Chapter 37 He and Gu Ci, first rivals, then brothers

Pei Jian suddenly chuckled.

In the past, people called him the sage prime minister. They worshipped him and admired him, believing that he was self-disciplined, diligent, and clean, and that he only had his first wife at home.

But Pei Jian himself knew that he had never been a good person.

Gentleman?

He was a man of many political powers and had done many dirty things. His political enemies, who had been overthrown by him and whose property and families had been destroyed, wished to eat his flesh and blood alive.

But so what?

He only pursues results, success is the goal.

The same goes for Nianxi.

It was obviously Gu Ci who was the thief who stole the past that originally belonged to him and Nian Xi, so why should he endure it?

Why should he wait?

When he was suffering alone, how could Gu Ci be by her side and enjoy her tenderness?

As for feelings, he and Gu Ci were rivals first and then brothers.

He is not a gentleman in the first place, so how can he have any morality?

At first, his laughter was short and light, and he lowered his head, as if he didn't want others to know and was trying his best to hold it in. But soon, his shoulders shook slightly as he laughed, as if he couldn't help it, and his laughter became louder. Later, he simply raised his head and laughed non-stop.

Liao Ranran looked at Pei Jian who suddenly laughed, feeling puzzled and a little scared.

But deep down, she was deeply attracted to this unrestrained, suave and uninhibited man.

In her impression, Pei Jian was cold and restrained most of the time. She had never seen him so emotional. Her ears were filled with his loud laughter. Slowly, she didn't know if it was her illusion, but she seemed to hear a bit of misery and sadness in his laughter.

This aroused the tenderness in her heart. Liao Ranran called him softly, "Mr. Pei...are you drunk?"

As if possessed by a ghost, she stepped forward, tentatively, and approached gently, "Can I help you up?"

Pei Jian's laughter finally died down and he turned his head away.

Liao Ranran was stared at by those pitch-black eyes and couldn't move at all.

The two were very close to each other, and Liao Ranran could almost smell the faint scent of alcohol on his breath.

Perhaps because he was drunk, his eyes sparkled and red, adding to his charm. Liao Ranran's heart was beating so fast that it was about to jump out. She said softly, shyly, "Let me help you go into the house and rest."

Liao Ranran gave almost all her love and compassion to the man in front of her who looked a little fragile after being drunk.

She stretched out her hand, wanting to help him back to his room to rest, but just as she touched the corner of his robe, she was knocked down by a huge force.

Liao Ranran fell to the ground, almost dazed. She had no idea what had happened. She only saw the man who had been depressed just now stand up, walk past her, and walk out across the courtyard.

During this time, he never looked at her.

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Yee Bridge Street

Pei Jian walked to the familiar corner gate. Nianxi was frightened today, so he wanted to come and see her.

"My young lady has gone to bed, please go back, sir." When Mrs. Wang saw that it was him, she declined politely without even asking for permission.

Pei Jian had been prepared for this, so he didn't argue and gave Wang Po a few taels of silver. "Tell your young lady that I came to see her today."

Mrs. Wang accepted the small change and replied hesitantly, "Don't worry, my dear. I will explain it to the young lady."

Looking at Pei Jian's receding back, Mrs. Wang shook her head with regret. In her opinion, this young man was no worse than Mr. Gu in every aspect, and he was also deeply in love with her young lady. If she had to blame anyone, it could only be that they were not destined to be together.

After all, it was her young lady who was so amazing. She had only been in Beijing for a month, but she had already attracted the admiration of these young men.

Mrs. Wang secretly thought that it was worth her effort to arrange her little daughter Yingguo to be with the young lady. She only hoped that Yingguo could learn a little bit of the young lady's character, so that she would not have trouble finding a husband in the future.

On the second day, Wang Po took advantage of the opportunity and quietly told Pei Jian about his visit to Jiaomen.

Nian Xi's face showed no surprise or emotion. She just told her, "If he comes again in the future, send him away and don't need to reply to me again."

"……yes."

But it is said that after Pei Jian came out of Wen Mansion, he went directly to Qin Lang's Mansion.

Coincidentally, Wen Qingheng was also there.

When the two of them first entered officialdom, they were full of vigor and vitality. At this moment, they were drinking wine facing the moon, how happy they were.

Wen Qingheng was already half drunk. When he saw Pei Jian, he was very enthusiastic and led people to sit down as if he was at home.

"Shi Zhang is here, come and sit down! Someone, bring some more bowls and chopsticks, and two jugs of good wine."

Qin Lang was also surprised that Pei Yan came at this time.

He didn't know what happened on the court today, but relying on a man's sharp intuition, he concluded that this abnormality was related to his "little cousin".

Wen Qingheng didn't know what was going on, so he immediately invited Pei Jian to sit down. Qin Lang tried to fool around, so he also joined in the drinking, without asking Pei Jian the purpose of his visit.

Pei Jian got straight to the point, "I want to see her. Please help me find out when she will leave the house."

The moon was dim and hazy, and Pei Yan's face seemed to be covered with a layer of silence, deep and distant.

At this moment, Qin Lang only regretted that he had not drunk enough alcohol, so that his mind was clear and his ears worked better.

What kind of immoral requests are these!

I couldn't help but ask, "Do you really want to do this?"

Pei Jian looked at him silently, the answer was obvious.

Qin Lang glanced at the sluggish Wen Qingheng beside him and sighed, "Why? They... are always together."

Pei Jian said calmly, "It's okay."

Since the last dragon boat race, Pei Jian knew that if Nianxi wanted to avoid him, it would be difficult for him, a foreign man, to see her. But there were some things he had to explain to her face to face.

Qin Lang was exhausted, "Then why don't you just go and ask him?"

Pei Jian asked him, "Will he say it?"

Qin Lang smacked his lips, "You really thought about it!"

If I ask Gu Ci directly about Wen Nianxi's matter, how would that be different from provocation?

Bad fate! Bad fate!

Qin Lang tried to summon some conscience from his friend, "My little cousin and Gu... are doing fine, why did you have to interfere?"

Pei Jian: "This is my business."

Wen Qingheng raised his wine glass and asked the two with a smile, "What other good things do you have to say? Let me listen too."

Qin Lang closed his eyes, feeling very tired.

He didn't want to say anything to a madman, a fool.

Pei Jian turned to face Wen Qingheng, his voice slow and his face calm, "I'm talking about my earring girl."

Although Wen Qingheng was drunk, he still remembered that "Miss Earring" was Pei Jian's sweetheart, so he asked with great interest, "What's going on? Are you and Miss Earring also about to get married?"

Pei Jian ignored the implicit meaning of the word "also" in his words, lowered his eyelids, and said slowly, "Wait for her to accept me."

Wen Qingheng patted Pei Jian's shoulder vigorously, and said proudly, "With your appearance and character, as long as you are willing to take good care of girls, there is nothing you can't achieve! Hiccup——"

He burped and continued to impart his experience, "Look at Gu Ci, my sister is so picky, but he still makes her happy. You have to be attentive to girls!"

"Use, your heart!"

Pei Jian lowered his eyes and whispered, "I know."

Seeing that Wen Qingheng was about to say something more, Qin Lang quickly took two steps forward to drag him away, and said unhappily, "You better shut up."

Pei Shizhang isn't diligent enough?

He is about to hollow out the corners of Gu Ci's house!

He was even more irritated towards Pei Jian. All the admiration he had for Pei Jian in the Imperial College was shattered to pieces in just a few days.

In his eyes before, Pei Shizhang was a man of great talent, reserved and steady, a genius who would become a great man!

The Pei Shizhang in his eyes now is the crazy and infatuated man in the sea of ​​love!

And it is an immoral version!

"I heard Qingye mention that day that he and his little cousin would go to see the lanterns on the night of Chinese Valentine's Day."

Qin Lang finished speaking quickly and prayed silently in his heart.

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. If the Buddha wants to shorten Pei Jian’s life for such a sinful act, he would definitely shorten Pei Jian’s life!