Chapter 135 You Like Him
"Why are you sad?" the system asked. "But you were originally planning to use this excuse to have Pei Jing exterminate your entire family. Now it's just a fantasy coming true. Why are you sad?"
"That's different." Jiang Fei said stubbornly.
It was not an assumption or a guess, but she had truly left a deep scar on the young Pei Jing.
The emotion was so deep that it hadn't faded even after ten years. He was trapped in the past, persistently searching for that person. In fact, he was looking for the last ray of light.
As a result, she now discovered that there was no such light in this world, and she was not that light.
Facing such a depressed host, the system was still a little unaccustomed. "Um, why are you so sure you abandoned him?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Jiang Fei sniffed. "I sold myself. No one kidnapped me and sold me. I voluntarily entered the Jiang family."
System: "Are you such a person?"
"It's possible."
"ah?"
Jiang Fei said: "When I was little, I saw other children being adopted from the orphanage, and I hoped someone would take me away. However, I often fought, liked to climb over walls, and refused to obey discipline. No one wanted to adopt me, so if a wealthy family wanted me, I might really sell myself."
"And the key is that I don't remember." Jiang Fei thought about it and had a headache. "If I remembered, why would I still be entangled here? I don't think I'm that kind of person, but those who haven't been in desperate situations can't think from the perspective of those who are in desperate situations. I don't know if I would do something against my conscience if I was forced into a desperate situation."
The system was silent for a moment, "You have thought it through very thoroughly."
“I just can’t accept this.”
"Oh, that means you like Pei Jing a little bit." said the system.
"Nonsense!" Jiang Fei sat up straight, her voice unconsciously rising an octave. "I just, I just feel guilty!"
System: "What if Pei Jing was replaced by Wei Mingzhen?"
Jiang Fei answered without thinking: "Then I should make him kneel down and call me benefactor."
After she finished speaking, before the system responded, she was stunned.
Yes, why do different people have different attitudes towards the same thing?
"I..." Jiang Fei was slightly flustered. "I'm afraid that I won't be able to complete the mission. Yes! That's right. If I make Pei Jing kneel down and call me benefactor, he will kill me."
The system was too lazy to respond and let Jiang Fei brainwash herself.
"Also, my attitude towards Pei Jing and Wei Mingzhen is different because their attitude towards me is also different."
"Yes, they are indeed different." The system exposed it mercilessly, "One has kissed several times, and the other has never even held hands."
Jiang Fei: “…”
There's no need to get so close to her and shout loudly. You're so familiar with each other, why don't you give her some face?
System: "What other reason do you have to come here?"
Jiang Fei sat cross-legged on the bed, and after thinking for a while, she raised a finger and said, "I got it. Duan Jiu gave me one thousand taels of silver and asked me to obey their prince."
"Oh." The system said calmly, "Pei Jing also gave you 10,000 taels. Why don't you offer yourself as a sacrifice?"
Jiang Fei suddenly fell on the bed and almost passed out.
Well, it seems that she really can't convince herself now.
Does she really like Pei Jing? Does thinking he's nice also mean liking him?
Because you like someone, you feel heartbroken, and you feel guilty after knowing the truth?
Jiang Fei lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.
"System," she suddenly said, her voice so soft that it was almost inaudible, "What does it feel like to like someone?"
The system was silent for a moment. "According to the database, if you like someone, you will always think about them. You will miss them when you can't see them, and feel nervous when you see them. You will be happy when they are happy, and sad when they are sad. You will..."
"Stop, stop, stop," Jiang Fei covered her face, "Where did you pick up these sour words from?"
"'The Psychology of Love', 'Thirty-Six Strategies for Pursuing Love', 'How to Make the One You Love Fall in Love with You'..."
“…”
Jiang Fei turned over and buried her face in the pillow.
Did she really like Pei Jing? She had been single for so many years and had never experienced what it was like to love someone.
But when she was thinking about this problem, Pei Jing's appearance involuntarily appeared in her mind - his long eyelashes when he lowered his eyes, his arrogant little expression, and... his hot breath when he kissed her.
The system reminds: "Host, your heartbeat is accelerating."
"Shut up!" Jiang Fei shouted, and then said sullenly, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it——!"
The system said, "You don't believe it because your feelings for him aren't deep enough yet. They're still in the budding stage, so your feelings aren't very obvious."
"Then we should nip this bud in the bud!" Jiang Fei said firmly, "Everything is for the purpose of completing the mission. I don't want to put myself in a dilemma."
…
The next morning Jiang Fei went to pay her respects to Old Madam Jiang.
The old lady was not in good health, but she was not unable to get up. Jiang Fei had not seen her aunts from the second and third rooms for a while, and was pulled aside by the aunt from the second room, Cui, to talk for a long time.
Yao was trembling with fear. Firstly, she was thinking about what the Taoist priest had said. No matter how she looked at it, she couldn't see any immortal temperament in Jiang Rufei. But the Taoist priest spoke so seriously that she had to believe him.
Secondly, if the old lady knew what happened yesterday, she would be in big trouble.
Just as she was thinking about it, she saw Jiang Rufei's eyes turn and fall on her. Yao immediately forced a smile.
"Mother looks like she didn't sleep well." Jiang Fei said with a smile: "Overthinking does affect sleep."
Yao's hand trembled, and the water in the teacup almost spilled out. "Nothing."
No matter how stupid she was, she could hear the warning in Jiang Rufei's mouth, but she didn't dare to say it. Even when Jiang Rulin was about to speak, she was silenced by her.
After leaving the old lady's place, Jiang Rulin angrily asked, "Mother, why didn't you let me speak just now?"
"Have you forgotten what I told you?" Yao repeated what she had said to Jiang Rulin yesterday, which were all the Taoist priest's instructions.
Jiang Rulin sneered, "Mother may believe this kind of ghost story, but I don't."
"You can't help but believe it," Yao said, "Have you forgotten how the Taoist priest cast a spell to get her to ward off disaster for you?"
Jiang Rulin gritted her teeth. After all the calculations, the biggest winner turned out to be Jiang Rufei. Now even her mother was not on her side, leaving her to fight alone.
Her eyes dimmed, and a plan came to her mind. As soon as Yao left, she said to the maid, "Go and deliver a letter to someone for me."
…
As dusk faded, night mist rose between the mountains and forests. A cool breeze swept through the pine waves, shattering the moonlight into the gurgling stream.
Duan Jiu walked quickly on the grass, looking around but didn't see the prince.
He casually grabbed a guard and asked, "Where is the prince?"
The guard pointed his finger upwards, and when Duan Jiu looked up, he saw a figure sitting on the treetop.
"Why did you run up the tree?"
The guards were also confused. They had accompanied the prince on several trips in the past, and every time they went out, they were surrounded by people. Officials knelt and kowtowed to greet them wherever they went. They stayed in the best inns and ate the best dishes.
But this time he actually spent the night in the mountains and even climbed up a tree.
The guard scratched the back of his head. "Perhaps... looking up at the bright moon, and thinking of home?"
Duan Jiu: “…”
Missing his hometown? Missing people is more like missing someone. As for the capital, the prince would like to run as far away as possible. If it weren't for the concern of Jinglian Temple, the prince would have left long ago.
But now I have even more concerns.
Thinking of this, Pei Jing's voice suddenly came from above my head.
"We can reach Huaitang tomorrow, right?"
Duan Jiu quickly responded, "We'll ride as fast as we can tomorrow and we'll be able to reach Huaitang by evening."
Pei Jing looked at the moon and didn't speak for a long time. Some truths were about to be revealed, which made him most uneasy.
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