Pei Leyun was right in front of him. He heard Cen Yu's question, but just looked at him and said, "Are you doubting me?"
Cen Yu was not only doubting him, but also doubting something else.
But none of this concerns Pei Leyun now, so he doesn't intend to say, "Tell me that the person who appeared in my dream that day at the Pei family wasn't you."
Much of what he knows now comes from these few people in the Pei family. If even one of them is lying, then all his deductions are invalid.
At this point, only two things are certain.
Pei Leyun and Pei Baijun do indeed have a relationship, and—
“You committed suicide,” Cen Yu said.
He didn't really understand Pei Leyun's thought process. Would a normal person really choose to commit suicide on their honeymoon? He remembered her room, which was covered with his photos, and the room password was the date of their honeymoon.
Pei Leyun seemed certain that something would happen during their honeymoon, and that Cen Yu would later discover the photos in this room.
Could such a coincidence really exist in the world? Cen Yu didn't believe it.
“My uncle said that his strength was very weak before, and he couldn’t transmit too much.” This is what Pei Bojun told him at the time.
Cen Yu's first meeting was at Pei Leyun's funeral hall after her death, as if all the turning points were related to Pei Leyun's passing.
"So whether it's financial assistance or betrothal gifts, it all needs to be done through Pei Heng."
He looked at Pei Lejun and asked, "Have we met before?"
According to Meng Yunqiu, they must have met in the mountains of their hometown, and from Meng Yunqiu's memory, they should have been very familiar with each other.
But Cen Yu doesn't remember this part at all.
If he doesn't have a bad memory, then this memory has been deliberately concealed.
“Xiao Yu,” Pei Leyun said calmly, “we have indeed met.”
"It's all Pei Baijun's fault."
...
“It’s all Pei Lejun’s fault,” Pei Baijun said to Shen Wei.
"He's sick."
Shen Wei looked at the ghost in front of him, not understanding how it could so confidently say that others were sick.
"...What exactly is your relationship with Pei Lejun?" Shen Wei asked.
"And how old are you??" Shen Wei seemed to remember something else and lectured Pei Baijun, "Why do you still want to date a young girl?"
He was referring to the time when Pei Baijun appeared in his dream and told him to marry Cen Yu.
"What do you know?" Pei Baijun said angrily.
"She was always my wife."
Shen Wei laughed and said, "That's quite funny."
"Who admits to this?" Shen Wei asked. "Does Cen Yu know about it?"
“He doesn’t know, but his family does,” Pei Baijun said earnestly to Shen Wei. “His family made a promise.”
...
After returning home, Meng Yunqiu was still somewhat concerned about everything she had seen in the mountains.
So he called his mother, Ms. Bai, wanting to ask in detail about the origin of the mountain and what the Bai family was afraid of.
Although Ms. Bai did not understand why he was interested in these things, she still gave him the contact information of someone in the Bai family.
After Meng Yunqiu finally managed to contact the other party, the young man, who was about the same age as him, said, "There is a belief in those mountains."
"They believe in a dualistic deity, which, according to the local language, is called Mona."
Just as Meng Yunqiu was about to ask more questions, the person opposite her said again, "Are you asking because of the Pei family?"
He didn't understand why the other person was so perceptive, but he still nodded honestly, and then he heard the other person say—
"The Pei family stole the people's faith from the mountains."
Before Meng Yunqiu could say anything, the man continued, "The Pei family are nothing but bandits and robbers."
The other party seemed to have many grievances against the Pei family. "They treat Mona as a wish-granting machine, believing that as long as they make a wish, He will grant it for them."
Meng Yunqiu recalled the Pei family's rapid rise to prominence and asked cautiously, "It sounds like a very fair deal?"
"Have you forgotten that He is two sides of the same coin?"
"It's like a blind box; you never know which one will grant your wish," the young man from the Bai family said to Meng Yunqiu. "What do you think happened to those members of the Pei family who died young?"
"The Pei family wants to get rich, wants to achieve great things, and wants a windfall."
"That doesn't even depend on whether they have the fate to live up to it."
"If you encounter a kind-hearted person, you may only need to be reborn into the Pei family and travel around the world in a human body."
"When you encounter the evil one..." the young man from the Bai family said, "who knows what they'll want in return?"
"So, after the Pei family took Mona away, He was no longer there?" Meng Yunqiu asked. If that's the case, then why did the Bai family continue to stay near that mountain?
“No,” said the young man from the Bai family. “They say that Mona is still in the mountains and can still hear their prayers.”
"Why?"
"They say that Mana has appeared to them."
Meng Yunqiu wanted to know how the deity manifested itself, and the young man from the Bai family was also very interested in this righteous yet evil deity that the Bai family feared so much, so he naturally investigated what the so-called manifestation was all about.
“That happened more than 20 years ago,” he said.
"It is said that someone was born with an incurable serious illness and could only place their hopes on this legendary deity. If the deity could cure her, she could give her unborn child to him in marriage..."
Meng Yunqiu frowned upon hearing this. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he stopped and simply asked, "And then?"
"Locals say that the gods granted the family's request, and their incurable illness gradually healed."
“They said that it was probably the good side of Mona that came true, so even though their wish was granted, he did not take their child away.”
Meng Yunqiu understood what he meant: such a so-called "divine bride" would hardly survive the moment the gods wanted to marry her.
“...However, I think there might be another reason,” the Bai family member added.
Meng Yunqiu immediately asked, "What's the reason?"
"The last child born to this family was a boy..." the Bai family said, "and that's probably why they let them go."
...
“Pei Baijun is a shameless thief,” Pei Leyun accused.
"It was clearly my wish that came true, it was clearly me."
In Pei Lejun's account, he was robbed of his chance to be born into the human world by Pei Baijun and could only stay obediently in the mountains. After hearing Cen Yu's parents' prayers and fulfilling their wishes, he began to plan to be with Cen Yu.
“Pei Baijun stole my opportunity because we were one person…” Pei Leyun said resentfully.
"...So you mean, you two are actually the same person? No, God?" Cen Yu leaned against the edge of the table, watching Pei Leyun ramble on and on about her accusations.
In Pei Leyun's narration, he and Pei Baijun are portrayed as two sides of the same coin.
One person is evil, and the other is good.
They are one person, but you could also say they are brothers.
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