Pet Addiction: The Prince’s Desire to Spoil His Pet - Chapter 199 - Because I Like Shu Nuan (3)

Chapter 199: Because I Like Shu Nuan (3)

One day, Ningcheng Yuan decided it was time for Xuan Jiu to visit Shu Nuan at Shenghe Manor.

The boy stood outside Ning Manor, stunned. In front of him stood his beloved horse.

“Where did you find it?” Xuan Jiu asked, giving Ningcheng Yuan an odd look.

Ningcheng Yuan pretended to be calm and replied, “For a man as powerful as This General, finding a horse is trivial.”

“…When you captured me in Southern Xinjiang, you brought my horse back with you.”

“…”

Ningcheng Yuan frowned and pointed to the horse.

“Get on. I don’t have time for this nonsense.”

The boy was worried for the former Qing princess, so he didn’t say anything more. He climbed atop the horse and rode after Ningcheng.

The wind was blowing. A slight chill was in the air.

When their party dismounted at Shenghe Manor, Xuna Jiu couldn’t help but sneeze. Ningcheng Yuan caught sight of this and sneered at him, as if mocking the boy’s frailty. In response, the boy raised his eyes and stared at Ningcheng Yuan.

In the next moment, Ningcheng Yuan hurriedly brought Jiu inside the manor before Li Yuan could report their arrival to the prince, nearly forcing his way through.

“I’m telling you, Fourth Prince will be there in a moment. Don’t be so hasty…”

Xuan Jiu had already rushed to the end of the corridor. He turned back and looked at Ningcheng Yuan with a straight face, and asked, “How can I get there?”

Ningcheng Yuan hooked his lips into a smile and raised his brows.

“I’ll tell you if you promise to be obedient in front of Brother Qianmo.”

Ningcheng Yuan didn’t tease the boy this time. Knowing that Jiu was worried about Shu Nuan, Ningcheng Yuan kept silent throughout the way. However, when he arrived at Sheng Courtyard, he said a few words to calm him, “Brother Qianmo really protected Shu Nuan this time. He will definitely not let her be wronged. So don’t worry!”

Xuan Jiu replied, “The punishment she shouldn’t have suffered has already been inflicted on her. It’s too late for such kind words.”

“Ah, this boy…”

Ningcheng Yuan was itching to teach the boy a lesson, but Jiu was already halfway up the stone steps.

Li Yuan stopped them outside the hall.

Ningcheng Yuan hurriedly pulled Xuan Jiu behind him and said, “Go tell your master that I am here.”

At that time, in the bedroom of Sheng Courtyard.

Sheng Qianmo was changing Shu Nuan’s bandages.

The hall was lit with a warm stove. A faint crackle of burning charcoal kept the room from being silent.

Shu Nuan’s clothes half-hung on her slender arm. She lowered her eyes and stared at her hand, watching it motionless and at Sheng Qianmo’s mercy.

“Does it hurt?”

Shu Nuan shook her head.

She soon averted her gaze.

Shu Nuan didn’t know how Sheng Qianmo could still get along with her as if nothing had happened between them. She didn’t know since when, perhaps after Sheng Qianmo had stepped on her hand and broken it and she’d fainted, but every since then…

No matter what he said or did, it failed to stir her heart.

Sheng Qianmo helped change her medicine and was about to help her put on her clothes again when he heard Li Yuan’s voice from outside the hall, relaying the news that Ningcheng Yuan had come with the boy from the Nanchao Kingdom.

Shu Nuan suddenly raised her head, and her dim eyes finally lit up a little after days.

Seeing the change in her, Sheng Qianmo couldn’t tell what was in his heart, but he grabbed her little hands, tightened the cuffs of her dress, and said in a deep voice, “First, put on your clothes.”