Chapter 23
Xiao Ji was stunned for a moment because he was so stunned. It wasn't until Cui Lingyan stood up painfully with the help of the maid, that he motioned to Ye Fei to pick up the sepak takraw ball and said silently: "I didn't mean to hit you, you were unlucky enough to hit it."
What he meant by this was: Your injury has nothing to do with me, don't blame me for it. But Cui Lingyan, who was wiping her nosebleed with a handkerchief, relaxed after hearing this and laughed: "It turned out to be just an accident. I thought Brother Ji was still angry with me, so he deliberately hit me with the ball. Oh! You don’t even know that this blow hurts me so much. Look, my nose is bleeding!"
The last words she said seemed angry and resentful, with an obvious hint of coquettishness.
Xiao Ji suddenly felt a chill all over his body and his hair stood on end: "???"
"No, are you okay?" He rubbed his arms hard twice and said incomprehensibly, "Who asked you to come to my house? Did I make it clear last time at Cheng'en Palace? I don't want to see you again. Please take a detour when you see me next time. How long has it been, and you have already forgotten about it due to Alzheimer's disease?"
Although I don’t know what “Alzheimer’s” means, I know it’s not a good word when I hear it. Cui Lingyan looked at Xiao Ji with wide eyes, the smile on her face seemed to be suddenly frozen, and she froze there in a very embarrassing posture.
"You...so you are still angry..."
Yes, he must still be angry to talk to her like this. While enduring her embarrassment and embarrassment, Cui Lingyan tried to comfort herself: People tend to speak indiscriminately when they are angry. Then she would settle accounts with him again.
Thinking this way, Cui Lingyan felt better.
Looking again at this young man who usually always wears elegant clothes in white, today for the first time he is wearing a bright and rich indigo blue silver moire round-neck robe. His hair is also styled into a high ponytail, and the hem and sleeves are rolled up high. At the same time, she also tied a red cloth band with the words "Must Win" on her forehead. Her whole person was indescribably high-spirited and amazing, and her tone unconsciously became a little softer.
"Brother Ji, please don't be angry with me, okay? That incident before was just a misunderstanding, and I came here specifically to explain it to you today. I've thought about it carefully these days, and I actually feel for you in my heart... …”
She was shy and timid, and the way she spoke in a coquettish voice was actually pretty good-looking, but Xiao Ji just thought it was ridiculous and funny.
He took the picked takraw ball from Ye Fei's hand and laughed: "Sister, do you not understand human language, or is your face made of city walls and invulnerable? I even said it so unpleasantly. How can you still have the nerve to come close to me?"
He really couldn't understand it, so when he said this, there was very sincere ridicule and contempt on his face.
Cui Lingyan: "..."
Cui Lingyan has never been so angry in her whole life! She looked stiffly at Xiao Ji, who was speaking harshly, and the veins on her forehead twitched, and her face was twisted for a moment.
No, what is wrong with this man? He obviously liked her so much before, how could he fall out with her so quickly? Even if he was stimulated by her liking Cui Ang and was still angry with her, there was no need to speak so harshly. Wasn't he afraid that she would really ignore him in a fit of anger?
Cui Lingyan felt even more aggrieved and angry when she thought that she and Cui Ang were already well together, but it was him who interfered that forced her to appear here against her will. After all, she was used to being praised by others, and she had her own arrogance in her heart. Even though she knew rationally that she should try to coax the person in front of her now, she couldn't hold it back and threw the handkerchief on the ground: "Xiao Ji! Don't go too far!"
"How about I go too far? This is my home. If you are unhappy, leave immediately and don't be such a disgusting person pretending to be here." Xiao Ji didn't like her, so he immediately choked back unceremoniously.
"You!!!" Cui Lingyan's face turned red with anger, and the nosebleed that had finally been stopped flowed out again due to excitement. She hurriedly grabbed the handkerchief handed over by the maid next to her and covered her nose. With a cry and angrily stamping her feet, she said, "I originally wanted to explain to you seriously so that you know that I really want to reconcile with you, but you But...I tell you, if I leave this time, I will never come back again, don’t regret it!"
Such a threat is very effective for the original owner, but for Xiao Ji...
"Okay, whoever regrets it is a dog." The young man twitched his eyelids and clapped his hands twice. Without any hesitation, he made a "please" gesture in the astonished and puzzled gazes of the surrounding servants. " Come on, let’s go without seeing you off.”
Cui Lingyan: "..."
Cui Lingyan couldn't believe it and almost cried again. She stood there frozen with her face turning green and red. She wanted to leave but couldn't.
Fortunately, at this moment, a maid came in a hurry and said that it was Mrs. Sun who invited her. Cui Lingyan suddenly felt relieved and reluctantly picked up the face that had been shattered on the ground and ran away: "You are too bullying. I, I’ll go find my aunt for comment right away!”
Xiao Ji originally wanted to stop him, but the maid said: "The concubine, please invite the prince and Miss Cui to come together."
Xiao Ji frowned, feeling something was wrong: "How did the mother-in-law know that Cui Lingyan was here?"
Other servants on the side replied: "Miss Cui came with her mother, Mrs. Qingguo Gong. Just now, Mrs. Qingguo saw that you were busy, so she went to pay her respects to the concubine."
Xiao Ji didn't know that Ge family was also here. Thinking about how she deliberately avoided him and only let Cui Lingyan come to talk to him, as well as Cui Lingyan's series of abnormal behaviors just now, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, when he dropped the takraw ball in his hand and chased after him, when he saw Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Ge, they were already discussing the wedding date between him and Cui Lingyan.
"Ji'er Yan'er, you guys are here. How about it? Let's clear up the misunderstanding, right? Just let it go. Come on, come over and see which one is better these days!"
Looking at Concubine Sun who was holding Ge's hand and smiling happily, Xiao Ji said: "..."
How can I say it? Ginger is the most spicy. This is true.
It's a pity that no matter how spicy Gurdjieff's old ginger is, it won't work on him. Because the person who was truly infatuated with Cui Lingyan, who was willing to accept her and pamper her unconditionally, and who would never leave her even if he knew she loved someone else, is long gone.
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Although this would disappoint the cheap lady, Xiao Ji still came to his senses and said bluntly: "Concubine, it is impossible for me to marry Cui Lingyan, don't even think about it."
Concubine Sun, who was holding a piece of paper filled with good days written on it, her smile faltered and she raised her head in surprise: "Why is this?"
"Brother Ji is still angry with Yan'er?" Ge Shi next to her was also startled and quickly looked at Cui Lingyan, "You kid, could it be that you haven't explained it clearly to Brother Ji?"
"He didn't even give me a chance to explain!" Cui Lingyan was really aggrieved. After she finished speaking, she couldn't hold back any longer. She trotted to Concubine Sun with red eyes, bent her knees and leaned on her leg and started sobbing, "Auntie, you have to make the decision for Yan'er. Brother Ji, he is so bullying." !”
After Ge's explanation, she already believed that the matter between Cui Lingyan and Cui Ang was a misunderstanding. Cui Lingyan and Xiao Ji just had a little quarrel. They could just talk it out and it would be over. Concubine Sun quickly patted her on the back and said, "Don't cry." Cry, tell your aunt carefully what is going on."
"This girl must be too stupid and didn't understand what she said. I think it's better for me to speak!"
Looking at Xiao Ji with a cold and unkind expression, Ge Shi felt a little uneasy. She originally thought that with Xiao Ji's affection for her daughter, as long as her daughter took the initiative to show her favor to him and said that everything between her and Cui Ang was Cui Ang's wishful thinking, Xiao Ji, who always regarded his daughter as a jewel in his palm, would immediately follow her. The daughter reconciled as before.
But now it seemed that things were not as simple as she thought. Therefore, Ge Shi hurriedly told Xiao Ji what he had said to Concubine Sun before.
