The Cousin Is About to Marry，The Abstinent Young Lord Loses Control-Chapter 63: Can’t You Let Me Go?

The air turned chilly.

The old lady glanced again at Xie Yunzhen, who still wore a blank expression, but his eyes were chillingly cold.

No wonder her daughter-in-law didn’t want to bring up the marriage proposal when she met him.

Indeed, he was truly intimidating!

She ordered someone to pour him wine, "Xie Princely Heir, you’ve come from afar, have a hot drink and relax."

Xie Yunzhen was injured and couldn’t drink alcohol.

But he wanted to see Ji Mingzhu’s reaction.

In their past life, she constantly restrained him, not allowing him to drink alcohol or sit all day reading documents.

Just because he had hidden injuries, Ji Mingzhu worried about his health.

The intense gaze was upon her, and Ji Mingzhu lowered her eyes.

She didn’t even glance back at Xie Yunzhen, just calmly picked up a piece of salted goose meat and focused on eating.

Xie Yunzhen didn’t believe she hadn’t heard what was just said, but as the wine entered his throat, Ji Mingzhu still didn’t look at him.

His heart ached sourly, and his eyes felt swollen.

He thought through gritted teeth, this woman is truly heartless!

She clearly knew he was injured and poisoned, yet she didn’t even cast a glance at him.

Xie Yunzhen didn’t hope for Ji Mingzhu to speak up and stop him, just a look would suffice.

Could even such a small wish be impossible to achieve?

As he drank a second cup, Tianshui whispered, "Young Master, you’re still wounded, the divine doctor advised, you mustn’t drink."

Xie Yunzhen turned a deaf ear and downed another cup.

Ji Mingzhu still didn’t look at him.

He silently cursed, little heartless one, is that old goose really so delicious?

A plate of salted goose was pushed in front of him.

Yuan Changan smiled, "Watching is dull, Young Master, why not have a taste yourself."

Xie Yunzhen shifted his gaze from Ji Mingzhu.

His mind replayed the image of her red lips slightly parted as she ate.

"Hmm, I should try it."

Yuan Changan was a scholar, and his intuition told him Xie Yunzhen was playing word games.

But he did indeed pick up a piece of goose meat...

Suddenly, Yuan Changan was at a loss.

He and Xie Yunzhen didn’t get along, but he didn’t want any fatalities at home either.

So, when Xie Yunzhen poured another cup, Yuan Changan spoke up to stop him.

"Young Master is injured, you should drink less."

The old lady, unaware of Xie Yunzhen’s injury, showed a look of apology.

She hurriedly said, "Indeed, with an injury, you shouldn’t drink. Quickly, replace the wine with tea for Xie Princely Heir."

As she spoke, another cup of wine went down his throat.

Ji Mingzhu finally looked at him, but before Xie Yunzhen could feel happy, she averted her gaze again.

Though it was only a brief pause, he clearly saw Ji Mingzhu’s eyes.

There was no concern, no worry.

Completely unlike how she looked at him in their past life.

Xie Yunzhen suddenly felt dizzy—could it be that he held no weight in Ji Mingzhu’s heart anymore?

Not wanting to lose composure and fall short in front of a rival, Xie Yunzhen stood up.

Bowing to the Yuan family elders, he said, "I’m not very good with alcohol, so I’d like to retire to the courtyard and rest."

The old lady did not insist, "Changan, escort Xie Princely Heir."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Changan got up to escort him.

Regardless of how he and Xie Yunzhen got along, taking good care of guests was basic courtesy.

Outside the guest hall, Xie Yunzhen coldly said, "Stop."

"Sending a Buddha to the west, Young Master had drinks. If something happens halfway, how do we answer to the capital?"

The man’s thin lips moved slightly, spitting out two words, "Hypocrite."

Yuan Changan: "..."

Clearly aware that Xie Yunzhen was his rival, trying to take Miss Ji back to the capital.

He wasn’t foolish enough to really treat him sincerely as a guest!

He wanted to say more, but Xie Yunzhen was already gone.

His steps steady, he appeared unharmed.

Uninterested in offering warmth only to receive coldness, Yuan Changan immediately returned to the guest hall.

"Why did you come back?"

Lady Yuan looked outside a few times, not seeing Xie Yunzhen.

"Young Master doesn’t need my escort."

Lady Yuan chided him, "And you really didn’t escort him?"

"What else?"

"You’re such a child, aren’t you afraid of neglecting a guest?"

Yuan Changan wanted to say, it was already an imposition that Xie Yunzhen came uninvited, causing trouble, he deserved to be neglected.

Afraid of leaving an impression of being petty in Ji Mingzhu’s eyes, he had to swallow his words.

With Xie Yunzhen gone, the banquet was drawing to a close.

Thinking that Ji Mingzhu had come from afar and was too tired, the old lady announced that everyone should disperse.

"Mingzhu, you’ve had a rough journey; go back and get some rest. We’ll talk tomorrow."

Ji Mingzhu wasn’t much of a conversationalist, and with the night falling, others probably wanted to rest as well.

So she got up and curtsied, "I’ll come to greet you in the morning."

"No need to wake early, come after lunch and a nap."

The old lady liked Ji Mingzhu and didn’t want to trouble her.

After such a long journey, how could she not rest well to regain her spirits?

Ji Mingzhu was touched, "Grandmother, you rest early too."

Even if her marriage with Yuan Changan didn’t work out, calling the elder "grandmother" was just a matter of words.

As long as the other party didn’t mind, Ji Mingzhu didn’t find it difficult to use that term.

After bidding farewell to the elders, Ji Mingzhu was about to leave.

The old lady signaled to Yuan Changan to escort Ji Mingzhu.

"Changan, mom has a word with you," Lady Yuan spoke.

Yuan Changan wanted to escort Ji Mingzhu, "Mom, I’ll talk to you when I return."

"It’s urgent."

Afraid that her foolish son would fall headfirst into it, Lady Yuan didn’t dare let them continue to interact.

She pointed to her trusted nanny, "You go and see Miss Mingzhu off."

Ji Mingzhu didn’t refuse, gave a slight bow, and left with Gold and others.

Near the guest courtyard, she stopped, "Thank you for making this trip; the night’s wind is strong, you should go back and rest."

"Miss Ji, let me walk you a bit further."

"It’s just a few steps ahead; Gold and I can manage."

The nanny hesitated for a moment, "Miss Ji, watch your step and walk slowly."

Ji Mingzhu nodded. After the nanny left, she continued walking forward.

Suddenly, footsteps behind made Ji Mingzhu instinctively want to run.

But she was grabbed by the wrist, "Why run?"

Seeing who it was, Gold’s exclamation caught in her throat.

"The Young Master has something to say to Miss, you go back first."

In this situation, how could Gold leave?

Xie Yunzhen pulled Ji Mingzhu to the distance, and Gold was stopped, unable to follow or shout out.

She angrily kicked at Tianshui, "You two are sick!"

Ji Mingzhu felt the same on her end.

As soon as Xie Yunzhen stopped, she slapped him.

Clenching her teeth, she cursed, "Lunatic!"

Perhaps she felt too wronged, too suppressed.

Right after cursing, tears fell unexpectedly.

"Why are you crying?"

Xie Yunzhen rubbed her hand, "Did it hurt when you hit me?"

Saying so, he even tried to wipe her tears.

"Get lost!"

Ji Mingzhu shook off his hand, turning to leave.

She was suddenly embraced tightly around the waist; the world spun, and she fell into the man’s arms.

He held her steady at the waist with one hand, while the other pressed against her back.

Xie Yunzhen coaxed gently, "Return the bracelet, leave with me tomorrow."

Ji Mingzhu’s tears flowed even more fiercely, "Can’t you just let me go?"

"No!"

Spotting the man approaching from afar, Xie Yunzhen’s mouth curled into a cruel smile.

Holding Ji Mingzhu’s head, he forcefully kissed her.