How did he know this?
Li Yuan did not hide it and said, “My yuǎnfáng biǎojiě told me.”

Yuǎnfáng biǎojiě? Wen Mingtang was stunned. She was naturally in the dark about the relatives of the Prince of Pingxi’s mansion and knew nothing about them. Just as she was about to continue speaking, Li Yuan interrupted her: “Why are you asking such nonsense?”

Wen Mingtang shook her head but decided to stop while she was ahead. She did not ask further questions about the matter. Instead, she looked at Li Yuan, who looked very pleased with himself, and said calmly, “The young prince always comes to see me, but does he think I am an interesting person?”

To be fair, this young prince was not a bad person, but since he was born into such a noble family, few people dared to disobey him. When she first delivered food to the prison, Wen Mingtang did not “pamper” him like those people did in the past, which naturally attracted his attention. For Li Yuan, Wen Mingtang was someone he had never seen before, so he naturally found her interesting.

So…it was treated in such a special way.

However, Wen Mingtang did not think that being treated specially by Li Yuan was a good thing. Instead, she should stop this “special” treatment in time before it develops further.

Even though this boy had a good heart, he had been spoiled since childhood, and due to some habits in his bones, it was difficult for him to learn to respect and treat others equally.

He might have come out to see her out of good intentions, but the condescending tone in his voice was natural. To him, Wen Mingtang must have been deeply moved and grateful for his visit. She behaved so indifferently that Li Yuan was naturally dissatisfied, and therefore felt aggrieved and angry.

As for Wen Mingtang, she naturally did not want such a visit, not to mention his identity and background. If she got too close to him, it might only be a matter of a few days for him, but it would be bad for Wen Mingtang herself. What was worse, it would not be an exaggeration to say that her life would be in danger.

When Wen Mingtang asked him if he thought she was interesting, Li Yuan was stunned for a moment: Interesting? Of course! He thought this little girl surnamed Wen was interesting, so he took such special care of her.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan nodded and said modestly: “You are OK!”

Looking at the arrogant and unaware young man in front of him, Wen Mingtang couldn’t help but shake her head, sighed, and said: “If the young prince wants to eat something in the future, just send the servants in the mansion to go there. Don’t go around and make your family unhappy!”

Li Yuan couldn’t help but frown at the girl’s admonition: “How come you are such a young little girl, but you speak like the maid in my house? I came to see you because I look up to you!”

When he heard the word “look up to”, Wen Mingtang smiled: “Then I’m grateful that the young prince looks up to me!”

The girl’s smile was faint, but for some reason it made people feel a little irritated. Li Yuan put down his chopsticks and even put his meal aside for the time being. When he was about to continue speaking, he heard Wen Mingtang say, “As for the maid… the young prince is right. People like me are no different from the free maids in the mansion. We are just ordinary people. We are not the same kind of people as the nobleman like the young prince!”

The more she said this, the more angry he became. Li Yuan slammed his chopsticks on the table, stood up angrily, and said, “You stinky girl surnamed Wen, I climbed over the wall to see you, what do you mean by talking so sarcastically?”

Sarcastic? Wen Mingtang thought that what she said was the truth, so how could it be sarcastic? The reason why Li Yuan was angry was that he just didn’t like to hear the truth!

Looking at Li Yuan with an ugly face in front of him, Wen Mingtang was about to speak when he heard a voice from outside.

“Li Yuan!”

This voice… The two people who were confronting each other in the public kitchen looked up, only to see Lin Fei standing outside the public kitchen. They didn’t know how much of the conversation between the two people he had heard, and he was frowning at this moment.

Seeing Lin Fei, Li Yuan instinctively shuddered, perhaps because of the deep shadow left by his dealings with the Dali Temple a few months ago. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Lin Fei say, “Your housekeeper and guards are waiting outside the Dali Temple. If you don’t go out, they will come in and take you back!”

Looking at Lin Fei in front of him, and hearing that the steward and guards of the mansion had arrived, Li Yuan felt that the fire in his heart was burning more and more vigorously. He instinctively turned around and glared at Wen Mingtang, then walked out.

Wen Mingtang was not surprised by this reaction. Li Yuan had come all this way, but she didn’t appreciate it and didn’t even get a bite of food. Naturally, he felt aggrieved and vented. He didn’t dare to say anything to Lin Fei, so Wen Mingtang naturally became the one to vent.

Wen Mingtang shook her head, not taking it seriously, and just continued to do her own thing.

Lin Fei did not say anything either. He only called out to Li Yuan after he walked out of the kitchen: “Li Yuan!”

Li Yuan, who had just walked out of the public kitchen, looked up at Lin Fei.

But Lin Fei glanced at him and said calmly: “Miss Wen is right, she is just an ordinary citizen, not the same as you.”

When Li Yuan heard this, his face became even uglier, and he couldn’t help but sneer: “Do you people from the Dali Temple like to preach so much?”

Lin Fei didn’t take Li Yuan’s ridicule seriously, and his expression remained calm: “You deliberately climbed over the wall to see Miss Wen. Do you know how the parents would view her if they knew about it?”

Li Yuan was stunned: “You…”

“No matter whether you climbed over the wall or not, the one with the fault in their eyes will be Miss Wen. Not to mention her identity as the daughter of a traitor, even if she is just an ordinary citizen, it is still her fault! If she was born better, she would become a vixen who tempts people. If she was not born well, she would be marked as ugly but with means. No matter what, it would be her fault! Let me ask you, if they want to take action against Miss Wen, how will Miss Wen deal with it?”

Li Yuan was stunned.

“You will only bring trouble to Miss Wen!” Lin Fei said lightly, “Since you just think she’s interesting now, you should stop thinking about her as soon as possible…”

Before he finished speaking, Li Yuan’s face suddenly turned red, and he said angrily: “Lin Fei, what nonsense are you talking about? I don’t have any thoughts about it. I just saw that she is a good cook…”

“Since you don’t have any thoughts, that’s even better. If you think she’s a good cook, send someone to buy food from Ji Caimai’s takeaway stall!” Lin Fei paused when he said this, and reminded Li Yuan, “You need to bring money, even I have to bring money when I buy food!”

Li Yuan was angry and annoyed after hearing this: “How could I be short of these two silvers?”

“You’re not bad!” Lin Fei said, glancing at Li Yuan who was jumping with anger, and interrupted him again before he could open his mouth, “Who is that yuǎnfáng biǎojiě you just mentioned?”

“Yes… why should I tell you?” Li Yuan, who had only just realized that he was being led by Lin Fei, came back to his senses and snorted coldly.

Lin Fei glanced at him, but did not continue to ask about the “yuǎnfáng biǎojiě”. He just paused and said, “Then forget about your yuǎnfáng biǎojiě. Let’s talk about your biǎoxiōng who is coming to Chang’an!” At this point, Lin Fei looked at Li Yuan with an indescribable subtlety in his eyes, “He is Miss Wen’s former fiancé!”

The Li Yuan family and Master Wen were truly “connected”!

(End of this chapter)

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