The concubine is soft and delicate, making her the treacherous minister's white moonlight

Chapter 25 You Might as Well Strangle Me to Death
The whole person seemed to be pressed against the rockery behind him, and one could faintly hear the person's breathing mixed with anger.

"Why?" The man gritted his teeth and almost squeezed out a few words in my ears.

Lin Mowan blinked and subconsciously put her hands between the two of them. She quickly adapted to the darkness in front of her. When she looked up, she met a pair of bloodshot eyes. It was Jiang Youxi.

He kept pressing her against the rockery, and asked her through gritted teeth: "Why did you lie to me? Why did you hurt me!!"

Without waiting for Lin Mowan to speak, he suddenly raised his hand and pinched Lin Mowan's neck, as if to strangle her to death. Lin Mowan did not struggle, but could not help frowning, looking at him calmly and aggrievedly. The strong feeling of suffocation made her thin lips slightly open, as if she wanted to say something, but no sound came out.

She grasped his collar tightly with both hands, matching his movement of strangling her neck and even holding her breath, making the suffocation feel even more intense, but tears fell naturally, the warm and wet feeling flowed down her cheeks and onto the back of her hands. Jiang Youxi was stunned, as if he was surprised that she did not struggle or rage as he had imagined.

The second before she was about to faint, she actually closed her eyes. Perhaps he was really afraid of strangling her to death, so he loosened the strength in his hands, but did not let go of the hands holding her neck. Fresh air rushed in, and Lin Mowan took a deep breath, panting anxiously, looking quite frightened and at a loss.

Tears immediately fell from her moist eyes. With a strong tone of crying and grievance, she sobbed and her voice became hoarse. She whispered, "You actually think that I want to hurt you?"

In her words, the resentment, grievance and shock of being wronged and abandoned by the one she loved were fully expressed. Jiang Youxi was holding his anger in his heart, but seeing her like this, he did not lose his temper for a while.

It's no wonder that Jiang Youxi was stunned. It's just that Lin Mowan was so beautiful. Even though there were faint marks on the scars on her face, it couldn't hide her beautiful eyebrows and eyes, her temperament like orchid, and her eyes were full of the innocence and shyness of a girl, with a hint of coquettishness, which made people seduce without knowing it and made people unable to stop.

Therefore, whenever she cried, his heart was in turmoil. Looking at her red eyes and nose, she looked so pitiful. Jiang Youxi frowned, and the anger in his voice was reduced by half: "You gave me the handkerchief that allowed me to go to Yuxiang Tower. Why didn't you come? Who else could it be if not you?!"

Lin Mowan refused, and looked up at him with her red and stubborn eyes. She sniffed and said, "Daddy told you that, didn't you?"

Jiang Youxi did not deny it. Seeing this, Lin Mowan's tears, which had stopped at first, blurred her vision again. She cried and was stubborn and aggrieved. Even her accusing voice was trembling with anger and being wronged. "I knew it! He looked down on my background and didn't want me to be with you. He didn't say a word about what he did, but he actually said such things to frame me!"

After she finished speaking, she broke free from Jiang Youxi's hand that was strangling her neck, and threw herself into Jiang Youxi's arms and burst into tears. Jiang Youxi thought that he had seen countless women, but no one had ever relied on him so much, so he froze in place.

But thinking about Jiang Wenqing and Gong Shu Tingyue's preaching in turn, reason still overcame the sympathy for Lin Mowan in his heart. In the end, he still held Lin Mowan's shoulders and gently pushed her away. Her eyes became even redder, and his heart seemed to be pulled hard by something.

His frown deepened, this time not because of anger, but because of heartache. His attitude also softened significantly. He asked her, "Then why didn't you come? Why!"

Lin Mowan's eyes were filled with tears. She cried until her whole body was shaking. She still looked up at him stubbornly and retorted with an angry but trembling voice: "Is it me who doesn't want to? I also wanted to find you, but it was Daddy's people who wouldn't let me go out, and Second Master's people wouldn't let me either, so I didn't go. I also wanted to find you to explain afterwards, and I was afraid that you would misunderstand me, but Daddy wouldn't let me, and he had people watching me all the time. How dare I go against his wishes?"

As she spoke, she had already broken down into tears. Jiang Youxi looked at her for a long time without saying anything. It seemed as if he had just remembered that his father had ordered him not to have any contact with Lin Mowan again because he had drunkenly walked in that night. He began to waver in his heart. Perhaps he had really wronged Lin Mowan.

It was no secret that Jiang Wenqing and Gongshu Tingyue were against them, so when someone discovered that Lin Mowan was out that day, it was indeed possible to stop her. Thinking of this, he began to hesitate and struggle, not knowing who to believe for a moment.

Lin Mowan's eyes were tearful, and she stared at him with resentment through her misty eyes. Seeing him hesitate, she deliberately turned her eyes away, revealing the scars on her face that had not yet faded, and said, "You blamed me for everything without even asking me."

She choked up, paused, pushed his hand away, and said with a determined look: "If I really wanted to hurt you, I shouldn't have waited for you, coaxed you to take medicine, and talked with you every day when you were injured and couldn't get out of bed. I should have made you disabled! Otherwise, you would blame me wrongly and make me feel disappointed."

"You believe everything others say. I speak from the bottom of my heart and defend you. Why don't you mention it? Since you are so suspicious of me, there is no point in me living. You might as well strangle me to death!"

Having said that, without giving Jiang Youxi any chance to react, she grabbed his hand and brought it to her neck. With just a few words, she immediately cleared herself of suspicion.

Jiang Youxi immediately came to his senses, pulled his hand away and took a few steps back until his back hit the rockery.

Lin Mowan turned her back and threw herself on a stone, crying as if she had suffered a great humiliation, as if she was really the victim.

Lin Mowan's words also happened to remind Jiang Youxi of the unforgettable beautiful days when he was seriously injured by someone unknown, and Lin Mowan came to take care of him who was unable to get out of bed regardless of the weather. If anyone said anything bad about him, she would refute it with a hundred words and say good things about him. How could such a good sister be the one who harmed him?
As he thought about it, he felt more and more guilty, and his anger just now completely disappeared. After just a moment of thinking, he was certain that he had wronged Lin Mowan. He rushed forward, his brows anxious, and his tone sincere: "Good sister, I... I was wrong, it's all my fault. Why did I get so obsessed that I listened to their words of alienation? Good sister, please don't ignore me..."

Lin Mowan was not willing to give in and was stubborn and refused to pay any attention to him. When he leaned in to look at her, she turned her face away. When he turned to the other side, she still ignored him.

Jiang Youxi stamped his feet anxiously. Finally, he sighed heavily: "Now... now I am a useless person..."

As soon as these words came out, Lin Mowan immediately turned her head and met his eyes full of apology. The other party was obviously stunned and didn't speak for a long time. Lin Mowan pretended to be angry and said, "I don't allow you to say such things. What do you mean by useless? People with good hands and feet are much better than those crooked ones outside."

Seeing that she would think of speaking for him even when she was angry, Jiang Youxi felt as if he had been filled with honey. His heart was so sweet that it softened. He slapped himself on the face repeatedly and said, "I really deserve to die, dear sister, please don't be angry with me. As long as you don't get angry with me, I'm willing to do anything you ask me to do, even if you want my life."

Lin Mowan looked at him with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes. After he slapped himself three or four times, she held his hand with worry in her eyes and pretended to be angry: "You heartless man, don't keep talking about death. It's so unlucky."

Seeing this, Jiang Youxi held her hand and asked, "Sister, have you forgiven me?"

Lin Mowan deliberately remained silent, snorted and turned away. Jiang Youxi held her hand, anxiously wanting her to give an answer that would show that she was not angry with him, but she was hesitant to speak, and Jiang Youxi felt very panicked.

Finally, Lin Mowan glared at him, broke free from his hand and walked out of the rockery. Jiang Youxi was stunned and hurriedly chased after her.

(End of this chapter)