Chapter 347 Pei Yuan likes her, and she likes Pei Yuan too.
She concealed it very well; she even deliberately lowered her voice.
Since Pei Yuan couldn't see her face, how did he discover the flaw?
Chen Chu felt a mix of emotions.
Pei Yuan pulled forward forcefully.
She lost her balance and fell to her knees, collapsing into Pei Yuan's chest.
She rested her head on Pei Yuan's shoulder.
Pei Yuan's slender hand was already on her chin, moving straight up along it.
A finger had already touched the corner of her mouth, and the rough fingertip sent a chill down her spine.
Before she could react, she quickly pushed Pei Yuan's hand away and stepped back.
"What's wrong with you, young master? How could I possibly have anything to do with Lord Shen?"
The scent of wisteria lingering in his nostrils faded, and Pei Yuan rubbed his fingers together, unable to suppress his suspicions.
He pressed on relentlessly, bombarding him with a series of questions.
"Nothing's wrong? Then why did you run into me several times? Why did you save me twice?"
“You have the same scent as Shen Chu, and even some of your habits are exactly the same.”
"Also, the first time you saved me was in an alley near Sanyuantang, which was a dark alley."
"Weren't you going to buy medicine? You shouldn't be going down a dead end unless you specifically went there to look for me."
"And now, why are you, a woman with a big belly, going up the mountain? Why not take the proper mountain path and instead go around to the back of the mountain?"
Don't tell me this is a coincidence. There are no real coincidences in this world.
If I'm not mistaken, you followed the signs of a fight here, right?
"How do you explain all of this?"
Shen Chu was forced to retreat step by step by his interrogation, until she was backed against the wall.
Her heart was pounding, but she dared not pause or panic for a moment. She even deliberately controlled her laughter, making it sound like she was both laughing and crying at the same time.
"Young master, look at my face. What kind of relationship do you think I could have with Lord Shen?"
Pei Yuan's expression froze.
If he could see this, would he need to ask so many questions?
Could he have been mistaken?
Shen Chu continued with a grin:
"So it turns out that I smell the same as Lord Shen, and we even share some of the same habits. Could it be that Lord Shen and I have an extraordinary connection?"
Pei Yuan frowned. "You and Shen Chu have no relationship?"
Chen Chu sighed, "I'm actually hoping there's a connection."
I was in that dark alley because I went to Sanyuantang to buy medicine for my man.
This is hardly a glorious thing, so of course I had to avoid people and go through dark alleys. It was really a coincidence that I ran into you, young master.
Today I did indeed follow the traces of the fight to find this place. I learned that Lord Shen obtained a bottle of that kind of medicine.
I heard he came to the back mountain, so I thought I'd see if I could run into Lord Shen and ask him for a favor: where can I still find that kind of medicine? I want to buy some more.
Pei Yuan frowned. "Didn't I give you a bottle?"
Chen Chu said awkwardly, "My husband said this kind of medicine is hard to buy on the market, and asked me to help him find a way to stock up on some more."
"Your man?"
Shen Chu sighed, "My man is impotent."
For some reason, Pei Yuan felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing those words.
Strange, this woman is clearly saying that her husband is impotent, so why is he acting so cold?
Pei Yuan sneered, "What's your man's surname? He even needs a woman to buy this kind of medicine. What kind of person is he?"
Shen Chu reached out and rubbed her face, barely managing to suppress the smile on her lips.
"This... please forgive me for not being able to tell you, please at least give my man some face."
"Ha, they have no substance but still want to save face, how utterly hypocritical."
Chen Chu rubbed his face.
One day you'll realize you're criticizing yourself; I wonder how you'll feel.
"You have no relationship with Shen Chuzhen?"
"Young Master, you keep referring to Chen Chu, it seems you are quite familiar with Lord Shen. If you could help introduce us, that would be wonderful."
Pei Yuan fell silent, a self-deprecating smile appearing on his lips.
He was truly possessed just now.
For a moment, he actually thought the woman in front of him was Ah Chu.
He had just met A-Chu today, and they had even fought together against the men in black.
He was so hurt that he lost his mind.
He pinched the bridge of his nose, slowly straightened his clothes, and sat down again against the wall.
When Shen Chu saw that he was no longer asking questions, she breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt extremely bitter.
So tired.
She really wanted to tell Pei Yuan that she was a woman, no matter what.
But reason kept reminding her: she couldn't.
She pinched her palm, suppressing the stinging in her eyes, and asked softly, "Young master, you're not from Yangzhou, are you? Are you here to do business?"
Pei Yuan's voice was low and somber.
“I came to Yangzhou to find someone; my sweetheart is in Yangzhou.”
A single sentence seemed to explode like fireworks before Shen Chu's eyes.
Suddenly, a buzzing sound filled her ears, and everything before her eyes blurred.
On Qiutang Lake.
Pei Yuanjin's face was almost touching hers, his voice cold and angry:
"Chen Chu, is it so hard to say you don't want to see me marry Chen Jiaying?"
Later, Pei Yuan forcefully and domineeringly pulled her into his arms, his voice low and firm.
"Achu, wait for me in Yangzhou."
He did it.
He really did come to Yangzhou to find me.
The person he was talking about, the one he loved, was me!
So Pei Yuan really does like me!
These thoughts were clearly etched in my mind.
Chen Chu felt as if her heart had been squeezed tightly, and she felt an indescribable pain.
Large tears slid down silently.
She raised her hand to wipe her tears, but the tears fell even more fiercely, as if they would never end.
She couldn't even explain why she was crying.
Was it because the question that had been lingering in her mind for days, causing her sleepless nights, suddenly had an answer?
Or was it because she liked Pei Yuan, and Pei Yuan liked her too, but between them stood the grave crime of deceiving the emperor by disguising herself as a man?
Or perhaps it was because of the marriage arranged for him by the Longqing Emperor?
Shen Chu covered her mouth, and her tears flowed even more fiercely.
She hadn't cried like this in a long time.
All the entanglements, anxieties, frustrations, fears of loss, and indecisiveness seemed to find a outlet at this moment.
Are you crying?
Pei Yuan noticed something was amiss and frowned as he asked.
Shen Chu wiped away her tears fiercely with her sleeve and trembled as she spoke.
"I......"
She wanted to tell Pei Yuan immediately that she was Shen Chu, and that Shen Chu was her.
Shh, someone's coming this way.
Pei Yuan's expression suddenly changed slightly, and he pointed upwards.
"Let's go up and hide."
Chen Chu peeked out and saw a blurry shadow walking towards the wooden house in the moonlight.
It's hard to tell who is friend and who is foe.
Her tender emotions vanished instantly, and she grabbed Pei Yuan's arm, whispering, "Go."
The two of them simultaneously touched the ground with their toes and landed steadily on the roof beam.
The two had just settled down on the beam when a long shadow was cast onto the floor of the wooden house.
Then a figure walked in.
The figure stood at the doorway, cautiously looking around before stepping inside, its face exposed to the moonlight.
Shen Chu's pupils involuntarily contracted slightly.
It was her!
Why would she be in this small wooden house on the back mountain in the dead of night?
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