Chapter 84 She is an Lonely Woman
Dou Wenyi lowered her eyes, feeling an overwhelming sense of embarrassment. She hadn't denied it when Xie Guidu questioned her about who she liked.
I wonder how much Pei Siyan actually listened to?
In this situation, she was afraid he would misunderstand her intentions. That day at the Dou residence, she kept saying that she liked someone else. Such behavior and inconsistent words and actions were just a ploy to seduce him.
Dou Wenyi felt annoyed. She really shouldn't have come to see Xie Guidu this morning, causing such a big misunderstanding. How could she possibly explain it away?
Pei Siyan was dressed in a dark-colored, patterned outfit. He was tall and strong, with an elegant demeanor. His slightly cool gaze swept across her face, exuding an imposing aura.
He strode into the room, his cold eyes like stars, his voice indifferent, devoid of any emotion, "Young Master Xie, do you have a problem with me?"
"I wouldn't dare!" Xie Guidu's brows furrowed, his anger barely contained, and he noticed the sachet at Pei Siyan's waist.
He was very familiar with the needlework and pattern of that sachet; it was exactly the same as the one on his waist. That was the sachet that Dou Wenyi had given him!
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, a woman giving a man a sachet was a sign that she was interested in him. She even gave him a sachet?
No, Dou Wenyi could never love Pei Siyan the way she loved him.
She was stubborn to the core and disdained to be a concubine to anyone, not even the crown prince.
Based on this, it can be concluded that what she just said must have been a lie!
But Pei Siyan is a wolf in sheep's clothing, cunning and unpredictable. He must have been lustful at first sight.
No wonder Pei Siyan acted like a victim when they left the palace, all high and mighty, trying to force him to break off the engagement. It turns out he had been harboring malicious intentions all along, using a feigned tactic to secretly seize his wife by any means necessary!
In his previous life, he was guilty, committing an irreparable mistake, powerless to change it, and living a life of pain and regret. But in this life, none of that has happened yet. Must he just stand by and watch Pei Siyan covet his wife?
How could Dou Wenyi become his concubine?
Xie Guidu was consumed by jealousy, his eyes flashing with intense hatred. "You deliberately plotted to break off my engagement, didn't you? You even fabricated a fake poem. For a prince to use such despicable methods is utterly ridiculous! Dou Wenyi is my fiancée. Is the prince trying to forcibly take my wife?"
How can someone so immoral and shameless be fit to shoulder the great responsibility of governing the country?
"My wife? Didn't you break off the engagement a long time ago?"
A cold glint flashed in Pei Siyan's eyes as he walked straight to Dou Wenyi's side, his long, slender hand grasping hers, his calloused fingertips gently caressing her skin.
His tall frame completely enveloped her, blocking Xie Guidu's view perfectly.
Pei Siyan's tone was extremely indulgent, his voice neither too loud nor too soft, "It's so early in the morning, why aren't you staying in the room obediently? The medicine will get cold!"
Dou Wenyi's eyelashes trembled, her pupils dilated suddenly, and she secretly tried to break free from his hand. "...What are you going to do?"
"Listen to me, reach out, and believe me, I'll kiss you right here..." Pei Siyan lowered his eyes, his voice low and full of warning, his other hand under his wide sleeve almost reaching her waist.
The girl looked shy, her pink cheeks, earlobes, and even her neck were flushed, truly alluring yet unknowable.
She did not belong to Xie Guidu, nor to any other man.
She can only be his woman for the rest of his life. He wants to possess her completely, both body and soul.
Dou Wenyi trembled slightly, her heart leaping into her throat.
She tensed up. Pei Siyan was a madman, and she absolutely couldn't provoke him. Almost instantly, the large hand that was gripping her waist finally loosened its grip.
Pei Siyan held her hand tightly, their fingers intertwined, before turning around and facing Xie Guidu directly.
He curled his lips coldly, his peach blossom eyes revealing undisguised contempt.
"Young Master Xie, you are the one who started this affair and then abandoned it, you are the one who harbored evil intentions, you are unworthy of her! You are morally corrupt, fickle, and unrepentant. I don't know how Marquis Dingyuan could have raised such an unfilial son, you are truly incapable of shouldering great responsibilities!"
"As for the matter of breaking off the engagement, you were less capable than others, so is that my fault?"
Pei Siyan was powerful and domineering, his words were sharp and his language provocative, all because he had absolute confidence in the power he held.
In other words, he didn't take Xie Guidu seriously at all.
"Your Highness, you are breaking the rules of propriety; how can you exchange gifts privately..."
Xie Guidu stared intently at their clasped hands, his expression pained and hard, veins bulging on his cheekbones. He was furious, and his fists clenched under his sleeves were trembling.
Their unrestrained behavior and deliberate displays of intimacy in front of him are simply attempts to assert their dominance, aren't they?
Pei Siyan's eyes darkened as he stared directly at the furious Xie Guidu, his voice mocking, "I didn't hold it against you for what happened last time. Do you think I'm too easy to deal with?"
"Or are you overestimating yourself and trying to oppose me? You want to steal my woman? As for etiquette, we'll be doing more intimate things, how dare you interfere?"
Dou Wenyi felt an intense resistance in her heart; Pei Siyan's aura of hostility was suffocating.
What does "his woman" mean?
She didn't agree at all!
However, the current situation left her no room to refute.
"Your Highness, Yi'er and I have been betrothed since childhood. She has been truly in love with me for four or five years and has made countless medicinal meals, sachets, pills, robes and so on for me. She even studied medicine because of a word I said!"
"She treated me so sincerely, how could she fall for someone else in just two months?"
"You're just abusing your power for personal gain, coercing her! Yi'er would never stoop to being a concubine; you're just deceiving yourself—"
Before Xie Guidu could finish speaking, Pei Siyan coldly uttered a single word, "Get lost!"
Before he changes his mind, otherwise, he wouldn't mind making him disappear forever.
Xie Guidu endured the pain in his shoulder and slowly walked towards the door.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at Dou Wenyi, "Yi'er?"
Intense emotions surged in his dark eyes, as if he were struggling, gambling that she hadn't changed her mind. "He forced you, didn't he?"
Xie Guidu was no ordinary man; he was astute and perceptive as could be, and naturally, he keenly sensed the unusual situation between them.
Unfortunately, at this point in the play, she would rather he misunderstand that she was having an affair with the Crown Prince than have him presumptuously believe that she still had feelings for him!
Dou Wenyi raised her delicate chin and retorted decisively, "As you can see, His Highness treats me very well. He always protects me when someone bullies me. Xie Guidu, it must be painful to be chosen, right? All along, you've been unworthy of my true feelings."
A fierce fire burned in Xie Guidu's eyes, and he suddenly let out a chilling smile.
"Pei Siyan, the future is uncertain, and there are always unpredictable events... It's best not to be too arrogant. Everything is still up in the air, let's wait and see!"
She'd only known Pei Siyan for a few days, and she'd already fallen in love?
He doesn't believe it!
Through past and present lives, through new and old grudges, he vowed to pull Pei Siyan off the throne of the Crown Prince and trample him into the mud!
After Xie Guidu left, the house fell silent.
Pei Siyan's fingers landed on her waist, roughly rubbing against the thin fabric. "Yi'er, you love him terribly. Has he ever kissed you?"
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