Slowly turned around: "Do you have anything else to say?"

"It’s like this." Qin Yi stepped forward and said, "The Young Madam is already pregnant now. I think, if there’s nothing else, you should try not to pursue Young Master. Moreover... if Young Master really wants to find you, he will take the initiative to do so, don’t you think?"

Jiang Xue’s face instantly turned ugly upon hearing this.

She curled a smile at the corner of her mouth.

"Qin Yi, are you ridiculing me?"

"..."

"I know you must also look down on me in your heart. But so what? How could the feelings between Young Master and I be something you could understand? So what if she is pregnant? How do you know she’s definitely carrying the Crown Prince’s child? Hasn’t she already left with that Situ Yan? Maybe, she’s pregnant with his child instead. Besides, even if it’s truly the Young Master’s child, does that mean she can gain status because of her baby?"

Heh, Qin Yi, you help Xia Xiaonuan so much. Could it be that you also have feelings for her..."

Jiang Xue said, reaching out to put her hand on Qin Yi’s shoulder, with an ambiguous smile.

Qin Yi’s face changed, and he suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"Ah... it hurts!" Jiang Xue called out.

"Miss Jiang, please be more respectful. Not everyone is as dirty-minded!" Seeing Jiang Xue like this, he felt repulsed, especially her perfume scent, which disgusted him even more.

Qin Yi said, suddenly flinging her hand away.

It’s hard to understand how Young Master ever liked a woman like her.

Jiang Xue was pushed aside, leaning on the table corner to stand steady.

She gritted her teeth fiercely, suddenly turning around to glare at Qin Yi.

"Qin Yi, who do you think you are!? Let me tell you, you’d better not get too cocky, because once I become the Young Madam of the Nangong Empire, the first person I will deal with is you!"

After speaking, Jiang Xue looked at Qin Yi’s cold face, turned around, and quickly left.

Qin Yi looked at Jiang Xue’s departing figure, clenched his fist.

At that moment, a switch clicked, and the bedroom wall turned into a glass panel, as a door in the corner opened.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yi quickly turned around.

Seeing Nangong Yaoling coming out from inside, his expression slightly changed.

"Young Master... I..."

Nangong Yaoling waved his hand at him.

"I saw everything. You don’t need to explain further. You did well."

Qin Yi’s eyes slightly flickered; the Young Master wasn’t angry at all about how he treated Jiang Xue.

It seems that the Young Master has completely lost interest in this woman.

"Crown Prince, are you really planning to let Miss Jiang continue like this..."

Nangong Yaoling raised his hand, walking to the office desk.

His gaze suddenly fell on the somewhat messy papers on the desk.

Qin Yi also noticed something and his expression changed.

Could it be that this woman’s visit today wasn’t just to see Young Master?

"You may leave now."

Qin Yi had no choice but to nod and leave the room.

Nangong Yaoling took out a key and unlocked the first drawer.

Inside the drawer was a portrait, clearly identical to the face of the girl who just left.

But their expressions were completely different.

One was clear and innocent, the other worldly and shrewd.

He always thought Qiqi became like this because of too much suffering over the years. So, he never dwelled on it.

But now, he suddenly realized, he had made a grave mistake. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

He reached out and gently touched the woman in the painting with his fingertips.

At this moment, he finally understood that the woman in the office earlier wasn’t her at all.