Chapter 373 We Are a Family
"This is indeed a good idea. No wonder you are so confident."

The second princess folded her hands and suddenly asked, "Tell me what you saw and heard from the eldest prince, okay?"

Of course Shen Cheng had no reason to refuse.

When Ruan Qingsha heard that Si Han was captured by the eldest prince, she suddenly became anxious. She also respected this knowledgeable old gentleman very much.

After listening to Shen Cheng's words, the second princess pondered and said, "It's okay for you to take my sister away now, but the eldest prince now knows that I am entertaining a mysterious guest in my mansion. When he comes, this guest disappears. How can I explain to him?"

Ruan Qingsha asked in confusion: "Sister, aren't you and my brother in a competitive relationship? Why do you need to explain to him?"

The second princess smiled slightly: "It is because of the competition that I cannot let him get any handle on me."

Shen Cheng realized that the second princess had something else in her words, and asked in confusion: "Then what do you think we should do?"

"It's easy!"

The second princess smiled and looked at Shen Cheng: "You can send my sister away, but you have to stay and be my mysterious guest."

Shen Cheng thought to himself, "Oh no! They're targeting me."

Ruan Qingsha widened her eyes in shock: "Sister, what do you mean?"

"Sister, I have helped you so much, you should repay me."

The second princess leaned against the door, her posture still graceful and elegant: "I see that your boyfriend is very capable, so let him stay and do some work for me. Is this request not too much?"

"This……"

Ruan Qingsha was a little stuck for a moment.

Her sister did help her a lot. If she hadn't been taken in by her sister, she might have been caught on the same night she committed the crime.

However, she always felt something was wrong if Shen Cheng stayed.

Unable to make a decision, Ruan Qingsha could only look at Shen Cheng, waiting for him to make the decision.

Shen Cheng agreed decisively: "Okay."

Ruan Qingsha looked at him in surprise. Why did you agree so readily?
She subconsciously glanced at her sister who looked like a noble lady, then glanced at Shen Cheng, and suddenly an inappropriate thought popped up in her mind.

Boy, are you planning to take advantage of my sister?
There was a reason why she thought so, because Shen Cheng had previously been flirting with a woman named Madam Yan Rui, and that woman's type was very similar to her sister. Her sister was simply a super-enhanced version of Madam Yan Rui.

Shen Cheng's decisiveness was somewhat beyond the Second Princess's expectations. She showed a satisfied smile on her face: "Then it's settled. You can send my sister away first."

Shen Cheng took Ruan Qingsha's hand and said, "See you later."

Before Ruan Qingsha had the time to say goodbye to her sister, she felt a familiar feeling of weightlessness, and her vision went black.

When her eyes regained their sight, Ruan Qingsha looked at the large number of black cubes floating in the sky. Her performance was not much better than others, and she was so shocked that she stood there.

"where is this place?"

“This is my world.”

Shen Cheng hugged Ruan Qingsha from behind, then turned her over, held her face with both hands, and continued what he had not finished.

Ruan Qingsha also responded enthusiastically, but after a while she pushed Shen Cheng away and asked breathlessly: "Why did you agree to my sister?"

Shen Cheng replied as a matter of course: "I'm just repaying a favor for you! No need to thank me, we're just friends."

"wrong."

Ruan Qingsha rubbed Shen Cheng's chest with her hands and said seriously: "Do you have any special thoughts about my sister?"

A question mark appeared on Shen Cheng’s forehead.

"Where do you get all these messed up ideas?"

Shen Cheng raised his hands and pinched Ruan Qingsha's cheeks: "Am I the Sea King in your heart who loves every woman he meets?"

Ruan Qingsha pinched it back with her backhand: "Isn't it?"

The two pinched each other's faces, looked at each other's strange expressions, and suddenly laughed.

Shen Cheng suddenly said seriously: "I am showing your value."

Ruan Qingsha asked in confusion: "What do you mean by showing value?"

Shen Cheng hugged Ruan Qingsha and explained, "I've seen it just now. Your sister just treats you as a younger sister."

Isn't it normal to treat me as your sister?

Ruan Qingsha subconsciously wanted to ask a question in return, but when she thought of Shen Cheng's previous sentence, she suddenly reacted.

"You mean to say that my sister only treats me as a younger sister, rather than someone with whom she can communicate on an equal footing?"

"If you guessed it right, I'll give you a reward."

Shen Cheng kissed her on the cheek.

Ruan Qingsha suddenly realized something. No wonder her sister had always been perfunctory to her during this period. She thought her sister had her own plans.

Now, after Shen Cheng's reminder, Ruan Qingsha realized that her sister did not regard her as someone with whom she could discuss important matters, which was why she had been perfunctory.

This discovery shocked Ruan Qingsha a little, but it was normal when she thought about it carefully.

Her ace-level strength is not considered a major combat force in the imperial capital. She is not interested in politics at all and does not have any capable assistants or political forces around her.

It is perfectly normal for an elder sister to look down on her younger sister.

"So that's why my sister asked you to stay because she thought you could help?"

"Yes, your sister can see that I'm amazing, but she can't imagine how amazing I am."

Shen Cheng hugged Ruan Qingsha and said, "So I want your sister to understand that you also have someone behind you, so that she will communicate with you as an equal."

Unless Shen Cheng took Ruan Qingsha away immediately, if she wanted to continue living in Dragon Territory, she would need friends or allies, and the second princess who was willing to take her in was a good candidate.

Therefore, Shen Cheng needs to show great deterrence to ensure that the second princess will not sell Ruan Qingsha easily.

Seeing Shen Cheng caring so much about her, Ruan Qingsha was moved. She turned around, held Shen Cheng's face, and kissed him on the lips.

"Then go ahead and don't keep my sister waiting for too long."

Shen Cheng did not rush to ask Ruan Qingsha about the assassination of the Red Dragon Queen. He first sent him to Zhao Nanxing and Han Zhiqing, who introduced Ruan Qingsha to the origin of this miniature world.

Shen Cheng left the micro world by himself and returned to reality.

When Shen Cheng returned to reality, he found that the second princess was still waiting in the room.

Seeing Shen Cheng coming back, the second princess was slightly surprised: "So soon? A short absence is better than a new marriage, I thought you guys would stay a little longer!"

"There will be plenty of time in the future." Shen Cheng looked at the leisurely Second Princess and asked, "Don't you need to make some preparations first?"

The second princess smiled faintly: "People with weaknesses need to be prepared."

Ruan Qingsha is the second princess' only weakness. Now that Shen Cheng has sent Ruan Qingsha away, she has no flaws and there is naturally no need to worry.

Compared to the trouble that was about to come, the Second Princess was obviously more interested in Shen Cheng: "How did you get to know my sister? Tell me about it."

Shen Cheng asked curiously, "Even if you don't need to prepare, do you still have the leisure to listen to gossip here?"

"This isn't gossip."

The second princess said meaningfully: "You are now a mysterious guest who I need to receive well. If I don't know anything about you, wouldn't it be easy for others to find out when they ask me?"

Shen Cheng thought about it and it made sense, so he briefly recounted his origins, omitting some of the more confidential details.

Although Shen Cheng was just telling the truth, the second princess still looked at him with surprise after hearing it.

"Are you sure you're not kidding?"

What about single-handedly provoking a civil war in the Eternal Empire!
What's the advantage in the battle with the Blood King!
What do you mean he is a close friend of the current ruler of the Eternal Empire!

All of this sounds like fantasy, and even bragging is not as big as it could be.

Shen Cheng smiled and said, "Then just treat it as a joke."

The second princess was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Since you are my sister's boyfriend, you are my brother-in-law. We are a family."

Shen Cheng nodded: "Yes, we are a family."

The second princess showed her true colors: "Since we are a family, if my sister gets into trouble, would you, her brother-in-law, be willing to lend a hand?"

Shen Cheng could hear that the Second Princess was trying to win him over, and it was an obvious move.

He didn't rush to agree, but instead asked doubtfully: "Why do you think I can help?"

He hasn't even shown his true strength yet, so how could the second princess think he was talented? He tried to steal her sister's boyfriend as soon as they met.

"Because of your eyes."

"my eyes?"

"That's right. As a princess of the empire, my status is second only to one person and above millions of people. After knowing my identity, anyone would maintain a certain respect for me, even if they don't flatter me. But you are different."

The Second Princess stared into Shen Cheng's eyes and said, "When you first saw me, I noticed that you looked at me with contempt, as if you were looking at an insignificant person."

Shen Cheng subconsciously touched his eyes with his hand: "No way, I have always been a very humble person."

The second princess said, "You think you are humble, but to others you look down on others. Isn't that a kind of arrogance?"

"You must have got a perfect score on your reading comprehension."

Shen Cheng was surprised and asked, "Just because I looked down on you, you are not angry, but think I am amazing? Do you have any special hobbies?"

The second princess raised her lips slightly. "I don't have any special hobbies. You still treat me like this after knowing my identity. Either you are a particularly ignorant and arrogant person, or you have strong enough confidence to not take my identity as an imperial princess seriously. Since you were able to eavesdrop on the eldest prince's secret quietly, I believe you must be the latter."

Shen Cheng had to admit that the second princess had a very accurate eye for people.

The people Shen Cheng had dealt with before were the three legends of Bai Jun, the resurrected Eternal Emperor, and Du Tianming who could treat legends like dogs. Perhaps only the Red Dragon Queen could be compared to them.

Now, when facing someone of the Second Princess's status, it is inevitable that she would look at him as a junior.

But this does not mean that he really thinks the second princess is an insignificant person, otherwise he would not have repaid the favor on behalf of Ruan Qingsha.

I can only say that the second princess’s imagination was a bit too much.

"Even if I'm really good, aren't you a little anxious?"

It was the first time the two of them met and they didn't know each other at all, but the second princess was already eager to extend an olive branch to him and even used his relationship with Ruan Qingsha as an excuse, which seemed like a forced sale.

The second princess sighed: "Do you know that I will compete with the eldest prince for the heir next month?"

Shen Cheng nodded. This was something that the Red Dragon Queen had just announced not long ago. It seemed that Ruan Qingsha was stimulated by this and committed the assassination.

The second princess spoke frankly, "In fact, I have no confidence in winning against the eldest prince. On the surface, we are evenly matched, but in fact, we are far behind. So I urgently need some help, and the people who can be won over in the Dragon Territory have already been divided up by us."

Under normal circumstances, the second princess would not be so anxious. Even if she wanted to win over Shen Cheng, she would carefully examine his character and ability.

But now she only has one month left, and there is no extra time for her to take her time.

Before, the second princess told Ruan Qingsha to take it slow, but in fact, she was just trying to fool Ruan Qingsha. She had to face the competition in a month and had no time to verify the bizarre things Ruan Qingsha said.

Therefore, there is no choice but to rush to win over Shen Cheng. Shen Cheng is at least Ruan Qingsha's boyfriend, and his strength seems strong enough. At this special time, these two points are enough.

"Since I have taken my sister in during this period of time, I hope you can help me, my sister."

The second princess' words were very straightforward.

But Shen Cheng did not agree immediately because he did not want to get involved in the political struggle in Dragon Territory.

At this moment, the second princess' cell phone suddenly rang.

She took it out and answered it. When she saw it was her butler calling, she immediately knew that trouble had come.

She chose to answer the call, but deliberately turned on the speakerphone so that Shen Cheng who was standing next to her could also hear it.

"Your Highness, General Yuan Hu suddenly led his troops to surround our mansion, saying that he was searching for the fugitive."

The butler's panicked voice rang out on the phone.

"I see."

The second princess said calmly: "Block the door first and don't let them in. I'll be there soon."

After hanging up the call, the second princess looked up at Shen Cheng, her beautiful face showing a slightly bitter smile: "I took my sister in. This is what a sister should do. I got into trouble for this, but unfortunately no one helped me."

Shen Cheng didn't fall for it: "Moral kidnapping doesn't work on me."

The second princess said, "I didn't kidnap you. I was just expressing my feelings about how difficult it is. Is that not okay? Brother-in-law, you are too inhumane."

He said there was no kidnapping, but he kept calling me brother-in-law, which showed that he did it on purpose.

Shen Cheng pondered and said, "Let me think about what you said. Let's deal with the current situation first."

The second princess showed a sincere smile on her face: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Although her smile was very pretty, in Shen Cheng's eyes she looked like a cunning vixen.

(End of this chapter)