After Playing the Fool and Marrying the Blind Villain [Transmigration] - Chap 3
Pei Yi had already guessed this would happen, and looked at the nanny, Chen Rong, who was still in a daze at the door. “Where is my jade pendant?”
“…….”
There seemed to be an invisible undercurrent surging in those usually timid eyes, and Cheng Rong was subconsciously frightened. “Little Young Master, what are you talking about?”
There was a cold arc at the corners of Pei Yi’s mouth. He could see it better than anyone else—
The original owner’s father was once the most valued son of the old Pei couple. After he passed away unexpectedly in the early years, the original owner, who was still in his infancy, was raised under the knees of Old Mr. and Mrs. Pei.
When he was young, the original owner was also a clever child in the wealthy circle of the Imperial capital, until he was ten years old and became a fool due to an accident. After treatment failed, he had fits one after another and became a big joke.
Old Father Pei, who always cared about face, became cold toward his grandson and simply tossed him aside and avoided seeing him.
But the soft-hearted Old Mrs. Pei couldn’t bear it. She took good care of the original owner’s three meals a day, and if there was something valuable and good, she would give it to him in the hopes that he could return to normal one day.
It was a pity that heaven failed to fulfill people’s wishes.
Old Mrs. Pei was hospitalized due to illness, and since then, the original owner had completely lost his place in the family. Even the nanny Chen Rong began to have a treacherous heart—
In the name of taking care of the original owner, she first embezzled Old Mrs. Pei’s private money left to supplement the original owner during her hospitalization. When the other party got sick and died without financial subsidies, she began to pick up items from the original owner’s room.
She either sold them for money to supplement her family, or stole them to give to her precious son. Even if someone asked, she would only say that the Little Young Master lost them.
This person was simply a weasel kept at home!
Cheng Rong, who was standing at the door, felt guilty under Pei Yi’s unblinking gaze.
The jade pendant that the other party had been wearing around his neck was given by Old Mrs. Pei a few years ago, and looked very valuable. Chen Rong had never found the right time to steal it, but today she actually discovered—
The other party had left the jade pendant on the bed before changing clothes and going out?
Could this be done?
Thus, taking advantage of everyone’s lack of attention, Chen Rong took the jade pendant back to her room. She planned to take it out and sell it when she had time, but how could she have known that Pei Yi would ask about it as soon as he entered the room?
Pei Yi calmly questioned, “Where is my jade pendant?”
“What jade pendant?” Nanny Chen Rong denied it. “I didn’t see any jade pendant!”
She thought that Pei Yi was just trying to put on a brave face momentarily, and came forward to blame him first, “You’re asking me about something you lost?”
“That jade pendant was given to you by the old man! Yelling so loudly, do you want him to find out too?”
Pei Yi didn’t speak. The ridicule in his eyes became more obvious.
One second, she lied and said she didn’t know anything, but the next, she knew that the jade pendant was a gift from Old Father Pei. The truth had already been leaked!
Chen Rong saw that ordinary scolding was useless, and immediately tried to twist Pei Yi’s arm—
In the past, whenever she was asked to find something, Chen Rong first moved him away from Old Father Pei and forcibly suppressed him, then used her own hands to grapple with him. In just three to five blows, she was able to scare the timid original owner into silence.
It was a pity that Pei Yi was not the original owner, and he had seen through her wishful thinking.
Before going out, he used the jade pendant as bait, just waiting for the weasel to fall into the trap. This good show wouldn’t stop here at the beginning.
Pei Yi quickly grasped Chen Rong’s wrist and pushed it away before the other party could react. “Get lost!”
—Bang!
The unsteady Chen Rong fell backwards toward the desk table.
The cluttered things on the table fell all over the floor, making noise one after another.
Chen Rong slumped on the ground in disgrace. Her shoulder had accidentally knocked against the corner of the table, and her expression distorted at the instant pain. “Ow! Ow…..”
Pei Yi ignored her and smashed a glass vase to the ground with force, making the commotion even louder.
After doing so, Pei Yi lowered his eyes to his long-sleeved thin coat, restrained his hostility, and waited quietly for other people to appear.
Sure enough, the sound of footsteps came quickly.
Old Father Pei, who was walking in front, saw the mess in the room, and there was a bit of displeasure in his eyes. “What is going on?”
Seeing the people gathered at the door, Chen Rong immediately held her left arm and pretended to be in pain. It was just that she hadn’t yet started brewing a favorable mood when a sudden burst of sobs fell into her ears.
“Grandpa, the jade pendant, the jade pendant is gone.”
“…….”
Everyone looked in unison toward the source of the sound.
At this moment, Pei Yi’s big eyes were flushed red, and big tears fell down as he timidly lowered his head. His cheeks and even the tip of his nose were red, and with his pitiful little appearance, he seemed to have been greatly wronged, as if he had been bullied ruthlessly!
Chen Rong stared at the ‘face-changing’ Pei Yi in astonishment. There was no associating him with his fierce appearance just now.
The Pei couple who accompanied them up exchanged glances, a little disbelieving—
They were used to seeing Pei Yi acting foolish and crazy on normal days, and even his crying was just random noises, very annoying!
At this moment, the other party actually changed his normal behavior and only shed tears without making a fuss, and the words he cried out in a low voice moved peoples’ hearts.
Seeing this, Uncle Kai, who was standing behind Old Father Pei, couldn’t help but speak up for Pei Yi, “Little Young Master, what jade pendant is missing?”
Pei Yi cautiously approached Old Father Pei, touching the empty space on his neck and weeping softly, “Grandpa gave it, the jade pendant, she….took it away….and hid it. I want the jade pendant.”
His stumbling voice was full of urgency, and sounded like he was trying hard to explain to everyone.
Old Father Pei’s expression changed slightly, and he immediately understood—
Although he didn’t like the foolish Pei Yi, he was his own grandson, after all. On the other party’s eighteenth birthday, he had improvised and asked the housekeeper to take out a white jade ruyi pendant from the store room to use as a coming-of-age gift.
Pei Yi had always worn the jade around his neck, never taking it off.
Old Father Pei saw Pei Yi’s pitiful and urgent look, and suddenly remembered the other party’s childhood. He would crowd around him and call him grandpa affectionately, keeping gifts properly after he received them.
Looking back, even if his mind was foolish, this person never lost the jade pendant he had given away casually.
There was a crack in Old Father Pei’s hard and indifferent heart, and he looked at Chen Rong. “Tell me, what is going on? Did you hide the Little Young Master’s jade pendant?”
Chen Rong flushed and denied it, “Sir, I’ve been wronged! Little Young Master was still wearing the jade pendant when he went out!”
“It’s clear, clear that he lost it himself and was afraid to be scolded by you, so he said nonsense and put it on my head. He pushed me angrily just now, and I think I broke my arm……”
Pei Yi’s pupils shimmered, and when he turned around, he spoke in a faster tone, “I-I didn’t, you took it!”
“You, you took a lot of things from me, hit me, scolded me!” He pulled up his sleeves indiscriminately and his suppressed sobs became more and more obvious. Grandpa and Little Uncle, don’t, don’t you like me? You said they want……to sell me for money……”
Those slender arms were covered with bruises that had yet to fade, and accompanied by the uneasiness and fear of being humbled at last, the expressions of everyone present changed.
The second half of the sentence sounded like an accusation of the nanny’s words and actions, but in fact, the Pei family was being slapped in the face in front of Housekeeper Kai!
Uncle Kai frowned, and nodded in a timely manner. “I wondered why the Little Young Master was still wearing long sleeves.”
Pei Yi lowered his head to hide the glimmer of darkness in his eyes, and couldn’t help but applaud this wave of divine assists.
Although he had only transmigrated for a short time, he had already witnessed the virtues of everyone in the Pei family—
He was the best at putting on an act to save face, and it was much better to dismantle the situation in front of outsiders than to deal with it behind closed doors.
Even a nanny could step on the head of a rightful young master to beat, scold, and steal at will? Wouldn’t it be laughable if that got out?
Sure enough, Old Father Pei was so angry that had a lump in his chest, and he shouted, “All right, you skinless shrew, what are you chewing your tongue about in front of the young master?”
“I……”
Before Chen Rong could open her mouth to explain, the housekeeper, Old Zheng, hurried back with a white and translucent jade pendant held in his hand. “Sir, I just searched Chen Rong’s room and found this jade pendant in her pillowcase.”
Pei Yi snatched it back and held it tightly in his palm. “Mine!”
One didn’t need to look closely to know that this was the piece he ‘lost.’
Old Father Pei could not tolerate sand in his eyes,[1] not to mention that this incident was embarrassing in front of outsiders. He hit the floor hard with his cane. “Old Zheng, call the police immediately.”
Call the police?
Chen Rong trembled in fright, and her frantic eyes seemed to glance toward one place. How could this be? She didn’t want to go to jail!
As an outsider, Uncle Kai had a panoramic view of this scene. At any rate, he was a person with experience with wealthy families such as the Bo family, and he immediately saw through the shady acts.
“Sir, since Pei and Bo have joined through marriage, Little Young Master Pei is also a part of our Bo family. Allow me to say something presumptuous—”
Uncle Kai looked at Old Father Pei, his tone neither overbearing nor humble.
“This nanny dared to steal things, and also to lay hands on the Little Young Master. If it were someone else, I fear they wouldn’t be so bold if they had all the courage in the world. Let the police interrogate her, and perhaps……”
Uncle Kai seemed to be discussing with the Pei family couple, but in fact, there was something else in his words. “Perhaps, someone instigated or is complicit in this.”
The corners of Pei Yi’s mouth hooked briefly, and he simply wanted to applaud Uncle Kai.
Originally, he had just wanted to pull the other party over to watch the show as a witness, but he didn’t expect this person to sing along with him.
The speaker had intentions, and the listener also had intentions.
Chen Rong’s eyes darted, and she immediately crawled to Deng Xiuya’s feet. “My lady! You can’t just do nothing, ah! I only treated the Little Young Master like this after listening to your words!”
Deng Xiuya’s complexion changed abruptly, and she gave her a backhand slap. “You bitch! What nonsense! When did I ask you to steal small things!”
“…….”
Chen Rong was stunned for two seconds by the slap, and then cried louder, “It was you who told me to! When the Little Young Master was still sensible in the past, you told me to secretly agitate him so that he would remain insane for the rest of his life!”
Pei Yi watched this farce calmly—
Chen Rong, who had shattered the jar,[2] grabbed Deng Xiuya’s trousers firmly. No matter how hard the latter struggled to break free, she would not let go. Where had she suffered a broken bone?
“Old Father Pei, Sir, I lost my conscience, ah! Little Young Master, what a poor child, if the lady hadn’t instigated me every day, how would I dare to do these things under your noses?”
“Don’t call the police, ah! If I go to jail, how will I live the rest of my life? I can’t be the only one to blame for this!”
Chen Rong repented and cried to everyone, looking at Deng Xiuya with resentment in her eyes. “Right, right, I still have WeChat records, you……”
As soon as she started speaking, Deng Xiuya completely panicked.
Without regard for decency, she grabbed Chen Rong’s hair and tried to pry her away. “Old Zheng! You still aren’t having anyone throw this crazy woman out!”
Old Zheng received a hint from Old Father Pei’s glance. He hastily dragged Chen Rong out, and until the last moment when her voice vanished, she was still accusing Deng Xiuya of being a hypocrite.
The room fell silent, and the atmosphere became awkward.
Deng Xiuya, who was exposed by the nanny, felt her heart sink. She was just thinking about how to make a perfunctory explanation when—
Pei Yi looked over at once with uncertain, innocent eyes and whispered before the crowd, “Auntie, you don’t like me?”
These words added fuel to the fire.
Pei Ruzhang’s eyes turned hard, and he slapped his wife without warning.
—Pa!
Deng Xiuya clutched her burning cheek, and her mind suddenly went blank. She never expected that the slap to Chen Rong’s face would come back to her!
“…….”
Taking advantage of his wife’s silence, Pei Ruzhang pelted her with condemnation. “I always tell you to take good care of Xiao Yi, did it go in one ear and out the other?”
At this point, he, who also beat and scolded his nephew behind the scenes, only wanted to whitewash himself.
“Even if Cheng Rong framed you, she beats and scolds Xiao Yi all the time. How could you, his aunt, never notice it at all? How could you make me let my brother down!”
Deng Xiuya slowly came back to her senses and trembled with anger. “Good, ah! Pei Ruzhang! You can put on a show!”
Heedless of her previous graceful demeanor, she rushed out the door.
One farce after another.
Old Father Pei felt that he had lost all face, but could only hold onto his dignity. “Senior Housekeeper, I have been lax with my family management. I’ve made you laugh.”
“What is Mr. Pei saying? I’m just here to help the Little Young Master pack his luggage.” Uncle Kai gave a faint smile.
He understood everything, but didn’t reveal anything.
“In the future, I ask that the Second Young Master and Senior Housekeeper take care of my little grandson more.”
Old Father Pei motioned to Uncle Kai, looking at Pei Yi with a mixture of sincerity and hypocrisy. “Xiao Yi, if you’re homesick, just tell me, and I’ll ask your uncle to pick you up at any time.”
Pei Yi didn’t have much to say, but nodded with feigned reluctance.
. . . . . .
It wasn’t until Pei Ruzheng helped the “unwell” Old Father Pei leave that Pei Yi took the opportunity to hide in the bathroom.
He looked at himself in the mirror, saw that his eyes were still wet, and casually wiped away the liquid with his fingertips. “They didn’t keep their good face?”
Wait and see, ba.
This was just the beginning. Sooner or later, the Pei family’s deceitful face would be torn off layer by layer!
[1] If you can’t tolerate sand in your eyes (眼里容不得沙子), you cannot tolerate things that are inconsistent with your view or interests. ⮐
[2] Shattered the jar = everything has been revealed. ⮐
