Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

"Why don't His Royal Highness come with me? But His Royal Highness is free anyway. Xibaolou has upset His Royal Highness this time. I think His Royal Highness is tired of eating here. Why not try the chef's cooking skills? If His Royal Highness likes it, the restaurant will open quickly with His Royal Highness's help. When the restaurant is built, His Royal Highness will have a satisfactory restaurant..."

Halfway through his words, he stopped abruptly.

Seeing that she suddenly shut up, Si Jingli just continued to look at her quietly.

Now Chu Shitong just wanted to slap himself hard twice.

After using Si Jingli to get rid of Tian Huiying in the mansion, Chu Shitong reflected on himself for a long time.

She was never a good person in her previous life. Maybe she was at the beginning, but she was no longer a good person at the end.

In her previous life, she took advantage of everyone. Even after she was reborn, she still couldn't control the behavior of subconsciously taking advantage of others. It has even reached the point where she does it subconsciously without even realizing it.

Just now, she almost subconsciously wanted to take advantage of Si Jingli's stupidity and wealth and get Si Jingli to open a restaurant with her.

If the two really cooperate, it also means that their relationship has indeed become closer. The price of getting closer is being regarded as a party.

Chu Shitong had made up his mind not to use Si Jingli again in this life, nor to involve him in anything related to himself, so the moment he reacted, Chu Shitong shut up.

"Why don't you say anything?" Si Jingli raised his head and asked with a smile: "Chu Shitong, aren't you using this prince very well?"

In an instant, Chu Shitong's eyelashes trembled, and even his pupils dilated slightly.

"Before you taught the servants a lesson in the mansion, I felt something was wrong. It was not until you thanked me that I realized you were taking advantage of me. That's fine, after all, I was the one who got involved in this matter first. But what about the restaurant? Why did you stop talking halfway through?"

Chu Shitong didn't know how to respond because this was indeed the naked truth.

If Si Jingli had not told Chu Shitong how to deal with the servants in Prince Rong's Mansion, it would have been impossible for Chu Shitong to deal with Tian Huiying so smoothly. If Tian Huiying was dealt with unilaterally, it would be difficult for the Queen to explain to Chu Shitong in the future. But if it was done with the help of Si Jingli, the Queen would naturally not hold him accountable for it.

Si Jingli slowly approached Chu Shitong, and the distance between them was shortened to just a few feet away. Although Si Jingli was surrounded by the smell of alcohol, at this moment, his eyes were surprisingly clear.

He opened his thin lips slightly, with a hint of cool alcohol in his breath.

"Chu Shitong, even though you are right in front of me, I always feel like I can't see you clearly."

Chu Shitong didn't move at all, and even now, there was no obvious change in the expression on his face.

"Everyone thinks you are humble, but few remember that you are always ruthless. Perhaps you are the kind of rabbit that doesn't bite."

Chu Shitong lowered his eyes, stepped back slightly to distance himself, and said, "Your Highness is drunk. I will order someone to send Your Highness back."

Si Jingli grabbed Chu Shitong's shoulders and said with a tone that sounded like he was gritting his teeth: "Chu Shitong, if you still want to be friends with this prince, don't use your calculations on me in the future!"

Chu Shitong gently pushed Si Jingli's hand away, raised her eyes, and looked indifferent, as if Si Jingli's words had no effect on her at all.

"Ice and charcoal are in different furnaces, and incense and weeds are in different containers. I have been bothering Your Highness for a long time recently. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

She spoke very slowly, but as soon as she finished speaking, Si Jingli exploded.

"Chu Shitong!"

Si Jingli said angrily: "What did this prince say just now? I just asked you to put aside your scheming. Do you really have to sever ties with this prince directly?"

Chu Shitong didn't want to anger Si Jingli, who was already angry, so he said, "Your Highness, our identities have already determined that there can be no use between us. Since Your Highness hates this, I am not willing to force you. What I am doing now is just to prevent the relationship between me and Your Highness from getting worse."

Si Jingli was also clear about what Chu Shitong said.

If Chu Shitong was the son of an ordinary bureaucrat, or the son of a wealthy merchant, or at worst, a royal relative like Chu Shifan who did not participate in the fight for the throne, it would be fine, but she was a prince, and a prince who wanted to participate in the fight for the throne.

Under this premise, there are only two possibilities for the relationship between the two.

If we get closer, we become a mutually dependent party; if we move away, we become strangers who do not interfere with each other.

There is no room for relaxation.

Si Jingli stood up suddenly, his body swaying a little, and the chair was knocked over by his movement, but it did not stop him from being furious.

"Chu Shitong, who do you think I am? People who want to befriend me are lining up from the south to the north of the city. Do you think I am willing to join forces with you just to continue to be your friend? You are dreaming!"

Chu Shitong did not explain or refute himself. He just watched Si Jingli leave in anger.

At this moment, it seemed as if time had stopped, and every movement of Si Jingli became slow.

Scenes from Chu Shitong's past life flashed quickly before his eyes.

In her previous life, she had been with Si Jingli for five years. In those five whole years, the two of them had never had such an argument, and had never even blushed.

The reason is not because Si Jingli has a good temper, but because Chu Shitong is always deliberately humble and tolerant.

Those five years were just a blink of an eye for Chu Shitong at the time, but at this moment they were suddenly stretched out, and he could almost see every detail clearly.

She knew Si Jingli so well that she could figure out the most effective way to anger him so accurately and effortlessly.

Perhaps the two of them were destined to have this contradictory relationship, but Chu Shitong would rather struggle and go through all the trouble than hurt him again in this life.

Time finally returned to its normal flow. In the few seconds that Chu Shitong paused, his myriad thoughts passed through the night sky like meteors, quietly passing through and falling silently to the horizon.

As she watched him leave, the guilt and determination in her heart wrapped around her like countless shackles, locking her firmly on the chair, making her unable to move.

It was not until Si Jingli suddenly fell down that Chu Shitong's body seemed to be released from confinement, and he ran forward as fast as he could to support Si Jingli.

"Your Highness."

Bishui came in from outside and saw Chu Shitong supporting Si Jingli, who seemed to be asleep, and immediately stepped forward to help.

Chu Shitong refused, "No need to come over, go down and call up His Royal Highness and my cousin's people, it's time for them to go back."

Bishui was forced to turn around and walk out before she even got close.

"Yes."

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Si Jingli and Chu Shifan's men each took their own masters away, and Chu Shitong remained alone in the huge private room and did not leave.

Looking at the table full of food and the empty wine jug, Chu Shitong became more and more annoyed.

"Your Highness, it's late at night. Should we go back?"

Bishui asked from the side.

Chu Shitong said, "Wait a moment, go get some wine first, I want to be alone for a while."

Bishui seemed to want to stop him, but she seldom saw Chu Shitong so lonely, so she listened to Chu Shitong and asked for a few pots of wine.

Chu Shitong recalled what he had done during the past few days since his rebirth, and still felt that he had not done enough.

If she wants to build her own power, she can't do it with just a few words. She needs to seize every opportunity and make use of every connection that can belong to her. But these things can't be done in a few months, she needs to do it slowly.

Chu Shitong felt inexplicably sad today as he almost broke off relations with Si Jingli.

If I wait until I have gained power before making compensation, I will feel that it is too late.

In his previous life, when Si Jingli was seventeen years old, the Rong Palace began to advocate finding him a Crown Princess. However, Chu Shitong deceived Si Jingli at that time, and it was delayed until the Rong Palace declined and Si Jingli died with thousands of arrows piercing his heart for her, but he still didn't get married.

Chu Shitong didn't know whether she had any so-called romantic feelings for Si Jingli, but she knew that the path she was going to take in this life was destined to be without any romantic feelings.

The moment I learned that Si Jingli was awake in the carriage, I felt touched for a moment, but it was fleeting.

Chu Shitong thought for a long time and decided to talk about repaying the debt later. Love was out of reach for her, and Si Jingli might not have that kind of feelings for her. She was just overthinking it.

Chu Shitong drank the last pot of wine, stood up and left with Bishui.

It was late at night and the dew was heavy. Almost all the lights downstairs in Xibao Building were turned off, except for a few private rooms upstairs which were still lit. All the guests in the building had left, and only a few waiters were left cleaning the tables.

"Your Highness, please walk slowly!"

The waiter saw Chu Shitong off.

Because it was not far from his own mansion, Chu Shitong came here on foot with Si Jingli and Chu Shifan. The two of them went back in a carriage, and he naturally walked back.

When Chu Shitong walked out of the restaurant, there was no one on the street.

The silver moonlight sprinkled on the bluestone slabs, sad and miserable, making the capital city seem lonely and deserted at night.

Bishui took the lantern from Xiaoer and followed Chu Shitong all the way.

As soon as the two reached the street corner, they heard some noise not far away.

In the distance, a group of people gathered around a carriage. When they saw Chu Shitong, they immediately came forward as if they had seen a savior.

Chu Shitong recognized that this was one of Si Jingli's men.

I guess Si Jingli was drunk and didn't want to get on the carriage.

"Your Highness the Seventh Prince! You have come just in time! Our prince is drunk and doesn't want to get on the carriage. I beg Your Highness to help persuade him! I kowtow to you!"

The moonlight gently fell on Chu Shitong's face, and his expression was ambiguous.

The servant kowtowed frantically to Chu Shitong, but Chu Shitong remained indifferent and was just wondering whether he should help.

I have just severed ties with Si Jingli. If I help him now, Si Jingli's misunderstanding of me will inevitably deepen after he wakes up.

But if he didn't help, Chu Shitong didn't want to watch Si Jingli making a scene at the street corner. If this matter got out, it might add to his reputation of being spoiled.

If it were someone else, even if it was Chu Shifan, Chu Shitong would have turned around and left long ago.

After thinking it over again and again, Chu Shitong stepped forward to take a look at Si Jingli's condition.

He was such a big man, squatting beside the wheel of the carriage. It seemed that he had just been arguing with the servants for a long time, so his hair was disheveled, his clothes were messy, and he looked so pitiful in this small ball.

"You're just going to let him squat here like this?"

Chu Shitong glanced at the servants around him as if he was accusing them, but when he saw that many of their clothes were torn by Si Jingli, and there were even some obvious scratches on their faces and necks, Chu Shitong suddenly felt that he had blamed the wrong people.

I don't know who to blame for this crime.

The servants all lowered their heads, and their silent explanation was deafening.

Chu Shitong said, "Help His Royal Highness get on the carriage."

The servants around looked at each other, and no one dared to move.

"Your Highness... The Crown Prince wouldn't let us touch him. Just now, we tried to help him get into the carriage, but he got angry and almost sent us to prison."

Chu Shitong asked, "So what? You want me to help him? Are you servants of Prince Rong's Mansion or am I Si Jingli's servant?"

The servants immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please calm down. We definitely did not mean that..."

"Then what do you mean by that? It was me who sent him back last time at the horse farm. You have so many servants, but none of them are useful?"

Chu Shitong became angrier and angrier as he spoke. This was how it was with Si Jingli in his previous life. He didn't even have a true servant. The reason why his character became like this was absolutely related to the concubines in Prince Rong's mansion and these slaves.

No matter what Chu Shitong said, the servants in Prince Rong's Mansion just kowtowed and begged for forgiveness over and over again, without saying a single normal word.

Chu Shitong seemed to suddenly understand why Si Jingli had such a bad temper. If he faced these servants every day, he would probably be even more irritable than Si Jingli.

"Stop talking nonsense and get out of here, Prince."

Chu Shitong stepped forward to help Si Jingli up. Si Jingli was drunk and subconsciously tried to push Chu Shitong's hand away, but Chu Shitong simply turned around and pressed his arms behind his back, holding him like a prisoner.

"Who...get away from me..." Si Jingli was tied up uncomfortably, and said incoherently: "If you touch me again, I will kill you!"

Chu Shitong didn't fall for his threats at all. He grabbed his shoulders with his left hand, pressed his wrists with his right hand and pulled him up.

"Your Highness, you can give it a try if you have the ability."

She glanced at the servants around her and spoke to Bishui who was blocked outside.

"I am going to see the prince off. Please go back and send a carriage to wait for me at the gate of the prince's mansion."

Bishui: "I obey your command."

Chu Shitong forced Si Jingli onto the carriage, and only then did the carriage finally start to move slowly.

Si Jingli was pressed on the carpet by Chu Shitong. As the car started moving, the swaying feeling made Si Jingli uncomfortable and he began to resist.

Seeing that he could not escape, Chu Shitong let him go and allowed him to roll back and forth in pain, while he distanced himself and hid far away on the other side of the carriage.