Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 131 You are a scumbag

It's normal to get married when you reach that age." Xiao Yuan looked unconvinced.

"I...I don't like my cousin. I just treat her as an ordinary relative."

Xiao Yuan glanced at Rong Jin and said, "Have you told Sister Qingge about this?" Rong Jin shook his head and fiddled with the sachet around his waist.

"Hey, Brother Pei, is this sachet given to you by Sister Qingge?" Xiao Yuan pointed at the sachet in Rong Jin's hand and asked. "It's azure blue. I saw Han Wenxing also has one in this color. He said Sister Qingge made it for him. It's exactly the same as this one."

Rong Jin looked at the sachet in his hand. He had put it on after washing up to repel mosquitoes and insects. Although it was already past the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were still many small insects because there were many trees in the yard.

"No, how could it be possible? I don't like my cousin, how could I accept her things?" Rong Jin defended. "This is made by the embroiderers in the mansion. Every courtyard has one. Rong Jue also has one. It is used to repel mosquitoes and insects. You have one too. Don't forget, I saw you wearing it a few days ago."

"Really? Maybe I misread it." Xiao Yuan scratched his head and said embarrassedly. After a pause, he continued, "That's what Rong Jue said. He said that Sister Qingge will be your wife when she grows up."

"I...I have never promised anything to my cousin, and we don't have any engagement." Rong Jin argued.

"That doesn't prove anything. You haven't promised anything to Sister Qingge, but this is something that everyone knows. Even Rong Jue said that Sister Qingge is the future mistress of the Marquis' Mansion." Xiao Yuan looked confident.

"Don't listen to Rong Jue's nonsense." Rong Jin had the urge to drag Rong Jue out and beat him up.

Xiao Yuan looked at Rong Jin and said, "Brother Pei, you said you don't like Sister Qingge and you never made a promise to her, but you never rejected her either, right? You knew that Sister Qingge liked you, but you didn't respond, didn't take responsibility, and didn't reject her. You let her like you and let her have fantasies about you. Do you enjoy this state very much? Do you know what this behavior of yours is?"

Xiao Yuan lowered his voice and leaned close to Rong Jin and said, "According to the words in the storybook my sister has read, this is the behavior of a scumbag. Do you know what a scumbag is? It's the behavior you are doing now." Xiao Yuan's words sounded a bit like a tongue twister.

"Xiaoyuan, I...Sister Hua said this to me?" Rong Jin felt wronged.

"No, my sister wouldn't say that. It was said in a storybook that my sister had read. The storybook said that there was a girl who loved her cousin very much. The two had been together since they were young and grew up together. The girl wanted to marry her cousin with all her heart. She waited and waited, but she didn't wait for her cousin until she was very old. Later, I don't know what happened, the girl cut her hair and went to the temple to become a nun.

Oh, how pitiful. Do you think this cousin is committing a sin? If you like this cousin, you should confess your love to her, get married happily, and treat her well.

If you don't like her, you should tell her clearly as soon as possible and don't let others have any illusions about you, so that this cousin can give up her fantasies and find another good partner, right?

You didn't respond, didn't refuse, and didn't take responsibility, and you hurt the girl for nothing. This is really a scumbag." Xiaoyuan paused, but Rong Jin fell into deep thought.

"But Brother Pei, don't worry, whether you like Sister Qingge, whether you will marry Sister Qingge in the future, and whether you are a scumbag? For us siblings, it doesn't matter.

We are just old friends of Grandfather Pei. Because Grandfather Pei and Grandmother Pei are kind, they let my sister and I stay in the mansion. When my sister reaches the age of 15, we will move back to Qingyun Lane." Xiaoyuan looked as if he was not involved.

"Xiaoyuan..." Rong Jin felt uncomfortable when he thought about Hua Lei moving out of the Marquis' Mansion.

"Brother Pei, are you sad? Don't be sad, I know you are good to me. Since I entered the Marquis' Mansion, you often taught me to practice martial arts and ride horses. You also taught me wholeheartedly when I didn't understand something in my studies. It is all your credit that I was admitted to the Imperial College today.

When I grow up and have the ability, I will repay the great kindness of the Marquisate to my siblings by working like a slave. "Xiao Yuan said firmly.

"Xiaoyuan, I never thought of asking you to repay any favor. It makes me sad to hear you say that." Rong Jin lowered his head.

"No, I'm not saying that you should ask me to pay it back. I'm saying that I will pay it back myself. Doesn't the book say that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of water? What's more, the Marquis's Mansion has been very kind to us siblings. Grandmother Pei has always treated us as her own granddaughters and grandsons, and Brother Pei also treats us as his own sisters and brothers." Xiaoyuan bit her sister very hard.

"That's not the case. I don't treat you...I don't treat Sister Hua as my real sisters." Rong Jin struggled.

"It doesn't matter. Even if Brother Pei doesn't treat us as his biological sisters and brothers, he at least treats us as cousins. Rong Jue said that Brother Pei treats me and him equally well." Xiao Yuan said with satisfaction. "And I've also seen that Brother Pei treats me as well as Sister Pearl, but he's almost as good as Sister Feicui."

"Xiaoyuan, I..." Rong Jin had given up struggling.

Xiao Yuan looked at the sky outside and said, "Brother Pei, it's getting late. You should go back and rest. I need to rest too. Grandma Pei told me to go to bed early."

"Xiaoyuan, are you really unwilling to help me?" Rong Jin asked unwillingly, stroking the brocade box on the table.

"No. Brother Pei, I won't help you deliver it, and don't think about giving it to my sister without me." Xiao Yuan glanced at Rong Jin. "You won't let my sister bear the crime of having sex with a man during the mourning period, right?"

"Of course not, how could I..." Rong Jin was shocked. "I just know that Sister Hua is not suitable for marriage now, so, so..."

"If you know it's not suitable, then don't do it. Otherwise, if this gets known to others, my sister will probably be despised by everyone because of this. Brother Pei, for you, this hairpin may be just a small thing to express your affection, but for my sister who is in mourning period, it may be a matter of life and death.

What if someone gossips about my sister and accuses her of seducing someone else's childhood sweetheart during the mourning period? What if my sister is so upset that she hangs herself on the beam?" Xiao Yuan looked calm, but what he said scared Rong Jin.