Chapter 4: The Self-Torture Strategy
"grown ups--"
The woman leaned her head out of the car window and looked at Rong Jianxue who was chasing her with tearful eyes. She held on to the car frame tightly with both hands, but did not dare to cry out loud.
Rong Jianxue frowned slightly, stepped over the rocks and branches, and jumped on the horse!
The horse was frightened, and Rong Jianxue pulled the reins tightly. The black horse let out a long neigh, and then ran towards the cliff even more uncontrollably!
Can't control it!
Rong Jianxue immediately loosened the reins, lifted the carriage curtain, and said coldly, "Jump out of the carriage!"
The woman's dark eyes trembled in panic. She must have been afraid, but she said nothing and just bit her lip.
In the swaying carriage, she subconsciously grabbed the man's sleeve.
Rong Jianxue did not dodge, but just said "Excuse me" and picked up Pei Jingxu sideways!
"ah--"
Pei Jingxu panicked and wrapped her arms around the man's neck. Because of fear, she buried her entire head in the man's arms!
There is a cliff ahead!
Without giving him time to think, Rong Jianxue seized the opportunity and jumped into the bushes beside him with Pei Jingxu!
The huge pushing force pushed the two of them to the ground. Rong Jianxue protected Pei Jingxu's head and rolled from a high place to the grass at the bottom!
After the two were safe, Rong Jianxue turned around and looked into the distance!
Jiang Hui has already repelled the assassin and is driving his carriage quickly towards this side!
Rong Jianxue lowered his brows and let go of the woman in his arms: "Are you okay?"
As if finally feeling a safe environment, Pei Jingxu stared at Rong Jianxue in a daze, tears rolling down like beads from a broken string.
The teardrop fell on the man's palm and disappeared the next second, leaving only a hot and wet feeling.
How come Rong Jianxue didn’t realize it before - she loves to cry too much.
"Thank you, sir. I'm fine. Sorry to bother you..."
Pei Jingxu stood up and took a few steps back, keeping a distance from the man.
Rong Jianxue said slowly, "Today's assassination attempt was caused by me. It was me who implicated you."
Pei Jingxu hurriedly shook her head: "Sir, don't say that. If you hadn't helped me today, I would have fallen off the cliff and died."
The two men were covered in mud and weeds, and the heavy rain poured down, soaking their clothes.
Rong Jianxue was fine, but Pei Jingxu's dress was disheveled, with the hems of her skirt torn into strips, and she looked in a miserable state.
Looking down, the woman's originally beautiful nail polish was scratched and worn, and even worse, beads of blood were oozing from her fingertips.
——It must be because I was holding on to the car frame just now.
"Young Master, Second Lady, are you all right?"
In the distance, Jiang Hui stopped the carriage and walked towards the two of them with an umbrella.
"The rain is too heavy, let's get in the carriage first."
"good."
Several people got on the carriage, and Hongyao was already waiting inside.
Because Pei Jingxu pushed her down at that time, she was not injured, but just looked at the disheveled Pei Jingxu in panic.
"Girl, are you hurt anywhere? Does it hurt?"
Pei Jingxu shook his head, his lips looking a little pale.
The four of them only had this one carriage left.
Men outside the carriage were not allowed to ride with women, so Rong Jianxue and Jiang Hui sat outside the carriage.
The rain seems to be decreasing.
"We can't stay here for long, let's go."
"I will obey you, sir."
The carriage started moving again.
The car curtain separated the two of them. Pei Jingxu narrowed his eyes, and his tense spirit finally relaxed!
——The fastest way to warm up the relationship between two people is to experience life and death together.
Since she couldn't avoid this assassination, she could only use this method to maximize her interests.
But that’s not enough.
Pei Jingxu lowered his eyes slightly, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
She glanced in the direction of Rong Jianxue again, making sure he wouldn't lift the curtain and come in, then she turned sideways to look at Hongyao.
Hongyao had obviously not recovered from the assassination just now. She was sobbing softly while helping Pei Jingxu tidy up her dress.
Pei Jingxu took Hongyao's hand and whispered in her ear, "My back is injured."
Upon hearing this, Hongyao widened her eyes and wanted to say something!
But Pei Jingxu immediately stopped him, and lowered his voice: "Help me."
Seeing this, Hongyao subconsciously lowered her voice: "Would you like to help the girl treat her wound?"
Pei Jingxu shook his head, his eyes filled with ruthlessness and determination: "Help me enlarge the wound."
Hongyao widened her eyes and looked at Pei Jingxu in surprise, thinking that she had misheard.
Pei Jingxu stared at Hongyao intently, his voice low and firm, his tone cold and solemn: "It's going to bleed."
…
No conversation along the way.
The carriage entered the city gate and arrived at Rong Mansion.
Because she had been sitting outside the carriage, Rong Jianxue's clothes were soaked.
He didn't care about these things. After getting off the carriage, he turned around and faced the carriage: "We're home."
"Thank you, sir..."
Rong Jianxue's expression was indifferent: "Are you injured anywhere?"
"It's alright, sir, don't worry."
He then nodded: "Since there is nothing else, I will go back to my room first."
After a pause, he continued, "I've implicated you in today's incident. If you have any other requests, feel free to send Jiang Hui to pass them on."
"Your Excellency is too kind."
Rong Jianxue did not stay any longer. Jiang Hui held up an oil-paper umbrella and followed Rong Jianxue away.
Hongyao listened to their footsteps as they left and whispered anxiously, "Miss, you're willing to hurt yourself. If you don't call out to Master Rong now, won't your injuries be in vain?"
Pei Jingxu's back was stained with blood, and it looked like blood lotuses bloomed on her snow-white clothes, but she was wearing a coat to cover up the shocking scene.
Her lips were pale and her tone was a little weak: "The time is not right."
Hongyao frowned, looking worried.
Pei Jingxu didn't want to explain too much to her, so he just waved his hand and said, "Send me to the mansion."
"yes."
The heavy rain just now turned into a drizzle. Pei Jingxu let Hongyao support him and walked towards Rong Mansion.
Rong Xuanzhou's courtyard is on the west side of the Rong Mansion, and Rong Jianxue's is on the easternmost side.
Now that she has received the divorce letter from the Rong family, she insists on mourning for Rong Xuanzhou. In the eyes of the Rong family, she is more like an outsider living in the Rong family.
——If it weren’t for her generous dowry, Rong would never have kept her until now.
Hongyao supported Pei Jingxu and walked towards the west courtyard, but they had only taken two steps when a sharp voice came from behind them.
"Mrs. Rong Er, where are you going again?"
Pei Jingxu's lips curled up into a smile.
She turned slightly and saw a woman in gray holding a handkerchief, walking towards her slowly.
"Madam Wang, my daughter went to the Ran Deng Temple a few days ago to pray for the Second Young Master."
Hongyao explained aloud.
"Pray for blessings?" Nanny Wang scoffed. "Second Madam, you're such a jokester! Everyone knows you're the most disrespectful to gods and Buddhas. You used to refuse to kowtow at the Rong Family Ancestral Hall, and now you've thought of praying for the Second Young Master?"
Pei Jingxu straightened his back and spoke slowly, "I did go to the Randeng Temple and just came back with the eldest son. If you don't believe me, you can go ask him."
Nanny Wang sneered, "You're getting more and more ridiculous. Second Madam has always known that our eldest master is kind-hearted. Are you trying to get him to cover up for you?"
Pei Jingxu took a deep breath, trying to ignore the numbness and swelling in her back. "I didn't lie, Nanny Wang. Even if you're my mother-in-law's maid, you can't frame me."
"I'm framing you!?" Nanny Wang shrieked. "Second Madam was out having fun and refusing to return home, yet you're accusing me of a false accusation!"
In Nanny Wang's eyes, Pei Jingxu is a brainless idiot!
If she hadn't been born into the Pei family, a wealthy merchant family, and hadn't been engaged to the Rong family since she was young, even a hundred Pei Jingxus wouldn't be able to marry into the Rong family!
"It seems that Madam Rong Er should kneel down in the ancestral hall and reflect on her sins again!"
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