Pei Minghao's mind raced, pondering whether Ye Ningwan's warning was genuine or just a ploy to scare him!
At this moment, Jiang Yinglin, who had been standing silently on the periphery, suddenly pushed through the crowd and walked in, placing a hand on Pei Minghao's shoulder and looking at him with a half-smile.
“Young Master Pei, although my wife is right, as someone who works for Ninth Master, I still hope that you can go in and investigate thoroughly, so that I can have an explanation to give to Ninth Master when I go back.”
He patted Pei Minghao on the shoulder, his smile now tinged with slyness and amusement.
"Why don't you do me this favor? If it's true, it'll be like cleaning up the house for Ninth Master, and I, as his follower, can even get some credit; if it's really because my lady is wrong, you'll only get a scolding from the old man and a few days of confinement, which is a minor matter."
Pei Minghao's expression changed slightly, and then he heard Jiang Yinglin speak again.
"After all, he's the Pei family's grandson, and your father now controls most of the power in the Pei Group. Can the old man really do anything to you? Don't you think so?"
Pei Minghao's face immediately turned ugly. He raised his shoulders and broke free from Jiang Yinglin's "good buddy" attitude.
He said with a cold laugh.
"You're quite the schemer, always getting all the benefits while leaving me to take the blame when things go wrong! Does your Ninth Master even know you're this kind of person?"
Jiang Yinglin whistled and shrugged helplessly.
"Since the Third Young Master has said so, then you don't plan to go in? Then let's hurry up and call it a day. Let's not delay anyone from doing their proper business, shall we? You should also go back to sleep. Don't stand here. Anyway, you don't dare to go in."
Every word he said was a sarcastic jab at Pei Minghao, seemingly meant to provoke him.
Pei Minghao was even less inclined to cause trouble for Ye Ningwan so easily. If there really was no one in Ye Ningwan's room, wouldn't he just be making trouble for himself?
Just as Pei Minghao was hesitating, Ye Ningwan suddenly placed her hand on the doorknob and took a small step back.
That was an attempt to close the door.
Pei Minghao, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped. His sharp gaze was fixed on Ye Ningwan, and a smile appeared on his lips. However, that smile contained sharp thorns that pierced Ye Ningwan's heart.
He walked towards Ye Ningwan step by step.
Jiang Yinglin suddenly stood up and blocked his way.
"Young Master Pei, please have some self-respect!"
Pei Minghao looked at Jiang Yinglin and sneered.
"Didn't you just want me to go in and investigate? If I really find out something, your Ninth Master, my Ninth Uncle who's still in a wheelchair, would probably be very happy, wouldn't he?"
After saying that, he forcefully pushed Jiang Yinglin away and strode towards Ye Ningwan.
"Ye Ningwan, get out of the way! I need to go in and investigate! Let me tell you, I've already arranged for people downstairs. Even if your lover tries to climb down from the balcony, he'll be caught red-handed. He can't go anywhere; he'll be trapped like a turtle in a jar by me!"
Ye Ningwan raised an eyebrow, stood in front of Pei Minghao, and said coldly.
"roll!"
As Ye Ningwan spoke, she raised her foot, intending to kick Pei Minghao again.
Seeing this, Pei Minghao was already prepared and immediately jumped back two steps, looking like an agitated monkey.
Ye Ningwan looked at him and gave a cold, disdainful laugh, her eyes full of contempt.
"You shouldn't be here; you should go to Mount Emei."
Pei Minghao was rendered speechless by Ye Ningwan's retort, his face turning a bluish-purple color, making him look like a giant mutated pig liver.
He was so angry he was jumping up and down.
"Ye Ningwan, you! You clearly have a problem!"
Ye Ningwan gave a cold laugh, clearly annoyed.
"Pei Minghao, you are not qualified to search my room!"
Before Pei Minghao could finish speaking, a woman's arrogant voice came from not far away.
"Minghao has no right to search your room, so what about me?"
Upon hearing the sound, everyone turned to look, only to find that the person who should have been at the hospital with the seriously injured Pei Minghan was now there.
Ye Ningwan raised an eyebrow.
"Sister-in-law, you're up so early? Have you been waiting outside my door since last night?"
Madam Pei remained unfazed by Ye Ningwan's sarcasm and simply snorted coldly.
"Ye Ningwan, do you think saying these things to provoke me will work? Now that I'm in charge of this household, I'm going to handle things fairly and justly."
Upon hearing these four people, Ye Ningwan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Fair and just? Does your sister-in-law really know how to write those four words?"
Madam Pei glanced at Ye Ningwan and said in an annoyed tone.
"Someone saw a thief climb into your room from the balcony. For your safety, I'm going to take some men in to search the room!"
As expected, Madam Pei is much more clever than that idiot Pei Minghao; she even knows how to come up with an excuse like "it's for your own good."
Ye Ningwan shrugged indifferently at this.
"Of course, but I have a lot of antiques that Ninth Master likes in my room. Those decorations are very valuable. If your men accidentally break anything, can you afford to pay for it, sister-in-law?"
Madam Pei's face darkened, and she said with a cold smile.
"Don't worry, I can afford to pay for all your stuff!"
After saying that, Madam Pei was about to push Ye Ningwan aside and lead her people inside.
But Ye Ningwan still reached out and stopped her.
"Wait a minute!"
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