Chapter 35 Are You Going to Condemn Me?
"Bata——"
The candle in the study swayed a few times, and a drop of wax fell down, melting and becoming limp.
Pei Jingxu's eyelashes trembled slightly.
She lowered her head, paused in turning the pages of the book, and the smile on her lips froze for a moment.
But it was only for a moment.
Pei Jingxu raised his eyes doubtfully and looked at Rong Jianxue blankly, as if he didn't quite understand what he meant. "Sir...what did you say?"
Rong Jianxue sat upright, her eyes clear and indifferent: "Why did you appear on the Qiqiao Terrace and dance as the Weaver Girl?"
Pei Jingxu blinked, then said in a daze but honestly, "Because, because Miss Shen forced me to go to Que Tower and sign my name, and she insisted that I must participate."
Rong Jianxue's expression remained unchanged. "If this was truly forced, you could have simply lost the competition and walked away. But not only did you win, you even performed a dance on the Qiqiao Stage."
After a pause, the man looked at her with a cold and scrutinizing gaze: "So, this shouldn't be considered forced."
Pei Jingxu frowned slightly.
——She never imagined that when she saw her dancing, saw her falling off the high platform, and even personally held her in his arms to rescue her, Rong Jianxue was thinking about this question!
This man was so calm that it was a little scary.
She didn't say anything, her thin lips were tightly pursed, her beautiful eyes were like ink, and she shook them gently a few times.
Seeing that she remained silent, Rong Jianxue continued, "The only reason I can think of is that you want to take this opportunity to retaliate against the Shen family and embarrass them."
Pei Jingxu raised his eyebrows and clenched his fingers slightly on the book.
Should she be glad?
——Fortunately, he only thought of this level at the moment.
Looking at the man in front of her, Pei Jingxu chuckled softly, her eyes filled with disbelief. "So, it's just because of this? Just because I went up to the Qiqiao Stage, you convicted me?"
"It's just a reasonable guess." Rong Jianxue met her gaze without shying away, her tone calm. "This is the reason I can think of."
"Last time, Shen tricked you into attending a banquet and intended to ruin your reputation. You held a grudge, so you wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge. This was your motive."
He spoke each word slowly and methodically, without a trace of unnecessary emotion.
Pei Jingxu chuckled softly, her eyes misty, "So, Your Excellency thinks that I want to embarrass Miss Shen in front of everyone, right?"
Rong Jianxue didn't say anything, but looked at her quietly with a pair of cold eyes.
Pei Jingxu nodded repeatedly, letting her tears fall, and just looked at him stubbornly: "Since what you said is reasonable, why didn't you just believe Miss Shen and bring me to my mother-in-law to question me?"
Rong Jianxue said calmly, "Shen Shi did intend to frame you in the beginning. If she hadn't had ill intentions, you wouldn't have seized the opportunity to fight back. So, both of you are at fault for what happened tonight."
Upon hearing this, Pei Jingxu twitched the corners of her mouth, her eyes reddening, "Then I should thank you for your forgiveness, sir?"
"You don't have to be angry with me, Pei," Rong Jianxue looked at the red corners of her eyes and frowned slightly. "If you feel wronged, you can explain to me. If the truth is not what I said, I will apologize to you."
"Explain to you? Since you have determined the 'truth', are you still willing to listen to my explanation?"
Rong Jianxue said calmly: "As long as you tell the truth."
Pei Jingxu looked at Rong Jianxue steadily, letting his tears roll down like beads from a broken string.
"I wasn't forced to participate in the competition," Pei Jingxu said with tears welling up in her eyes. "Chen Congyue humiliated me many times during the competition, saying that the Tianyun yarn I was wearing was stolen, that the material I was wearing was fake, and that I was unlucky for the Pei family and my husband!"
Her tears flowed so quickly that she hurriedly wiped them with the back of her hand.
Rong Jianxue frowned and pursed his thin lips into a straight line.
"Sir, even if I were made of clay, I would still get angry."
A pair of tearful eyes looked at Rong Jianxue steadily, not dodging or avoiding: "Can't I be angry? Can't I win this game just to prove myself?"
After she finished speaking, she turned her face away, not wanting Rong Jianxue to see her tears. "As for what you said about me wanting to frame her on the Qiqiao Terrace, I never did it, nor have I ever thought about it."
"I was just too angry at the time, so I wanted to win over Miss Shen to prove myself. I was also shocked when Miss Shen came from behind to pull me."
"If you don't believe what I said, you can go to the Que Building and ask. Many people heard Miss Shen humiliating me at that time."
Tears wet the pages of the book in her hands.
Pei Jingxu cried softly, her long hair hanging on one side of her shoulder, blocking her expression.
Rong Jianxue pursed her lips slightly, her cold eyes swayed a few times, and her finger bones tightened.
"Why would Shen help you dance?"
Pei Jingxu heard this and said in a low voice: "Sir, do you think that if Miss Chen wants to go on stage, can I stop her?"
After a pause, Pei Jingxu said seriously: "You should ask Miss Shen about this, not me."
Rong Jianxue's long eyelashes trembled twice and she narrowed her eyes.
Pei Jingxu took the wet book in his hand, stood up and saluted: "I am sorry to bother you so late at night, please go to bed early."
After saying that, Pei Jingxu turned around and was about to leave.
"Problem." The man behind him spoke solemnly.
Pei Jingxu stopped but did not look back at him.
Rong Jianxue closed her eyes slightly, concealing the coldness in her eyes, and slowed down her tone: "Didn't you say you had a question for me?"
"No more now. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, Pei Jingxu didn't linger any longer and walked away.
Rong Jianxue looked at her leaving back, his emotions unclear.
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After returning to the bedroom, Pei Jingxu slid down the door frame and sat on the floor as soon as she closed the door.
My legs feel limp.
A thin layer of sweat formed on her forehead, she was gasping for breath, and a cold look of surviving a disaster flashed in her eyes.
Rong Jianxue...
She thought things were too simple. She thought that as long as she relied on her methods, Rong Jianxue would fall into her hands sooner or later.
——But she didn't expect that Rong Jianxue was so perceptive that she could piece together something just from a few unusual things!
She didn't mind exposing some of her "bad" side and competitiveness in front of Rong Jianxue.
Even though she looks gentle and delicate, she also has people or things that she cares about, she will get angry when others humiliate her, and she will hold her breath and want to win to others' eyes.
These more or less "flaws" can help him "understand" her better.
Even if Rong Jianxue investigated those half-true and half-false words, he would not find anything substantial.
But this time, it was just that she was lucky and her mind worked quickly.
If this happens again, Pei Jingxu can't guarantee that he can still respond so flexibly.
This time, she underestimated Rong Jianxue. She must be more cautious next time.
Thinking of this, Pei Jingxu let out a breath, and his rapid heartbeat calmed down.
She took a deep breath, and then realized it belatedly, a wicked smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
——However, this time it wasn’t a complete failure…
In the next few days, Pei Jingxu would go to Rong Jianxue's East Courtyard study to attend classes as usual.
But apart from the contents of the textbook, she never said a word to him.
Every time I came early in the morning, I would say "Hello, sir", and then end with "Thank you, sir", nothing else.
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