Chapter 83: Promise
Jiang Fei was shaken so much on horseback that she couldn't help but yell angrily, "Pei Jing! What are you crazy about?"
Pei Jing turned a deaf ear and instead sped up.
It was not until they turned into a quiet alley that he suddenly pulled the reins.
Just as Jiang Fei was about to explode, he grabbed her chin.
"Jiang Rufei, listen to me carefully." Pei Jing's voice was right next to her ear, cold as ice. "I didn't save you just to watch you put on a show in front of Wei Mingzhen."
Jiang Fei was shocked by his sudden anger and forgot to resist for a moment.
He held her hand so that her neck tilted back and rested in the crook of his neck.
This posture allowed Jiang Fei to clearly feel the beating of Pei Jing's carotid artery, which was rapid and powerful, mixed with the coolness of the morning breeze, making people's hearts tremble inexplicably.
"Do you think Wei Mingzhen really cares about you?" Pei Jing sneered, "He's not even willing to save you. How can you entrust your life to a man like that?"
Jiang Fei finally came to her senses and slapped his hand away, "I don't care whether he cares about me or not, I just want him to marry me."
Pei Jing's face grew increasingly gloomy. "Do you like him to this extent? Even if he doesn't care about you at all, you still want to marry him? You are just like this... just like this, you have no self-respect!"
Jiang Fei was a little confused. How did it get to the point of not loving herself?
She blinked, as if realizing that Pei Jing seemed to have misunderstood something.
"Wait." Jiang Fei rubbed her chin, which was pinched and hurt. "Did your Highness make a mistake? When did I ever say that I like Wei Mingzhen?"
Pei Jing frowned, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes, "Then why do you insist on marrying him?"
Jiang Fei's eyes drifted off into the distance. "Of course I have my reasons for marrying him. Who says marriage must be based on love between a man and a woman?"
Pei Jing's expression suddenly became complicated. "Could it be... you're trying to climb up the social ladder?"
Before Jiang Fei could answer, he sneered, "He's not even a prince from the Dingyuan Marquisate, how can he be considered a high-ranking official?"
"If I don't marry him, will I marry you?" Jiang Fei turned around and retorted him.
Pei Jing's expression froze immediately, "You, you..."
Jiang Fei didn't know how he suddenly became like a rooster with its neck strangled. She kept calling him "you" for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on.
"What's wrong with you?" This posture made Jiang Fei's neck hurt, so she simply grabbed the saddle ring and adjusted her posture.
Pei Jing's expression remained unchanged as he murmured, "Marry, to, me?"
Jiang Fei was also stunned. The two of them kept looking at each other in this awkward posture until Duan Jiu and his men caught up.
"Your Highness!" Duan Jiu's voice came from the alley, breaking the weird atmosphere between the two.
Pei Jing woke up as if from a dream and suddenly released his hand that was holding Jiang Fei.
"My subordinate...is it the wrong time?" Duan Jiu asked cautiously.
"Shut up!" Pei Jing shouted, his voice a little tense. He took a deep breath and looked at Duan Jiu with forced composure, "Give me a horse. This horse... this horse is too crowded."
Duan Jiu wanted to say that he could carry Jiutao without any crowding, but Miss Jiang Er was even thinner than Jiutao, so how could she possibly be squeezed?
But he immediately did as he was told, gave up his own horse, and used another guard's horse.
Jiang Fei sat alone on Pei Jing's tall horse. She didn't know how to ride a horse at all, and she was a little scared sitting alone.
"Who will take me then?"
Duan Jiu was a smart man and immediately said, "I'll find someone to hold the horse for you, young lady."
The team was quickly arranged, with Jiang Fei and Jiu Tao each riding a horse in front, Pei Jing and Duan Jiu following behind, and a group of guards following behind.
Duan Jiu saw Pei Jing frowning and staring at the back of Miss Jiang Er in front of him. He didn't know what had happened before and couldn't help asking:
"Prince and Miss Jiang Er, are they..."
"Is it something?" Pei Jing glanced at Duan Jiu coldly.
Duan Jiu shrank his neck and said with a stiff face, "Did something unpleasant happen?"
Pei Jing's gaze fell on the slender figure in front of him again.
Jiang Fei was nervously holding onto the saddle ring, her body swaying slightly with the horse's pace. It was obvious that she was not used to riding alone.
"she……"
Duan Jiu waited for a long time but nothing happened. "She?"
Pei Jing gritted his teeth and blurted out, "I saved her, and she wants to marry me."
"Huh?" Duan Jiu's jaw almost dropped to the ground, as if he had been struck by lightning and became mentally retarded.
They were only behind for a short while, how did things develop to the point of committing suicide?
Duan Jiu couldn't believe it. Could it be that his own prince had misunderstood? "Then what did Second Miss Jiang say?"
"She said she would marry me instead of Wei Mingzhen," Pei Jing said, "but I didn't agree, so she glared at me just now."
Duan Jiu just happened to catch Jiang Fei's gaze withdrawing.
Jiang Fei turned around and glared at Pei Jing. She didn't know what was wrong with this guy all of a sudden. He insisted on giving her a ride before, but later he complained that she was too crowded.
Could it be that it was hot and she smelled bad?
Jiang Fei pulled up the collar and smelled it. It still smelled good. What a crazy thing.
"What happened between the young lady and the prince?" Jiutao asked from the side.
There were two people leading horses in front, so Jiang Fei was not comfortable saying some things for fear of being overheard. She could only say, "I'll tell you when we get back."
There was a sudden "ding" sound in my head, and the system finally arrived.
"Hello, host, I'm here."
Jiang Fei has tolerated this system for a long time. "Do you know that your host almost died?"
"Sorry, sorry." The system apologized sincerely: "I've been really busy lately, otherwise I wouldn't have missed it if there was something exciting to watch."
Jiang Fei: "...Quick, check for me how much Pei Jing likes me."
The system was puzzled. Instead of looking at its own target, it looked at Pei Jing's. This host really didn't play by the rules.
"Pei Jing's current favorability towards you..."
Jiang Fei's heart was lifted up.
System: “25.”
Jiang Fei let out a breath, and her heart finally settled down, but the doubts in her heart became even heavier.
"Only 25 favorability points, are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure," the system vaguely sensed something was wrong: "What's wrong?"
"He wants to marry me."
Jiang Fei anxiously grasped the saddle ring. She now had a strong desire to express herself, and spoke rapidly, "If I say I won't marry Wei Mingzhen, should I marry you? He only said three words, 'Marry. To. Me.' What should I do? He just grabbed me and snatched me away. What if he comes to grab my bride on my wedding day? It seems Wei Mingzhen is no match for him."
"But why? Is this reasonable? Is this scientific? He wants to marry me with 25 points of favorability? If it reaches 50 points, then doesn't that mean he wants to marry me after death?"
The system is a little speechless.
"Host, calm down." The system said helplessly, "A favorability rating of 25 only means that he has some interest in you. But emotions are complicated, and there may be other factors influencing his decision."
The system felt that its ability to accept was being trained by this host, and that a 25-point favorability score with the enemy was not a big deal. It should be able to kill the enemy if it tried hard.
Jiang Fei bit her lower lip and secretly glanced back at Pei Jing.
In the dancing red light of the torch, the man's handsome face was angular, and his slightly furrowed brows in the interweaving of light and dark had a certain sharp beauty.
"Look, she turned back to peek at me again." Pei Jing said.
Duan Jiu followed his gaze and saw Jiang Fei's hurriedly turning back. He scratched his head, not knowing how to respond.
"Your Highness, what do you plan to do?" Duan Jiu asked cautiously.
Pei Jing tightened his grip on the reins, his eyes darkening. "How could I allow her to order me around? Just because she wants me to marry her, I'm not going to marry her just yet!"
Duan Jiu: "Uh..."
If you don't want to marry, then don't marry. Why is there an extra "first"? Who is this trying to save face? Does it mean that it's not clear whether you'll marry in the future?
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