inch by inch.
Oh no! How had he forgotten? Although Nuan had promised to keep his secret, her inner voice was a great big leaky sieve!
Feeling the dangerous aura emanating from