CHAPTER 832: CHAPTER 832: MR. YE’S FONDNESS FOR DRAGONS (17)

"If her novelty wears off, I’m afraid you’ll only be left to go back to your original self."

Listening to her hypocritical sighs, Quan Jinbei cast a cold glance over, "My affairs are not for you to worry about."

Although Xiangfei hadn’t met Quan Jinbei much, she remembered this "ugly man."

In her mind, Quan Jinbei was the kind of gentle and weak man who was deeply in love with her.

She had heard about his "deep affection" from many people.

Of course, those people spoke of it in a mocking tone.

The general idea was...

How could Quan Jinbei be worthy of her?

As of now...

Xiangfei felt as if her admirer had been taken away.

Quan Jinbei used to love her so much, could not do without her.

But then Shi Yaoguang showed up, and he was immediately attracted to Shi Yaoguang.

If Quan Jinbei fell for Shi Yaoguang’s face, she wouldn’t believe it.

After all, Shi Yaoguang had never shown her face.

Only someone very familiar with her body could recognize her.

Since Quan Jinbei turned to Shi Yaoguang’s embrace, not because of her face, it made Xiangfei feel even worse.

If Shi Yaoguang didn’t attract him with looks, then it had to be her personal charm.

She relied on her personal charm, proving even more that...

She was not as good as Shi Yaoguang!

This equation made Xiangfei extremely uncomfortable.

Looking at Quan Jinbei, her eyes also showed some resentment.

"Don’t you think what you’re doing is a bit too much?"

Quan Jinbei retorted, "What did I do?"

Xiangfei spoke assertively, "Everyone in the Princess Mansion knows you..."

She wanted to shout Quan Jinbei’s name, but got stuck again.

Alright, as a princess, she just couldn’t remember the name of an ugly man!

"It’s well-known that you, this ugly man, are infatuated with me!"

Xiangfei said, tossing her hair, "Whether I care about your affection or not is one thing, but your arbitrarily fickleness, seeing one and desiring another, being unfaithful, is another matter entirely!"

Quan Jinbei twitched his mouth, "Princess, I believe there’s been a misunderstanding. The person I admire has never been you, Your Highness."

"What?" Xiangfei was shocked.

Quan Jinbei said, "I have an agreement with someone, and I originally thought that person was you, Princess. But I realized after meeting her, that she was the one."

"I apologize for the misunderstanding I brought upon you, Princess."

Xiangfei: "..."

Damn, that hurts.

To think she used to feel his affection sullied her purity.

Now look at this.

She directly became a "stand-in."

When Quan Jinbei misunderstood, she was the one he "liked."

Now that Shi Yaoguang, the "rightful owner," is back, Quan Jinbei immediately turned to Shi Yaoguang’s embrace.

Thinking about this made her feel stifled.

Isn’t she and Shi Yaoguang quite similar?

Then why does he like Shi Yaoguang and not her?

Could it be she’s not good enough?

If she wasn’t good enough, he could have just told her...

Wait.

Realizing what she was thinking, Xiangfei’s face turned a bit ugly.

How could she have such thoughts because of a lowly ugly man?

Change herself?

If any change is needed, it should be this ugly man who changes.

Thinking this way, Xiangfei felt better.

Inside Chunxiang Pavilion.

Beibei looked defensively at Shi Yaoguang, who was scrutinizing him, "You should know, there are differences between men and women. If you have something to say, please say it quickly. I don’t want to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings."

"I think the same," Shi Yaoguang nodded, "Let me ask you, what’s your name?"

Beibei: "Quan Jinbei."

Shi Yaoguang squinted, and with two fingers together, shot a blade of energy in a certain direction.

"Bang——"

The pearwood screen instantly shattered into pieces.

Under Beibei’s terrified gaze, Shi Yaoguang asked again, "I asked you, what’s your name?"

Beibei stammered, "Bei, Beibei..."

"So you’re just called Beibei?" Shi Yaoguang asked.

Beibei nodded, weakly saying, "I was sold into the Xiaoguan house when I was very young. This name was given by the matron."

"Then why did you say your name is Quan Jinbei?"

Beibei’s eyes dodged, Shi Yaoguang’s fingers twitched, and Beibei, fearing she’d send the blade of energy toward him, quickly said, "I, I was advised by an expert!"

"One day, an expert came to the Xiaoguan house, specifically asking for me, and told me that by changing my name, I could ensure a life of wealth and prosperity..."

After hearing Beibei’s explanation, Shi Yaoguang’s speculation was more confirmed.

It seemed that the truth was indeed as she had suspected.

This person "Quan Jinbei" was strange.

If she hadn’t accidentally swapped bodies with Xiangfei, she would definitely see Quan Jinbei as nothing but an ugly monster now.

Princess Zhaoyang’s judgment had no issues; the problem lay with Quan Jinbei.

Compared to Beibei, who changed his name later, the Quan Jinbei outside was the real Quan Jinbei.

Her body, seeing Quan Jinbei as if through an ugly filter, clearly had something fishy going on.

Once she figured this out, she believed she could escape from this illusionary array.

Although Shi Yaoguang still didn’t know who she really was.

Yet after she unified Jianghu, she had already noticed the problem.

This world seemed both real and virtual.

She could be certain that she was real.

But she couldn’t confirm if her identity as Princess Zhaoyang was real too.

However, even if she didn’t know if she was real or not, to others, they saw themselves as real.

Since they saw themselves as real, Shi Yaoguang naturally wouldn’t shatter this illusion.

What she needed to do was to uncover the truth herself.

Once she figured out the reason, she believed she could escape this virtual world.

...

Quan Jinbei had no idea that Shi Yaoguang had so easily discovered the world’s anomaly.

He waited at the door, growing more anxious.

He didn’t know what Shi Yaoguang and Beibei were talking about.

Finally, the door opened, and he hurried to greet them.

But Shi Yaoguang just glanced at him, walked past him to Xiangfei, and said, "I’m taking the person now, goodbye."

Xiangfei instinctively asked, "Will you come back?"

Shi Yaoguang blinked, "Do you really want me to come back?"

Xiangfei: "..."

Of course not!

She stiffly said, "I was just asking casually."

"Since it was casual, then don’t ask. Our relationship isn’t close enough for that."

Xiangfei awkwardly nodded, hoping Shi Yaoguang would hurry up and leave, the faster the better, preferably disappearing from her sight immed——

iately.

Though Xiangfei wanted Shi Yaoguang to vanish from her sight, when Shi Yaoguang really did, she couldn’t help but reveal a terrified expression.

This principle was somewhat similar to the story of Lord Ye liking dragons.

Shi Yaoguang had no idea that her actions had scared Xiangfei.