Did Miss become a nun today?

As soon as Xie Yun Chu got into the carriage after leaving the East Palace, someone followed her up, grabbed her, and stared intently at her.

She tried to push him away, but couldn't budge him. So she simply turned her head away from him, but unexpectedly, he took advantage of the situation, nuzzled against her neck, and stretched his neck to kiss her.

"Pei Changyu, what's gotten into you again?" Xie Yun Chu turned her head away.

The kiss landed on her neck, hot and wet, with an almost greedy eagerness.

Xie Yun Chu flinched, about to refuse, but he grabbed her waist with his other hand and pulled her into his arms, making her unable to move.

The coachman asked from outside, "Young Master, are you heading back to the manor?"

Pei Changyu hummed in response, his voice steady and calm, but the warmth of his breath still clung to her skin, each breath carrying his scent.

Xie Yun Chu dared not make a sound. There were still the coachman and attendants outside, and even the slightest movement would be heard through the thin curtain.

She clenched her fists and punched his chest, turning her face away to avoid his kiss, but he relentlessly pursued her, moving from the side of her neck upwards, his lips licking her chin and landing on the corner of her lips.

"Pei Changyu, don't go too far!"

"I haven't been home for several days. Doesn't my cousin miss me?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

"In no mood."

"But I think so."

An hour later, their breathing became erratic.

He hooked her finger around his. "During the time I was away, did you see anyone else?"

"See what? Didn't you lock me up like a prisoner?"

If the Crown Princess hadn't summoned her today, she wouldn't have been able to leave that courtyard.

"As long as you behave, I won't lock you up," he coaxed softly.

As long as you don't want to leave, you can have anything you want, I'd even give you my life.

But she didn't want anything from him, not even his things, and she didn't want him either.

"After so many years of friendship, could my cousin please grant me this request just this once?"

Xie Yun Chu softened her stance, "Cousin, give up. I can't marry you. Even if you force me to stay, I won't like you."

"My heart belongs only to Buddha. You, a mere mortal, dare to contend with Buddha?"

Pei Changyu wasn't annoyed. "It's alright, I'm not greedy."

His Highness Prince Su is right. If you like someone, you should tie them up and keep them here. No one can take them away from you.

Xie Yun Chu truly admired this person's ability to lie through their teeth. "Not being greedy by locking me in Songhe Courtyard, not letting me see anyone, not letting me chant scriptures, and even climbing into my bed at night—you call that not being greedy?"

Pei Changyu looked down at her, a gentle smile playing on his lips, seemingly accepting the scolding with amusement.

He grasped the hand that was twisted around her wrist, slowly interlocking his fingers, palm to palm, and kissed her knuckles, his lips slightly cool.

"If I'm greedy..." he said softly, a hint of darkness flickering in his eyes before he subtly suppressed it, "I won't just talk the talk..."

He was implying something, and Xie Yun Chu instantly recalled that night in the back courtyard of the Changning Prefecture government office, when he used his mouth...

He jerked his hand back and slammed his back against the car wall.

Even though she was usually composed, she couldn't help but blush and stare at him for a long time, unable to say a word.

Pei Changyu was amused by her appearance.

It's good to be able to get angry; being indifferent to joy or sorrow is truly terrible.

Xie Yun Chu had no way to deal with him; he wouldn't listen to either soft or hard tactics. She was really useless.

She just wants to become a nun, why is it so difficult?

She has never done anything bad, and has even done a lot of good things, so why should she suffer such retribution?

There was a moment of silence inside the carriage, when Guan Yun outside suddenly spoke up: "Young Master, that's Grand Tutor Lu's carriage ahead."

Pei Changyu lifted the curtain and looked out; it was indeed the Lu family's carriage.

The driver on the other side had obviously seen it too, and said something to the carriage, and the curtain on the other side was lifted.

When Xie Yun Chu heard the name Lu Taifu, she subconsciously looked out, but the carriage curtain was only half open, so she couldn't see him clearly.

As the carriages passed each other, the two exchanged a few pleasantries before returning to their respective residences.

"Is my cousin interested in Grand Tutor Lu?" Pei Changyu asked.

She shook her head, then nodded. She knew she couldn't get revenge on her own, but she could use the Marquis's power.

Pei Changyu locked her up in Songhe Courtyard as compensation, so it shouldn't be too much to ask him to help her vent her anger, right?

"The Lu family bullied me," she said sullenly, telling her all her guesses and adding a few more unethical words.

Then, feeling that this was too serious, he said, "These are just my guesses, and they may not be correct."

She just wanted to vent her anger and avenge her mother from back then, but she didn't want to make a big fuss. She just wanted the Lu family to stop making things difficult for her in the future.

"Why are you only saying this now?"

"I only found out recently too."

She glanced up cautiously, her heart pounding with anxiety. She wondered if her older cousin would help her, since it was the Grand Tutor's mansion, not an ordinary family, and she couldn't afford to offend it easily.

Pei Changyu's eyes were dark and his thin lips were tightly pressed together. When she looked over, he composed himself.

He patted her head. "That's a good girl."

"What else? You can tell me all of that, and your cousin will get it all back for you."

"That's all."

That's fine; she doesn't have any enemies.

"Really nothing?" Pei Changyu tapped her forehead. "Have you forgotten about the Du family incident so quickly?"

...I have indeed forgotten a bit.

Pei Changyu pulled her close and kissed her again, "When are you finally going to listen to me?"

Is it really that hard to tell me the truth?

"If I don't intervene, you're just going to suffer this injustice by yourself? You've liked Changfeng for ten years, and you've even lost your temper?"

Xie Yun Chu was annoyed by the lecturing tone, but what the other person said was right.

She shrank back, not wanting to get too close to him, and walked all the way back to the Marquis's residence.

The carriage didn't enter the manor; after bringing her back, it left again with Pei Changyu.

Unfortunately, as soon as he entered, he ran into Pei Changfeng.

She wanted to pretend she hadn't seen it and let things remain peaceful, but he insisted on calling her.

"Yun Chu..."

Xie Yun Chu didn't like Pei Chang Yu, and she would never like Pei Chang Feng again. There was nothing to talk about between them now, and she wasn't in the mood to reminisce with him, so she just nodded as a greeting.

After taking only a few steps, Pei Changfeng roared, "Xie Yun Chu, even if you don't like me, how can you like my older brother?"

"I'm a bastard, I'm sorry, I was wrong, but what kind of good person does Pei Changyu think he is?"

"He was cunning and calculating, always keeping an eye on you. You were only six years old then. How could you possibly like someone like that?"

Xie Yun Chu closed her eyes. What's the point of saying all this now?

You should have said that sooner!

Isn't it a bit too late to tell her where the pit is only after she's already fallen in?