141. Why bother holding on, you are not an umbrella
Pei Jinting must have come from the government office. He was wearing a bright red official uniform, a long knife hung on his waist, and his shoulders were straight, without the laziness of a libertine.
There is an added sense of taboo and rigor.
After a few long steps, he stepped onto the carriage.
Before Gu Qingyuan could recover, he held her slender wrist.
"Why didn't you say anything when you got home?"
"Pei Jinting, if your crush doesn't like you, can you like someone else?"
Caught off guard, the two people's questions collided with each other.
Outside the carriage, there is a street with people coming and going, and various sounds are mixed together.
Inside the carriage, there was silence, except for the breathing of the two people.
They were so close, their breaths intertwined.
The person deep in his heart was right in front of him, asking him this question, and he knew exactly what it meant.
The car curtains shook, and the mottled light outside swayed and fell on the faces of the two people.
Pei Jinting's eyebrows were calm.
Gu Qingyuan's heart seemed to be pinched and it hurt a little.
At that moment, Pei Jinting almost blurted out the feelings buried deep in her heart.
But no.
Pei Jinting stared at Gu Qingyuan, and finally shook her head,
"I just like her."
Gu Qingyuan lowered her eyes.
A cool breeze blew by.
Oh. Autumn is coming soon.
Her heart was filled with a touch of sourness, and within the sourness, there was also soft joy.
Be happy for him.
He likes someone.
Such determination, perseverance, and unswerving ambition.
Even if there is no response or result.
At this moment, Gu Qingyuan hoped that Pei Jinting would get his wish.
Then she will feel less guilty.
Fortunately, it's not him he likes.
Come to think of it, everything he said about not being afraid was because he showed respect and love for the people around him.
Her fingertips were trembling. After a moment, she raised her eyes and handed the Fang Sheng in her hand to Pei Jinting.
When Pei Jinting saw it, his expression suddenly changed, and he couldn't wait to grab it and snatched it away.
"Why...why is this here with you?"
His voice was hard.
With a bit of questioning.
Gu Qingyuan smiled at him, her eyes burning with burning light, as bright as stars,
Raising the book in his hand,
"You probably got caught in it accidentally."
"Pei Jingheng, I also want to ask you something. When I first saw Fang Sheng with the Lingxiao Firework Paint Seal, I really wanted to open it and take a look."
"I even wonder in my heart whether you like me. After all, what I love most is Lingxiao Flower."
Pei Jinting clenched her hands tightly into fists, loosened them, and wanted to touch her face, but Gu Qingyuan opened her hands.
"Yuanyuan. This... for now..."
Gu Qingyuan smiled and interrupted him, "Since I didn't take it apart just now, I won't want to look at it in the future."
"Pei Jingheng. I made a mistake in saying something at the beginning. In fact, you should live your whole life and just go for it boldly and don't leave any regrets for yourself."
"If you really like the person in your heart, even if you break up her family, go get her back."
There was a deep smile on her lips.
Pei Jinting seemed to have seen Gu Qingyuan's ease and ease in dragging out the tray of Ruan's prescriptions that morning.
She is such a person.
Gu Qingyuan did not speak anymore, but smiled and said,
"You must be very busy. Let's start the investigation quickly. I really hope that the spies can be eliminated as soon as possible, so that my father and I can go to the frontier as soon as possible."
Pei Jinting held Fang Sheng in her hands and her dark eyes fell on Gu Qingyuan's face.
Gu Qingyuan pushed Pei Jinting silently, hoping that he would get off the carriage quickly.
Just out of the corner of my eye, I saw him standing there with his eyes downcast, staring at Fang Sheng in his hand, as if his whole body was freezing.
For some reason, the look in his eyes covered by his long eyelashes made her feel a deep vortex for no reason, as if she was about to be sucked into it at the next moment.
Gu Qingyuan didn't like this look in her eyes. Seeing that he wouldn't leave, and knowing her character, she turned over the book in her hand.
She didn't know what she was looking at. In the silence, Pei Jinting seemed to have returned to her usual lazy and carefree state.
With two slender fingers, he naturally put Fang Sheng back into his sleeve pocket, sat down next to Gu Qingyuan, and spoke in a calm and unhurried tone,
"It's a pity. I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill your wish Yuanyuan."
"I stole a kiss once, and I don't want to steal it a second time."
He glanced at the book in Gu Qingyuan's hand with a very indifferent gaze, and moved away in an instant, with some lazy hoarseness mixed in his voice,
"I wonder if Miss Gu can cooperate and let me snatch it again?"
His slightly warm breath hit Gu Qingyuan's ear,
"After all, with a person like me here, how can you, Miss, still look at other people?"
Gu Qingyuan raised her eyes and frowned slightly when she saw the playfulness and ambiguity in his eyes.
She felt that what she had just said was simply stupid.
Pei Jinting is a bad bastard.
That girl deserves to marry someone else.
I wish him never to find love in his life.
She blinked and smiled,
"That may disappoint Young Master Pei. My father has already shown me many men. There are also many young generals on the border waiting for me to choose."
She tilted her head and said, "Oh, by the way. There is a lieutenant beside my father who also grew up with me."
"I heard that he looks elegant and gentle now, is good at writing poems, and is good at killing enemies. He also has never forgotten me..."
Now it seems that Lu Wenze and Chen Zhao both said that she was just a substitute for the person in Pei Jinting's heart, and they were right.
No wonder, when she mentioned the matter of kidnapping her bride, he immediately agreed.
It's to soothe the shortcomings in my heart.
Pei Jinting's heart trembled, and his eyes fell on Gu Qingyuan's smooth face, but he saw that she looked calm, without any emotions such as embarrassment or shyness.
He calmly stroked the "Lingxiao Huahuo" mark on Fang Sheng in his sleeve, leaned against the wall of the carriage, his face instantly turned pale, and even the color of his lips became lighter.
Sickly, obviously very uncomfortable.
When Gu Qingyuan saw it, her frown tightened even more.
"Are you OK?"
A weak fluctuation flashed across Gu Qingyuan's eyes, and after a few breaths, it went out again.
She stood up, opened the door, and told the driver,
"Uncle Gu. Mr. Pei is feeling a little uncomfortable. Could you please send him to the Yamen or go back to Pei's Mansion? By coincidence, I went to Linjiangxian ahead to buy some food to bring to my father."
"I'll wait for you to pick me up later in the lobby of Linjiangxian."
Hearing this, Pei Jinting stroked his forehead, the paleness on his face faded, and he said helplessly,
"Now that the enemy's detailed operations have not been revealed, it is very dangerous for you to be alone outside."
"I'll get off the carriage."
Gu Qingyuan sat opposite Pei Jinting with a calm expression.
"Yuanyuan, you can piss me off. But don't put yourself in danger, and don't provoke the man next to you."
Pei Jinting leaned forward and stretched out his arms to trap Gu Qingyuan in his arms.
Seeing him doing this again, Gu Qingyuan's temper also increased and she mocked,
"What are you doing, Third Young Master Pei? Could it be that I have done husband and wife things with you, so I can't do it with others?"
Pei Jinting's rationality was suddenly shattered by her words.
With his throat rolling, he pulled off Gu Qingyuan's belt, raised her hands high, and tied them tightly together.