"Sister, do you still remember what you used to rescue me from the Fu Po Pond?"
My heart, which was beating violently, suddenly calmed down.
Just a few breaths ago, Chen Zhao was overjoyed to see Pei Jinting.
But I never expected it.
Pei Jinting brought up old matters again, and she felt like she had fallen into a trap.
Obviously, she is the one who came to Mrs. Chengen to set up a trap today.
Chen Zhao was silent for a while. Behind his ears, as if he was halfway out of his memories, he laughed and picked up the conversation lightly.
"How could I forget this? It's a kite."
Pei Jinting seemed to be relieved, leaning on the handle of the chair, lazily,
"It's just a game with my sister."
If he had a cold and evil air on his body when he came from the corridor just now, his appearance now was the same as Chen Zhao had seen before.
However, he acted too calmly and calmly, which made Chen Zhao feel uneasy and doubtful as to why he suddenly mentioned this.
What she cares about most now is Pei Jinting's attitude towards her. She will notice any slight change.
She caught a glimpse of Pei Jinting's movements from the corner of her eye, saw him getting up, and thought he was leaving.
As a result, Pei Jinting stood up and handed the box in his hand to Mrs. Chengen with a smile.
"Mother, this is a gem I got a few days ago. Your birthday is coming soon. It can be used to inlay it on your head."
Mrs. Cheng'en originally wanted to ask whether Gu Qingyuan knew about the bride-robbing incident.
After all, Chen Zhao was here, and another box of gems was thrown at him.
Holding back his anger, he took the box from Pei Jinting's hand and opened it...
After Pei Jinting came in, Chen Zhao did not sit down, but stood next to Mrs. Chengen. When he saw the puppet in the box, his face suddenly turned pale.
The air seemed to be frozen.
Of course she remembered what the dolls in her house looked like.
She also knew that this puppet was not the one in her house.
In all these years, she has never seen the same puppet anywhere else.
All I can say is that that puppet is unique.
Although Chen Zhao's body swayed and his face turned gray and frightened, he still managed to smile.
"No wonder my cousin just asked about what happened by the lotus pond. Did he make a new puppet?"
She was about to raise her hand to pick up the doll, but she saw Pei Jinting slightly raising her eyebrows and asking abruptly,
"Sister, I remember that when I was vaguely remembered, I asked you who you were and your birthday."
"I don't know if I remembered it wrong or if my sister said it wrong."
"Hey, sister, when is your birthday?"
Mrs. Cheng'en picked up the doll before Chen Zhao and looked at Pei Jinting angrily.
"You kid, you've done something strange again. You just gave me gems, and why did you give me a puppet?"
"Still an unfinished puppet."
Mrs. Cheng'en looked through it and saw that all the needles were still inserted.
"Also, how come you don't know Zhao Zhao's birthday? When she was in the mansion, didn't she have to hold one every year?"
Pei Jinting leaned on the book shelf nearby, without denying it. She seemed to have remembered something, and her voice was leisurely and casual.
"That's right. How could I not remember my sister's birthday? That's not right. My sister's birthday is the eighth day of April. But I remember the person who saved me when I was in a daze said her birthday was the tenth day of August."
As soon as these words came out, even Mrs. Chengen noticed something was wrong and looked at Chen Zhao hesitantly.
Chen Zhao bit his lip and defended weakly,
"Cousin, you said you were in a daze, but I'm talking about the eighth day of April."
"After so many years, you may have forgotten it."
She wanted to say something to explain, but when she met Pei Jinting's eyes.
Let her freeze there in silence.
The look in his eyes was bone-chillingly cold, chilling his whole body.
Pei Jinting had never looked at her like this before, and there seemed to be indelible hatred hidden in his eyes.
Chen Zhao didn't know why Pei Jinting asked about her birthday. She was very sure that when she went to Fu Rui, Pei Jinting was lying wet by the pond, unconscious.
She was holding the string of the kite in her hand, and lying next to her was a stuffed animal that only a little girl could hold.
At that time, she had been living in Pei Mansion for two years.
Life was not very good.
She looked around and saw no one around. After waiting for a while, no one was seen, and then she thought of calling someone.
When everyone gave her the credit for saving people, she did not refute.
Instead, he acknowledged it silently.
After that, her life in Pei Mansion got better and better day by day, and she was no worse than the serious girls in Pei Mansion.
Later, because of Pei Jinting's protection, things went even worse.
At first, she was afraid that someone would expose her.
But one or two years have passed, and no one has come to claim this credit.
She even thought in a daze that she was the one who rescued Pei Jinting.
That night, for some unknown reason, she had a high fever for several days, and the disease took root from then on.
This caused everyone in the Pei family to feel even more guilty.
"Ha." Pei Jinting suddenly smiled and lowered his eyes, "Sister, I have never met the little benefactor who saved me."
"How could you ask her birthday."
After finishing speaking, he thought of something again and said calmly,
"I didn't make this puppet either."
Chen Zhao suddenly realized, his eyes were a little flustered and his eyes were red.
"Jingheng, what do you mean..."
Mrs. Cheng'en's suspicious eyes wandered over the two of them. Before, she thought they were playing riddles.
At this moment, I also had some reaction, and my color changed with consternation,
"Jingheng, what do you mean? Who made this puppet? Is there another person who saved you?"
Pei Jinting took the doll, held it tightly in his hand, and sneered,
"Sister, although I have doubts about what happened back then, I have never thought about denying your kindness."
"You told me exactly what you did to save me, and even the puppet was in your hands."
"When I mentioned my birthday, it was just a test. It was obvious that it didn't exist, but you still managed to tell the truth in order to cover up the lie."
Chen Zhao was trembling all over. His body felt cold and hot for a while, and he suddenly collapsed on the ground.
Suddenly remembering something, he gritted his teeth and asked,
"Where did this puppet come from? Was it made by Gu Qingyuan? She must have looked at the puppets in my house and wanted to deceive you."
"Jing Heng. Don't be deceived by such a wanton woman who takes advantage of you."
"She didn't want to marry Marquis Jingyi, so she came to seduce you and asked you to steal the bride and be laughed at by the people in Kyoto. Isn't she miserable for you?"
After Chen Zhao was exposed, he already gave up and simply spoke openly.
Pei Jinting was looking at Chen Zhao coldly with his arms folded. When he heard these words, his ears were no less than thunder exploding.
He had always been concerned about the matter of snatching the bride, because he was afraid that Gu Qingyuan would be harmed.
But he didn't expect that Chen Zhao would find out about it and expose it.
A stern look flashed in his eyes, his thin lips straightened, and his eyebrows raised slightly, "If you can't learn to speak human language, I can teach you."
At this moment, a person came in from outside.
"What did you say? The bride-kidnapping was premeditated?"