Chapter 99 Substitute

It was already late at this time.

Xu has been persuaded to return to her own courtyard.

Zhou and Pei Yu also went back.

Only Chen Zhirou was still sitting in the main hall.

Her eyes were still red and her face was filled with worry.

Seeing Luo Zhen and others coming in, she quickly stood up and said, "Grandma, don't go in yet. My cousin just took the medicine not long ago and is resting. It's better not to disturb him."

Luo Zhen laughed: "Auntie, you are so arrogant. You look so confident. If you don't know me, you will think I am your concubine. Now that you know you are pregnant, you look down on me even more. But your husband is still injured. Can't you at least calm down first?"

Chen Zhirou's mind was now filled with Pei Ji, and she had no intention of responding to Luo Zhen's attack. She said wearily, "Zhirou absolutely has no intention of overstepping her bounds. I'm just worried about my cousin's health..."

Luo Zhen chuckled, "Listen to the tone of Auntie, this Pei Mansion is entirely under the control of Auntie. The person lying inside is not my husband, so I don't feel the pain."

She said this in a gloomy tone without even looking at Chen Zhirou. She turned her head to the maid holding the tray beside her and said, "Second Master has taken the medicine and it's time for dinner. You go in and serve Second Master. If there are any other things in there, feel free to ask them to come out. I don't trust them in there."

The maid had kept her head down, but when she heard that, she quickly responded and walked into the inner room carrying the tray.

Shen Zhirou didn't see the maid's face clearly, and Luo Zhen was using her status and words to bully her, so she couldn't stop her.

The maid went in smoothly.

There were two maids standing in the inner room, both of whom were Chen Zhirou's servants.

When the maid came in, both of them looked over.

The maid mustered up her courage and raised her face and said, "Grandma wants you to go out."

Her face was unfamiliar, but when they heard it was Luo Zhen's order, the two maids did not dare to disobey. They just looked at the maid a few more times and retreated.

The maid breathed a sigh of relief and bravely looked at the bed.

I saw a person lying on his side facing inward, covered with a light and warm quilt. I couldn't tell whether he was awake or asleep.

The maid looked at the tonic soup in her hand, walked over, and stood there for a long while before she spoke softly, "Second Master, Second Madam's tonic soup is ready. Please, please have some..."

The person lying on his side was motionless.

The maid didn't dare to say anything more and just stood by holding the tray.

There was no one outside to disturb them. Only Madam Zhao came in once, took the tray from her hand, and quietly reminded her that there was always a tonic soup prepared in the kitchen for the Second Master. If the Second Master wanted to use it when he woke up, he should go out and let her know.

The maid took the instruction to heart and stood alone in the inner room.

The voices outside gradually died down, and even the candlelight became much less.

Gradually the maid could no longer stand and quietly sat down on the footstool beside the bed.

Almost as soon as she sat down, she was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes. She fell asleep with her head tilted on the edge of the bed. In her sleep, in order to be more comfortable, she unconsciously adjusted her body posture and lay on the edge of the bed.

Pei Ji woke up in the middle of the night, his forehead covered in sweat and his breathing was a little heavy.

"Fu'er..."

He murmured and lay down flat on his back.

I found someone lying next to me.

He subconsciously turned his head and saw that it was a woman.

She was wearing plain clothes, with her black hair tied into a bun, and she didn't even wear a silk flower on it.

Under the bright candlelight, the outline of the face seemed...

Pei Ji's breath caught in his throat. He sat up in disbelief and reached out his hand to carefully touch her cheek: "Fu'er...you, you're here?"

His expression was one of surprise, and his tone was extremely gentle, as if he was afraid that she would disappear.

Fortunately, the skin touched by my fingertips was warm, and she did not disappear.

This is not a dream!

"Fuer!"

Pei Ji's heart was beating like a drum, and he couldn't help but hold her in his arms.

"ah!"

The maid was awakened and screamed. She struggled for a while but failed to break free. Then she came to her senses and dared not move.

Pei Ji saw that she was motionless, and his heart was even more agitated. He held her in his arms for a long time before holding her shoulders and looking at her face carefully: "Fuer, you..."

The woman in his arms also raised her face, a little timidly, but trying hard to pretend to be ignorant.

Pei Ji's expression gradually hardened, and finally he pushed her away and shouted, "Get out!"

The maid fell to the ground, trembling with fear, tears welling up in her eyes but she didn't dare cry out loud. She got up from the ground and stumbled out.

Just as I reached the door, I heard someone behind me say, "Stop!"

The maid was frightened and stopped in her tracks, feeling extremely nervous.

After a long while, the second master said again: "Come here."

The maid had no choice but to walk back to the bed with her head down.

Pei Ji stared at her intently: "Raise your face."

The maidservant, under the pressure of his aura, dared not disobey and raised her head.

Because she was frightened by the scolding just now, she had long forgotten the eye contact that Luo Zhen had taught her, and her cowardice came back.

Pei Ji's expression was obscure, but his voice was softer: "What's your name?"

The maid hurriedly said, "My name is Rong'er."

Pei Ji stared at her face: "Rong'er, try to imitate her."

Noticing the change in his tone, he stopped being furious.

Rong'er felt more at ease and nodded quickly, "Second Master, I'll do anything you ask me to do, but... who does Second Master want me to imitate?"

Pei Ji said: "Learn Fu'er, it's rare that you have eyes like hers. Look at me with a clearer gaze..."

His face was abnormally red, and as he spoke, his hands were already holding Rong'er's shoulders, staring at her anxiously.

Rong'er was a little scared and tried hard to straighten her eyes.

Pei Ji said: "Yes, that's it, you continue, continue..."

His tone and expression were already somewhat sick, but Rong'er didn't understand. She just felt that she was being encouraged, so she tried even harder to imitate Qingzheng's eyes.

Pei Ji had extraordinary patience and adjusted it carefully bit by bit.

It wasn't until the sky gradually brightened outside that Rong'er opened her eyes again.

Those peach blossom eyes are already 70% similar to Love's.

Pei Ji stared at those eyes for a long time, and then smiled.

He hugged her and lay down on his back, his laughter getting louder.

But there was no trace of joy in this laughter.