Chapter 26: She Is Saying: Do Not Intervene

Her translucent fingertips traced the man’s jade-white cheek. She gazed at him deeply, as if looking at a lover lost for many years, and said, "What do you mean? Everyone knows that you and Yun Xiyan were childhood sweethearts, and that it was only my intervention that tore you apart."

Every word she spoke made his heart ache more. She leaned in close, and he could almost feel the warmth of her body and her unique, delicate fragrance. Yun Qiege leaned toward his ear, and this final sentence, though spoken like a lover’s whisper—soft and lingering—carried the coldest, most bone-chilling meaning in the world: "Was it truly I who tore you apart, or was it you two, playing along with a scheme, intending for it to happen all along?"

When she finished, Moqi Haoyu’s face had already turned deathly pale. His heart was trembling, and his body shook with it.

He understood that he was not afraid of whatever punishment she might inflict upon him; rather, he heard something inside his heart shatter, like glass breaking into shards that could never be gathered again. It felt as if he had… lost something.

Panic flooded his heart, and he had only one thought: he must stop her from saying another word!

He leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. The moment he did, Moqi Haoyu regretted it. He thought he must have truly gone mad to kiss this woman. He, who had always remained indifferent to everything, found himself unable to understand his own actions for the first time. What was he doing? He was being driven to the brink of insanity by this woman.

It was a light, fleeting kiss, like a dragonfly skimming the surface of water. His lips were cool and soft; hers were equally cold. Her cold, beautiful eyes widened, but he merely curled his thin lips into a smile. He preferred this expression on her—anything other than that look of keeping everyone at a distance. At least like this, she seemed a little more human.

His smile was beautiful, as refreshing as fresh bamboo after the rain, carrying a crispness that could calm one’s heart. His eyes were beautiful, clear as moonlight reflected in water, cold yet filled with a hazy shimmer that was mesmerizing. So much so that when he pulled away from her lips, she was momentarily dazed. Her heart seemed to skip a beat, and she could almost taste the scent of mint lingering on his lips.

Wait, what was happening? Had she just been… forcibly kissed?

"You bastard!" Yun Qiege was furious with shame. Not only had Moqi Haoyu attempted to guess her thoughts, but he had also acted like a hooligan!

She raised her hand to strike, but her wrist was caught by a hand as slender and white as a work of art. Immediately, she saw that handsome, mocking face: "Just as the Princess said, Haoyu truly does not understand the Princess. I had always thought the Princess had changed from before, but I never expected that today you would still strike a delicate man."

"A delicate man..." Yun Qiege gritted her teeth as she repeated the words. Yes, how could she have forgotten? This was a matriarchal nation. If she hit Moqi Haoyu because of his impropriety, wouldn't that make her no different from a man beating a woman in her past life?

A mischievous smile played on the man's refined face. He looked at the woman’s face, mottled with black and red spots, his moonlight-like gaze flickering with a gentle light.

Something was wrong! There was killing intent!

Moqi Haoyu was startled and just as he was about to use his internal energy to conjure a protective barrier, Yun Qiege suddenly pushed him away.

The killing intent that Moqi Haoyu could sense, Yun Qiege could sense just as well. As an operative, if she couldn't detect even this much, she would have starved to death in her previous life.

Moqi Haoyu’s heart tightened. Just as he wanted to raise his hand, he felt an icy gaze. He saw the woman’s lips move silently, visible only from his angle. Watching the shape of her lips, he understood the three words she had spoken. Though brief, they stirred a massive storm in his heart. She was saying: *Do not interfere.*