The Slender Waist-Chapter 97 - 76: The Endless Night_2

Pei Jue didn’t speak as if he had no intention of saying anything. He just tightened his hold on her waist, pulling her closer than usual, which made Feng Yun feel as though she was straddling him. She could easily detect his arousal, burning like fire at her earlobes.

"General Pei is in quite a mood."

"Sorry." Pei Jue’s voice was low and husky.

He said he was sorry, but his body showed no sign of it. With a jolt from the big black horse, he pressed heavily against her, more forcefully than before, irritating Feng Yun greatly. However, held tight in his embrace, she had no space to struggle.

"If General Pei suspects me of collusion with the enemy, then just kill me. Why demean me?" Feng Yun grasped his arm, pinching him with force, her temper flaring on impulse.

Pei Jue’s grip loosened a bit, and he slowly lifted her face, "Saying those insincere things just to spite Xiao San?"

Feng Yun didn’t know how to smooth things over at that moment.

The man before her hated being used, although she indeed wanted to use him, but how could she plainly admit it in front of him?

Feng Yun straightened the hair by her ears, tousled by the wind, and said, "I regard General Pei as family, this is true."

"Very well." A cold glint covered Pei Jue’s pitch-black pupils, "What do you mean by family?"

Feng Yun struggled to recall what she had said to Ren Rude.

"As I told you that day, General Pei, my heart is with you. I can’t go back to Qi Country or to the Feng Family. There’s no need for you to guard against me like this..."

"Feng Family’s Ayun." Pei Jue’s expression remained calm, but his eyes were highly aggressive. "How do you expect me to trust you?"

His arm wrapped around her waist tightened, and through the two layers of fabric, Feng Yun could feel the friction as the horse moved and the fierceness and desire exuding from Pei Jue’s breath.

She felt terrible.

If she were still a young girl, she would have slapped him and cursed him a philanderer. But she was now a mature woman, and after three years of intimacy with Pei Jue, such gentle provocations were enough to disturb her mind.

So she counterasked, "How can I earn your trust, General?"

Pei Jue was silent.

His dark eyes firmly held her in the night, his breath scorching.

He never avoided stating what he wanted, but he never took it by force either.

In truth, as long as he desired, Feng Yun couldn’t refuse, nor would she.

But if he wanted to dominate her body and soul, Feng Yun couldn’t give that to him.

"I can agree to what you want, General. Can you meet my two conditions?"

They had discussed this on the day she fell into the water.

Pei Jue had given his answer through his departing stance.

After so long, Feng Yun guessed he still hadn’t changed his mind.

Unexpectedly, he asked, "You follow me, yet you won’t enter my rear residence, bear no children, seek no official status, aren’t you afraid of gossip?"

Feng Yun laughed. "With General Pei protecting me, who would dare gossip?"

Pei Jue looked down at her, moonlight reflecting in his black eyes.

Feng Yun continued to express her loyalty, "I refrain from entering your rear residence not out of a wish to restrict myself, but because it’s not that I don’t want you. Being with you as an official makes us both more comfortable..."

She tried to make Pei Jue understand her.

"I know there are many doubts in your heart, thinking Feng Family’s Ayun is unreasonable. Wanting this, and that, yet unwilling... But I have my difficulties."

"Oh?" Pei Jue stared at her, "Explain."

His I’m-watching-you-lie demeanor amused Feng Yun.

"Looking at me, am I pleasing to the eyes, General?" she asked.

Pei Jue didn’t reply, but when he tightened his grip on her hand slightly, drawing her body close, his actions made her feel the appeal of her own beauty.

Unable to bear it, Feng Yun moaned softly, then glared at him reproachfully and continued, "In today’s world, a woman who has only beauty but not the ability to protect herself won’t live long. I refuse to become a concubine, I don’t want to serve with my beauty, but I don’t want to die either, nor do I want to become the prey of the nobility, therefore, General Pei’s protection is survival to me."

Her eyes sparkled as they fixed on Pei Jue.

"But to ask is to give, I understand that principle. I won’t take advantage of you for nothing, General."

Pei Jue inquired, "What can you give me?"

The night was too dark for them to clearly see the emotions in each other’s eyes.

Feng Yun spoke softly, "I have talents to attend to the General. If the General still desires my person, we can cast aside bonds and take what we need from each other. No talk of love, no marriage, no rear residence, no bearing of children. When we are together, we enjoy to the fullest; when apart, we do not cling. Arriving with joy, departing without sorrow."

Pei Jue paused for a moment, his jawline tensing visibly.

"What you say refers to those as a pair of shameless lovers."

Feng Yun froze for a moment, then really laughed out loud this time.

Not talking about marriage or feelings, yet entangled with each other, it indeed sounded like shameless lovers.

But hearing such words from Pei Jue’s mouth...

She couldn’t help but chuckle.

"So, General, do you agree?"

Pei Jue did not speak.

His silence, Feng Yun took it as consent.

It was like that in the past, and she still had that habit now.

She immediately wrapped her arms around his neck, her face brightening up as if she had suddenly resolved a significant issue in her life.

"If General agrees, then that’s wonderful."

Pei Jue’s voice was husky, "You won’t regret it?"

She understood that in the eyes of the world, such actions were deemed debauched, and the one at a disadvantage was always the woman without a title or status.

Feng Yun softly hummed in affirmation, pressing her forehead against the nape of his neck, tenderly rubbing her face against him, "I’ve also longed for the General. Tonight is perfect, why not stay the night at the residence before leaving..."

Pei Jue pressed firmly against her lower back, his tone icy, "Being shameless lovers, wouldn’t it be better to do it right away?"

Feng Yun raised her eyes in astonishment.

Pei Jue was staring at her with a fierce and cold expression.

His countenance was stern, his gaze sharper than ever, almost inhuman.

In fact, she and Pei Jue had been intimate just once.

On horseback.

That was the reason why Feng Yun wanted to scoff when Puyang Jiu said General Pei was restrained and conservative.

His restraint and conservatism were probably all given to his beloved.

With her, he was like a gentleman only in their first year of acquaintance; as they grew familiar, he nearly became playful.

Now, the sky was vast, and the horses roamed freely.

The dark night concealed the emotions in their eyes.

Their secretive caresses were magnified by the galloping horses, no one spoke, but they both knew full well. This ineffable tacit understanding left Feng Yun powerless to resist, unable also to ignore the overwhelming strength beneath his robust frame, like a wild beast invading her territory...

Feng Yun buried her head in his shoulder, wrapping one hand around his waist, "Is it alright to return to the residence?"

"Let’s continue walking." Pei Jue was unusually emotional today.

Feng Yun’s brows slightly furrowed, "Your heartbeat is very fast, General."

Pei Jue did not speak.

The lively discussion from before seemed like a jest.

An inexplicably indifferent current of air subtly separated them.

Feng Yun waited for a long time, then suddenly lifted her hands, turning his face towards her with a look of adoration, "That Puyang Medical Officer said that the General is ill; what disease is it, is it serious?"

Pei Jue: ...

This Puyang Jiu, he can go die.

Feng Yun suddenly suggested, "How about I help you, General?"

Using a soft tone, one of her small hands mischievously landed on his body, slowly tightening, "I see the General’s illness is quite severe, without treatment, I fear it might worsen..."

"Feng Yun." A tingling sensation shot up from his spine; Pei Jue’s hand holding the reins twitched violently, gripping Feng Yun’s wrist tightly, pulling her in front of him with a look that seemed like he was about to devour her. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"How presumptuous..."

Feng Yun lifted her face, "General, the moonlight is just right..."

Pei Jue let out a low breath.

He seized her and kissed her fervently.

Feng Yun’s heart seemed to snap, leaving her without strength, slowly she wrapped her arms around his neck.