Chapter 30: Helpless, Who Moved Whose Heart

  Yun Mo groaned and buried her head in her hands: "When did I owe Ning Huang Shu's account again?"

  He Lian Cangning didn't answer, but suddenly said something astonishing: "What's the use of being exceptionally handsome and extraordinary? Yu Wang is truly the ultimate beauty! With such unparalleled elegance before our eyes, who dares to be arrogant about their looks captivating the city?"

  Yun Mo's body stiffened, and he subconsciously took a step back: "Ning Huang Shu zui..."

  He Lian Cangning remained expressionless: "What crime is there?"

  Acutely aware of the dissipating killing intent around Helian Youning, Yun Moche's lips curled up in a hint of a smile: "Moche shouldn't have mentioned Ning Huangshu alongside those ordinary men, it's blasphemy to Ning Huangshu!"

  This answer was clearly far from what Helian Chaining had imagined, he was taken aback for a moment, then retorted: "Is that all? Then you dare to comment on me..."

  "It's not idle talk, it's fact." Yun Mo's smile deepened as he painted his lips with a subtle curve, "Ning Huang Shu is indeed the unparalleled beauty of this world!"

  He Lian Cangning's face suddenly flushed with a strange red glow: "You..."

  "Please don't get angry, Your Imperial Highness. I assure you that my words were not meant to be disrespectful or impudent!" Yun Mo Ran hastily intervened, suppressing He Lian Cang Ning's anger. "I, Mo Ran, respect Your Imperial Highness as the heavens and the earth. If I dared to harbor even a hint of treachery or unclean thoughts, I am willing to let Your Imperial Highness deal with me as you see fit!"

  He Lian Cangning pursed her lips, staring at Yun Mo's eyes. After a long time, he finally spoke coldly: "Is that so? Then how do you prove that your heart is completely pure and without any impurities?"

  Yun Mo's bitter smile: "How does Ning Wang Shu hope that Mo Ran will prove himself?"

  He Lian Cangning's gaze became even colder: "Very simple, answer a question for me: Yun Mo Yan, have you had feelings for me?"

  Cloud ink dyed a daze, for a moment did not know how to answer. If you say no, it's obviously insincere, this elegant jade-like man had already taken a place in her heart!

  If you can, isn't it equivalent to admitting that you have impure thoughts about him because of his stunning appearance?

  Seeing her hesitate, He Lian Cangning coldly smiled: "Very hard to answer?"

  "Yes." Yun Mo nodded with a bitter smile, "Ning Wang Shu asking such a question at this time has already forced Mo Yan into a dilemma. Whether Mo Yan answers yes or no, Ning Wang Shu will have reason to punish Mo Yan."

  He Lian Cangning raised an eyebrow: "Are you afraid?"

  Yun Mo Yan let out a sigh, and couldn't help but bitterly smile: "I'm not afraid. That's why Mo Yan was just thinking, since either way I'll end up offending Ning Huang Shu, might as well tell the truth."

  "He Lian Cangning did not confirm or deny: 'So, what's your answer?'"

  Yun Mo Yan suddenly smiled: "Yes."

  The air inside the carriage suddenly solidified, and Yun Mo felt that He Lian Cangning's breath seemed to be stifled for a moment, revealing a slight disorder. After a long time, he finally spoke in a cold voice: "What? Are you worthy?"

  He Lian Cangning's reaction after hearing this answer was something Yun Mo had anticipated many times, but none of them could hurt her as deeply as the three words "Are you worthy?"

  Biting back the sharp pain in his heart, Yun Mo's smile at the corner of his lips disappeared: "This question, Mo Ran had also considered before. But just now, Mo Ran already knew the answer, thank you Ning Huang Shu."

  He Lian Cangning shifted her gaze, her tone even colder: "No need, you've also said that you have a good understanding of yourself. So just know what you can and cannot afford. The An Guo Gong Fu is up ahead, get off the carriage."

  Yun Mo Yan felt her heart shrink again, and she barely managed to get off the car. But as soon as she lifted her foot, He Lian Cang Ning suddenly spoke up: "Are you already friends with Xiao Feng Ya?"

  "Yes." Yun Mo Yan reluctantly responded, "Feng Ya doesn't mind Mo Yan's ugly appearance, willing to be friends at heart."

  "He Lian Cangning fell silent for a moment: 'You're the kind of person who must settle scores, yet after being hurt by Xiao Fengya like that, you still want to be friends with him?'"

  How did you get to know me so well? I'm deeply honored.

  Yun Mo dyed a bitter smile, without turning back: "Injustice has its mastermind and debts have their owner. The one who hurt me is not Feng Ya, why can't we just let it go? But to say so, Feng Ya was the first person I saw at first sight and had a knot in my heart, perhaps this is also a kind of fate."

  He Lian Cangning's hand in her sleeve suddenly clenched into a fist, and after a moment, she spoke softly: "Go."

  Yun Mo nodded and quickly entered the Anguo Gongfu.

  "Your Highness, she looks very sad." Yan Mu sighed with a hint of worry, "You didn't think that way, why did you say so? When you heard 'Yu Wang is the true absolute beauty', you were clearly delighted..."

  "This king does not..."

  "There." With a whip cracking in the air, he said with a smile, "At that time, I heard Dark Shadow Guard's account, and I saw the amusement in your eyes..."

  He Lian Cangning fell silent, and after a long while, he unexpectedly let out a rare sigh: "Since it's destined that she'll become a tool, I say she doesn't deserve to move my heart, isn't that right? If so, then why not cut off her hopes early on, perhaps it would be a good thing for her."

  At least when she knew the truth, she wouldn't be more painful because of the gap between ideals and reality.

  She pursed her lips, and there was a faint disapproval in her eyes: "But it's not necessarily the case that we have to use such methods..."

  "It must be." He Lian Cangning interrupted her lightly, "When a thing is not done at the right time, it will bring trouble later."

  He didn't say a word, driving the horse carriage back and forth. After a moment, he suddenly chuckled softly: "Is what Wang Ye wants to cut off merely Yun Mo's lingering thoughts?"

  A chill killing intent suddenly surged from behind, but Tong didn't flinch at all, and instead laughed even more wildly: "Scared? Exposed in the heart? Want to kill someone to silence them?"

  Bang!

  With one kick on the buttocks of the servant, He Lian Cang Ning coldly opened his mouth: "Yun Mo Ran didn't learn other skills, but this kind of audacity and glibness is learned to perfection!"

  "Ah yo!" Yan Mu exclaimed exaggeratedly, with a hint of a smile in his eyes, "It's just a pity that earlier, Yun Mo Ran wasn't bold enough, otherwise she should have asked back: Has Ning Huang Shu developed feelings for Mo Ran?"

  He Lian Cangning fell silent again, and after a long time, he said in a low voice: "You also know that I want to achieve great things, can't have weaknesses! If she continues to be so arrogant and makes reckless remarks about me in front of outsiders, it will definitely bring about huge trouble..."

  So you still care about her in your heart. Yan Mu sighed and didn't say anything.

  He Lian Cangning in the carriage looked at the delicate golden phoenix feather in her hand and was momentarily stunned.

  Night, as black as ink, is so profound that it's despairing.

  Yun Mo's eyes were wide awake, sitting alone at the desk, savoring the heart-wrenching pain that pierced her bones. All along, He Lian Cangning had treated her differently from others, making her think she was special. Only now did she realize it was all just a joke.

  The fragrance of tulips rushed into the nostrils, and the light purple petals floated in front of my eyes. Then, a smiling voice sounded: "Is this program correct?"

  Yun Mo smiled wryly and nodded in greeting: "The master of your household has come for the Blood Toad? Yes."

  Don't ask him to sit down at the table, he didn't even look at the box, staring straight into Yun Mo's eyes: "Bad mood?"

  "Hmm." Yun Mo said lazily without covering up, "Had an unrealistic beautiful dream, just been shattered by someone's sword, very annoying."

  "You also know it's a dream, won't you eventually wake up? The sooner you wake up, the less likely you'll sink too deep."

  Yun Mo dyed slightly, then smiled: "Also, thank you, Master Qian, for your guidance. I feel much better now."

  "Don't ask me," he nodded, his voice unexpectedly filled with concern: "You were seriously injured during the day, did you use the wound medicine I sent you?"

  "Do you know?" Yun Mo Ran was somewhat surprised, unexpectedly the busy master of Cang Sheng Gate would pay attention to such a small matter.

  Don't ask me, haha, I laughed wildly: "In the entire Flame Continent, there's nothing I don't want to know, and nothing I can't know. Is it useful or not?"

  "Use it!" Yun Mo Yan glared at him with a hint of annoyance, "If you don't use it now, do you plan on coming back to help me undress?"

  "Can I no longer undress and relax once I use it?" Jun Mo asked, getting up and heading towards Yun Mo's face, "Whether or not you use it, it still requires your personal verification!"

  "How dare you!" Yun Mo's brush danced in the air, and a golden phoenix feather shot out swiftly.

  Don't ask how I dodged, but with a swift motion, I grasped the Golden Phoenix Feather in my hand. The eyes behind the mask sparkled with an unusual light: "Made of pure gold? What a lavish gesture! Cloud Ink Dye, this feather is so expensive, why do you throw it at people?"

  I recalled that Helian Cangning still had my Fengyu in her hand, and Yunmo's heart ached again. She was dazed for a moment before coming back to herself. Junmo asked, "The light in your eyes is even more unusual," and she smiled slyly: "Since you have the intention of sending me off, I'll take it then..."

  "Give it back!" Yun Mo shouted coldly.

  "Can be given to He Lian Cangning, but can't be given to me?" Playing with the golden phoenix feather in his hand, Jun Mo Wen's smile was even more sly, yet subtly probing, "You tell me, what aspect am I inferior to him in?"

  "What's that?" Yun Mo whispered, and leaned on the table again, "If there is still someone in this world who can compare to him, it must be you..."

  Don't ask why the movements of his hands suddenly stopped, and two strange rays shot out from his eyes, as if relieved, as if joyful, as if regretful...

  After a long time, he burst out laughing and put the Golden Phoenix Feather in his sleeve: "Thank you, Seventh Miss, for your kindness. I'm ashamed to accept it! Don't ask about a humble wanderer like me, how can I be compared with the imperial nobility?"

  Unexpectedly, your words have struck a sore spot in Yun Mo's heart, causing her to smile coldly: "Background, is it really that important?"

  The two sat in silence for a moment, then Yun Mo suddenly stood up and spoke: "The Blood Toad has been returned, please go back to the Lord of the Mansion. I'm very tired and want to rest."

  Don't ask why I'm sitting still: "I see that you're not in a good mood, so I'll show some compassion and stay with you for a while. You go to sleep, and when you fall asleep, I'll leave."

  A warmth spread through Yun Mo's heart, but he deliberately hummed a response: "Whatever!"

  He walked over to the bed and lay down on it, still in his clothes. "You're really going to sleep?" You're not afraid of me...

  "Shut up!" Yun Mo Yan rebuked lightly, but his tone carried a hint of amusement. "With your skills, do you still need to wait for me to fall asleep before making your move?"

  Don't ask, with a smile, he didn't speak again, and with a wave of his hand, the candle was extinguished. In the quiet room, only the slightly disordered breathing of Yun Mo remained...

  Although extremely tired, Yun Mo Ran had no sleepiness at all, constantly tossing and turning, and his mind kept echoing everything He Lian Cang Ning said today, his heart aching like a burning fire...

  "Can't sleep?"

  "Your voice suddenly sounded from behind, Yun Mo didn't realize he had been standing in front of the bed until then. Sighing softly, she replied in a low voice: 'My heart... is very messy...'"

  You needn't ask; after a moment of silence, he sighed softly in the dark: "Never mind, I'll help you."

  As he spoke, his right hand moved slightly, and a gentle inner force entered Yun Mo's acupoints, causing her to involuntarily close her eyes and soon fall into a deep sleep.

  Looking at her masked face, a gentle glow that had never been revealed before appeared in Junmo's eyes. After a moment, he unfolded his body and jumped out of the window.