Pei Zhan couldn’t believe his ears: "Are you saying that this late at night, you still want me to roll up my bedding and leave?"
"It’s just next door, not far. If you find it tiring, let the maids help you move." Fu Zhen finished wiping her face, then her hands, speaking as naturally as if she had planned this long ago.
Pei Zhan wasn’t trying to cling here.
The main thing is he felt that their relationship had unknowingly progressed.
Last night, she invited him for tofu pudding and was willing to accompany him to enjoy the flowers and moonlight. And the key thing is! She even gave him a hairpin! And it was made with jade materials she personally prepared, with patterns she personally drew! She even said she saw his sincerity! Doesn’t this mean that in her eyes he’s become someone worth associating with?
Based on these signs, the misunderstandings from their first meeting should have been cleared up, right?
Since they’ve progressed to this point, why can’t they go further—yes, he admits he’s a bit greedy, but who’s desires are so easily satisfied? Besides, he’s not thinking about anything else. He just wants to truly live with her, to see her before sleeping, and see her first thing when waking...
Although she had long said she would tidy up a guest room for him to stay in, he didn’t expect it to be this soon!
Just those few days after they got married, wasn’t she still keeping him?
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How can she ruthlessly kick him out like that?
Last night she even said he was a good person and thanked him for wholeheartedly helping her with revenge, and now, after just one night, she has changed?
With his head filled with unresolved questions, Fu Zhen spoke again: "In the future, you cannot come into my room whenever you please. Men and women should maintain a distance; we must keep some distance between us."
Pei Zhan couldn’t sit still any longer...
Listen! Does what she says make sense?
Men and women should maintain a distance? Then who was staring at him repeatedly, unable to look away before? Who eyed him fiercely each time he tidied himself up? And who took every opportunity to touch him when seeing his neck or arms? How could she say such virtuous words?
Pei Zhan was unwilling: "Back then at Prince Rong’s Manor, when you hit Yang Zhan, that’s not what you said. You said I was your man!"
Back then, so many people saw and heard it. And now she talks about maintaining gender propriety?
Why didn’t I see before that she’s someone who says one thing and does another?
"How can that count? You and I both know we’re a fake couple; those were just formalities." Fu Zhen stood up, leaned forward, and stared deeply at him: "General Pei is much older than me; surely you don’t want to take advantage, making this fake act real, right?"
Pei Zhan was speechless.
"Zi Yan," Fu Zhen said, retracting herself back, leisurely pointing at the bed and instructing Zi Yan who had come in, "Move the General’s bedding to the guest room. It’s late, attend to the General for an early rest.
"In the future, whenever the General wishes to enter my door, he must report in advance!"
Fu Zhen finished speaking, entered her curtained bed, and drew the curtains.
Pei Zhan, left speechless and only able to inhale but unable to exhale, stood for a moment with a tense face before turning and rushing out.
Fu Zhen peeked out from behind the curtains. Seeing him cross the threshold, she quickly popped out and walked to the window.
Only when she saw him storm out of the courtyard did she retreat, sit back down on the chair, hum lightly, and return to the bedside.
Pei Zhan, having exited the courtyard, went straight to Liang Xuan’s place.
Liang Xuan, unable to sleep in defiance, was staring wide-eyed at the canopy of the bed when suddenly the door opened, and Pei Zhan took a few steps to reach his bed, pulling him out from under the covers.
"Uncle Five, what are you doing?"
Pei Zhan had a stern face: "I ask you, what did you say to your Aunt Five?"
Liang Xuan, originally kicking his legs in mid-air, stopped upon hearing this: "Aunt Five axed you?"
Pei Zhan snorted coldly: "You better answer me honestly, or I’ll send you back to the Liang Family immediately! I’ll also tell your mother you barged into my room in the middle of the night, causing us to sleep in separate beds!"
Liang Xuan froze, then sighed: "Look at you, scaring people all the time. No wonder Aunt Five finds you annoying!
"I’m telling you, in everything, you should reflect on yourself more. Don’t always blame others. Look at me, Aunt Five likes me, isn’t it because I’m kind and lovable?"
Pei Zhan loosened his grip, and the little meatball plopped back onto the bed.
He coldly said, "I’ll count to three! One—"