Chapter 54

But it must be said, a confidant truly understands him. The moment he learned Ruan Jiaojiao was alive and had returned to the Capital, he had even considered cutting her into a thousand pieces. But Pei Huaiyu would be unhappy if he did. So, he would not do that. He merely summoned Ruan Jiaojiao to frighten her, to see how much she had grown in these two years, and more importantly, to see her looking as miserable as she had in the years she was away. Pei Huaiyu had aged and grown so weary—by what right could Ruan Jiaojiao have lived comfortably elsewhere? Yet, not only had Ruan Jiaojiao’s beauty remained unchanged, but after being well-cared for at the Prime Minister’s Estate over the past half-month, she looked positively radiant. Only her cowardly, deceitful nature remained exactly the same. The sight of her filled him with disgust. And when he tried to scare her, Pei Huaiyu would stand before him to shield her—how could that not enrage him? He had been so furious that he almost failed to maintain his practiced, fake smile; it was, in its own way, a favor to Pei Huaiyu.