Chapter 5.1 (2/2)
‘Liar, only bird poo fall from the sky,’ Yan Shi Ning said.
‘Little sister, I’m not lying,’ Pei Jin said. ‘I caught this rice noodle roll from the sky.’
Pei Jin showed Yan Shi Ning the rice noodle roll in his hand and ate it.
Yan Shi Ning saw the serious expression on Pei Jin’s face and she believed him. Afterward she tilted her head back and she stared up at the sky.
‘Little sister, you can’t stand here,’ Pei Jin said. ‘You need to stand over there.’
Yan Shi Ning walked to the spot Pei Jin pointed to then she fell into the hole he dug and concealed!
Yan Shi Ning sobbed loudly. Pei Jin’s teacher heard the commotion and ran outside his home.
‘Pei Jin, what are you doing?’ Pei Jin’s teacher asked.
‘Teacher, I saw a little girl fell into a hole,’ Pei Jin said. ‘When I walked to the hole, little sister was crying. I wanted to give her the rice noodle roll that teacher’s wife made to console her. But I don’t know how to pull little sister up from the hole.’
Yan Shi Ning’s body shook with anger while she sobbed. She didn’t know how Pei Jin maintained a serious expression while lying smoothly. She cried louder, she was fooled by the liar!
Luckily Yan Shi Ning’s nightmare ended at that moment. She looked at her surroundings and sighed in relief when she saw the spot next to her on the bed was empty. The morning sunlight shone through the window and she reluctantly sat up on the bed.
‘Heavens!’ Yan Shi Ning cursed.
The six-year-old Yan Shi Ning fell into a hole but was quickly pulled out of the hole. Unfortunately twelve years later she fell into a hole for life. There wouldn’t be escape even after death.
Yan Shi Ning cursed mouthy boy. What danger? What grieving? Mouthy boy was allowed to leave the palace because his teacher feared his life was in danger and didn’t want him to grieve deeply by himself. But she saw his real personality behind his grieving mask.
Yan Shi Ning didn’t know how mouthy boy could deceive other people. What gentle ninth prince? He was a deadly liar! She reasoned that other people must be blind if they believed he was capable of being gentle and kind.
Yan Shi Ning felt insanely angry. She wanted to break apart her bed but when she fisted her hands, she felt something hard. It was a beautiful jade pendant. She looked closer at the jade pendant and she almost spatted out blood. Little lion was engraved at the top of the jade pendant. She didn’t need to think too deeply to know who the owner of the jade pendant was.
Yan Shi Ning got out of bed and searched everywhere in the chamber for her undergarments but it was missing.
‘Big brother, why did you take my undergarments?’ Yan Shi Ning mumbled.
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End of Chapter Five (Part 1)