Chapter 10: Encountering Pei Huaian by chance, will you marry my third sister...
Fengle Tower has a spacious facade, with a colorful pavilion at the front and verandas inside, creating a picturesque scene where people are in a good mood due to the wine.
Shen Yunshu was sitting in the small pavilion. A dish of soup and a few plates of fruit were already placed on the table. She also ordered a pot of rice wine. While Lu Yi was not there yet, she took out a packet of medicinal powder from her waist and shook it into the pot of wine.
It was the first time she did such a thing, so her heart was pounding and her hands were shaking. She took a few deep breaths before she slowly calmed down.
A moment before noon, Lu Yi arrived as promised.
The clothes he was wearing were different from the ones he wore in the morning. He had changed his clothes on purpose. The color was her favorite blue after rain. His tall figure was a bit oppressive, making the small pavilion seem a bit cramped.
He sat down, his slender, sharp eyes hiding a hint of tenderness: "Ah Shu, you took the initiative to ask me out, I'm very happy..."
Shen Yunshu was in no mood to argue with him about trivial matters. She said directly, "I know you're not really asking for Youran's hand in marriage, and Youran doesn't want to marry you either. I hope you can show some mercy and stop provoking Youran."
The cold voice slowly faded the tenderness in Lu Yi's eyes. He no longer concealed his possessiveness and stared at her, "I can stop provoking her, but you have to do something in exchange..."
"What's up?"
"Break off the engagement with the Pei family."
"impossible!"
Lu Yi was not angry when she flatly rejected him: "You know how I feel about you. I can't have you, but I can't bear to destroy you, so I have no choice but to find a replacement. Your third sister's eyebrows and eyes are really similar to yours. When I marry her in the future, I will train her well..."
"Shut up!" Shen Yunshu, the third sister, was as pure as ice and jade, and she wouldn't allow him to have such a vicious thought. "Give up on this idea. You Ran will never marry you."
"Oh?" Lu Yi raised the corner of his mouth, a soft laugh escaping his roar. "Ah Shu, I like you and don't want to use any despicable means on you. But your third sister is different. I don't have that much patience for her. She misses her biological mother and often comes to visit the mansion. I only need to make a little move to make her commit herself to me. Then she won't have any say in whether to marry or not..."
The more Shen Yunshu cares about her third sister, the more confident Lu Yi is in controlling her.
In his opinion, Shen Yunshu had only two choices at this time: either cancel the engagement or give up his sister.
It was obvious that she couldn't bear to part with her third sister.
Lu Yi waited quietly for her answer.
If Shen Yunshu had not known how despicable he was, she would have been so angry that she would have no idea what to do.
But since she dared to confront him alone today, she naturally would not lose her composure because of his words.
She picked up the wine jug on the table and poured a glass of rice wine for the other person.
Amber nectar rippled in the glass cup. She poured herself a glass, changed her demeanor, and raised her glass to the other party in a pleading manner: "Brother, please have mercy on me and let my third sister go."
Seeing that she had lost her bluff, Lu Yi thought he had won. He lowered his eyes to glance at the wine and said slowly, "If I let her go, how will Ah Shu compensate me?"
Shen Yunshu's hand holding the wine cup trembled slightly: "I want to regret the engagement."
"Okay," Lu Yi picked up the wine cup in front of him, "It's a deal."
Shen Yunshu drank the wine in her hand and stared at him until he drank the wine before looking away.
Lu Yi put down his wine cup and stared at Shen Yunshu, who looked a little nervous. "This wine tastes unusual. I wonder what Ah Shu put in it?"
"Brother, isn't it a little late to ask after you finish drinking?"
"As long as Ah Shu poured the wine, even if it was poisoned, I would still be happy with it..."
Shen Yunshu sneered: "Brother, you've only had one drink and you're already talking drunken nonsense."
She stood up and tried to leave the small pavilion, but her wrist was suddenly grabbed: "Where are you going?"
"Go and urge the food."
"Just sit down and I'll go and urge them."
"Okay."
Shen Yunshu sat back in her original seat and watched Lu Yi walk out of the small pavilion. After a few breaths, she quickly took out a pill from the pouch on her waist and swallowed it, then stood up and left.
Lu Yi was out for only a moment, and when he returned to the small pavilion, he lifted the bead curtain and looked inside. Sure enough, Shen Yunshu was no longer there.
What needed to be said had been said, and what needed to be promised had been promised. She could hide from herself for a while, but she couldn't hide from him forever.
Lu Yi's mood improved and he was about to leave when he suddenly felt hot and an indescribable restlessness surged over him.
But at this moment, he caught a glimpse of Shen Yunshu's figure not far away in the corridor.
She is still here.
Lu Yi started to chase her. She seemed to sense something and walked to the end of the corridor, lifted her skirt and went up the stairs.
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that Shen Yunshu's graceful figure today had a bit more charm, with a charm that went straight into his heart, making him unconsciously speed up his pace, and finally caught up with her on the second floor.
He grabbed the other person's wrist with a little more force, pulling the other person into his arms.
The restlessness in his body collided with his rationality. He followed his desire and hugged the person in his arms, his throat hoarse: "A Shu, since you promised me, why are you still hiding from me?"
The next moment, a sharp scream rang out from within his arms: "Help! Someone is trying to molest me..."
It wasn't Shen Yunshu's voice.
Lu Yi was startled and quickly pushed the person in his arms away. He found that it was a woman wearing the same clothes as Shen Yunshu, who was pointing at him in horror and shouting loudly.
It was noon and there were many guests in the restaurant. Soon, several people with serious faces rushed over and captured him.
The woman hid behind a man and clamored to report to the police.
Soon, patrol soldiers on the street arrived. As there were many witnesses, they tied him up after questioning and took him to the yamen.
Lu Yi had no way to defend himself.
It was also at this time that he finally realized why Shen Yunshu had asked him to come to the restaurant today.
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Shen Yunshu originally didn't want to go this far. After all, Lu Yi was half her brother. Having her brother go to jail was not a good thing for the Lu family or for her.
But he was so hateful that he directly stated that if she married into the Pei family, he would do something to her.
In that case, it's no wonder that she resorted to trickery against him first.
She put a drug in the wine that could make people lose their minds and desires. In order to induce him to drink it, she drank a glass herself. Although she took the antidote quickly, it did not work immediately because it was made into a pill. She also felt a little dizzy and her body was hot.
However, Shen Yunshu was clear-headed at this time and was confident that she would not be affected by the effects of the medicine. After Lu Yi left the small pavilion, she returned there and poured the remaining rice wine in the wine pot into a bamboo tube prepared in advance, preparing to find a place to pour it out on the way back.
When I came out of the small attic again, I heard a woman's scream coming from the second floor, and there was chaos upstairs.
The woman was hired by Shen Yunshu from a brothel three days ago for a large sum of money to act. If she refused to reconcile, Lu Yi would have to stay in jail for ten days to half a month.
Shen Yunshu hid behind the corridor pillar, endured the discomfort of her body and admired Lu Yi's embarrassed state for a while, and then left before the patrol soldiers arrived.
However, sending Lu Yi to prison is only a delaying tactic, ultimately treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. When he is released, he will surely retaliate with double the force. To completely sever his thoughts on the third sister, it is necessary to arrange a marriage for her as soon as possible.
If Pei Huaian had not intervened on the day of the temple fair, perhaps the third sister would have been engaged to the sixth son of the Liang family, and would not have been involved in the entanglement between her and Lu Yi.
Shen Yunshu hid the bamboo tube in her wide sleeves and walked towards the backyard of the restaurant.
The heat in my body gradually faded away, but my head became more and more dizzy, and suddenly a wave of sleepiness came over me like a flood.
She suddenly remembered what the medicine seller said: after taking the antidote, she would be fine after a good sleep.
I didn't think much about this at the time, but now I think what the medicine seller meant was that this antidote would make people drowsy after taking it.
Shen Yunshu couldn't help but feel a little regretful: If she had known that the antidote had such side effects, she wouldn't have been hiding behind the pillars to watch the show.
Black fog gathered in front of her eyes. Shen Yunshu forced herself to resist the sleepiness and walked towards the stable in the backyard of the restaurant.
Her carriage was parked there, and Tinglan was waiting for her there.
Shen Yunshu walked unsteadily and was likely bumped by the passing guests. Her already shaky body lost its balance and she fell to the ground.
The man who bumped into her seemed to have been drinking and reeked of alcohol. He just said sorry and left.
Shen Yunshu tried to stand up, but because she had no strength, she fell to the ground again in embarrassment.
There were footsteps approaching her, and then a pair of strong hands helped her up.
The young man's clear voice came: "Why did sister-in-law fall? Was she drunk?"
It’s Pei Huaian.
When she met someone familiar while she was weak and in a mess, Shen Yunshu instinctively grabbed his hand and said, "I'm not feeling well. Please take me to the carriage."
"Oh, okay." Pei Huaian waved to a few friends not far away, signaling them to enter the restaurant first, then turned and asked Shen Yunshu, "Where is your carriage? I'll take you there..."
Shen Yunshu raised her head and looked for her carriage in a daze.
But there was a thick black fog in front of her, and she couldn't see clearly for a moment. Besides, she didn't dare to use her own carriage today, but asked Tinglan to hire one temporarily. How could she find it?
"Go find... Tinglan..." Shen Yunshu forced herself to say Tinglan's name and then lost consciousness.
"Who are you looking for?" Pei Huaian didn't hear clearly, "What Lan?"
He had only seen her maid Qiongzhi in the farm before, and didn't know that she had another maid named Lan.
However, Shen Yunshu had already fainted in his arms and refused to speak no matter how he asked.
There are differences between men and women. He was in a dilemma whether to hug her or not. Moreover, she was his future sister-in-law, so he couldn't just ignore her. He gritted his teeth and carried her to his carriage, then got off to look for "Xiao Lan" as she called her.
But he searched around but couldn't find the so-called "Little Blue", so he had to return to the carriage.
He couldn't go into the carriage, so he sat outside, fanning Shen Yunshu with a folding fan, muttering, "How did you get so drunk? You don't smell like alcohol, and your face doesn't look red..."
Most drunk people have flushed cheeks, but the woman in the carriage not only did not have red cheeks, but her skin was crystal clear and bright.
She closed her eyes, leaning quietly against the carriage wall, her honey-colored folded skirt billowing like a blossoming flower. The simple and elegant color made her peaceful face even more extraordinary. Although he had seen her many times before, the first sight of her beautiful sleeping face still made the inexperienced young man lose his mind for a moment...
After realizing that he had overstepped his bounds, Pei Huaian quickly turned his gaze away, looking at the flowers, the trees, and the horses, but he didn't dare to look into the carriage again.
The autumn sky is clear and deep blue. There are several osmanthus trees planted in the backyard, sending bursts of fragrance.
When Shen Yunshu woke up, she opened her eyes and saw the handsome profile of the young man in the sunlight through the half-lifted curtain.
He broke off a grass stalk from somewhere, put it in his mouth, and looked up at the sky boredly.
She casually glanced at the high sky and found that the sun had moved a lot to the west. She estimated that she had slept for about an hour.
As soon as he moved, he heard a sound and turned to look at her. His eyes were clear and bright: "Sister-in-law, you are finally awake. If you don't wake up, I will starve to death..."
He had originally made an appointment with a good friend to come here to taste the new dishes of the restaurant, but he was forced to stay in this carriage. During this time, his friend came to urge him several times, but he blocked the carriage and let his friend eat first.
A quarter of an hour ago, his friends, who had eaten and drunk their fill, left one by one without even bringing him a bite to eat, not even a piece of bread.
"Didn't I ask you to take me to find Tinglan?" Shen Yunshu rubbed her stiff neck and walked out of the car.
"I didn't hear her name clearly. It turns out her name is Tinglan." Pei Huaian jumped off the carriage, tugged at his sleeve, and asked her to hold on to his arm through the sleeve to get down. He couldn't help but mutter a few words, "Sister-in-law, you must not drink so much in the future, especially when you go out alone. You are lucky to have met me this time. If you had met some malicious perverts, the consequences would have been disastrous..."
"I'm not drunk," Shen Yunshu didn't want her future brother-in-law to misunderstand that she was a woman who loved drinking. After a little thought, she said, "I must have eaten something bad. Well, I'm slightly poisoned..."
"Poisoned?" the other party asked in surprise, "Then shall I take you to the clinic?"
"No, I'm not feeling unwell now, so I should be fine." Although the young man in front of her was dressed in gorgeous clothes, he had a simple and genuine temperament. Shen Yunshu couldn't help but like him even more.
She looked at him steadily and suddenly had a good idea.
"Pei Huaian, do you want to marry my third sister?"
The starving boy was startled and looked at her in disbelief: "Sister-in-law, although I helped you today, there is no need for your sister to marry me, right?"
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