Chapter 165 What am I to you?
After returning to the room, Jiang Fei sat there for a long time.
The system said: "You don't like Wei Mingzhen's touch."
Jiang Fei got up and went to wash her hands. "He had never touched me like this before. At most, he would hold my arm through my clothes. I didn't know I would dislike his touch before."
This is just the beginning. If the two get married, there will inevitably be more intimate contact, which will be an insurmountable difficulty.
Jiang Fei soaked her hands in the copper basin and stared at the shaking water in a daze.
"But you didn't seem to be disgusted when Pei Jing kissed you and hugged you." said the system.
From the time Wei Mingzhen touched her until now, the issues that Jiang Fei had been deliberately avoiding were pointed out directly by the system.
Jiang Fei stirred the water in the basin irritably. "That's different. Pei Jing didn't just start by kissing and hugging me. There's always a gradual process."
Although she said that, once the water calmed down, she could see her red face reflected in the water.
Pei Jing's strong arms, the warmth of his embrace, and his domineering yet gentle kiss emerged uncontrollably in my mind.
"Host, your heartbeat is accelerating." The system pointed out calmly.
Jiang Fei splashed water on her face, and the cool feeling instantly sobered her up. "You don't have to keep hinting at me. Okay, I admit that I have a crush on Pei Jing, but who made me have such a vicious system? I don't have the right to choose to stay here."
system:"……"
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The lights in the main house of the west wing were completely out, and the oil in the lanterns under the corridor was almost burned out. The flames became weaker and weaker, and finally went out with a "pop", and the whole courtyard fell into darkness.
Jiang Fei turned over in her sleep. She was not sleeping well, with her brows slightly wrinkled, and then she suddenly woke up from her dream.
In the darkness, a tall figure stood silently beside the bed, like a solidified shadow.
After a brief shock, Jiang Fei recognized the outline.
"Pei Jing?" She pushed herself up, her voice still tinged with sleep. "Why are you here?"
The black shadow did not answer, but just stood there quietly.
"Why don't you light the lamp?" Jiang Fei rubbed his eyes and reached out to touch the fire starter on the bedside.
Just as she picked up the tinder, a hand suddenly grabbed her arm with such force that her wrist hurt.
"Don't order." Pei Jing's voice was low and hoarse, as if he was trying hard to suppress something.
Only then did Jiang Fei smell the strong smell of alcohol on him, mixed with the chill of the night wind, coming towards her.
"Why are you drinking?" Jiang Fei asked softly.
Pei Jing did not answer, but took a step closer and knelt on one knee at the edge of the bed. His tall body trapped her in the cramped space.
"Xiao Cui." In the darkness, Pei Jing leaned over and whispered in her ear, "What gift do you want from me for your marriage to Wei Mingzhen?"
Jiang Fei's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she suddenly remembered the dark alley in the backyard and Wei Mingzhen's abnormality.
"You, you all..."
"This prince has excellent hearing," Pei Jing put his head on her shoulder, "let alone three meters, even if it's ten meters away, I can hear your deep love words clearly."
"I..." Jiang Fei's voice was choked in her throat.
Pei Jing chuckled a few times, his voice echoing sinisterly in her ears. "You haven't told me what gift you want yet? I promised you that I can give you whatever you want."
"Don't—"
He usually loved to hear her voice, but at this moment it seemed very noisy.
Pei Jing grabbed her chin and forced her to look up before she could finish. "How about...cutting off Wei Mingzhen's head and giving it to you as a wedding gift?"
Moonlight leaked in through the window, and Jiang Fei saw the madness and pain in his eyes surging like waves.
She had never seen Pei Jing like this before. He looked like a wild beast cornered in a corner.
His breath was so close that Jiang Fei's mind went blank and all the lies she had made up were forgotten.
She could only stare blankly at the handsome face in front of her, and at the reflection in his eyes of her own self who was full of lies and guilt.
Tears suddenly fell from Jiang Fei's eyes. A look of suspicion appeared in Pei Jing's eyes, and when the tears slid onto his fingers, he let go of her as if he had been electrocuted.
After a moment, he hurriedly wiped her face with his sleeve.
He rubbed so hard that Jiang Fei's cheeks hurt.
"Are you reluctant? Afraid I'll chop off his head?" Pei Jing's voice was filled with a hint of bewilderment, but his movements became increasingly rough. "Then can I leave his body intact?"
"Pei Jing..."
"Shut up!" he suddenly said viciously.
Pei Jing felt so uncomfortable that his whole body ached. It didn't hurt this much when he was abused as a child, nor when he was beaten by human traffickers. Even when Cao Ya left him, it didn't hurt this much.
But now he couldn't find a single wound on his body, but every part of it was in excruciating pain. He was in so much pain that he wanted to strangle the person in front of him to death, but when he held her soft neck, his fingers had no strength at all.
"Jiang Xiaocui, are you really going to marry Wei Mingzhen?"
Jiang Fei closed her eyes, "Didn't you hear everything?"
The hand on my neck was shaking. I tried to exert force several times but then let go again.
Pei Jing took a few steps back until his back hit the screen. He stopped because he was too close to her and was afraid that if she said something next, he would lose control and break her neck.
"You like him, so what have I been to you for so long?"
Pei Jing's figure was shaky in the moonlight. His back, which had always been as straight as a pine tree, now looked a little hunched, as if it was crushed by some invisible burden.
She should have expected this to happen earlier, and she should have told him earlier that it was her greed that had delayed things until now.
But she had no choice at all.
Since they were destined to separate, their breakup should have been the final outcome.
Jiang Fei gave a well-thought-out answer: "It's just a pretense."
Those words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Pei Jing's heart hard and breaking it into pieces.
"Then have you ever... have you ever liked me at all? Even just a little bit, or even for a moment."
Jiang Fei clutched the corner of the quilt tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms. She didn't dare to look up, didn't dare to see Pei Jing's expression at the moment.
Then he gritted his teeth and said, "No."
The screen creaked under the pressure, and it seemed to be about to fall, but it just managed to hold steady.
Jiang Fei felt as if the screen had fallen over and was pressing on her, making it hard for her to breathe.
"Okay, very good." Pei Jing's voice was surprisingly calm.
The scenes of their time together flashed before his eyes like a kaleidoscope. The words that had once made his heart beat fast now seemed like poisoned needles.
"So it wasn't to provoke me," Pei Jing said in a low voice. "It was all my wishful thinking from the beginning to the end. You watched me circling around you like a monkey. Jiang Rufei, you're really amazing."
Jiang Fei bit her lower lip tightly. It was indeed his wishful thinking at the beginning, but later, she admitted that she was also moved.
The more heartbroken she felt, the harsher her words became, believing that a short pain is worse than a long one.
Jiang Fei raised her head with red eyes and said, "It's just your wishful thinking. When did I not make it clear? Have I ever lied to you? I said I wanted to buy him a fan, and you borrowed the money. I said I would pay you back from my dowry when I marry him. Wasn't that clear enough? You said you like me, and you didn't rush to see that my wedding was approaching. Pei Jing, do you really like me? Neither of us was sincere, so what right do you have to blame me now? You——"
"shut up!"
Almost instantly, Pei Jing rushed forward, grabbed her throat, and blocked out all the hurtful words that followed.
Jiang Fei felt very uncomfortable and suddenly had the idea of giving up.
Which rubbish designed this crappy task and built this crappy system? Whoever wants to complete this crappy task can do it. She doesn't want to do it anymore, so let Pei Jing strangle her to death.
Jiang Fei closed her eyes with an expression as if she was ready to die.
The force on her neck gradually tightened and then slowly loosened. When Jiang Fei opened her eyes again, she was the only one left in the room.
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