Chapter 293, Exposed
After Jiang Ran said that with a smile, Xiao Lai fell into a long silence.
She didn't say anything and they didn't rush.
Huo Lingyin gently squeezed Jiang Ran's hand. Jiang Ran looked at her calmly and said silently: "Be patient."
Huo Lingyin remained silent.
She knew that Jiang Ran suspected that the Pei family had Si Nian's pawn, she was just curious why the first person a girl suspected was the maid whom Huo Zhijue trusted quite a lot.
She had contact with Xiao Lai.
The little girl was very clever, perhaps because she had grown up with Huo Zhijue, so she understood Huo Zhijue's thoughts very well. Last time, Huo Zhijue mentioned the little girl, saying that she had been with her for so many years and had never made a mistake. She was a smart little girl.
Before the end of the world, every time she came to the Pei family, Xiao Lai would happily tell her a lot.
Although she did not regard her as a relative like Huo Zhiju did, she had never been on guard against her.
If Xiao Lai was a chess piece that Si Nian placed next to Huo Zhijue... when did Si Nian start to set up this game?
Thinking of this, the woman who was used to seeing zombies and thought she didn't care about life and death shuddered for no reason.
"Hehe, hehehe..."
In the silence, the maid standing in the middle of the study suddenly laughed softly.
"Hahahahahaha, it's actually until now, it's actually until now...haha."
Pei Xiao and Huo Lingyin's expressions changed at the same time.
The maid stopped laughing, her tone relaxed, with a hint of relief and joy: "Finally found out? I thought that after all these years, none of you would have noticed - oh, it really is true, is it my fault that my acting is so good?"
Pei Xiao's face was gloomy and he didn't reply immediately - Xiao Lai's words were like a silent slap in the face.
The two siblings remained silent. Jiang Ran tangled her fingers in her hair, her expression indifferent, not at all surprised by the result. "Your acting is indeed very good. It would be a shame if you didn't become an actor."
"Hmm." The maid snorted, ignoring the two siblings and glancing at Jiang Ran. "S said that the Pei family is stupid, but you are not easy to deal with, so I must be careful. I originally thought S was making a fuss, but now it seems that I was careless - Jiang Ranran, how did you guess my identity?"
"I didn't guess that." Jiang Ran smiled. "If you agree to accept the hypnosis investigation, I will say the same thing to the people who are investigated later."
Xiao Lai's smug smile froze, and he stared at Jiang Ran: "Your friend who is good at hypnosis..."
"At Xiling Base." Jiang Ran said with a leisurely smile, "You know, you're just like your boss, you can't stand being bullied..."
Xiao Lai pursed his lips, his eyes fixed coldly on Jiang Ran.
"Since you've admitted it, just tell me where Si Nian is."
Xiao Lai sneered: "Why do you think I would tell you?"
Jiang Ran walked slowly to her side: "Because the reagents are with me, and my father's ashes are also with me - isn't Si Nian doing all this just to get these two things?"
Xiao Lai was silent again.
"Besides, wasn't it Si Nian's order that you admitted your identity so easily?" Jiang Ran curled his lips. "You, you've become Si Nian's abandoned child. Don't you understand?"
Abandoned? The girl lowered her head and sighed deeply.
She did not show any excitement or anger. After learning that she was abandoned, she accepted the fact as a matter of course.
Her life belongs to S. It was S who brought her out of the slums, taught her to read and write, and taught her how to behave in society - everything she has now was given to her by S.
If it weren't for S, she would have died on that thundering night, in the smelly and messy slums.
"S saved my life. Because of her, I was able to steal more than ten years of life from the hands of death." Xiao Lai took a deep breath, suppressed the hostility that was evident in his words, and recounted his past with emotion, "I lived for more than ten years, but that was enough - to become an abandoned child. When I agreed to S's proposal, I was already prepared. You..."
"That's quite a good idea. I should applaud you." Jiang Ran interrupted the woman's chatter and raised an eyebrow. "Don't beat around the bush. Tell me the order Si Nian gave you."
She wasn't interested in her past, nor did she want to hear about her tragic past - she had little sympathy, especially towards her enemies.
In her opinion, her own miserable life was no reason for a person to hurt innocent people.
Xiao Lai didn't expect Jiang Ran to interrupt her directly. The corners of her mouth twitched, and the emotions that had been brewing were suddenly stuck in her throat.
She looked at Jiang Ran and squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth: "She is waiting for you in the watchtower on the north wall - the person you want is also there."
Jiang Ran said with a "Oh" and said politely, "Thank you."
Without giving Xiao Lai a chance to react, she raised her hand and hit the girl on the back of her neck, knocking her unconscious to the ground.
Pei Xiao glanced at the woman on the ground and called Secretary Jin in: "Take her down and lock her up."
When the psychics were coming in and out, Jiang Ran had already walked around a group of people and went out.
Huo Lingyin caught up with her: "Are you going to the watchtower?"
"Yes, people are waiting there."
"Let's go together." Huo Lingyin followed her closely. "Anyway, that pervert didn't say you had to go alone, right?"
Jiang Ran didn't refuse: "Thank you."
"Oh, why are you being so polite to me!" the girl said, and then she grumbled, "That guy Si Xu is so annoying. He actually left you here all alone... It's just because you blamed him a few times. It's better to break up with a man who can't stand being scolded."
Jiang Ran smiled and didn't respond.
Thinking she was still sad, Huo Lingyin patted her shoulder and said, "It's okay. Even though you have lost your man, you still have your sister to accompany you!"
She spoke so proudly that Jiang Ran's eyes warmed up and he smiled: "Huo Lingyin, when I first met you, I really didn't like you at all, you know?"
Huo Linyin was not surprised: "No woman would like me the first time they see me... After all, I'm so beautiful, sexy and powerful~"
Jiang Ran: “…”
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The watchtower on the north city wall had been abandoned for many years and few people came here on weekdays, but Huo Zhiju was no stranger to it.
When she first arrived in Dongchao City, she would come to this place every day - undisturbed, she would quietly look towards the north.
At the end of the northern sky, the land that raised her is where the love of her life is buried.
She could not be with him, could not see him off for the last time, and could only mourn her deceased lover silently in this place.
"Long time no see, Huo Zhijue." Seeing the woman's eyes wide open in a trance, Si Nian walked out from the shadows in the corner and greeted her with a smile, "I didn't expect to meet again in this situation."
Huo Zhiju rolled his eyes and shifted his gaze to her: "Si Nian."
She wasn't surprised at her appearance.
Si Nian walked to the railing and looked towards the northern sky: "What were you thinking about just now? Are you missing my brother? I know that you and Pei Qing have been married for so many years, but there is actually no love between you."
"Yes, I miss Ah Yue every day." Huo Zhiju replied softly, "I have always wondered if Ah Yue knew that his beloved sister, whom he had loved since childhood, had become this half-human, half-ghostly creature now. I wonder if he would be sad?"
(End of this chapter)
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