After Playing the Fool and Marrying the Blind Villain [Transmigration] - Chap 2
“…….”
Pei Yi saw Bo Yueming’s expression and felt a little cautious.
Playing stupid for the first time and not being very skilled in this business, could he have accidentally frightened the other party with excessive force?
The servants didn’t expect to see such an excellent scene. They couldn’t help but whisper, and even sneaked out a few laughs.
Bo Guancheng, having been pushed to the ground, witness Pei Yi’s double-standard attitude and his accumulated dissatisfaction promptly erupted—
He had originally wanted to provoke Pei Yi to go crazy and resist, and take the opportunity to humiliate Bo Yueming, but the other party pushed him to the ground without warning and even loudly shunned him for being ugly?
If this matter was to be spread, where could he show his face in the Imperial Capital circle? Lifting a rock and smashing his own foot, what could be more anguishing than this?
Bo Guangcheng’s complexion changed again and again, with far more brilliant tones than a color palette.
Footsteps sounded one after another.
The Bo family and Pei Ruzhang, who were staying in the living room, approached together. Seeing that his eldest grandson had fallen to the ground, Old Mr. Bo immediately dismissed the servants watching. “What are you looking at? All of you, leave!”
“Guancheng, ah, are you all right? Stand up and have a look, are you hurt?”
As he spoke, he glanced at the ‘culprit’ with implied dissatisfaction.
The group of them had heard Pei Yi’s earth-shattering disgust from a long distance away.
He dared to put his most beloved eldest grandson on the spot in the Bo family’s territory? If not for the marriage cooperation between Bo and Pei, he would have someone throw Pei Yi, a fool who couldn’t tell good from bad, out the door!
How could Pei Yi fail to notice Old Mr. Pei’s look? He pretended to play dumb and deliberately hid behind Bo Yueming.
Bo Yueming noticed the slight movements of the people around him, and understood the general idea from the old man’s few words. A gleam of light flashed from the bottom of his seemingly ashen eyes.
He fumbled to put down the cup and stood to slightly shield Pei Yi. “Young Master Pei and Dage joked around on a whim. What could be the matter?”
“You have an eye—”
Old Mr. Bo’s dissatisfaction was on the verge of coming to light, but due to the presence of outsiders, he stopped in time.
Bo Yueming heard the implication and laughed inaudibly. “Grandpa is right to worry, it is better to ask the doctor to take a good look at Dage. In the case of a broken leg or other important parts, there will be one more person to recuperate at home.”
When these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone in the Bo family changed subtly.
Ever since Bo Yueming was injured in a car accident, Old Mr. Bo had forcibly withheld the business projects in his hands on the grounds of “recuperating from illness” and handed them over to the main branch family where Bo Guangcheng originated.
“Grandpa, don’t worry, I’m fine.” Bo Guancheng got up from the ground in advance.
He was gnashing his teeth in anger at Pei Yi, but he didn’t want anything to affect this carefully planned marriage, so he tried his best to maintain his usual genteel mask.
“Director Pei, I think Pei Yi really likes Yueming. Just now, he was holding on and refusing to let go.”
One sentence brought the topic back to proper business.
Pei Ruzhang pretended to be surprised. “Really?”
Old Mr. Bo set up the sheet music of an elder and followed the trend. “Yueming, the marriage between the two families has been discussed. Starting from today. Little Young Master Pei will move in here.”
“You two adapt to it through contact, and when your eyes are fully recovered, pick a good day to get the certificate and marry.”
Everyone coordinated to say what was on their minds, these cunning old foxes.
Hearing Old Mr. Bo’s “forced” request, Pei Yi silently looked at Bo Yueming in front of him—
He thought that Bo Yueming would have a few more words of objection, but unexpectedly, he promptly agreed. “Since Grandpa and the elders have discussed it, let it be so.”
Hearing this, each scheming person smiled in unison.
“You two young people chat alone. Director Pei, come to the tea room for some tea?”
“Of course, I would love to.”
The group of people came and went, and the huge back garden became quiet again.
Pei Yi stared at the distant figures and silently complained in his heart—
It really is a business marriage that couldn’t be more perfunctory.
Once the cooperation agreement was signed, these two people had no use whatsoever.
Suddenly, Bo Yueming turned around and leaned closer. Pei Yi subconsciously tried to distance himself, but his waist bumped up against the small table behind him.
—Bang.
The bumped table made a bit of noise, and Pei Yi had taken half a step back when he could go no father. In front of him, Bo Yueming suddenly stopped, and his lowered eyes seemed to flicker.
The two were so close that Pei Yi, who was half surrounded, seemed to be able to smell Bo Yueming’s scent. The faint aroma of ebony wood gave him an indescribable cold feeling, and that mixed-race face did not lose its brilliance due to the eye disease. Upon closer inspection, it was so handsome that one could forget how to breathe.
Pei Yi met Bo Yueming’s out-of-focus dark blue eyes, held his breath, and reached out a hand to shake it in front of his face.
Bo Yueming seemed to sense something and said, “Pei Yi.”
Caught, Pei Yi quickly withdrew his hand and gave an inaudible hum.
“Whether you understand or not—”
Bo Yueming paused for a moment, and there was stern resistance within his calmness. “The things you did and said just now are not allowed to appear in front of me again in the future.”
“……”
Pei Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then raised his eyebrows in understanding.
Sure enough, the villain of the original book could not just be bought off with a kiss or a confession.
The silence on both sides lasted only a moment, when a middle-aged man in his forties walked out of the standalone villa and quickly came before Bo Yueming. “Second Young Master.”
Bo Yueming could distinguish human voices. The other party was one of the housekeepers of the Bo family, and had been by his side to help with small matters since his childhood.
Bo Yueming took two steps back to distance himself from Pei Yi. “Uncle Kai, I left my cane just now, you accompany me to the study.”
Uncle Kai looked at Pei Yi uncertainly. “Then this Little Young Master Pei……”
Bo Yueming took a quick step. “Let’s go.”
There were surveillance cameras all around the manor, and servants passed by from time to time, so it was not easy to have an accident.
Uncle Kai was still afraid that Bo Yueming, who had eye problems, would accidentally fall, so he hurriedly followed.
Standing there, Pei Yi waited until the two of them entered the house and then sat down on his own. He didn’t feel that he was being treated coldly at all. On the contrary, he fully understood Bo Yueming’s indifference—
A fool and a blind man.
This marriage was obviously a kind of humiliation. It would be strange if the other party was in a good mood at the moment.
. . . . . .
In the separate small villa.
Uncle Kai dismissed the servants and paced quickly toward the study’s French window. “Second Young Master, have you really decided to accept this marriage?”
Boo Yueming tapped on the windowsill. He was clearly facing the light, but his vision was still covered by a layer of fog. “The matter is certain. No matter how much I object, it’s just a waste of time.”
For wealthy and powerful families, marriage had always been one of the important means of mastering business resources and contacts.
If it was said that the Pei family wanted to rid themselves of the burden of Pei Yi in exchange for benefits, then besides humiliating Bo Yueming, the main line of the Bo family wanted to take the opportunity to cut off his path of retreat.
Rely on marriage to obtain support from in-laws? Come to seize family rights again in the future? Don’t even think about it.
Uncle Kai understood the main line’s calculations, and was distressed and angry. “Second Young Master, what should we do next?”
“There is no hurry at this moment. Let them think they have succeeded, and they will relax their guard against me.” Bo Yueming reached up and touched his eyes. “Uncle Kai, is everything arranged at the hospital?”
First and foremost was his eyes.
Uncle Kai lowered his voice. “It has been arranged. Only, it is said that your possibility of recovery is very low. Doctor Lin’s re-examination is scheduled for half a month later.”
“All right.”
Uncle Kai remembered Pei Yi left behind in the garden, and opened his mouth to ask his intentions. “What about the arrangements for Little Young Master Pei?”
Bo Yueming suddenly remembered something and requested, “Uncle Kai, you follow him back to the Pei residence later. Just say you’re helping with the luggage.”
Uncle Kai was taken aback. “Helping with luggage?”
Bo Yueming was vigilant. “Take this opportunity to investigate the real situation in the Pei residence. In the case that he is a spy that Bo Guancheng arranged for me, we must be on our guard.”
Although Bo Yueming couldn’t see presently, Pei Yi’s words and deeds in the garden just now gave him a nuanced feeling.
Uncle Kai grasped this intuitively. “I understand.”
. . . . . .
The garden was shaded by greenery, and with the grass stirring in the wind, it wasn’t stuffy.
Pei Yi ignored Bo Yueming and drank the remaining half cup of coffee, taking a small untouched biscuit from the table to satisfy his hunger. As a knowledgeable book transmigrator, the reason why he didn’t resist this marriage was very simple —
The original owner was a fool, his ID card was kept by the elders of the Pei family, and he didn’t have the ability to make money independently. In this society where it was difficult to move without documents and money, it was almost impossible for Pei Yi to “escape” when he first arrived.
He wanted to stay away from all of these disputes, but not at present.
According to a brief description in the original book, the original owner seldom went out after entering the Bo residence. Although Bo Yueming ignored him, he never treated him harshly.
Pei Yi needed this sort of “being ignored” free life. He had to secretly use the cover of the Bo family to accumulate his own capital before finding the right time to leave.
Just as he was pondering, the figure of the housekeeper, Uncle Kai, reappeared in his vision.
In order not to reveal his secrets in front of outsiders, Pei Yi quickly adopted a very nervous expression and hid the half-eaten biscuit firmly behind him. “M-mine.”
Uncle Kai met his vigilant and well-behaved little eyes, and his tone softened a bit. “Don’t be afraid, Little Young Master. Eat as much as you want. I will follow you back to the Pei residence later, and we will come back after packing your luggage.”
Although he knew that Pei Yi was mentally unwhole, Uncle Kai still told him the reason they had thought up.
“…….”
Follow me back to the Pei residence?
Coincidentally, he was trying to deal with some old affairs on behalf of the original owner, and needed an outsider as a witness.
Pei Yi squeezed the biscuit tightly with his fingertips, and then nodded obediently. “Okay.”
. . . . . .
When the group returned to the Pei residence, it was just in time for dinner.
Old Father Pei, who was over eighty years old, was sitting at the head of the table. Deng Xiuya, who was beside him, saw her husband come home and got up to greet him. “Ruzhang, you’re finally back. How did the talks go?”
As she spoke, she noticed Uncle Kai’s unfamiliar face. “Who is this?”
“This is Gao Kai, one of the housekeepers of the Bo family.”
Pei Ruzhang took the initiative to introduce him, and by the way, gave Old Father Pei a veiled look. “Father, the affairs of the two families have been settled, and the senior housekeeper purposely followed Xiao Yi to pack his luggage.”
The marriage was settled?
Old Father Pei squinted his eyes and produced the etiquette of the family head. “Senior housekeeper, please sit down for a light meal?”
“Many thanks, Old Father Pei, for your kindness. However, Second Young Master Bo is busy back home, so I won’t delay any longer.” Uncle Kai was neither overbearing nor humble, and didn’t go around in circles with the Pei family either. “Where is the little young master’s bedroom? I can help him pack his luggage.”
“Senior housekeeper will personally pack for Xiao Yi?”
Old Father Pei set down his chopsticks unhurriedly and avoided staring at Uncle Kai.
At the same time, Pei Ruzhang glanced toward the corner of the second floor for a moment, then quickly winked at his wife.
Pei Yi, who was standing at the end, had a clear view of his family’s tricks, and couldn’t help but find it amusing—
For the sake of their own reputation, the Pei couple claimed to raise the original owner as their own son, and from time to time, would dress him up and bring him to parties to add credibility.
Now, if Uncle Kai saw the small, simple bedroom of the original owner, wouldn’t everything be revealed? It could be estimated that they were looking for a reason to decline.
Sure enough, Deng Xiuya opened her mouth and made up a reason, “Senior housekeeper, you don’t know, ah, our Xiao Yi’s mind is not very sound, and he always says there is a baby in his room. Even if we enter the room, he will go crazy and lose his temper.”
Uncle Kai’s probing eyes fell on Pei Yi’s face, and he also heard Deng Xiuya suggest—
“Xiao Yi is only willing to let Aunt Cheng, the nanny who looks after him, into the room. How about you sit down in the living room? I will ask Aunt Cheng to accompany him to pack.”
“Yes, ah, let me do it.”
The nanny had the ability to see what needed to be done, and quickly walked to Pei Yi’s side. “Little Young Master, let’s go upstairs to pack your things first, so as not to keep guests waiting.”
Pei Yi suppressed the coldness in his heart and nodded slowly.
The good show was still to come. There was no rush.
Master and servant went up to the second floor, and walked towards the small room at the end around the corner.
After confirming that the people downstairs would not notice any abnormalities, the false affection on the nanny’s face vanished immediately. “What does a fool like you have to pack? Day after day, you find troublesome things for me to do.”
She changed back to the impatient look she wore before going out, cursing softly, “It would be better if you had just drowned in the swimming pool back then!”
As soon as these words fell, the aura around Pei Yi became sharp, and he kicked the door open.
—Bang!
The sudden fit shocked the nanny in place, and she even bit her tongue with clattering teeth. “Hiss, ouch!”
Pei Yi gave the nanny a cold look, then walked straight into the bedroom and looked at the small bed.
At this moment, the blanket on the bed was empty. The jade pendant he had taken off before going out had long since disappeared.
