Chapter 208: No matter the past life, only talk about this life
"I heard people say that the so-called love at first sight is actually lust at first sight. Do you agree?" Although he didn't say the words love at first sight, wasn't this what he wanted to express at the beginning?
That's why Su Wan asked him this.
Jiang Yu was quite frank. He said frankly:
"I agree with this statement. People always like to linger on beautiful people or things, and I'm no exception. I don't deny that I'm attracted to your beauty, but if someone is ordinary looking, falling in love over time might be more convincing than love at first sight."
Su Wan was quite satisfied with this answer. Sincerity was the key, and it sounded much more refreshing than sweet talk.
Sincerity is always the key.
However, Su Wan still has a question:
"What do you mean by should?"
Hearing this question, Jiang Yu carefully recalled what he had just said and then found the key words.
"Does Wanwan know what I look like to outsiders?"
Su Wan probably knew it. She had read the original novel and of course knew how he looked to outsiders, but she still pretended not to know.
At this moment, Su Wan was no longer as awkward as before. Instead, she leaned on the chaise longue, looked at him and shook her head:
"have no idea."
"My aunt often can't sleep at night because she is worried that I won't be able to find a wife." Jiang Yu sighed.
This piqued Su Wan's interest, and he held his head and waited for him to continue:
"How do you say that?"
Jiang Yu was a little embarrassed and found it difficult to speak, but he was going to be honest today and could not hide anything.
"People in Kyoto are quite particular and pay attention to offspring. After the rich children of Kyoto turn fourteen, their families will arrange for several maids to serve as concubines for them. The purpose is to experience sex. I won't go into details about this. I just remember that when I returned home that year, my aunt also found two maids to serve me, but I drove them out. My aunt thought I didn't like them, so she sent them to me again, but without exception, I drove them away. My aunt then thought I was impotent and even asked a doctor to check for any hidden illness in me. But to my surprise, I was in good health and had no hidden illness at all.
I don't know why, but before I met you, I was always indifferent to love between men and women, and I didn't like being alone with women. So in the eyes of outsiders, I was aloof and cold-tempered. Even the servants in the yard were all men. My aunt even thought that I liked men, which made me unable to sleep at night. Until now, I have not been able to explain to her.
According to my personality, if a woman has nothing to do with me and there is no need to get to know her, I will not take the initiative to make friends with her. No matter how beautiful she is, I will not be affected by her. But I am different from you. I think I will definitely get to know you and get to know you well. When I get to know you, I will still like you as I do now, but that liking will change from love at first sight to love that grows over time. I will be attracted by your intelligence and wisdom, because you are so special compared to ordinary girls. I will be very curious, so I want to get to know you. In fact, I have a hunch that you and I are destined to be together, no matter in the past life, only in this life.
When I was seriously injured, I felt a strange force influencing me, pulling me along, forcing me to exhaust all my strength to reach that land temple, as if possessed by a demon. Otherwise, according to my original plan, after taking the poison-suppressing pill, I still had six hours to return to the county and find my own people to solve the problem, instead of blindly waiting to die there.
In Jiang Yu's entire life, except for when he was discussing matters with his subordinates, he had never spoken so much to anyone at once.
In his opinion, it was not worth wasting time and effort.
Before he fell in love with Su Wan, he would never talk so much to any woman. He also couldn't understand why a man had to have three wives and four concubines. Wouldn't it be annoying to have so many women chattering around?
Do they have to marry a woman of equal status but one they don't love? Are they really willing to share a man with other women?
He had even thought before that he would rather die a widow than marry a woman he didn't like.
He once thought that he hated women, but in fact it was just that he had not met someone who really wanted to treat him well. Now that he has met her, his only goal is to marry her.
He now believes in Yue Lao. He knows what it means to be together forever. He and Su Wan are that kind of couple, it must be that kind of couple.
Su Wan listened with great interest. All her doubts were dispelled, as were her concerns about Jiang Yu. The only thing left was tsundere.
"I'm the one talking all the time. Don't you have anything to say?" Seeing Su Wan so calm, he became restless.
"I don't have anything to say, but I've heard everything I wanted to hear. My doubts are gone. So, why are you so sure that we will meet and get to know each other in the future?"
Speaking of this, Jiang Yu had another piece of good news to share with her. He slowly approached her:
"Because Brother Su has already won the top spot in the imperial examination and is now on his way home in glory. From now on, you will be the top scorer's sister. Who wouldn't want to curry favor with him? I am no exception."
Jiang Yu suddenly leaned closer to Su Wan, and his tone softened. He thought Su Wan would blush shyly, but she got excited and pushed Jiang Yu away:
"My eldest brother passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar. Did I hear that correctly? Did I say top scholar?"
Her attention was all on Su Jing at the moment, which made Jiang Yu helpless.
"You heard correctly. This year's top scorer is Su Jing from Xiangzhou. He is now wearing a red robe and has won the top prize. He is on his way home in glory and will arrive in Xiangzhou in three days at most."
After hearing this news, Su Wan felt fulfilled. She had successfully repaired the regrets in her elder brother's cheating life.
All the efforts were worth it, Su Wan cried with joy.
When he came into this world, his elder brother was the first one to show kindness to her, always treat her well and stand by her side. He really meant a lot to her in her heart.
Now it was Jiang Yu's turn to feel sad. It turned out that his passionate confession just now couldn't even get a single tear from her, while she cried happily for Su Jing. It was sour, really sour.
After wiping away her tears, Su Wan noticed Jiang Yu, who was looking depressed. He was leaning there lazily, and the haggardness on his face was obvious.
She was very happy that he could tell her all his inner thoughts, and she understood Jiang Yu better because of it.
He is not a cold-hearted person. On the contrary, he is affectionate and loyal. He is just good at disguising himself, hiding his nature, and building a hard shell to protect himself because there are too many people who want him dead.
It's already difficult to avoid the open and hidden attacks every day, so how can I have the time to focus on women?
The days in Yangao'ao were one of the few peaceful times he had in his life. It was also because of this time that a most special girl took up residence in his heart.
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