Chapter 586 Lord Su’s Heart is as Solid as a Rock
In October in Changjing, the temperature has gradually turned colder.
The afternoon sunlight, carrying the chill of late autumn, lingered in the shadows of the houses in the alleys.
Su Wen didn't ask anyone to get out of the car, but stood beside it and talked to the woman inside.
He wore the blue official uniform of the Censorate, looking handsome, upright, solemn and cold.
It has been three years since I entered the court, so I am considered a new official.
However, Su Wen did not have the awkwardness that is common among new officials, and his every move was calm and generous.
As a civil servant, he has the bookish air of a civil servant, but without the dullness of a civil servant. When he raises his eyebrows and raises his lips, a wildness overflows from his bones.
It's just like a fox spirit lazily walking out of the forest, misleading people without them realizing it.
Su Wen stood outside the car, almost at eye level with the woman inside. Staring at her inexplicably flushed face, he flickered his eyes and said with a smile, "Su and Miss Gan have known each other for several years. Thinking about it carefully, I have seen them in this alley many times."
If not eighty times, then a hundred times, which is really a lot.
Gan Caiwei folded her hands in front of her stomach, twisting them into a ball unconsciously. She bit her lip nervously and looked at the man, wondering what he was going to say to make her feel disappointed.
"The Gan family is the head of the three great families in Changjing. Miss Gan was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her family background, character, and appearance are all top-notch. If she wants to find a husband in the future, she must have a family background and character of equal stature to be a good match." Su Wen's dark eyes were deep as he stared directly at the woman in the car. He watched the blush on her face gradually fade and turn pale. He pinched his fingers together to restrain himself. "Miss Gan, please don't blame me for speaking bluntly. There are countless noble ladies in Changjing, and you are one of the best. Everyone looks up to you. But you have been confined to this small alley for several years. Do you know how many daughters of noble families are laughing at you behind your back?"
He spoke harshly.
But these words cannot be avoided.
Gan Caiwei is one of Mr. Gan's most beloved great-granddaughters. It is not an exaggeration to call her a favored daughter of heaven. Three years ago, many talented men in Beijing came to propose to her, and matchmakers almost trampled down the threshold of the Gan Mansion.
Nowadays, when people in the upper class mention Gan Caiwei, they mostly shake their heads and sigh, saying behind her back that she has fallen into depravity.
A noble lady from an aristocratic family did not stay in the backyard and obey her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. Instead, she was so bold as to turn around and chase after a minor official. It was extremely disgraceful.
In the eyes of people who strictly abide by rules and dogmas, this behavior is extremely criticized.
No one brought it up openly, simply because they were afraid of the Gan family's power and didn't dare to offend them.
"Miss Gan, I, Su Wen, never feel sorry for my poor background, nor do I belittle myself and think that I am inferior to others. But my Su family is indeed a farming family. When I go home on leave, I will take off this official robe and roll up my trouser legs to work in the fields and plant rice. Do you understand?" He was not as glamorous as she looked.
Rather than wearing this official robe, he prefers the ease and comfort of home, and the freedom and ease of the world.
It is very likely that one day he will not be able to bear it anymore and will really quit his job and go home to farm.
Did he want a delicate young lady like her to accompany him to carry a hoe and farm? She had originally lived a life of doing nothing, and as long as she wanted, she could have lived that life forever.
The woman in the car pursed her lips, lowered her eyebrows, and said nothing.
Su Wen's clenched fingers loosened little by little, and he smiled, "Go back here, don't come here again."
After saying this, he turned around and walked towards the mansion, his back still straight.
"Stop!"
Behind him, a woman's gentle scolding came.
Su Wen turned around and met a pair of fiery red eyes. The beautiful almond-shaped eyes were sparkling with a hint of anger.
"You talk to yourself, thinking you see everything clearly. How do you know I don't understand? I, I understood it the first time I came here, very clearly!" Gan Caiwei was raised in a secluded place and pampered by her family. When she was angry, she would not even quarrel. When she was furious, she would just stiffen her neck. She knew she was right, but when she met Lord Su's eyes, her momentum inexplicably couldn't be maintained.
She could only try to widen her eyes to make herself look like she was not losing. "I know you come from a land of exile, I know your family was once exiled, I know you don't want to be an official, and I know you don't like talking to people. You prefer fists and are very good at fighting! You never look down on yourself, and I never look down on you!
I'm a young lady from aristocratic family, and I know it's shameless to chase you like this. This is the most daring thing I've ever done! Since I dared to come, I was already prepared. I can wear coarse clothes, eat simple meals, and even manage the stove! But if Master Su doesn't like me, I won't bother you any more! Just tell me clearly. I know a forced melon won't be sweet, so I won't force it!
But, but every time I gave you something, you clearly accepted it. I thought you at least had a little, a little bit of love for me—"
She thought he liked her at least a little bit.
Even if not as much as she liked him.
Relying on the little bit of self-perception that he liked her, she ignored her family's dissuasion and the gossip around her, and persevered with courage until now, from the prime of her youth to the oldest maiden in the aristocratic circle of Beijing.
She never regretted it.
She fell in love with him from the very beginning after he saved her, and in the three years or so they had known each other, the more she got to know him, the more she liked him... Her love for him was not as shallow as he thought.
"I admire Lord Su, but I also know that love doesn't always lead to a response just by insisting on it. There's nothing wrong in liking someone, and there's nothing wrong in not liking someone." After mustering the courage to speak her mind, the rest of her words flowed more and more smoothly. Gan Caiwei stared at the man who looked back at her on the steps of the mansion, and tried to smile at him. "I'm sorry to have troubled Lord Su over the years. Thank you, Lord Su, for explaining it to me. Caiwei won't bother you anymore."
"Do you regret it?" the man suddenly asked.
Gan Caiwei raised her head, which had just been lowered, and shook it at him. "I don't regret it. At least I was brave."
My great-grandfather said that a good marriage can only be encountered but not sought.
How about the woman?
As long as you have the courage, you can ask for it for yourself.
Although the Gan family is a scholarly family, they are not pedantic. Even her father, who is as rigid as she is, turns a blind eye to her actions because he loves her and never blames her for the rumors outside.
Otherwise, she might not have survived until today.
Unfortunately, Lord Su's heart was as hard as a rock. Today he finally made things clear, and she should actually thank him.
Although the words were unpleasant, he gave her an explanation in person.
"Coachman, go back home." Gan Caiwei lowered the curtain of the carriage, blocking the man's sight. The strength she had forced herself to maintain collapsed and tears fell without warning.
She understood it in her heart, but understanding didn't mean she wouldn't be sad.
Looking back over the past three years, in the end, it seemed that she had only fulfilled her own willfulness.
Lord Su is a person of that temper. He waited until today to explain to her. I'm afraid he can no longer tolerate it.
Her half-hidden girlish thoughts, which she desperately wanted him to know, turned out to be a bother to him.
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