stern wife

Chapter 24 Unexpectedly
Looking at the other party's expectant and stupid expression full of 'ask me, ask me, come and ask me', Pei Youmin said impatiently:

"See what?"

Pei Xiaoran smiled triumphantly, raised his chin and announced the answer proudly:
"I saw a young lady!"

"what?!"

Several people around looked at each other, and they didn't understand what she meant. Pei Youmin also said in doubt:
"What little sister? Why didn't we see it?"

"Of course you can't see it~" Pei Xiaoran raised up a finger and shook it, vividly interpreting a little kid who loves to be mysterious and grandstanding. She looked at Pei Youmin and said crisply:
"I saw that young lady after she fell into the water! She was so pretty and smiled at me! But I didn't see her again after I went ashore. It was strange, the water was so cold, why did she stay in it? ? Isn't she afraid of the cold? I was frozen."

Except for Pei Huayu and the sisters who had never heard of ghost stories, all the people present changed their faces.

The girl beside Pei Huayu forced a smile twice, and said:
"Miss Six, don't talk nonsense. How can people live in water? Miss Six must be wrong."

"Not at all!" Pei Xiaoran seemed a little angry because the girl didn't believe her, and pointed at the place where she fell into the water and said loudly:
"That young lady is right there! If you don't believe me, go down and have a look! That young lady told me that it's so cold down here, I hope someone can go down with her! But I don't like staying in the water, so I refused her, she looked at me I didn’t want to, so I let go of the hand that had been holding me all the time, her hand looks so strange, it’s skinny, and there’s no flesh.”

Everyone followed her fingers and saw that direction, which was indeed the place where Pei Xiaoran fell into the water last time...

"Ah! Ahhh!"

A heart-piercing scream exploded in their ears, and when everyone heard the sound, they saw Pei Youmin fall to the ground for some reason, while stepping back, she stared at the place where Pei Xiaoran fell into the water, with a pretty face Her face was as pale as paper, and she let out an extremely horrified scream, which frightened everyone, and rushed forward to help her up.

Pei Xiaoran was also taken aback, er...To be honest, she just made it up casually. The purpose was just to scare Pei Youmin so that she would not dare to harm anyone again. But Pei Youmin's reaction greatly surprised her. expected.

I saw the girl who was still calm when she was coaxed to go to the lake just now, but now her eyes are wide open and her face is distorted, as if she saw something extremely terrifying, she waved her arms madly, and shouted incoherently. :
"Don't come here! It's not me! It's not me! Don't come here!"

Pei Xiaoran frowned slightly, thoughtfully.

Pei Youmin's reaction... is obviously different from others. Could it be that there is something tricky in this lake?
She changed her mind, and gave an order to the group of girls who finally helped Pei Youmin up:
"Send Cousin You Min back to the Second Madam, and leave one person to fetch the doctor!"

When the girls were at a loss, when they heard the order, they immediately had a direction, and they couldn't care less about wondering why the person who gave the order was a child like Pei Xiaoran, so they quickly followed the order.

"Cousin Youmin... What's wrong with Cousin Youmin?"

Pei Huayu shrank behind Pei Xiaoran, and asked weakly.

Pei Xiaoran turned around, and saw that Pei Huayu and Pei Shuli's faces were pale, and they both stared at the direction in which Pei Youmin was being helped to leave, their lustrous eyes were full of puzzlement and panic.

At their age, although they don't know what ghosts are and won't be frightened by ghosts, they will also be frightened when they suddenly see a crazy person.

After all, they are still two children, no matter how scheming they are taught by Aunt Zhao, they will still be confused and afraid like ordinary children when encountering uncontrollable situations.

Pei Xiaoran gave the two of them a comforting smile, and said:
"Don't be afraid, I'm here, let's go, let's go see Cousin Youmin, I hope nothing will happen to Cousin Youmin."

Pei Huayu and Pei Shuli looked at me and I looked at you, and they couldn't help showing a look of resistance.

When Pei Shuli thought of Pei Youmin's crazy appearance just now, she shook her head in fright, and said to Pei Huayu in a mournful voice:

"Sister... I'm afraid, I don't want to go..."

Pei Huayu looked at her sister who was holding her hand and couldn't stop begging, then glanced at Pei Xiaoran, finally broke away from her sister's hand, and said to Pei Xiaoran:
"My sister is afraid, so don't let her go. I'll go with Sixth Sister."

Pei Xiaoran sneered in his heart, always reminding himself that the other party's kindness to him was all to make her let go of her guard and give her a fatal blow in the future, but there was only a little hesitation on her face, she looked at her face and was about to Pei Shuli, who was so frightened that she cried, said to Pei Huayu:

"Forget it, the eighth younger sister is so scared, you'd better go back with her to find your mother, I'll just go by myself, and I'll tell you the result when I come back."

Hearing this, Pei Huayu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then asked with concern:

"What about Sixth Sister? Isn't Sixth Sister afraid?"

Pei Xiaoran shook his head, patted his chest carelessly, and said:
"I am a person with martial arts, no one can hurt me!"

Only then did Pei Huayu nod, she turned around and took Pei Shuli's little hand, and hurried away amidst the girls' comforting voices.

Pei Xiaoran watched them walk away, then turned around and walked towards the second lady's yard.

Ling Yu silently followed behind her.

Just now when Pei Youmin lured Pei Xiaoran to play on the dangerous thin ice again, just like the last time Pei Youmin lured Pei Xiaoran into the water, she just stood on the sidelines not too far away.

But for some reason, when she followed Pei Xiaoran as if she hadn't seen anything after watching coldly this time, she felt inexplicably guilty.

——It was as if someone had found out that he had done something bad.

Biting her lower lip hard, Ling Yu looked at the little back who walked in front as if she didn't pose any threat, and could only keep convincing herself that she was supercilious.

The second wife, Mrs. Ye, was in the main hall discussing New Year's gift giving with a few confidantes, when she suddenly heard a burst of chaotic footsteps coming from outside the door. When she looked up, she saw a group of maids stumbling in with Pei Youmin supported.

Pei Youmin seemed to be still haunted by something invisible, waving her arms and screaming loudly: "Don't come here! It's not me! It's not me!"

The second lady's complexion suddenly changed, she threw the gift slip in her hand and ran over, holding her daughter's shoulders with both hands, she sternly asked the girl beside her:
"How is this going?!"

(End of this chapter)