Chapter 179 She is not anyone, she is herself

Pei Yu's look appeared again.

There was a slight smile on his face, but his eyes seemed to be frozen, without any emotion, as if he was not the one who was so gentle before.

Pei Yu raised his hand and pressed Cheng Jin's slightly tangled hands on the table.

"Doesn't Xiao Jin love walnut filling the most? Didn't you boast to me that you would never get tired of it for the rest of your life?"

Pei Yu asked, and Cheng Jin could only nod.

The original owner did say this to Pei Yu before. Although Cheng Jin has all the memories of the original owner, they are not the same person after all, and their personal preferences are different.

Cheng Jin explained with a guilty conscience: "Isn't it okay if you just want to eat other fillings?"

Pei Yu looked at Cheng Jin and nodded, then told the boss standing beside him to cook.

The boss looked at Cheng Jin with some suspicion.

He didn't know what was going on with the two people in front of him. They looked like a couple with a good relationship before, but why did they become awkward because of the fillings of Yuanxiao?

The boss was busy trying to smooth things over, "It's just a bowl of Yuanxiao, what's the difference between eating different flavors? Sir, why don't you just follow this one..."

Pei Yu interrupted the boss's next words with cold words, "She only ate the ones with walnut filling before, you just do it."

After hearing what Pei Yu said, the boss had to keep silent and turned around to do his work.

After all, it was their business, how could she interfere.

Pei Yu turned around to look at Cheng Jin after the people left, it seemed that his indifference just now was all his illusion, Pei Yu looked gentle again, he raised his hand slightly and touched Cheng Jin's hair.

"It was your favorite food in the past, why don't you try it again."

Cheng Jin shuddered and felt a sense of discomfort for no reason.

She moved her head slightly.

Pei Yu did not pursue the matter, and continued to stare at Cheng Jin with affectionate eyes.

After the Yuanxiao was brought by the boss, Pei Yu immediately pushed it in front of Cheng Jin and said with a smile, "Try it."

Cheng Jin was particularly sensitive to walnuts. Even if she didn't bite open the outer skin of the Yuanxiao, Cheng Jin was already a little dizzy from the smell of walnuts.

She looked up at Pei Yu again, trying to get Pei Yu to change his mind.

Pei Yu's expression did not change at all.

Cheng Jin had no choice but to bite it. The walnut taste seemed to flow into every inch of Cheng Jin's blood through her mouth, and the taste of walnuts almost suffocated Cheng Jin.

She immediately let go of the spoon and coughed loudly.

The spoon was casually put down, and the ceramic bowl made a crisp sound.

Cheng Jin had bitten a hole in a glutinous rice dumpling in the bowl, and the yellowish walnut filling spread out in the bowl with sweet soup.

It can never be filled again.

Pei Yu kept staring at Cheng Jin's bowl of walnut-filled glutinous rice dumplings.

Cheng Jin's cough attracted a lot of people's attention, and the boss came over and brought a bowl of water.

"Miss may not like the taste of walnuts, but we still have sesame, red bean paste, yellow osmanthus, glutinous rice, and jujube paste. Do you want to change a bowl?"

Cheng Jin felt better after drinking the water and shook her head at the boss.

She didn't want to eat anything now.

Cheng Jin looked at Pei Yu still staring at the bowl of glutinous rice dumplings, and stood up and walked out of the store with some intolerance.

Strangely, Pei Yu didn't follow this time.

Cheng Jin really didn't want to play anymore at this moment.

She admitted that she was indeed moved by what Pei Yu said just now. After all, what Pei Yu said was exactly what she longed for. Although she didn't give a clear answer, she preferred the future after leaving the palace and with Pei Yu.

Pei Yu was very good to her, and sometimes it could be said that he tolerated her unconditionally.

But now Cheng Jin realized that Pei Yu's preferences were not unconditional, and the condition was that she had to be like the original owner.

Say the same words, like to eat the same things, and there was no room for choice.

It seemed that this was more like the person Pei Yu preferred.

Cheng Jin shook her head vigorously. She was not anyone, she was herself.

She was a free person who could not be controlled or tamed by anyone.

Cheng Jin looked back at Pei Yu who was still there. She wondered whether every second that Pei Yu was looking at her was he thinking about Xiao Jin who might never come back, or Cheng Jin with the same face.

Cheng Jin turned and left.

She was very grateful to Pei Yu for what he had done for her, but there were many ways to repay him, at least she shouldn't put herself in a difficult position.

Cheng Jin walked to the outside of the palace gate. She wanted to secretly enter the palace through the secret passage.

Compared with the prosperity on the street, the palace seemed particularly cold and deserted.

Cheng Jin's mood was not very good either. For the first time, she didn't feel any fear. Instead, she felt it was quite appropriate.

Cheng Jin walked into the palace with her head down, but bumped into someone head-on.

Not many people knew about this secret passage. Cheng Jin was a little scared, wondering if it was discovered by someone again.

Cheng Jin looked up and met Chu Chengye's face. Both of them were surprised.

However, Chu Chengye's face seemed to be mixed with a little joy, but he quickly restrained it. He asked stiffly with a nonchalant look:

"Didn't you go to appreciate the lanterns with Pei Yu? You finished so quickly?"

Seeing Chu Chengye mentioned Pei Yu, Cheng Jin's face became even worse. She nodded casually.

"Yes, then I'll go back first." As she said that, she

was about to walk past Chu Chengye to the inner palace.

Cheng Jin was so abnormal, Chu Chengye naturally noticed it, he raised his hand and held Cheng Jin's wrist . Seeing Cheng

Jin's abnormal look, Chu Chengye pulled her to his side.

"What's wrong?"

Cheng Jin just shook her head, not wanting to dwell on this matter anymore, and asked Chu Chengye to change the subject.

"Where is your Majesty going?"

Cheng Jin seemed to want to leave without waiting for Chu Chengye's reply.

Chu Chengye threw the thing in his other hand to the ground in a hurry, and restrained Cheng Jin with both hands.

"Now you don't even want to talk to me? This Pei Yu..."

Cheng Jin didn't even listen to Chu Chengye's words, and her attention was diverted by the lantern that rolled several circles behind Chu Chengye.

Cheng Jin looked up at Chu Chengye, "Is that a lantern?"

To be honest, Cheng Jin had never seen what a real lantern looked like. She thought it was like those simple lanterns in the movies and TV shows she had watched before, but it would be so lively only when there were more people.

But what was behind Chu Chengye now was completely different.

The lantern was not lit yet, so we could only take a general look at it in the moonlight.

The bottom of the lantern looked like a gorgeous red peony. It can be seen that the person who made it seemed very serious, and the shape of the flower was lifelike.

A rectangular shape is fixed above the peony, which is inlaid with a lot of gold threads and gems of various colors, which looks rich and magnificent.

The lantern is not simply wrapped in oil paper, but is inscribed with beautiful cursive script everywhere, which looks particularly attentive.

Chu Chengye felt Cheng Jin's special eyes on the lantern, and turned around to pick up the lantern, wanting to hand it to Cheng Jin, but did not explain anything.

Cheng Jin looked at the lantern over Chu Chengye and asked curiously: "Did you make this?"