Help The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama (by Lotus Seeds) novel Chapter 417

Chapter 417: Chapter 408: Did This Bastard Come for Revenge?!

He returned to his usual composure, casually flipping through two sheets, "Just these people?"

Shen Tang, "...Does it have anything to do with you?"

Shen Li placed the album back on the table, raising his eyes to look at her, "These people don’t deserve you."

Shen Tang twitched the corner of her mouth, "Then who do you think is worthy of me?"

Shen Li quietly gazed at her, without answering, instead saying, "Marrying these people will be of no benefit to you."

"Every new emperor selects concubines upon ascending the throne. Are you saying this because you don’t want me to expand the harem?" Shen Tang indeed hadn’t seriously considered expanding the harem, but seeing Shen Li’s face darken, as if struck at the heart, she found it somewhat amusing.

She looked at him playfully, deliberately speaking up, "Speaking of which, I’ve also been troubled these days. Ever since a Beast Husband died, leaving a vacancy, those ministers are eager to fill my bed."

"They wish they could shove themselves in there to fill the vacant spot."

Shen Li’s jaw tightened, his adam’s apple moved, "Are you... really planning to take new consorts?"

"Whether I select concubines, whether I take consorts, what does that have to do with you? What right do you have to question me?" Shen Tang said unhappily.

She was very annoyed by his interrogative stance.

Shen Li’s adam’s apple moved, "Are you doing this because you’re still mad at me?"

Shen Tang almost burst out laughing, "Why would I hold a grudge against you?"

The last time she heard such words was from Yun Han, that arrogant guy, she hadn’t expected them to come out of Shen Li’s mouth one day. On second thoughts, Shen Li didn’t know about the Forgetfulness Water, from his perspective, she was crying desperately for him last month, and this month she’s choosing concubines with an indifferent air, no wonder he misunderstands her as throwing a tantrum, still hasn’t truly let go of him.

She restrained her smile, coldly retorting, "You’re an outsider, are you worth me spending this kind of thought?"

Shen Li was left speechless.

"Moreover." She crossed her arms, speechless, "Aren’t you also going to marry the Empress? Following your logic, is that also to spite me?"

Finding it more and more absurd, "The grand Yiyuan Monarch sneaks in at midnight just to stop me from selecting concubines? Is it that only you are allowed to take a wife, but I’m not allowed to take consorts? What kind of logic is that?"

Shen Li pressed his lips tightly together, unable to respond.

He indeed had selfish motives, but he also knew he had long lost the right to interfere.

The room fell into a deathly silence, even the sound of breathing was distinctly audible, yet there was a tense awkwardness between the two of them.

Shen Tang looked at Shen Li’s gloomy face, sighing helplessly in her heart.

"System." She inquired silently, "Can you give me another bottle of Forgetfulness Water? Might as well make him drink it too."

She couldn’t ignore Shen Li’s lingering attachment, the deception back then was real, but the affection wasn’t false either.

However, if a mirror is broken it’s hard to piece together, better to cut it off completely rather than prolong the feelings forever.

[Ding! Host, the Forgetfulness Water is a special reward, currently out of stock~ but you can use the ’Destiny Scissors’ to cut the bond between you once and for all, forever resolving the issue! Friendly reminder: The scissors are one-of-a-kind, use them cautiously~]

Shen Tang hesitated for a moment but didn’t use it. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Using such a precious tool here would be a waste.

Moreover, Shen Li was about to get married, and a male must remain faithful to his female after marriage, not to mention he would be busy raising the Crown Prince once they have children, where would he have the heart to continue entangling with her?

Shen Tang softened her tone, saying, "I understand what you mean, actually... there really was no need for you to come tonight, these days, I’ve calmed down and thought about it carefully, some things, I think you are quite right about."

"You don’t understand me, and I don’t understand you either."

"You have your choices, and I have mine."

"The present you is no longer Shen Li, but Yiyuan Monarch Ji Jiuli, with a new life I don’t understand, it was indeed wrong of me to disturb you last time, but you shouldn’t have come to disturb me either."

She raised her eyes to gaze at him, her look calm, generous, and understanding, "Just like your plan, I will consider Shen Li to have completely left at the volcano, that was the best ending between us."

"In the future, we owe each other nothing, let us not disturb each other anymore."

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