Chapter 92: Hypocritical Cousin (1/2)

Pei Qingfeng let out a relieved sigh. It was fortunate that Bai Luochu didn’t turn suspicious, if she had sensed something wrong, then his trip today would have been in vain.

In fact, Bai Luochu did have her suspicions but she was indeed in need of assistance. In the end, she agreed in a straightforward manner. It didn’t matter what Pei Qingfeng’s true intentions were as long as it wasn’t harmful to her. She would simply treat this as a simple deal between the two of them. He would offer her his help and she would repay him by treating him.

“Since this is the case, do we have a deal then?” Pei Qingfeng probed carefully.

Bai Luochu nodded. “Naturally. I have troubled the Second Prince for personally making a trip.”

“It isn’t a problem at all. This is an important matter and it is better for me to come personally.” Pei Qingfeng didn’t make his intentions clear. If Bai Luochu had wanted to collaborate with him, he simply had to send a messenger and Bai Luochu would still have agreed to his terms. He came personally because he wanted to see her.

Since the previous time they parted at the Landscape Pavilion, this lass left in a dispirited state and he didn’t get the chance to take a good look at her. He was originally worried that she would be heartbroken because of the engagement with the Third Prince, but it seemed like he was worried for nothing. This lass wasn’t merely stronger than what he expected of her, she was also extremely rational. She never thought of things like relationships. Instead, she was thinking of making use of whatever connections she had to lead her to the truth. She was truly an extraordinary woman and one that was worth having him fall in love with.

“If that is the case, I will return to my residence. When it is time for you to provide treatment to the Empress Dowager, I will come and pick you up.” Pei Qingfeng saw that the discussion was over and didn’t plan to stick around. There was still a lot of time in the future and if he insisted on staying, it might just irritate her.

“I will send you out, consider it the responsibility of the owner of this residence.” Bai Luochu turned around and was about to push Pei Qingfeng’s wheelchair.

Pei Qingfeng noticed something stuck onto Bai Luochu’s hair and said to her, “Lower your head. Something is stuck on your hair. Let me help you take it off.”

It was rare for Bai Luochu to be so obedient as she immediately lowered her head and allowed Pei Qingfeng to take off the flower petal stuck on it.

Bai Luochu didn’t feel anything but in the eyes of others, it was an indescribably romantic scene.

It was especially so for her cousin.

Pei Qingfeng was looking at Bai Luochu with tender eyes and at the end, he almost kissed her. The cousin gnashed her teeth until it almost broke.

After Bai Luochu pushed Pei Qingfeng far away, her cousin finally emerged from her hiding spot. She looked in the direction where the two of them left and muttered to herself, “Luo Chu, you’re a shameless woman! How dare you seduce the Second Prince! Just wait for me to tear your face up!”

After raging, she returned to her room and ordered her chief servant girl to follow her as she prepared to plot against Bai Luochu.

When Bai Luochu returned to her room, she immersed herself back into cultivation. She almost broke through the barrier this morning but no one expected Uncle Liang to appear with such surprising news. She had no choice but to make some preparations. Now that she had this load off her mind, her pace of cultivation was definitely going to increase.