GTB Chapter 138

Chapter 140: Telling You a Secret

Chapter 140: Telling You a Secret

As soon as Chu Yifeng heard this, he perked up and immediately looked at Shí Yuanchen with an air of superiority, “Indeed, some people don’t even have a confidante, and they really should learn a thing or two. Fine, I won’t hold your past against you today, and I’ll teach you a thing or two.”

Shí Yuanchen immediately waved his hand, “No way, I don’t need you to teach me. You can keep that stuff to yourself!”

“Eighth Brother, it never hurts to have more skills. If you learn it well, you might run into a girl you like one day and not even be able to say a word.”

These words struck Shí Yuanchen right in the heart. He remembered the first time he met Jiang Jiuchu, he was like a complete idiot, rambling on and on, and she wasn’t even willing to tell him her name. Wasn’t that the same as not being able to say half a sentence?

“Alright then! Tell me, if you see a girl you like, how should you approach her?”

“Right, and not those girls who throw themselves at you, it has to be…,” Shí Yuanchen paused and continued, “like the Four Great Talents of Kyoto.”

Chu Yifeng downed a mouthful of wine and said understandingly, “This kind of girl, of course, will be a bit more difficult because they have family and background, but in the end, she’s still a woman.”

“If it’s the first time you meet, remember to speak simply and don’t say too much. The first time is mainly to attract people with your temperament. Don’t ask for her name, address, or where she lives right away?”

“Find the next opportunity to meet her on your own, but be careful, the second time you meet, be even more brief, a nod and a smile will do. For the third encounter, it depends on the situation, but don’t say too much either. The fourth encounter is when you take the initiative.”

Shí Yan and Shí Yuanchen listened with wide eyes. It had to be said that Chu Yifeng really had insight into this aspect, especially Shí Yuanchen, who finally understood the frustration he felt back then.

Shí Yan took a sip of wine and said dismissively, “Your advice… it might not be effective for every girl, right? What if it’s been a month or two and the girl is still unmoved?”

“Impossible, unless the man’s appearance is really indescribable, or the girl already has someone.”

“Excluding these two points, even if she has someone she likes, as long as you show her affection for a long time, you’ll definitely make her heart waver. As the saying goes, even a strong woman is afraid of a persistent man.”

Seeing that Chu Yifeng spoke so absolutely, Shí Yuanchen said directly, “That’s not necessarily true. If that were the case, wouldn’t everyone be able to win a beauty’s heart? Where would all the frustrated people in the world come from?”

Seeing that Shí Yan also nodded in agreement, Chu Yifeng quickly said, “There’s one last trick, and that is ‘feigning disinterest’.”

Chu Yifeng looked confident, as if he had extraordinary insights, “Don’t underestimate these few words, their power is great. Both men and women fall for this.”

“How do you feign disinterest?” Shí Yan didn’t know what kind of feigned disinterest it was, but if it was what he understood, he was afraid that Jiang Jiuchu would only be happy.

“Some people, if you keep chasing after them, they won’t feel anything. But one day, if you suddenly don’t come forward, she may not even react. But when you not only don’t come forward, but also suddenly shift your target and pretend to give her affection to someone else, she will definitely react.”

“Of course, if this trick still doesn’t work, then there are only two paths left: either give up, or take her by force.”

Shí Yan put down his wine cup and felt that none of them suited him, “You guys drink, I have something to do.”

“Hey, Seventh Brother, wait for me, I’ll go with you.” Shí Yuanchen quickly got up and followed.

Chu Yifeng looked at the backs of the two leaving and was a little speechless. Why did they leave so suddenly? Weren’t they having a good time chatting?

Downstairs, Shí Yuanchen ignored everything and got into Shí Yan’s carriage, tilting his head and looking at Shí Yan and said, “Seventh Brother, doesn’t Seventh Sister-in-law like you?”

Shí Yan’s eyes paused, looking at Shí Yuanchen who seemed drunk but wasn’t, “Why do you say that?”

Shí Yuanchen laughed, “Hehe, you don’t have the leisure to actively interfere in my business. Surely you want to hear this, so you can go back and coax Seventh Sister-in-law, right?”

Although Shí Yan knew that Shí Yuanchen wasn’t stupid, he was still a little surprised, but admitting it was impossible.

“Who told you that your Seventh Sister-in-law doesn’t like me? There must be some romance between husband and wife, I might as well learn more about it.”

Shí Yuanchen shook his head, “It wasn’t me who said it, you said it yourself. Before you met Seventh Sister-in-law, when I mentioned Seventh Sister-in-law to you, you only had two sentences, either saying she was married, or saying she had someone in her heart.”

“Seventh Sister-in-law wasn’t married back then, so could it be…?”

Shí Yan closed his folding fan and directly knocked it on Shí Yuanchen’s forehead, “Speak, just speak, don’t get so close to me, it smells of alcohol.

“Also, there’s no one in your Seventh Sister-in-law’s heart. I said that before because I didn’t want you to nag about someone who wasn’t there all day long.”

Shí Yuanchen rubbed his aching head, “Yeah, I nagged for so long and there wasn’t even a shadow of a person, but you effortlessly married her back, it’s really comparing people to others that pisses you off!”

Shí Yan raised his eyes and glared at Shí Yuanchen, “Shí Yuanchen, if I hear you talking nonsense again, you’ll bear the consequences, and now get out of my carriage.”

Shí Yuanchen was stunned, and muttered softly, “Didn’t Seventh Brother bring it up first?”

As soon as he finished muttering, he saw Shí Yan reaching out to him, and quickly leaned back and begged for mercy: “Seventh Brother, don’t throw me out, I’ll tell you a secret.”

Shí Yan retracted his hand, “What secret?”

“It’s your secret, that… Seventh Sister-in-law heard you talking in your sleep at night, saying that after you fell asleep, you called out someone else’s name!”

While Shí Yuanchen was speaking, he silently apologized to Jiang Jiuchu in his heart, comforting himself that he was saying it for the sake of their relationship, to give Seventh Brother a warning, wasn’t he?

Shí Yan frowned upon hearing this, completely not understanding what it was about, and directly asked Shí Yuanchen three questions in a row, “She told you? When? Why would she tell you these things for no reason?”

Shí Yuanchen nodded, “Yes, it was the last time… Seventh Sister-in-law helped me steal… take, take the painting, and chatted with me a few words.”

He told Shí Yan everything that Jiang Jiuchu had said that day, and then, after thinking about it, he added:

“Seventh Sister-in-law’s actions that day were a bit like yours today. I feel like she was drinking for another purpose, probably wanting to get your sweetheart out of my mouth.”

“What sweetheart, where did the sweetheart come from? If you talk nonsense again, get out of the car.” Shí Yan felt disgusted when he heard the words “sweetheart”.

He wasn’t sure whether he talked in his sleep or not, after all, he didn’t know anything after falling asleep, but he definitely didn’t have a confidante, where would he get a girl’s name to call out?

So what was her purpose in asking this? Could it be that she simply wanted to know if he was having affairs outside?

Shí Yan didn’t want to be sentimental, but he really couldn’t think of any other reason.

Seventh Prince’s Residence, Jiang Jiuchu looked in surprise at the whole tray of jewelry that Mu Qing brought in, hairpins, rings, bracelets, each with no less than ten styles.

She picked up a hairpin in a daze to check it, and it was the same as the one Brother Fu had given her, with an inconspicuous little button in a hidden place.

She didn’t expect that Shí Yan would still remember to send her these hidden weapons, “What is this?” Jiang Jiuchu asked as she watched Mu Qing take out a wooden box and put it down.

“Reporting to the Princess, these are also hidden weapons, the designs were personally drawn by His Highness and specially made for you.”

Jiang Jiuchu paused, and then opened the wooden box, but saw that inside was a ring, a bracelet, three hairpins, exactly the same number as the hidden weapons that Shí Yan had thrown away, but the styles were extremely different.

So the ones in this box were the ones he specially compensated her with! And the ones on the table were complimentary?

Jiang Jiuchu didn’t quite understand why Shí Yan wanted to differentiate between them? After all, the ones on the table were already enough for him to compensate her many times over.

Her gaze on the wooden box narrowed slightly, Shí Yan’s apology was a bit too solemn and deliberate, how did it feel like he knew those few hidden weapons were very important to her?