Chapter 14 Everyone has their own preferences
After seeing Jiang Yao enter the room, Pei Qian immediately walked towards Jiang Lan, stopped her and asked, "Are you trying to get close to Marquis Jin'an?"
Last time at the general's birthday party, he secretly saw Jiang Lan fall into the water and be rescued by Qi Wuhan, and he was convinced that the two must have had an affair for a long time.
Jiang Lan didn't want to say a word to him, and even looking at him was considered dirty. She tried to leave but he grabbed her arm, and she slapped him in the face. Pei Qian covered his face with his hands, staring at her with gloomy eyes, and was so angry that he was about to burst into flames.
"Pei Qian, listen to me. I feel sick just looking at you for even one more moment. Do you think I've forgotten the disgusting things you did in my room? Do you think I didn't hear what you said? Not only do you want to disgust me, you want to kill me. If you have any shame, you shouldn't appear in front of me again."
After saying that, she walked away coldly.
Pei Qian was so angry that the muscles on his face were trembling. He wanted to rush up and tear her to pieces, but when he saw her stubborn yet weak back, he somehow swallowed his anger.
After entering the house, he put on a well-educated and gentle appearance and bowed to his mother first, and then bowed to his mother-in-law Zhang.
"Has that jinx left?" asked the Duke's wife, looking outside the door.
Pei Qian consoled her, "Mother should rest well. There's no need to get angry with her. Be careful not to get too angry and harm her health."
"Tell her to leave quickly and don't come near me to harm me." The Duke's wife's exasperated voice happened to fall into the ears of Duke Pei who was walking into the yard. Duke Pei was suddenly embarrassed because there was another person following him.
It was none other than Marquis Jin'an.
Hearing that the Duke's wife had been ill for some time, Qi Wuhan specially chose today, an auspicious day, to come and visit her.
Duke Pei was a little flattered. Unlike his father-in-law Jiang Cheng who avoided the Marquis of Jin'an, Duke Pei actually admired him very much.
After all, she is a favorite of the emperor. Although she is a little romantic, it is not a big problem. Who hasn't been romantic when they were young? Not only is she handsome, but she was also granted a title of nobility at a young age. If she could be the emperor's son-in-law, there would be nothing wrong with her.
Moreover, Duke Pei has many children. Except for Pei Yu and Pei Qian, who are born to the Duke's wife, the rest are born to concubines. Now there are three daughters waiting to be married in the family, and one of them may become the marquis's wife.
Duke Pei originally planned to have someone call his three daughters over to let Qi Wuhan meet them later, but as soon as he entered the yard, he heard the Duke's wife yelling loudly to drive them away, like a shrew, which made him embarrassed to call his three daughters over.
"Madam has been in a bad mood these days, and I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Lord Marquis." Duke Pei tried to smooth things over. Seeing Qi Wuhan looking ahead, he also looked over and saw Jiang Lan standing outside the door. His face suddenly darkened, and he turned around to look at the person next to him, confirming that the other person was really looking at Jiang Lan. He muttered to himself: Could it be that he has taken a fancy to her?
Thinking of this, he felt even more uncomfortable.
My own daughter hasn't even shown up yet, but this unlucky star has gotten there first...
"What a coincidence! The second young lady is here to visit the patient as well?" Qi Wuhan walked towards Jiang Lan and said, waving the bone fan in his hand gracefully and contentedly, with the lazy look of a wealthy and idle man, and there was a hint of cynicism in his playful tone.
Jiang Lan pretended not to see his smiling peach blossom eyes, bowed to him politely, and also bowed to Pei Guogong who was following behind him.
"Miss Jiang Er is here too." Duke Pei replied indifferently. The address seemed distant and polite, deliberately drawing a clear line between the two. His words seemed to carry another meaning: How shameless of you to have the nerve to come to my house.
Jiang Lan knew that Duke Pei didn't like her, so she didn't bother to talk to him.
"Please in, Your Majesty." Duke Pei didn't want to say another word to her, so he raised his hand and invited Qi Wuhan into the house.
"I have a few words for the Second Young Lady. I'd like to trouble the Duke to convey my regards to Madam."
Hearing this, Duke Pei looked at Jiang Lan again, as if wondering how someone could be interested in such a disgraced and unlucky girl. He then turned to look at Qi Wuhan beside him and suddenly realized:
Everyone has their own preferences. This Marquis of Jin'an likes this kind of rebellious and disrespectful weirdo. His three well-educated daughters really can't compare to her...
After Duke Pei entered the room in a depressed mood, Qi Wuhan took a step closer to Jiang Lan and asked, "Are you feeling better?" She politely replied, "I'm fine now." He glanced at the hairpin on her head and asked, "Why aren't you wearing the one I gave you? Don't you like it?"
If she had known she would meet him, she would have brought the hairpin back to him.
"Please don't send anything here in the future, my Lord. If someone finds out, it will be bad for your reputation." Jiang Lan said this, and Qi Wuhan suddenly smiled, as if he had heard something funny. "My reputation has long been ruined, Miss, there is no need to worry about me."
Worry about you!
Jiang Lan calmed herself down and continued, "Then please consider my reputation as a girl in the boudoir, my Lord, and don't make things worse." She said the last four words with particular solemnity.
Qi Wuhan didn't tease her this time, as her reputation was just as bad as hers, and there wasn't much left.
"Okay, I understand."
That's quite reasonable, Jiang Lan thought.
"In the future, I will definitely be more careful and not let anyone find out."
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She was overthinking it. She shouldn't have had any positive expectations towards this scoundrel.
"Why do I feel like the Second Miss is scolding me in her heart?" Qi Wuhan slightly turned his gaze, as if he had discovered someone hiding behind the door and peeping at her. He suddenly bent down and approached her face. The sudden face-to-face contact startled Jiang Lan. Her beautiful eyelashes, like a feather fan, trembled slightly, making him want to raise his hand and touch them. Before he could put his idea into action, she immediately took two steps back to distance herself.
"Since the Marquis is here, why don't you come in?" Pei Qian walked out of the door and when he glanced at Jiang Lan, his eyes suddenly darkened again, mixed with anger and unwillingness. She had just slapped him and turned around to hook up with someone else. He had underestimated her before.
"Men and women should not touch each other, so I will not go in."
The first seven words coming out of the mouth of the playboy Marquis Jin'an sounded like a horrifying joke.
Pei Qian was stunned, thinking he had taken the wrong medicine...
A strange look flashed across Jiang Lan's face. She wanted to laugh but pursed her lips and held it back.
"Just now, I heard Madam trying to get rid of everyone. I think she feels annoyed by the crowds. So, I won't bother you anymore." Qi Wuhan turned to Jiang Lan and said, "Second Miss, please don't just stand here. I'll give you a ride on the way."
Compared to Pei Qian's disgusting behavior, she could still tolerate Qi Wuhan's roguery a little longer. She was about to leave with him, but Pei Qian sarcastically said, "The elders haven't even left yet, and you're in such a hurry to run off with them." Jiang Lan didn't bother to pay attention to him. Qi Wuhan replied, "Then I'll have to trouble Second Young Master Pei to go in and give the elders a message." After that, he raised his fan and made a gesture of invitation to Jiang Lan, and the two left together.
Pei Qian watched the two of them leave together, gritting his teeth in anger. After returning to the house, he exaggerated and told Zhang that Jiang Lan had run away with Qi Wuhan.
Hearing that the person had left, Duke Pei said he would go and see them off, not wanting to be impolite. Of course, he wasn't going to see Jiang Lan off. He was also thinking of mentioning his three daughters to Qi Wuhan, just in case they got together.
After Duke Pei left, Pei Qian bowed to Zhang and said, "Mother-in-law, please take good care of my second aunt when you return, so as to prevent further gossip."
"Little vixen, you've already learned how to seduce men at such a young age. Why didn't I see that she was such a seductive creature!" The Duke's wife was really glad that she didn't marry Jiang Lan, otherwise she wouldn't know how she would harm her son.
"My mother-in-law knows that I'm not her biological mother. I've said so many good things for her, but she won't listen. People who don't know would think that I, her stepmother, didn't teach her well enough." Zhang sighed, "Every family has its own problems."
Jiang Yao also added fuel to the fire, "My second sister has always been this cunning and eccentric, like a taciturn person. She would secretly hold a grudge against you if you offended her in the slightest."
Pei Qian looked at Jiang Yao's aggrieved and weak look, and a trace of annoyance appeared on his face. He even wanted to speak up to refute Jiang Lan, but then he felt that he was really crazy. How could such a fickle woman be worth his protection?
"A barking dog bites," the Duke's wife became more and more convinced that Jiang Lan was a vindictive person and that she was the cause of her illness. "She must have cursed me behind my back!"
Zhang's eyes rolled, and she came up with a good plan in her mind, which would ensure that Jiang Lan would never be able to turn things around.
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