Chapter 38: Physical Intimacy
The Ministry of Justice office.
After Chen Yi discussed the case with Pei Xingju, he was about to go out, but he saw Pei Xingju looking like he had something to say.
He paused: "Anything else?"
After a moment of silence, Pei Xingju said, "It's just a small matter."
"It's such a small thing that you're still thinking about it?" Chen Yi teased him, "I've seen it since this morning. You're clearly hiding something."
He sat down and said, "Tell me, is it because of Miss Zhuang?"
“…”
Pei Xingju said expressionlessly, "Yesterday was her birthday."
"Oh, you want to give her a birthday gift."
"She asked me for it."
"Is there any difference?"
“…”
Chen Yi smiled and said, "Are you wondering what's a suitable gift for a girl's birthday?"
"Any suggestions?"
"No!" Shen Yi shook his head resolutely: "I'm single, how would I know what a girl likes?"
“…”
After thinking for a moment, Chen Yi said, "Why don't you ask Minister Lu? He just got married last year and is in the prime of his life. I think he knows what women like."
After saying that, he went out.
Pei Xingju sat for a while with a headache, then got up and went out.
He walked along the corridor and slowly stopped outside the classroom door.
The newlywed Minister Lu was busy reviewing the court case. This honest young man caught a glimpse of Pei Xingju standing outside the door and became very nervous.
Pei Xingju stood outside the door, hesitating for a moment, but still found it difficult to speak. He simply turned around and prepared to leave.
However, after taking two steps, he retreated and called out, "Minister Lu?"
Minister Lu immediately stood up and asked, "Master Pei, what are your instructions?"
"...There are some discrepancies in one case. Please come with me."
Minister Lu's job was to proofread cases. When he heard what Pei Xingju said, sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Yes, I'll be right there."
After arriving at the case room, Pei Xingju seriously took out a copy of the judgment and pointed to a few points in it and asked casually.
Minister Lu did not dare to be perfunctory and answered carefully.
At the end, Pei Xingju suddenly asked, "Was Minister Lu married last year?"
"Exactly."
"How's it going after marriage?"
"Okay, okay."
"Never quarreled or blushed?"
"Sir..." Minister Lu asked cautiously, "I wonder if my family affairs are related to the case?"
"Just asking." Pei Xingju rubbed his forehead and said, "Forget it. Go ahead."
Minister Lu respectfully took his leave.
After going out, he met Chen Yi who had returned. Chen Yi knew the situation as soon as he saw it, but Pei Xingju didn't ask.
He was amused and raised his hand to stop him: "Master Lu, I have something to ask you."
Minister Lu said humbly and sincerely, "Master Shen, please speak."
"That's right..." Chen Yi pondered for a moment, "You know I'm still unmarried, and I don't know what women like. If I were to give a girl a birthday gift, what would be appropriate?"
After he finished speaking, he deliberately looked towards Pei Xingju in the house.
Pei Xingju sat seriously writing, but he didn't put his pen down for a long time, which showed that he was listening with his ears perked up.
Shen Yi was secretly happy.
Minister Lu thought for a moment and said, "What's the difficulty? Just give the girl whatever she likes."
"The difficulty lies in not knowing what the other person likes."
"Huh?" Minister Lu said tactlessly, "If you're not familiar with me, why are you giving me a gift?"
Pei Xingju: ...
Shen Yi almost laughed out loud.
Minister Lu quickly said, "That's fine. If you're not familiar with him, you can give him a fan, a zither, books, writing brushes, and so on. If you're familiar with him, you can give him pearl hairpins, jewelry, scented sachets, and jade belts."
Chen Yi asked, "What if it's half-cooked?"
Minister Lu said, "That's easy. Just give something valuable, like a scroll, screen, jade mask, etc."
"Thank you!" Shen Yi bowed.
He turned his head and looked at Pei Xingju mischievously, only to see him pretending to be calm and starting to write.
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On this side, Zhuang Wan had just come out of a teahouse in the west of the city when someone suddenly bumped into her and ran away in a hurry.
She subconsciously reached for her waist and suddenly shouted, "My purse is gone!"
Jingzhe just raised his foot, but stopped when he thought of something.
"I'll go." Lixia said.
She rolled up her sleeves, chased after the man, and soon disappeared into the street.
At the same time, a dart shot towards Jingzhe, and Jingzhe dodged it by turning his head swiftly.
The dart was nailed to the doorpost of the teahouse.
When he saw the pattern on the dart, Jingzhe's eyes fixed and he chased after the person who shot the dart without hesitation.
In the brief incident, the two maids disappeared without a trace, and Zhuang Wan was stunned.
"Ms. Zhuang?"
At this time, someone upstairs called her lazily.
Zhuang Wan walked down the stairs, took two steps back, and looked upstairs.
A man in white clothes and a jade crown stood beside the railing in a dashing manner, smiling at her.
"Long time no see."
It’s Leung Kam-hin.
"Why are you here?" Zhuang Wan asked.
"Why can't I be here?" Liang Jinxian unfolded his folding fan and fanned it gracefully. "As the saying goes, those who are destined to meet will meet even after thousands of miles. The fact that we can meet here in the west of the city shows that this prince and Miss Zhuang have a deep connection."
"It's indeed a deep connection."
Zhuang Wan lifted her skirt and ran upstairs.
The teahouse lobby, which had previously been bustling with customers, was now deserted. Liang Jinxian was the only one in the large hall.
She walked over and said, "Prince Liang, where are my two maids?"
Liang Jinxian shook his head: "I don't know."
"Didn't you lead him away?"
"Why should I lead them away?"
Zhuang Wan was suspicious.
Faintly, she seemed to hear a fight not far away, and some people were even being beaten to the point of screaming.
She listened carefully for a while and felt that the voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it.
Little did he know that in the alley across the wall, Jiang Sui was being beaten violently by Liang Jinxian's men. Jiang Sui knelt on the ground with his head in his hands, his hair crown askew, his nose and face swollen.
"Do you know who I am? My cousin is the Prince Liang of the Xinguo Mansion... Ouch, stop hitting me, stop hitting me..."
After a while, the man finished beating Jiang Sui and kicked him to the ground: "My master asked me to tell Mr. Jiang a message."
"My master said that if Mr. Jiang dares to make a move on Miss Zhuang again, it will not be as simple as the flesh wounds he suffered today."
"Yes, yes, I won't dare to do it again... Please forgive me."
Over here at the teahouse.
Liang Jinxian poured a cup of tea and handed it over: "Fine West Lake Longjing, Miss Zhuang, would you like to try it?"
Zhuang Wan turned around and was about to leave.
Liang Jinxian asked again: "Don't you want to know where your two maids went?"
Zhuang Wan sat down.
"How has Miss Zhuang been these days?"
"You and I are not related, so it seems inappropriate to discuss this topic."
"Really?" Liang Jinxian curled his lips, his faint smile captivating everyone, "I heard about your story at Furong Cloth Shop."
"so what?"
"So... I guess you're not having a good time in Pei Mansion?"
"How do you know?"
Liang Jinxian said, "If Pei Xingju really treated you well, why would he allow others to bully you?"
"This has nothing to do with you."
"It's related," he said, his lips curled slightly, winking at Zhuang Wan seductively, "It's closely related."
It must be said that he has the capital to be extremely charming. When his light-colored eyes are half-smiling, they are casual and sexy, like a seductive fairy.
But she doesn't appear dissolute, but rather reserved and noble.
After a moment, he asked, "I heard that you died once, so you don't remember much about some things?"
Zhuang Wan had no idea what he was up to, so she nodded, "Indeed."
"No wonder..." He lowered his eyes, suddenly feeling sad: "Otherwise, why would you fall in love with someone else so quickly?"
"?"
"You really don't remember anything at all?"
"Remember what?"
"We've had physical contact before."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Wan was horrified.
She carefully examined Liang Jinxian's expression, but he kept smiling faintly, as if it was a joke but also as if it was true.
"Why should I trust you?"
"Just because..." He suddenly leaned forward and whispered, "I know you are lying to Pei Xingju."
This news was like a bolt of thunder, and Zhuang Wan shuddered in horror.
Her heart was pounding, not sure what Prince Liang had found out in private, or maybe her original body really had something going on with this person, and Qiu Tan was not aware of it?
"Why aren't you talking? Do you remember?" Liang Jinxian said, "It doesn't matter if you can't remember. You just need to understand that if Pei Xingju treats you badly, just come to me."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone came running up the stairs with a bang. It was Lixia.
"Miss Zhuang, the master is here."
"Pei Xingju?"
Lixia pointed downstairs and said, "My lord happened to be passing by after work and said he would take the girl home with him."
Zhuang Wan turned her head and leaned out of the window, and sure enough, she saw Pei Xingju's carriage parked in front of the teahouse.
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