After all, he had guessed during the day that she often came to such places.  She must have seen him by chance and then devised this plan.

His cold gaze swept over the woman in front of him. He then noticed that her clothes were wet, clinging tightly to her skin, outlining her beautiful figure.

Her skirt was torn, and it was clearly done deliberately.

Actually, she wasn’t the type of flamboyant and glamorous girl. If anything, she had a pure and ethereal quality.

Those clear eyes, when they looked directly at him, easily brought to mind a misty river surface.

Because of this, when she appeared before him in this state, he couldn’t help but suspect her intentions.

His gaze fell on the prominent and attractive part of her body, and he easily came to a conclusion: “You’ve gotten yourself into this state. Are you trying to force me to take responsibility for you?”

“I’m telling you clearly now, it’s impossible,” he said decisively.

Mu Zhao’s accusation left her speechless. She could only explain, “I was just catching a thief.”

“Was your thief here?” he immediately retorted. “Your hairpin, purse, and jewelry are exactly the same as when I saw you today. Tell me, what was stolen from you?”

“I…”

If she said she cared about the bank note he had casually given her that day, wouldn’t it be very embarrassing?

Mu Zhao, a man of his status, wouldn’t understand the world of poor people like them.

She abruptly cut off her words, simply summarizing, “Anyway, I’ve already retrieved what was lost, but I seem to have offended someone here. They were chasing me outside, so I had no choice but to push open the door and try to escape through the window.”

After speaking, Yue Si Chao’s fingers, hidden in her sleeves, curled slightly.

What a weak explanation, but sometimes things happen so unreasonably, just like a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a storm far away.

Just like her repeated encounters with him.

Mu Zhao chuckled, a playful look in his cold eyes.

“Are the stories you literary people make up so bizarre?”

“Do you want to listen to what you’re saying? This place is several meters above the ground. If I’m not mistaken, Miss Yue wouldn’t know any light skills, would she?”

The fabric of her clothes suddenly tightened around her arm.

She lowered her head and saw Mu Zhao picking up her sleeve with some disdain, pulling her to the window.

“Show me how you’re going to leave.”

As the saying goes, the first effort is strong, the second weakens, and the third fails.

She had been with Mu Zhao for a long time and gradually discovered that the thugs in the brothel didn’t dare to disturb him.

This environment gave her some sense of security.

Looking out of the window again, the idea of risking climbing out the window had diminished greatly, and she showed some hesitation.

Mu Zhao wouldn’t really let a girl jump out of the window in front of him. Seeing her hesitation was enough.

“You said you came to catch a thief, right?”

“Do you think you have some beauty and are using yourself as bait to catch a flower thief here?”

He sneered, casually closing the window, completely ending her thoughts of escaping through the window.

The already dimly lit room became even darker.

Moreover, because she was fair-skinned, she seemed inexplicably dazzling against the dim light, inadvertently catching his attention.

The girl’s hair was a little messy, her body damp with moisture, and raindrops she hadn’t noticed gathered on her delicate collarbone. The blush on her cheeks hadn’t faded, but her lips were tightly pursed, with a stubborn and defiant look.

She looks easy to bully, I want to make her cry.

An absurd thought flashed through his mind, Mu Zhao expressionlessly looked away.

“Are you planning to take me to the Jingzhao Yin’s office to be jailed, or to my father?”

Yue Si Chao looked at him, momentarily stunned.

“…What are you talking about?”

“Don’t think I don’t know, your target has always been me.”

“You specifically made up a story and an identity for yourself. Do you want to play a game of intrigue with me?”

After all, he hadn’t seen her write about a flower thief and a female detective yet.

It seemed he was still too conservative, and he really didn’t have much experience with the things between men and women. Since he met her, his eyes had been opened.

Yue Si Chao: “…I didn’t.”

Forget it, she couldn’t explain it to him.

In the self-defeating silence, she finally noticed the gaze that occasionally swept over her. Following his gaze, she belatedly covered her chest and bit her lip.

No wonder he said she was deliberately seducing him.

She knew her clothes were wet from the rain, but she hadn’t had time to pay attention to them earlier.

But she really didn’t mean to, she accidentally came in, just to escape.

But now it seemed she was in a difficult situation.

Outside the room were the brothel thugs trying to catch her, inside was Mu Zhao who wanted an explanation, the person who truly believed her was left in the rain, and she had made herself look so pathetic.

Wait, the brothel…

A flash of inspiration, Yue Si Chao discovered a blind spot she hadn’t noticed.

She wasn’t a pampered young lady from a wealthy family; she knew things that many innocent and naive ladies didn’t.

Mu Zhao wouldn’t appear in a brothel for no reason. He came here to relieve his long-suppressed desires.

But there was no one else in the room when she barged in, and until now, the expected girl hadn’t arrived yet.

So he must have been disturbed.

His good time was ruined, he was unhappy, seeing her alone and mistakenly entering his room, he accused her of deliberately seducing him, probably wanting to take advantage of the situation to…

Thinking of this, Yue Si Chao felt a sudden fear. Looking at Mu Zhao again, her expression became somewhat ambiguous.

Although she could write, it was all theoretical.

And professional things should be done by professionals. What was she and he doing?

Was it illicit sex?

She couldn’t let things develop like this.

A smart girl doesn’t suffer losses, she softened her voice, “…What do you need to let me go?”

“Except…that.” She swallowed, adding softly.

That what?

This woman was always so inexplicable.

But this was the first time she had softened towards him.

Her delicate eyebrows were slightly furrowed, looking somewhat pitiful.

She hadn’t covered herself before, but now her arms were crossed in front of her, and because of the pressure of her arms, not only did it not have any covering effect, it made the shape even more eye-catching.

When Mu Zhao realized he was inadvertently glancing at that area, a nameless fire surged in his heart, but he couldn’t explain what he was annoyed about.

The Emperor was old, but the crown prince hadn’t been decided yet.

His uncle’s intention today was to use beauty to seduce him into supporting the Crown Prince.

But they parted ways unhappily.

Mu Zhao didn’t know whether Yue Si Chao’s intrusion had been secretly instigated, but she hadn’t caused him any substantial trouble, and her seduction attempt seemed very unsuccessful.

She was after all an official’s family member, and a weak girl. If she went out of here dressed like this and encountered some unscrupulous people, his conscience wouldn’t be at ease.

Thinking of this, Mu Zhao looked down at her, raised his hand, and pressed it on the leather belt around his waist.

Yue Si Chao saw his actions and her face became even paler.

He really had to do this with her…?

He had used a lot of force when he grabbed her waist earlier, and although she wasn’t weak, she knew she was no match for him.

If he forced her, she could only try to minimize the harm to herself, and then keep evidence to report to the officials.

As the saying goes, officials at a higher level can crush people. The final outcome would likely be her accepting her bad luck.

But even so, she would never be a silent and submissive quail.

Only when the large outer robe covered the girl in front of him did Mu Zhao notice that tears had welled up in the girl’s eyes, her plump lips tightly pursed, forcibly holding back the tears, staring blankly at him in shock.

Yue Si Chao, wrapped in his robe, looked at the cold and handsome face.

There was a faint scent of tea in the sleeves, quite similar to her taste.

But…he took off his robe for her?

It seemed he wasn’t that disgusted with her.

She sniffed, her previous grievances swept away.

Mu Zhao looked at her moved-to-tears appearance and frowned slightly.

To prevent her from having any inappropriate thoughts, he deliberately warned her, “Don’t think about those messy things.”

Especially don’t think about offering herself to him.

Yue Si Chao’s heart skipped a beat, thinking he had seen through her previous selfish thoughts.

They say that attending to the emperor is like attending to a tiger. Those who often serve the emperor and she were worlds apart. He could actually see through people’s hearts so easily.

But having those impure thoughts exposed made her feel a little ashamed. She nervously avoided his gaze and said softly, “I know.”

…She admitted it so easily?

Sure enough, that day at the city gate, she was just being stubborn.

Admiring him was perfectly normal.

After all, he was really outstanding, whether it was his family background, appearance, figure, or character, everything was top-notch.

With the kindness of helping someone to the end, Mu Zhao said, “Follow me.”

When they pushed open the door, Yue Si Chao felt as if she had been reborn.

The people who had been clamoring to arrest her fell silent, no one dared to speak out anymore.

Was this the power of money and power?

Power in this world was difficult for women to obtain, but she must be very rich in the future.

She quietly looked up at the man’s profile, his nose was high and straight, his lines sharp, with a hint of sharpness.