What Bad Intentions can the Yandere Crown Prince have?-Chapter 292 - 288: Ah Jiao, Close Your Eyes

When Tang Xiaobai arrived at Li Mu’s tent, it was obvious that the drinking feast had ended.

The host and guests totaled three people: the host Li Mu, the accompanying guest Tao Fen, and only one real guest.

Pei Kuan.

By the time Tang Xiaobai came in, Pei Kuan had already slumped over.

"What did you do to him?" Tang Xiaobai, usually good-tempered, now had a darkened expression.

As she entered, Li Mu showed a slight hint of guilt in his eyes, but seeing her angry face, he quickly regained his composure and remained silent.

Tao Fen cleared his throat and explained, "Not much, Ah Xiao was just offering him some drinks, and he went down after a few." Saying this, Tao Fen was also quite frustrated.

It was originally his idea to get Pei Kuan drunk, hoping he’d lose his poise and not maintain his elegant demeanor. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Unexpectedly, Pei Kuan downed several cups without changing expression, still chatting and laughing cheerfully.

It wasn’t until the last cup that he suddenly collapsed.

No incoherent babbling, no wild gestures, no embarrassing display, he just fell asleep directly.

Such good drinking behavior?

Tang Xiaobai wasn’t concerned about drinking etiquette: "How many drinks is a few?"

As she asked, she quickly walked over to Pei Kuan.

Perhaps in falling, he knocked over cups and spilled drinks, soaking his sleeve. As soon as she got close, a strong aroma of wine hit her nose, making her dizzy, and she instinctively stepped back.

At this moment, Tao Fen hesitated and said, "Maybe... ten cups or so?"

Tang Xiaobai was so angry that her temples throbbed.

Such strong wine, and they had given him ten cups!

She took a deep breath and ordered the others to send Pei Kuan back and also instructed them to get a doctor, some sobering soup, and such.

After taking care of Pei Kuan, she turned to look at the two of them.

Tao Fen rubbed his nose, smiling awkwardly: "It was all my idea, blame me, blame me!"

The young girl is usually all smiles, but suddenly with her face pulled down, she was a bit intimidating.

Tang Xiaobai didn’t say whether to blame him or not, just said, "Drinking should be moderate, too much harms the body, Brother Tao, you too."

Tao Fen laughed sheepishly, noncommittal.

Tang Xiaobai knew he was fond of drinking, and outsiders couldn’t persuade him, so she said no more: "I have a few words to say to Ah Xiao, Brother Tao, you should go and rest first!" She also instructed someone to bring Tao Fen a portion of sobering soup.

Tao Fen ran off as if relieved of a burden.

Li Mu had been sitting properly all along, not speaking, his expression indifferent.

Tang Xiaobai walked to his side and picked up the empty wine cup before him to smell it.

The remaining wine fragrance was delicate and mellow, not as strong as Pei Kuan’s.

Tang Xiaobai couldn’t help but sneer: "Quite calculating, knowing to give Pei Kuan strong wine alone."

Li Mu glanced at her, placing one hand on the wine table and the other holding the jug, pouring into the cup.

Before the wine could pour out, the jug was snatched away by Tang Xiaobai.

"Still drinking?" Tang Xiaobai glared at him.

Li Mu tugged at the corner of his mouth: "If I drank less, wouldn’t you think I was bullying him?"

Tang Xiaobai laughed coldly: "If you drank more, weren’t you just bullying him?"

Li Mu’s eyes darkened suddenly: "How many good words did that Pei surnamed guy say in your ear today for you to protect him like this?"

Tang Xiaobai, already angered to laughter, bared her teeth and pinched his cheeks: "I’m protecting him! I’m protecting him! If you hadn’t acted out, why would I protect him?"

Originally, in a fit of anger, she pinched his face with real strength.

Yet he didn’t move, passively allowing her to torment him.

Tang Xiaobai could only pinch once before her heart softened and she let go.

His pale, jade-like cheeks instantly had two red marks, and Tang Xiaobai instinctively rubbed them for him.

His eyes suddenly misted over, slightly wet, looking somewhat pitiful: "Yesterday, you still said not to get too close to him..."

Tang Xiaobai was amused and helpless: "He came from afar and is a guest, I just took him around, we didn’t even share a carriage, how is that close?"

Li Mu was noncommittal and added, "I only persuaded him a few drinks, why are you so angry?"

He seemed rather self-righteous.

Tang Xiaobai was both amused and exasperated, taking a step closer to sit beside him.

The little ancestor has a characteristic, the closer she is to him, the more he appears like a gentle child.

Now sitting so close to him, he softened completely, his eyes full of "I’ll listen to whatever you say."

What more could she say?

"Didn’t I say earlier, excessive drinking harms the body, if you persuade Pei Shiyi to drink like this, if anything happens to him, how do we explain to Senior Brother Pei?"

Li Mu said coldly: "Why should we explain to Pei Xuan?"

Tang Xiaobai sighed: "Before I went to Liangzhou, I asked Senior Brother Pei to help look after Duke Yan Mansion, he agreed. This time I also wrote to request Senior Brother Pei’s help with the city construction, and he directly sent Pei Shiyi—"

"Didn’t Pei Shiyi want to come on his own?" Li Mu countered.

In his view, Pei Kuan was definitely here for his Ah Jiao!

"How could he come by himself?" Tang Xiaobai, seeing his jealousy clouding his judgment, couldn’t help but poke his arm hard with her fingers.

Tsk! Quite solid!

"Without Senior Brother Pei’s consent, without the Pei Family’s consent, could Pei Shiyi have come here on his own?" This was all quite evident, yet the little ancestor seemed blind to it.

"Senior Brother Pei not only represents himself in helping me but also persuaded the Pei Family to support us, shouldn’t we explain to Senior Brother Pei?"

Tang Xiaobai felt she had already explained with utmost clarity, reasonably and fairly, but after a silent deliberation, the little ancestor still picked apart: "Why ask Pei Xuan to help look after Duke Yan Mansion? Can’t I?"

Tang Xiaobai was so frustrated she wanted to bite someone.

She truly had found herself an ancestor!

"Even if I didn’t ask you, you’d still look after it! I didn’t ask the Gu Family either, is this the same?"

He suddenly chuckled softly.

"You’re right, it’s different."

"You... are really annoying!" She pinched his arm in exasperation.

"Ah Jiao—" He held her hand, "I also drank, yet you didn’t ask someone to bring me a sobering soup."

"You also want sobering soup?" Tang Xiaobai wrinkled her nose and sniffed, "How much did you drink? Didn’t you say you wouldn’t drink much?"

"Not much." His gaze flickered.

"How much is not much?"

"I don’t remember," he said, lowering his head, his forehead gently resting against hers, "why don’t you smell?"

As he spoke, his warm breath brushed across her face, and the wine fragrance instantly spread, surrounding her softly and meticulously.

Perhaps he drank not a little, just speaking to her like this made her feel a bit tipsy, her face gradually heating up.

"Ah Jiao..." His voice was raspy, sounding a bit unclear, as if he had really drunk a lot, but his eyes, reflecting the firelight, were bright to an alarming degree.

He placed his hand on her face, thumb lightly stroking her cheek, his gaze showing a contradiction of both tenderness and urgency.

Desiring, yet also at a loss.

Tang Xiaobai’s heart raced with nervousness.

What to do?

What should be said now?

Although she understood what was happening, she hadn’t experienced it!

"Ah Jiao, close your eyes."

Tang Xiaobai immediately obediently closed her eyes.

With eyes closed, her senses became sharply acute.

His irregular breathing, slightly trembling hands, cold nose tip.

And the lips that were far too close—