Chapter 148 I Don’t Want to Live a Life of Strain and Frustration

He raised his hand and pinched her small chin. His deep eyes met the girl's clear eyes, and his tone became earnest: "So, don't do stupid things behind my back. I said that I will protect you for the rest of your life. You can rest assured. If someone dares to bully you, just tell me and I will take care of it for you."

He repeated, "Don't be rash and do stupid things, okay?"

"Yeah," she whispered back, "I know."

"Know what?" The man asked her relentlessly in a gloomy voice.

The little girl lowered her eyes and replied: "I won't do anything stupid, and I won't leave you."

The man stared at her, as if he could see into her heart, and said with determination: "Are you speaking from your heart?"

The little girl kept silent.

The two of them were silent for a long while. The man spoke again, his tone became sharp: "Qin Xiaoning, let me make it clear to you today. Since I have promised to protect you and support you, I will definitely do it. If you are not clear-headed again and do something stupid like leaving without permission, I will never forgive you."

Obviously, her thoughts could not be hidden from him.

The man is very shrewd and understands her best, so how could he be deceived so easily?

The little girl was very depressed.

Just continue to remain silent.

Seeing that she remained silent, the man took it as the girl's agreement, and his anger grew even stronger: "I was right, wasn't I?"

He frowned, gnashed his teeth, and scolded her coldly: "I warn you, even if you have this idea, take it back immediately. If you dare to run away and I catch you, I will punish you severely. I will even break your legs and lock you up in the house."

Even if she was really caught by him after she left, Lu Ji would definitely not be willing to do such a cruel thing.

This is to scare her.

But the little girl still felt aggrieved. She listened to his scolding without saying anything back. She kept silent for a long while with her head down, and then began to cry.

"Why are you crying?"

The man stared at her and his tone slowed down: "Are you scared?"

Seeing that she was still crying silently, he said slowly: "There is nothing to be afraid of. As long as you behave yourself and don't do stupid things, I will never blame you even if you make a big fuss in this mansion."

"Still crying?"

"Okay, stop crying."

The man couldn't stand her silently aggrieved look, so he couldn't help but soften his heart and leaned over to hug her in his arms: "I was afraid that you were not clear-headed, so I just gave you a warning, and you feel wronged?"

The little girl leaned into his arms and said in a muffled voice, "You're in a bad mood because you're being forced to get engaged, so you're taking it out on me?"

Finally, the little girl spoke, and Lu Ji was stunned by her words.

"Am I wrong?" Seeing that he remained silent, the little girl raised her head from his arms, looked at him with tears in her eyes and asked, "You are unhappy, but do I feel good too? When encountering such a thing, it would be fine if you didn't comfort me, but you scolded me."

As she spoke, she couldn't help shedding tears, feeling aggrieved.

He was engaged to the girl from the Wang family, so the girl naturally felt bad. Thinking of this, Lu Ji felt sad and raised his hand to wipe the tears of the person in his arms: "Don't cry."

Then he told her, "I'm not blaming you because I'm in a bad mood, but I can't stand your tendency to back off when you encounter a little setback."

The man stared at her, frowned and asked, "Am I so unworthy of mention in your heart? If there is any grievance or frustration, you only think about yourself and abandon me without hesitation."

There was a hint of sadness in the man's voice, and when he finished speaking, he sighed heavily.

After hearing what Lu Ji said, the little girl felt a little guilty.

He was right. Whenever she encountered setbacks, she always thought of herself first.

But the guilt only flashed through her mind for a moment before she suppressed it. The girl found an excuse for herself.

Lu Ji is the eldest son of a duke's family and a powerful general. He is a strong man who has too much. There is no need for a poor and helpless woman like herself to sacrifice herself. On the contrary, she, who has no parents, will suffer if she doesn't think more about herself.

"Compared to what you have done for me, I do seem a little selfish in many things." The little girl told Lu Ji frankly.

Hearing this, Lu Ji lowered his eyes and stared at her. He couldn't help but snorted coldly: "I thought you were an ungrateful person. Oh! It's rare that you still have a conscience."

Lu Ji always liked to scold her like this. The little girl didn't like it and looked up and rolled her eyes at him.

Glancing at her unconvinced look, Lu Ji snorted again: "Did I wrongly accuse you?"

"It's not that I'm wronged." The little girl said with a wooden face, "If I were born into the Wang family of Langya like them, I would also be happy to pretend to be dignified and virtuous. I have a backer and someone to back me up, so I would naturally feel confident."

What the little girl said is true.

Lu Ji asked back: "With me supporting you, why can't you be confident?"

"That's different." The little girl replied, "Although you really love me, I am just a concubine. This love can only be hidden in this courtyard. If it gets out, people will call me the troublemaker and say you dote on me too much. It's different for me because I have the support of my mother's family. No matter how much my husband dotes on me, people will only praise my deep love for you."

Before the little girl could finish her chatter, Lu Ji retorted coldly: "Who has a deep love for her?"

Lu Ji was a man of strong character. If he had willingly married a noble lady, he would have treated her well. But now that he was forced to marry a girl from the Wang family, he would naturally feel rebellious.

Although this girl from the Wang family is outstanding in every way, it would be difficult for her to win the heart of a cold and hard man like Lu Ji.

But this is not something that a little concubine like her can worry about.

Right now, the little girl only has enough energy to think about her own affairs.

"Don't be so stubborn. Once the mistress comes into the family, the ancestral rules will be there, and no one will be able to disobey them."

The little girl paused, then continued, "Just like Gu Jianshen and Sun Mengli, they were originally engaged. After Marquis Gu married his first wife, although he still had feelings for Sun Mengli, he still had to consider the ancestral family rules and the opinions of the world."

Mentioning this, she smiled helplessly: "You men always think that the affairs between women in the backyard are trivial and not worth mentioning. That's because your world is so big and you naturally don't take these trivial affairs in the backyard to heart. But for us women, all the world is in this backyard. If we are wronged and tortured every day, what hope can we have?"

"You can say I'm selfish, but if you want me to be like Sun Mengli, living a miserable life under the mistress, I can't do it."

"Rather than that, I would rather leave here and find a way out. Even if I'm really eaten by some wolves, tigers or leopards, I'll accept it."

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