Chapter 592: 529 Don’t marry someone else, I will marry you
Zhongli Wuzhi glanced at Chinian and knew... he had indeed done something he shouldn’t have.
He furiously wiped his face,
"I’m going to splash some cold water on myself."
"Hurry up!" Song Lili’s tone was full of impatience and frustration.
Fortunately, Lu Xiaoer had already decided to let go.
Better a little pain now than a lot of pain later; such a man really wasn’t worth any more of her attention.
Just then, a noise came from outside the door, startling Song Lili. Who could it be at this time...
As she thought this, Chiluo and Wen Nian, one after the other, had already walked in, along with Chiluo, Wen Nian, Qu Yu, and a few of Chiluo’s followers.
"Niannian..."
Chiluo was completely stunned when he saw Chinian’s condition.
He hurried over and urgently asked, "Niannian, what happened to you?"
Zhongli Wuzhi, standing by the wall, hadn’t even had time to go to the restroom before they all came in.
He stood there, leaning against the wall, without saying a word.
"Lili, what’s going on here?"
Wen Nian was also confused, although the scene looked very much like a crime scene. But with Zhongli Wuzhi standing beside it, it was baffling.
Song Lili licked her lips, feeling her mouth dry and rough.
She whispered to Wen Nian,
"When I came in... Zhongli Wuzhi was pinning down Princess Chinian."
This simple statement was enough for Wen Nian to fill in all the details.
He took a deep breath, looked at Zhongli Wuzhi, who just stood leaning against the wall, looking defeated, and had neither the desire to offer any excuses nor to say anything.
Chinian cried incessantly, it was unclear how long she had been crying before she barely managed a few hand gestures to let Chiluo know what had actually happened.
Hand signals, both Song Lili and Wen Nian could understand.
After seeing Chinian’s hand gestures, both Song Lili and Wen Nian felt a heavy weight in their hearts.
Regardless, since Chinian had been harmed in Anlin, both she and Wen Nian couldn’t shirk their responsibility.
Chiluo, with his ordinary looks and rough but honest demeanor, always had the image of a good-natured person, but Chinian had always been his precious gem.
Today, Zhongli had bullied Chiluo’s beloved sister...
He took a few steps around to Zhongli Wuzhi, grabbed him, and shouted,
"Chinian told me a few days ago how wonderful you were, how much she liked you! And this is how you treat her?!"
Zhongli looked at the angry Chiluo.
Song Lili was also very angry with Zhongli Wuzhi, but... somehow, seeing Zhongli being grabbed like that, he himself remaining silent, made Song Lili even more upset.
"Zhongli Wuzhi, what exactly happened? Now that Princess Chinian’s brother is here, you better explain everything clearly, and let us know if there’s any misunderstanding!"
Song Lili shouted at Zhongli Wuzhi.
Wen Nian also looked sternly at Zhongli Wuzhi, waiting for his response.
Zhongli Wuzhi was indeed a bastard, having bullied Little Ear like that...
Yet... they had known Zhongli Wuzhi for more than a day or two, and Wen Nian and Zhongli Wuzhi had been childhood friends, knowing each other for many years.
He might be a womanizer, but rape... that was unlikely.
He might be reckless, but he still had a moral baseline.
So the scene they were witnessing definitely had a reason behind it.
Song Lili had already noticed the smell of alcohol on Zhongli Wuzhi.
"Were you drinking too much?"
Song Lili asked again.
"Zhongli?" Wen Nian also spoke.
Chiluo was indebted to both him and Song Lili, but Zhongli Wuzhi... indeed mattered a bit more.
He spoke out because he wanted Zhongli Wuzhi to know that as long as he was willing to speak, he and Lili would help him.
"You say it!"
Chiluo shouted at Zhongli Wuzhi.
Zhongli Wuzhi’s throat moved, he slowly raised his eyes, stared at Chiluo intently for a good while, and then his gaze fell on Princess Chinian, who was huddled on the bed.
He took a shallow breath,
"I’m sorry, Xiao Qi."
Zhongli Wuzhi moved his lips and said so.
Song Lili clenched her teeth, she also clenched her fists, really wishing she could punch Zhongli Wuzhi hard again.
Wen Nian narrowed his eyes, he observed Zhongli Wuzhi carefully...
"Sorry? You did something like this to my sister, and you think a simple apology is enough!"
Chiluo was particularly angry, his tone sounded like he could spit fire any second.
"I like Princess Chinian."
Just as Chiluo was somewhat unable to restrain himself from wanting to punch Zhongli Wuzhi twice, Zhongli Wuzhi moved his lips again—his voice was neither loud nor soft, but clear enough for everyone in the room to hear.
Song Lili’s jaw almost dropped, she looked at Zhongli Wuzhi and truly thought him the most bizarre creature in the world!
Wen Nian’s face was expressionless, as usual, unfazed.
Probably the most surprised person was Princess Chinian herself.
Her grey pupils shimmered with disbelief.
"What did you say?"
Chiluo was equally surprised and couldn’t help but ask again.
"I said, I like Her Highness Princess Chinian."
"..."
Zhongli Wuzhi looked straight into Chiluo’s eyes and spoke word by word; it didn’t seem to be a lie.
"Just like Princess Chinian fell in love with me at first sight, I too fell for her at first sight. But the timing of our meeting wasn’t good..."
Zhongli Wuzhi looked towards Princess Chinian, he said lightly,
"I and my ex-girlfriend were in the midst of breaking up, so at first, I didn’t know if I genuinely liked Princess Chinian or if I was just using her to stave off loneliness."
"Princess Chinian... is very gentle, she can’t speak, so her interactions depend on her heart, not her mouth."
"Although our time together was brief, every moment we spent together is still vivid in my memory."
Zhongli took another shallow breath, while Chiluo had gradually released Zhongli Wuzhi’s collar.
His clothes were disheveled, and he looked somewhat defeated,
"Until the day before yesterday, when you told me that your brother was coming to take you back home, my heart started to feel uncomfortable."
"..."
Princess Chinian stopped crying and sobbing.
She stared blankly at Zhongli Wuzhi, listening to every word he said, unable to tell if what he said was true or false.
"You are a princess, you are so wonderful, I feel like I don’t deserve you. Everything I said to you before today was not my true feeling, what I’m saying now is."
Zhongli Wuzhi straightened his clothes, his gaze sincere as he looked at Princess Chinian,
"I was wrong to have done this to you, but I also couldn’t help myself. Even though my tolerance for alcohol is poor, my mind was clear."
"..."
Princess Chinian swallowed.
Zhongli Wuzhi slightly curved his lips,
"Princess Chinian, your black bracelet has only one master—it’s me."
"..."
"Don’t marry someone else. Don’t listen to your father," Zhongli Wuzhi walked to the bed, he sat down, and reached out his hand to Princess Chinian, "Marry me, be my wife."