Jiaojiao is getting married, and the male leads fall for her and fight over her.

Chapter 216 Are you two a married couple? Would you like to share a room?
Shen Shuyi cursed her bad luck inwardly and immediately lowered the curtain, not daring to meet Pei Shizi's eyes at all.

She kept telling herself that it might just be a coincidence and there was no need to scare herself unnecessarily.

How about this, let's test the waters.

She said to the coachman, "Brother, please hurry up!"

The next moment, the coachman cracked his whip, and the carriage sped up.

Taking the opportunity, Shen Shuyi lifted the curtain to look over and found that Pei Dongzhou's carriage did not accelerate. Before long, the carriage disappeared from sight.

She was overjoyed and nudged A-Jian, saying, "I told you it was a coincidence. My cousin, the young master, didn't recognize us."

“What you say is true, Miss,” A-Jian immediately agreed, though in her heart she was thinking that the young master might just be giving the young lady a glimmer of hope, only to then dash it again.

She felt that once the young lady was under the young master's watchful eye, there was no way she could escape.

The girl is very intelligent, but the young master is too difficult to deal with. If the girl is caught by the young master, it would be a perfectly normal thing.

"I think you sound a bit unhappy," Shen Shuyi said, lifting the curtain to look again.

Pei Dongzhou's carriage was still nowhere to be seen; she had clearly left him behind.

But just in case, she urged the coachman to speed up the journey.

After traveling like this for half an hour, she felt that she had definitely left Pei Dongzhou behind, but she still dared not relax and told the coachman to continue on his way.

Just then, the coachman suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"

Shen Shuyi sensed that the carriage had slowed down. Confused, she lifted the curtain and asked the coachman, "Brother, why did you slow down?"

"That carriage was behind us before, when did it get in front of us?" the coachman muttered to himself in confusion.

Shen Shuyi and Ajian were both startled and looked ahead. They saw that the Pei family's carriage had somehow moved in front of them. It was the very carriage that Pei Dongzhou was riding in.

A-Jian looked at her young lady with sympathy. She said that once the young master had his eye on her, how could she be so easily shaken off?

The young master must have recognized the girl. He's just playing cat and mouse with her on purpose. He's very wicked.

Shen Shuyi's heart sank to the ground.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Was Pei Dongzhou deliberately playing a trick on her?

She was furious. She had been overjoyed, but then Pei Dongzhou ran ahead of her.

Her temper flared, and she yelled at the coachman, "Brother, let's overtake that carriage and leave that Pei guy behind!"

The coachman wondered to himself, how did the young lady know that the owner of this carriage was surnamed Pei?
He had no objection, and with a crack of the whip, the carriage sped up.

As Shen Shuyi passed the Pei family's carriage, she secretly lifted a corner of the curtain to peek, only to see the man in the carriage next to her leisurely watching her carriage. Of course, he also noticed her furtive actions.

unlucky!!
She lowered the curtain, suddenly realizing she was making a desperate struggle. Before, she hadn't wanted to admit that Pei Dongzhou had discovered her identity, but now she had no choice. Pei Dongzhou definitely recognized her; should she continue to let him toy with her?
She truly couldn't understand how Pei Dongzhou had discovered her. So yesterday wasn't her imagination; Pei Dongzhou knew she was hiding in the Ni Chang Pavilion back then?
If she had been more decisive and left the capital as soon as she saw Pei Dongzhou, would she have been able to leave the capital smoothly?
If Shen Shuyi's carriage goes faster, Pei Dongzhou's carriage will also go faster; conversely, if the carriages of the Pei family go slower, they will slow down.

Seeing this, A-Jian suggested to Shen Shuyi, "Why don't you apologize to the young master? He used to dote on you and wouldn't take it seriously."

"What a joke! I didn't do anything wrong, why should I admit it?" Shen Shuyi laughed angrily.

She wanted to ask Prince Pei what he meant by deliberately teasing her even after recognizing her. Was he retaliating for her running away from home?
She couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried, but she was unwilling to go to Pei Dongzhou herself. So, the two carriages drove side by side, neither giving way to the other.

The coachman now understood that the Pei family's carriage was coming for the young lady. Sun Wang had told him to take good care of her, but now he felt he wasn't capable enough.

The owner of the other carriage looked very wealthy and powerful. How could a mere horse driver be a match for such a nobleman?

As darkness fell, Shen Shuyi felt exhausted after a long day and needed to find an inn to rest and have some good food, so she went to an inn.

She got off the carriage, and Pei Dongzhou also got off from another carriage.

Seeing Pei Dongzhou looking over, Shen Shuyi snorted and walked past him without glancing at him.

Pei Dongzhou's eyes darkened slightly, but he said nothing and followed Shen Shuyi into the inn.

Seeing them enter the inn one after the other, the innkeeper assumed they were traveling the same way and asked, "Are you two a couple? Would you like to share a room?"

"Who is his wife? I don't know him. What nonsense are you spouting, shopkeeper?!" Shen Shuyi said irritably.

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded.

But upon closer inspection, something seemed off. After all, the young woman was so ordinary-looking, while the young man was imposing and had an air of sophistication. The two were clearly not from the same world, so why was the man following closely behind the woman, looking like her little tagalong?
Just then, the man smiled at him gently and politely: "Shopkeeper, you have a good eye."

Shopkeeper:......

What does that mean? The woman said she didn't know the man, but the man said he had good taste. Does that mean his taste became good just because he said they were husband and wife?

The shopkeeper suddenly felt like this wasn't the world he knew anymore. In this day and age, such an outstanding man was actually throwing himself at a woman who had no redeeming qualities. What's worse, the man was throwing himself at a woman and she wasn't even reciprocating.

Shen Shuyi was really hungry, and after a day of riding in the carriage, her bottom was sore and her body was weak and tired. She needed to rest for a good night.

"Waiter, bring out all the best dishes in your restaurant," Shen Shuyi called out.

The waiter quickly replied, "Alright, please wait a moment, sir."

Before long, several dishes were served on the table.

Shen Shuyi rolled up her sleeves and started eating. Pei Dongzhou sat at the table next to her, ordered the waiter to bring out braised beef, and kept glancing at Shen Shuyi as he ate.

Seeing Pei Dongzhou's occasional glances, Shen Shuyi simply switched places with Ajian, so that she could sit with her back to Pei Dongzhou.

After having eaten and drunk her fill, Shen Shuyi went to her guest room, took a hot bath, and immediately felt fully revitalized. She then began to ponder the possibility of taking down Pei Dongzhou.

She used to be quite confident, but now she's not so sure. After all, Pei Dongzhou has found Ni Xiao Pavilion, so he must have also found Sun Wang and knows what he used to do.

(End of this chapter)