Chapter 132 He Wants to Kiss Her

The quilt was pulled up, and Zhuang Wan's eyes were filled with darkness.

She whispered, "What happened? Do you want me to answer?"

“No need.”

The people outside were still knocking on the door: "Miss Ruyi, is Mr. Shen here with you?"

Perhaps they couldn't wait for a response, as the door was flung open and they forced their way in.

At this moment, Pei Xingju suddenly turned over and covered Zhuang Wan.

Zhuang Wan was startled, but before she could react, the maid in front of her opened the curtain and walked in: "Miss Ruyi..."

“Get out!”

Before they finished speaking, they saw a man and a woman entwined in the bedding, and the Master Shen they were looking for had a gloomy face.

The maid was frightened by his aura and immediately left the room.

Outside the door, she whispered, “Master Shen and Miss Ruyi are inside, so we can’t disturb them.”

Soon, the people outside left and the courtyard became quiet.

Zhuang Wan was almost suffocating. It wasn't that she didn't want to breathe, but Pei Xingju's tall and strong figure made it impossible for her to breathe.

Seeing her like this, Pei Xingju stepped back a little.

Zhuang Wan: “…”

Isn't he going to go down?

"The person has left." Zhuang Wan reminded.

But Pei Xingju just stared at her in this posture.

The night was hazy, and his handsome eyebrows and eyes seemed to be covered with an ink-colored veil, making him inexplicably charming.

"W-What happened?"

"Zhuang Wan...I..." His voice was a little hoarse, completely different from the way he scolded the maid before. Something seemed to be surging in his dark eyes.

Zhuang Wan suddenly became nervous and could hear a rapid heartbeat. She didn't know if it was her own or Pei Xingju's, but it was a dangerous signal.

Seeing his handsome face gradually getting lower and lower, Zhuang Wan subconsciously pushed him over.

Pei Xingju was caught off guard and rolled to the side.

The air is quiet...very quiet...

Zhuang Wan's heartbeat continued. Just now...did Pei Xingju want to kiss her?

Pei Xingju also became sober after rolling around. Just now, he seemed to be possessed, wanting to possess her and make her understand his feelings.

Now that I'm sober, I'm starting to feel some regret.

"What are you doing?" Zhuang Wan sat up.

It was late at night, and a single man and a single woman were sharing a bed. If I was not mistaken, Pei Xingju looked like... he simply wanted to kiss her.

"If you need anything, go find someone else. There are plenty of prostitutes in the City Lord's Mansion." Zhuang Wan was also a little angry.

What did he take her for? Not only did he barge into her room, he also pushed her onto the bed and tried to molest her.

She glanced at Pei Xingju with annoyance: "Who do you think I am?"

"I'm sorry." Pei Xingju also sat up: "I didn't think of you as a frivolous woman."

"What was going on there?"

"A momentary...impulsive action." He said frankly.

Zhuang Wan was stunned. That meant he admitted that he really wanted to kiss her.

For some reason, because of these words, she didn't dare to meet Pei Xingju's eyes.

"You...you..." She suddenly became flustered and couldn't even speak smoothly: "Impulse is the devil, you can't do this again."

Pei Xingju responded softly and said nothing more.

In a moment, he stood up and got out of bed. Zhuang Wan then realized that he was wearing night clothes, and immediately put her unpleasantness behind her.

She also got out of bed and asked quietly, "Did you go to investigate tonight?"

"Yeah." Pei Xingju walked to the table.

"What did you find out?"

"You want to know?"

Zhuang Wan: "We share the same fate now, so of course I want to know. That way I can know how to help you cover up, right?"

Pei Xingju picked up the kettle and poured himself a cup of cold tea. After drinking it in one gulp, he slowly said, "There is a secret passage in Shen Zongji's bedroom. I have found some information, but we can't act rashly now."

Zhuang Wan felt a surge of nervous excitement upon hearing this. She asked solemnly, "What do you need me to do?"

Pei Xingju curled his lips, thinking that she was sometimes quite smart and understood what he meant without him saying much.

"You don't have to do anything. I will visit Miss Ningyan often from now on. You just need to..."

"Hmm?" Zhuang Wan blinked and tilted her head back to listen attentively.

Pei Xingju said gently, "Just like that day, just play the role of a spoiled and jealous concubine."

Oh, I see. That means you have to quarrel with him every other day!

She asked, "Let me be spoiled?"

"Well, you can be as arrogant as you want."

.

"Is he in Zhuang Ruyi's house?"

In Furong Garden, Shen Zongji sat in a wheelchair with a frown on his face.

"Yes, when I went in, I saw two people doing it on the bed."

Shen Zongji seemed to be thinking about something, and then he smiled slowly.

Then he asked, "He is in Zhuang Ruyi's room, where is Liu Ningyan?"

"Miss Liu...Miss Liu might have gone to bed. There's no light in the room."

Shen Zongji curled his lips, as if he suddenly felt better. He raised his hand, and a servant came forward and immediately pushed him away.

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Over here, Liu Ningyan had been sitting alone at the table for a long time since Pei Xingju left. After waiting for about an hour with no sign of movement, she simply got up and prepared to undress for bed.

However, just as he undressed his coat, the door was pushed open.

"Lingshan?" She turned her head.

But it was not a maid, but Shen Zongji.

"Why don't you light the lamp?" Shen Zongji slowly pushed his wheelchair in.

"It's time to go to bed, so naturally I won't light the lights."

"Let me ask you..." Shen Zongji took out a tinder and blew gently, then slowly lit the candle: "Why didn't you light the lamp before?"

"Or..." He seemed to see through her thoughts and asked with a hint of mockery: "Are you waiting for Master Shen?"

Liu Ningyan calmly tied her clothes back on: "Shen Zongji, if you just come here to ridicule me, there is no need to do so. I know my own limitations."

"Oh? What self-awareness?" Shen Zongji sneered, "Is this the self-awareness of a top prostitute in a brothel?"

Liu Ningyan's body trembled slightly, and she clenched her hands in her sleeves in anger.

Who caused her to become a prostitute?

The man before her hated her to the core, yet he always feigned affection. Initially, her Liu family thought they had adopted a good son, but he turned out to be a wolf that could never be tamed.

Liu Ningyan closed her eyes, wondering if her father in heaven regretted it.

After the candles were lit, the room became bright. Shen Zongji then noticed two teacups on the table. One was stained with lip balm, and the other, without a doubt, belonged to Master Shen.

He curled his lips, feeling a little cheerful: "Are you sad that he didn't stay with you overnight?"

"What exactly do you want to say?" Liu Ningyan turned around.

"What do you want to say? I'm afraid you have forgotten your identity."

"Of course I haven't forgotten."

"I'm glad you didn't forget." Shen Zongji flicked his finger lightly, and the annoying thing on the table rolled down and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Liu Ningyan glanced at it and didn't take it seriously.

Shen Zongji asked: "What did you talk about in the waterside pavilion tonight?"

“Mr. Shen didn’t tell me anything.”

"Didn't you say that? Didn't you say that you guys were going to enjoy the moonlight all night?"

"As you guessed, we just admired the moonlight and didn't say anything."

Shen Zongji pondered for a moment, then asked, "Is he really from Anzhou?"

Liu Ningyan said, "I've already tried to test it. Young Master Shen can speak Anzhou dialect, so he must be from Anzhou. He has no brothers and his parents are both dead. He was raised by his uncle. Later, his uncle's family was in turmoil, and the legitimate and illegitimate children fought over the inheritance. That's when he traveled far away to seek a career for himself."

Hearing this, Shen Zongji lowered his eyes and stared at the candlelight halo on the ground in silence.

"I understand." After a while, he suddenly became extremely gentle: "It's getting late, you should rest."

After saying that, he helped himself to the wheelchair and went out.