Jiaojiao is getting married, and the male leads fall for her and fight over her.

Chapter 7: Why does the younger cousin insist that her older cousin do it?

Shen Shuyi was inwardly panicking, but she pretended to be calm and asked the guest to leave: "Men and women should not touch each other. Your uninvited visit, Cousin Prince, is damaging to my reputation."

She looked at A-Jian and frantically winked at him: "A-Jian, see Cousin Shizi out."

No way, how could she possibly give the medicine packet to Prince Pei?
A-Jian was actually afraid of Prince Pei, because among the four young masters of the Pei family who had been harmed by the girl, Prince Pei was clearly the gentlest and kindest, but his methods were also ruthless.

She mustered her courage and went to Pei Dongzhou: "This servant will see the young master out."

Pei Dongzhou seemed not to hear, his gentle and harmless gaze falling on Shen Shuyi: "Does my cousin really want me to do it?"

A-Jian was startled and subconsciously looked at her daughter.

Shen Shuyi didn't believe Pei Dongzhou would lay a hand on her. This young master was avoiding her like the plague, how could he possibly lay a hand on her?

Furthermore, given his extremely low level of affection for her (-98%), she dared not offend him. After careful consideration, she simply turned around and went back to her dormitory, crawling into bed, determined not to believe he would dare to follow her in.

Pei Dongzhou was surprised by Shen Shuyi's reaction. He got up and walked to the bedroom, looking at the girl in bed through the beaded curtain.

She hid under the covers, head and all, and could only see a bulging mass.

Cousin Shen was certain that he wouldn't overstep his bounds, which is why she wanted to use this method to get rid of him.

"Cousin, you should leave. I'm not feeling well and I'm exhausted, so I won't entertain you any longer," Shen Shuyi said in a muffled voice, then hid under the covers and pretended to be dead.

Even if Pei Dongzhou lifted the covers, she had already hidden the medicine packet. Unless the young master Pei searched her bedroom thoroughly, he wouldn't be able to find out what medicine she had bought.

Pei Dongzhou stood for a moment, then said gently, "Cousin, you'd better not do anything shameful again, otherwise..."

Shen Shuyi reached her hand out from under the covers, and her grass-green wide sleeves slid down, revealing her slender, fair arm.

She waved her hand and said, "I may not have many days left to live. I want to forget about the grudges and grievances of the past. Please forgive me, Cousin Prince. Please go ahead."

Perhaps because the light was too dim, Pei Dongzhou only felt that the girl's snow-white wrist was glowing.

He averted his gaze, pursed his lips, and left Fusangin.

Once she was sure that Prince Pei had gone far away, A-Jian went inside to remind him, "The young master has left, please come out, young lady."

The girl was clever enough to escape another disaster.

Shen Shuyi, still shaken, crawled out of bed. She couldn't understand why she always got caught red-handed when she did something wrong. Prince Pei, who had never set foot in Fusang Courtyard alone before, had actually come today. Had he taken the wrong medicine?
Time was of the essence, so she instructed A-Jian to keep an eye on Xia Nianchu's movements so she could create a chance encounter.

Given her current situation, if she kissed Pei Dongzhou, even if he didn't tear her to pieces, his affection for her would drop to -100%. There was only one way: she kissed Pei Dongzhou, but made him think it was Xia Nianchu. This way, she could save her life, frame Xia Nianchu, and at the same time make Xia Nianchu think she was helping him.

This plan is perfect.

Ah Jian was reliable; she soon ran back to tell her that Xia Nianchu was currently flirting with Pei Xizhou in the West Garden.

All she needs to do is wait near Xiyuan and have a chance to bump into Xia Nianchu, and she'll have a chance to collaborate with her.

Shen Shuyi was panting heavily when she reached the vicinity of the West Garden after walking through the winding corridor.

This useless body is really bad; she couldn't even keep going after walking for a quarter of an hour.

With A-Jian's help, she sat down in the pavilion to rest.

"Ah Jian, my health is so poor right now, I don't know if I really won't live much longer." Shen Shuyi sighed softly, feeling powerless.

Every task assigned by the system is incredibly difficult. Take the task of kissing Prince Pei, for example—it's hellish in difficulty. She doesn't even dare show her face in Pei Dongzhou's presence, fearing that the moment he sees her, his affection for her will plummet to zero. Under these circumstances, wouldn't kissing Prince Pei be suicide? That's why the system is so cruel.

After waiting for a long time without getting a reply from A-Jian, she looked over and saw that A-Jian's eyes were red.

“The girl will live to be a hundred years old,” A-Jian said, her voice choked with emotion.

Shen Shuyi pulled Ajian down to sit and gently wiped away her tears: "For the sake of our little Ajian, I also want to live to be a hundred years old."

A-Jian burst into laughter through her tears and threw herself into her girl's arms.

"Why are you still acting like a child? Look at you, what if one day I'm really gone..."

"You're not allowed to say unlucky things, young lady." Ah Jian burst into tears.

Shen Shuyi tried to coax and persuade A-Jian, but she still cried. In desperation, she kissed A-Jian hard on the face. This startled A-Jian, and she finally stopped crying.

"If you cry again, I'll kiss you again!" Shen Shuyi threatened.

A-Jian stopped crying, and Shen Shuyi breathed a sigh of relief.

She got up and stretched. When she turned around, she saw Pei Xizhou and Xia Nianchu standing outside the pavilion. They looked like they had been standing there for a while.

"Third cousin, Xia cousin, what a coincidence." Shen Shuyi stepped out of the pavilion and greeted them.

Pei Xizhou possessed a pair of captivating, alluring eyes, and today he wore a flamboyant red robe, his gaze full of affection. Standing next to Xia Nianchu, a charming and pretty innocent girl, they actually made a well-matched couple.

"I heard my cousin is sick?" Pei Xizhou looked Shen Shuyi up and down.

The girl before him had skin as white as snow, her face pale to the point of being sickly. She wore a long, grass-green embroidered dress with trim, and a silk sash around her waist that pinched her slender waist so tightly it could be encircled by one hand.

Cousin Shen had just kissed her maid; her lips, shaped like cherries, were slightly pale.

It's strange, I didn't think Shen Shuyi was this beautiful when I saw her last time.

Xia Nianchu felt quite displeased when she saw Pei Xizhou's gaze fall on Shen Shuyi.

She originally thought that her cousin, the Crown Prince, would be difficult to approach, but her third cousin was a charming and amorous man. If she couldn't marry her cousin, perhaps marrying her third cousin would be a good alternative.

But her third cousin treated her coldly and didn't even look at her properly. But now that he saw Shen Shuyi, this fickle woman, he couldn't take his eyes off her.

Not daring to offend Pei Xizhou, Shen Shuyi obediently replied, "I am not feeling well. The doctor said I need to take good care of myself."

Pei Xizhou was a regular at Baixianglou and was used to seeing beautiful women, but today he couldn't help but take a second look at his cousin Shen. How strange.

Without giving it any further thought, he simply said, "I have to go out of the manor for a while. My two cousins, please make yourselves at home."

Before Shen Shuyi could speak, Xia Nianchu blocked her way, and the female lead said crisply, "Take care, cousin."

Pei Xizhou didn't even turn around, and with a swagger, quickly disappeared from their sight.

Xia Nianchu then looked at Shen Shuyi and asked suspiciously, "Why did my cousin come to the West Garden?"

Could it be that she ran into a wall with her cousin, the Crown Prince, and now she wants to compete with her for her charming and amorous third cousin?

(End of this chapter)