Chapter 127: Encountering Her by Chance and Asking Her to Walk Side by Side with Him
The two of them guessed a few more questions, but before they had guessed ten questions, good news came from Lu Junnian.
"Brother Shu Bai, we have finished guessing the ten questions. Haha, you are the host of Tianxiang Tower tonight, but you are not allowed to use this beauty to escape."
Ji Shubai smiled and said, "I'll accept the loss."
He lowered his head and asked Song Jin: "We have booked a table at Tianxiang Tower tonight, would you like to come?"
Song Jin wanted to go, but when he thought about his family who might still be waiting for him, it would be inappropriate to go alone, so he just said, "Next time, I'll go with you next time."
Ji Shubai didn't force her: "Okay, then next time, I'll take you back today."
Song Jin nodded.
"I'll take Miss Lu back first, and see you at Tianxiang Tower later."
"Keep your word and don't cheat."
"It seems that the only old iron tree in our government office is going to bloom this time, hahahaha——"
Ji Shubai ignored everyone's teasing, leaned over and whispered to Song Jin: "I'll go shopping with you."
Song Jin smiled: "Okay."
The two turned around to leave, when suddenly something with sparks was thrown in front of Song Jin, bounced twice and finally jumped under Song Jin's skirt.
It was a Lantern Festival firecracker that was thicker than a thumb.
Song Jin screamed and forgot to run for a moment, stamping her feet repeatedly, as if she would not be blown up this way. In her panic, she suddenly felt a force on her waist that lifted her up and spun her around. With a bang, Song Jin shrank in Ji Shubai's arms, cold sweat broke out all over her body, and even the lantern fell to the ground.
"presumptuous!"
Song Jin felt his chest shake, and then he heard Lu Junnian's curse in his ears.
"Where did you come from, you rascal! Didn't you see so many people? How dare you light firecrackers in the crowd? Do you believe that I will light you today?"
A teenage boy rolled out, fell to the ground, and begged for mercy. A group of people gathered around him, and Song Jin let go of Ji Shubai's hand.
"Are you scared? Did the explosion hit you?"
Song Jin didn't answer, but reached out to lift the hem of her skirt.
Fortunately, no hole was burned. She then wanted to look at the hem of Ji Shubai's clothes. He had just turned around and faced his back to the firecracker. She was afraid that it would explode on him.
Ji Shubai stopped her: "I'm fine."
Song Jin murmured "Oh" in a low voice and turned back to look for the lantern he had lost.
The situation with lanterns is not good.
The lampshade was made of gauze, and sparks jumped up, instantly leaving a black hole. There were not many holes, and they were not big, but they looked shocking against the white gauze.
A feeling of grievance came over me, as if when I was a child I went to the city for Chinese New Year and bought a beautiful, colorful dress, but someone ripped off the rhinestones on it before I even put it on.
Fancy rhinestones are useless, and lanterns are useless too, but the more useless they are, the happier people are when they spend money on them.
Song Jin was not happy for half the night before the lantern was broken.
She squatted there and refused to get up.
Ji Shubai took the lantern from her hand and looked at it carefully: "Don't be sad, it's not seriously damaged. I'll find a lantern maker to make you a better-looking one someday, or I'll buy you one, okay?"
Song Jin was stubborn again: "It won't be like this if I do it again."
She heard Ji Shubai sigh, and handed the lantern to Qingshan behind him, then pulled Song Jin up from the ground. At this moment, the rascal was still kneeling on the ground.
It was the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month and the government office was closed. It was unlikely that anyone would be arrested today and the onlookers also advised them to let him go during the holiday. Besides, Song Jin was not injured. Ji Shubai asked her opinion and told Lu Junnian to release the man first and not to bother about it.
Ji Shubai walked back with the depressed Song Jin.
"I heard from Chai Heng that you will go to his house to give Bao Bao lessons next month?" Ji Shubai changed the subject, trying to make Song Jin forget what happened just now.
"Yeah." She was not in high spirits.
"What are you going to teach?"
"I want to teach foreign languages, but I don't have any books. I plan to teach science while writing textbooks."
Science...Textbooks...
Ji Shubai didn't ask any more questions, but just said, "I'm afraid you won't be free on the fifth day of the month from now on. Do you mind if I go to the Chai family more often?"
Song Jin understood the meaning of these words. He came to the Chai family naturally to see him.
"Come if you like."
"Of course I'm happy to come."
Song Jin's mood was unconsciously coaxed into a better mood by him, and he couldn't help but think of the title of Master's Wife.
"Tell me, when I enter the Chai family, what should Baobao call me? Sir?"
"That depends on whether you are a woman or a man. If you are a man, I will address you as Mr. If you are a woman..."
"How is the woman?"
Ji Shubai sensed something was wrong and refused to fall into her trap.
"have no idea."
"How could you not know?" Song Jin asked.
"I just don't know."
"You should call me Master's Wife."
Ji Shubai said with a straight face: "I won't scream."
"You're cheating."
This time Ji Shubai simply ran away. He didn't call out, so Song Jin followed him and chased him.
"Wait for me, I must hear you call me Master's Wife today—"
Song Jin was chasing vigorously, but Ji Shubai in front of him suddenly stopped, causing Song Jin to bump into him again.
She suspected that Ji Shubai ordered Rick to pierce her nose.
"Why did you stop so suddenly? My nose...
Song Jin walked out from behind Ji Shubai and just then saw the two women standing in front of him.
"Master Ji, may I ask who this girl is from?" A woman wearing a Liang crown asked politely but cautiously, and Miss Pei was standing next to her.
Song Jin looked like he was caught poaching someone. His toes clenched in embarrassment, and he didn't even want to look at Pei Danyang's face.
"This is Miss Lu, a friend of mine."
Ji Shubai's tone became noticeably colder, and he didn't seem to have any intention of introducing the woman to Song Jin. Song Jin could sense that something was not right in the atmosphere, and with only a vague idea of what was going on, she became more and more nervous.
"Miss Lu?" The woman glanced at Song Jin from head to toe, with a look of scrutiny in her eyes: "I wonder which family this Miss Lu is from?"
Which family is Miss Lu from?
Song Jin thought she was Miss Lu from the old Lu family who had just left the family, the Miss Lu that no one knew.
A tense atmosphere flowed between the two of them.
"Mrs. Pei, I have something else to do today, so I'm sorry I can't accompany you."
Ji Shubai didn't care about the other person's expression after he finished speaking, he took Song Jin's hand and walked away. Song Jin staggered two steps when he was pulled by him, and he couldn't help but get angry.
"She is Miss Pei's mother, isn't she?"
Ji Shubai kept walking and didn't answer. Song Jin became even angrier and shook off his arm.
"Why don't you answer me?"
Ji Shubai stood there stiffly, with his back to her. After a while, he turned back and asked, "You want to know about my family affairs?"
Song Jin was speechless. What right did she have to ask about other people's family affairs? It seemed that they had never talked about love, let alone marriage. The vague ambiguity was the limit.
"If you don't want to, forget it."
Song Jin wanted to leave in anger, but was stopped by Ji Shubai.
"Today is not a good day to talk about this. Let me explain it to you another day, okay?"
Song Jin's mood was like a roller coaster, her body was hot and cold at the same time. She was feeling cold just now, but Ji Shubai's words made her feel better again.
He was willing to explain to her, at least to prove that he cared about her, and was even willing to tell her about the embarrassing details at home.
Song Jin wondered if this was what love-brain was like, sad and happy at the same time, and never tired of being led by the nose.
"All right."
She clearly saw the pit, but she still jumped in with a clear mind. She defended herself because she really cherished Ji Shubai, a friend of Daming, who accepted her strange ideas and opinions. Even if she disagreed, she could at least discuss them peacefully instead of criticizing blindly. For this friend, she could endure it.
She convinced herself.
"I was supposed to take you for a stroll today, but I didn't expect that these things would make you unhappy. When spring comes and the weather is warmer, we can go out for a walk together, okay? Do you like hiking or boating?"
He pulled Song Jin's wrist and squeezed through the crowd and walked slowly forward. Song Jin followed obediently behind.
“Both.”
Ji Shubai chuckled: "Okay, then let's all go."
"Lord Lu and the others are waiting for you, do you want to go back first?"
Ji Shubai pulled her closer and asked her to walk side by side with him, so that even on the noisy streets, the two of them would not have to speak loudly for the other to hear them.
"No hurry. I took you from your mother, so I have to return you personally."
After hearing this, Song Jin said nothing more. He let him lead the way, and the two walked forward together.
On this side, Song Jin's mood gradually recovered, but on the other side, Mrs. Pei was very angry.
She watched Ji Shubai walking away with a girl, without even looking at her daughter the whole time. However, her daughter had often visited his house a few months ago.
"Tell me, why did he come to your house that day and tell you not to go there anymore?"
Pei Danyang pursed her lips and said nothing. She didn't dare tell her mother that that was her idea.
She rushed to send it off, but the other party didn't want it and even pulled someone over to block her. She saw the relationship clearly and didn't want to get involved, so she begged Ji Shubai to tell her parents not to let her go.
Ji Shubai was willing to cooperate and directly suggested that Pei Danyang should not be allowed to come to his house anymore. He said that it would be inconvenient for him to see her often because he had guests, and there was no need to think about marriage. He asked the Pei family to find another good marriage for Pei Danyang.
The relationship between the two families deteriorated.
Mrs. Pei saw that her daughter was silent, so she thought that she had suffered a great injustice: "Is it because of that woman?"
She stared at the direction where Song Jin left: "Whose girl is so uneducated, playing with a man on the street without even a servant by her side. Shameless, what does he see in her?"
"Mom, please stop talking."
"Why can't I tell you? Do you think there are such promising young men everywhere? Your uncle is his uncle after all, so we can still talk. If we can get married, it will be much easier for your brother to find a job in the future. Even if he doesn't become an official, he will have a backer if he does business. Didn't you see Chai Heng? He can only make money by being close to officials. We can't just let this go."
"Mom, Brother Ji has made it very clear that he will not marry me."
"Who would he marry if he doesn't marry you? That woman? I want to see who gave birth to her and who raised her. We must not let her get away with it."
"Mom, don't pretend to be ignorant. You know why Brother Ji doesn't want to marry me. Why bother him?"
"How can you talk to your mother like that? I'm doing this for your own good. Do you think the streets are full of 30-year-old fifth-rank officials? You'll never get the chance again. Besides, what does what happened back then have to do with you? What do you have to feel guilty about? Even if we lose, we can't lose to a woman like that."
"What kind of woman? Mom, you don't know her, why do you keep talking about that kind of woman?"
Mrs. Pei was startled. At that moment, she felt that her daughter had become somewhat unrecognizable.
"What's wrong with you today? Did you eat firecrackers this morning? And you got mad at your mother. What did I teach you about manners? I don't understand her, do you? "
At this point, she suddenly understood: "Have you seen her at Ji's house?"
Pei Danyang turned his face away and refused to answer, which made Mrs. Pei even more certain.
"That's what I was wondering, why did he suddenly not allow you to go to his house? Turns out he has a mistress hidden in his house."
"mother--"
"Don't say any more. I think you are becoming more and more unruly. I thought you were wronged. Don't watch the lanterns today. Go home and reflect on your past!"
"mother--"
Mrs. Pei didn't say anything and asked the servants to carry Pei Danyang back. She also ordered someone to keep an eye on Ji Shubai. She wanted to find out whose Miss Lu this was.
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