Chapter 125 Jealousy (Part 4)
Different from the deserted and desolate place before, the City Lord's Mansion was very lively, with lights and decorations everywhere, green tiles and red roofs, pavilions and towers.
The sound of stringed instruments, singing and dancing was noisy, and beautiful maids passed by the corridor carrying fine wine and delicacies, which was very pleasing to the eyes.
Zhuang Wan watched for a while and said, "This scene feels very familiar."
Pei Xingju glanced sideways: "Familiar?"
"Yes," Zhuang Wan said, "I think the palace banquet is just like this."
Hearing this, Pei Xingju curled his lips and smiled, but his smile was a little cold.
Isn't this a palace banquet? A mere city lord dared to break the rules and build a house. Even a prince might not be able to match this style. It shows that the whole Hezhou has long been lawless.
The servant leading the way escorted the two to the main hall. At this time, a man came out and asked, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Shen from Anzhou?"
Pei Xingju nodded: "That's right."
The man looked at Zhuang Wan and asked hesitantly, "Who is this?"
Zhuang Wan cleverly took Pei Xingju's arm and acted coquettishly: "Who am I? Do you even need to ask? Of course I belong to Master Shen."
The man looked strange for a moment, then smiled and said, "So it's Mr. Shen's female relatives. Come in quickly. The city lord has prepared a place for Mr. Shen."
At first, Zhuang Wan didn't understand what was so strange about that man, but when she entered the hall and saw the room full of beautiful women, she immediately understood.
It turned out that the city lord had prepared hostesses for the guests. No wonder the man looked strange. Pei Xingju was probably the first person to bring a concubine to the banquet.
There were other guests who had arrived earlier in the hall. They were all surprised to see Pei Xingju and Zhuang Wan come in. Perhaps because the two of them were particularly pleasing to the eye, some people mixed their surprise with a hint of admiration.
Pei Xingju nodded slightly to them and took Zhuang Wan to sit down.
After Zhuang Wan sat down, she quietly asked Pei Xingju, "Did you anticipate this kind of situation and ask me to help you ward off the evildoers?"
Pei Xingju tapped her with the handle of his fan: "You're not stupid."
“…”
Zhuang Wan glared at him angrily: "Knock again, knock you——"
Suddenly, he stuffed a piece of cake into her mouth, and she couldn't utter the last word "sister".
“…”
There were several dancers dancing in the middle of the hall. They were dressed scantily, with two pieces of thin silk cloth covering only their chests and hips.
The slender waist twisted like a water snake, the cheeks were covered with a veil, and the shyness and timidity of the dancers as they shook their hips and breasts were a bit like a combination of modern belly dance and Latin dance.
However, these women danced even more erotically. As the music and drums beat, they swayed their bodies, their thin silk fabrics hanging precariously from them, provoking one's reverie.
The guests present cheered and some even stared with their eyes wide open.
Zhuang Wan also likes to watch it.
If nothing else, these women danced beautifully. Their hips seemed to be powered by motors, swaying constantly and moving simultaneously. Their movements were dynamic and their demeanor seductive.
She had enrolled in dance classes as a child, but she had no natural talent for dancing and her movements were always a beat slower than others. Eventually, her mother decided it was a waste of money and gave up. The women in the hall had probably been learning since childhood, and any one of them was no less talented than a modern dance teacher.
Zhuang Wan secretly admired him.
However, just as she was watching with great interest, suddenly a big hand covered her and her vision went dark.
Zhuang Wan opened it and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Vulgar and disrespectful," Pei Xingju said with a hint of displeasure in his eyes: "Why are you, a girl, watching these?"
"It looks good, don't you think it looks good?"
"Not really."
Zhuang Wan, with a look of "just pretend," ignored him and continued to turn away. But the next moment, he pinched her chin and forced her to turn back.
Zhuang Wan narrowed her eyes and stared at Pei Xingju suspiciously.
"Mr. Pei...Mr. Shen, don't you think you're meddling too much?" She said puzzledly, "If you didn't know, you'd think you were my dad."
“.........”
Pei Xingju's face darkened. Just as he was about to speak, he heard someone shout, "The City Lord is here!"
The room suddenly became quiet as if someone had pressed the button to expand it, and everyone turned to look at the door.
Zhuang Wan also turned around and saw a group of people escorting a young man in a wheelchair into the house.
When she saw the man's face clearly, Zhuang Wan was stunned.
Isn't he the young man in white I met at the restaurant yesterday? How... is he the Lord of Liuli City?
Shen Zongji was slowly pushed into the lobby. When he passed by Pei Xingju and Zhuang Wan, he turned around and stopped.
His gaze locked with Pei Xingju for a moment, then shifted to Zhuang Wan. He smiled at her and silently mouthed something.
Zhuang Wan understood what he was talking about: "Latiao."
Pei Xingju naturally saw everything the two were doing. After Shen Zongji took the seat at the head of the table, he tilted his head and whispered to Zhuang Wan, "Do you know the Lord of Liuli City?"
"Not really," Zhuang Wan said honestly, "I ran into him at the restaurant yesterday."
"What did he say to you just now?"
"Uh... spicy noodles."
"Spicy noodles?"
"Oh, it's a spicy snack." Zhuang Wan explained, "I made a bet with him for a bag of spicy noodles. I thought the Lord of Liuli City was an ugly old man, but I didn't expect him to be so handsome."
Pei Xingju fell silent and ignored her for the rest of the conversation. Zhuang Wan was baffled. Why was he so angry out of nowhere?
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