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  Looking at Ling Jingyan's pitiful appearance, how could Ling Jingxuan say another word?

  "Alright, you can leave your name then!"

  She guessed that even if she disagreed, Ling Jingyan would not take out the name card again. Anyway, she didn't plan to use this name card, and giving it to Ling Jingyan as a keepsake was fine!

  Ling Jingyan saw Ling Jingxiao so readily agree, first felt relieved, then felt something was off: "Ah Xiang, you met the Prince of Yan today, didn't you have even a bit of good feeling towards him?"

  Ling Jingxiao listened and seemed to find it very amusing, asking in return: "Why should I have a good impression of him?"

  Ling Jingyan seemed to have forgotten that she was still crying her heart out for Yan Wang just a moment ago, and said without thinking: "He's born so handsome, especially those eyes, even when he's not smiling, they seem to hold a hint of smile. When those eyes look at you, it's like being sucked into a whirlpool, making one's face hot and heart racing, unable to extricate oneself..."

  In short, one sentence is: The King of Yan has a good skin.

  A teenage girl in her tender years, seeing such a handsome and charming young man with a hint of evil charm, how could she possibly resist?

  Ling Jingxiao's mind quickly flashed back to the handsome face of Yan Wang, her heart as cold as ice and snow, her voice also carrying a chill: "There are many handsome young men born under the sky, and Yan Wang is not necessarily the most outstanding one."

  In terms of appearance, Lu Huan was no less elegant and handsome than the King of Yan, only lacking a few points of innate noble demeanor.

  There is also the cold and handsome Crown Prince, whose demeanor is vastly different from that of the King of Yan, yet equally dazzling.

  Ling Jingyan rarely had a flash of insight, and actually guessed Ling Jingxu's thoughts: "Ah Xiu, are you thinking that both Hong Shixiong and the Crown Prince are very handsome?"

  "Speaking of which, your heart is quite cold and hard. Hong Biao Ge has deep feelings for you, but you're not moved at all. The Crown Prince also looks at you with different eyes, but you don't put it in your heart. The name card sent by the King of Yan, you didn't even take a glance. Your heart shouldn't be made of iron and stone, right?"

  In the end, Ling Jingyan subconsciously lowered her voice and muttered a sentence in her mouth.

  Ling Jing's ears were extremely sensitive. She listened to every word and half-jokingly said, "What you said is right, I am indeed heartless. Whether others like me or not has nothing to do with me. Can't others have some good feelings towards me? Must I necessarily respond?"

  Ling Jingyan let out a soft hum, with a hint of sourness in her tone: "Yes, people who like you are one after another, you don't have to be in a hurry, just slowly choose the one that suits your heart."

  Things that can't be found by oneself. But when they're at Ling Jingxu's place, they're treated as if they're worthless and discarded like worn-out shoes...

  It's really heart-wrenching and tear-jerking!

  Ling Jing was silent for a moment, then looked up: "Yan sister, actually, you don't have to envy my extraordinary beauty. If possible, I would rather be born ordinary, in an ordinary family, living a simple and comfortable life."

  Ling Jingyan: "......"

  Which woman doesn't hope for her own beauty, but instead wishes for ordinariness and mediocrity that won't attract attention?

  Isn't this just another form of showing off?!

  "I'm not bragging. What I told you is all true." Ling Jingxu's voice remained calm, but her gaze was complex, as if filled with darkness and pain, which quickly hid at the bottom of her eyes: "I don't plan to get married in this lifetime."

  It's actually not difficult to distinguish whether someone is joking or being serious.

  Ling Jingyan was thoroughly shocked.

  Because she could hear it, Ling Jingxu just now didn't have the slightest intention of joking.

  "Are there women who don't want to get married?"

  Ling Jingyan almost bit her own tongue, and hastily opened her mouth to say: "Ah Jiao, don't take the nonsense I said earlier to heart. Although I like Prince Yan, he doesn't like me at all, and it's not anyone else's fault. If you and Prince Yan are destined in the future... I won't have a bit of jealousy, only genuine happiness for you!"

  To prove that she was speaking from the heart, Ling Jingyan hastily took out the Yan Wang's name card from the hidden pocket in her sleeve and stuffed it into Ling Jingxuan's hand: "This is what Yan Wang gave you, I shouldn't have kept it from you. You'd better take good care of it. Maybe one day it will come in handy!"

  That famous poster was taken by Ling Jingyan and then put into a hidden pocket. It has never been taken out since then.

  Still carrying Ling Jingyan's body temperature.

  Ling Jingxian held the warm name card, somewhat unexpectedly: "Yan Tangjie, didn't you say you wanted to keep the name card as a memento? Can you really bear to return it to me like this?"

  Ling Jingyan looked at the name tag with a mixture of pain and conflict, as if afraid she would regret it later. She quickly turned her head to one side: "This was originally yours. Not mine!"

  It's heartbreaking, and I feel like crying again.

  Ling Jingxu looked at Ling Jingyan who seemed like a child, but her heart was filled with warmth.

  Ling Jingyan is sometimes mischievous and sometimes willful, but she has a kind and lovely heart.

  In her past life, Ling Jingyan was infatuated with Yan Wang, but ultimately failed to obtain a good marriage. She died young at the age of twenty. In this life, she has been reborn and returned, not only to change Ling Xiao's fate of dying young, but also to change Ling Jingyan's fate.

  Completely cut off Ling Jingyan's thoughts on Yan Wang, this is the first step and also the most crucial one.

  Temporary suffering is better than endless torment in the future.

  Ling Jingxu made up her mind and didn't say anything else, taking the name card and leaving.

  Ling Jingyan heard the sound of the door opening and closing, and then the sound of Ling Jingxiao's footsteps gradually fading away. She thought that the name card of Prince Yan had also been taken away...

  At one moment reluctant, at another moment heartache, and at another moment sad, she burst into tears again.

  ......

  Ling Jingyan did not attend the family dinner at night, citing a headache as an excuse.

  Ling Dàyé was out on business and hadn't returned, Ling Xī hadn't come back from the Imperial Academy, and to make matters worse, Ling Jìngyàn who had a headache couldn't make it either. At the dinner table were only Sun Shi, Jiang Shi, and siblings Ling Jing and Ju.

  "He was fine when he came back, how did he suddenly get a headache? I said to call the doctor, but he refused, saying it would be better after resting for a night."

  Sun was both heartbroken and dissatisfied, and she blurted out a few complaints: "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have let her go out today."

  Jiang guessed vaguely and smiled to cover up for Ling Jingyan: "Ah Yan is naturally lively, staying in the inner house all day, it's inevitable that she feels suffocated. Going out to clear her mind is always a good thing. Probably being blown by the wind too much, she has a bit of a headache. This little problem doesn't need to see a doctor."

  What if they really called a doctor in, then Ling Jingyan's fake illness would be exposed.

  Ling Jingxu also chimed in: "Elder sister is right. It's nothing serious, just rest for a day or two and it'll be fine. If we call in a doctor, outsiders will find out and who knows what kind of wild guesses they'll make."

  Sun also just pitied her daughter and muttered a few words, was persuaded by Jiang and Ling Jingxu, and finally did not insist on inviting the doctor.

  ......(。)

  PS: I'm getting more and more fond of Ah Yan, hope she can get out of the shadow of her lost love soon~~.