Chapter 19 Climbing the

Window Pei Zixing is a man of great loyalty. He always remembers that a friend's wife should not be cheated.

Although Shen Yan and Ning Yuan just had a rift, their engagement is still unresolved.

Ning Yuan left Shen Yan and chased him out alone. He already felt that he had crossed the line. Her sudden show of affection made him feel a little helpless. He simply quickened his pace secretly. Ning Yuan

saw that the broad and tall shoulders were getting farther and farther away from her, and she became more and more eager to try to make up for her mistake.

"Wait a minute!... Ouch!"

She focused all her attention on Pei Zixing. She was about to jog after him, but she forgot to lift her skirt and stepped on the hem of her skirt, hitting the floor hard.

Pei Zixing noticed the movement behind him and hurried back to help her. He asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Ning Yuan endured the pain and climbed up. She grabbed Pei Zixing's arm with her backhand and dragged him forward: "Come with me to find the accompanying medical officer."

He looked at her staggering and said: "Miss Ning, why don't you take a rest here? I'll call the medical officer here for you."

"What? Not to see me, but to see you."

"Me? I'm fine. But you, Miss Ning, I'm afraid you've already broken your skin."

Ning Yuan looked at Pei Zixing, hesitant to speak.

What to do?

If she told him directly that she had put drugs in the tea he had just drunk, it would not only damage the weak and cowardly image she usually pretended to be in front of others, but according to the relationship between Pei Zixing and Shen Yan, he would definitely tell him everything.

Then Shen Yan would come to trouble her again.

Just find an excuse.

"I, I saw the general's face was strange in the room just now. I thought that the general had a straightforward personality and must have a disease that I had not discovered yet... So I wanted to remind the general." She crooked her eyes and smiled, "Besides, even if he is fine, just think of it as a medical officer doing a checkup, so I feel at ease." As soon

as she finished speaking, Pei Zixing felt that his stomach was indeed a little uncomfortable.

But he is a man of iron, not a pure-blooded girl.

This discomfort was nothing compared to the injuries he had suffered.

However, he was surprised at Ning Yuan's keen observation.

The lights behind him flickered, and for the first time, he looked carefully at the woman in front of him.

There was still a slight redness around her eyes, and she must have cried for a long time before coming.

He knew that being well-behaved and innocent was just her appearance.

He had seen her eccentricity.

But he didn't know what she meant by being so attentive to him.

He knew in his heart that he looked strange when he saw her because Shen Yan had done something wrong to her, but he helped his relatives and did not help, and hid it from his good friend.

Pei Zixing played out a love-hate relationship in his mind, and suddenly an idea came to him, and he asked tentatively: "Miss Ning suddenly cares about me so much, do you want to use me to let Shen Zhiyu have a taste of what it feels like to be jealous?"

...

Ning Yuan wanted to cry but had no tears.

What does this have to do with Shen Yan?

She was really afraid that he would have an upset stomach!

Here, Shen Yan was still sitting at the table, and suddenly sneered.

It has nothing to do with him.

It has nothing to do with him again.

Although he didn't really drink the tea, Ning Yuan didn't know.

She was here trying every means to care for someone who didn't appreciate it, why didn't she think about turning back and caring about him?

Pei Zixing saw her crying and not saying anything, so he kindly said: "Miss Ning, why do you have to do this? I remember you told me last time that you were not interested in him. If you are not interested, you don't have to worry about such things."

Ning Yuan didn't know that Pei Zixing didn't recognize her as the waiter at all, and completely regarded him as the only person who could relieve her worries.

"But...but I have never kissed others..."

But she kissed Shen Yan's face for the first time.

If she had known, she would not have been impulsive for a moment, so that she didn't even want to kiss him.

"Actually... a kiss doesn't mean anything." He racked his brains to think of words of comfort, "It's just that the lips touched another thing."

"If you think positively, kissing... isn't it a kind of eating."

"Just think about it, you kiss steamed buns, spring rolls, and all kinds of meat and fish every day... As long as you treat Shen Yan as a dish that you can't help but eat, don't you think it's not so hard to accept that he was kissed by someone else?" It seems

to make sense...

But even if Shen Yan is a dish, he can't be served on the table!

Then just think of it as she ate too much good food recently and accidentally ate something rotten.

It's not the first time for her to eat rotten rice.

As long as she is in the mansion and doesn't go to the main hall to eat, eight out of ten times the food served to her is rotten.

Spit it out, rinse your mouth, and your mouth will still be usable.

She said gratefully, "General Pei, thank you."

Then she said seriously, "But I can't eat that much."

Pei Zixing was startled, with an obvious smile in his eyes. When his lips lifted, Ning Yuan found that he actually had a canine tooth hidden there.

He was about to say something else to her, but his face suddenly changed. His

stomach contracted and expanded suddenly, as if the sea was turning upside down.

"Miss Ning, I think I have to... go first."

He trembled slightly in his heart, tightening his jawline, as if he was enduring some unspeakable pain.

The instigator naturally knew what this pain meant, and hurriedly waved

his hand and said, "You...you go away." Finally, she did not forget to tell him from behind, "By the way...if you feel unwell, remember to see a doctor!"

*

Ning Yuan returned to the room, recalling Pei Zixing's hurried departure, and could not help but think of the always calm Leng Bai.

Would a man who planned and strategized like that be so ruthless?

Ning Yuan pursed her lips, feeling that this revenge was far less satisfying than she had imagined.

Although she had tricked others, the guilt and uneasiness she felt in her heart far outweighed the joy of having succeeded.

It was better to write down the revenge plan in a small notebook.

Every time she finished thinking about it, she felt very dazed.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

She looked up and saw a faint black shadow flashing past the door.

For some reason, she always felt that the rhythm of such knocking on the door was somewhat familiar, as if she had just heard it not long ago.

She opened the door and looked around, but there was no trace of anyone. There was only a round box lying quietly at the door, and there was a note next to it. She

unfolded it and saw four words written on the back of the paper: activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

... It was really concise and to the point.

Ning Yuan returned to the table holding the round box.

Seeing the strength of the handwriting, she easily thought of Pei Zixing.

He was the only one present when she fell.

Apart from him, no one else would know.

Ning Yuan's eyes were inexplicably filled with some warmth, and there was an indescribable tenderness in her heart.

From childhood to adulthood, few people would be considerate of her in such subtle ways.

Think about it, when she first met General Pei, it was he who came to comfort her, told her not to bother with Shen Yan, and took the blame for her as promised.

Later, he heard her cry for help again, and was afraid that something would happen to her, so

he silently waited for her outside the warm pool and escorted her back to her room. Today, seeing that she was unhappy, he was especially lenient with her, and didn't even ask her why she did that at that time, and now he still cares about her injury.

Unlike Shen Yan, that unlucky thing. It

would be fine if he coveted her all day, but he also acted superior, bullied her, teased her, and always wanted to take advantage of her.

At this time, the unlucky thing was holding a book with an uneasy look on his face.

He admitted that he was indeed superior, sometimes a little fierce, and occasionally he enjoyed teasing her.

But when did he covet her and want to take advantage of her?

There were hurried footsteps outside, and he looked up and saw that it was Mingjue who had returned.

"My lord, the things have been delivered."

Shen Yan raised his eyebrows: "Was the note delivered as well?"

Ming Jue nodded: "I saw Miss Ning read it with my own eyes and put it in her hand."

"That's strange." Shen Yan pondered, "Since she read the note, why couldn't she guess that it was my handwriting, and actually suspected someone else."

Everyone praised his good handwriting.

The ink never left the paper, and he wrote in one go, but he was never like most scholars who only cared about romanticism. His pen had strength, and it was majestic and vigorous.

The study room of the Shen Mansion was locked all year round because there were always servants who accepted money from individual ladies and often went to steal his manuscripts.

Ning Yuan has been thinking about me for many years, but didn't she learn from others and find a few of his handwritings to keep for herself?

"The so-called closeness is really just perfunctory..." Shen Yan frowned.

He felt guilty for hearing her thoughts at that time, and wanted to coax her.

Ming Jue didn't understand: "Young Master, what did you say?"

"...Nothing."

In an instant, Qing Jun's eyebrows relaxed, and he returned to his usual calmness.

There was no emotion in his eyes. He sat back in the chair with his back straight, looking dignified and relaxed.

"If you were a woman, who would be better, me or General Pei?"

"Ah...?"

Combined with the crazy news in the inn today, Ming Jue was afraid that his master would ask such a question.

After all, he was also a man, and his subordinate.

"What? I just asked casually, and you answered casually."

Ming Jue shook his head: "Young Master, do you still remember the article "Zou Ji satirizes the King of Qi for accepting advice" that we read together when we were young?"

"You mean the sentence, my wife praises me because she loves me; my concubine praises me because she fears me; my guest praises me because she wants to ask something from me." Ming Jue

nodded.

"I have both selfishness and fear towards you, and I have to rely on you to pay me."

"So don't ask, the question is to choose you."

Shen Yan pursed his lips and said nothing.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of that soft voice in his mind, full of shyness, and faintly excited: "Why is he here?"

Shen Yan could even imagine her eyes as sparkling as the mist in the early morning and her lips slightly raised.

But the "he" she was talking about, without thinking too much, knew that it was his good friend -

the murderous Pei Zixing.

He suddenly stood up and climbed out the window in Mingjue's surprised eyes.

*

Ning Yuan endured the pain to clean the wound, and was about to apply medicine, but heard another knock on the door.

She was very busy today.

She hurried over to open the door, but saw General Pei standing outside the door.

He handed over a square box.

"Miss Ning, this is the best gold wound medicine in the army, which can easily cure bruises and injuries."

"I was in a hurry at that time and left you alone. I also found out that you didn't go to see the doctor, so I thought of sending it to you."

Ning Yuan stared at the square box in his hand, feeling a little confused.

...If this was sent by him, who was the owner of the round box?

She took it with a curved lip, and said politely: "Thank you, General, you may as well come in and have some tea."

"No need." Pei Zixing refused, "You are a lady of the upper class after all, and you are engaged, so I will not cause gossip for you."

As soon as the voice fell, the window behind Ning Yuan exploded.

Then, Shen Yan's cold voice came from behind her.

"To the left and right of her room are her stepmother and sister. If you are afraid of gossip, don't stand at her door for so long."

He sat directly in front of her desk, picked up the round box on the desk and played with it, as if showing it to others.

"You should learn from me and go out the window."