Cheng Li waited outside the restaurant for a long time and finally saw Cheng Bai coming out. But when Cheng Bai came forward, she realized that Cheng Bai's face looked a little gloomy.
Moreover, her cousin, who had always been mild-tempered, ignored her this time and walked around her to get on the carriage. Cheng Li was stunned for a moment and quickly followed.
"Go back home." Cheng Bai closed his eyes and said.
The coachman set off accordingly.
Cheng Li sat in the carriage and struggled for a long time, but finally couldn't help but asked: "Cousin, can I say a few words? Maybe you won't like to hear it."
Cheng Bai opened his eyes and looked out the car window with a calm expression. No emotion could be heard in his tone, "Since it's something you don't want to hear, then don't say it."
"But Xiao Li wants to say it." Cheng Li mustered up the courage to face Cheng Bai.
Cheng Bai looked at the street outside the window and remained silent.
Cheng Li took it as his acquiescence, thought about it carefully, and said carefully as if he was constructing a sentence: "Cousin, I feel that Master Pei really doesn't like you. Isn't it bad if you force yourself to make things difficult for you?"
Cheng Bai remained silent.
"Master Pei should be like most young men. He wants to marry a pretty girl as his wife in the future. His cousin forced him to accept this kind of relationship that is not accepted by the world. In a sense, isn't it also a destructive thing? Got him?"
Cheng Li really took a big risk to say such things to Cheng Bai, but similarly, the reason why she said this to Cheng Bai was not entirely for Pei Chi, but more because she wanted to express her love for Pei Chi. If I can get over the word Pei Chi, it's obvious that he deserves someone better.
However, when Cheng Bai heard her last words, he smiled leisurely, and finally spoke, unhurriedly: "Xiao Li, you may not understand, and I don't need you to understand."
Hearing this, Cheng Li didn't say anything further. She really couldn't understand it, but she knew that no matter what her cousin did, he was right. Otherwise, he would not have been able to become the Minister of Dali Temple at such a young age. Although... she couldn't understand him forcing Pei Chi from the beginning to the end, but since Cheng Bai said she couldn't understand it and didn't tell her the reason in detail, Cheng Li knew that his cousin didn't want to tell her. In this case, She won't ask about it again.
Cheng Bai sent Cheng Li off on the way, and then returned to his house.
He had several jugs of wine brought to the pavilion in the courtyard, and while he was drinking, he watched the snow and wind blowing outside the pavilion.
Zhao Yi stood behind him, almost ready to speak, but afraid of saying the wrong thing.
After a long time, Cheng Bai suddenly put down the cup in his hand, slowly closed his eyes, put his fingers lightly on his forehead, frowned slightly, and his sharp phoenix eyes seemed to be faintly tinged with drunkenness, and he asked softly: "Zhao Yi, do you think I did something wrong?"
Zhao Yi nodded respectfully and said, "My lord is always right."
"Right?" Cheng Bai gently shook the cup in his hand. After shaking it for a while, he slowly brought it to his lips and took a calm sip. His Adam's apple rolled as if he thought of something. , he smiled quietly to himself and said, "I sometimes feel that I am quite ridiculous. We are obviously not the same people as him, so why bother with him."
"If adults can't let it go, never blame yourself. After all, it's not something you can control."
"No, if I want to control it, it's not that I can't. Didn't I control myself well for a few years before? However, I found that it was useless at all."
(End of chapter)