Jiang Yeqian said those words so resolutely, everyone who heard them would definitely agree with him.
However, Tan Xiangdie rolled his eyes to the sky. He lobbed the crystal flask on the table toward the pillar. Liquor spilled everywhere, and the flask shattered.
Tan Xiangdie harrumphed. “Should I call you the Head of Zhaixing Administration Feng Wushe, or the Head Grand Secretariat Jiang Yeqian? You said there’s nothing between you and the woman, so why do you look like a dead man?”
Tan Xiangdie’s scolding made Jiang Yeqian quieter. Did he look like a dead man? He just could not understand why Qi Qingyao drove him out.
“A woman who got pregnant even when she’s not married and gave birth to three kids. She ordered me to be her servant. I did,” he muttered.
What? Tan Xiangdie thought he had heard wrong. He laughed instantly.
Jiang Yeqian acted like he did not hear Tan Xiangdie’s laughter. He murmured as he drank, “She’s very insistent on knowing my identity. Is my face not attractive enough? What a moron.”
“…” Tan Xiangdie sat beside him, cross-legged. He took a bunch of grapes out from a gold-patterned jade and amber plate, picked one, tossed it into his mouth, and spit out the skin. While he did that, he looked at Jiang Yeqian with a grin on his face.
Jiang Yeqian continued to drink. He said, “I didn’t want to tell her my identity, so she drove me out, and she was very determined at that. There’s something wrong with her, isn’t there?”
While Tan Xiangdie ate his grapes, he looked at the man who was downing liquor like a madman. He coughed softly, and told him the truth because he could not help it. “I don’t know if there’s something wrong with her, but there’s definitely something wrong with you.”
“Me? There’s something wrong with me? I was her servant for so long. I helped her build her house and kill wild boars. And I took care of her kids too! But then she shooed me away because I didn’t want to tell her my identity. And you say that there’s nothing wrong with this woman?” Jiang Yeqian’s eyes were red. He was frustrated as he grasped Tan Xiangdie’s collar and asked him viciously.
Tan Xiangdie could only go with it reluctantly. “Fine, there’s something wrong with her!”
“There always has been.” Jiang Yeqian sounded furious, but there was also a hint of sadness in his words.
Tan Xiangdie pushed Jiang Yeqian aside. He propped one hand on the table as he ate grapes with the other. He grinned, interested. “You like her…”
Like?
This word struck Jiang Yeqian like lightning.
His mind went blank.
“…”
After a long silence, Tan Xiangdie noticed the awkwardness on Jiang Yeqian’s face and his silence, and he could not help but laugh out loud.
“Hahahaha, our Head of the Zhaixing Administration fell for a woman who has three kids! If we tell anyone about this, they will probably laugh their heads off!”
“I didn’t fall for her,” Jiang Yeqian denied anxiously.
“Then why are you fussing over the issue over here?” Had this guy not touched a woman before until now? Why would he be like this otherwise? Tan Xiangdie was very confused by the man’s current demeanor.
“I am not fussing,” Jiang Yeqian said firmly.
“Why are you drowning your sorrows in alcohol, then?” Tan Xiangdie asked curiously.
“I’m merely feeling indignant.” Jiang Yeqian downed all the liquor in the flagon, and he picked up another one made of white jade. He opened it and drank a mouthful before he said ominously, “There is someone who doesn’t think highly of me.”
“You narcissistic man. Ha!” There was disdain in his tone as he said sarcastically, “Jiang Yeqian, you do have a nice face, but with how big the world is, there are lots of birds in the forest! There’s no reason why this woman should think highly of you.”