After the eldest sister-in-law of a fishing family became a widow, her disabled younger brother-in-l

Chapter 124 Giving up

"General Pei, please return."

Jasmine said, "Our young lady said she doesn't want to see you again. As for what you said before, you should give up on it as soon as possible. It's better for both you and the young lady."

Seeing that Pei Jingchuan had gone to great lengths to make the trip only to be turned away, Wu Tianshi felt indignant and said angrily, "Does the young lady think that our general was willing to disobey military orders to stay because of someone? And that he was beaten with thirty lashes because of someone? Now your young lady is even more audacious, refusing to even see him!"

Upon hearing this, Jasmine noticed Pei Jingchuan's strange posture.

Although she understood her young mistress's attitude, seeing his current appearance, and considering that he was her young mistress's childhood sweetheart, Jasmine still softened her heart a bit.

"Alright then, I'll go and inform General Pei right away. But you know what Miss means, I can't guarantee she'll be willing to come see you."

Seeing that Jasmine had agreed, Pei Jingchuan nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, Miss!"

Jasmine walked quickly back into the courtyard and arrived at Jiang Yuyue's room. Jiang Yuyue had just returned from Xie Jinglan's place and was about to lie down and go to sleep.

"Miss, General Pei is here to see you. He's waiting at the door. Would you like to see him?"

Jiang Yuyue hadn't slept all night and was feeling very sleepy. When she heard that Pei Jingchuan was here again, she became quite impatient.

Although she and he did have a childhood friendship, his repeated entanglements were really going too far.

Xie Yunqi did not publicize the divorce, so Pei Jingchuan probably does not know about it yet. Knowing that Jiang Yuyue is a married man, he still came to see her so openly. Did he have any consideration for her reputation?

Even though Jiang Yuyue herself was not a good girl who adhered to propriety and morality, Pei Jingchuan's repeated transgressions had completely worn away her last bit of patience.

"I won't see you. I said I won't see you, and that means I won't see you."

Jiang Yuyue buried her head under the covers. "I'm so sleepy. Go and send him away. Tell him never to come again."

Although Jasmine could see that her young mistress was impatient, she still cautiously added a sentence, thinking about Pei Jingchuan being punished.

"It seems that General Pei missed his orders because he was worried about you, and he was punished with dozens of lashes. He looks like he has difficulty walking."

"It's not like I asked him to do it."

Jiang Yuyue's tone turned even more unfriendly. "There's a bottle of wound medicine that my mother made herself in my bedside table. You can take it to him. I've done more than enough. Tell him that there's no possibility between us."

Hearing this, Jasmine wisely stopped talking, took the medicine from the cabinet, and went to give a reply.

Pei Jingchuan, who was waiting anxiously at the door, saw from afar that only Jasmine came out, and his heart sank.

Jasmine walked up to him and, as expected, handed him only a medicine bottle. "This is from our young lady. She said it has a miraculous effect on wounds. However, as for what you wanted to say, our young lady said that there is no possibility between you and her, General Pei, and that you should never come looking for her again."

After saying this, Jasmine was afraid that Pei Jingchuan would continue to pester her, so she quickly turned around and left. Although Pei Jingchuan had expected this, he did not expect that he would end up in such a miserable state, and that Yue'er would be so heartless as to not even see him.

"General, let's go."

Looking at the distraught Pei Jingchuan, Wu Tianshi advised again, "Why are you like this? If you linger here for another day, who knows how your superiors will punish you."

Pei Jingchuan stared blankly at the gate of the Jiang residence, a bitter smile tugging at the corner of his mouth, his heart filled with both anger and sorrow.

Just then, Xie Zhi and Xie Yuan, who were going shopping together, passed by the door. Xie Yuan immediately recognized Pei Jingchuan as the young master Pei she had caught a glimpse of at the lantern festival.

This made Xie Yuan overjoyed.

She and Xie Zhi searched for a long time that time but couldn't find it. But they unexpectedly ran into it here today. It was truly a case of "searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly".

"Isn't this Young Master Pei?"

Xie Yuan looked delighted and quickly stepped forward, smiling, "Young Master Pei, what brings you here? What a coincidence that we've run into each other here!"

After saying this, Xie Yuan noticed the medicine bottle in his hand and immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Oh dear? Is something wrong with Young Master Pei? Is it serious? Have you called a doctor to take a look?"

Pei Jingchuan was immersed in grief at the moment, and Xie Yuan's chatter only made him more irritable. When he looked closely, he recognized her as the Xie family girl from that day, and anger immediately rose in his heart.

"Your Xie family's skin is as thick as a city wall!"

Pei Jingchuan was already seething with anger, but Xie Yuan just walked right into his trap. "Now you're even living in the Jiang family? What a bunch of parasites! Only Yue'er, with her kind heart, would tolerate you all clinging to her and sucking her blood!"

"If any of you had even a shred of conscience, you wouldn't be so complacent about enjoying everything the Jiang family has brought you!"

Xie Yuan was immediately embarrassed after being scolded so harshly in front of everyone by her beloved. Although she was usually sharp-tongued, she couldn't use her sharp tongue at this moment. She felt wronged and pouted. She didn't dare to face Pei Jingchuan any longer and quickly covered her face and ran back into the mansion.

Xie Zhi watched this good show from the side and couldn't help but chuckle to herself. However, she still hurriedly followed Xie Yuan and saw Xie Yuan squatting on the ground sobbing.

"Sister? Don't cry."

Xie Zhi offered a perfunctory reassurance, "That Young Master Pei knows nothing and is just spouting nonsense. You mustn't take it to heart."

"nonsense!?"

Xie Yuan was furious when she saw her. "I only met Young Master Pei once. How could he have such a big problem with me for no reason?! Someone must be jealous of my success and deliberately trying to sow discord between us!"

After saying this, Xie Yuan glared fiercely at Xie Zhi, "Tell me! Did you go around gossiping?"

"Sister, please don't wrong your sister!"

Xie Zhi looked aggrieved and quickly explained, "Sister knows perfectly well that I rarely go out, so how could I possibly have the chance to meet Young Master Pei? Let alone speak ill of you!"

"However...we only heard from the servants of the Jiang family that this Young Master Pei seems to be Jiang Yuyue's childhood sweetheart. Perhaps he hates you, sister, because Jiang Yuyue married our eldest brother?"