Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 944 Ning Xiuyuan, you are not a human!
Ji Wuyan frowned slightly. Bai Xing's words sounded strange, and his expression was also strange. It was totally unlike the expression of a groom who was about to get married when talking about his soon-to-be-married wife.

He said that the elders were very satisfied.

What about him... Is a man who shows no joy when talking about marriage really satisfied with that woman?

She gave Ning Xiuyuan a look, and he stood up. "I'll go to the kitchen to see if the medicine is ready." After that, he closed the door and went out. But after he went out, he did not go to the kitchen. Instead, he found a corner in the yard that was not visible from the house, stood with his hands behind his back, and looked at the only koi left in the pond with his eyebrows down, in silence. The maids and servants in this yard have followed their daughter's temperament. Whatever they raise can't survive.

Inside the house, the aroma of medicine overshadowed the scent of tea. Bai Xing sat there holding a teacup, his eyes fixed on a point in front of him. The man who used to be able to talk about anything and everything was obviously much quieter.

Ji Wuyan tilted his head to look at him, and after a while, he chuckled softly and raised his hand to spread it out, "Didn't you come here specially to give me the invitation? Why didn't you give it to me after you came in?"

The other party just woke up from a dream and handed over the invitation. It had a red satin cover and a peace locket tassel. When it was opened, it was a red-bottomed, gold-stamped small regular script. The font was steady and elegant, very beautiful. She closed the invitation and tilted her head to look at Bai Xing, with a faint mischievous smile on her face, "You are so absent-minded, your mind is on the girl?"

"No..." Bai Xing shook his head absentmindedly. After a while, he looked up at Ji Wuyan. "Girl." He called with a serious expression, but he seemed still hesitant about whether to say it.

Bai Xing stroked the teacup in his hand. The warmth that reached his palm through the wall of the cup made him feel soothing. He lowered his eyebrows and smiled, muttering to himself, "It's funny. You are obviously a girl younger than me, but I have kept some things in my heart for so long. Now that I am in front of you, I feel like I have to say them out loud."

Ji Wuyan had been listening quietly with a smile, but when she heard the words, she grinned and became less serious, "It is my honor."

The two smiled at each other, and the atmosphere in the room was obviously much more relaxed than before.

He stood up and replaced the hot tea for Ji Wuyan, then dragged his stool and sat on the bedside, holding the teacup in both hands and resting it on his knees, and whispered, "I call him cousin, and he did something to hurt you, which I can never forgive. But when he came home, both my grandmother and my father still treated him the same as before... I felt that this world was not what I wanted after all, and I thought that I could abandon this damn identity and travel around the world as I please. Whoever wants to stay in this filthy place can stay!"

People who are too innocent are always more likely to be hurt.

Ji Wuyan advised helplessly, "This is a matter between him and me. It has nothing to do with you or anyone in the Bai family. This is the rule that he and I should abide by by default. Regardless of success or failure, we will not and cannot involve you."

"I know." Bai Xing nodded listlessly, "I know what you mean. My father told me the same thing. But I don't understand big principles. I only care about closeness... Of course, you were right at the beginning. If I ran away out of anger, I would end up hurting the people closest to me, and my grandmother would be the first to bear the brunt. For her, I have to stay... When you feel better, go see her. She often misses you and says that the Bai family feels guilty about you."

"Okay. I'll go see her in a few days, when I recover from this cold." Ji Wuyan agreed while holding a teacup and looking at Bai Xing, and asked directly, "So, you found a wife... that the elders are satisfied with?" This was a sharp question. Bai Xing smiled bitterly and looked up at Ji Wuyan, "I know what you want to say. The Minister of Rites is a clean official in the court. I was helped by my father in my early years and I still remember it in my heart. I also visit him during festivals, but I never try to curry favor with him in the court. It can be seen that he is upright. My fiancée is the only daughter of the Minister. She is well-educated in her family, humble and respectful, and has a dignified and generous appearance. Although I didn't fall in love at first sight, I am satisfied with her in my heart..."

He looked at Ji Wuyan's slightly frowned brows and said with a faint smile, "I know you probably don't understand. You are the kind of person who can't accept that marriage is determined by parents' orders and matchmakers' words. It's just that Wuyan, you and the Third Master are the fairy couple in the storyteller's mouth, the people in the story. But there are so many men and women in this world, who are ordinary people like me, without thrilling stories, without vows of life and death, and only like the taste of this cup of tea in my hand... Maybe it seems more bland in comparison, but for the rest of this long life, blandness is not a kind of peaceful and calm happiness. What do you think?"

When he said these words, he was not angry, did not escape, and certainly did not give up on himself. Instead, he was just in a strange calm and relief - it was as if he had changed from a child who was used to laughing, scolding, and arguing to an adult with stories to tell.

That's great.

She did not inquire whether there really was an unforgettable past, but only bent her eyebrows and gave a sincere blessing, "In that case, I would like to wish my brother and future sister-in-law happiness and a large family with many children and grandchildren."

"Just this one sentence?" Bai Xing glared at her. "You keep calling me brother and sister-in-law, but you didn't even prepare a gift? I have to tell you first, this young master who controls half of Jiangnan's wealth cannot give you anything shabby, otherwise it will be a disgrace to your Ji family, do you understand?"

This inappropriate speech was somewhat similar to the past. Ji Wuyan pretended to throw the teacup in her hand at him and said angrily, "Okay, okay, I'll let Zi Qiu take you to my warehouse later. Just take whatever you like!"

Bai Xing was delighted, "Really?"

"really."

"Aren't you afraid that I will empty your warehouse? My father bought me a separate house, which is still empty now. It is more than enough to store all the treasures in your warehouse!"

When he was serious, he was still worrying, but now that his true colors were revealed, he was disliked again. Ji Wuyan waved his hands. His throat hurt so much that he really didn't want to argue with this man. "Go away! Move it as you like. It doesn't matter if you empty it."

Just as he was feeling disgusted, Ning Xiuyuan pushed the door open and came in, "If your throat is not good, then talk less... Bai Xing is such a talkative kid, how can you convince him now? Let's keep this account in mind for now, and on his wedding day, let Ji Feng go to the bridal chamber to make trouble... Ji Feng is at an age of curiosity, and he can make trouble until the next morning."

Bai Xing's face changed and he shouted, "Ning Xiuyuan, you are not a human!"