bookcurios Chapter 211 I know you're in there!
Chapter 211 I know you're in there!
Seeing that Kong Xinyu had left, the three people in the room all put down their cards and stopped pretending.
How could they possibly be really here to play cards?
After Pei Jiyue received the video from An Ling, she sent it directly to the An and Pei families through the group chat, so they all knew about Xuan Rui's choice and Pei Jiyue's plans.
After learning that Xuan Rui had indeed put the medicine in the milk and personally brought it to Pei Mingyu, Pei Yuning asked the An brothers to come and keep Pei Mingyu company.
On the one hand, they were there to comfort Pei Mingyu, and on the other hand, to prevent Pei Jinhao from coming up with any underhanded tricks after he realized that his plan had failed, as he feared that Pei Mingyu would be unable to handle the situation alone.
So after Kong Xinyu left, the An brothers didn't leave either, and went straight to sleep in Pei Mingyu's room.
But to their surprise, nothing happened that night.
They thought Pei Jinhao had given up temporarily after realizing his plan had failed that night, until they were woken up by a commotion outside the door the next day, and realized that things seemed to be different from what they had expected.
"I went to Xiaoyu's room to look for her this morning, but she wasn't there at all. I searched the living room and kitchen but couldn't find her. She didn't answer my phone either. She must be in Pei Mingyu's room!"
Su Xiaowan's shrill voice made everyone's eardrums feel a little uncomfortable.
"If he dares to do anything to my daughter, I will never let him get away with it!"
Now, apart from Pei Mingyu, An Chong, and An Jun, all the other members of the An and Pei families have been woken up by Su Xiaowan's noise all morning and are gathered outside Pei Mingyu's room.
They were also baffled.
Didn't yesterday's plan fall through?
What is Su Xiaowan up to right now?
Did Kong Xinyu forget to inform them yesterday, so Pei Jinhao and Su Xiaowan continued acting according to the original script?
That would be so embarrassing...
Are they going to play along?
While others were still hesitating, Pei Yuning, a veteran actress, had already returned to her old profession.
“Xiaowan, you can’t just say things like that,” Pei Yuning said, feigning anger. “Xinyu might just have gone out for a walk this morning. Why are you so sure she was in Mingyu’s room?”
“Yes, yes, let’s look again. Maybe the child just didn’t check the phone and will call you back in a bit.” Pei Jinhao stepped in to play the good cop, using a strategy of retreating to advance.
He deliberately gave Su Xiaowan a look that clearly indicated he was hiding something, then pulled her aside and tried to dissuade her in a voice that, though lowered, was still loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Let's go first, Xiaowan, let's not make things worse."
Su Xiaowan immediately shook off Pei Jinhao's hand and shouted exaggeratedly:
"Why should he! Does Pei Mingyu dare to do it and then be afraid of people finding out? Oh, I see, you want to protect him, right? I almost forgot you're also a member of the Pei family."
"So all that talk about treating Xiaoyu like your own daughter was just empty words. Fine, you won't protect her, but don't try to stop me. Today, I'm going to make the Pei family give me an explanation! Get Pei Mingyu to open the door right now!"
"What nonsense are you all spouting?" Pei Jinwen finally snapped.
She originally wanted to resolve everything quickly, but Pei Jinhao and his wife actually started acting. Since that was the case, she didn't mind playing along with them.
She wanted to see how they planned to handle things after they opened the door and found Kong Xinyu wasn't inside.
"If you can't find your daughter, what does that have to do with my grandson?"
Su Xiaowan took out her prepared speech:
"Third sister, it seems you all don't know yet, but your grandson has actually been dating Xiaoyu all along."
"Nonsense!" Pei Yuansi retorted. "Mingyu has always been single, and I've never heard him say that he's dating anyone!"
"That's because you were all kept in the dark by him," Pei Jinhao explained at the opportune moment.
“Xiaoyu always thought that she and Pei Mingyu were in love with each other, otherwise I wouldn’t have suddenly suggested to play matchmaker for them yesterday. But your reactions last night clearly showed that you looked down on her, and Mingyu even moved his seat away from Xiaoyu when she was being disliked by you, which hurt Xiaoyu a lot.”
Pei Jinhao's words not only provided a reasonable explanation for his mention last night of matchmaking between the two families' children, but also shifted the main responsibility onto others.
The An and Pei families both thought that this was a huge scapegoat; wasn't Su Xiaowan the one who disliked Kong Xinyu the most last night?
But they didn't intend to argue about that; instead, they asked directly:
"What exactly are you trying to say? What does this have to do with the fact that you can't find Kong Xinyu right now?"
"Of course there is!"
Pei Jinhao showed a worried expression.
"After dinner last night, Xiaoyu was hurt by Mingyu's attitude and tried to kill herself. Xiaowan and I had a hard time persuading her to stop."
We also spoke kindly to Mingyu, suggesting he might have some hidden difficulties, and that Xiaoyu should find an opportunity to ask him about it.
Pei Jinhao observed the expressions on the faces of the An and Pei families before him, and then, feigning some difficulty, began to speak:
"We wondered if Xiaoyu had gone to talk to Mingyu last night, which is why we came to Mingyu's room to find her."
The main problem is that Xiaoyu really tried to commit suicide last night, and we're worried something might happen to her. Third Sister, why don't you wake Mingyu up quickly and ask him about it?
He deliberately fabricated the story of Kong Xinyu's suicide in order to escalate the severity of the situation and force the Pei family to comply with his arrangements, even if they didn't believe it, in order to prevent a death from occurring.
But he found that the An and Pei families, upon hearing what he said, not only did not show any signs of anxiety or tension, but instead... became even more disdainful?
Before he could figure anything out, Su Xiaowan couldn't wait any longer and started pounding on Pei Mingyu's door.
While filming, he also shouted:
"Pei Mingyu, open the door! I know you're in there! Is Xiaoyu with you? Open the door!"
"you……"
As the door suddenly opened in front of her, Su Xiaowan could only swallow her shouts, because the person who opened the door was not anyone she expected, but An Yun instead.
"What are you shouting for so early in the morning? What time is it?" An Yun said impatiently. "Auntie? What do you need my cousin for?"
Then An Yun looked up behind Su Xiaowan, pretending to be startled by the large number of people:
"Why is everyone here? What happened? What are you all doing?"
An Yun's three questions left Pei Jinhao and Su Xiaowan speechless.
They confirmed that this was indeed Pei Mingyu's room.
Why did An Yun open the door?
"Where is Pei, Pei Mingyu?" Su Xiaowan asked unwillingly.
"Cousin, it seems your great-uncle and great-aunt want to see you." An Yun called out to the inside.
Then, Pei Mingyu, dressed neatly, appeared by the door, coldly looking at Su Xiaowan and Pei Jinhao.
"Uncle, you were looking for me?"