The Dramatic Crown Princess Wants to Poison Me!

Chapter 623: Chapter 622: Is This What You Wish For

Huangfu Jingchen saw the evasive look in Xia Wenjin’s eyes, and a trace of pain appeared in his eyes as he hoarsely said, ”Wenjin, is this really what you think?”

Xia Wenjin suddenly found it difficult to speak. Under Huangfu Jingchen’s blazing gaze, she avoided his eyes and awkwardly said, ”I just... don’t want anything to happen to you!”

Huangfu Jingchen’s heart softened. Wenjin still cared about him, but this concern made him feel amused and helpless. He quickly thought of a key point: Wenjin didn’t seem to mention anything about his hiding his identity. Did this mean that she had already forgiven him?

He showed a smile, a heartfelt one filled with brightness, warmth, and joy, and said softly, ”Wenjin, you don’t blame me anymore? You’ve forgiven me?”

Xia Wenjin: ”...”

She felt her emotions were extremely chaotic.

What does forgiveness or unforgiveness mean?

From beginning to end, her anger, her frustration, her rage, were all because the identity of the person who touched her heart caused her to panic, to avoid, to fear, to be at a loss.

She was annoyed with herself for falling for someone she shouldn’t have feelings for!

If anything, perhaps she couldn’t forgive herself more.

She wanted to protect Haotian Village from royal power. One Huangfu Yuxuan was not rid of, and now there was another Prince Cheng’s Heir, which just made her feel her mind was in turmoil!

She lowered her eyelids, her eyes deep with helplessness and inevitability: ”You are not wrong either; from beginning to end, I only blame myself!”

”Don’t say that, Wenjin. It’s my fault for making things difficult for you. If I hadn’t hidden my identity, maybe you would have left me long ago, and that is what I feared the most. That’s why I couldn’t be honest about my identity.” Huangfu Jingchen stretched out his hand, covering Xia Wenjin’s hand on the table, speaking in a gentle voice.

However, as soon as his hand touched Xia Wenjin’s, she immediately recoiled as if electrocuted, with a bit of panic in her expression, she said, ”Huangfu Jingchen, don’t take what Mo Qingfeng said lightly. Life is a one-time thing for everyone. Besides, you haven’t tried, maybe you won’t dislike that yang-ming girl or that decline-fate girl...”

As she spoke, she could not continue, and her voice became lower and lower.

The warmth from Huangfu Jingchen’s fingertips still lingered, yet the beauty distanced herself, leaving emptiness in his heart. He looked up at Xia Wenjin, his voice carrying a hint of hurt: ”Do you really wish for me to be with someone else?”

Xia Wenjin avoided his eyes, her voice calm: ”It’s not about what I wish, it’s about what you need!”

”I don’t need it!” Huangfu Jingchen said solemnly: ”I won’t go looking for any yang-ming girl or decline-fate girl. If a person could sell their feelings just to survive, then what meaning does life have?”

Xia Wenjin said irritably: ”You... don’t say that. I... don’t want anything to happen to you! Whether for your sake or my own, we should not meet again!”

She stood up, seemingly wanting to flee in panic.

Huangfu Jingchen was a step faster, reaching out to pull her into his embrace. He held her firmly, saying, ”Wenjin, I want no one else but you!”

He spoke with feigned light-heartedness: ”Back then, when Mo Qingfeng predicted our fate, didn’t he say we were both destined for a short life? If that’s the case, let’s rely on each other and spend our not-long years together. Wouldn’t that be better than doing things against our hearts just to extend life?”

When Xia Wenjin came to her senses from her earlier frenzy, she found herself in a warm, broad embrace.

This embrace had an alluring scent, so warm, so reassuring, yet Xia Wenjin knew she couldn’t indulge, she had no right to indulge.

She broke free from his arms, her eyes showing repressed pain and avoidance. She shook her head, her voice low and unyielding: ”No, being with you is the most against my heart.”

Everything was in chaos. In her business dealings, she was clear-minded, goal-oriented, knowing what she could and couldn’t do, with a calm mind and keen perception, from entering the Jianghu with nothing, to spreading her business far and wide, even having hidden riches in the Capital City.

However, when it came to emotions, she felt utterly powerless.

These words, once uttered, were like a sharp blade to Huangfu Jingchen, piercing directly into his heart, causing excruciating pain. His face turned pale as he said in disbelief: ”Wenjin, is this truly what you think? Do you really not want to be with me?”

Xia Wenjin glanced over at the shopkeeper couple and the bouncing child, her eyes filled with pain and sorrow, hardening her heart: ”Yes, that is what I think! Whether I want to or not doesn’t matter. What matters is, I don’t want any entanglements with the Imperial Family. Your birth has already destined that you are out of my reach. Since that’s the case, we should part ways, so why add unnecessary troubles?”

Huangfu Jingchen saw the tears brimming in the girl’s eyes, and the overwhelming sadness in her eyes, carrying both desolation and despair, boundless desolation and despair. Just a glance was hard to ignore, stirring sympathetic sorrow.

Such an expression shocked Huangfu Jingchen deeply, with unspeakable hesitation, such entanglement and difficulty, clear yet unreachable.

Huangfu Jingchen took a step forward and said, ”Wenjin, what difficulty are you facing? Tell me, we’ll face it together!”

Xia Wenjin shook her head: ”There’s no difficulty, this is just my choice, don’t say any more!” The more he said, the more reluctant she became, the more it troubled her heart!

She remembered in her past life, before her death, facing the raging flames, the palace that had turned into a sea of fire, the fire lapping at her skin, thinking of the tragic end for the people of Haotian Village, her dismal life. She had vowed: ”If there is a next life, I only wish to do everything I can to keep the people of Haotian Village safe and away from the Imperial Family’s conflicts, so they can enjoy the full span of life!”

Perhaps because this wish was so strong, she had the chance to live again!

If she once again involved her father, brothers, and uncles in Imperial conflicts, how could she face living?

So in this life, what right does she have to speak of love?

Walking through Jianghu, step by step building her own influence, expanding her business, she hadn’t deviated from her original intention. If Huangfu Jingchen were not the Imperial Grandson, she could have even achieved her small wish without betraying her initial resolve!

People really shouldn’t be too greedy!

Xia Wenjin bit her lip, using the pain to remind herself to stay clear-headed.

To clearly speak the cruelest words!