Chapter 4 Which one is the real him?
The Lu family is not considered a prestigious noble family.
The head of the family, Lu Jingnan, was the left councillor of the provincial government and barely managed to squeeze into the court.
If he were in a local position, he would be considered a high-ranking official.
But unfortunately, in this capital city where purple clothes are everywhere, the official title of fourth rank is not very impressive.
Not to mention compared with Wei Xianzhi, who has almost all the "dirty information" of court officials.
However, the Lu family was not unknown, mainly because Lu Jingnan had a daughter who was "proficient in music, fond of poetry and literature, elegant and extraordinary, and stunningly beautiful."
This is the original words from the book.
The person being referred to is of course Lu Jingyao.
As for why such a lady from a noble family would fall in love with Xiao Feng, a commoner, it doesn’t matter.
Anyway, all the women in the exciting novels act like they have lost their minds when they see the protagonist, and they can't wait to throw themselves into his arms and pledge themselves to him.
Lu Jingyao is naturally the same.
If things had developed normally, she would have been snatched away by Xiao Feng tomorrow, and then she would have broken up with the Lu family, and eventually become Xiao Feng's good wife, living happily with a group of "sisters".
It sounds great, but Wei Changtian is now preparing to intercept it.
After all, Lu Jingyao is considered the heroine with a lot of roles in the book.
As long as I can take her down and make her follow me wholeheartedly...
Wow, you must have earned a lot of system points.
…
The curtain slowly opened.
Lu Jingyao, wearing only a thin gauze dress, lay motionless on the bed, her jade-like and delicate skin faintly visible, and her cheeks were full of tear marks.
She looked straight at Wei Changtian, her eyes filled with resentment, disgust, fear, and despair, but not the slightest bit of goodwill.
To be fair, Wei Changtian is actually quite handsome.
This is evidenced by the author's words: There are ten divisions in the world, eight of which belong to the reader, Wei occupies one, and all the people in the world share one.
But unlike the talented and handsome reader, the former owner's appearance cannot cover up the fact that he is actually a cruel, psychologically twisted, uneducated and useless person.
No woman would really like this kind of man.
Especially Lu Jingyao, who had some artistic attainments, could not accept it at all.
After all, literary young women are more or less idealistic.
When Lu Jingyao thought about this "waste" lying naked on top of her, she felt extremely disgusted and wished she could bite her tongue to commit suicide on the spot.
But unfortunately she couldn't do it.
That's all...
Just think of it as exchanging the body that I wanted to leave to Xiao Feng for the lives of 180 people in the Lu family...
The last teardrop fell from her beautiful eyes and Lu Jingyao slowly closed her eyes, not wanting to see what was going to happen next.
This is her last bit of dignity.
However, in the next moment, Wei Changtian suddenly said something she had never thought of in a tone that she had never expected.
"Don't let your imagination run wild. I won't touch you today."
…
From Wei Changtian's perspective, he can indeed take down Lu Jingyao right now.
However, this would only allow him to get her body. It was possible that one day in the future, this woman whose mind was filled with Xiao Feng would commit suicide to prove her loyalty.
Therefore, complete conquest is the best strategy.
Although it is a bit difficult, it is definitely worth a try in order to earn more system points.
Noticing that Lu Jingyao's eyelids twitched slightly, Wei Changtian continued in a deep voice: "Although I have done all kinds of bad things, I will never go back on my promises."
"The reason I came to see you tonight is because there is something I want to talk to you about."
"Open your eyes if you are willing, and I will unblock your acupuncture points immediately."
"If you still don't open your eyes after five breaths, I will turn around and leave."
“…”
The evening breeze squeezed in through the window that was never closed, passing by my ears like smoke, and blew the gauze curtains, causing them to sway gently a few times.
Wei Changtian said nothing more, his breathing was steady and natural.
On the other hand, Lu Jingyao's chest was heaving violently.
one two three……
Finally, when she counted to the fourth breath, she opened her eyes as if she had mustered all her courage. Although her eyes were still full of disgust, there was a little more curiosity in them than before.
Wei Changtian didn't waste any words and stretched out his hand to press several acupoints on her Fengfu, Tongtian, Yuzhen, etc.
The internal force enters the acupoints through the fingertips, and the Qi and blood in the whole body circulate again.
"Hmm~"
The sudden numbness made Lu Jingyao moan uncontrollably, and then she closed her eyes again.
Filled with shame and indignation, the feeling in my hands and feet gradually returned, and my brain took back control of my body.
In an instant, she sat up from the bed like a frightened little rabbit.
The long, smooth and well-proportioned legs were brought together and tightened, while the arms as white and tender as lotus roots were tightly hugged against the chest.
Lu Jingyao curled up into a ball and looked towards the bedside with extreme vigilance, but was suddenly stunned the next second.
Because there was no sign of Wei Changtian around at all.
The bed was covered tightly with goose yellow gauze curtains, and her clothes were neatly folded beside the pillow.
“…”
She widened her eyes and was stunned for a long time before she spat softly.
"Pooh!"
…
In the hall outside the screen, two people sat opposite each other at a small table.
Lu Jingyao looked at Wei Changtian who was drinking tea calmly across from her. For a moment, she didn't know what to say. After a long while, she snorted coldly and asked, "You unblocked my acupuncture points, aren't you afraid that I will commit suicide?"
"Seeking death?"
Wei Changtian said with a smile: "If you really want to die, you had plenty of opportunities before, why wait until today?"
"you!"
Lu Jingyao's body trembled, and she suddenly took out a jade hairpin from her sleeve and placed the tip of it against her neck.
"It's not that I don't dare! Before..."
"hehe."
A disdainful laugh interrupted her argument. Wei Changtian didn't even raise his head. He just pointed at the empty teacup in front of him and uttered two words coldly.
"Pour the tea."
“…”
The air in the room froze instantly, Lu Jingyao's eyes widened, and her face slowly turned pale.
Wei Changtian was not in a hurry, he just lowered his head and waited.
It was not until the jade hairpin fell to the ground and broke into two pieces, and the light brown tea was poured into the teacup tremblingly, that he nodded slightly.
"Thanks."
“Bang!”
The small purple clay teapot fell onto the table with a bang, and Lu Jingyao's expression of disbelief was even more intense than before.
It was obvious to her that the man in front of her should not say these two words under any circumstances.
"You, what are you doing..."
"Why is it different from before? Is it?"
Wei Changtian straightened the teapot and said calmly: "What you see may just be what others want you to see."
“…”
Lu Jingyao was stunned for a moment.
There is no doubt that this sentence brought great shock to her heart.
Countless questions came to her mind, but Wei Changtian did not give her the chance to ask again, but brought the topic back on track.
"Let's not talk about me anymore, let's talk about our marriage."
"I know that not only do you not want to marry me, you even hate me."
"So I came to you today, actually to give you another choice."
"choose……"
Lu Jingyao looked over suddenly, her brows slightly furrowed.
She never thought that Wei Changtian would actually give her the opportunity to choose.
"Well, you have a choice."
Wei Changtian seemed to have guessed her thoughts. He looked up and stared into Lu Jingyao's slightly flickering eyes, and continued, "I can go to my father tomorrow morning to cancel this marriage, and I will try my best to persuade him not to touch the Lu family."
"But I can't promise you anything about what he will do in the end."
"If you want to protect the Lu family, then stop struggling in vain and cooperate with us to complete the wedding tomorrow."
"As for what you want to do next, I won't force you. Just stay in the Wei family for half a year."
"During this period of time, we may not be husband and wife in reality, but we must be husband and wife in name only."
"If you still insist on leaving after half a year, I will never force you to stay."
"This can be considered as a face-saving explanation for both families."
"That's all I have to say. Please think carefully about whether to get married or not."
After Wei Changtian finished speaking, he lowered his head and started drinking tea.
However, Lu Jingyao fell into silence for a long time, with a look of struggle on her face.
After a long time, she raised her head nervously and asked in a low voice: "What about Xiao Feng? What should I do for you to let him go?"
Xiao Feng?
Good guy! He's still thinking about the protagonist at this time! Is he really devoted to her? Wei Changtian understood why Lu Jingyao asked this question. She must think that Xiao Feng couldn't beat her, so she wanted to save her "sweetheart" in this way.
Haha, I’m dreaming.
Squinting his eyes slightly, Wei Changtian answered without hesitation: "He must die."
“W-what…”
Lu Jingyao's face, which had finally regained some color, suddenly turned pale again.
She leaned forward eagerly, a piece of embroidered silk tightly grasped in her hand, and there was no trace of arrogance in her stammering tone.
"Please, please let Xiao Feng go..."
"I can marry you! I will try my best to be your wife! I will never disobey you again..."
"I, Xiao Feng and I have never had any physical contact..."
"I said he had to die."
Wei Changtian interrupted Lu Jingyao's pleading in a deep voice.
Hearing his fiancée pleading for another man, there was no anger in his voice. He just stated calmly: "You don't have a third choice."
“…”
Lu Jingyao closed her mouth instantly, and tears as big as beans fell on the line of small words embroidered on the handkerchief.
Wei Changtian glanced at it casually and his gaze stayed for a moment.
If you don't let me down, I will not let you down.
“This sentence…”
He retracted his gaze and asked knowingly, "Did Xiao Feng say that?"
“…”
Lu Jingyao tightly grasped the handkerchief, gritted her teeth, lowered her head and said nothing.
Wei Changtian suddenly felt that this girl was a bit pitiful.
In the novel, although Xiao Feng took her in later, he actually didn't care much about her at the beginning.
Even tomorrow's wedding robbery was actually just an accident and was not originally part of Xiao Feng's plan.
So in the final analysis, she is just like herself, just a tool for the protagonist to show off better.
"well……"
Wei Changtian sighed softly, said nothing more, stood up and turned to walk out of the house.
Perhaps he was inspired by something, as he walked he blurted out a poem that anyone who had received nine years of compulsory education in their previous life could recite.
"I turned my heart to the bright moon, but it only shines on the ditch."
Wei Changtian's voice was not loud, but it was clearly audible.
When Lu Jingyao heard this poem, the tear line that was like a pearl curtain suddenly stopped.
She suddenly raised her head and stared at Wei Changtian's back, her expression a little dazed, a little stunned, and a little dull.
There is also a kind of excitement and sadness that are obviously contradictory but exist at the same time.
"I originally turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon only shines on the ditch..."
He muttered unconsciously several times, but when he looked around again, the person who said this was gone.
Who is the bright moon? Who is the ditch?
Outside the window, the real moon hung high in the night sky. The entire Wei Mansion was silent, with only the sound of footsteps gradually fading away.
Suddenly, for some unknown reason, Lu Jingyao felt a hint of emotion other than disgust and fear towards Wei Changtian for the first time.
This is an instinctive curiosity of human beings towards mysterious things.
...Why is it so different from the rumors?
...Which one is the real him? (End of this chapter)
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