EBE Chapter 280 Tea House Meeting
Chapter 280 Tea House Meeting
"My innocence has been ruined!" Ji Wan muttered softly, lowering her eyes, then fidgeted with her fingers and deliberately raised her voice:
"How am I supposed to know what to do? Anyway, I'm not going to marry him. I prefer petite and cute men..."
"You heartless woman!" Xu Jingyun said, then looked towards the door with an ambiguous expression.
soon--
"Bang bang bang."
It was as if they were looking for trouble; the unique knocking sounded, making it hard not to know who it was.
Since it was Ji Wan who had invited them, Lin Shu and Xu Jingyun felt it inappropriate to let them in, so they both turned to look at Ji Wan.
Ji Wan froze, realizing she'd been caught off guard by something she'd said, so she quickly winked at Lin Shu and the others, saying, "Lin Shu, if he hits me later, you have to help me!"
After saying that, she raised her head, sat up straight, and said loudly, "Come in."
The person at the door responded and pushed the door open, just like last time. The door shook but eventually stabilized.
Ulihan strode in, and the three men focused their attention on his face. Perhaps because he was not fair-skinned, or perhaps because his skin was thick and tough, the wounds on his face were almost invisible.
But you could tell he had a dark face, as if he was in a bad mood, and his usual neat little braids were gone.
After entering, he walked straight towards Ji Wan, exuding a menacing aura. Ji Wan watched him warily, her buttocks slightly raised, thinking that if he dared to make a move, she would jump up and strike first!
Looking at Ji Wan's wary expression, and recalling the words she had overheard outside the door that he wouldn't marry her, Ulihan felt a lump in his throat.
Then, ignoring the other people in the room, he asked bluntly, "Are you serious about what you just said?"
"Huh?" Ji Wan looked up at Ulihan in confusion. Seeing the other's expressionless face, she could actually see pity and grievance in it. Thinking of this, she quickly shook her head and banished these inappropriate thoughts.
Ulihan didn't answer her question. Instead, he took out the angular wooden box, handed it to her, and said firmly and sincerely, "This is for you. Marry me!"
This statement carries both the hope of stating a statement and the request of questioning!
Upon hearing this, Ji Wan was taken aback at first, and then just as she was about to refuse decisively, she stopped herself from speaking. Her mind was filled with many thoughts, and she thought that this big guy didn't seem so bad.
Although he's a bit ugly, a bit fierce, and not quite manly... (dozens of reasons omitted here), he seems pretty good, and he's already pleading with me like this, so why not reluctantly marry him?
After a long pause, Ji Wan finally convinced herself. She smacked her lips, slammed her hand on the table, and said in a serious tone, "Marrying you is fine, but I..."
"...Uh...Where is he?" Just as Ji Wan was about to negotiate, she glanced sideways in the direction where Ulihan had originally been and was startled. Where was he? Where was such a big person?
She stared blankly at Lin Shu opposite her.
Lin Shu hesitated for a moment, then finally uttered only two words: "I'm leaving."
"Where did you go? Why did you leave?" Ji Wan looked bewildered; she hadn't said anything, had she?
Xu Jingyun stopped Lin Shu, who was about to speak, blinked, and continued, "Of course, it's because you've been ignoring people, so they thought you rejected them!"
Ji Wan lowered her eyes guiltily: "I didn't."
Xu Jingyun didn't reply to her, but instead spoke regretfully to herself, "Tsk tsk tsk! How pitiful, she's lost her virginity and probably won't be able to get married. Maybe she's even pregnant!"
"No way!" Ji Wan suddenly stood up, ignoring the chair that had fallen behind her, and walked straight out. But when she reached the door, she turned back and took the wooden box from the table with her.
Lin Shu asked in confusion, "What's this?"
Ji Wan said indignantly, "I'll go find him. I can't let my child recognize a thief as his mother!"
Recognizing a thief as one's mother? Xu Jingyun's lips twitched.
After everyone left, Lin Shu sighed inwardly, shook her head, turned her head helplessly, and called out affectionately, "A-Yun!"
"I'm helping her, isn't it obvious to anyone with eyes that she treats that ugly thing differently?" Xu Jingyun lazily raised her lips to Lin Shu, her beautiful red lips parted slightly, her voice fearless and unrestrained:
"Moreover, if the two of them can get together, it will be of great benefit to Fengming and Nanli as well."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shu was taken aback, then smiled and gently tapped Xu Jingyun's forehead before walking ahead, saying, "Let's go."
Xu Jingyun touched her forehead, then looked up and saw Lin Shu's lingering smile. She immediately got up and chased after her, saying, "Oh! Shu actually hit me! Don't let me catch up with you..."
……
The next day, as dawn broke, the cool, pale light shone on the city walls of Fengming Kingdom.
The day the envoys from the Northern Wilderness Kingdom and the Western Gate Kingdom returned home.
It is worth mentioning that the Northern Wilderness Kingdom's team was personally escorted by Ling Huanan. This arrangement was like a heavy blow, completely disrupting Qige's plan to kill Wulihan within Fengming territory.
Qiqige, unusually, showed her displeasure. Even though the Crown Princess came to see her off, she did not hide her displeasure at all, and was even stingy with a perfunctory smile.
However, even more somber than Qiqige's face was that of Ling Huanan, who was being sent out again near the end of the year.
At the city gate, the onlookers were fortunate enough to witness this astonishing scene—
Ling Huanan seemed to be shrouded in a layer of icy frost, every step she took carried a bone-chilling cold, and the expression on her face was so fierce that she would kick any dog that passed in front of her without hesitation.
The deputy general followed behind, not daring to even breathe loudly. Even the warhorse beneath her, a veteran of many battles, was affected by the oppressive atmosphere, pawing restlessly and fidgeting.
As for Ji Wan, that fool, I don't know what she said to Wulihan yesterday, but today he didn't even lift the curtain of the carriage, and didn't even glance at her.
This left her looking like a wilted eggplant, standing listlessly in the crowd, watching the procession gradually disappear into the distance, her figure filled with loneliness.
For the next few days, Ji Wan seemed to have lost her soul, appearing listless all day long.
Moreover, he often sighed to Lin Shu, and those sighs seemed to hide endless troubles.
After much deliberation, she invited Lin Shu to the busiest teahouse in the city.
But then she thought of Lin Shu's taciturn nature, and how she probably wouldn't ask questions on her own initiative. After hesitating for a moment, she asked Lin Shu to call Xu Jingyun over as well.
The three sat around a table in a private tea room. Ji Wan arrived without saying a word, simply drinking cup after cup of tea as if it were a potent liquor to drown her sorrows, sighing repeatedly as she drank: "Alas! Sigh!..."
Lin Shu and Xu Jingyun were almost amused by her expression, which seemed to want to talk but also wanted someone else to ask her first. So they asked, as they had hoped, "What's wrong with you?"
Ji Wan then hurriedly revealed what was on her mind; it turned out that she had indeed angered Ulihan that day.
"What did you say?" Xu Jingyun's curiosity was piqued, and she leaned forward slightly, asking in confusion.
Ji Wan scratched her head: "I was thinking at the time, he's not my type. What if I meet someone I really like later, and he gets jealous and hits us? So I told him to listen to me and not to hit me..."
Lin Shu (speechless): "..."
Xu Jingyun said mercilessly, "Serves you right!"
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