bayedsolid Chapter 208 Why don't you watch this video first?
Chapter 208 Why don't you watch this video first?
Seeing that Pei Jinhao did not nod in agreement for a long time, Xuanrui thought that he was still unwilling to agree.
She gritted her teeth and spoke again with a do-or-die attitude:
"I've already made such a big concession, what more do you want?"
"If you don't even agree to this, then you don't need to leak the secret, I'll do it myself! I'll go and apologize to Yuan Si and the children myself, and I'll just die with you if necessary!"
"Hey, don't rush me. I didn't say I disagreed," Pei Jinhao said, trying to calm Xuan Rui down. "Since that's the case, I'll back down. But you have to keep your word. Tonight, find a way to get Pei Mingyu to take the medicine."
Xuanrui responded softly, finally making up her mind to agree.
“And another thing,” Pei Jinhao continued, “give me the key to Pei Mingyu’s room.”
Xuan Rui's face stiffened. "Ming Yu doesn't lock the door when he sleeps. There's no need for that."
Pei Jinhao glanced at Xuan Rui's expression and said with a half-smile:
"Just in case, or are you trying to play a little trick on me here?"
"No, no," Xuan Rui closed her eyes in despair before nodding stiffly. "I know, I'll find it for you."
Pei Jinhao was finally satisfied. "Alright, it's settled then. We must get things done tonight. I don't want any more mishaps."
He picked up the small glass bottle from the ground and forcefully shoved it into Xuan Rui's hand. Then he wrapped his hand around Xuan Rui's hand and patted it reassuringly, pretending to be gentle.
"Look at you, your hands are so cold. You don't even know how to take care of yourself."
"You know, Xiaorui, I've never forgotten you all these years. Back then, we..."
The sensation of Pei Jinhao's hand on Xuan Rui's palm made her feel nauseous. She abruptly pulled her hand away and forced a smile: "I...I understand."
Xuan Rui's reaction annoyed Pei Jinhao, as if he were some kind of filthy thing.
His expression turned sour for a moment, but he quickly composed himself. He was thinking that he would still need Xuan Rui's help, and he didn't want to provoke her at this crucial moment, so he just smiled and pretended to be indifferent.
"In that case, I'll wait for your good news."
Pei Jinhao could hardly hide his smug smile. He strode out of the room first, leaving Xuan Rui standing alone with her head down.
Xuan Rui's hands were clenched tightly. The small glass bottle was clearly cooler than the temperature of her palm, but it was still so hot that it hurt her palm. This pain seemed to travel up her arm and directly to her heart.
Xuanrui desperately wanted to get rid of this hot potato, but she was afraid. It seemed that getting rid of the glass bottle would mean getting rid of her current stable life as well. She was afraid to see the disappointed look in her husband's and children's eyes.
She ultimately didn't dare to do it, and tears dripped directly from her eyes to the ground.
"Mingyu, Mom is sorry." Xuanrui's voice was very soft.
Her fingers gripped the small glass bottle tightly, unsure whether it was her only lifeline or the last straw that would break her.
All she knew was that her steps were so heavy as she left that she could barely lift them.
The door closed, and the room returned to silence.
A few minutes later, a deep sigh came from the closet.
An Ling finally opened the closet door and climbed out, looking at her phone screen with a complicated expression. The screen had completely captured the entire conversation between Pei Jinhao and Xuan Rui.
It seems that her aunt ultimately failed to pull back from the brink and instead chose to sacrifice her own son to cover up her past mistakes.
Finding out that Pei Jinhao had already returned to his room, and that Xuan Rui had gone straight to the kitchen after going downstairs, An Ling took advantage of the fact that Xuan Rui hadn't gone upstairs yet and quickly ran downstairs to knock on Pei Jiyue's door.
Pei Jiyue opened the door and found An Ling standing outside. She was somewhat surprised, but also breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
Thankfully, it wasn't Xuanrui who came.
"Xiaoling? What's wrong?"
"Cousin, can I come in and talk to you?" An Ling asked.
"Of course, come in."
After An Ling came in, Pei Jiyue closed the door, took a deep breath with his back to An Ling, and then turned around to follow her.
Her heart was racing. She probably already knew why An Ling had come to see her, and the answer she wanted was about to be revealed.
“Cousin…” An Ling said two words and then trailed off, she really didn’t know where to begin.
She looked at her cousin, unable to imagine how painful it would be for Pei Jiyue to see the video she had taken.
Knowing that An Ling was in a difficult position, Pei Jiyue forced a smile and said gently:
"Xiao Ling? You came all this way to see me, why aren't you saying anything? Is there something you and your sister can't talk about?"
An Ling pursed her lips nervously. "Cousin, I have a video I want to show you. Can you promise me you won't act impulsively after watching it?"
[What if my cousin watches the video and immediately confronts Pei Jinhao? Let's give her a heads-up.]
“Okay,” Pei Jiyue nodded, feigning ease. “Don’t worry, do you really think I’m such an impulsive person?”
An Ling finally opened the video in the photo album and handed the phone to Pei Jiyue, looking at her with concern.
But to An Ling's surprise, Pei Jiyue's reaction was much smaller than she had expected.
An Ling had remained relatively calm until she heard Pei Jinhao say that he had done a paternity test before and that the Pei siblings were his children. At that moment, An Ling saw Pei Jiyue suddenly bite her lower lip hard and her eyes start to redden.
"Cousin, Pei Jinhao is definitely lying!"
Anling quickly hugged her cousin's waist and leaned against her to comfort her:
"Think about it, if he were really that sure, he would have used this to threaten your aunt from the beginning, instead of waiting for her to refuse before saying it. So he must be lying to your aunt."
[Fake news! The paternity test results from Pei Jinhao prove that you and your cousin are both your uncle's children, not his!]
Upon hearing this, Pei Jiyue loosened her jaw. Her lower lip had already been bitten raw by her canine teeth, but Pei Jiyue felt no pain at all.
An Ling's innermost thoughts instantly shattered half of the boulder in her chest, and the remaining half shattered when she saw her mother slap Pei Jinhao and slam the door shut as she left.
Pei Jiyue's tense body gradually relaxed. She handed the phone back to An Ling, expressing her heartfelt gratitude to her sister.
"Xiaoling, thank you for telling me all this. Please send me the video, and I'll go find my brother and the others to explain things..."
Pei Jiyue fell silent halfway through her sentence because she saw that An Ling's expression was still very troubled.
An Ling bit her lower lip and handed the phone to Pei Jiyue again.
"Cousin, why don't you watch this video first?"