Chapter 84 Pei Duo: Sui Sui, you have such a cruel heart, but I serve you...

Zhao Zhixue waited outside the Pei residence, his face dark and gloomy, his heart burning with anger. He thought that when he saw Pei Duo later, he would definitely ask him what he had said to Li Fu that made Li Fu treat him this way and even reprimand him for being narrow-minded!

He and Li Fu were about to get married.

But right now, nothing is going right.

Zhao Zhixue kept thinking that he had not given Pei Duo any leverage over him, except for one thing: Jiang Ninghui.

However, Li Fu was aware of Jiang Ninghui's existence, so it cannot be considered that he deceived her.

Zhao Zhixue paced back and forth outside the Pei residence, then looked up at the magnificent and large mansion before him. His resentment and jealousy surged up, and his face showed dissatisfaction and anger.

Despite both being among the top three in the imperial examinations, Pei Duo's residence was so much larger.

Moreover, this mansion is located in the most bustling area of ​​Kyoto!

Just because he was the top scholar in the imperial examination, does that mean he can get this big house?!

Zhao Zhixue then thought, perhaps this house was not a gift from His Majesty, but a gift from Pei Duo's uncle.

Before he could think it through, the servant who had just entered the mansion to report came out.

Zhao Zhixue asked with a displeased expression, "What did Brother Pei say? Can I enter the manor?"

The servant said sternly, "My master said he doesn't have time to see you. He's currently painting with his wife."

Zhao Zhixue's face darkened, then he was taken aback: "Madam? Brother Pei got married? When did this happen?"

The servant said, "I have no right to interfere in my master's affairs. Young Master Zhao, please leave."

After saying this, the servant ignored him and turned to go into the mansion, leaving Zhao Zhixue alone outside.

Zhao Zhixue's face turned pale with anger!

What a fine Pei Duo!

How could they be so cold-hearted and callous! And so utterly heartless and cruel!

They were childhood friends, and the Zhao family and the Pei family had been neighbors for over a decade. Yet they turned on each other so easily! He didn't even know what he had done to offend Pei Duo that made him target him like this!

Zhao Zhixue couldn't figure out where the problem lay.

He came here hoping to get to know Pei Duo better and take this opportunity to have Pei Duo introduce him to his uncle.

Li Fu once said that Pei Duo's uncle had a close relationship with the emperor. If he could get in touch with his uncle, his footing in the court would be more secure. Who would have thought that he would stumble upon Pei Duo's attempt to sow discord and be turned away at his residence!

Zhao Zhixue turned away angrily, got into his carriage, and urged the driver to go to the residence of the Minister of Rites.

Pei Duo's path was not viable, so he could only continue to curry favor with the Minister of Rites and ask him to speak with the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review about his relationship with Li Fu. The most important thing now was his marriage to Li Fu, and he absolutely could not afford to make any more mistakes.

Zhao Zhixue was turned away once again when he arrived at the residence of the Minister of Rites.

The Minister said he was too busy.

Too busy again!

This was the first time Zhao Zhixue had been turned away at the residence of the Minister of Rites since arriving in the capital.

What deity did he offend today? Why is everything going wrong?!

Zhao Zhixue visited several officials' residences today, all of whom were officials whom the Minister of Rites had introduced him to. Without exception, none of them had time to see him.

As it approached midnight, a light drizzle began to fall outside.

The rain started in the afternoon and is still falling now.

The room was brightly lit, and two overlapping shadows were cast on the wall. Amid the pattering rain, the occasional soft moans of a woman could be heard.

Jiang Ninghui lay on a round table covered with a velvet blanket, her light yellow gauze skirt bunched up at her waist, her two slender, straight legs dangling in the air.

Her toes curled up, her slender fingers gripped the hem of her skirt, and her wet, almond-shaped eyes stared unfocused at the sky.

She dared not get up, nor dared she raise her head.

She was afraid to see Pei Duo squatting in front of the table.

A strong sense of invasion suddenly swept over me—

Jiang Ninghui couldn't help but raise her slender, snow-white neck, biting her lower lip as she sobbed softly.

She could feel the young man's hot, moist tongue penetrating deep inside.

The rain pattered outside, splashing against the eaves.

The house was flooded with rainwater.

The floodwaters were all swallowed up by the gurgling sound.

Pei Duo kept his word.

He said that it was only right to reciprocate; she helped him during the day, so he would help her at night.

But who asked him to help!

Jiang Ninghui couldn't win against him, so he put her on the table.

His moist tongue touched her repeatedly.

Jiang Ninghui's sobs grew more urgent.

After an unknown amount of time, the young man who had been squatting in front of the table stood up and wrapped his arms around her waist.

The young man's two beautiful, thin lips were glistening with a clear, watery sheen.

He gazed at the woman's aroused and passionate appearance with fascination.

At this moment, the ears of grain resemble a flower just beginning to bloom, revealing its delicate and beautiful stamens.

Let him do as he pleases.

Let him invade.

The flowers of the tassel are extremely beautiful.

They are much more honest than her mouth.

Pei Duo lovingly stroked the corners of Jiang Ninghui's reddened eyes, his lips pressed against her ear, sucking on her earlobe with abandon.

He said, "Sui Sui, listen, is the rain heavy?"

He added, "But I feel that the rain is not as good as the ears of grain."

"If Sui Sui doesn't drink some more water."

"Let the rain fall even harder."

Jiang Ninghui felt as if she had been thrown into a furnace, so ashamed that she wished she could disappear into the ground.

She closed her eyes and ignored him.

She let him whisper shameless and lewd things in her ear.

—Sui Sui said she's hungry, so why don't I feed her until she's full?

—Look, the ground is all wet.

—Sui Sui looks so tempting.

—I really, really want to eat Sui Sui.

Jiang Ninghui couldn't take it anymore and hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth. But when her palm touched the wetness on his lips, she suddenly remembered where his lips had just touched her. She was so frightened that she withdrew her hand, turned her head away and ignored him. She whispered in extreme shame and embarrassment, "Don't say anything more. If you do, I will... I will never talk to you again."

Pei Duo buried his face in the crook of her neck, deeply inhaling her scent.

"Sui Sui is so cruel."

"But I didn't serve her well, which is why Sui Sui left me?"

Jiang Ninghui was too ashamed to listen any longer.

She discovered that Pei Duo loved to say shameless, lewd things whenever he was involved in such matters.

She didn't know how he could say such things.

The young man's fingertips reached out towards the |wet |soft.

Jiang Ninghui trembled and bit her lower lip hard.

He replied, "Then I will continue until Sui Sui pays attention to me."

The rain seemed to be getting heavier.

Even the torrential rain couldn't drown out any of the slightest sounds inside the house.

Jiang Ninghui didn't know when she fell asleep, but when she woke up the next morning, she felt tired and weak.

She thought that kind of thing was nothing special, but Pei Duo made her experience a different kind of feeling every time.

That feeling was something I had never experienced when I was with Zhao Zhixue.

She still remembered the moment last night when she almost fainted, and he whispered in her ear, "Sui Sui, on our wedding night, I will let Sui Sui taste the true pleasure of ecstasy."

Jiang Ninghui never dared to think about her future with Pei Duo, let alone marry him.

She wouldn't stay at Pei Duo's residence for long.

She had promised him that she would go to the street to watch him parade on horseback in three days, and that she should leave after watching him parade on horseback the day after tomorrow.

No sooner had Jiang Ninghui gotten up than Pei Duo entered uninvited.

He took her hand and told her that he would take her to visit the outskirts of Kyoto today.

When Pei Duo's lips touched hers, Jiang Ninghui suddenly remembered where his lips had touched last night. She couldn't help but turn her head away, but the young man's strong fingers pinched her cheeks, forcing her to look directly at him.

Pei Duo raised an eyebrow slightly: "Sui Sui dislikes me?"

Jiang Ninghui's face was greasy.

Pei Duo pecked at her lips again and again, leaving Jiang Ninghui helpless.

He said, "Those all belong to Sui Sui, Sui Sui wouldn't mind me."

"you--"

Jiang Ninghui wanted to speak, but he kept pecking her lips, preventing her from uttering a coherent sentence.

For Jiang Ninghui, these three days passed in the blink of an eye.

She never realized that time had passed so quickly.

Early that morning, Jiang Ninghui changed into the dress that Pei Duo had specially prepared for her. He personally styled her hair into a bun and put on hairpins. She looked at herself in the bronze mirror and saw that she was completely different from the woman she used to wear with simple hairpins and coarse clothes.

Jiang Ninghui almost didn't recognize the woman in the mirror as herself.

She reached out and touched the red hairpin in her hair, and couldn't help but wonder how much this hairpin was worth.

And her clothes, shoes, earrings...

These gorgeous clothes are probably more valuable than she is.

Pei Duo led Jiang Ninghui out of the mansion and into the carriage. Because she had a hairpin in her hair and was wearing gorgeous new clothes, Jiang Ninghui dared not make any big movements, for fear of damaging her clothes or the hairpin falling off her hair and breaking.

Pei Duo noticed her cautious demeanor.

The young man lifted her onto his lap, lowered his eyes, and gazed at her with his dark eyes: "Sui Sui is the same as before, and you don't need to worry about damaging your clothes or losing your hairpin. It is a blessing for Sui Sui to like these material things."

Jiang Ninghui's eyelashes trembled.

She quickly lowered her head to avoid Pei Duo's eyes, which seemed to see right through people.

She seemed to have no secrets from him; no matter what she kept in her heart, nothing escaped his eyes.

However, his words did make her less nervous and worried.

Jiang Ninghui's voice was soft and gentle, and very low: "I understand."

Pei Duo buried his face in the crook of her neck: "Sui Sui is so good."

Jiang Ninghui blushed and told him not to say such things again.

Even though she was older than him, his words always gave her the illusion that she was much younger than him.

The carriage stopped in front of a restaurant, and Jiang Ninghui was led by Pei Duo to a private room on the second floor. The window of the private room faced the bustling street. Pei Duo said that he would pass through this street when he rode through the streets, and she would only need to look down from the window to see him.

Jiang Ninghui walked to the window, placed her slender hands on the windowsill, and looked down to realize that the private room she was in had an excellent location, offering a panoramic view of the street scene outside.

After Pei Duo left, Jiang Ninghui stood by the window, gazing curiously at the people coming and going on the bustling street scene.

There were vendors shouting their wares, and people were coming and going from the shops on both sides of the street.

It's so lively!

Jiang Ninghui couldn't help but wonder if there were more people on this street than in Qingping Town.

Today, the top three scholars, ranked first, second, and third, parade through the streets on horseback, accompanied by deafening gongs and drums that can be heard several streets away.

The procession on horseback began at the palace gate.

Today should have been a glorious day for Zhao Zhixue, a day when he would be the center of attention, but he couldn't feel happy at all.

For three consecutive days, he was turned away at the door no less than ten times.

Li Fu refused to see him and even sent a servant to tell him not to look for her again. She said that she and he would have nothing to do with each other anymore. She said that she had only said the marriage agreement casually and that he should not take it seriously. She also said that she looked down on him and that he was the person she hated the most.

When Zhao Zhixue heard these words, he felt as if he had been struck on the head, leaving him stunned and unable to recover.

He didn't know what Pei Duo had said to Li Fu that made her so heartless towards him.

He tried to contact Pei Duo several times, but was turned away each time.

He then went to see the Minister of Rites and the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review, but for three consecutive days, they refused to see him.

Everything was completely different from what he had imagined. He had become the third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination; shouldn't everyone be congratulating him and trying to curry favor with him? Shouldn't those officials who had previously appreciated and befriended him be inviting him to their residences? Shouldn't Li Fu be happy for him and let him discuss the marriage with her father? But everything was going in the worst possible direction; they were all avoiding him!

Zhao Zhixue vaguely sensed that Pei Duo was definitely the one who started all of this!

He hadn't rested much in the past three days, so much so that he looked haggard on this joyous occasion.

Unable to see Pei Duo, Zhao Zhixue pinned all his hopes on this day.

When he sees Pei Duo today, he will definitely ask him what trouble he has caused him and what despicable things he has done!

"Congratulations, Young Master Pei! Congratulations, Young Master Pei!"

"Congratulations, Young Master Pei."

One congratulatory message after another rose and fell, creating a stark contrast with the neglected Zhao Zhixue.

Zhao Zhixue turned to look at Pei Duo, who was pacing towards him. He stared at him intently, his eyes filled with resentment, jealousy, and a hatred that seemed to want to tear him apart!

He stared at Pei Duo as he approached, lowering his voice to question him: "What exactly did you do to me in secret? What did you say to Li Fu?! What did you say to the Minister of Rites and the others?! Why are you afraid to see me?!"

Every word seemed to burst out from between his teeth.

It's clear she hated him to death.

Pei Duo walked past him without even glancing at him out of the corner of his eye.

He uttered only one word.

"roll."

Zhao Zhixue's eyes widened suddenly, unable to believe that the word had come from Pei Duo's mouth.

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Author's Note: I just get lethargic on weekends [poor face]. Update before 10 PM tomorrow night~ [sprinkling flowers]