49 Settling For Peace?

"What a pleasant surprise. I have been looking everywhere for you, Celia," A handsome young noble said with a flashy smile.

Celia felt a heaviness in her chest seeing him and was feeling very anxious, while Lucas didn't show any fear but was looking at him with a stony gaze. He hadn't forgotten how this senior disciple of his tried to cripple his legs and how he was now tormenting his childhood friend.

But before he could say anything, Jiang suddenly looked at Lucas and showed a friendly smile as he handed over a decent-looking sword, "Brother Lucas, can you please forgive me for my unfair behavior towards you yesterday?"

Lucas raised his brows as he was shocked by what he was seeing. Was this really the arrogant young master Jiang who was apologizing to him? This cannot be.

Jiang wasn't finished as he continued, "Your friend Celia here made me understand how wrong I was to bully you, especially when it was for a misunderstanding. I now understand that you two are just close friends and my silly head failed to see that. So can you accept my humble gift as a token of my apology? I wish to be friends with you since Celia's friend is also my friend. But the main reason I wish to get to know you is because of how strong you are, especially when you stood up to me yesterday. Nobody else had ever dared to do so. I must say I was really impressed."

Jiang complimented Lucas on and on, and this made Lucas not know what to think for a moment. He just couldn't understand how someone like Jiang would suddenly change his colors.

But he remembered Jiang saying that Celia was the one who showed him that he was in the wrong. This made Lucas feel moved that despite the problems she was facing, she still scolded Jiang and even made him come and apologize to him.

He never knew Celia was capable of influencing someone like Jiang. This made him feel even more proud of his childhood friend and once again realized his affection towards her. It was like a reminder of why he fell in love with her.

However, Lucas didn't know if Jiang was sincere or not since he could be doing this to please Celia. But still, he did not want to put Celia in an awkward or difficult position and decided to swallow his grudges and accept the gift.

He also knew that he couldn't afford to maintain a bad relationship with Jiang since he could make things tough for either him or the people close to him.

At least he lowered his pride to apologize to him, which was not something young masters like him would ever deign to do.

So Lucas slightly smiled as he said, "It's fine, senior brother Jiang. There is no need to offer me a gift as an apology. Just your words are fine," Lucas actually wanted that fine-looking sword, but he didn't want to accept gifts from a young master like him since he knew that by accepting his gift, he would owe Jiang in some way.

But Celia suddenly said, "Lucas, it's fine. Jiang is trying his best to make it up to you, and you deserve this. What he did yesterday was very bad of him, and even this compensation isn't enough for all the pain and difficulties you suffered yesterday. But let this be a start, and I can promise you that he will never again hurt you. You believe me, right?"

Lucas was a bit surprised by her words and didn't expect Celia to have such control over Jiang. He had no idea what Celia did to make Jiang bend over like this, but he trusted her, especially since she was asking him, and decided to at least do it for her.

"Of course, I believe you, Celia," Lucas smiled before looking at Jiang as he accepted the sword, "I will remember your kind gesture, senior brother Jiang. I also hope things won't turn sour between us."

Since Celia said so, Lucas decided to keep an open mind and see if Jiang really meant well by wanting to be his friend.

Jiang gave a happy smile as he said, "I am really pleased that Brother Lucas has such a big heart to forgive me. I now understand why Celia holds you in such high regard. I hope I can learn to be as kind as you."

Seeing Jiang's friendly expression and smile, Lucas wondered if Jiang really was being genuine about this since there was no reason for Jiang to try so hard, considering the status difference.

Still, knowing that Jiang was Celia's fiance, Lucas still had this uneasy feeling inside him. Even if Jiang was to become his friend, it wouldn't mean he would cancel his marriage with Celia.

But he didn't want Jiang to make things harder for Celia and decided to act nice to him. He just had to buy enough time before he could make sure to destroy Jiang's manhood.

"Please don't flatter me like that senior brother Jiang. I just want things to be peaceful between us. I look forward to being your friend as well," Lucas said with a bright smile.

Jiang gave a wide smile with a certain glint in his eyes as he patted Lucas' shoulder, "Great. Well then, I better be off to my class. See you two later."

Jiang left with a smile, and after his silhouette disappeared, Lucas turned towards a distracted Celia and asked, "Celia, what was that? Why would someone like him do all this? What did you say to him?"

"Uh…" Celia came out of her daze as a complicated expression flashed across her face. But then her expression relaxed as she gave a pretty smile, "Oh, I told him that you have a very powerful person in the palace to support you and that they might punish him if he doesn't apologize."

Lucas' eyes widened as he realized that the person Celia mentioned was probably his mother since she was going to be the queen, and this made him anxious, "Wait, you told him my mother is going to marry Yiman?"