Chapter 136: No Interest in Her
After a restless night, Zhuang Wan finally couldn't bear it any longer and fell asleep at daybreak. She slept until noon, missing even breakfast.
When she got up, Pei Xingju had already left.
She asked the maid who was helping her wash up, "Where is my young master?"
The maid said, “Master Shen went to see the city lord with the other guests.”
"Oh." Zhuang Wan nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Where's Miss Ningyan?"
The maid's face turned strange, and she replied, "Miss Ningyan is playing the piano in the waterside pavilion."
"Thank you very much."
After washing up, Zhuang Wan didn't bother to eat breakfast and went straight to the waterside pavilion in the back garden to look for Liu Ningyan. Liu Ningyan knew Shen Zongji and must know something about the inside story.
In the water pavilion, Liu Ningyan was slightly surprised to see her coming.
"Miss Ruyi," she stood up and bowed, "Did you sleep well last night?"
"Oh!" Zhuang Wan waved her hand and said incoherently, "How can I sleep? I was exhausted last night."
After hearing this, Liu Ningyan pursed her lips.
Mr. Shen was in Miss Ruyi's room last night, and I heard that the two of them ended at dawn.
Zhuang Wan sat down and said, "Miss Ningyan, you are so elegant, playing the piano so early in the morning?"
Liu Ningyan smiled and said, "When I have nothing to do, I can only play the zither and have fun."
Zhuang Wan thought, someone died last night, such a big thing happened, but Liu Ningyan was still able to calmly play the piano and enjoy music. It turned out that her personality was different from hers.
She leaned over and asked quietly, "Miss Ningyan, did you hear that someone died last night?"
Liu Ningyan nodded.
Zhuang Wan continued, "I heard he fell to his death while going to the toilet in the middle of the night."
"But this is just hearsay, no one has seen it." Liu Ningyan said.
"Indeed," Zhuang Wan nodded, "I find this strange, too."
She feigned curiosity and asked, "I heard something was lost in the City Lord's residence. Miss Ningyan, do you know what it is?"
"I don't know either," Liu Ningyan shook her head. "Maybe it's valuable."
Zhuang Wan looked at her for a moment, with an expression that said, "I know you know everything," and said indifferently, "Never mind. I'm just asking casually."
Liu Ningyan held the teacup, feeling a little guilty. But Master Chen had said that what she and Master Chen had planned should not be known to a third person.
This third person must also include Miss Ruyi.
At this moment, she felt as embarrassed and awkward as if she had been secretly meeting with someone else's husband and was seen through.
"Well, since you don't know, forget it," Zhuang Wan stood up and said, "I'll go back and ask the Master."
"Miss Ruyi." Liu Ningyan called her.
She moved her lips and said ambiguously, "I can't tell Miss Ruyi, but Miss Ruyi, please remember these four words and wait and see."
Wait and see...
Zhuang Wan went back with these four words in mind.
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After returning home, her stomach started growling. After carefully considering Liu Ningyan's words "wait and see what happens," she decided to borrow the kitchen in the backyard.
Since Liu Ningyan asked her to wait and see, it seemed that she and Pei Xingju had not been exposed yet, and Shen Zongji was just testing them.
The more this happened, the more she had to be calm and composed.
Immediately, she made herself a hearty breakfast and brought it back to the house.
When I entered the room, I saw Pei Xingju had already returned.
"Have you eaten yet?" she asked.
Pei Xingju smelled the fragrance and sat down at the table naturally.
Knowing from his expression that he had not had breakfast, Zhuang Wan gave him another set of bowls and chopsticks.
She poured him a bowl of porridge and then poured herself a bowl. After thinking for a moment, she lowered her voice and asked, "How is it? What did Shen Zongji say?"
"I heard that you went to see Liu Ningyan?" Pei Xingju asked back.
"Yeah." Zhuang Wan nodded. "I wanted to get some information, but Liu Ningyan gave me four words."
"Which four words?"
“Wait and see.”
Pei Xingju listened and said nothing.
Zhuang Wan sipped her porridge and said to herself, "Here's what I'm thinking. She told us to wait and see. Does that mean Shen Zongji doesn't know our true identity yet? And Shen Zongji will continue to test us. We can't panic and reveal our true intentions."
Pei Xingju looked up at her, his gentle eyes tinged with a hint of smile: "You're not stupid at all."
Zhuang Wan curled her lips and said, "I scored 620 points in the college entrance examination that year."
After a while, Pei Xingju said, "No matter what happens next, you don't need to be nervous. Just treat it as a vacation."
"oh."
While eating, Pei Xingju stopped hesitantly.
Zhuang Wan saw it and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Not to your liking?"
"Not really, but..." Pei Xingju pondered for a moment and said, "I will go to Miss Ningyan's place tonight."
Zhuang Wan blinked and said, "Just go, why bother telling her?"
Then Pei Xingju explained, "I was just doing some work, nothing else."
Liu Ningyan was a thorn in Shen Zongji's throat, a soft spot and a knife. Since Shen Zongji wanted to test her, he simply muddied the waters. He couldn't explain the situation clearly to Zhuang Wan, but he didn't want her to misunderstand.
Zhuang Wan listened and nodded nonchalantly, "Just go ahead. I know what you're doing."
"But I don't want you to misunderstand." Pei Xingju said.
Zhuang Wan paused, not responding. She unnoticedly lowered her head to drink her porridge, trying to avoid his gaze.
"Miss Ningyan and I are not what you think. I have no romantic feelings for her."
Some words are kept in your heart for too long, just like a pool full of water. If it overflows a little, more will overflow uncontrollably.
"Last night..." Pei Xingju continued, "Although it was impulsive, I knew what I was doing, Zhuang Wan..."
"We're still short of salt!" Zhuang Wan suddenly stood up and said hurriedly, "Wait a minute, I'll get the salt shaker."
After saying that, she ran out of the door as if escaping.
Watching her skirt quickly disappear at the door, Pei Xingju sighed helplessly.
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