Chapter 18: Convince me to touch you, I must be responsible for you
When the door opened, the wind blew, the candlelight in the room swayed, and Shen Youran's figure froze in the swaying candlelight.
At this time, one of her hands was still held by Pei Huaian. She felt ashamed and embarrassed, as if she had been caught cheating.
But Pei Huaian clenched his fist tightly, not only not letting her pull it back, but also lifting it up openly for the people standing at the door to see.
"Brother, I just asked Youran, and she said she doesn't want to marry you, so how can I not exchange this marriage with you!"
Pei Huaijin walked slowly in front of the two of them, his eyes passed over their clasped hands, and looked at Shen Youran.
She sat with her head down, unwilling to look at him.
He stood beside her and could just see a blooming red plum blossom on her fair and beautiful neck.
"Since Seventh Brother has already talked to you alone, why not have a few words with me alone?" His tone was still calm, and no emotion could be heard.
Shen Youran shrank her shoulders and buried her head like a quail, not responding to his words. The hand that was being held tightly was still secretly exerting force, struggling to break free from Pei Huaian's shackles bit by bit.
Pei Huaian thought she was shy, so he let go of her hand and stood up to block her: "I've already told her, why are you asking her so much?"
"Since you've already agreed, why are you afraid of me asking more questions?" Pei Huaijin raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at him. His tone was calm, but it had the authority of an elder brother. "Do you want to go out, or should I take her somewhere else to talk?"
Pei Huaian was much younger than him after all, and seeing him act like an elder brother, he couldn't help but feel a little less imposing: "Then I'd better leave."
After saying that, he turned around and reminded Shen Youran worriedly: "What I just said to you is the truth, you must take it to heart..."
Then he left angrily.
Pei Huaijin then looked at Shen Yunshu: "Don't worry, I know my limits and won't force her."
This means that she should leave first.
A fair hand timidly reached out and pinched Shen Yunshu's collar. Shen Youran, who had been pretending to be a quail since they came in, saw that she was about to be alone with Pei Huaijin, so she hurriedly held her sister's hand, raised her face, and looked at her pleadingly.
Shen Yunshu looked at her sister's tear-stained eyes and felt sorry for her, but this matter had to have a result, and simply avoiding it was not a solution.
She held her sister's hand and pulled back the corner of her clothes: "It's okay, I'm just outside."
Seeing that she couldn't keep her sister, Shen Youran's hands fell back to her knees. When she withdrew her gaze from her sister, she inadvertently glanced at the straight-legged man beside her. As if burned by fire, she quickly retracted her gaze and lowered her head to fiddle with her fingers: "What do you want to tell me?"
The other person lifted his skirt and sat on the stool that Pei Huaian had sat on just now. Because they were close, the faint fragrance of agarwood on his body lingered around. Shen Youran smelled it and felt uncomfortable breathing.
"Seventh brother just said that you don't want to exchange marriages. Even though we have already had physical contact, do you still want to marry Seventh brother?"
Shen Youran silently moved back and said in a muffled voice: "Anyway, I can't marry you."
"Why?"
"Because you and my sister are the perfect match."
"Your sister has already agreed to the marriage exchange."
"What about you? Do you agree too?"
"nature."
"Why?"
"Because I touched you, I must be responsible for you."
"I am also at fault in this matter, and I don't need you to be responsible for it."
"You don't need me to be responsible for you?" He chuckled, a hint of mockery in his voice. "You seem quite open-minded. Could it be that you really believed what Seventh Brother said, thinking he wouldn't mind the fact that you and I almost became husband and wife?"
When he just came in, he heard his seventh brother say "Just think of it as being bitten by a dog."
Haha, to please her, you can really say anything?
"No..." She didn't need him to take responsibility just because she listened to Pei Huaian.
But before she could finish her words, a large, bony hand suddenly lifted her chin, forcing her to look up.
"Even if he really doesn't mind, what about you?" His cool fingertips touched her lips and slowly stroked her neck. "I touched you here, and here. Every time you make out with him from now on, you'll remember that I touched these places first. Can you really still be at ease with him as your husband and wife?"
"you……"
Every place her fingertips passed reminded her of the intimate contact they had just had in bed.
She felt a bad taste in her throat and wanted to vomit again, but she was too embarrassed to accept such frivolous actions and words. She was about to call him a hypocritical sanctimonious person when she suddenly changed the subject.
"Me too..."
Um?
The large hand that had been resting on her face withdrew, and the candlelight reflected his eyes. He was still the dignified and elegant young man with a clear and bright look in his eyes. "I have never had a woman before, and tonight is my first time with you, so it's inevitable that it will be deeply impressed. Whether I marry your sister in the future, or marry someone else, I will always remember this night with you. This is unfair to them..."
It seems... quite right.
For a moment, Shen Youran was almost persuaded by him.
"But..." But it didn't work. She had only read the story of brother-in-law and sister-in-law in storybooks. To her, this was an immoral thing. The last time she experienced such a thing was when Lu Yi said he wanted to marry her.
I didn't expect that the same thing would happen to her again.
He was going to be her brother-in-law, and even if he said something very reasonable, she couldn't get over it.
The sixteen-year-old girl had not yet learned to hide her emotions, so he could easily see what she was thinking.
Seeing her little face filled with fear and her hesitation to agree, Pei Huaijin no longer had the patience to coax her. Since he had already tried the soft approach, he could only use the hard approach with her.
"You're unwilling to accept it because in your heart you've long considered me your sister's husband. But if the bride kidnapping incident hadn't happened that day, you wouldn't have been sent to my bridal chamber. As for why the bride kidnapping incident happened, do you have anything to say?"
His voice suddenly became much colder, with a hint of questioning that was not yet fired, which made Shen Youran stunned.
"What's the meaning?"
Pei Huaijin had just tested Shen Yunshu in the hall. Since the bride-stealing was going after the two brides, it was very likely that one of the sisters had had an affair with some other man before.
However, Shen Yunshu's expression was calm, and she answered him without leaking a single word. He could not figure out anything for a moment. If she was really innocent, then the person who provoked the man outside was most likely this seemingly innocent little girl in front of him.
"Before you got married, was there a man around you who was interested in you but couldn't get you?"
She obviously hadn't reacted yet, and her wet eyes looked at him blankly: "Why are you asking this?"
Pei Huaijin thought, she really wasn't as smart as her sister.
He had no choice but to speak more bluntly: "If there is such a person around you, then the kidnapping of the bride in broad daylight was most likely planned by him. I asked your sister, and she doesn't have such a person around her. What about you? Has someone expressed his affection for you, but you rejected him?"
Shen Youran took a deep breath. "What a coincidence!" She had just remembered how Lu Yi had coaxed her into marrying him, and how his expression suddenly changed when she refused. He angrily grabbed her arm and forced her to say "yes."
Could it be...
Could it be that the bride kidnapping in broad daylight was really planned by Lu Yi?
Since Lu Yi failed to marry her, he resorted to a risky move to seize her by force?
call out!
Does he love her to this extent?
Seeing that she was silent and just took a deep breath, Pei Huaijin couldn't help but narrow his eyes: It seems that it was true. She really had provoked a foreign man, which led to the farce of wedding robbery today and got the wrong bride.
Although it was not her fault, Pei Huaijin wanted to scare her, so he deliberately frowned.
"who is he?"
Shen Youran felt extremely guilty and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
In the past, when she encountered problems that she couldn't solve, she would usually go to her father or elder sister for help. Today was no exception. When she was panicked and at a loss, she instinctively stood up and went outside to find her elder sister.
But before she could take two steps, she felt a sinking sensation on her wrist and was pulled back by Pei Huaijin.
His lower back was against the edge of the table, one hand locked on her wrist, the other hand supported her side. He pressed down on her like a mountain, with a shadow between his brows, making his face look gloomy.
"Where are you going?"
"Looking for my sister..."
"What do you want to see her for?" He tightened his grip on his wrist. His voice, unlike the gentle one before, was now so low and chilling, "Could it be that she knows about this, too?"
"No, no, no, it's none of my sister's business..."
"Then tell me, who is that man who is interested in you?"
Shen Youran didn't dare to say it. After all, that man was his eldest sister's stepbrother and his mother's stepson. Moreover, there was no evidence to prove that he was the one who kidnapped the bride.
She could only palely excuse herself: "I don't know..."
He approached her more and more, staring at the trembling water in her eyes, and ruthlessly exposed her: "You are lying."
"I didn't!" She blurted out hastily, her voice bluffing. "There are so many people interested in me. How would I know which of them did it?"
"Really?" He had originally intended to scare her, but unexpectedly gained something unexpected. "A lot of people are interested in you? It seems you're quite popular."
Of course, Shen Youran could hear his sarcasm, but she couldn't take back what she had said. She could only add weakly: "Actually, there aren't many..."
Having achieved his goal, Pei Huaijin had no intention of delving into her past. "I can let go of the things that happened before we got married, but now that you're married to me, you must behave yourself and keep your body clean. Starting tomorrow, copy the fourth chapter of 'The Instructions for Women' ten times..."
"...Hmm?" Putting aside the copying of the book, what did he say earlier? "When did I agree to marry you?"
"Since the bride kidnapping incident was caused by you, the consequences will naturally be borne by you."
"You and I are indeed not a good match, but exchanging marriages is a helpless move. You are not the only one who is wronged by this matter. Your sister is willing to marry your seventh brother for the sake of the reputation of both families. I hope you can also consider the overall situation and stop acting like a child..."
The little girl was frightened and scolded by him. She was stunned and silent for a moment. Tears welled up in her eyes and she looked at him timidly.
His heart trembled, and he softened his tone a little.
"Now, can you accept me as your husband?"
The author has something to say:
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The male protagonist said on the surface: I touched you, so I must be responsible for you.
The male protagonist thought from the bottom of his heart: You touched me too, so you have to be responsible for me...
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