◎He will never let her know in his life.◎
The return journey was smooth, just like before, An Jiu and Pei Ji rode in a carriage, while Lin Qingyan and He Ziqing rode horses.
The speed of travel was not fast. After all, everything was done. With a light-hearted mood, the few people walking on the road looked more like they were having fun.
Whenever they entered the city, Lin Qingyan would always take An Jiu for a stroll, and An Jiu was happy to accompany her.
She only regarded this journey as the last time, and wanted to make it as long as possible.
As a result, the trip was unknowingly extended greatly. From time to time, the group would go to see a play in a city, or participate in some local events to see new things, or An Jiu would instigate the righteous male and female protagonists to punish the evil.
But what puzzled An Jiu was that Pei Ji did not seem to be dissatisfied with this and remained calm throughout.
If she wanted to go shopping, he would accompany her. If she wanted to see a play, he would help her buy tickets and reserve seats. Whatever she wanted to do, he would always agree with a smile and help her get it done without any complaints.
He seemed to be in no hurry to go back.
On the busy street, a young and handsome man was dressed in white, spotless, with waist-length black hair tied behind his back with a white jade hairpin. He had a slender and graceful figure, and a warm smile on his handsome face.
Such a godlike young man was squeezed on a small stall, competing with a group of people to buy cakes.
The otherworldly air about him, set off by the surrounding environment, instantly became very down-to-earth.
An Jiu even saw someone push him accidentally, but he said nothing and still had a smile on his face.
"System, what do you think he is thinking?" An Jiu looked confused.
【Maybe he doesn't want to kill you. 】
"Based on my understanding of Pei Ji, he is not such an indecisive person. A smart person should know that the most important thing to do now is to take me back to detoxify quickly to avoid any more trouble. Although he lost his love, he gained his life! This is a sure win business!"
When saying this, An Jiu's tone was quite disappointed.
The system paused for a moment before saying: [Host, not everyone is as calm as you. ]
An Jiu thought: "Are you trying to say that not everyone is as cold-hearted as me?"
【……】
"Anyway, I don't believe he would give up this chance to survive. He is a big villain."
The brief exchange came to an end.
Because An Jiu saw Pei Ji coming back from the stall, he handed the paper bag to An Jiu: "Try it, how does it taste?"
An Jiu took it, opened it, and ate a rice cake with a bamboo skewer, the sweetness lingering on his tongue.
She nodded and praised: "Not bad."
The two continued to walk forward. She ate pastries while glancing at the man next to her inconspicuously.
Actually, to be honest, the two of them expressed their feelings to each other, but when they actually got along, it seemed that there was no difference from before.
An Jiu still behaves like a spoiled young lady, and Pei Ji is still like a close servant serving her, rather than a lover with a mutual understanding.
Anjiu's mentality is a bit broken in the face of death, and he is too lazy to act as if he is deeply in love anymore.
Pei Ji probably hasn't learned how to express love correctly yet.
However, neither of them thought about changing. It was fine as before. At least they got along naturally and comfortably.
An Jiu thought so in his heart, turned around and stretched the bag in his hand to the side. The person next to him didn't say a word, as if he had been prepared for it, and took it naturally.
The young lady likes to taste all kinds of delicious food, but she usually stops eating after a few bites. She doesn't want to waste the leftovers, so she throws them into the human-shaped trash can named "Pei Ji" beside her.
This is a tacit understanding that is unique to them.
Although it's a bit strange, but when I think about it, I feel it's inexplicably sweet.
Of course, it wasn't Anjiu who felt sweet.
Pei Ji still couldn't believe that An Jiu actually liked him, and that the person she liked was actually him.
To this day, he still feels like he is living in a dream.
Even though those scenes happened right in front of him, and he had checked An Jiu's body and confirmed that there was no love poison in her body - he still couldn't believe it and was often in a trance.
It’s like a pauper suddenly wins a jackpot one day and it falls right on his head. It’s a feeling of surprise and disbelief.
He had never been so timid that he didn't even dare to ask her why she liked him and when she liked him.
I am afraid that if I ask this question, this love will suddenly disappear.
He just kept looking at her. No matter when or where, his eyes were always fixed on her, and his sight always followed the passionate girl who loved to wear red clothes.
I felt confused, frightened, and yet extremely sweet.
The intense joy almost made Pei Ji feel dizzy.
For example, now, the girl casually handed him the leftover food. In the past, Pei Ji would have felt that this was an insult.
When he learns that she loves him, he begins to see her behavior in a different light, leading to a completely different conclusion.
An Jiu is indeed arrogant and spoiled, but she never gives others her leftovers. Isn’t this special?
When she sees a little gadget she likes, she will ask him to queue up to buy it. She doesn't call anyone else but only him. Isn't this a kind of favoritism?
Whenever she was unhappy, she would get angry at him, being spoiled and annoying, but she never asked others for orders, because he was different in her heart.
Pei Ji convinced himself with an excellent reason.
After all, he saw with his own eyes that she broke free from the love Gu for him, it was definitely not fake, so it was undeniable that she loved him.
Now that I think about it, perhaps it was precisely because she was so different that he had misunderstood her for so long, thinking that she didn't like him.
On the way back to Yaowang Valley, Pei Ji never stopped reminiscing. He carefully picked out all the memories since he met An Jiu, and observed any clues in them in order to spy on the girl's hidden feelings for him.
He thought of the time at Golden Snake Villa when she picked him up from the mud and said with red eyes that they wanted to die together.
She bandaged his wounds, hot tears dripping on his shoulders.
Her ears sometimes turned red in front of him, and her attitude towards Feiyi gradually became colder since the Golden Snake Villa.
All this means that she might have fallen in love with him at that time.
The most powerful evidence was the night in Wuyin Temple when he was poisoned and demanded everything from her. After struggling, the girl actually chose to acquiesce.
With so much evidence right in front of him, why had he never noticed it?
Instead, he repeatedly doubted her, humiliated her, denied her love, and thought she was a dissolute woman?
Pei Ji remembered that she had been on the bow of the Golden Snake Town ship and had inexplicably given him the cold shoulder because of a sentence, and he didn't understand the meaning for a long time.
It was not until today that I understood the profound meaning of what she said, "She would never marry a cripple."
It turned out that she was saying that she would marry him as long as he was no longer crippled.
She had done so much, but he never saw it. He was stubborn and only remembered Anjiu in his previous life, and only insisted on his own ideas, so God also punished him for his arrogance and made him take such a long detour.
"Pei Ji."
The girl's sudden call pulled the man away from his memories. He quickly came back to his senses and looked at her tenderly, "What's wrong?"
"Squat down." She still spoke to him in a condescending tone.
Pei Ji squatted down immediately, without any hesitation in his mind.
He had complete trust in her, and if she simply stabbed him at this moment, she could easily kill him.
Pei Ji knew rationally that he shouldn't be so defenseless, but his emotions couldn't do that.
Whenever he saw her, his chest would be filled with a full and soft emotion. A warm current would flow through his chest, making him ignore the discomfort in his body. He would feel as if he was floating in a soft cloud, with only that blushing shadow filling his heart and eyes.
As soon as he squatted down, his back suddenly felt heavy, and two slender and soft arms stretched out from his shoulders and gently wrapped around his neck.
Then the soft, cloud-like body of the girl pressed tightly against his back without a single gap.
The girl's crisp and delicate voice rang in my ears: "I'm tired and don't want to walk anymore. Please carry me back."
The girl was not heavy, but at this moment, Pei Ji suddenly felt like he was carrying the whole world on his back.
After leaving Qiansha Pavilion, she had not said any words of love to him, and it seemed that she was no different from before. Her behavior was even more different from when she was infected with the love poison. But... did this closeness also mean that she really loved him?
It's just that her love is too unusual, different from that of ordinary women.
Pei Ji's Adam's apple rolled, and he uttered a word in a hoarse voice: "Okay."
He slowly straightened up, carried the girl steadily on his shoulders, and walked slowly along the street with her.
The streets were crowded with people, and the atmosphere was full of life. People's hawking and talking were heard everywhere. In the distance, at the end of the street was the setting sun. The golden sunlight was like broken gold, spreading all over the ground, dyeing the entire view into a light golden color.
My wandering heart seemed to suddenly feel real, heavy, and filled with a sense of fullness and fulfillment.
The girl must be really tired. She rested her pointed chin on the man's shoulder and whispered, "I'm a little sleepy. I'll take a nap. Remember to call me when we get back."
Her breath sprayed on his ears, and the man's ears turned red inadvertently.
"……good."
The young man in white carried the girl in red on his back as they strolled through the streets, their clothes folded together and their hair entangled, like a beautiful painting.
As he walked, Pei Ji thought with great relief that it was a good thing that she didn't know that he was Xian Wuming, and didn't know that he had done those excessive things to her.
Little did she know that he had speculated about her and humiliated her so maliciously.
He would never let her know in his life.
When they returned to the inn, dusk had gradually fallen. Judging from the girl's even breathing, she was not awake yet.
Pei Ji slowed down his pace and went upstairs, bumping into Lin Qingyan who was leaving the house: "Are you guys going back... Is An Jiu asleep?"
The next second, he saw Pei Ji making a gesture to lower his voice, and he quickly lowered his voice.
Pei Ji nodded silently as a greeting, pushed open An Jiu's door, and gently placed the girl on the bed.
Seeing that her hair was a little messy, he tidied it for her before going downstairs to have dinner with the others.
"There are two routes to take. If you are in a hurry, you can go to Qiucheng, which is closer. Jiufangcheng is a bit farther away, but you can go there to see if Anzhuang has been cleaned up." Lin Qingyan said at the dinner table.
Pei Ji said: "Let's go to Jiufang City."
Lin Qingyan smiled and said, "I thought you were going to leave for Qiucheng. If you go back earlier, you can prepare for your wedding with Anjiu earlier, right?"
Pei Ji said: "There is no rush for marriage. There is her wet nurse in Jiufang City. She will be happier to meet her."
As he said this, he continued to peel shrimps with his hands. He put the peeled shrimp meat in a clean bowl, and it was obvious that he was going to serve it to An Jiu later.
Lin Qingyan couldn't help but glance at He Ziqing who was already busy eating.
After watching her for the past few days, she felt that Pei Ji was too good to An Jiu. He was good enough before, but now he almost treated her like an ancestor. Then she looked at her own family, and it was really frustrating to compare with them.
"Okay, let's go to Jiufang City."
The author has something to say:
Pei Pei is the best at self-strategy
She orders me around, not anyone else, she loves me!
She is angry with me, not with others, she loves me!
She dislikes me but not others, waaaaaaaa, she just loves me!
Do you smell the scent of the knife? This is probably the last calm before the storm~
There is no more candy later, so cherish the candy now qwq
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