All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 64

"Retire?!"

Mu Huaian was shocked.

He never thought that Shen Lingxi would say such a thing.

Chu Yan relaxed her brows and eyes, pretending that she didn't hear anything, and took back the steps she had taken.

Turning around and passing Mu Huai'an, he walked to the window and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, turned his head to look at the busy traffic downstairs outside the window, his eyes were as calm as water, as if he only cared about the scenery outside the window, and didn't care about the conversation between the two at all.

But the slender and tall figure was invisible, tilting slightly towards the direction of the two of them.

Shen Lingxi glanced at him subconsciously.

I really like to join in the fun.

was about to say something—

"Shen Lingxi, are you sick? Are you talking nonsense?"

In front of her, Mu Huai'an stretched out his hand to touch her forehead.

Shen Lingxi sideways avoided.

"I'm not sick, let alone talking nonsense, I just want to retire."

Seeing that Mu Huai'an seemed displeased, Shen Lingxi told the truth.

"I only found out two days ago that before my grandmother died, I was worried that after she passed away, I would have no one to rely on in the house. She never asked me, so she decided to make this marriage."

"This matter is not my wish, and I believe Shaoqing is the same. Shaoqing knows the situation of the Shen family, and I don't want to drag Shaoqing down. Rather than you and me being a resentful couple in the future, it is better to take advantage of the marriage before others know it. Withdrawing from the marriage, Shaoqing can find a beautiful woman as soon as possible and spend the rest of his life together."

"That's it? Is that why you want to divorce me?" Mu Huai'an's face softened a little, he thought she divorced him because of the man in front of the window.

It turned out that it was just because he was afraid of dragging him down.

Shen Lingxi was puzzled: "Yes, that's it, otherwise?"

Mu Huai'an looked into her clear and innocent eyes, and really had no other intentions.

"Since that's the case, that's fine." Mu Huai'an smiled lightly, "I'm not afraid of being dragged down by you, so I don't need to resign."

"That won't work." Shen Lingxi said without thinking, "I still have to retire."

"Why?" Mu Huai'an's eyes dimmed, "Could it be that you insisted on retiring from me because you wanted to find another husband?"

He deliberately bit down on the word "Lang Jun", and quickly glanced at the silhouette of the man in front of the window.

"Where is this word?" Shen Lingxi asked puzzled.

Mu Huai'an: "Since there is no one, why do you have to withdraw from this marriage? If you are just afraid that I will not want to, then there is no need. I can tell you today that I, Mu Huai'an, are not only willing, but also very willing. Is it possible? In your mind, is there a more suitable marriage candidate than me?"

Shen Lingxi looked at him strangely.

I really didn't expect that Mu Huai'an would be willing to marry her.

After thinking about it for a while, she asked in contemplation: "Shaoqing wants to marry me, because he wants me to go to Dali Temple with you every day to handle the case?"

Mu Huai'an's face softened slightly, and he gave her a look of "you know me best".

He knew that he and Shen Lingxi had "a clear understanding of each other".

Shen Lingxi's brows twitched.

"If this is the reason, there is no need to get married. If Shaoqing is willing to withdraw from the marriage, I can help Shaoqing handle more cases as compensation." She persuaded gently.

Holding the fan bone in his hand, Mu Huai'an shook her hand, "No, this is different. I like you and want to be with you all the time, so our kiss must end."

He wanted to drag her to handle the case all the time!
Shen Lingxi lowered her eyes, "Thanks to Shaoqing's wrong love, but you know my temperament. If I marry into the duke's mansion, it will definitely disturb the family. It's really not a good match. Shaoqing is not as good as..."

"If it's just because of this, you don't need to worry about it." Mu Huai'an cut off her words: "I have already told my grandmother that I am not interested in being the son of the Duke's family. After you and I get married in the future, we will leave the capital, Jiangnan, Beidi, Yunjiang... Wherever you want to go, we can go there. Carefree, carefree, no one restrains you, you can do whatever you want, isn't this kind of life every woman's dream ?"

"It's really good." Shen Lingxi praised.

Mu Huai'an's brows and eyes widened.

At this moment, a curse suddenly came from under the window outside the building and shouted: "Oh, who is the one who killed a thousand swords, threw broken porcelain to plot against the young master! If you have the ability, come out and fight the young master for [-] rounds!"

The street outside the building was buzzing with people, I don't know which unlucky dude was hit by the tiles that suddenly fell, screaming loudly.

The two people who were talking in the private room never cared about the shouting on the street.

No one noticed that the celadon tea set on the table by the window was missing a teacup.

Chu Yan sat in front of the window, raised his ordinary face, and turned to look at the other two talking in the private room.

His eyes were gloomy and cold, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"In this way, Shaoqing shouldn't marry me."

At this time, Shen Lingxi's next sentence froze Mu Huai'an's eyes that had not yet stretched.

With a smile on her lips, she said sincerely, "I don't have any ambitions, and I don't like to go out. I just want to stay in the capital, guard the Fu'an Hall and the coffin shop that A Weng left behind, and make them bigger and stronger. Young You are full of passion, and should be handed over to a woman with the same interests as you, it would be a waste of precious time on me."

After she finished speaking, the gloomy and cold look on Chu Yan's plain face subconsciously faded a bit.

This time it was Mu Huai'an's turn, his face darkened slightly, and a layer of coldness appeared in his eyes.

He was about to speak, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the leisurely figure by the window.

The conversation suddenly changed, "Isn't it because you rejected me so...the person you really like is Ning Liulang?"

Chu Yan's phalanges tapped on the table, and he couldn't help but sit upright.

"What do you mean by Shaoqing's words?" Shen Lingxi couldn't hide her surprise on her face, and she quickly denied it, "Ning Liulang and I were just putting on a show for the people of Yinyue Pavilion to see. There is no personal relationship between us."

Seeing the person by the window turn his head to look out of the window again, Mu Huai'an felt relieved, and asked in a soft voice: "You really, really mean nothing to him? But how can I hear him... please him?"

"What?" Shen Lingxi was slightly startled.

But after thinking about it, she was in Fu'an Hall, in order to avoid the man's temptation, she had indeed pretended to be shy and joyful in front of him.

If he really misunderstood like this, it would make sense.

Her clear almond eyes were thoughtful.

"I don't have any admiration for Ning Liulang. If Shaoqing has the opportunity to meet him, please help clarify in person."

Shen Lingxi smiled slightly, and put aside the relationship, "After all, I will never admire someone who pushes me into danger and tempts me repeatedly. I hope Shaoqing understands that Ning Liulang and I just met by chance. But I However, he regards Shaoqing as a close friend who can be trusted, so, regarding the matter of retiring, please also consider Shaoqing's affection between you and me, so that you can do it conveniently."

She did not forget that in Fu'an Hall, "Ning Liulang" deliberately lured assassins to kill her, causing her to almost die by the sword.

Although he saved himself in the end, one size counts for another.

Shen Lingxi is a person who thinks of kindness and also holds grudges.

If you have kindness, you must repay it.

If there is a grudge, it will definitely be paid back.

She would definitely not like "Ning Liulang".

The tall and straight figure sitting by the window, because of this sentence, held the other remaining teacup on the table.

It just so happened that a cloud passed by outside the window, covering half of the sun.

Chu Yan's extremely ordinary side face was sunk in the shadows, flickering on and off.

It was a "meet by chance" with him.

Mu Huai'an and Mu Huai'an are "confidantes of trust".

Ah……

It turned out that in her heart, he was not even considered a friend.

Good, very good.

(End of this chapter)