Chapter 40 Extremely Disappointed
His face was fierce and even his body was cold. It was the first time he treated her like this.
"Wow!" Chu Ruyan burst into tears.
"Yan'er doesn't want to live anymore. My mother is gone, and now even my beloved brother Yanzhou doesn't like me anymore!"
"Brother Yanzhou doesn't believe me, I might as well just kill myself."
After she finished speaking, she rushed towards the pillar not far away with quick steps, but found that Pei Yanzhou was standing there, just looking at her coldly.
Chu Ruyan paused and stopped.
"Brother Yanzhou really doesn't love me anymore. He doesn't even care whether I live or die!"
"Whether you believe it or not, I was indeed unwell a few days ago and was bedridden. That's why I didn't get up to see you when you came to visit..."
"But today, after the flower viewing banquet, my health has indeed improved a lot. My stepmother saw that I was in better spirits, so she and my father forced me to attend the banquet."
She raised three fingers and swore, "Heaven and earth are my witnesses. You are the only one in my heart. I just want to deal with my stepmother. I am not really attending the banquet."
"As for those matches just now, I was just trying to win. I don't really want to be with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Brother Yanzhou, can you please believe me?"
Pei Yanzhou's dark eyes narrowed dangerously.
Now she looks like a clown and I don't believe her anymore.
He stared at Chu Ruyan's face with an inquiring look, "Okay, I will believe you."
Before she could speak, Pei Yanzhou continued, "In that case, you don't need to go on stage for the next dance. I will take you away now."
"As long as you're willing to come with me, I can forgive everything that happened. You'll still be my Yan'er!"
Chu Ruyan trembled all over, her face turned pale, and she refused to leave.
Pei Yanzhou thought of the past and softened his tone again:
"Yan'er, don't go dancing anymore."
"You know what? Although all those attending the banquet today are royal descendants and nobles, anyone willing to participate in the competition is not engaged."
"You're my fiancée, so you can't participate in the competition. Promise me you won't go on stage, okay?"
He extended his hand to her, but received no response from her.
As soon as he looked up, he saw Chu Ruyan's eyes suddenly widened and she shouted loudly: "Who is your fiancée?"
"As I recall, my engagement letter hasn't been delivered to the Pei family yet!"
She shook off Pei Yanzhou's hand and said savagely, "General Pei, don't forget that I'm not engaged to you yet. Logically, I'm also an unmarried girl! Why can't I participate in the competition?"
Pei Yanzhou stood there in astonishment, his face full of varied expressions.
This was almost the first time he saw Chu Ruyan with such a hideous face.
In his heart, she has always been delicate and docile, always obeying his orders.
But today he discovered that Chu Ruyan was so terrifying when she got angry. Her eyes were like torches and her voice was terribly loud, even more chilling than the sound of cold arrows on the battlefield.
Pei Yanzhou stood there in a daze, looking at her almost grief-stricken.
Isn't this his Yan'er? Isn't this person in front of me her?
However, at this moment, Chu Ruyan looked like a killer who was blinded by rage.
She looked at him threateningly with tears in her eyes, "Brother Yanzhou, General, Prince... I will definitely not go with you!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has shown interest in me. He has always been courting me. I must dance this next dance!"
"It's not that Yan'er wants to spend half a day with him, but I can't let other women succeed and become the Crown Princess!"
Her face was distorted, and she finally spoke out her true feelings while crying.
You can't have your cake and eat it too. If you have to choose between the two, you can only give up Pei Yanzhou.
"Yan'er!" Pei Yanzhou's voice softened with disappointment. "Everyone in the capital knows about what happened between you and me."
"How could you betray me and abandon me?"
"So what? Aren't you still just as treacherous and abandoning Shen Yuning?"
Chu Ruyan smiled sternly and said, "Brother Yanzhou, you are a general and a prince. You have been pampered since childhood, so you should be broad-minded."
"Now that you see I'm about to be favored by the Crown Prince, you should be happy for me, right?"
"Pei Yanzhou, you can't take me away. You can't repay kindness with hatred. Don't forget, I saved you in Tiger Roar Mountain!"
Pei Yanzhou let out a bitter laugh, "Yan'er, are you trying to threaten me with something from the past?"
He seemed to be meeting Chu Ruyan for the first time, and said faintly:
"Ruyan, let me remind you that my cousin isn't interested in women and has an unstable temperament. I can almost conclude that you're not his type!"
"Haha..." Chu Ruyan smiled up to the sky, "Thank you for the reminder, Brother Yanzhou. However, we women have very sharp intuitions. I know which men are interested in me and which men don't like me!"
She walked towards Pei Yanzhou step by step, with a sarcastic look on her face, "Brother Yanzhou, I know you still have Shen Yuning in your heart, right? You love her and can't let her go, right?"
"Yan'er, I don't!" Pei Yanzhou felt that what he felt for Shen Yuning was definitely not love, absolutely not.
Chu Ruyan smiled sadly. She said this not because she was really jealous, nor did she want to blame Pei Yanzhou, but rather -
The dance has not yet begun, and nothing is set in stone.
If the prince's plan fails, she can use it as an excuse to regain control of Pei Yanzhou.
Anyway, just attribute everything I did today to jealousy.
"Is status and position so important? Then what did you do to me back then..." Pei Yanzhou hesitated to speak. He could never ask those few words - was Chu Ruyan close to him because of his status and position?
Tiger Roar Mountain is so dangerous, but she is willing to block the wolves for him and carry him out of the mountain on her back. Is that deep friendship that is worth risking her life also fake?
Chu Ruyan sneered and raised her chin high: "Water flows to the low places, people go to the high places. Brother Yanzhou, please get out of the way!"
"I'm going to go on stage and perform the water sleeve dance!"
Pei Yanzhou tightly grasped Chu Ruyan's hand, refusing to let go: "Yan'er, I will give you one last chance..."
"General!"
Before he could finish his words, Chu Ruyan's wet nurse Hong Gu rushed up immediately.
"General Pei, you are a man of great generosity. Please don't ruin my young lady's future!"
"If the young lady can gain the favor of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, perhaps she will even be able to serve in the court in the future..."
"Shut up!" Ye Feng rushed forward and shouted angrily, "General, you lead your troops to fight and defend your country. Why do you need others' flattery in the court?"
He drew his sword and pointed it at Hong Gu and Chu Ruyan:
"Don't forget, the general is the commander of the Black Armor Battalion and the heir apparent of the Marquis of Wu'an. Whether it's his inherited title or the general's status, no one else can interfere!"
Chu Ruyan's expression changed slightly. She had thought that everyone around Pei Yanzhou was polite to her, but she didn't expect that once she had a quarrel with Pei Yanzhou, the attitude of the people below would change.
Humph, he is really a bully who relies on the power of others and is heartless and ungrateful.
Hong Gu was not as calm as Chu Ruyan. She fell to her knees with a plop.
"General, please spare my life. I spoke out of turn. That's not what I meant..."
Pei Yanzhou ignored Hong Gu. He looked at Chu Ruyan with extreme disappointment and loosened his hands involuntarily.
"Let's go!"
"Thank you very much!" Chu Ruyan replied through gritted teeth.
Her face was shining and she ran towards the stage impatiently to the sound of stringed instruments.
As the music started, Chu Ruyan came on stage, swinging her sleeves and doing somersaults.
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