HRPM – Chapter 456 Words with Ulterior Motives

Still afraid Xiao Luo might change his mind, she mumbled through a mouthful of dried tangerine peel,

“Quick, give it to me! I finished it! Haha! This is like a pie falling from the sky. I really made a profit this time!”

Xiao Luo couldn’t help laughing.

What an incredibly greedy girl.

But sooner or later, everything he owned would belong to her anyway, so giving it to her now made little difference.

Jin Luoluo happily tucked the jade into her robes. Having gotten such a bargain instantly lifted her spirits. She felt so refreshed that even her illness seemed to improve by thirty percent.

The people watching around the bed were all dumbfounded.

They had thought Jin Luoluo was completely impossible to deal with, immune to every persuasion.

Who would have guessed there was actually a way to handle her?

The Prince was truly brilliant!

Bulaya looked at Xiao Luo with admiration.

“Brother Luo, you’re amazing! The rest of us talked until our mouths were dry, and we still couldn’t get her to take her medicine. But the moment you stepped in, you solved it. You understand her personality so well. Is this what people in the Central Plains mean by ‘strike a snake at its seven-inch weak spot’? Money is her weak spot.”

Jin Luoluo immediately protested.

“Hey! Hey! Who are you calling a snake? I, Jin Luoluo, am a first-class beauty—not some disgusting snake!”

“You’re a beautiful snake—just a sly and money-loving one,” Xiao Yu said with a laugh.

Yet beneath his smile was a trace of bitterness.

It seemed that only his Seventeenth Uncle could truly keep Jin Luoluo in check.

His uncle understood her personality so thoroughly that every move hit its mark.

And Jin Luoluo treated his Seventeenth Uncle differently from everyone else.

She wasn’t shameless with him the way she was with Xiao Yu, nor was she as hostile as she was toward Xiao Che.

Instead, around Xiao Luo, she showed a playful obedience.

Whenever she looked at him, her eyes sparkled in a way they never did with anyone else, making her seem even more beautiful.

“Miss Jin and the Seventeenth Prince seem to be quite close. She wouldn’t listen to anyone else’s advice, yet she listened to the Prince’s. Last night, it was even the Prince who braved the pouring rain in the middle of the night to escort Miss Jin back. Such devotion is truly enviable.”

Yang Ruoyao, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Every word she uttered concealed a barb, clearly carrying ulterior motives.

The room fell silent.

Everyone could hear the malice hidden in Yang Ruoyao’s words.

She was insinuating that there was an improper relationship between Xiao Luo and Jin Luoluo.

Xiao Che, in particular, frowned deeply, unable to believe Yang Ruoyao would say something so inappropriate at a time like this.

Jin Luoluo was still ill.

Although he himself was angry about her behavior, he would never choose this moment to confront or question her.

What Yang Ruoyao had done was plainly meant to make Jin Luoluo feel uncomfortable.