Chapter 137 If He Falls in Love, It Will Be His Life (Part 1)
Zhuang Wan ran to the kitchen and scared away two chickens pecking at rice on the way. After entering the kitchen, she frantically groped for the salt shaker on the stove, and finally picked up a handful of green onions and held them in her arms.
I'm going to die!
She was panicking!
Even though she didn't want to date a paper man, Pei Xingju was so handsome after all. Just imagine, who could resist a handsome guy with a celebrity face confessing his feelings to you?
Zhuang Wan leaned against the stove and it took her a long time to calm down.
She shook her head and said that it was useless to be handsome!
Be restrained!
This is a male protagonist with countless beauties, so he would rather be alone than be with someone he doesn’t like!
Having made up her mind, Zhuang Wan put down the green onion and picked up the salt shaker and left the kitchen. She walked back through the corridor, but slowly stopped when she passed a moon gate.
There is a brown-red mark on the bluestone floor.
She followed the trail out of curiosity, and when she came to a well, she screamed.
"Ah—someone's dead!"
Zhuang Wan was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground until the servants who heard the noise came over, and until Pei Xingju also came over.
Pei Xingju helped her up, but her legs were still too weak to stand. She looked like she was frightened out of her wits, and her whole body was as still as a puppet.
Pei Xingju had no choice but to bend down, pick her up horizontally, and carry her back to her room. He also asked someone to call a doctor.
While the doctor was taking Zhuang Wan's pulse, Pei Xingju went to the kitchen again.
The body had been fished out of the well, and when the onlookers saw the man's appearance, they were all frightened and turned pale.
One person asked, "Isn't this Mr. Zhang? I was drinking with him yesterday, how could he be dead?"
And he died in a well.
Maybe he didn't necessarily die in the well, but was killed and thrown into the well. The bloodstains on the bluestone floor explain everything.
The man died in a horrible way, with his eyes wide open and his arms twisted behind his back into a strange shape.
Everyone was whispering to each other, not understanding why Mr. Zhang died in the well for no reason.
Pei Xingju stood aside and observed the corpse carefully. The arm was twisted into such a strange shape, but the clothes on the deceased were intact and there were no signs of fighting.
After a moment, he stepped forward, squatted down, lifted the clothes of the deceased and looked at his back.
When the others saw his action, they all stepped away: "Mr. Shen, it's bad luck to encounter a dead person. I advise you to just ignore it."
The person who spoke was the one who had previously been drinking with Mr. Zhang as a brother.
Pei Xingju didn't respond. He checked the body and then wiped his hands with a handkerchief.
At this time, the talents from the City Lord's Mansion arrived late.
Shen Zongji didn't show up, and the man in black from last night came over again. He looked at the body on the ground calmly, waved his hand and said, "Carry the person away, don't dirty the place."
Someone was so angry that he stepped forward to argue: "How can you say such things? Mr. Zhang was an honored guest of the mansion after all. Now he died in the mansion for no apparent reason, and you still think it's a dirty place?"
The man smiled and said, "Master Ye, this is the kitchen. Your meals are usually taken from here. Now that someone has died in the well, I am afraid of dirtying the place out of consideration for you."
"Humph!" Master Ye turned away and said, "Nonsense!"
Someone else asked, "You just carried the body away without investigating the cause of death? Without a cause of death, how are you going to explain this to Mr. Zhang's family?"
The man in black sneered, "The death of a person in Liuli City is as simple and ordinary as the death of a cat or dog. Why should we explain it to anyone? Perhaps this Mr. Zhang was so depressed that he threw himself into the well and committed suicide."
"you--"
The man was about to say something else, but someone touched his arm and he immediately became angry.
"I want to leave! I want to see City Lord Shen! I want to leave!" He turned and left: "Two people died in less than a day. I have to leave this damn place!"
When the others saw him leaving, they also dispersed.
Pei Xingju stood aside calmly and was about to turn around and leave when the man in black called out to him, "Master Shen."
Pei Xingju paused and asked, "What advice do you have for me, Commander?"
“I dare not give you any advice, but I heard that you just checked the body, so I wanted to ask Master Shen what you saw?”
Pei Xingju smiled and said, "I can't see anything. This man really committed suicide by jumping into the well."
After saying that, he said no more and left lazily.
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When Pei Xingju returned to the wing room, the doctor had already examined Zhuang Wan and was waiting for him.
Seeing him come back, the doctor came forward and said, "Sir, Miss Ruyi is fine, she's just too frightened. Let me prescribe a prescription to calm her nerves. She'll be fine in two days."
Pei Xingju nodded: "Thank you for your help."
The doctor sat down at the table to write a prescription. Pei Xingju glanced at Zhuang Wan, who was wrapped in a quilt and sitting at the head of the bed without saying a word, feeling helpless and amused.
"If you're scared, why do you dare to go and see?" He walked to the bedside.
Zhuang Wan didn't say anything.
Pei Xingju tugged at her quilt: "Hmm?"
"I'm just curious. Who would have thought it was a dead person?" She muttered softly. Her expression had eased a little, but her mind was still a little slow.
"You usually seem quite courageous, so why are you so scared when you see a dead person?"
"What does it mean to be so scared of seeing a dead person? In my past..."
"Um?"
"Nothing, I'm just scared because I've never seen it before."
In modern times, how could one easily see a dead body? However, this was a politically charged novel, and people died all the time. Blame her for being careless before, for not even thinking of it.
"Oh!" Zhuang Wan sighed. She had been afraid of ghosts since she was a child, and she didn't know how long it would take for her to recover this time.
Soon, the doctor wrote the prescription. Pei Xingju took it and looked at it carefully, then asked, "Can I add Polygonatum odoratum?"
When the doctor heard that Yuzhu, also known as Weirui, nourishes yin and moistens dryness, calms the mind and strengthens the heart, it is an excellent medicine for women. He smiled and said, "Young Master is not only knowledgeable about medicine but also considerate. It would be a good idea to add Yuzhu. I will add it right away."
Pei Xingju nodded and handed the prescription to him again.
Zhuang Wan half-closed her eyelashes, unable to explain what she felt in her heart. She felt ashamed of Pei Xingju's attentiveness to her.
She knew that he was looking at her, but she was too timid to meet his gaze.
She heard him ask, "Are you feeling better now?"
"Um."
After a while, Zhuang Wan asked, "When are we leaving here?"
"Wait a few more days."
"Can we leave after a few days?"
Pei Xingju remained silent. He needed to wait for an opportunity, or to be more precise, for someone. He wanted to confirm some things with his own eyes.
Zhuang Wan uttered a low "Oh".
After a while, the doctor re-transcribed a prescription and handed it to Pei Xingju, then said goodbye and left.
Not long after the doctor left, another person came in.
It’s Liu Ningyan.
When Liu Ningyan heard that Zhuang Wan was frightened after seeing the dead body, she came to visit. When she entered the room, she saw Pei Xingju sitting by the bed with a gentle look in his eyes, a look he had never seen before.
She was stunned.
"Miss Ruyi." Liu Ningyan stepped forward and bowed. "I heard you asked a doctor to see you. Are you feeling better now?"
Zhuang Wan wanted to stand up to return the greeting, but Pei Xingju held her back, "Don't move. Just sit still."
After hearing this, Liu Ningyan lowered her head slightly.
Pei Xingju said, "Miss Ningyan has arrived at the perfect time. I have to go out for something, so please accompany her."
Zhuang Wan felt rather embarrassed when she heard this; it made her feel like a giant baby, frightened and needing company. After Pei Xingju left, she lifted the covers and sat up, personally pouring a cup of tea for Liu Ningyan.
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you," Zhuang Wan said. "Actually, I'm fine. It's just that when I saw the picture, I couldn't help but think about it."
Liu Ningyan smiled and said inexplicably: "Miss Ruyi is a blessed person."
"Where does happiness come from?" Zhuang Wan thought to herself. If she knew her own experience, she probably wouldn't say that.
Liu Ningyan said, "I really envy Miss Ruyi."
"What do you mean?"
"I am not contaminated by the turbidity, I am smooth and innocent, my life is precarious, yet I am cared for and cherished by others. Isn't this a blessing enough?"
Zhuang Wan gave a dry laugh, "Miss Ningyan may have misunderstood something."
Liu Ningyan also laughed: "I have met all kinds of people and heard countless stories. Some are fickle, while others are faithful to one person. I am not afraid of Miss Ruyi laughing at me when I say this, but I have experienced the destruction of my family and the loss of my loved ones. Although my heart is filled with endless hatred, what I have longed for most over the years is to find a place to stay, to avoid being displaced, to avoid being lost, to protect me from the wind and rain, and to give me a place to rely on."
"But everyone's fortune is different. Miss Ruyi is lucky. You have met the right person. I am sure I am not mistaken. Master Shen is different from others. If he falls in love, it will be for a lifetime."
Zhuang Wan was pouring herself tea. Upon hearing this, she was stunned and accidentally filled the teapot.
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