Pei Yanli only looked up at her and continued eating: "Speak."
Su Xingmian looked at his cold expression, took a deep breath, and stared at his reaction: "Li Sisi."
The man who was eating suddenly stopped, looked up at her in surprise for a long time.
Then, his thick eyebrows knitted tightly together, his expression becoming even more serious and stern: "Su Xingmian, if you feel bored, you can go and have fun with your sisters. I don't have time to fool around with you."
"I'm not kidding." Su Xingmian felt a pang of bitterness in his heart, but his lips curled up. "You can go home and take a look. If you go back now, maybe they haven't left yet..."
Before she could finish, the man who had just said "busy" suddenly stood up and strode outside.
Watching Pei Yanli's back disappear around the corner of the door, Su Xingmian's tears, which she had been holding back for a long time, finally fell.
She curled her lips in self-mockery.
She murmured softly: "Pei Yanli, you are really infatuated..."
She raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and only when she felt that there were no traces of tears on her face did she walk out of the garrison.
Pei Yanli rode his horse at full speed all the way to the door of his house and jumped off the horse.
The cooking lady happened to be out, and when she saw him she cried out, "Ah, sir, are you coming home for dinner today?"
"I've eaten. Is my mother at home?" Pei Yanli asked.
Only then did he remember that Su Xingmian always spoke casually, and nine out of ten words he said were lies.
And he actually believed it.
"No, he just went out. He said he would be back after dinner."
Hearing this, Pei Yanli was stunned.
Since his mother came to Xidi City, she seldom went out. At most, she would go to the prefect's house and chat with the prefect's wife, but she would never have dinner at her house.
Today is so abnormal...
Could it be that what Su Xingmian said was true?
Pei Yanli hurriedly asked: "Who is she with?"
"And two beautiful ladies from the capital." Speaking of this, the cook's face was filled with envy. "Oh, those two girls from the capital are so pretty. The lady in the blue dress is so welcoming, not at all the airs of a noble lady from the capital. And the one in pink... Eh? Where are you going, sir?"
Before the cook could finish her words, she saw Pei Yanli mounted his horse and headed towards the street.
Because of the two wars and the fact that Xidi City was attacked by gunpowder when it was first recovered, there are not many people in Xidi City.
The few residents who have returned now are gathering in places where the damage to their houses is not serious.
As for those streets that were severely damaged, soldiers have now built some simple houses for temporary residence.
There is only one street where people can have fun and hang out.
Pei Yanli tied his horse at the door of an inn and started searching on foot.
I am looking forward to meeting you, but I am also a little timid and dare not meet you.
I searched the entire street but didn't see anyone.
Pei Yanli felt relieved.
Just as the cook said, they were two ladies from the capital, other people's wives.
Pei Yanli stood in the middle of the street, his eyes, which were always cold and resolute, now covered with a layer of confusion.
Perhaps, that person never belonged to him, but it was just a coincidence that the two of them met and wove a dream.
The dream was shattered, and the person disappeared, returning to where she belonged.
But he was trapped in the dream, reliving it over and over again, unable to get out.
At this time, several people came out of the shop nearby.
Among them, there was a lady wearing a blue brocade dress. She was beautiful and the smile on her face was as brilliant and dazzling as a flower blooming in spring.
She walked closer and called him with a smile: "Pei Yanli."
Just like when we first met, with bright eyes, white teeth and skin as white as cream.
He seemed to be back in that dream again...
Or was he just dreaming today, as usual? Perhaps tired from his official duties, he fell asleep and began dreaming again.
Since it’s just a dream, let me hug you again…
Just reached out.
Then he was greeted with a slap in the face.
He saw his mother glaring at him, and a burning pain came over his face.
He saw his mother pulling him and said to the man, "Sisi, go back first. I'll come find you tomorrow morning."
The man nodded and replied, "Okay, I'll wait for you at home tomorrow."
When I looked at him again, the smile on his face was gone.
Pei Yanli lowered his head and looked at his mother's angry face, then suddenly realized: It turned out that this was not a dream!
She came back as Mrs. Xiao.
As expected, he was the only one trapped in that dream.
The two best friends got on the carriage.
Li Nian saw that Li Sisi was in a bad mood. She looked happy just now, but now she was silent.
"What's wrong?" Li Nian asked, "You don't still have feelings for Brother Pei, do you?"
Li Sisi shook her head: "I just feel...he is different from the men I met before?"
Li Nian's face was full of questions: "Hmm?"
Li Sisi sighed: "I thought he didn't choose the future and didn't choose me, just like those men today."
At this point, she lowered her head and picked at her fingers: "I thought that when we met again, it would feel like meeting an ex-boyfriend. If we couldn't be boyfriend and girlfriend, we could just be ordinary friends. But I think Pei Yanli...he seems different."
She frowned, a flicker of displeasure on her face. "But it was clearly him who gave up in the first place. Chenchen said he would give him the position and me, and if he ever caught up with me, Chenchen would give up and make us happy. But he gave up and came to Xidi City. Now he's acting so affectionate, as if I'm the one who broke my heart."
Li Nian thought of Pei Yanli's appearance just now.
Brother Pei, who has always been cold and tough, had red eyes today. His eyes were only on Sisi, and it was obvious that he had not gotten over his last relationship.
When I watched TV before, this is indeed how people feel when they break up.
She couldn't help but glance at Li Sisi: "What should we do now? Go and talk to him and explain it clearly?"
Li Sisi sighed, "What else can I do? I just have to be resolute and ruthless and make him give up!"
Li Nian nodded.
Anyway, Li Sisi is more experienced than her in this regard.
Su Xingmian, who had been hiding in the dark and following Pei Yanli, saw everything.
He also watched Aunt Pei scold Pei Yanli with a look of disappointment on her face, while Pei Yanli just lowered his head and let her scold him.
If it were usual, Pei Yanli would have frowned impatiently, retorted a few words, and left resolutely.
However, today Pei Yanli changed his usual attitude and listened to the scolding quietly.
So, her love is like a joke!
Her love for Pei Yanli is not even as great as Pei Yanli's love for Li Sisi.
Su Xingmian felt somewhat indignant and unwilling.
What was so good about Li Sisi? Why did Pei Yanli keep thinking about her like this?!
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