The two protagonists of the scene didn't have enough time or care to look around at how others were seeing them as. One of the 'men' was busy lowering her head and pretending to be cold and indifferent when her entire being was shrouded with traces of confused emotions.
At one point, her heart was immensely attracted by that man, making her heart go thump, thump, thump in her chest like a little naughty rabbit out to have some fun in the wild. But at the same time, there was a hint of fear gripping her heart as if some lion had found that rabbit and lying there, hidden well to wait for his opportunity to attack.
Her restless eyes glanced hither and tither as if trying to find a way to release these complicated emotions hidden in her heart, but at the same time, she couldn't do it if she didn't want to be noticed that she wasn't a cold and indifferent man!
She gulped as her lips parted slightly as if she wanted to speak, but she closed them once again as she didn't even know how to explain herself at the moment.
Thus, she released the breath she was holding. In any case, the worst case scenario would be that the man would beat her and chase her down the alley once again. What else would these rich people do to her?
No one had been able to catch her, a girl. So she was pretty confident that she would be able to escape this man's grasp.
It wasn't until one of the female staff members of the hospital fell on the knees and made an official salute to the man with silver boots standing in front of Li Mei, making her confused through and through.
She tilted her head and glanced as the staff member spoke, "Third Prince." Then she also turned and bowed to the man standing at the door, as still as a statue. "Fourth Prince."
Others also followed the suit, making Li Mei's entire body frozen at that place.
She processed that bit of information slowly in her head as she made a shocked face.
Third Prince?!
She had heard of this man while she had been spending her days in those alleys running away from shopkeepers and householders. The Emperor had five legitimate children. Two of the first princes were extremely normal and competitors for the throne. Thus, the Emperor had yet to appoint the crown prince yet.
The other threes, though utterly useless. We have already talked about Cao Xinyi, and thus, this kind of little spoilt princess wasn't worth mentioning anymore.
On the other hand, the two remaining princes were trouble. Wherever they go, they would make sure to create messes so that the Emperor could wash their butts in the end.
What was even stranger that despite creating so many messes for their father to clean, the latter never complained and neither did he punish the two duo brothers. Thus, the two guys would go rampant and do whatever they wanted.
Li Mei had even heard that this Third Prince was so crazy that he had a harem filled with both men and women in his palace.
Both men and women!!!!!
The color of her face changed multiple times as she gulped the traces of fear deep into her heart, trying her best to look calm and composed. This prince was the worst of all she could ever meet in her lifetime! It would have been better if she had met and offended the Emperor himself!
But this prince…. If someone offended this person, no one would know how they would die and where their bodies would end up!
Li Mei was at the end of her wits. Of all the people in the capital, she just had to steal from the third prince from whom even the Emperor fears!
She facepalmed herself mentally as she took deep breaths, trying her best to look calm and composed, but a trail of sweat bead down her temple failed to hide her anxiety.
The corners of Cao Haoran's lips curved up. Of course, he remembered and heard all the gossips about him well. How could he not? He had always ventured with his little brother around the brothels and restaurants to hide from his father. There, when he found out of the ongoing gossip about his so-called harem, he only stared at the weirdly and ignored it all together.
Looks like he could use this gossip for his benefit. After all, he also needed to keep an eye on this thief.
At this point, even he didn't realize that he was also naturally drawn to this lady, but he refused to accept this thought subconsciously and only blamed it all on this thief who stole his robe.
His eyes narrowed as he said, "You, boy, what's your name?"
The 'boy' refused to reply and continued to remain seated. He didn't even get up to salute the prince. Everyone was horrified after seeing this as the staff members trembled and feared for this youth's life and death.
Everyone knew how fickle and terribly rude this third prince actually was! How could this beautiful and handsome youth not fear for his life? Had he not heard of the activities this third prince would do every single day?!
Everyone's faces paled, but the youth didn't even a spare them a single glance and continued to sit there with his arms crossed on his chest, looking like a porcelain vase, fragile yet beautiful.
Cao Haoran only wanted to mess with this young man, but seeing this person not reacting to his words, veins popped on his forehead as he looked at the young man sitting on the chair and turned his head to glance at his younger brother. One glance was enough to communicate his thoughts well.
The fourth sighed and nodded. Since his big brother wanted someone after such a long time…. It didn't matter if it was a man. In any case, the Emperor wouldn't really say anything else.
Thus, he walked outside and brought a few soldiers and pointed to the man sitting on the bench. "Go and capture him."
Li Mei finally realized that there was no way out. If she let them grab her arms roughly, they would definitely realize that she wasn't a he at all! After all, men weren't this soft and they didn't have breasts!
Thus, she cleared her throat and said in her milky manly voice, "Don't bother. I can walk on my own."
Cao Haoran only raised his brows and smiled. This young man is surely interesting.