Chapter 30 Resentment
After a long while, he raised his eyes tremblingly and murmured, "Shu'er, don't be afraid, don't think so much. Wait for me. I'll come back to you after I've resolved everything. I will definitely give you an explanation."
Having said that, he dared not listen to any more of Ji Shu's hurtful words, and suppressing his emotions, he directly shouted, "Stop the car."
"Whoa—" Before the carriage had even come to a complete stop, Pei Xingjian pushed open the door and jumped out.
Chunzhi, puzzled, leaned in from outside the carriage. "Young lady, what's wrong with the young master? Isn't he home yet?"
Ji Shu rested her head on her hand, feeling dizzy and nauseous, perhaps from being in the scorching sun for too long.
"He said some hurtful things and stormed off."
“But… young lady, I can tell that the young master really cares about you. You didn’t see how anxious he was when he couldn’t find you at the prefect’s mansion. He gathered all his men and wanted to turn the entire mansion upside down.”
"If you hadn't arrived in time, who knows what might have happened."
Ji Shu's voice was hoarse, "Zhi'er, do you know that he is the male protagonist of this world, and Hanzhong has now fallen into decline."
"The Marquis of Yan has now recovered vast territories. In a few years, he will unify the world, and the world will be completely transformed."
Chunzhi didn't understand what the girl meant by "the male protagonist of the world," and asked in confusion, "Isn't that even better? No one will bully us anymore."
Ji Shu lifted the curtain and looked at the street scene flashing past the window. She said softly, "But I am not a person of this place. How can I marry him? All I have ever wanted is a life where I can breathe."
Chunzhi heard it intermittently, "Young lady, what are you saying?"
"It's nothing, I'm home."
Meanwhile, as soon as Pei Xingjian returned to the prefectural governor's mansion, he carried a chilling aura and barged straight into the courtyard where Wei Heng was.
"Tell me, where is your girl?"
The oppressive aura emanating from him silenced the gatekeeper maid, who knelt down, saying, "My lady is taking a nap, she hasn't... she hasn't woken up yet..."
"Step back."
Pei Xingjian kicked open the door. Wei Heng was lying on her side on the small couch, her eyes half-closed. Hearing the noise at the door, she said unhappily, "Don't you know I'm resting? Take her away and give me twenty taels of silver!"
After he finished speaking, there was no sound for a long time; the room was eerily silent.
Wei Heng sat up abruptly, turned around, and saw Pei Xingjian sitting in a chair with a gloomy expression, looking at her.
His eyes were like knives, her heart was pounding, and her breathing was rapid. "Xingjian... Brother Xingjian, why are you... here?"
Seeing her feigned innocence, Pei Xingjian's eyes flashed with disgust. "You have such a big ego, slapping your servants at the drop of a hat. Is this how you behave in your own household?"
Wei Heng bit her lip. How could she have imagined that Pei Xingjian would barge in without warning? She could only smile and say, "I was just asleep and got startled, that's why I did that."
After saying that, she blinked her innocent eyes and asked, "Brother Xingjian, is there something you need?"
Pei Xingjian clenched his fists tightly at his sides. "What are you planning to do by inviting Shu'er into the manor today?"
Seeing this, Wei Heng knew that they were coming to interrogate him, and said sarcastically, "Brother Xingjian, are you interrogating me?"
Seeing her stubbornness, I had no patience left.
Pei Xingjian asked in a deep voice, word by word, "I'm asking you what you did to her and what you said to her!"
Wei Hengming's bright face turned cold, completely losing her usual innocent demeanor.
With a shrill voice, she said, "What could I do to her? Or what did she say that made Xingjian treat me like this now? Where has my Xingjian gone?"
Under the light and shadow, those innocent, doe-like eyes suddenly appeared somewhat ferocious and terrifying, bearing no resemblance to her childhood self. Was this still the little sister who had followed him around since childhood?
Or perhaps he had never known her at all, and that she had always been like this, and it was all just a facade.
He closed his eyes, his emotions hard to express. "Shu'er has never said a bad word about you. On the contrary, look at what you've done. I told you that if you're dissatisfied, you can come at me. I can make up for anything you want. In Yanzhou, you are still the noble lady who is cherished."
Seeing the heartache in his eyes, Wei Heng dug her fingertips into her palm and suddenly realized that she had fallen into a trap, which had only made Xingjian dislike her.
She had underestimated her. How could Xingjian treat her like this? Thinking of this, she looked up again with tears in her eyes.
“Brother Xingjian, I was jealous of your feelings for her, but I can swear to God that I really didn’t do anything to her. I was just putting on a show... to make her heart flutter, to let her taste what it’s like to have her beloved stolen away.”
"Acting?" Pei Xingjian scoffed, his eyes filled with disappointment. Even now, she was still deceiving herself.
"You tricked her into going to a secluded courtyard, and you think this is acting? Did you really think I was some clueless fool who could be played with like a puppet?"
"I will only say this one last time. Don't look for Ji Shu again, and don't make things difficult for her, or don't blame me for not showing any mercy."
The last sentence struck like a thunderbolt, freezing the tears on Wei Heng's face.
Having said that, Pei Xingjian didn't want to stay there any longer, so he left after saying "Take care of yourself."
Wei Heng was left standing there, looking utterly dejected; she almost burst out laughing.
He questioned him about a woman he had only known for a month, like interrogating a criminal, and even threatened him.
What kind of mind-altering drug did that woman give him?
She suddenly stood up, swept the porcelain cups on the tea table around, and smashed them to pieces. "Fine, fine, I'm no match for her at all. Since that's the case, what do I have to worry about?"
Yinzi rushed in in a panic, saw the broken porcelain pieces all over the floor, and before she could say anything, Wei Heng slapped her across the face.
"Why didn't anyone announce my arrival, Brother Xingjian?"
Yinzi knelt down with a thud, covering her reddened cheek with her right hand, and said aggrievedly, "The young master came in angrily, and when we wanted to go forward, he wouldn't let us."
After speaking, he lowered his head, concealing the emotions in his eyes.
Enraged, Wei Heng kicked Yinzi in the chest, her voice becoming increasingly shrill and distorted, "So, now even you dare to talk back? Do you all think I'm a laughingstock because the engagement was broken off?"
Yinzi was kicked to the ground, her chest aching with pain. She gritted her teeth, struggled to her feet, and knelt down again.
She knew that Wei Heng was angry and anything she said would be wrong.
His dark eyes seemed to hold anger and resentment, but he could only swallow his anger.
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