Back when the baby was switched with Yan Luo, her father wasn’t yet the emperor, which was why everything went so smoothly.
And it had to be said, Lu Yan was truly bold.
Yan Luo’s eyes flickered slightly, and the corners of her lips pressed together. What exactly was Lu Yan trying to do now?
Colluding with an external king, betraying Great Yan, what benefit could that bring her or the Lu family?
As if he could see what Yan Luo was thinking, Jun Yulin continued speaking.
“Her goal isn’t to help anyone succeed. It’s to destroy the Lu family, to destroy Great Yan… including both you and me.
“Before she married into the royal family, she had someone she loved—a low-ranking military officer. The Lu family looked down on his status and told him that only if he made a name for himself would they marry their daughter to him.
“Later, that man went to the battlefield and had an accident. My father was the commanding general at the time, and Lu Yan had already been forcibly sent into the palace by the Lu family to become the crown prince’s consort.”
So she resented everyone.
She resented the heartless Lu family.
She resented the royal family for forcing her hand.
She resented the Jun family for sending her beloved to die on the battlefield.
She resented the entire Great Yan.
And as for Yan Luo, because of her seemingly close connection with Jun Yulin, she was nothing more than a pawn in Lu Yan’s revenge.
In just a few words, Jun Yulin explained the complicated situation, and then he fell silent, watching Yan Luo, who was furrowing her delicate brows and quietly thinking.
But instead of the frustration that usually came with revealing such things, he actually felt relieved, as if a burden had lifted.
He waited a long while, but Yan Luo still didn’t respond. Jun Yulin grew impatient.
Anxious and awkward, he pursed his lips, and finally forced out a sentence:
“I’ve already explained everything to you.”
—So you promised, you said you’d keep liking me.
—You can’t go back on your word.
His face was gloomy and stiff with awkwardness. If Yan Luo hadn’t already figured out that his ‘gloomy face’ was mostly for show, she might’ve actually been scared by his expression.
And also… this kind of serious topic… do we really need to talk about it in this position?
Jun Yulin, however, was still firmly pressing down on her, refusing to let her move.
Honestly, now that she understood his personality better, this side of him was kind of… cute.
Suddenly, Yan Luo laughed. She lifted her hand and, under Jun Yulin’s confused gaze, cupped his face.
In a tone like she’d just uncovered a secret, she said to him:
“So, Royal Uncle… all those tantrums and sulking, the gloomy face every day… you were just jealous, weren’t you?”
Jun Yulin: …
“I wasn’t.”
“You weren’t?” Yan Luo tilted her head. “I still think Royal Uncle is way more honest and cute when he’s drunk.”
Jun Yulin: …
“Oh, right,” Yan Luo added with a sweet smile, gently pinching his cheek. “Royal Uncle, your face is really red.”
Was he… blushing?
Jun Yulin : !!!
He suddenly straightened up, his Adam’s apple bobbing as he stared at her. This girl who had just teased him and was now innocently getting up to straighten her clothes, clearly with no intention of attending morning court and planning to go back to sleep instead.
He glared at her for a while, then finally said, “You seduced me again.”
Yan Luo: …
“I did not.” She looked back at him seriously.
“You did.”
As he said this and looked at the girl in front of him, it felt like something between them had finally broken through. Jun Yulin couldn’t help the twitch at the corner of his lips. He pressed it down, only for it to curl up again.
[*Ding*—Jun Yulin’s blackening value -15 (52/100)]