NOVEL NEXT Chapter 20: Incitement!
"Chief Situ, let me give you a piece of advice: people have their limits, don't test mine." Jiang Feng said, ignoring Situ Yan's frantic struggle, bending down and almost forcing his face close to hers.
Their distance was so close that they could clearly feel each other's breath. The hot air exhaled by Jiang Feng blew onto Situ Yan's face, making her unprecedentedly shy and flustered.
Situ Yan's heart pounded faster, she turned her head angrily, breathing with difficulty, no longer daring to look at Jiang Feng's face, her legs tensed uncontrollably, and her whole body trembled.
"Also, let me remind you again, don't get curious about me, and don't try to uncover my mysteries, or else, you'll get addicted." Jiang Feng continued to close in on Situ Yan's face, speaking in a magnetic voice.
The Jiang Feng of now was no longer the novice from his past life who didn't dare touch even a finger of Nangong Qingcheng after marrying into the Nangong Family. In the six hundred years of roaming the Cultivation Worlds, he had encountered all kinds of women, from peerlessly beautiful Immortals to Witches and Demonesses—everyone came at a wave of his hand. Yet, none of those women ever moved his heart; it was at best a mutual convenience.
Now, Situ Yan's unreasonable behavior had challenged Jiang Feng's bottom line; she was playing with fire!
Situ Yan turned back, staring at Jiang Feng intently, her pretty face still flushed red, but she didn't show a hint of fear, biting her teeth: "Are you trying to scare me?"
Jiang Feng sneered, his nose almost touching hers: "What do you think?"
In Situ Yan's beautiful big eyes, a hint of fear finally appeared. Jiang Feng's breath sprayed more on her face, but she didn't feel any discomfort. In her heart, an inexplicable tremor arose, and she finally dared not meet Jiang Feng's gaze, turning her head with difficulty.
Seeing that Situ Yan had already shown signs of compromise, Jiang Feng grinned devilishly. He then let go of her and stood up: "Remember what I've said. Now, take me home!"
"You!" Situ Yan was infuriated to the extreme. After bullying her, this bastard still had the audacity to ask her to take him home? It was simply going too far!
However, she brought this upon herself. If she hadn't provoked Jiang Feng from the beginning, wouldn't everything be fine? She lifted a stone only to drop it on her own foot!
"Huff, huff! You bastard, just wait, someday I will settle the score and beat you to a pulp!"
Fuming internally, Situ Yan made a fierce vow but, having learned her lesson, she dared not say it in front of Jiang Feng. Blushing, she got up, quickly ran ahead, afraid Jiang Feng might do something else to embarrass her.
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At this moment, the lights were still on in a private small apartment in South City Garden District.
Nangong Qingcheng, who had just finished bathing, was sitting on the sofa, gently wiping her waterfall-like, wet long hair.
Because her body wasn't fully dry, her snow-white flawless figure was only wrapped in a plain white bath towel, outlining an extremely graceful figure. Her straight, slender legs were as white as jade, and her crystal-clear, delicate feet were perched together, their ankles slender and supple as if boneless. Her ten slender toes looked like exquisite beans, spotless and soft as congealed fat.
Her face was fair with a hint of redness, her skin delicate as silk, her features exquisite beyond compare, making her appear like a natural snow sculpture carved from frost. Under the living room lights, she was beautiful beyond touch, captivating and deserving of the title of Binhai's future number one beauty!
In front of her, a middle-aged woman was speaking indignantly, her tone fervent and words sharp!
"What are you thinking? Now, that Jiang-character even came back, and you saw it yourself, he caused such a big scene at the Old Master's banquet, even beating up Young Master Jian from the Jian Family—that's lawlessness. Are you really willing to stay with someone who creates trouble like this?"
The woman was Wu Peixia, mother of Nangong Qingcheng. She had been there for a long time with only one purpose: to persuade her daughter to reconsider, take the initiative to break off the engagement with Jiang Feng, and sever ties!
Initially, with Jiang Feng missing for a month, it was, for her, a godsend opportunity, and that the eldest son of the Jian Family looking to marry her daughter made her ecstatic, but all of that was destroyed by Jiang Feng's abrupt return tonight!
Not only was her daughter's lifelong affair delayed again, but Jian Yu was also offended, bringing trouble to the entire Nangong Family. How could Wu Peixia tolerate her daughter continuing to be with someone like him?
Moreover, in her eyes, Jiang Feng was a worthless good-for-nothing!
"Mom, stop wasting your breath. Although Jiang Feng does have disappointing aspects, what happened between him and me was grandfather's decision, it can't be changed, and I am already with him, unwilling to alter this fact." Nangong Qingcheng said firmly, gently opening her lips.
Of course, she knew what her mother was thinking, but compared to the "unchangeable nature" of Jiang Feng, she had even less regard for Jian Yu.
Moreover, she had always been a faithful girl, despite being disappointed in Jiang Feng. Once she had accepted the reality, her life was devoted to him, alive or dead, and this would never change!
"What do you mean it can't be changed? If you just say a word to your grandfather, it could be altered, couldn't it? He's loved you the most all these years!" Wu Peixia retorted unhappily. "And what do you mean by being with him, do you have...? Did you and he...??"
The more Wu Peixia spoke, the angrier she got. In her view, her daughter was like an uncut jade, and Jiang Feng was a useless pile of dirt. Could Jiang Feng really have been bold enough to insult her daughter?
If that were really the case, she would never let Jiang Feng get away with it!
"Mom, no, what are you thinking!" Seeing her mother misunderstood her meaning, Nangong Qingcheng blushed immediately and hurriedly explained: "I mean I've already been living with him!"
"You scared me, I thought that Jiang-character had defiled you!" Wu Peixia said angrily, "I warn you, you mustn't let him touch you, do you understand? First, you're still young and have the right to more choices, he might not be your final man; second, he's unworthy!"
Nangong Qingcheng blushed but didn't respond.
In such matters, she naturally couldn't argue with her own mother.
However, her thoughts were different from her mother's. Up to now, she hadn't crossed that line with Jiang Feng, always keeping boundaries. It wasn't because she wanted to give up on him but indeed because it wasn't time yet. She still needed to study, and besides, they hadn't registered as a couple, so they couldn't act as one without proper status.
"Mom, you don't have to worry about my affairs; I know what to do, and you can't persuade me." Nangong Qingcheng said as calmly as possible to Wu Peixia.
"You're still siding with him? I see you've gotten used to submitting and don't even know what it is to resist!"
Seeing she couldn't persuade her daughter, Wu Peixia got angrier: "I just can't understand why, in a family with more than one granddaughter, Old Man insisted on marrying you to that Jiang Feng, causing such suffering and indignation that I'll have to endure for the rest of my life!"
The Nangong Family wasn't any prestigious lineage, but Nangong Honghu held a high status in that small family. Usually, Wu Peixia didn't dare to openly criticize her father-in-law, only daring to complain a bit when alone with her daughter.
Nangong Qingcheng sighed softly, she didn't know what to say to her mother's grievances, but she knew that grandfather must have his reasons for arranging things this way, and these years of contact made her understand that although Jiang Feng was underachieving, he wasn't bad at heart.
"I'm leaving, think it over carefully and call me when you've made up your mind!" Wu Peixia said, holding onto a last shred of hope, before grabbing her bag and preparing to leave.
Just then, a noise came from outside as if a car had pulled up to the doorstep.
"Who came?" Seeing this, Wu Peixia curiously walked out.
Nangong Qingcheng, also puzzled, hastily put on a coat and followed to take a look.