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

Chapter 29 The Insidious Male: My Cousin Gives the Things I Don't Accept to the Fourth Brother?

Shen Shuyi's expression stiffened a little. Suddenly, she remembered that in the original novel, Pei Si regarded Pei Shizi as his primary enemy.

The second branch of the Pei family has always been overshadowed by the first branch, and Pei Si, being an illegitimate son, had a difficult time in the Marquis's mansion. As a child, Pei Si lived an inhuman life, while the heir apparent was the opposite, being the center of attention and adored by everyone.

The vastly different circumstances of the two men caused Pei Si to feel extremely unbalanced, so it was only natural that he would not get along with Pei Shizi.

In the original text, Pei Si deliberately approached the female lead because she was in love with Pei Shizi. There was another reason, of course: the female lead was Li Shi's niece. To get revenge on Li Shi, Pei Si naturally wanted to get his hands on the female lead.

But later, he was unconsciously attracted to the female lead, truly fell in love with her, and even gave her his heart.

But she's not the female lead. Pei Dongzhou only hugged her because she fainted. If she gets targeted by Pei Si just because of that, it would be too unfair.

"Fourth cousin, you've misunderstood. I fainted that day because A-Jian begged the Crown Prince, and he reluctantly helped me up. The Crown Prince is a man who values ​​rules and reputation above all else; how could he possibly have any contact with me? If you don't believe me, you can ask Third Cousin; he was there at the time." Shen Shuyi quickly clarified this less-than-ideal misunderstanding.

Pei Beizhou looked behind Shen Shuyi and asked with a smile, "Big brother, is what Cousin Shen said true?"

Shen Shuyi's hair stood on end. She turned around abruptly and saw Pei Dongzhou standing not far behind them.

Prince Pei, dressed in a light crimson official robe, stood tall, bathed in the bright sunlight, which added a touch of vibrancy to his gentle demeanor.

It must be said that the male lead is handsome at all times, but she really has no mood to appreciate the good looks in front of her.

Shen Shuyi quickly went through her mind to see if she had said anything bad about Prince Pei. Fortunately, she had tried her best to clarify that she had been in contact with Prince Pei and had not offended him.

Therefore, Prince Pei had no reason to undermine her.

Pei Dongzhou walked over slowly. With each step he took, the light scarlet official robes on his body billowed like clouds, making people uneasy.

Shen Shuyi felt inexplicably nervous, as if she sensed something unusual in Pei Shizi's gentle smile.

Pei Dongzhou walked slowly to Shen Shuyi, his gaze falling on the amulet in her hand. If there were no surprises, this amulet was the one she had bought at Dajue Temple last time.

She had kept these days because she wanted to give them to the fourth son.

Shen Shu noticed Pei Dongzhou's gaze fall on the amulet in her hand, and quickly remembered that Pei Dongzhou had seen her amulet before.

But what's the big deal? Her peace charm is the most ordinary one, you can see it anywhere, so why is Pei Dongzhou looking at it so intently?
Just as she was wondering, Prince Pei suddenly reached out and his long, slender fingers snatched the crumpled amulet away: "Didn't you say you were going to give it to me? If I don't accept something, my cousin can give it to the fourth prince."

Shen Shuyi: ? ? ?

But then Shen Shuyi's mind raced, and she suddenly understood Pei Dongzhou's sinister intentions. Pei Beizhou's expression darkened instantly.

He was deliberately hinting to Pei Beizhou that this amulet was something Pei Dongzhou didn't want, so she was making use of it and giving it to Pei Beizhou.

In other words, doesn't that mean he can only pick up what Pei Dongzhou doesn't want?

What a cunning male.

[Warning! Warning! Pei Beizhou's favorability towards the host has dropped to -98%]

"Your Highness is overthinking this. I just picked up this amulet and thought it fell from Fourth Cousin. Besides, giving a amulet is like a private exchange. How could I give it to Your Highness for no reason? Could it be that Cousin Xia gave it to Your Highness and Your Highness has the wrong person? Or are you deliberately trying to smear me to protect Cousin Xia?" Shen Shuyi said, shrinking her neck and hiding behind Pei Beizhou as if she were afraid.

Pei Beizhou turned to look at Shen Shuyi, who blinked her big eyes and raised her hand to swear, "I swear on my life, I have never given my cousin, the Crown Prince, a good luck charm." Pei Si's favorability towards her mustn't drop any further. If it does, she's finished.

At this moment, she didn't care whether Pei Shizi's favorability towards her would drop; she had to appease Pei Si first.

She was really robbing Peter to pay Paul, patching things up every day just to survive.

Pei Beizhou then realized that Pei Dongzhou had deliberately misled him. Did that mean that the Crown Prince Pei disliked Shen Shuyi?

Thinking about this possibility, he suddenly found Shen Shuyi's face much more pleasing to the eye.

He walked slowly up to Pei Dongzhou and held out his hand: "This is a lucky charm that I accidentally dropped. Please return it to me, brother."

Pei Dongzhou looked at Shen Shuyi not far away, his expression still gentle, but his eyes were unfathomable.

Shen Shuyi looked left and right, feeling superfluous in her position. Having already completed her task, she had just secretly glanced at Pei Beizhou and found that his favorability rating towards her had instantly plummeted to -90%.

This shows that her explanation, which risked offending Pei Dongzhou, was effective.

Fortunately, Pei Dongzhou's affection for her did not decrease further.

Just as Shen Shuyi was about to turn around and run away, Pei Dongzhou called out to her, "Cousin, come here."

Shen Shuyi paused, wondering what trick Prince Pei was up to now.

Can she pretend she didn't hear it?
But thinking that she might have to win over these two male leads in the future, she obediently walked up to Pei Dongzhou and asked, "What are your orders, Cousin Prince?"

Pei Dongzhou revealed the amulet in his hand: "Once something is in my possession, there is no reason to part with it."

Shen Shuyi: ? ? ?

Why can't she understand?
Pei Beizhou frowned slightly, glancing at Pei Dongzhou and then at Shen Shuyi.

It was just a peace charm, so why wouldn't Prince Pei give it to him? And he even used the word "sacrifice".

Something's not right. Prince Pei is acting strangely, and Shen Shuyi, that woman, is acting strangely too.

His gaze fell on Shen Shuyi's face. His previous impression of this woman was that she was a lovesick fool who would seduce any man, and she wore all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry.

Today, she wore a moon-white plain satin dress, her hair styled in a simple girlish bun, with a jade bamboo-shaped tassel hairpin slanted across the bun, and a pair of jade earrings on her fair earlobes.

Her skin was fair, and her face was free of makeup, yet she possessed a fresh and refined beauty, like a pure white gardenia blooming in the morning.

Shen Shu felt a little guilty seeing Pei Beizhou openly scrutinizing him.

No way, no way, is my affection for her going to drop again?

"Cousin, you be the judge. Who should receive this peace charm?" Pei Dongzhou's words successfully brought Shen Shuyi back to her senses.

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