Chapter 62 Chapter 62 She didn't really accept his intention at all...

"Disposal?"

Pei Huaiguang repeated her words, and a hint of mockery appeared on his face, which had not yet faded from the solemn expression.

His gaze was no longer as unbearable as the thick and hot magma, but it had become colder and sharper. Wu Jingxun subconsciously wanted to lower her head, but she thought of Cuiping who was still in prison, and forced herself to raise her head, meeting that cold gaze squarely.

As the two looked at each other, silent stubbornness spread.

The waiter happened to come over to serve the dishes. Sensing the uneasy atmosphere in the private room, he quickly and lightly placed the dish Pei Huaiguang had just ordered. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, he heard the dark-haired, amber-eyed guest coldly say, "Put this Eight Treasure Gourd Duck in front of her."

The waiter did as he was told subconsciously.

"Thank you."

Wu Jingxun nodded slightly to the waiter. She took off her hood, and her slightly pale and delicate face made the waiter dazed. It was not until Pei Huaiguang gave her a cold glance that the waiter ran out shyly with his head lowered.

Looking at the waiter's back as he almost fled in panic, Pei Huaiguang closed his eyes and relaxed a little his original sinister mood.

He didn't want to scare her anymore.

"Eat first."

Pei Huaiguang served her a bowl of chicken soup, which was simmered for a long time with young chicken and various mushrooms over firewood. He also skimmed off the oil layer, so the soup tasted very delicious. He thought it should suit her taste.

After so long in Jinling, his skin had returned to its original pale, cool complexion, though the rough calluses on his fingers remained. Wu Jingxun looked at the bowl of soup he offered her, but didn't take it.

She didn't move, and Pei Huaiguang stubbornly kept stretching out his hand, his amber-like eyes staring at her without blinking.

Wu Jingxun wanted to sigh. His posture and movements were so strong, but why did his eyes reveal such obvious grievance?

"Erlang." She tried to soothe his currently shaky mood by using the more intimate name she used to call him. "Since the matter has already come to an end and Wu Jingxun no longer exists in the eyes of the world, why are you so persistent?"

Pei Huaiguang had a cold face and said nothing.

Wu Jingxun forced herself to ignore his overly cold and increasingly sticky gaze, and continued to persuade him: "You are younger than me and have a bright future. There are so many good girls in Jinling and even in the world. You will always meet someone who understands and loves you, someone like me..." She paused, thinking of what those people said about her in the past. Her mother and brother blamed her for ruining the reputation of the Wu family and wished she would die; Madam Qiong was shocked and disgusted after knowing that her two sons fell in love with the same woman, but she had to agree to her proposal and joined forces with her to stage a play, making Wu Jingxun disappear from Jinling along with the broken carriage and those frivolous and erotic rumors; and Cuiping, Cuiping who protected her wholeheartedly, suffered a lot because of her body when she thought she could finally live a peaceful life.

Therefore, Wu Jingxun could not understand why Pei Huaiguang was obsessed with her for so long.

She swallowed the dryness in her throat and whispered, "For someone like me, it's really not worth it."

The girl sitting opposite him lowered her head. Pei Huaiguang stared at her closely. How could he not see that she was much thinner than when she was in Jinling, like a porcelain statue that was about to break. She would break on her own without much external force.

Don’t you really want to leave Jinling and leave him?

Now that you have achieved what you wanted, why do you still take care of yourself like this?

He thought so and said so.

Wu Jingxun was stunned.

She thought Pei Huaiguang might get furious after hearing such a rejection, and might use Cuiping to force her to submit, but he asked why she was not living well.

It was a very plain sentence, without any mockery in it, as if it was just a question he asked naturally.

She shook her head. Her black hair was a little messy because of the recent turmoil. Now a few strands of hair swayed gently with her movements, and finally stuck to her porcelain-white and delicate cheeks.

Pei Huaiguang felt something was wrong.

On her earlobe, there should be a coral bead as red as blood, or at least a jadeite as clear as water carefully polished and carved by a craftsman.

In short, it shouldn't be so plain.

"Maybe this is my fate." Wu Jingxun said this, and it was so absurd that she even laughed. The beauty whose eyebrows were always shrouded in sadness smiled gently, like the moon revealed after the clouds were parted, but the moon was not perfect, and even the missing corners carried a sad and beautiful meaning.

“People who get too close to me always end up in trouble.”

This is what A'niang was like. She resented the word "equal wife" for most of her life. According to her, half of the blame was on the unfortunate time of her birth. If she had not been conceived, perhaps she would have followed her husband to Jinling earlier. In this way, there would have been no chance for others to take advantage of the situation.

And Pei Jinguang. He was a really good, very good person. She had originally thought that marrying him would bring her a little more luck, but he was also implicated by her.

She lowered her eyes, and her thick eyelashes drooped down due to the slowly seeping moisture, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"So please let me go, and let yourself go. Being with me, maybe you will also..." When she said this, Wu Jingxun's voice became even softer. If Pei Huaiguang had not been staring at her closely and had excellent hearing and vision, he would not have been able to hear what she was saying.

He scoffed, "Are you cursing me?"

Wu Jingxun quickly shook her head. She said these words because she didn't want him to have a bad life in the future...

If he treated her like a treasure now, but spoke ill of her in the future because of various trivial matters and encounters, just like Madam Tong and the others, Wu Jingxun thought that she would be a little sad.

It was just the first time in her life that she met someone as persistent as Pei Huaiguang. Following the clues, he was able to chase her all the way to Tongcheng.

Wu Jingxun told herself that because of this sincerity, she could not and did not want to see it change in the future.

"There is no 'Wu Jingxun' in this world anymore. Her past, her shackles, have all been reduced to ashes." Pei Huaiguang continued to pass the bowl, holding it very steadily without any sign of shaking.

"I only like you. The person in front of me." This was the first time Pei Huaiguang said this, but surprisingly, the feeling of being naked in the sunlight did not disgust him. Instead, he felt an inexplicable uneasiness and tension that swept over him, making his mouth dry.

"You're shutting me out because you're afraid of future changes. This is unfair to me, and I won't accept it. So, I'll keep pestering you."

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Wu Jingxun felt a little ashamed, but when she heard the second half, she pursed her lips again.

“…scoundrel.”

She murmured softly, and Pei Huaiguang's mood suddenly brightened.

He asked tentatively, "Are you willing to...?" His words were a little vague, but the anticipation and joy in his amber-like eyes were so obvious, so obvious that Wu Jingxun couldn't bear to see them extinguished.

She reached out her hand, took the bowl of chicken soup, and said calmly, "I can go back to Jinling with you, but I won't go back to the Pei family."

She had been married to Pei Jinguang in name only, and she was having an affair with his brother in the mansion where he lived. Wu Jingxun could not accept it, and even felt uncomfortable when she thought of such a scene.

Pei Huaiguang was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "Why, do you think I went to so much trouble to say all this just to get you to agree to be my mistress?"

Isn’t it?

Wu Jingxun had persuaded himself to accept it as calmly as possible.

Although Wu Jingxun was officially no longer alive, many people in Jinling City had seen her and knew the rumors about her frivolous and erotic past. Seeing a woman who looked almost identical to their old friend appear beside Pei Huaiguang, one could imagine what they would say and what they would spread.

Why make it so embarrassing for everyone?

Looking at her innocent eyes, Pei Huaiguang felt powerless, and the joy he just felt seemed like a joke.

...She had no intention of truly accepting him. She was just tired of running away and stopped resisting.

But so what.

Pei Huaiguang said expressionlessly, "My family is poor and I can't afford a house in Jinling. I'll ask you to stay in Tongcheng for a while. I'll come to see you when I have time."

Wu Jingxun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

This was better than she had imagined.

Seeing that she had no objection at all, Pei Huaiguang felt a lump in his heart.

This was what he had planned at first, but why was he still unhappy now?