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

I still looked at him calmly, but I could feel the smell of alcohol coming up one after another, and the corners of my eyes were red and even faintly hot, but the faint smile on the corner of my mouth always had a cool feeling.

But the way Pei Yuanfeng looked at me was not at all warm.

The two eyes, one hot and one cold, intertwined in the air. Although the surroundings were so calm that I could hear a pin drop, I could clearly feel the surge in his heart at this moment, which was no less than a frenzy.

Turbulent.

I don’t know how long this stalemate lasted, but his eyes finally flickered for a moment and then slowly calmed down.

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

"..."

"Actually, there was originally."

"..."

"But, I couldn't keep it either."

Pei Yuanfeng seemed to have remembered something, and slowly raised his head and looked at me, with a little restrained light in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "No wonder, at that time, you would come up with the idea to let the court invite Fu Badai to the court with such a low profile.

.As soon as he leaves Sichuan, there will be no one left in Xichuan who can suppress you."

I looked at him calmly and said nothing.

"Did you predict today at that time?"

I smiled faintly: "I'm not him. I don't have the ability to know five hundred years in advance and five hundred years in hindsight."

"..."

"I have never cared about a position that no one can shake."

"..."

"I'm just saying this to make you... and him understand one thing."

"You said."

"He wants to invite me back, not to mention that he can't invite me. Let him think clearly first. If I go back, it will be his turn to make the decision in Xichuan!"

Pei Yuanfeng's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at me in disbelief, but I continued to look directly into his eyes and said word by word: "If he really wants to invite me back, he can't invite anyone else."

Touch me. Tell him to do it by himself!"

"..."

"I'm waiting for him in Jiangnan!"

"..."

"However, if he insists on his own way and uses unspeakable means to invite me, then I will really go back and let him see who has the final say in Xichuan!"

After saying that, I put the wine glass in my hand on the table with a loud bang. The sound was not too loud, but because the whole side hall was so quiet, it still felt a bit shocking, and everyone was shocked.

I trembled, and the Han sisters sitting next to me looked at me with disbelief and frightened expressions.

I nodded to them calmly and said calmly: "If you don't talk well, the wine will lose its flavor. Let me say goodbye first."

After saying that, I picked up Li'er. The child was still stunned, but she was not frightened by Pei Yuanfeng, but suddenly saw a completely strange mother, which made her a little overwhelmed. She was held in my arms without saying a word.

She came out, only looking at me with a pair of big ignorant and innocent eyes. I hugged her tightly, turned around and walked outside.

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

"Qingying..."

His voice was no longer as sharp as before, with a hint of trembling, but it made my stiff steps stop. I knew it was useless to turn back, but I still couldn't help it, and slowly turned my head.

He stood at the door and looked at me, his eyes twinkling, with an indescribable sadness.

Before today, I never thought that one day Pei Yuanfeng, who would blush in front of me and hesitate to speak, would have such sharp eyes and words, but he, I think, he also never thought that I would have such sharp eyes and words.

Such a sharp side is like the two most familiar strangers.

Looking at him, it’s like watching my years inevitably lead to today.

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

After facing each other in silence for an unknown amount of time, he finally spoke and said slowly: "Do you really want to stay here?"

My heart moved.

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

After hearing these words, Pei Yuanxiu, who had been standing there without speaking, his eyes flickered and he looked at me with a burning gaze, as if he wanted to burn my whole body into his eyes.

I was almost unable to escape from that gaze. Even Li'er in my arms frowned slightly and looked at the two of us.

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

"..."

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

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

I carried Li'er all the way back to the inner courtyard without stopping to rest, and Li'er didn't say a word either. She lay quietly in my arms all the way until I pushed the door open and entered the house, slowly pulling her into the house.

Put it on the edge of the bed and sit down.

The child blinked at me with his big eyes. After a while, he softly said: "Mom, are you crying?"

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

She stretched out her little hand and rubbed it on my face. The warm skin touched her soft little hand. Feeling the warmth of her palm made me tremble slightly, but I still smiled calmly: "Mom, you're not crying. You

Look, there are no tears on my mother’s face.”

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

This time, I can’t laugh anymore.

He gently reached out and held her in his arms, swallowing all the sourness into his stomach.

I didn’t cry, not a single tear, but who knows where my tears went?

Li'er nestled in my arms and said softly: "Mom, are you afraid? Are you afraid of that person? That person is a bad person, right? When Li'er came back from the temple, it was that person who attacked

He brought a lot of people with us and stopped our carriage to prevent us from leaving. Aunt Ruoshi was frightened? Li'er... Li'er was also frightened."

"..."

"Mom, he's a bad guy, right? He can't beat Li'er, so he's going to hurt mom again, right?"

"..."

I hugged her and couldn't say a word. I just felt so sad that I almost couldn't bear it and burst out of my eyes.

What should I tell this child - that's not the case, he is not a bad person, he was once the person who protected me the most!

Why? Why did everything come to this day?!

In the following time, I did not leave the inner courtyard again, nor did I ask again how the banquet in the side hall turned out. Until dusk fell, the weak sunset could no longer illuminate this fine room through the dense bamboo forest.

When I was leaving, I lit the candlestick and coaxed Li'er to go to bed early.

The weather gradually started to get hot, and Li'er was a little irritated under the thin blanket, so I picked up the fan and carefully fanned her with cool breeze. She finally calmed down, slowly blowing by the cool breeze.

Fall asleep slowly.

Seeing her chubby face still flushed, muttering something while half asleep and half awake, her innocent look, like a fragile treasure, made me wonder how to protect her.

That's good. But I also know that no matter how ignorant or helpless I am, I will never let anyone hurt her again.

Not even a little bit.

I stayed with her. I don't know how long it took, but there was a familiar breath in the quiet air, and then there was a sound of very light footsteps, coming from far to near, slowly walking to the door.

I calmly turned around and saw Pei Yuanxiu standing there.

It’s not surprising, I knew he would definitely come to me. Even if it wasn’t him, no matter who it was, the few words I said during the dinner today would have caused a sleepless night. It’s just that it came so late,

It seems that this banquet did not go well.

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

In the air, his breath became stronger and stronger, like a tangible embrace, holding me in it.

He leaned down, looked at Li'er, and said softly: "Is she sleeping well?"

"...Hmm."

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

My eyelashes trembled slightly and I said softly: "As long as I'm here, she won't be scared."

A pair of hands, with a temperature hotter than the scorching summer sun, gently touched my shoulders, and together with his breath, he whispered softly in my ear: "You are just a woman, why?

Do you have to shoulder it all on yourself?"

My hand shaking the round fan stopped in the air, and the cool breeze completely stopped. The tight and hot breath became more and more intense. I was silent for a while, slowly turned my head, and looked at the scene under the weak candlelight.

With his shining eyes, he whispered: "A woman does not need to bear everything on herself. But, hasn't anyone told you what kind of woman I am?"

What other women can’t do, I may not be able to do.

What other women can’t carry, I may not be able to carry.

This is what makes me, as a human being, different from others.

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

The hand caressing my shoulder suddenly reached out and touched my cheek. The calloused fingertips rubbed the corners of my slightly raised lips, but it erased the slight arc of my smile.

.

"Don't laugh like that."

"..."

"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 raised my head to look at him.

The room was very dark, with only one flickering candle, which flickered and flickered, making everything around him seem so illusory and unreal, but his eyes were so firm that they seemed unchanging. When he looked at me, he seemed to see through everything at a glance.

Thousands of years.

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