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Faced with this forceful kiss, Chu Qingluo's eyes widened in disbelief! Even with all her might, she couldn't push Ji Qiran away.

She was really, really angry!!

Chu Qingluo steeled her heart, furrowed her brows, and bit his lower lip hard.

The pain on her lips made Ji Qiran frown, but she still didn't flinch.

He gasped, increasing the pressure on her hands, forcing her to cling tightly to him, and then forcefully pried open her teeth with his tongue... as if he wanted to embed her into his body.

He plundered her like a madman, sweeping away all her reason and leaving her nowhere to escape.

Anger, despair, and a hint of bloodiness spread through their mouths...

This gave Chu Qingluo a feeling of having passed away.

If it weren't for his arm supporting her waist, she probably would have collapsed to the ground as if she had no bones.

Sensing her weakness and exhaustion, his kisses slowly deepened and then lightened. After gently touching her already bright red lips a few more times, he reluctantly pulled away... but his hands remained firmly in her arms.

"..." Chu Qingluo suddenly felt an urge to burst into tears.

The person before her was a demon sent by God to destroy her, both cold and scorching. It seemed that touching him, no matter how much she struggled, would turn her to ashes and ultimately vanish into nothingness.

"Why won't you let me go..." she said, almost in tears.

From the first moment she saw him, she knew he was extremely dangerous. All she wanted was peace and quiet, which is why she kept hiding from him.

He gently stroked her head and whispered in her ear, "I will never let you go in this lifetime."

"..." His voice was very low, but she could feel her ears ringing.

Just as Ji Qiran was intoxicated by the fragrance emanating from the person in his arms, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of the doorway.

They found a person standing there, frozen in place.

"..." Ji Qiran looked at the man calmly without saying a word, but unconsciously loosened his grip on Chu Qingluo's arm a little.

Chu Qingluo clearly sensed his unusual behavior and subconsciously turned around...

If her heart had just gone from being agitated to the point of wanting to burst, and then returned to calm, then now it had completely stopped!

"Peony..."

It was unclear how long Peony had been standing at the door; her face was deathly pale. Her limbs were completely still, her eyes fixed on the two of them, only her lips trembled slightly for a fleeting moment.

"Peony..." Chu Qingluo wanted to explain, but the words got stuck in her throat, and she didn't know where to begin.

The awkward silence lasted for almost a minute, until Peony laughed twice with a look of utter despair, turned and left... Chu Qingluo's feet, which felt like they were made of lead, finally moved, and she chased after her.

"I'm sorry, Peony! Please let me explain!" She followed Peony out of the Yibin Pavilion.

Peony continued walking forward as if she hadn't heard, so Chu Qingluo had to reach out and stop her. "Peony, listen to me—"

"I saw it all with my own eyes, what else do you want to explain to me?!" Peony turned her head away, her emotions running high. "Lord Yao invited you today, and I was worried you might be in danger, so I rushed over to check on you, only to witness this!"

Hearing that Shaoyao was worried about her, Chu Qingluo felt even more guilty and almost went crazy. "It was indeed Lord Yao who invited me. Ji Qiran was already here at the time."

"Ji Qiran?" Peony shook off Chu Qingluo's hand and said, "Calling the Seventh Prince by his given name shows that your relationship is more than just ordinary!"

"This is..." Ji Qiran had forced her to call him that, but Chu Qingluo couldn't bring herself to say it. She reached out and put her hand on Shaoyao's arm, soothingly saying, "Can you calm down first and listen to me slowly?"

Peony met Chu Qingluo's eyes and said coldly, "He and you... I saw it all."

Chu Qingluo was taken aback, realizing that the peony was referring to Ji Qiran's forced kiss on her.

"You don't need to say anything more. I don't want to hear anything right now." Peony slid Chu Qingluo's hand off her arm. "Just leave me alone." After saying this, Peony left.

Chu Qingluo knew that saying anything more at this critical juncture would be pointless, but Shaoyao was her good friend. Seeing the coldness in Shaoyao's eyes, she felt absolutely terrible.

She let out a devastating sigh, her shoulders slumping limply.

The thing I feared most has finally happened.

"She'll find out sooner or later." At this moment, Ji Qiran had quietly come up behind Chu Qingluo, trying to comfort her.

"..." Chu Qingluo didn't want to say anything more at that moment.

She turned around and saw not only Ji Qiran, who looked concerned, but also Gongsun Yu, who was standing diagonally behind him, silently watching her.

be terribly upset.

Gongsun Yu had already seen Chu Qingluo and Shaoyao when they left the entrance of Yibin Pavilion. However, the atmosphere between the two of them was not right at the time, so he deliberately did not approach them.

Gongsun Yu had never seen Chu Qingluo so bewildered before, and his heart couldn't help but clench. He walked past Ji Qiran, quickly stepped forward, put his arm around Chu Qingluo's shoulder, and said, "Let's go home."

She nodded and let Gongsun Yu lead her back to the carriage.

Ji Qiran watched them leave quietly, without chasing after them...

The carriage was unusually quiet, with only the rumbling of the wheels audible.

Chu Qinglu leaned her head against the car wall, remaining silent and looking quite listless.

Upon seeing this, Gongsun Yu suddenly sat down next to her, patted his own shoulder, and said, "This is much better than wood."

She paused for a moment, then, not wanting him to worry, forced a smile and said, "I'm fine."

Gongsun Yu refused, reaching out to rest her head on his shoulder, saying, "Just rely on me."

"Gongsun..." Chu Qingluo was at a loss for words. "Thank you."

She felt really tired.

……

As the weather gets colder, Guangrentang, without peonies, appears even more deserted.

Peony has been claiming illness for three days and hasn't shown up. Chu Qingluo felt that if she waited any longer, she didn't know when Peony would come to her senses, so she decided to go find her herself.

After finding the address of Shaoyao's family in the Guangrentang roster, Chu Qingluo left the palace, bought some fruit along the way, and went straight to her house.

Peony came from an ordinary family, and her house looked almost identical to the surrounding houses. The gray walls and the light-colored wooden gate gave it a sense of age, as if it had withstood the test of time.