Chapter 63: Thank You, Miss Pei, for Speaking Up Righteously!

Pfft!

Liu Xushi looked at Wen Nianshu's misty appearance and couldn't help laughing, "She actually can't tell what it means?"

The curve at the corner of her mouth rose elegantly and subtly.

A shallow dimple appeared, her eyes curved into a crescent, and as her gaze fluttered, it was full of liveliness and coquettishness.

Though she tried hard to restrain herself, her fragrant shoulders couldn't help trembling lightly, emitting a faint, pleasant laugh, crisp as a silver bell.

"No wonder this Miss Wen of the Wen Family could run to Tianlao to dissolve her marriage contract with Mirror Master Chen...."

Yang Fanyi shook her head and chuckled, teasing, "Really both stupid and foolish, and with poor taste!"

Given her intellect and insight, Yang Fanyi could grasp why this Miss Wen of the Wen Family could do such a thing—abandon the foolishness of discarding the Qilin Son-in-law....

Because it's merely superficial.

"Who says it's not?"

Yin Xianzhi waved the Jade Fan in her hand and laughed, "Just now she was flaunting and putting on airs, thinking we don't know the whole story?"

Chen Wen's two families have a marriage contract; they of course know that, but they are even clearer about certain people's behavior of fleeing individually when great calamities befall them.

She still has the nerve to show off?

"When trapped in a prison, they stone you; when they make a comeback, they rush to cling to you!"

Pei Suiwan pursed her red lips and calmly summarized.

She paused, then added, "The fine daughter raised by the Wen Family is truly cold‑hearted and ungrateful!"

In her view, such a cold, selfish woman could never match that extraordinarily talented and stunning man.

"No!"

"It's not like that!"

Wen Nianshu's fragile heart was pierced by the surrounding waves of discussion; her complexion changed dramatically, and she looked to Chen Yan pleadingly, saying, "A Yan, quickly say a word for me!"

She looked utterly pitiful.

As if she had suffered a great injustice.

It seemed as if those aristocratic ladies were speaking not the truth but fabricating rumors out of thin air.

"None of my business!" Chen Yan rolled his eyes, showed no emotion, and slowly uttered four words.

"You… how can you treat me like this?"

Wen Nianshu was extremely surprised by Chen Yan's cold attitude, covering her chest, her red lips trembling, she accused, "Have you forgotten our past?"

"Has your love for me turned cold?"

The words were full of righteous indignation.

It sounded exactly like accusing a heartless man.

Trying to provoke the surrounding people to condemn the man.

Chen Yan: "???"

Chen Yan could barely hold himself back.

Truly don't know whether the original owner is blind, heartless, or brain‑dead, how could they fall in love with such a sort?

Might as well go find the Jiang Li Courtesan!

"Miss Wen, do you know the meaning of Mirror Master Chen's earlier words?"

Pei Suiwan mistakenly thought Chen Yan was morally trapped, not knowing how to respond, deliberately stepped forward to defuse the situation and asked.

"What does it mean?" Wen Nianshu asked instinctively, also curious about that mute riddle.

Pei Suiwan glided gracefully, stepped in front of Wen Nianshu, stood facing her, curled her lips in a smile, and said, "Take half of wealth, take half of money; together they form a vile character!"

She paused, then continued, "I'm calling you cheap!"

"Well said!"

Wei Rongxue clapped and cheered, adding, "Who would have thought Master Mirror Chen excels both at poetry and at cursing!"

The aristocratic ladies of Chang'an have all been captivated by Chen Yan's poetic talent, and now there's another.

"Who says it's not?" Du Shuying chimed in at the right moment.

The man the close sisters fancy, Miss Du of the Du family naturally does too, wanting to help the affair.

"You… you are talking nonsense!"

"I don't believe it!"

Wen Nianshu glared at Pei Suiwan, unable to accept the reality, turned to Chen Yan and shouted, "A Yan, tell her you didn't mean that!"

But Chen Yan only raised his thumb and praised, "Straight to the point!"

Then, he cupped his fist toward Pei Suiwan and thanked, "Thank you, Miss Pei, for speaking up righteously!"

"Just a trivial effort!"

Pei Suiwan nodded, a smile at the corner of her mouth, showing utmost gentleness.

She paused, glanced sideways at the woman before her, snorted coldly, "I, too, can't stand certain people's words and deeds…"

In her beautiful eyes, hostility filled.

And who those certain people are is self‑evident.

Yuwen Heng took in the tense atmosphere, lightly nudged Yu Jie, who was also watching the scene, and whispered, "That Pei Clan little girl probably has feelings for A Yan…"

"You also noticed?"

Yu Jie lightly pinched his pale beard, his gaze drifting over Chen and Pei, and laughed, "If it becomes so, indeed a perfect gentleman and lady, heaven‑made!"

She looked exactly like a CP‑shipping fan.

The former will become a pillar of Great Zhou, a key minister; the latter is the legitimate daughter of a prestigious Great Zhou aristocratic family, talented and beautiful.

They match perfectly.

The point is, the admiration in that girl's eyes is about to overflow....

"You... you all!"

Wen Nianshu, angry, raised her hand and pointed at the two who were in accord, questioning, "A Yan, how could you treat me like this?"

"And you even collude with outsiders to bully me?"

Saying so, a line of clear tears traced her cheek.

She was exceedingly delicate and aggrieved.

Chen Yan was about to retort, but Pei Suiwan cut him off, rebutting, "Miss Wen, your words are mistaken!"

She paused, then with varied intonation said, "I am an outsider; to Mirror Master Chen, you are also an outsider!"

If she says Pei Suiwan is an outsider, does that mean you, Wen Nianshu, are not?

"I am A Yan's fiancée!"

"We were betrothed since childhood!"

"He has also been enamored with me for over ten years..."

Wen Nianshu, provoked, lifted her head and spoke with confidence.

In the vast Chang'an, who doesn't know of the marriage between the two Chen families?

Who doesn't know that Chen Yan has been constantly circling around her?

That wasn't one or two years; that was over ten years!

How could an outsider be allowed to speak up?

"But you yourself have already called off the marriage, haven't you?"

Pei Suiwan gave a faint smile, gazing at Wen Nianshu who was trying to assert authority, and succinctly retorted.

She paused again, then neither hurried nor slow, asked repeatedly, "So Miss Wen also knows that Mirror Master Chen has been enamored with you for many years?"

"Then how can you still add insult to injury in a moment of crisis?"

"Where is your conscience?"

"Where is the friendship?"

"Where is your dignity?"

Each sentence Pei Suiwan uttered was like a Blade lodged in Wen Nianshu's heart.

Human nature seeks fortune and avoids disaster; when great calamity strikes, everyone flies away, which is understandable.

But since you have already abandoned the capital, how can you still have the nerve to reclaim it?

Chen Yan had retorts ready, but no chance to speak them; startled by this woman, he thought to himself, "Her logic is clear, her reasoning orderly, speaking with the gentlest tone yet the sharpest words—could this be Chang'an's top talented woman, Pei Suiwan?"

He also did not expect that this Pei Clan's legitimate daughter, who appeared delicate on the outside, could have such a strong side.

"Is this what it feels like to be protected?"

"It's actually quite nice!"

At that moment, Chen Yan gazed at the woman's profile and developed a strong interest in her.

"Pei Suiwan got the jump on me again!"

Liu Xushi, seeing the situation, stamped his foot hard and said angrily.

"Truly a slow step, a slow step at every move."

Just this one move is enough to leave a deep, vivid first impression on Chen Yan; the difficulty Liu Xushi faces in winning her becomes even greater....

Wen Nianshu was stumped, her mind racing, as if she thought of something, she stammered and argued, "I... I was just testing A Yan..."

"Right!"

"Testing A Yan!"

Immediately, she looked at Chen Yan with a sincere expression and said, "A Yan, you must believe me; I have never wanted to give up on you!"

"Miss Wen, do you believe the words you just said yourself?"

"Don't you feel your face blush?"

This clumsy excuse made Pei Suiwan laugh outright, and she asked with a smile.

As long as one is not a fool, no one could possibly believe it.

"What does this have to do with you?"

Wen Nianshu reflexively retorted, suddenly grasping the crux, and emphasized loudly, "There is no signed dissolution of the marriage contract between A Yan and me, so I am still his fiancée!"

"How could an outsider have any say?"

That day, she went to call off the marriage, but Chen Yan never signed.

Therefore, in any respect, Wen Nianshu remains his fiancée, and no one can change that!

These words reminded Chen Yan, who turned to Wei Heqing and said, "Brother Wei, hand me the paper and pen!"