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Old Man Gong put down his bowl and chopsticks, picked up a napkin to wipe the gap between his lips and gave her a sidelong glance. "What, is there a problem with this girl? I think it's good. "

His expression was calm, no longer amiable like before. "Smart and quick, he doesn't seem like a flattering person."

"Heh." A short, mocking smile overflowed from the old lady's throat as she lifted her teacup and took another sip of the warm tea, "How do you know she doesn't have any intentions of climbing to a higher branch? With her abilities, not to mention the palace gates, she is not even fit to be a branch member. "

She slowly turned her head, looked coldly at the silent Old Master Gong, and continued in a bland voice: "I don't know what Little Yan is thinking. Even if he wanted to find someone to put on a show for us, it would be inconceivable for him to choose this girl."

"I think Little Yan has his own ideas on this matter. He's an adult too, you and I won't be able to care about him for the rest of our lives. I think it's better that you don't interfere."

Throwing his napkin carelessly on the dining table, Old Master Gong pushed back his chair and left the dining room.

The old mistress was left alone at the table. Her face was covered in a layer of frost, and her eyes were filled with waves of menace. She slammed the teacup on the glass table, causing the servants behind her to panic.

Palace Garden.

The uneven cobblestone path was trampled to the point where the soles of Pei Luoyi's feet looked as if they were being chopped into pieces.

She had blistered her feet on the road from the top of the hill to the foot of the hill.

She hadn't taken many steps, so she naturally didn't feel it was obvious. Now that the man was walking at such a high speed, she could only follow him with a limp, enduring the pain in her feet.

"I say, Mr. Gong, you're walking so fast, you're not taking a walk at all!"

The usually cold eyes quickly swept over them. With just one glance, he strode forward with long legs.

She was in so much pain that she didn't even bother to look at the man's eyes. She simply stopped and sat down on a wooden chair by the side of the path.

Noticing that the person behind her was not following her, Gong Yan had walked quite a distance when he saw her sitting on a chair, then turned back.

"Did I make you stop?"

Her gaze fell on the soles of the woman's feet where she had taken off her shoes. Her white feet could be said to be in a miserable state. The places where the blisters were worn out were all filled with blood.

Gong Yan frowned as he looked at her. He just remembered that if she didn't want to run away secretly, she wouldn't have to suffer so much. The emotion that had just gathered in his eyes immediately dissipated.

Pei Luoyi's foot was hurting and her chest was hurting as well. It was because she was angry.

She raised a finger, pointed at the soles of her feet, and said while trying her best to suppress her anger, "Mister Gong, you can see now that I, as a wounded person, can't accompany you for a walk. Since you're so interested, you can go by yourself.

She bent over to put her shoes back on, and her face immediately became pained. She frowned as if she had thought of something, then she looked up at the expressionless man and said, "Oh right, and also, if possible, can I trouble you to call a servant for me. I'm afraid I can't walk back here by myself."

"You've already learned how to order your servants around before even taking the position of the young mistress of the palace. Pei Luoyi, I had thought that you were someone of high status, but who would've thought that you were actually enjoying yourself."

In the dim light of the street lamp, the man's handsome face revealed a faint trace of a mocking smile.

Pei Luoyi rolled her eyes at the man, "Mister Gong, since you are able to get to this height, I believe that your brain is fine. However, your words are of a very low level, my feet are aching so badly, so what if I get someone else to help me? Do I have to endure it? Only by walking back by myself with a straight back, can I be considered to have the courage to do so? "Oh, that would have been pretty tough, but it also made me look like a moron."

The man suddenly stopped laughing. The expression on his face that alternated between light and darkness could not be seen, but she could still feel a wave of pressure pressing down on her, making her feel difficult to breathe.

Just now, Pei Luoyi's valiant and valiant demeanor was instantly reduced by half. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something to save him. After all, the person who had angered him would only be herself.

Before he could finish his sentence, his stomach began to growl. The silent and cold atmosphere suddenly became extremely strange.

She touched her stomach that was protesting nonstop, looking a little embarrassed. "Um, when are you planning to go back? "You called me out before I was full …"

Gong Yan looked down at her faintly blushing face, and the oppressive coldness around her gradually dissipated.

"You haven't eaten your fill?" I saw you eating so slowly and I thought you were already full. "

"Which eye did you see!?" I simply … "

"Two eyes."

"You!"

Pei Luoyi was so angry that her chest felt like it was about to explode. If it wasn't for her acting out with him, would she have had to pretend to be a lady?

Good intentions don't pay off.

She angrily suppressed her anger, raised her long neck, straightened her back, and adjusted her breathing. "Mr. Gong, I'm telling you clearly now, I don't want to continue acting! It's not right to lie to others, we don't truly love each other at all. In the future, if old mister Gong finds out, it'll only hurt his heart and disappoint him. "

Her long, clean knuckles pinched her lower jaw precisely the moment she finished speaking, and her strength was continuously increasing.

"Pei Luoyi, have you forgotten again that there is no such thing as an equal relationship between us? Pay attention to your speech. You don't have the qualifications to say no to me right now."

The words coming out of her cold lips were clear, and when Pei Luoyi heard them, she felt that they were too cold to resist.

Even though Pei Luoyi was in so much pain that her scalp was numb, and her tear ducts had started to burst into tears, she still resolutely spat out the word "no".

The man's eyes darkened. Fog rose from his dark eyes, and the strength in his hands increased to the point where he believed that women should not be able to withstand it.

However, the stubborn look in the woman's eyes clearly showed that she would not compromise.

"Pei Luoyi, don't force me." His voice was low and low, with a hint of danger in it.

Pain.

This was the only word that came to her mind, and her jaw felt like it was about to be dislocated.

The warm liquid suddenly fell on the rough fingertip, and when Gong Yan saw it clearly, his eyes that were filled with a fierce light slightly contracted, and the power released from his hand.

She was more stubborn than he had thought.

Gong Yan stood up, looking coldly at the woman who had her head lowered, unable to see her expression.

The bean-sized teardrops silently fell on the cobblestones of different shades of color, but the woman didn't sob at all.

After a long while, she finally raised her head. Her eyes were red, and her lower lip was covered with bite marks.

She calmly said, "Mr. Gong, the reason I signed the agreement was because I knew that you must have misunderstood me. As for me, I will find out the truth and prove to you that I am innocent. But now, I find I'm ridiculously wrong. "