Pei Yuanfeng's face turned pale and he looked at me without saying a word.

I was still looking at him calmly, but I could feel the smell of alcohol rushing upwards, the corners of my eyes were red and even faintly hot, but the faint smile at the corners of my mouth was always cold.

But Pei Yuanfeng looked at me, but the temperature was not as good as that.

These two cold and hot eyes were intertwined in the air. Although the surroundings were so calm that even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard, I could clearly feel the surging in his heart at this moment, no less than a surging craze.

I don’t know how long this stalemate lasted, but his eyes finally slowly calmed down after a flash of light.

The smile on the corner of my mouth became a little deeper and colder. I walked up to him and looked into his eyes: "No, right?"

“…”

"Actually, there was one."

“…”

"But, I couldn't keep it."

Pei Yuanfeng seemed to remember something, slowly raised his head and looked at me, with a little restrained light flashing in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "No wonder, at that time, you would come up with an idea to ask the court to ask Fu Badai to enter the court with a low attitude. Once he left Sichuan, Xichuan would not even have a person who could suppress you."

I looked at him calmly and didn't say anything.

"Did you expect today at that time?"

I smiled faintly: "I am not him, I don't have the ability to know five hundred years ago and five hundred years later."

“…”

"I never really care about that position that no one can shake."

“…”

"I said this just to make you... and him clear one thing."

"you say."

"He wants to invite me back, and not to mention that he can't invite me, you can let him think clearly first. If I go back, will Nishikawa be his turn to make the decision!"

Pei Yuanfeng's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at me in disbelief, and I continued to look straight into his eyes and said word by word: "If he really wants to invite me back, other people will not be able to invite me. Tell him and let him do it by himself!"

“…”

"I'm waiting for him in Jiangnan!"

“…”

"But if he insists on his own and uses some means of being unable to come to the table to invite me, then I will really go back and let him see who should decide who should be the final decision!"

After saying that, I put the wine glass in my hand heavily on the table with a snap. The sound was not too loud, but because the entire side hall was silent, I felt a little scared. Everyone was shocked and trembled. The Han sisters sitting next to me looked at me with disbelief and looked at me with a frightened expression.

I nodded at them calmly and said lightly: "If you don't speak for yourself, the wine will lose its flavor. Let me say goodbye first."

After saying that, he picked up Li'er. The child was still stunned, but not because he was frightened by Pei Yuanfeng, but suddenly he saw a completely unfamiliar mother, which made her a little at a loss. She was held in my arms and didn't even say a sound. She just looked at me with her big eyes open. I hugged her tightly and turned around and walked outside.

Just as I walked to the gate, Pei Yuanfeng's voice came from behind me—

"Qingying..."

His voice was no longer as sharp as the moment before, with a hint of trembling, but it stopped my stiff steps. Even though I knew it would be useless to turn back, I still couldn't help it and slowly turned my head away.

He stood at the door and looked at me, his eyes flashing, and there was an indescribable grief.

Before today, I had never thought that Pei Yuanfeng, who would blush in front of me one day, would hesitate and unable to speak, would have such sharp eyes and words, but he, I think, never thought that he would have such a sharp side, as if he was two of the most familiar strangers.

Looking at him is like watching me over the years, I inevitably have come to this day.

I didn't say anything, just hugged Li'er and looked at him. Pei Yuanfeng took a step towards me with a trembling trembling, but stopped after one step, as if he was in a dilemma, and no matter what he did, he was wrong.

After being silent for a while, he finally spoke and slowly said, "You really want to stay here?"

My heart moved.

He didn't ask me to go back to Xichuan, but asked me that I really wanted to stay here...

Hearing this sentence, Pei Yuanxiu, who had been standing inside without speaking, flashed his eyes and looked at me burningly, as if he wanted to cast my whole body into his eyes.

I was almost unable to escape by such a gaze. Even Li'er in my arms frowned slightly and looked at us.

I took a deep breath and said slowly, "I said it."

“…”

"I'm in Jiangnan, wait for him!"

After saying this, I stopped looking at anyone, turned around and left without looking back.

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I kept holding Li'er back to the inner yard, but I didn't stop and rest. Li'er didn't speak. I just lay quietly in my arms all the way until I pushed the door and slowly put her on the edge of the bed and sat down.

The child blinked his big eyes and looked at me. After a while, he said softly: "Mom, have you cried?"

I looked down at her and smiled: "No."

She stretched out her little hand and rubbed it on my face. Her warm skin was pressed against her tender little hand. She felt the temperature in her palm, which made me tremble slightly, but she still smiled calmly: "Mom didn't cry. Look, there were no tears on her face."

She stretched out her other hand to hold my face, looked at the corner of my eyes as if thinking, and said in confusion: "But why, I think my mother is crying?"

This time, I can't laugh anymore.

He gently reached out and hugged her in his arms, but all the sourness was swallowed into his stomach.

I didn't cry, there was no tears, but who knew where my tears were flowing?

Li'er was nestled in my arms and said softly: "Mom, are you scared? Are you afraid of that person? That person is a bad person, right? When Li'er came back from the temple, that person came to attack us. He brought a lot of people to stop our carriage and refused to let him go. Aunt Ruoshi was frightened? Li'er... Li'er was also frightened."

“…”

"Mom, he is a bad guy, right? He can't hit Li'er, and he is coming to hurt his mother again, right?"

“…”

I hugged her, unable to say a word, but I felt so sad that I almost couldn't bear it and burst out from my eyes.

What do I use to tell this child - it's not like this, he is not a bad person, he was the one who protects me the most!

Why? Why did everything come to this day?!

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In the following time, I did not leave the inner courtyard again, nor did I ask about the outcome of this banquet in the side hall. Until dusk fell and the faint sunset could no longer illuminate the monastery through the dense bamboo forest, I lit the candlestick and coaxed Li'er to go to bed early.

The weather gradually began to heat up, covering it with a thin quilt made Li'er a little irritated. I picked up the fan and carefully slap her the cool breeze. She finally calmed down and slowly fell asleep under the gust of cool breeze.

Looking at her round and chubby face, she was muttering something while half asleep and half awake, her innocent look was like a fragile treasure that made me not know how to protect her. But I also knew that no matter how I didn't know or how helpless I was, I would never let anyone hurt her again.

Even a little bit, it's not possible.

I have been with her for a long time. After a familiar breath came from the quiet air, and then a very light footsteps slowly walked to the door from far to near.

I turned around calmly and saw Pei Yuanxiu standing there.

It's not surprising that I knew he would come to me. Even if it wasn't him, no matter who it was, the few words I said during the meal today would have gone through a sleepless night. It was just that I came so late. It seemed that the banquet was not going well.

Thinking of this, he had slowly walked over and stopped behind me.

In the air, his breath became more and more intense, as if a shaped embrace gathered me in it.

He bent down, looked at Li'er, and said softly: "She is sleeping well?"

"……Um."

"I hope that today, I didn't scare her."

My eyelashes trembled slightly and said softly: "With me here, I won't scare her."

A pair of hands, with a hotter temperature than the scorching summer sun, gently stroked my shoulders, and rushed over with his breath, and said softly in my ear: "You are just a woman, why do you have to carry everything on yourself?"

I stopped in the air with my hand shaking the fan, and the cool breeze completely stopped. The tight and hot breath became richer. I was silent for a while, slowly turned my head, looked at his eyes that were still shining brightly under the faint candlelight, and whispered: "A woman, there is indeed no need to carry everything on myself. But, isn't anyone telling you what kind of woman I am?"

I may not be able to do what other women can't do.

I may not be able to bear what other women can't bear.

This is what makes me born into a human being but different from others.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile faintly.

The hand that stroked my shoulder suddenly reached over, stroked my cheeks, rubbed the corners of my slightly curled lips with a calloused fingertip, but wiped away the curve of this faint smile.

"Don't laugh like this."

“…”

"Don't say that either."

“…”

"I don't need to know. I just need to know that it's you."

My heart trembled and I looked up at him.

The room was very dark, with only a swaying candlelight, which was clearly extinguished, making everything around him seem so illusory and unreal, but his eyes were as firm as if they were still. When he looked at me, he seemed to see through a thousand years at a glance.

Under such a gaze, any uncertainty can only be defeated.
Chapter completed!