I Become a Big Shot in Showbiz-Chapter 44 - Xiao Kai

Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Xiao Kai

Mu Lingyun knew Ji Luochen was angry and hurriedly said, “Brother, it’s okay. I’ll just go talk with them for a moment and then come back. You wait here for me.”

As she spoke, she looked at Ji Luochen and said, “Luochen, I’ll go with you. Don’t make it difficult for my brothers.”

Ji Luochen’s gaze rested on Mu Lingyun, his eyes deep, then he turned and walked ahead.

The two bodyguards still wanted to take action, but Mu Lingyun, knowing what was appropriate, said, “There’s no need to trouble yourselves, I can walk on my own.”

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After speaking, she lifted her heavy feet and slowly followed behind Ji Luochen.

Passing the lawns and the arched hallways to reach the floral hall, although it was only a hundred meters away, Mu Lingyun felt it incredibly burdensome.

She hoped this path would never end.

When she reached the long table in the floral hall, she saw Ji Luochen already sitting at the other end, his expression still cold as ice.

Xiao Kai was still following him, with a look on his face that seemed like he was enjoying the drama.

Mu Lingyun’s mood was as heavy as if she were visiting a grave. After she sat down opposite the two men, her mind raced, debating whether to tell them she was Mu Yun from Another World, or pretend not to recognize them.

“Yo, isn’t the Empress the most eloquent? Why the silence now?” Xiao Kai taunted when Mu Lingyun didn’t speak.

He remembered, when he wrote a proclamation against the Empress, she brought it into the imperial court and refuted his points so brilliantly that he was left speechless. After she finished, she even awarded him a hundred gold coins and asked him to leave the capital.

It was quite a blow to his pride.

“No one is as eloquent as you, endlessly spouting! What kind of grudge made you pen a ten-thousand-word proclamation against me? Ten thousand words, a full ten thousand! It gave me a headache just reading it!” Mu Lingyun gave Xiao Kai a displeased look and said.

Afterwards, she realized, just by that sentence, she had essentially admitted to having memories of Another World.

But it was no matter, as it couldn’t be hidden.

What was the Crown Prince’s intelligence? Hiding anything from him was impossible.

So she put on a pleasing smile, looking at Ji Luochen, “Crown Prince, long time no see. Have you been well?”

“If I were well, would I be here?” Xiao Kai sneered. “Thanks to you, the Crown Prince and I both ‘died’ once.”

Mu Lingyun: …

She gritted her teeth and looked at Xiao Kai, “What does your death have to do with me? You wrote a ten-thousand-word proclamation that cursed me like I was nothing, and I not only spared you, I gave you a hundred gold coins. Later, I heard you died from fasting, refusing to eat the grain from Daqin. You wanted to die. Could I have stopped you? I won’t take the blame for that.”

Xiao Kai opened his mouth but couldn’t refute, and in the end, he could only say, “What about the Crown Prince then? He was so kind to you, taught you so much, yet you stole his Imperial Seal and took over the Ji family’s empire. Tell me, do you feel secure on that throne? Does your conscience not hurt when you think back at night?”

Mu Lingyun: …

If it were any other time, she could have righteously claimed that the Ji family’s time had ended, and her unification was for the people to live in peace and happiness.

But she couldn’t say these words in front of Ji Luochen.

Because she knew Ji Luochen had indeed been very kind to her.

And her stealing the Imperial Seal and conquering the territory was just to complete a mission and return to this world.

Although returning to this world wasn’t any better, she still wanted to come back.

“What? Speechless?” Xiao Kai took rare pleasure in silencing Mu Lingyun, and looked at her with some satisfaction.

Mu Lingyun opened her mouth to speak then hesitated. After looking at Ji Luochen for a while, she leaned dejectedly on the table, unsure what to say.

Ji Luochen’s lips curled imperceptibly, and then he indifferently said, “Akai, you go out first.”

Xiao Kai was somewhat worried, yet he didn’t want to defy Ji Luochen’s order. Reluctantly leaving with frequent looks back, he finally went out.

Seeing that only the two of them remained in the floral hall, Mu Lingyun lifted her head to look at Ji Luochen and said, “Crown Prince, are you still angry with me? Do you still hate me?”

“Shouldn’t I be angry? Shouldn’t I hate?” Ji Luochen asked coldly.

At that time, he was so ill he couldn’t stand, yet she had stolen the Ji family’s Imperial Seal and left without looking back.

He had put in so much effort, only to raise an ingrate.

And when he was desperately ill, wanting just one glimpse of her, she never appeared.

He was mad at her heartlessness and hated her lack of compassion.

“I’m sorry,” was all Mu Lingyun could say to apologize.

The Imperial Seal had already been stolen.

If she had to do it all over again, she guessed there wouldn’t be a second option, she would still steal it.

So what could she do?

“Crown Prince, I really shouldn’t have stolen your family’s Imperial Seal. I know I was wrong. Whatever you want as compensation, I’ll do it if I can. And if I can’t, I’ll try my hardest to do it anyway.” She looked at Ji Luochen, trying to make her gaze seem more sincere.

At this, Ji Luochen’s eyes turned colder, a mocking smile playing on his lips, “Do you think there is anything I need that I would have to depend on you to get?”

Mu Lingyun stayed silent.

Indeed, Ji Luochen was now the heir to the top-tier noble Ji family.

With his status, what could he possibly want that he couldn’t obtain?

What need could he possibly have for her help?

She had thought wrong.