Chapter 237 The kiss made his heart flutter, a ghostly figure
Crack, crack.
The sound of the moving cabinet sent chills down my spine in the dark.
Shen Chu's heart skipped a beat.
At this time, only Marquis Changning could come to the secret room.
Pei Yuan reacted even faster than her, blowing out the tinder almost immediately.
Before she could put the folded document back into the box, Pei Yuan hooked his arm around her waist and dodged her.
The secret room had no windows or beams on any side, so there was nowhere to hide.
Pei Yuan put his arm around her and hid behind the door of the display cabinet.
Because he dodged too fast, he crashed into the wall.
Shen Chu then bumped into his arms.
Behind him was a cold wall, and the person in his arms exuded a familiar and comforting wisteria scent. In his hand was the slender waist he had once disliked.
The two different stimuli caused Pei Yuan to unconsciously curse under his breath.
Shen Chu was on edge.
Upon hearing his low curse, Shen Chu instinctively looked up and covered Pei Yuan's mouth.
But in the darkness, Pei Yuan's head was almost touching the top of hers.
She looked up, and her lips landed perfectly on his Adam's apple.
Shen Chu was stunned for a moment.
Pei Yuan's throat tightened, his Adam's apple bobbed unconsciously, and a strange anger spread through his heart.
Damn it.
He kept insisting that he wasn't gay, that he had no feelings for me, and that he just wanted to keep his distance.
In the darkness, he couldn't resist kissing my Adam's apple.
My heart is in turmoil.
It was even more messy than the last time I ate the red bean paste from her mouth.
Ah, ah!
Just then, the door to the display cabinet opened completely.
A lantern appeared at the doorway, its dim light filtering in along with a shadow.
It was mixed with a distinctly pungent odor.
Without a doubt, the person who came was the Marquis of Changning.
He would spot them immediately as soon as he entered.
Shen Chu's heart jumped into her throat instantly, and she tensed up, even temporarily forgetting about accidentally kissing Pei Yuan's Adam's apple earlier.
She moved her hand slightly and gently scratched at Pei Yuan's palm.
I want to ask her what to do?
Pei Yuan's heart was in turmoil when she grabbed him, causing him to shudder and be thrown back instantly.
He lay on his stomach on the ground, his legs raised and bent in the air, and he crawled forward rapidly in an extremely bizarre posture.
Crawl!
Shen Chu was stunned.
Suddenly, a hazy, eerie shadow appeared on the ground, ghostly and terrifying.
The Marquis of Changning, who had just stepped in, was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
"A ghost...a ghost."
Shen Chu immediately released a burst of true energy, extinguishing the lantern.
The entire study was plunged into darkness.
Marquis Changning stared intently at the ghostly figure.
No normal person could make such a shape; it must be a ghost.
He was so frightened that his face turned pale, his limbs went weak, and he tried to crawl out, but he couldn't get out no matter what he did.
They wanted to call for help but were afraid someone would burst in and discover what was going on in the secret room.
All he could do was shout in a trembling voice, "You... ghost, don't come any closer! I'm telling you, I... I'm not afraid of you!"
Upon seeing this, Pei Yuan let out a few strange laughs.
Marquis Changning was terrified and crawled out with difficulty, his legs trembling.
Just then.
Snap.
Something fell into his hand.
In the darkness, Marquis Changning couldn't see what it was, but when he reached out and touched it, he trembled all over.
He was all too familiar with that feel.
On countless sleepless nights, he would stroke the words on the folded document.
A faint voice came from the secret room behind them.
"Brother Zhihai, how well did you write my Ode to Mountains and Rivers? After all these years, do you know it by heart?"
Marquis Changning was so frightened by the sudden sound that he almost wet himself.
He stood stiffly, his head slowly turning around.
A figure could be vaguely seen at the entrance of the secret room, with disheveled hair and baring its teeth and claws.
Like ghosts from hell coming to claim lives.
Marquis Changning was so frightened that his body went limp, and he didn't even have the strength to crawl out.
“Chen...Chen Zhixing”.
"Brother Zhihai... I... died so unjustly... so unjustly..."
The disheveled figure suddenly disappeared, and transformed back into that shadowy creature that was neither human nor ghost.
The sound was intermittent.
"Brother Zhihai, would you come down and keep me company? It's so cold down there, I feel so uncomfortable, so cold and lonely..."
Marquis Changning's eyes bulged out, and he could not make a sound; he could only shake his head repeatedly.
Suddenly, a cold hand gripped his throat tightly, with such force that it felt as if his throat bones would snap instantly.
Marquis Changning struggled incessantly, his legs kicking the ground with all his might.
“Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. Shen Zhihai, come down and keep me company.”
The chilling voice in his ear and the sharp pain in his throat terrified Marquis Changning, and the fear of impending death made him struggle desperately.
Suddenly the pressure in my throat disappeared.
The disheveled black figure reappeared at the entrance to the secret room, and the figure seemed to be gradually walking towards him.
Marquis Changning was so frightened that he curled up into a ball and kept wriggling backward.
The places he moved in smelled faintly of urine.
Everything he had experienced during the day, and the intense fear he felt now, completely broke him down, and he shouted recklessly:
"So what if I stole your letters and articles? Shen Zhixing, you owe me all of this."
We were about the same age, started school together, and I was also quite talented at studying.
But everyone has only praised you since you were a child, saying you are a child prodigy and that you are exceptionally talented.
Bah! It's just that you, the Marquis of Ning'an, are powerful and wealthy, and think that our Marquis of Changning has fallen on hard times and can only rely on your family for a living.
I could have taken the imperial examination and gone further, and chosen a good official position to revitalize the Changning Marquis's mansion, but you insisted on writing the Ode to Mountains and Rivers before the imperial examination.
Everyone is praising your "Ode to Mountains and Rivers" and extolling the Shen family for producing such a talented scholar; nobody remembers that I also ranked among the top three in the imperial examination that year.
I could have chosen a good official position, but because you were given one first, His Majesty didn't want to give the Shen family too much favor, so he could only give me a county magistrate in a remote mountainous area.
Why should all the high-ranking positions, generous salaries, praise, and accolades belong to your Ning'an Marquis's mansion, while I can only pick up what you don't want?
I have lived on the pity and charity of everyone in your Ning'an Marquis's mansion since I was a child. Even the servants would laugh at me and look down on me behind my back.
Your Ning'an Marquis's mansion already has power, influence, and money, while I have nothing. Why do you still want to take it from me?
Shen Zhixing, do you know how much I hate you?! I wish you were dead already.
At this point, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the face of Marquis Changning.
It was as if something that had been suppressed for many years was suddenly released.
He chuckled softly.
"Shen Zhixing, so what if you're amazing? So what if you're incredibly talented? You're still just a pile of bones by now."
On the contrary, I, the young marquis whom you look down upon, have enjoyed more than a decade of worldly prosperity than you.
Let me tell you, I haven't done anything particularly remarkable in my life. The only thing I'm proud of is that I participated in your death, making it happen faster, and making your whole family die even faster.
The thought of this fills me with immense pleasure. Countless nights, when I can't sleep, I come here and endlessly mock you with my "Ode to Mountains and Rivers."
Marquis Changning paused for a moment, then said, "That's right, it was I who harmed you."
I stole your letters and gave them to others. I know they had ill intentions with your letters, but so what?
I also know that General Li stole the Liangzhou defense map, but I haven't said a single word for you or your family.
"I'll only feel relieved when I see your whole family die."
Shen Chu, who was pressed tightly against Duobaoge, suddenly clenched his fists, wishing he could go out and kill Marquis Changning instantly.
Pei Yuan then made a strange move that instantly dispelled her anger.
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