lcionline Chapter 167 The Resentful Fiancé in the Academy 9
Chapter 167 The Resentful Fiancé in the Academy 9
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Jiang Wan was both ashamed and shocked. He caught the hangover soup with one hand and mercilessly slapped it with the other hand, "You bastard, Wei Shiqing!"
The servants seemed to have seen something unbelievable, their mouths wide open and they were unable to recover for a long time. When they realized what their master had done, they hurriedly grabbed him and stepped back several steps, successfully putting some distance between themselves and Jiang Wan.
But who would have thought that Pei Shuchen, whose plan succeeded, didn't care about it at all. Even though the slap marks appeared on his face, he didn't feel any pain at all. He even said arrogantly: "Jiang Wan! Remember me, I'm not Wei Shiqing, I'm your fiancé, I'm your man! I like you, you are destined to be my wife... Mmmmm..."
Pinyue, who was following behind Jiang Wan, blushed after hearing such disgusting words. The servants were also afraid that Pei Shuchen would say something earth-shattering and tear-jerking again, so they hurriedly covered his mouth.
The hangover soup was definitely not drinkable, so Jiang Wan slammed the bowl onto the table, pointed at the door and cursed angrily, "Get out! Take your young master with you!"
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When Pei Shuchen sobered up completely, he found himself kneeling in the ancestral hall of his home.
When he regained consciousness and listened to the servant beside him helping him recall the scene, Pei Shuchen closed his eyes and covered his face with his hands, feeling extremely ashamed and angry.
"You are not lying to me, are you? Did I really do this?" Pei Shuchen didn't believe that he had done this. Jiang Wan had a bad impression of him to begin with, and now he must think of him as a scoundrel and wants to cut him into pieces!
Pei Shuchen also wanted to think that everything was fake, and it would be best if it was just a dream, but the fragments of memories that frequently flashed through his mind and the solid slap marks on his face showed him the reality of everything.
"What about Jiang Wan? What was Jiang Wan's reaction at that time?" Pei Shuchen asked unwillingly.
The servants looked at each other, and one of them pointed at the door and said in a shrill voice imitating Jiang Wan's tone: "Get out! Take your young master with you and get out!"
Seeing this scene, Pei Shuchen felt even more ashamed. It felt as if a huge rock was pressing on his chest and he could hardly breathe.
Just at this moment, a report suddenly came from outside the house. It turned out that Mrs. Pei had arrived.
"Son, as the son of a prefect, you can find any wife you want, but why do you choose that merchant's daughter? What's so good about Jiang Wan that makes you want to be with her? Do you know that your father was furious when you came back drunk from Jiang's house this time?"
Seeing the bright slap mark on her son's face, Mrs. Pei felt even more distressed. "Look at how she beat you. How could she be so cruel? If she disfigures my son's handsome face, can she afford the compensation?"
Pei Shuchen straightened his body and knelt straighter. "This matter has nothing to do with Jiang Wan. It's all my fault. Don't worry about it, mother. Anyway, I only want Jiang Wan in this life!"
Fearing that his explanation was incomplete and would cause a rift between his mother and Jiang Wan, Pei Shuchen simply told her everything about the academy and the Jiang family. "My son and Wei Shiqing teased her first, and I behaved improperly in the Jiang family and had ill intentions towards her. Jiang Wan deserved to beat me!"
Seeing her son's confident appearance and listening to the whole story carefully, Mrs. Pei could only sigh. She knew that her son was completely screwed. Yes, if she encountered such a situation, she would do the same as Jiang Wan. If she was bullied by a scoundrel and did not resist at all, she was worried about Jiang Wan's character.
However, she came here this time for something more important.
"Son, tell me the truth. Is the new storybook published by the Jiang family, signed by Jiang Xiaowan, written by Jiang Wan? She has been your classmate in Huaqing Academy for a long time. Based on your observation, do you think she is a person with such literary talent?"
Pei Shuchen had seen the draft of Jiang Wan's story, so he confirmed her identity without hesitation, "It was written by Jiang Wan. I saw it with my own eyes. It's absolutely true!"
Upon hearing this, Madam Pei's eyes lit up, "It's good that she wrote it, it's good that she wrote it! No matter how your father objects, I support you anyway, that is... when you go to find Jiang Wan, can you ask her to send a copy of the new chapter to the prefect's mansion in advance? I can't wait to catch up with the updates every day..."
Pei Shuchen frowned. If thoughts could become physical entities, his forehead would have been covered with a row of black lines.
At this point, the relationship between him and Jiang Wan has almost reached freezing point. How could his mother still have the nerve to ask Jiang Wan to urge for more updates? How could she have thought of that!
Pei Shuchen lost his patience and stood up to drive Madam Pei out, then returned to his seat and knelt there.
With Mrs. Pei's mediation, Pei Shuchen only kneeled for one night and returned to his room the next day. Governor Pei ordered him not to go to the Jiang family to find Jiang Wan again, but Pei Shuchen felt guilty, and he knew that Sheng Huaian was eyeing him covetously, so how could he resist not going to find her.
Pei Shuchen did a lot of homework, and with the help of Mrs. Pei, he prepared many things that girls would like, and got on a carriage to the Jiang family.
The Jiang family's gatekeeper had been ordered to stop Pei Shuchen outside the door when he saw him, not allowing him to enter.
Pei Shuchen was in the wrong, so he had to settle for the next best thing and sat in the teahouse diagonally opposite the Jiang family, where he stayed for the entire day.
"Master, how about you go back first? We can just stay here. When Miss Jiang goes out, we will hold her back and not let her go back. Then we will notify you to come over."
Pei Shuchen shook his head and said firmly: "I won't go back. I will wait for her here."
He had done wrong in the past, but compared to the pain he had brought to Jiang Wan, this little thing was nothing... He believed that only if he waited here would Jiang Wan feel his sincerity. What kind of thing was it to let others atone for his sins?
For three consecutive days, Pei Shuchen went out early and came back late every day, and he almost became a regular customer in the teahouse.
Jiang family.
Mr. Jiang found out clearly that the person who had been sitting in the teahouse opposite the Jiang family was none other than Pei Shuchen, the son of the prefect Pei. He didn't understand. The two families had clearly called off the engagement, so why was Mr. Pei still making such a gesture?
It was not until he heard Jiang Wan's explanation that Master Jiang became extremely angry. "What! It's bad enough that he swapped identities with others to tease you, but he also got drunk and flirted with you! This scoundrel, I must beat him up today!"
Although Mr. Jiang did not have such confidence before, with the help of the stories written by Jiang Wan, the Jiang family established relationships with many officials' wives, and also sponsored many poor students to go to school. The Jiang family was at the peak of its reputation. Besides, the Jiang family was right in this matter, so Mr. Jiang was very confident!
But who would have thought that before he could get angry, Jiang Wan had already stopped him.
"Dad, what are you doing? I didn't say I don't like him. I'm just curious about how far he can go and I'm testing him. If you beat him up, who will I marry?"