He leaned down with a half-smile on his lips: "Princess, can you explain to me where your martial arts, your literacy, and your intimate knowledge of Nanyan Chaotang come from?
?”
Xiao Lingyue's heart sank.
really
Her previous feeling was correct, and Zhan Beihan became suspicious of her identity.
He had mentioned it several times before, but he never asked it like this. Xiao Lingyue also pretended to be stupid, pretending that she didn't know anything, and changed the topic.
But she has always been very clear in her heart that there is a huge difference between her and the real "Miss Xiao".
This difference is irreparable.
Because after all, they are two completely different people.
Different souls and different living environments since childhood result in completely different personalities, habits, thoughts, and ideas in all aspects.
It can even be said to be a world of difference.
Let alone Zhan Beihan.
Even if the servants of the Xiao family came to identify them, it would be easy to tell the difference between the two.
This was also the main reason why Xiao Lingyue wanted to escape from marriage in the first place.
She knew she couldn't hide it from Zhan Beihan, and he would definitely become suspicious as long as she came into contact with him.
And the life of "Miss Xiao" was too simple, so simple that Xiao Lingyue couldn't find any excuses to explain her change in personality.
Now that Zhan Beihan had expressed his suspicions, Xiao Lingyue breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if the sharp sword hanging above his head had finally fallen.
Fortunately, she was prepared, knowing that Zhan Beihan would become suspicious one day, and she had already thought of a way to deal with it.
"I thought you were going to say something? It turned out to be this."
Xiao Lingyue pretended to be understated and said: "I am from a family of military commanders. Although I have a bad relationship with the Xiao family, I have been influenced by it since I was a child. Is it not unusual to know some martial arts? Also, who said I am illiterate? The Xiao family
Although it's not good for me, I am the eldest daughter after all, and I can't be laughed at when I go out. The eldest daughter of a dignified general's palace can't even write.
Therefore, I also learned to read and write when I was young, but it didn’t last long.
After I left the capital, I practiced more when I had free time, and I got good at it naturally.
There’s nothing surprising about this, right?”
After hearing this, Zhan Beihan raised his eyebrows with a half-smile: "You mean, you knew how to practice martial arts and read characters when you were in the Xiao family? Did I make a mistake?"
"I didn't say you made a mistake in checking." Of course Xiao Lingyue would not admit this.
In Northern Qin, as long as there was something Zhan Beihan wanted to know, there was nothing he could not find out with high accuracy.
The two of them knew this very well.
Xiao Lingyue could only avoid the important and ignore the important: "However, the information you found is only superficial information. You also know that I am not taken seriously in the Xiao family, and I am treated harshly and neglected by my stepmother. If she knows that I secretly practice martial arts and calligraphy, she will definitely
They are trying different ways to torment me. Of course I have to avoid it and don’t dare to be known."
Zhan Beihan understood immediately and smiled more and more, "Are you trying to say that you have deceived everyone in the Xiao family and are hiding your clumsiness on purpose?"
"That's right!" Xiao Lingyue opened her eyes and told lies, but she still had reasons.
She continued: "You must be aware of the situation in the Xiao family's backyard. Xiao Chenggang is indifferent and Mrs. Xiao is mean. She has always treated me, my stepdaughter, extremely harshly. I was young at the time and could not resist, so I could only swallow my anger.
, hiding one’s weakness and seeking self-protection.”