"Brother Pei Yuan, I heard you were coming back, so I came over early this morning to wait for you. What are you doing with this ugly..."
"Lu Qing!" Pei Yuan's face tightened. "The Pei family and the Lu family are on good terms, but that doesn't mean you can insult the young mistress of the Pei family." Pei Yuan glanced at Qiu Su's attire and snorted, "Don't let this happen again. Men, prepare a sedan chair and escort Miss Lu back to her residence."
Well, a man who never loses his temper is never a lamb. Qiu Su frowned as she watched Pei Yuan pull her away without looking back. It seems this "Pink Lantern" is just like his name, destined to end up in the earth like a lantern. Tsk tsk, poor kid.
"Hmph, you're just going to let them do whatever they want to you?" Pei Yuan tugged at her hair and poked at her coarse, filthy-colored maid's clothes. "You find it disgusting?"
"What's disgusting? It's all your stuff."
"Hmm? My family's? Humph, you're mine." Pei Yuan quickly removed the ugly dark wooden hairpin from her hair, casually wrapped it around his hand, and then, with his arm around her shoulder, half-forced her to hurry back to the courtyard—a courtyard different from the one they had just met.
Pei Yuan dragged Qiu Su into the house and reached out to tear off her clothes.
"What are you doing?" Qiu Su covered her chest with both hands.
Pei Yuan, his face dark, snorted and pried her hands away. He quickly loosened his belt and took off the coarse cloth robe, along with the cotton undergarment underneath. Only then did he stop and look at Qiu Su, who was only wearing a bodice, and said, "You made her wrap herself up like this, don't you find it hot?"
Qiu Su touched her bare arms back and forth, frowning as she said, "What are you doing? Wearing these clothes is better than having no clothes at all. What do you want me to wear? Run around the yard naked?"
Hmph, getting a temper now? Just now, she was all lovey-dovey with He Zhuo, smiling so brightly and radiantly, but as soon as she saw him, her face fell. She didn't even flaunt her status as the young mistress after being tricked, which shows she doesn't care.
Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes. "Got a temper now? Where were you before?"
"What have I been doing all this time? I'd like to ask myself that too! I came here to be your husband, not to be your housekeeper and train your three wives and four concubines..."
No, how could she be such a shrew? She's more like a jealous, abandoned woman. How could she be an abandoned woman? It's truly outrageous that she's fallen to that level.
Qiu Su clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and said, "Oh, you're not giving me clothes to wear?"
Seeing that she was red-faced and furious, Pei Yuan smiled instead.
He really has a dark side; he smiles like a weed whenever she gets angry. Doesn't he deserve a beating? Qiu Su thought to herself.
Pei Yuan went behind the screen for a moment, took out a set of women's clothing, and said with a smile, "What a pity about this tub of bath water that I had prepared. How come it was taken away by another maid when you went out? Where is Huang Tao? You are still a chieftain, a poor chieftain."
She was pitiful; they wouldn't even give her a set of clothes. She borrowed a set of casual clothes, but they were stripped off. Qiu Su stared at the pink lotus-patterned bodice on top and immediately thought of the pink lantern, gritting her teeth in anger.
"My wife won't change? Do you want me to take action?"
Feeling wronged, Qiu Su, for some unknown reason, didn't even think twice before tearing off her yellow, dog-feces-covered undergarment and throwing it at Pei Yuan's face.
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Qingfeng Theater:
Qiu Su: I knew it, my mother always has scumbags working for her.
Qingfeng: Sitting on the ground, clutching her ankles and crying loudly~~ Why are all my subordinates scumbags?! They're all good women, aren't they?!
twenty three
23. Impulsiveness is the devil...
Qiu Su fully admitted her despicable nature. And it wasn't just ordinary despicableness; it was extraordinary.
Impulsiveness is like a burning pool in hell, leading to eternal damnation. How could she have spontaneously stripped naked? Looking at Pei Yuan, who froze instantly, Qiu Su's frustration turned into utter despair. If only she had some soot from the bottom of a pot! She could reach in, grab some, smear it on her face, and say, "I'm not Qiu Su. Looking for Qiu Su? Turn right after you leave."
She reached for her clothes, but the next second Pei Yuan grabbed her around the waist and threw her onto the bed. What was he doing? Was it indecent assault or rape?
Qiu Su struggled to get up, but Pei Yuan pushed her back down. Well, it seemed hard to explain. Her actions just now seemed more like seduction. If she resisted now, it would just seem coy.
Qiu Su grabbed Pei Yuan's mouth and tried to move to the side uneasily, but she couldn't move.
“I…” Qiu Su nervously licked her lips, “I will not share a husband with another person.”
"She is not."
"I don't want to be a pawn either."
Pei Yuan stiffened slightly, stepped back a little, and looked at the two pale pink mounds on Qiu Su's cheeks with complicated eyes. After a long while, he sighed and said, "I won't do it anymore. I stopped doing it a long time ago."
His burning lips pressed down, biting Qiu Su until her head spun. No, there were still many things left unsaid. If she gave herself away like this, there would be no turning back. Before, he had used her entirely, or perhaps not entirely. She hadn't trusted him completely either, but when had things turned out this way?
Admittedly, she felt jealous when she saw the graceful bamboo kite. She thought about how Pei Yuan dared to play the game of keeping a mistress hidden away, and yet he hadn't mentioned it a word about it the whole way. At that moment, she wanted nothing more than to go berserk and lead the mountain lord to raze the Pei residence. But what could she do? She was always composed, reasonable, and understood the greater good.
"My lady, what are you thinking about?" Pei Yuan stared into Qiu Su's eyes, propped himself up slightly, and began to untie her waistband.
"Ah, thinking of my lofty ideals, hiss~~" Qiu Su frowned and glared at him, but was so startled by the scene that she closed her eyes again.
If you're going to take it off, why take it off so quickly?
"What were you whispering with that scoundrel He Zhuo just now, my lady?"
Qiu Su frowned and endured the pain, saying, "I'm talking about you, you bastard! Heavens, you're grabbing my chest like a sack."
"Um?"
"I'm talking to you."
Pei Yuan's other hand roamed freely, its touch tinged with heat, finally stopping maliciously at the base of her thigh and giving it a couple of hard squeezes. His voice, hoarse with suppressed desire, asked, "What did you say about me?"
Qiu Su pouted, "You scoundrel, keeping a mistress in a golden house and making me wear clothes the color of poop. Hmm, He Zhuo is very dissatisfied."
"Hey, why did you choose this color for your servants' clothes? It's not easy to dye them like that." Qiu Su clicked her tongue in amazement.
Pei Yuan's face darkened, and he barged straight in through the door.
"Damn, she brought this on herself." Qiu Su's face turned pale with pain, and she froze beneath him, motionless. How foolish of her! Even the stones of Qingyuan Mountain were more clever than her; how could she have lay there with her legs spread so wide, completely unguarded? Fortunately, Pei Yuan didn't move again, but instead covered her lips with a passionate, unrestrained kiss. As she gradually felt comfortable, Qiu Su slightly opened her eyes, her gaze hazy.
A knock came at the door, followed by Huang Tao's voice, "Young Master, have you found Miss?"
Pei Yuan's body stiffened again.
"Son-in-law? I'm going in!"
"go out!"