CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 39: HERE I COME

EDITOR: ATLAS STUDIOS

Unfortunately, not in this lifetime!

Everything, absolutely everything, is under her control!

Those two pieces of embroidery with special poems were specifically stitched by her for that ruffian and Pei Jinheng!

She knew that far away in the Capital City, Pang Shuangyue always had her in mind!

Pang Shuangyue also liked Pei Jinheng. To get him, she first schemed to make it look like she was involved with an outsider, let Pei Jinheng see it, then in his anger, he broke off the engagement, and she pretended to redeem her guilt by marrying into the Pei family.

But she found that Pei Jinheng still had some lingering feelings for her, so she meticulously planned this scene.

It all started with an embroidery, but that embroidery was not her own, it was a counterfeit made to imitate her previous works.

A man’s thoughts are not as meticulous as a woman’s, so Pei Jinheng naturally did not notice the difference, believing that she had sent him a message through it, and then he came...

Tsk, it’s really a calculated move at every step!

Long Yue curled her lips into a mocking smile, without any psychological burden, she sat in the carriage with Zhou Zhiqin.

Zuiyue Building is the top restaurant in Qingtian County, with excellent wines and dishes, and also has private rooms.

The carriage stopped outside, and Zhou Zhiqin lifted her skirt and walked ahead: "Sister, come quickly, Zuiyue Building is like you, it has a ’Yue’ in its name, it sounds so close!"

"Still, sister, you’re the closest to me!"

"Oh, don’t tease, sister always knows how to make fun of me!"

The two of them, chatting and laughing, entered Zuiyue Building like real sisters.

Everything had been arranged in advance. They were led by a servant to a large private room on the third floor, where some cold dishes were already prepared, and the two sat down to eat a bit.

The cold dishes were just some seeds, peanuts, red dates, salted eggs, nothing problematic. The dishes that would come up later, both would eat, also not a problem. From her past life’s memory, she would drug the last bowl of dessert.

She remembered it was sticky rice lotus seed soup, and her bowl would be drugged to induce fancy illusions!

"Sister, quickly call for the dishes, I’m a bit hungry."

Long Yue didn’t want to talk too much and urged the meal, coincidentally Zhou Zhiqin had also been watching the time closely and felt it was running a bit tight, so she quickly had the dishes served.

Two soups, three meat dishes, and five vegetables, a total of ten dishes, symbolizing perfection in all aspects.

"Sister, eat more, oh, seeing how you’ve lived at the Li family, you seem to have lost weight!"

Ha, have you seen how I looked before?

Long Yue scoffed inwardly, then caught up with saying, "Yes, oh, that Li family is really not fit for humans..."

While speaking, a waiter came in with a tray of desserts.

Long Yue raised her eyes slightly, knowing the main event was coming.

"Sister, your favorite sticky rice lotus seed soup, quickly have a taste? Just don’t know how it compares with the ones at the Minister Mansion?"

"Of course, the ones at home taste better, do you even need to ask?"

Long Yue pouted slightly, looking a bit unhappy, then as she got unhappy, her hand slipped slightly, and with a bang, the bowl of fish soup she had just filled was knocked over by her sleeve.

The soup, coincidentally, flowed towards Zhou Zhiqin.

"Oh no, sister, are you okay, were you scalded? Quickly go over there and change these dirty clothes!"

Long Yue exclaimed in surprise, looking panicked, then clumsily helped to tidy her up.

The soup hadn’t spilled much initially, but with her fuss, it ended up all over Zhou Zhiqin.

Zhou Zhiqin felt frustrated inside but it wasn’t good to burst out, she could only fake a smile and say "It’s fine," suffocating her to death.

"Why be it’s fine? Waiter, go get a clean set of clothes! Oh, sister, you are a lady of wealth, don’t be so unconcerned with your image, right, quickly go behind the screen and change."

"..."

Zhou Zhiqin looked annoyed, she didn’t want to change, but smelling the fishy stench, she thought it better to change.

Besides, with her right in front of her eyes, could she even run away?

So she went behind the screen.

The screen was a thin layer of fine paper, vaguely visible if someone was there outside. In case of anything unexpected, while she turned her back, Long Yue quickly swapped their bowls of sticky rice lotus seed soup.

Her actions were smooth, leaving no trace.

When Zhou Zhiqin came out, Long Yue was already eating on her own.

"Why isn’t sister eating the lotus seed soup?"

Zhou Zhiqin noticed that Long Yue was eating sweet and sour spareribs but not the lotus seed soup, a bit surprised, as it was her favorite!

"I’m waiting for sister to join, good things are meant to be shared, isn’t it selfish to eat alone? Come, sit down, let’s eat together! If sister doesn’t eat, I won’t either!"

"..."

Zhou Zhiqin twitched her mouth, thinking her cousin was really silly, she was being set up yet remembered her well, haha...

But this, she was happy to see, quickly saying, "Alright, let’s eat together!"

Long Yue smiled, picked up the small bowl, and started to eat, gobbling down while occasionally giving Zhou Zhiqin a silly smile.

Zhou Zhiqin saw her silly manners, and felt at ease, so not thinking too much, she ate her portion of lotus seed soup.

"Oh no!"

"What happened, sister?"

"Sister, I seem to have eaten too much and need to go to the restroom urgently, where is it?"

"..."

Zhou Zhiqin had black lines on her face, feeling her worldview was challenged, was this her virtuous, gentle and proper cousin? It felt like a country bumpkin, didn’t it?

Oh right, she did marry a village man, of course a bumpkin, hahaha!

Zhou Zhiqin felt smug, then laughed and pointed to the left: "Over there, just go straight to the end."

"Oh, okay, sister will be right back, you must wait for me!"

"Okay, sister, go quickly!"

Unaware she was being played by Long Yue, Zhou Zhiqin was still fantasizing, thinking about Mr. Pei’s expression after entering to see Pang Longyue disheveled and mingling with a rascal, feeling suddenly hot.

Initially, she didn’t feel it, thinking she was too excited, so she loosened her collar slightly.

But the heat didn’t dissipate, instead it increased, even her composure became agitated.

She looked down at her unfinished lotus seed soup, took two more bites hoping to suppress it, but not eating was better, once eaten, the heat grew stronger.

How could it be?

Her mind was a bit fuzzy, thinking the air in this room was bad, she was about to get up for some air outside, when suddenly her legs gave way, and with a thud, she fell to the ground.

At this point, she finally realized something, but knowing was too late, that burning sensation quickly devouring her reason.

"Help... save me..."

She called out weakly, her voice soft and coquettish.

"Bang!"

The door was kicked open, and a scruffy, dirty, reeking of alcohol figure rushed in, shouting, "Pretty lady, here I come!"