Chapter 41
But he knew clearly how much he cared about her.
However, he has neither the right timing nor the right circumstances in this situation.
...
It was already dusk when we returned from Guangfu Temple.
Hanxiang gave a few instructions to the coachman, and she and Wenshu were about to return to the mansion when they were startled by a shadow in the corner as soon as they stepped through the threshold.
Heaven knows how that aloof and unsmiling young master managed to stand here without anyone noticing!
Where did you go?
The young man stood in the triangular shadow formed by the gate and the wall, his eyes fixed on her intently.
Wen Shu thought that after Pei Lingjun learned of her engagement, the two of them would have a relationship of keeping to themselves and not interfering with each other.
After all, he didn't necessarily have to start with her to gain the trust of the Wen family.
The Wen family has two daughters, and the eldest daughter is now of marriageable age.
"cousin."
Wen Shu greeted him politely, seemingly not understanding his blunt questioning tone, and looked at him with her watery eyes.
Hanxiang, with her keen eye, went to wait to the side, holding a red sachet embroidered with mandarin ducks in her hand. Pei Lingjun recognized it at a glance as a trinket used by Guangfu Temple to pray for marriage and seal the bond between lovers or couples.
It is exactly the same as the Buddhist temples in the capital city.
She went out today to pray for a happy and fulfilling marriage, and she might even have gone with Qi Chengxuan.
"Wen Shu," Wen Xi insisted at the medicine shop that you were hiding a lover, and she even surrounded you early in the morning, calling Qi Chengxuan along. Don't you find that strange?"
"What's strange?" Wen Shu raised her eyelashes and looked directly at him. "What exactly is my cousin trying to say?"
“Wenxi is your sister, but she disregarded the reputation of the Wen family and summoned Qi Chengxuan before the truth came out, insisting that you were not innocent. Wasn’t she just trying to ruin your marriage with Qi Chengxuan?”
Pei Lingjun stepped forward, using his superior height to force the woman to look up at him. She lowered her eyes and tried her best to suppress her emotions. "Why did she do this?"
"Because she also likes Qi Chengxuan."
After he finished speaking, he remained silent for a long time.
Wen Shu opened her mouth, a certain string in her mind throbbing with pain.
Does Wenxi like Qi Chengxuan?
Why didn't Father give her the marriage to the Qi family? Given Father's favoritism towards Wenxi and Grandmother's affection for her, how could they disagree?
"impossible..."
Wen Shu blurted out that, judging from their relationship over the past two lifetimes, she did not know Wen Xi well. After the Wen family was raided in her previous life, Wen Xi disappeared without a trace.
But at least Qi Chengxuan did not marry Wenxi.
"You still expect to have a romantic relationship with him?" Pei Lingjun sneered. "But you don't even know his true colors, Wen Shu."
These words struck her like a thunderbolt, and Wen Shu instinctively took half a step back, trying her best to maintain her facial expression.
However, my heart is churning with emotions. Qi Chengxuan does have a side that no one knows. What about you?
Pei Lingjun, do you dare to reveal your identity and admit the purpose of your trip?
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