Chapter 66 It doesn’t matter if he is toyed with by her, but she can only...
Cui Yiluo was so shocked that she couldn't utter a word.
It was indeed she who had provoked him. Clearly, her initial intention was to use his influence to get out of the marriage, but she found increasing pleasure in teasing and seducing him. The more he resisted, the more he tried to constrain her with rules, the more she pressed him harder. It was like destroying a flawless piece of jade, tempting him to violate the rules he had observed for over twenty years, each time more deeply and thoroughly.
He buried his head in her neck again. He had kissed her so hard yesterday that Cui Yiluo knew without even looking that there must have been marks left. And now he was rubbing along the teeth marks he had left yesterday. The pain was mixed with numbness, and Cui Yiluo was even more shocked.
Suddenly, he groaned and held her neck tightly.
The door vibrated more violently.
Cui Yiluo could no longer distinguish her own feelings. The pain in her neck was mixed with other sensations. She was almost driven crazy by Jiang Yunjin.
Her voice couldn't help but crackle with tears as she cursed him intermittently, "Jiang Yunjin, are you crazy? Are you taking revenge on me?"
Jiang Yunjin didn't answer, but just asked her to hug him tighter.
As the sun rose to the zenith again, Cui Yiluo clung to him weakly. It was only because of his strong arms that she avoided falling to the ground.
He was very soft and tender, and Cui Yiluo's fingers grasped his black hair tightly, "Jiang Yunjin, are you going to kill me? I'm really hungry..."
Since he brought her to his private residence yesterday, she hadn't rested, save for a moment of falling asleep just before dawn. Jiang Yunjin, naturally, hadn't either. Even after she'd passed out last night, she could still vaguely sense the glare of the sky. She knew Jiang Yunjin was a skilled swordsman and must have practiced martial arts, but he was a civil official after all. After he'd broken the rules on his birthday, Cui Yiluo had witnessed his energy and stamina, but she hadn't expected that to be far from his limit.
Not only did she not eat or drink anything, but her stomach was also full of his stuff.
If this continues, she might really die here.
Her sobbing seemed to finally bring back Jiang Yunjin's remaining sanity, and he finally agreed to let her go. The floor was a mess, with broken tea sets and porcelain vases scattered on the ground. The water marks had dried, and the fiery red plum blossom petals were scattered and even crushed into mud. The embroidered curtain was even torn and half drooped on the ground.
This room had been tidyed up by the servants in the private residence who knew Jiang Yunjin's rules, but now it was in great chaos. One could tell at a glance what kind of struggle it had gone through.
Jiang Yunjin carried her back to the couch, picked up the clothes that were scattered on the ground and even stained with water, and put them on. When Cui Yiluo saw the water stains, she instantly remembered the situation when she first came to this room. She looked at Hong Zhongchun angrily and turned her back to him, not wanting to see him again.
Jiang Yunjin's eyes darkened instantly, and he carried her on his back and patted the back of her neck without caring about anything, as if to punish her for avoiding him.
Cui Yiluo struggled more and more violently. In the pushing and scuffling, Jiang Yunjin's clothes became more messy. Seeing that he was about to lose control again, Cui Yiluo was so angry that she bit him hard. The smell of blood spread between her lips and teeth before he let her go.
I heard the door opening and closing. Jiang Yunjin did not leave the bedroom, but just stood at the door and gave orders. Not long after, he brought in the food.
Cui Yiluo lay in the brocade quilt with her back to him, her long black hair disheveled, revealing the teeth marks on her neck and the red and purple spots on her snow-white hair.
When Jiang Yunjin wrapped her loosely in his outer robe and carried her horizontally, Cui Yiluo subconsciously pushed and kicked him, but she was still held firmly in his arms.
"what you do!"
He had already straightened the tilted chair. He held her tightly and sat down, holding her legs in his hands. He said in a normal tone, "Let's eat."
Cui Yiluo was held tightly in his arms and could not move, as if she was back in the carriage yesterday. He held her in the same way, kissing and biting her non-stop.
In the past, he and she would sit across from each other at dinner, separated by a long table and bowls. He would sit upright, observing the rule of not talking while eating, and neither of them would speak to the other. Although it was just the two of them, they would each use serving chopsticks to pick up food and eat their own meals, not even adding more dishes as is customary between married couples.
At the moment, Cui Yiluo was sitting on his lap with her loose robe in disarray, and was locked in his arms. He even brought the meal to her himself. Looking at his dark and calm eyes, which were so quiet as if he didn't notice anything wrong, Cui Yiluo was so scared that she kept trying to break free.
"You really want to leave me?"
Jiang Yunjin shackled her even tighter, so tightly that she felt like she was being melted into his bones and blood, and would be entangled with him forever.
Cui Yiluo pushed hard, but he easily restrained her strength. He held her in his arms, locked her in his arms, and fed her some food. When she felt better, she tried to break free again.
"Jiang Yunjin! What do you want in exchange for letting me go?"
"A'Luo," he held her in his arms, a gentle kiss landing on her lips, unlike his forceful movements. It was like an invisible giant net enveloping her, "Promise me you'll never see him again."
Cui Yiluo was so confused that she didn't even remember anyone else. It took her a while to realize who the "he" Jiang Yunjin was talking about was. However, during this time, it seemed like she was hesitating in the eyes of others. Jiang Yunjin's kiss became harder and harder, and his anger became more and more turbulent.
She turned her head away, trying to get a breath, but he grabbed her neck and kissed her again. She felt like she was trapped in a deep tide and was about to suffocate.
"Do you care about him that much?"
He bit it punishingly, his dark eyes reddening, his voice muffled but tinged with hoarseness.
Cui Yiluo's chest heaved with excitement, and her fingers scratched another mark on his neck. "Are you crazy? When did I ever care about him?"
She didn't understand what he said in the carriage yesterday at all, and even suspected that she had heard it wrong. She couldn't even figure out why Jiang Yunjin had anything to do with Yuan Ling and her.
Jiang Yunjin paused for a moment, his dark eyes fixed on her, and he suddenly chuckled, but there was no smile in his eyes, more like sarcasm and self-mockery.
Even though he knew that Yuan Ling was just a toy in her heart, and would be abandoned like him when she got tired of him, and did not occupy half a place in her heart, and was not much better than him, he did not feel the slightest bit of resentment in his heart. It didn't matter if he was toyed with by her, but she could only toy with him, and he was the only one in her eyes and by her side.
Cui Yiluo looked at him with a look of paranoia she had never seen before, and repeated, "A Luo, promise me that you will never see him again."
Cui Yiluo turned her head away and didn't look at him.
Icy fingers stroked her face, spreading the chill. The light touch brought an itch. Cui Yiluo kept dodging backwards, but her dodging was undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The empty bowls and plates fell to the ground, shattering into pieces, blending in with the broken objects scattered around the room. Cui Yiluo leaned her back against the table, sitting directly face to face with him.
He pressed his big palm on her back to prevent her from getting hurt by the table, while his other hand pinched her waist tightly, not allowing her to escape.
As if to comfort, as if to challenge, he looked at her with heavy eyes, taking in everything about her. He held her steady and said vaguely, "Don't you like it this way?"
Cui Yiluo remembered the past, and perhaps because she was angry, she couldn't speak. Her feet kept struggling, but she still sat steadily.
She did like to be in control in the past, but now she was not in control on her own initiative, but was forced to be in control, and she didn't even have to put in any effort.
In just a few days, Cui Yiluo felt that her memory was fuzzy and she seemed to have never been awake, but she was very sure that although Jiang Yunjin was out of control, he was very clear-headed.
Amidst the turmoil, he was still forcing her to promise not to see Yuan Ling again.
In the blur, she couldn't remember anyone else at all. She only knew that the man in front of her was a lunatic. The rebelliousness in her bones was aroused. The more he pressed her, the more she refused to agree. In the end, the fight between the two became more and more intense, and no one ended up well.
When it was time to eat, the servants put the food outside the yard, and Jiang Yunjin put on his outer robe and took it back to the room. Only at this time did Cui Yiluo feel that he had regained a little of his former cold and abstinent appearance, but it was only at this moment, after the meal, that everything was different.
To prevent her from escaping, he even locked all the doors and windows, including those in the bathroom, leaving her no chance of escape.
Even when eating, he would hold her in his arms and feed her himself. At first, Cui Yiluo tried to struggle, but later she was too exhausted to do so and could only nestle in his arms and eat with his hands.
On the fifth day, looking out the window, the intermittent snowfall seemed to have stopped. After Cui Yiluo finished bathing, he withdrew. Exhausted, she sank into the brocade quilt. In her sleep, she heard him order clean clothes to be brought. Before leaving, he seemed to caress her lips again, as if reluctant to leave.
After the door opened and closed, the messy house fell into complete silence. Cui Yiluo knew that the doors and windows must have been locked by him, so she no longer wasted her effort to escape and fell into a deep sleep wrapped in the quilt.
On the other side, a tall figure sat on horseback, riding the horse out of Qingchi Lane and heading towards Jiang Mansion.
In Madam Jiang's courtyard, ever since the day when the eldest son sent someone to forcibly return Miss Wang's luggage and the person, Madam Jiang was furious but could not find anyone for several days. She was even so angry that she smashed several medicine bowls. The servants in the courtyard dared not breathe, for fear that they would be punished by Madam Jiang if they made a mistake. Even Madam Jiang's personal maid Minggu was extremely cautious when serving her medicine.
Therefore, when they heard that Jiang Yunjin had returned home and took the initiative to meet Old Madam Jiang, the servants in the courtyard all breathed a sigh of relief.
"You still remember to come back?" In the hall, Madam Jiang, who sat at the head of the table, looked much more haggard, but her eyes still radiated anger as she stared at her grandson, who stood upright in the hall. "Where have you been these past five days?! Although His Majesty has granted you a few days' leave in recognition of your meritorious service during your trip to Yunzhou, you shouldn't have been so indulgent. Not going to the government office would have been fine, but you're not even coming back to the palace? Do you still have any respect for propriety?"
What made her most uneasy was that she couldn't find out Jiang Yunjin's whereabouts, which meant that he was deliberately hiding it from her.
Thinking of this, Madam Jiang's breathing became more and more uneven. She was so angry that she pounded the ebony cane hard. Minggu, who was standing beside her, was so scared that she hurried to help her calm down.
Jiang Yunjin stood with his back straight, his figure blocking out the sunlight that shone into the hall, and his cold and resolute face, cast in the backlight, looked even more gloomy.
He said calmly, "Grandma, I'm old enough now. I don't need to report anything to you. I came here today to discuss the Jiang family's business with you."
Madam Jiang was stunned for a moment, her attention drawn to his last words. She temporarily ignored his previous disobedience and unruliness. Her expression brightened slightly, and her tone slowed down, "You're still somewhat rational. Grandmother knows that it's indeed difficult for you to break family rules and take Ah Heng as your co-wife, but there's nothing we can do about it. It's good that you can come to terms with it. Since Cui has agreed, you don't have to feel guilty towards her."
Jiang Yunjin suddenly sneered, and a hint of sneer appeared on his stern face. The usually polite man suddenly showed such an expression, which surprised both Madam Jiang and Minggu.
"Shenzhi, you..."
Jiang Yunjin nodded slightly and said word by word, "Yiluo agreed with what Grandmother said. Did you force her to do that, or did she agree on her own?"
A muffled thud echoed through the hall, and Madam Jiang fiercely pounded her ebony cane onto the ground. "Are you saying that Grandmother forced Cui? Jiang Shenzhi, do you still have filial piety in your eyes?"
"Grandma, let me be frank with you. You're old now, and it's time for you to enjoy your retirement. You don't need to worry about the trivial matters at home. I'm here today to take the Jiang family's account books and the keys to the accounting office and give them all to Yiluo."
Before Madam Jiang could speak in anger, Jiang Yunjin continued with a firm tone, "Furthermore, when I first told you I wanted to marry Yiluo, I said I would only marry Yiluo in this life. So, please don't deliberately target Yiluo anymore. I've tolerated you long enough. And please don't try to find me a wife or concubine. I won't take any, whether it's a concubine or a concubine."
Madam Jiang's hands gripped the ebony cane tightly, shaking with anger. How could she not remember that day when her promising grandson, always obedient and, except for a brief moment of disobedience at fifteen, never once disobeyed the rules, suddenly became determined to marry Cui Yiluo, rigidly demanding responsibility, and rejected her proposal for a concubine, even declaring he would marry only one person in his lifetime.
That was why she had first used the family discipline against him that day. But no matter how hard she hit him, he refused to relent. Everyone around her began to dissuade her, fearing she might cause harm to Jiang Yunjin, and she finally agreed. But Cui was cunning, coming from a humble background. How could she possibly manage such a large family business? She had been looking for an opportunity, so she simply took the responsibility, and she had already done so. Whether it was a divorce or a second wife, it was always a sure win for the Jiang family.
Wang Yuheng was the most suitable candidate. If she had not been in love with her grandson, given her background, she would certainly not have been willing to be a concubine and submit to Cui, a girl from a poor family.
But she didn't expect that her grandson would be so determined to let her stop, and even said that he would tolerate her for a long time.
Madam Jiang was so disappointed with him that she pointed at him with a trembling hand, "You're being disobedient! Don't you remember what happened the last time you disobeyed? You killed your parents! Your parents died because you didn't follow the rules. You don't remember such tragic consequences after six years, do you?"
When Jiang Yunjin in the hall mentioned his deceased parents, his face darkened.
Just when Madam Jiang thought he had softened his stance, he suddenly spoke, his face half shrouded in darkness and cold, "Since Grandmother still remembers what happened six years ago, she should also remember where I went six years ago."
Madam Jiang was stunned for a moment, then responded subconsciously: "Six years ago, you went to Ning..."
Before she could finish her words, she seemed to finally react and turned pale with shock.
"You and Cui have long..."
Jiang Yunjin slowly raised his eyes: "Yes."
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Author's words: Ah Luo: I never expected to provoke a heavyweight [spreading hands][yellow heart]
Thanks to the nutrient solution and mines [heart]
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