Chapter 64 Regret
"Yes." The guard took action immediately.
Pei Jingzhou walked away.
"Jingzhou." Wang called.
Pei Jingzhou walked into the woods as if he hadn't heard anything.
Wang said unhappily, "He's still ignoring me!"
No one around was willing to smooth things over or comfort her.
Wang turned her head to look.
"Fourth brother, you protect mother. I'll go find my second sister-in-law." Pei Yan walked towards the woods.
"I'm going too." Pei Siya, Pei Sijing, Qin You and others also went.
Pei Heng also wanted to chase after him.
"Fifth brother." Pei Che grabbed Pei Heng's collar and said, "Stay here with me to protect mother."
"I want to find my second sister-in-law." Pei Heng struggled forward.
Zhang Siyin persuaded him, "So many people have already gone to look for her. It won't be of much use for you to go. It's better for you to wait here. Maybe your sister-in-law will come back soon."
"Second sister-in-law came back by herself?" Pei Heng stopped and turned to look at Zhang Siyin.
"Well, your second sister-in-law is so smart, there is a chance she can come back on her own."
Pei Heng immediately agreed: "Yes, my second sister-in-law is extremely smart."
Zhang Siyin nodded: "That's right."
"Then I'll wait here." Pei Heng stopped struggling and stood up straight.
"Okay." Zhang Siyin nodded.
Wang asked, "Will Jiang come back on her own?"
No one responded for a long time, which showed that everyone had opinions about Wang.
Zhang Siyin didn't want to pay any attention to Wang, but as the eldest daughter-in-law, she couldn't embarrass her mother-in-law, so she replied calmly, "Maybe."
Wang noticed that her children were neglecting her and she became more and more unhappy, but Jiang Zhaoyue's life or death was uncertain, so she didn't want to put on airs and simply sat in front of the barrier and waited.
A quarter of an hour passed.
Half an hour passed.
An hour passed.
Two hours passed.
…
When Pei Siya, Pei Sijing, and Qin You came back, they asked, "Is the second sister-in-law back?"
Zhang Siyin shook his head.
Pei Yan came back and asked, "Is my second sister-in-law back?"
Zhang Siyin still shook his head.
"Third brother, it's getting dark. Take mother and the others back. I'll go look for them." Pei Che said.
Pei Yan nodded, saying that Wang and other female relatives should not stay here for long.
"Where is your second brother?" Wang asked at this time.
"Still looking in the woods." Pei Yan said.
"It's getting dark, he——"
"Mother, don't worry about my second brother. He is feeling very uncomfortable." Pei Sijing said unhappily.
"What's with your tone? He feels bad, but I don't?" Wang scolded Pei Sijing.
Pei Sijing has always disliked the way her mother treats her second sister-in-law. If her mother hadn't deliberately made trouble today, her second sister-in-law would have been fine.
She couldn't help herself: "Can't a daughter see that her mother——"
"Mother, let's go back." Zhang Siyin quickly interrupted Pei Sijing.
Pei Siya held Pei Sijing's hand and whispered, "It will be bad for you to offend your mother."
"I still can't find my second sister-in-law. She might... What should I do?" Pei Sijing was so anxious that tears fell again and she couldn't help stamping her feet.
Pei Siya comforted: "Then you can provoke mother, but you still can't find your second sister-in-law."
"What should I do then?" Pei Sijing lowered her head and wiped her tears.
Wang rolled her eyes at her and was helped into the carriage by Zhang Siyin.
Zhang Siyin said, "Fourth sister, take fifth sister to the carriage."
"I won't go. I still have to go find my second sister-in-law!" Pei Sijing shook off Pei Siya's hand and ran towards the river in Beijing.
"Fifth sister." Pei Siya called.
"Let her go." Zhang Siyin sighed. "She's surrounded by guards, maids, and servants from the Duke's Mansion. Nothing will happen to her."
Pei Siya also wanted to find Jiang Zhaoyue, but she was worried that her mother would meet her father and say something bad about her second sister-in-law, so she had to go back with her and ignored Pei Sijing.
Pei Sijing looked along the shore again and saw Xiangqiao, who looked exhausted.
"Fifth Miss." Xiang Qiao also went up to the Wishing Bridge, but Jiang Zhaoyue said that there were too many people in the middle of the bridge, so he asked her to wait there. So she fell into the water and was quickly rescued. Since then, she has been looking for Jiang Zhaoyue.
Pei Sijing asked: "No clue yet?"
Xiangqiao shook her head.
Pei Sijing looked towards the vast water's edge and suddenly caught sight of a pink shoe not far away. She quickly ran up and picked it up.
"Second Madam's shoes!" Xiangqiao shouted.
Pei Sijing turned around and asked, "Are you sure?"
Xiang Qiao nodded vigorously: "This is what I made for Second Madam myself. Second Madam likes it very much. She wore this pair today and praised me when she went out."
"That……"
"Tell my second brother quickly."
Pei Jingzhou quickly ran over, took the shoes and said, "This is hers."
Pei Sijing was delighted: "Then the second sister-in-law..."
"Maybe she has already reached the shore and is now looking for the way back." Hope ignited in Pei Jingzhou's heart.
"Yes, yes, my second sister-in-law can swim. She saved my fourth sister last time."
"You and Xiangqiao search together, and be careful." Pei Jingzhou took Jiang Zhaoyue's shoes and strode into a dense forest. He looked up and saw two woodcutters walking towards them.
Before he could go forward to ask, the two woodcutters started chatting.
"The spring outing is over, why are there still people around?" asked the fat woodcutter.
The thin woodcutter replied: "Don't you know? The Wishing Bridge has collapsed!"
"Ah! That's terrible!"
"No, there were too many locks hanging from it, and someone stepped on it and it collapsed, causing many people to fall into the water."
"The Jingshui River may look calm, but there are undercurrents surging inside, especially in the middle. If someone falls in and is not rescued in time, they will most likely die."
"There are still people searching for the body, saying they want to see the person alive or dead."
"There are big fish in the Jingshui River. They will devour anything, whether human or dead. Remember the daughter-in-law of the Wu family in Jingshui Village? She had a quarrel with the Wu family and jumped into the Jingshui River. The son of the Wu family went to rescue her and finally fished out a shoe that the big fish had not eaten."
"I know that the Wu family's son regrets it so much that he is still a little confused."
"He deserves it. He didn't know how to cherish such a good wife. He only realized how good she was after she died."
"That's right, a wife is still the best."
"Yes, yes, I have to go back quickly. My wife is waiting for me at home."
When the two woodcutters looked up and saw Pei Jingzhou, who was handsome, dressed in gorgeous clothes and holding a pink shoe in his hand, they were stunned.
The two were stunned for a moment, not knowing what was wrong with him, and hurried out of the jungle.
He didn't know how to cherish such a good daughter-in-law. He only realized how good she was after she died... The words of the woodcutter emerged in Pei Jingzhou's mind.
Over and over and over again.
No!
He doesn't believe it!
Jiang Zhaoyue, who was so bright, lively, playful and quirky, could not have just disappeared like that.
impossible!
Absolutely not!
He clenched the shoes in his hands and rushed frantically through the dense forest, but he could not find any trace of Jiang Zhaoyue. His heart became more and more stuffy and painful, and his mind was filled with Jiang Zhaoyue's appearance and voice.
"Um...I'm willing to spend the wedding night with you."
"What's so shameful about what a couple says in the bedroom?"
"So the dignified Minister Pei of the Ministry of Personnel speaks so carelessly."
"Can I hold your hand?"
"Second Master, are we going to have a bridal chamber?"
"But I just like your good looks."
"Then kiss me."
"That's right. If many women have slept with you, I will easily get dirty diseases and even die if I sleep with you again."
"Second Master, you have to protect me!"
"Second Master, the way you feed me looks so beautiful."
"But I want to talk to you. I like talking to you."
"Two! This is two thank you gifts!"
"The first time you coaxed me, I didn't make it difficult for you, but next time it won't be so easy."
"Yeah, you have to miss me."
…
…
think!
Very much!
I miss her so much now.
Ever since he could remember, he was surrounded by intrigue and everyone was hiding their thoughts, emotions, looks and even actions.
If you are not careful, you may be doomed.
Even when he arrived at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, he was used to hiding.
But he met Jiang Zhaoyue, who was like a scorching sun, radiating her own light and illuminating his heart.
Praise him, get close to him, and rely on him so directly.
And from the time they got married until now, he had despised her, distanced himself from her, misunderstood her, and been mean to her...without giving her the slightest bit of return.
He kept saying he would protect her, but during a spring outing, she... He felt a sudden pain in his heart. Looking at the gray forest, he cried out in pain, "Zhao Yue!"
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