son, don't mess around

At this moment, Xu Lan really had the urge to crawl into a crack in the ground and never come out again.

but……

The room was paved with sandalwood floors, which were neatly laid and fitted tightly, leaving her no chance to get into them.

She was completely panicked.

He was so flustered and at a loss for what to do because he had done something wrong, he just stood there in a daze.

She had thought of many possibilities, and had anticipated the result that Lin Jiangnian would find out. But she had never expected that it would come so suddenly, and she was completely caught off guard.

Xu Lan didn't even know where she had been exposed?

She obviously performed well... maybe not so perfect!
But, but...

He, how did he know there was something wrong with the tea?

Smell it?!
Just, I knew Xiaolu was unreliable!

Really unreliable!
What colorless and tasteless...it's all lies!

Xu Lan was really panicked at this moment, but she didn't have the time to settle the score with Xiaolu.

Because Lin Jiangnian's gaze was fixed on her, even if Xu Lan didn't look up, she could still feel it.

"me……"

Xu Lan swallowed her saliva, her face flushed with shame, she didn't dare to look up, her voice was stammering, and she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"Are you trying to tell me that it wasn't you who did it?"

Xu Lan was stunned and nodded subconsciously to pass the blame.

"This tea was drugged, and you were totally unaware of it?"

Xu Lan was silent and didn't dare to speak.

"Are you trying to poison me?"

Lin Jiangnian stared at her with burning eyes and asked suspiciously.

"No, no!"

Hearing this, Xu Lan was immediately startled and shook her head quickly: "I, I didn't mean to poison you, no, it's not poison!"

How could she have poisoned him?
"Then what did you give me?" Lin Jiangnian asked.

Xu Lan's pretty, fair face flushed with embarrassment. She lowered her head guiltily, pursed her lips, and said nothing.

"And you still say it's not poison?"

Lin Jiangnian's tone changed: "You must want to poison me, right?!"

"No, really not!" Xu Lan shook her head repeatedly to deny it.

"Then how do you explain this tea?"

Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes: "What did you put in there?!"

Faced with Lin Jiangnian's repeated questioning, Xu Lan was obviously unable to withstand it and almost blurted out the answer.

At the critical moment, he still held back and explained hesitantly: "It's, it's... that... that... it's not poison anyway, it won't harm your body!"

"I, I definitely didn't mean to harm you!"

Xu Lan's face was almost red enough to bleed. She lowered her head with her hands clasped together, like a child who had made a mistake. She didn't dare to look up and was very nervous.

Lin Jiangnian couldn't help but laugh when he saw her guilty and frightened look.

He naturally knew that Xu Lan would not poison him, but he did not expect that this girl would actually drug him.

If he didn't have the Tai Gu technique at his disposal, he might have really fallen into her trap.

Lin Jiangnian glanced at the tea on the table. There seemed to be nothing wrong with the tea and nothing unusual about it.

But just as he brought it to his lips, the Taigu Heart Technique in Lin Jiangnian's body began to work automatically.

This is the instinctive defense that the mind makes when facing danger.

It also instantly reminded Lin Jiangnian that there was something wrong with the tea.

Originally, Lin Jiangnian suspected that the governor had evil intentions, or that some other ill-intentioned person had bad intentions. But when he looked up and saw Xu Lan's guilty look, he immediately guessed the general idea!
"Tell me, why did you drug me?"

Lin Jiangnian tapped his fingers on the table and asked, "Since you don't want to harm me, what other purpose do you have?"

Facing Lin Jiangnian's interrogation, Xu Lan lowered his head even more.

His hands were clenched together, his face flushed, and he stammered for a long time without being able to utter a word.

Lin Jiangnian stared at her for a while, his eyes gradually becoming suspicious: "You are not going to give me..."

"Aphrodisiac, huh?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Lan's body stiffened.

His head was almost buried in his not-so-high chest, and he was too embarrassed to face anyone.

Lin Jiangnian was also stunned!

Seeing Xu Lan's guilty look, he just made a random guess, but he didn't expect... to be right?!
Did he really take an aphrodisiac?!

Even though Lin Jiangnian was experienced, he had not expected this at all.

He had thought about it before. If he couldn't beat Zhiyuan and Liu Su in the future, he would find a chance to give them some medicine and make them obey him completely...

Of course, Lin Jiangnian was just thinking about it and had no intention of doing so.

The results of it?
Before he could do anything, the girl in front of him took the initiative... and drugged him? !
It’s Tiangang on the contrary!
Seeing Xu Lan's reaction, and recalling the series of strange things that happened before, Lin Jiangnian's expression gradually became strange...

This girl gave him this kind of improper drug...what did she want to do?
it goes without saying!

She has been acting sneaky all this time, could she be plotting this?

"I treat you as a brother, but you secretly scheme against your own brother, right?!"

Lin Jiangnian was a little amused and confused. He really didn't expect that Xu Lan would play this trick on him.

In this world, the only person who would dare to plot against him and drug him is probably Xu Lan, right?
"How did you come up with such an outrageous idea?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her and asked, "Who taught you to do this?!"

Xu Lan still lowered his head, acted like an ostrich, and pretended to be dead.

"Now you know how to play dead, are you scared?"

Lin Jiangnian said unhappily: "Even if you don't tell me, I know it's Xiaolu, right?"

"I knew that damn girl had no good intentions. She actually plotted against me this time."

Xu Lan, who was originally silent, heard Lin Jiangnian's angry tone and said in a panic: "No, it has nothing to do with Xiaolu. Yes, I did it alone..."

"Oh, you're still protecting her?"

Lin Jiangnian stared at her: "Did Xiaolu instruct you to do this?"

"No, it's not..."

"She bewitched you, didn't she?"

"..."

"Did she also give you advice and help you plan your trip?"

"..."

"Is she hiding not far outside the room right now, secretly watching this side?"

After hearing this, Xu Lan raised her head in astonishment: "You, what are you doing..."

"Want to ask me how I know that?"

Xu Lan quickly looked away in panic, nodding and timidly, looking pitiful.

There is no need to guess. Without Xiaolu, would Xu Lan be so brave?
"How could you come up with something so outrageous?!"

Lin Jiangnian asked angrily: "Who gave you the medicine? Where did it come from?!"

Xu Lan pursed her lips, still not daring to speak.

"It's already this time and you still don't admit it honestly?"

Lin Jiangnian said expressionlessly, "Do you want me to arrest Xiaolu and interrogate him?"

Xu Lan panicked: "No, don't..."

Pursing her lips, she finally lowered her head under Lin Jiangnian's scrutiny and spoke in a low voice: "The medicine, the medicine was brought by Xiaolu...Bai, she sneaked in during the day and put the medicine in your tea..."

It’s Xiaolu!
Lin Jiangnian suddenly realized.

Based on his understanding of Xu Lan, this girl was not that brave and was most likely bewitched by that damn girl Xiaolu.

I had often seen that girl bewitching Xiao Zhu before, and I knew she was dishonest. I didn't expect that this time she would team up with her own lady to plot against him?
"You, don't blame Xiaolu..."

Seeing Lin Jiangnian's gloomy face, Xu Lan felt uneasy. She naturally knew the consequences of drugging Prince Lin. She bit her lower lip and said, "It's all me who asked her to do this. You, you want to blame..."

"Blame me!"

Xu Lan looked as if he was admitting his mistake and taking all the responsibility on himself.

Lin Jiangnian felt amused.

"Now you know you're afraid?"

"Do you know what the consequences will be if something happens to me after you drugged me?"

Xu Lan's face turned pale. "I, I didn't poison you..."

"What drug did you give me?"

"..."

Xu Lan couldn't say anything, hesitating, but then she quickly realized something: "Didn't you drink just now?"

"how?"

"You, why are you okay?"

Xu Lan clearly saw Lin Jiangnian drinking the tea with his own eyes just now, why hasn't he reacted yet?
Didn’t Xiaolu say that the medicine works very quickly?

"What, you hope something happens to me?"

"no no……"

Xu Lan shrank her neck and said weakly.

She just couldn't figure it out.

Lin Jiangnian naturally had no explanation.

"Tell me." Lin Jiangnian looked Xu Lan up and down again, half-closed his eyes, and asked interrogatively: "Why did you drug me?"

"What do you want to do?"

Hearing this question, Xu Lan's body stiffened again.

Her face was still blushing and she had no idea how to answer.

He, isn't he asking nonsense?
What else can you do by giving him an aphrodisiac?
This, isn't this making things difficult for her?
Xu Lan naturally couldn't say it and found it difficult to speak.

"You, you already know everything, don't you?"

After a while, Xu Lan stammered and said this.

"what do you know?"

Lin Jiangnian's question made Xu Lan a little angry.

Ashamed and annoyed.

Being caught red-handed while drugging someone made her feel ashamed, guilty and flustered.

But as things have come to this point, what has happened has already happened, so Xu Lan should just let it go. Gradually, she recovered from the shyness and uneasiness.

Hearing Lin Jiangnian asking such a question even though he knew the answer, he felt even more ashamed and annoyed.

This bastard, he’s obviously so smart that he can guess what’s going on, but he still has to ask!
He clearly knew how I felt about him, but he still pretended to be blind and acted like he knew nothing!
He, he even embarrassed himself on purpose... How despicable!
The more I think about it, the more anxious I become, the angrier I become, and the more aggrieved I feel.

The emotions that had been accumulating over this period of time could no longer be contained at this moment.

"You, you only know how to bully me!"

In embarrassment and anxiety, Xu Lan's dark eyes were faintly filled with tears, and she stared at Lin Jiangnian stubbornly.

"When did I bully you?"

Lin Jiangnian was not willing to take the blame: "You were the one who drugged me, and you were also the one with bad intentions. If you want to bully someone, aren't you the one who bullies me?"

"you……"

"It's you who bullied me!"

Xu Lan bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes reddened, like a little girl who had been bullied.

Lin Jiangnian originally wanted to say something, but when he saw that she was about to cry, he held back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

"Okay, I'll take the blame for this, and I won't bother with you this time!"

Lin Jiangnian sighed and looked at her: "Let's talk about it?"

"Talk, talk about what?"

Xu Lan's voice sounded hoarse and very light, with an indescribable kind of weakness.

"I have to ask you this, right?"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "You came to see me tonight... and did all this. You can't be here to talk to me about your ideal life, right?"

Hearing this, Xu Lan gritted her teeth and said in irritation: "You, you already know everything and you're still asking?!"

Asshole, you ask even though you know the answer.

After Lin Jiangnian carefully looked Xu Lan up and down, he couldn't help but sigh, "Are you really coveting this prince's body?"

Xu Lan blushed: "Rude, vulgar!"

Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "How could you be so vulgar as to drug me?"

Xu Lan made a big fool of herself again, and said angrily, "No, don't mention it again!"

Lin Jiangnian's smile faded slightly: "So, are you serious?"

Xu Lan lowered her head, feeling shy, and said softly, "Yeah."

"Are you really in love with this prince?"

"Um……"

"Since when did you start coveting it?"

"No, I don't know..."

"Think about it carefully and see if you are coveting the wrong person?"

"..."

"No, that's right..."

Xu Lan stared at Lin Jiangnian dimly: "It's you."

Since she has already made up her mind, she doesn’t care anymore!

It has come to this, what else is there to be afraid of saying?
Faced with Xu Lan's straightforward admission, Lin Jiangnian remained silent.

I am also a little puzzled.

Lin Jiangnian recalled that although he and Xu Lan had spent quite a lot of time together and there was a secret between them, their relationship was not bad.

But in the past, Lin Jiangnian did not find any sparks between him and Xu Lan.

After asking himself again, Lin Jiangnian felt that he was not very nice to Xu Lan on weekdays, and sometimes he could even say that he was a little too much...

Thinking of this, Lin Jiangnian looked at her suspiciously again: "Don't tell me you have some kind of masochistic tendency?"

"You, you are the one with masochistic tendencies!!"

Xu Lan's face turned red, and she immediately denied it in shame and anger.

But as soon as she finished speaking, her legs under her skirt couldn't help but intertwine and rub against each other, and she felt an indescribable strange feeling.

"Then tell me, what do you like about me?"

Hearing Lin Jiangnian's straightforward question, Xu Lan shyly turned her eyes away; "I, I don't know either..."

What do you like about this guy?
Xu Lan herself couldn't explain it.

Maybe it's been so long that even she herself has forgotten why she fell in love with him in the first place.

But the feeling is definitely right!

If I have to say something...it seems like I like everything about it?

But Xu Lan obviously couldn't say this.

"That's it... Anyway, it's like that... I like it, I like it..."

Xu Lan stammered for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth and glared at Lin Jiangnian: "Anyway, it's like this, I like you, if you don't agree, bite me..."

She gave it all!
I just like it, no reason!
No reason needed!
Lin Jiangnian was silent for a moment.

Xu Lan's sudden straightforwardness made him at a loss as to how to respond for a moment.

Seeing that Lin Jiangnian didn't respond for a long time, Xu Lan couldn't help but ask, "Then, what about you?"

"how do I?"

Xu Lan bit her lip and glared at him. This bastard was asking questions even though he knew the answer.

However, Xu Lan, who has already made up his mind, can't care about so many things.

She gradually became bolder.

"So, then... do you like me?"

Xu Lan stared into his eyes and asked while biting her lower lip.

One could sense that her breathing seemed to stagnate when she asked this question.

But his heartbeat was beating uncontrollably fast, and the blood in his body was flowing, concentrating at this moment.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she stared at Lin Jiangnian without blinking, waiting for his response.

It's like waiting for some kind of ending.

Lin Jiangnian's reaction was still normal.

He first looked at Xu Lan's pretty and rosy face, which showed her nervousness and anxiety. Then his eyes swept across her face and slowly moved down.

He looked at it slowly, as if he was pondering something.

After a while, Lin Jiangnian suddenly asked, "Can I see your legs?"

After hearing these words, Xu Lan, who was originally worried, stood there in a daze.

"Wha, what?!"

After a while, she gradually realized something.

"Look, what are you looking at?"

Seems a little unsure.

"leg!"

Lin Jiangnian's eyes fell precisely on Xu Lan's legs wrapped by her skirt.

As if stimulated by something, Xu Lan closed her legs under her skirt and shrank them subconsciously. Her whole body tensed up and her face flushed with shame: "You hooligan!"

As soon as he said this, he seemed to realize something, raised his eyes and glared at Lin Jiangnian: "Don't change the subject!"

"No, isn't this a serious answer to you?"

"You, where did you answer?"

"Just now!"

Lin Jiangnian said, "Didn't I ask if you can see the legs?"

Xu Lan said angrily: "What's the connection?!"

"Of course!"

Lin Jiangnian nodded as a matter of course: "Just tell me whether you will show it or not?"

Xu Lan was embarrassed: "No!"

Lin Jiangnian sneered: "You don't even show me your legs, and you still want me to like you?"

Xu Lan was furious: "...What if I showed it to you?"

"Then I'll definitely like it!"

Lin Jiangnian spoke as a matter of course.

Xu Lan: "..."

"..." (End of this chapter)