Ye Junfei looked at her with a half-smile, the meaning of which was clear: Keep pretending.
Lin Xiuyan forced a smile and said, "I feel like I'm being controlled, and I think I did something inappropriate. I wasn't being rude to you, was I?"
Ye Junfei threw her sword in front of her: "You said it?"
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
She forced a smile and said, "I'm so sorry, I was possessed by a ghost today."
"What I just did was absolutely not my intention."
"It's all that ghost's fault. He controlled my body and made me do things I didn't want to do."
She knew that her state just now was terrifying.
She didn't know how to explain it to Ye Junfei, so she could only use the term "possessed by a ghost" to explain it.
Ye Junfei felt both heartache and sadness seeing her like this: she was very wary of him and wouldn't tell him the truth.
His presence only made her more nervous.
He glanced at her, then turned and poured her a cup of tea: "This is the first time I've ever seen someone possessed by a ghost. It's quite interesting."
Lin Xiuyan really needed to drink something to calm down, so she thanked them, took the drink, and finished it all in one go.
After she finished drinking, Ye Junfei said, "Why don't you perform for me again, showing me how you can be possessed?"
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
She coughed lightly and said, "This is something that can't be forced. Next time I encounter that ghost, I'll tell him, and I'll perform for you then." (cascoo.net)
Ye Junfei: "..."
Of all the people he'd ever met, only she could spout such nonsense without batting an eye.
He took the cup she had drunk from, walked to the table, poured himself another cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.
Lin Xiuyan wanted to tell him that the cup was the one she had just drunk from, but before she could make a sound, he had already finished drinking.
She had no choice but to give up.
Ye Junfei drank three cups of tea in a row before he could calm down his anger.
After finishing his drink, he tossed the glass onto the table, walked to the bedside, sat down, looked at her, and asked, "What kind of person do you think I am?"
Lin Xiuyan showered him with compliments without asking for anything in return: "You are handsome and dashing."
"You are highly skilled in martial arts, meticulous in thought, gentle and polite in your dealings with others, and thorough and appropriate in your actions. You are a first-rate person in the world."
Ye Junfei was amused by her, but he knew that this was not the time to argue with her.
He glanced at her sideways and said, "You praise me with your mouth, but I don't know what you're really thinking when you're cursing me."
"Stop pretending, I know I'm not a good person."
"Even if I'm bad, I wouldn't go that far..."
He didn't say what he meant, but both of them understood.
He paused for a moment and then said, "If I were really that kind of person, I could have taken you last time."
“I didn’t mean to drink your blood, but I felt it was a waste to let it flow, so I might as well drink it.”
Lin Xiuyan couldn't figure out what he wanted to say, so she opened her almond-shaped eyes wide and looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
Ye Junfei never bothered to explain anything to anyone, but at this moment he felt he should say something to her, wanting her to know how good he was.
He said with a slightly unnatural expression, "I don't know where you've seen me before."
"Since you know my identity, you must also know me..."
"I don't know your identity!" Lin Xiuyan interrupted him, refusing to admit it even if she were beaten to death.
Ye Junfei: "..."
His gaze narrowed slightly: "I am Pingnan..."
"I don't want to know!" Lin Xiuyan interrupted him again: "I only know that you are the teacher my father invited to teach me etiquette."
"As for your identity and your past, I have no interest in knowing anything about you."
Ye Junfei: "..."
He had a gut feeling that she not only knew his identity, but had also heard those unsavory rumors about him in the capital.
In an attempt to lull the emperor into a false sense of security and leave the capital as soon as possible, he employed numerous methods, even going so far as to tarnish his own reputation.
He originally thought that reputation couldn't put food on the table, so it didn't matter if it was a little bad.
But he doesn't want her to know about his unpleasant past.
He chuckled softly, "If you don't want to know, then I won't tell you."
"Lin Xiuyan, although I am not a good person, I am definitely not as bad as you think."
"I was born with few relatives, so I inevitably acted a bit eccentrically, but if someone could be put in my heart, I would give my life for her."
He stared at her intently as he spoke.
Lin Xiuyan sincerely said, "In that case, I wish Young Master Ye a peaceful and joyful life ahead, and that you will soon find the person to spend your life with."
Upon hearing her words, Ye Junfei knew that she didn't believe him at all.
Or perhaps she simply doesn't care whether he's happy or who he might like.
Continuing to discuss this in an occasion like tonight would only backfire.
He chuckled softly, "Alright, go to sleep!"
After he finished speaking, he took off his outer robe and went straight to bed.
Lin Xiuyan had been busy all day, and after dealing with him again just now, she was exhausted.
After confirming that Ye Junfei would not go crazy again tonight, she tried to stay as far away from him as possible and lay down against the wall of the bed.
Seeing her actions, Ye Junfei stopped approaching her and stared at the top of the tent, lost in thought.
The stimulation before bed was too intense, and Lin Xiuyan started talking nonsense in the middle of the night.
"No...don't come any closer!"
"Ye Junfei, I know I was wrong... Please forgive me! I'll never do it again!"
"Father, Mother, I'm so sorry..."
"Xu Qianting, I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... It's my fault!"
Ye Junfei's expression was rather unpleasant. Although she didn't know what kind of dream she had, she knew for sure that it wasn't a good one.
In her dreams, he was probably a heinous villain.
He felt depressed.
He thought for a moment, then instead of waking Lin Xiuyan, he reached out and pulled her into his arms.
Lin Xiuyan was already a light sleeper because of her dream, so she woke up as soon as he hugged her.
She stared at him with wide eyes. He reached out and patted her head, saying gently, "Dreams are always the opposite of reality."
"Anyone who disagrees with this will be beaten into submission."
Lin Xiuyan felt that she was not in a good state today. She was reluctant to lean on Ye Junfei's chest, but she did not dare to break free from his embrace for fear of angering him.
After thinking for a moment, she simply found a comfortable spot to lie down in his arms and put one hand on his waist.
Her action pleased Ye Junfei.
He could smell the fragrance on her and felt that it didn't matter if she was afraid of him now. As they spent more time together, she would eventually discover his good qualities.
When this thought popped into his head, he belatedly realized that his emotions had been completely controlled by Lin Xiuyan all day.
And this desire to spend a long time with her made him feel something was off: this was a feeling that only someone who liked another person would have.
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