Chapter 40 Are you still angry with me?
"grown ups!"
In the corridor, Pei Jingxu called out to Rong Jianxue.
The man stopped and turned to look at her.
Pei Jingxu took a few steps forward, but his breathing was unstable because he ran too fast.
She raised her head and looked at Rong Jianxue seriously, tears still hanging on her eyelashes: "Thank you, sir..."
Rong Jianxue's fingertips moved slightly, and the Buddhist beads in her sleeve flipped a few times.
The woman bit her lip slightly and lowered her head, her voice soft and delicate: "Thank you for supporting me, sir."
The wind blew through the corridor, blowing the woman's hair and brushing across the back of Rong Jianxue's hand.
Rong Jianxue lowered her eyes and looked at him, her cold eyes revealing no emotion.
I don’t know how long it took.
Finally, Pei Jingxu heard a man's calm voice coming from above his head.
"No need to thank me, you didn't do anything wrong."
Pei Jingxu's long eyelashes trembled a few times, and she said slowly, "I should thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the courage to tell the truth."
Rong Jianxue twirled the Buddhist beads in her sleeve a few times and let her black hair fly.
He said nothing, just lowered his eyes to look at her.
for a long time.
Pei Jingxu slowly raised his eyes and gently reminded, "Sir, are you still studying today?"
The man nodded slightly: "Well, let's go."
Come to the study in the east courtyard.
Pei Jingxu sat on the futon, lowered his head to look at the books on the table, and started today's class.
It seems to be no different from the previous few days.
Apart from the content in the textbook, she and Rong Jianxue still didn't say a word. She listened attentively, nodding from time to time to show that she understood.
Because of Shen Congyue's matter, time was delayed and it was already evening when today's teaching ended.
Pei Jingxu rubbed his neck and moved his shoulders.
"Let's learn these today." Rong Jianxue said in a clear voice.
Pei Jingxu nodded and whispered, "Thank you, sir."
After saying that, she stood up and was about to leave.
"It's getting late, and the kitchen's dinner time has passed," Rong Jianxue said coldly without waiting for Pei Jingxu to get up. "What are you going to eat when you go back?"
Pei Jingxu uttered an "Ah!" and, as if belatedly realizing something, glanced at the night outside. He smiled politely and said, "It's no big deal if I don't eat dinner. Your Excellency, don't worry about it."
After saying that, Pei Jingxu bowed slightly and prepared to leave.
"Jiang Hui went to Simei Zhai to order some food. You can stay here and have dinner with us."
Pei Jingxu raised his eyebrows slightly, a malicious smile flashed in his eyes, but his face was a little panicked: "No need, this is too much trouble for you."
"Jiang Hui ordered a lot, and I can't finish it all by myself," Rong Jianxue packed up his books and slowly stood up. "Let's go back and rest after we finish eating."
Pei Jingxu didn't say anything after hearing this, but just lowered his head and replied "OK".
It is very difficult to order food at Simeizhai. Even if you are from a wealthy family, you may not be able to eat at the end of the day if you don’t queue up in the morning.
The two walked out of the study and sat under the sycamore tree in the courtyard.
After pouring two cups of tea, Pei Jingxu looked down at the tea leaves in the cups and did not find any topics to talk about.
"I've been studying more in depth these days. Can you keep up?"
It was Rong Jianxue who spoke first.
Pei Jingxu smiled politely, her tone dignified and clear: "Your Excellency has taught me very well, and I can still keep up."
"If you don't understand, you can ask me."
"good."
Then there was no more topic.
Pei Jingxu held the teacup in his hand, thought for a moment, and then sincerely thanked Rong Jianxue, "Thank you so much for what you did today, sir."
She smiled awkwardly: "In the Rong Mansion, you are the first person who is willing to believe me."
The Sanskrit characters on the Buddhist beads became slightly warm as my fingertips rubbed against them.
"What now?"
Inexplicably, Rong Jianxue asked her this.
"Hmm?" Pei Jingxu blinked, as if he didn't understand what she meant. "What did you say?"
Rong Jianxue raised her eyes to look at her, her gaze calm and clear: "Are you still angry now?"
Pei Jingxu was stunned and seemed unable to react for a moment.
She lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.
Rong Jianxue didn't say anything, just waiting for her answer.
But before Pei Jingxu could say anything, Jiang Hui came up to the two of them from a distance, carrying a food box he brought from Simeizhai.
"Master, Second Madam, this is the food ordered from Simeizhai."
As he spoke, he took out the food from the lunch box and laid it out one by one.
Pei Jingxu saw the prawns.
——Steamed white shrimp with shells peeled.
The dishes looked delicious and exquisite. Jiang Hui handed the two of them chopsticks and then left.
For a moment, there were only two people left in the courtyard.
Pei Jingxu knew Rong Jianxue's habit of "not talking while eating and not talking while sleeping", so he didn't say much, but just picked up the food obediently.
The steamed shrimps were all peeled, but as luck would have it, the one Pei Jingxu picked up was the only one that "slipped through the net."
Unshelled.
But she was too embarrassed to put the food back after picking it up with her chopsticks, so she could only put it in a clean porcelain bowl aside and eat other food.
Rong Jianxue put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands.
He didn't say anything, but just took the porcelain bowl of shrimps from her hand and started peeling the shells naturally.
Pei Jingxu was stunned for a moment and was really unable to react for a while.
The steamed shrimps were unseasoned and clean. The man had long fingers and handled the shrimp shells skillfully and neatly.
It didn't take long before a whole shrimp was peeled out.
He put the peeled shrimp into a porcelain bowl and pushed it in front of her.
The whole process was so natural that even Pei Jingxu didn't have time to react.
Coming back to her senses, she bit her cherry lips lightly, tears in her eyes, but she smiled.
Wiping her hands with a towel, Rong Jianxue looked in the direction of the voice and stared at her: "Don't you like it?"
Pei Jingxu shook her head, tears falling into the porcelain bowl. She looked at Rong Jianxue with a feeling of grievance and emotion: "Only Daddy and my brother have ever peeled shrimp for me. The adults treat Ah Xu very well."
She probably felt ashamed herself, and quickly wiped away her tears, not wanting Rong Jianxue to see her like this.
"You are truly the best person to me besides my parents and my younger brother..."
——She “kindly” classified him as a “good person”.
He seemed to have forgotten that on the night of Chinese Valentine's Day, he had questioned her purpose with a cold face.
The man's eyes moved slightly, and the moonlight entered his eyes, causing ripples.
"You haven't answered the question just now." The man heard his own voice.
He thought that he was probably taking advantage of someone's misfortune.
Taking advantage of her "touched" feeling at this moment, he asked for the answer again.
——With selfish motives.
"Now, are you still angry with me?"
Pei Jingxu burst into laughter when he heard this.
The corners of her eyes were red, yet she looked exceptionally beautiful and alluring. "Sir, would you like to eat the snacks Ah Xu made tomorrow? No one else has tried them yet, and Ah Xu doesn't know if they'll suit your taste."
Rong Jianxue chuckled and nodded slightly: "Okay."
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West courtyard, bedroom.
After a tiring day, Pei Jingxu returned to the west yard and threw himself on the bed.
Seeing Pei Jingxu coming back so late, Hongyao asked worriedly, "Miss, are you okay? Why are you back so late today?"
Pei Jingxu chuckled and said nonchalantly, "Of course you have to cast a long line to catch a big fish..."
Hongyao seemed to understand: "Did the girl catch any 'fish'?"
Pei Jingxu's eyes flashed with cunning: "At least he's taken the bait."
On the other hand, Jiang Hui discovered that his young master seemed to be in a particularly good mood tonight.
For several days in a row, the young master copied scriptures every night, and tonight he came to attend to official business for the first time!
"Sir, in two days it will be the middle of the month again," Jiang Hui reminded him, "Are you going to the Ran Deng Temple to worship Buddha?"
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