I am the villain in the book

The moonlight was cold and clear, casting a silvery glow over the earth.

“Apologize?”

Clearly, Li Wutong didn't understand what Wei Changtian meant, and she was momentarily stunned.

Wei Changtian looked at her, and after a long while, he gently shook his head.

“Princess, do you already know what I said to General Yang a few days ago?”

General Yang was the head guard who came to the tent that day to advise Wei Changtian to keep his distance from Li Wutong.

Hearing this, the latter immediately became angry, turning her head away with some embarrassment, the tassels of the golden hairpin in her hair swaying.

Judging from this reaction, Wei Changtian's previous guess should be correct.

“Princess...”

Sitting slowly on a white stone beside her, Wei Changtian slowly said:

“I didn't know you would hear what I said at the time, so there were many inappropriate words. I hope you can forgive me.”

“But aside from that, I don't think what I said was wrong.”

“The relationship between you and me is just a transaction. You let Liang Zhen and Liang Qin go, and I came to Fengyuan with you.”

“As for what you said about what you need me to do after arriving in Fengyuan, if the reward is sufficient, I might be able to help you.”

“Other than that, I don't think there should be any further involvement between you and me.”

“Isn't that so?”

“...”

After a pause, Wei Changtian looked at Li Wutong, who had already turned her head back, and continued.

“I don't know what relationship you have with Young Master Shen, but I think he has been in love with you for a long time.”

“I...”

Li Wutong turned her head back, staring at Wei Changtian and said angrily, “Hmph! Isn't it because someone said I was worthless!”

“...”

Indeed, alas.

Wei Changtian sighed inwardly.

“Princess, first of all, I never said you were worthless.”

“Secondly... do you like me?”

“You!”

Li Wutong suddenly widened her eyes, blushing and spitting, “You, how dare you say such a thing! Who would like someone like you!”

“I see.”

Wei Changtian shrugged and asked calmly, “Since the princess doesn't like me, then why do you care so much about what I said?”

“This, this...”

Li Wutong was stunned, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Yes, what exactly did she want to prove to Wei Changtian?

“I, I just...”

She stammered for a long time without saying anything concrete, and Wei Changtian waved his hand to interrupt her.

“Princess, let's put these things aside for now and just talk about tonight.”

“Young Master Shen's affection for you is obvious even to an outsider like me, and I believe you must also be aware of it.”

“Of course you can dislike him, and I believe the Shen family wouldn't dare to disobey your wishes.”

“But you must know that Shen Shulin is not your servant, but also a young master from a prominent family.”

“So, don't treat him like a dog that you can order around.”

“I considered your face during the banquet, so I waited until now to say these words.”

“Now that I've finished speaking, perhaps you can think about it carefully, Princess.”

After saying the last sentence, he stood up from the white stone.

Wei Changtian turned his head and was about to leave, but Li Wutong suddenly called out urgently from behind, “I didn't see him as, that, that...”

“Just an analogy, Princess, you don't have to be so serious.”

Wei Changtian didn't even turn his head back: “And you should say these words to Young Master Shen.”

“...”

At the end of the courtyard path with flickering lights, the lonely figure quickly blended into the night.

Li Wutong stared blankly at the direction where Wei Changtian disappeared, clutching the corners of her clothes tightly, and didn't move for a long time.

In her impression, Wei Changtian was the纨绔 young master who dared to kill the prime minister of his own country at the slightest disagreement, the despicable villain who would threaten to cut off her clothes in front of tens of thousands of soldiers, and the super narcissistic maniac who would say behind her back, “Even if she cries and begs to marry me, I won't marry her.”

Therefore, Li Wutong didn't know why Wei Changtian spoke up for Shen Shulin just now, and even more didn't know why Wei Changtian cared so much about this “small matter”, caring to the point of even waiting for her here.

Could it be that she really did something wrong?

Under the moonlight, Li Wutong silently sat on the white stone that Wei Changtian had just sat on, repeatedly thinking about every word the latter had said.

But at this moment, Wei Changtian also stopped at a corner of the courtyard, staring blankly at a pool of water in front of him.

The surface of the water, only a few square feet in size, was calm and waveless, reflecting the eaves and doorframes of the several pavilions not far away like a bright mirror.

Objectively speaking, he shouldn't have meddled in such trivial matters.

However...

A memory from his past life surfaced in his mind, then turned into a self-deprecating smile at the corner of his mouth.

Forget it, who doesn't have a stupid past?

The next morning.

After having breakfast at the Wang mansion, they should continue their journey to Fengyuan according to the plan.

Wang Qixing sent Wei Changtian and Li Wutong onto the carriage all the way, watching the black carriage gradually move away, and only after it disappeared from sight did he breathe a long sigh of relief as if relieved of a burden.

Liu Shi next to him also withdrew her gaze and whispered, “Master, do you think Princess and Young Master Wei...”

“Shut up!”

Wang Qixing glared and interrupted, “How can we discuss the Princess?!”

“Yes, yes, yes, I won't say it!”

Liu Shi pursed her lips and stopped talking, while Wang Qixing glanced again at the dust rising in the distance, and sighed softly as if talking to himself.

“Alas, hopefully not...”

A quarter of an hour later.

No one spoke in the bumpy carriage.

Wei Changtian was still closing his eyes to rest, while Li Wutong was secretly looking at him, her mouth opening slightly several times, but then closing tightly again with some hesitation.

She hesitated for a long time, and finally made up her mind, leaned forward and pulled open half of the carriage curtain, and said to the coachman:

“Go to the Shen mansion first.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

“...”

The two sentences were very short, and when Li Wutong sat back in her seat, she found that Wei Changtian had already opened his eyes and was looking at her calmly.

“W-What are you looking at?!”

Li Wutong asked sternly, but no answer came.

Wei Changtian asked calmly:

“Princess, are you going to see Young Master Shen?”

“So, so what?!”

“It's nothing, I just think...”

Wei Changtian nodded with a smile that was not a smile: “You can understand, so you are not beyond redemption.”

“Hmph!”

Li Wutong snorted and turned her head away, no longer speaking, but her mood was very complicated.

Being ridiculed by Wei Changtian again, she would definitely be furious before.

But this time... although she was also very angry, she was inexplicably a little happy after being praised?!

A trace of a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of her mouth, but unexpectedly it was caught by Wei Changtian.

“Princess, what are you smiling at?”

“I!”

Li Wutong covered her face with her sleeve, her big eyes full of shame and anger.

Oh my god!

How could there be such an annoying man in the world!