newbobooks Chapter 301 Trap
Chapter 301 Trap
Chapter 301 Trap
Upon returning to her own courtyard, Chen Wan realized that she had likely fallen into a trap.
Chen Wan was not a stupid person. After calming down and thinking it over carefully, she realized that He Yi's words yesterday were all lies to her. In fact, when she said those words, He Yi treated her like a clown.
He is the prince's son, He Yi himself. How could he not know about Chen Qin's engagement to him?
Chen Wan knew that Chen Qin disliked her. Because her dislike and disgust for Chen Qin far exceeded Chen Qin's dislike for her, she wondered if Chen Qin had conspired with He Yi to deliberately be ambiguous with He Yi when she was about to return, so that she would see it and cause her to misunderstand.
If she hadn't seen Chen Qin and He Yi being intimate, she wouldn't have assumed they were having an affair, and she certainly wouldn't have told the Grand Elder that she wouldn't be in solitary confinement anymore. Therefore, Chen Qin and He Yi were clearly in cahoots.
The more Chen Wan thought about it, the more certain she became. She never considered that Chen Qin had no idea when she went out, let alone that she would deliberately let her see those things.
After hearing Chen Wan's words, the First Madam frowned deeply and said, "Is everything you said true?"
"Of course it's true." Chen Wan nodded firmly and said, "Mother, think about it, who's the happiest person now that I'm confined?"
“I knew it was Chen Qin without even thinking,” Chen Wan said. “Chen Qin and that man had already planned this, and they even lured us into their trap.”
"I never expected Chen Qin to be such a treacherous villain." The First Madam also believed Chen Wan's words, because there was no other explanation. Moreover, just as Chen Wan said, Chen Qin was the happiest person now that Chen Wan was in solitary confinement.
The First Madam gently patted Chen Wan's hand and said, "Let's be patient for a while."
"Moreover, now that you are in solitary confinement, your father feels guilty towards you and dislikes Chen Qin even more. I will persuade him to visit you more often during this time, so you must seize this opportunity."
"Don't worry, Mother, your daughter will not let you down."
The First Madam looked at Chen Wan with satisfaction and said, "It wasn't for nothing that I taught you for so long."
Although I failed this time, it's only this once. Chen Wan's scheming and methods are not much different from mine now.
The First Madam stayed with Chen Wan for a while longer before leaving.
After the First Madam left, Chen Wan looked in the direction of Chen Qin's courtyard, determined to make Chen Qin pay the price once this matter was over.
After returning, He Yi was still worried about Chen Qin facing the Elder and Chen Wan alone, and felt like a walking corpse.
He Yi and He Fei had dinner together. Even during dinner, He Yi seemed absent-minded. When He Fei saw He Yi like this, she deliberately put a piece of food that He Yi disliked the most into He Yi's bowl.
As a result, He Fei watched as He Yi ate the dish, seemingly oblivious, and continued to drift off into thought.
He Fei couldn't help but twitch her lips as she watched, then waved her hand in front of He Yi and asked, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
He Yi finally came to her senses and looked at He Fei in confusion, "What? What happened?"
He Fei realized that He Yi was hiding something from her, and asked, "What does your mouth taste like right now?"
He Yi chewed the food in his mouth, then his expression changed and he quickly spat it out.
After spitting it out, He Yi's face turned the same color as the bitter melon he had just spat out, his whole face contorted in a grimace. He asked suspiciously, "Fei'er, did you put this bitter melon on my plate?"
He Fei readily admitted it, chuckling, "That's right, I picked it up."
He Yi: "..."
He Fei said, "You've been distracted ever since you came back today. What happened?"
"Oh, this?" He Yi said, "It's nothing."
Fearing that He Fei would continue to ask questions, He Yi said, "Let's eat first."
He Fei rolled her eyes speechlessly and said, "I know even if you don't tell me."
What does He Yi mean? "...What do you know?"
He Fei snorted, "I'm not telling you. You said it yourself. Let's eat first."
After saying that, he continued eating, ignoring He Yi, who looked conflicted and seemed to want to ask but didn't.
As He Fei ate her food, she thought to herself that the chefs in their household were not as skilled as Chen Feng.
No, why was she thinking about Chen Feng? He Fei banished Chen Feng from her mind and focused on eating again.
He Yi ate absentmindedly, wondering how He Fei knew about Chen Qin. He remembered that he hadn't told He Fei about it when he came back.
After finishing her meal, He Fei wiped her mouth with a handkerchief before glancing at He Yi and saying, "Brother, are you wondering how I knew you were thinking about Sister Qin?"
He Yi nodded subconsciously. "Yes, how did you know?"
He Fei laughed and said, "It seems I was right after all."
He Fei understood He Yi. Usually, the only people who could make He Yi so absent-minded were herself and Chen Qin. But now, she was here perfectly fine, so there was only one explanation: He Yi was thinking about something related to Chen Qin, something that was easy to figure out.
He Yi scratched his head curiously, "Fei'er, tell me quickly."
"No rush, you haven't told me what happened to Sister Qin yet?"
When Chen Qin was mentioned, He Yi hesitated before saying, "Actually, nothing really happened."
He Fei glared at He Yi, "Brother, are you going to tell me or not?"
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you what I'm saying."
After learning from He Yi what had happened at the Elder's house that day, He Fei's eyes widened in shock. "What did you say?!"
"Can there really be cannibalistic fathers in the world?"
He Fei didn't know much about Chen Qin's situation. She only knew that Chen Qin's family treated her badly, but she didn't know that they treated her this badly.
Based on just a few words from that Second Miss Chen Wan, she suspected that Sister Qin was having an affair and even tried to use the jade pendant left to her by her deceased mother to blackmail her. Fortunately, her brother helped her get the jade pendant back in the end.
He Fei thought to herself that even an outsider was gritting their teeth over this, and she wondered how Chen Qin, as one of the parties involved, was doing now.
He Fei asked, "How is Sister Qin feeling now?"
"It should be pretty good."
He Fei: "...What do you mean by 'not bad'?"
"I don't know either." He Yi lowered his head, feeling extremely guilty: "But when I left, she was smiling, so I said she must be in a good mood."
"Brother, you're really stupid," He Fei said, unable to bear it.