Chapter 130 Who is the better chess player?
The tiny candle in the room burned until midnight, when the flame suddenly jumped up and went out in the wax.
Jiang Fei tossed and turned in her arms, her mind full of that light kiss, which lingered even longer than the deep kiss that day.
She kicked the quilt in anger: "Are you crazy..."
"A little."
When Jiang Fei heard the system's voice, she sat up in shock again. "Can you always appear like a ghost? You scare me every time."
The system said: "That means you still need to practice."
Now when the system goes online, the first thing is usually to synchronize the plot and then confirm the favorability, which seems a bit strange.
"Pei Jing's favorability has increased by three points and is now 60, but can you tell me why Wei Mingzhen's favorability is now 65 and has dropped by five points?"
Jiang Fei was also a little confused. "He was fine when we finished at the restaurant that day, but I haven't seen him since then."
She held her head up and thought for a moment, "I know."
System: "What's going on?"
Jiang Fei said, "I had a huge argument with Zhang Zheng a while ago and scolded him in public. I'm sure Wei Mingzhen must have heard about it. He's a very formal person and prefers wives who follow the rules. I'm afraid he'd consider me a heretic in his eyes. It would be strange if his favorability towards me didn't drop."
"That makes sense." The system said, "Then what should we do?"
Jiang Fei said confidently, "Zhang Zheng scolded me first, so of course I have to scold him back. I will say the same thing to Wei Mingzhen next time I see him."
System: "You have guts, so you don't want to get 100 favorability points?"
"Wei Mingzhen..." Jiang Fei rested her chin on her knees, her voice muffled, "On the surface, he appears to be respectful and polite, but deep down, he's actually very stubborn. He's too upright, but being 'upright' is actually his biggest weakness."
"What do you mean?" The system didn't understand the key point.
Jiang Fei grinned, "His favorability is actually very simple. If he thinks it's right, it will increase, and if he doesn't agree, it will decrease. You just need to do something good in front of him, and it will be easy to increase his favorability, because he believes that good things should be rewarded."
The system finally understood: "Pei Jing's favorability has been rising. Do you have a plan?"
Jiang Fei's thoughts were clear. "The hero of the book, Jiang Linyuan, has also disappeared. If this person dies, then the mission is over. Then I can only give up the mission and live the rest of my life as I please until I am expelled from this body and sent to the world of nothingness."
"You're quite open-minded." The system's voice was slightly depressed. "What if Jiang Linyuan is still alive? Judging from the current situation, Wei Ciying no longer wants to marry Jiang Linyuan according to the original plot. How do you want her to marry Jiang Linyuan?"
"If soft tactics don't work, then we can only use hard tactics."
"She wants to change her past life's fate. Are you so cruel as to do that?"
It’s a pity that the system has no eyes, otherwise Jiang Fei really wants the system to look into her eyes and see how determined her eyes are now.
"If she were just an ordinary reborn being, perhaps I wouldn't be able to bring myself to do that. But since she wants to use me to change her fate, then using her to complete her mission is just tit-for-tat. The final outcome will depend on who has the better move."
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It was already daybreak outside, and servants could be heard coming in and out of the yard.
After a while, there was a gentle knock on the door.
"A Fei, are you awake?"
"Awake." Jiang Fei got out of bed and went to open the door. Princess Anping had already finished washing up, and her hair was neatly tied up.
As soon as Princess Anping saw her, she asked, "Why are you so dark circles under your eyes? Didn't you sleep well last night? Or are you not used to the bed?"
"No, no." Jiang Fei was embarrassed to say it was because of Pei Jing.
"Is it because of Prince Zhaoning?"
Jiang Fei almost stumbled and opened her eyes wide, "What are you..."
"How do I know?" Princess Anping pulled her over to her dressing table. "The prince asked me to look after you while he was away from the capital. I figured he had no one else to look after, and he was worried about you, so he thought of me. I don't think we've ever exchanged more than fifty words in total."
Jiang Fei looked at Princess Anping in the mirror, "What did he say to the princess?"
Princess Anping picked up the comb and said, "He gave me a lot of instructions. He told me to stay in the other courtyard and not go back to that damn house. I'm sure the Jiang family won't say anything. He told me not to give you free ice, saying you have no self-control. He also said he'll let you eat whatever you want and go wherever you want. He'll come back to repay the favor he owes you."
Jiang Fei lowered her eyes and twirled the hairpin in her hand, and suddenly she felt a strange sourness in her heart.
"Do you like him?" Princess Anping suddenly asked.
Jiang Fei suddenly looked up, her expression was surprised. She was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't have anyone I like, but I think he is very good."
It was so good that if she died in his hands in the future, she would not have any complaints, and would even pray that this person could forget all the bloody things and live a good life in this world.
"Feeling someone good is the beginning of liking them." Princess Anping gently combed her hair. "The first time I met Zhang Zheng, my carriage broke down and was parked on the roadside. It was raining that day, and he came with an umbrella and walked me to a roadside teahouse to take shelter. He himself got most of his shoulder soaked. I thought he was a good person then, but I never expected such a good person to become what he is now."
"What if Zhang Zheng has always been like this?"
Princess Anping was startled, and Jiang Fei continued, "I don't want to make malicious assumptions about someone, but I don't think it's malicious to speculate about Zhang Zheng. If he's such a person, then the chance encounter was deliberate, and the kindness was just a disguise."
Princess Anping's hand stopped in mid-air, and the few strands of black hair entangled between the teeth of the comb swayed slightly in the morning breeze.
"You mean..." Her voice trembled, "It was a plan from the beginning?"
Jiang Fei turned around and held her cold hand. "I'm just guessing. But think about it, Princess. If he was really as gentle as he was when we first met, how could he have become like this now?"
The bronze mirror reflected Princess Anping's pale face, and the chirping of birds outside the window made the house even quieter.
"What you can't bear to part with is the boy who held an umbrella for you on a rainy day." Jiang Fei hit the nail on the head, "But that boy never existed."
These words were like a sharp sword, piercing straight into Princess Anping's heart.
After a while, she smiled, the smile was bitter, and even her eyes were filled with tears.
"Actually... I should have thought of it earlier." Princess Anping smiled bitterly through her tears. "Shortly after we got married, he hinted that I should ask my uncle for an official position. At the time, I simply thought he was from a humble background but had great ambitions. Filled with sympathy, I spoke highly of him to my mother and uncle, secretly congratulating myself for marrying such an ambitious man. In the end, what I was thinking about, what I couldn't let go of, was a carefully woven lie from beginning to end."
Jiang Fei gently squeezed her hand and said, "It's not too late to see clearly now."
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