Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

A moment later, Duan Yiyuan asked her, "Can you read?"

"Of course." Qi Ning nodded quickly.

"Alright, then you can tidy up my study for me."

In fact, there was nothing in Duan Yiyuan's study that needed tidying up; it was just a matter of organizing the bookshelves. He only arranged some things for Qi Ning to do so as to put her at ease.

"Okay," Qi Ning smiled and immediately agreed.

The next day.

Qi Ning then entered Duan Yiyuan's study openly and honestly.

Today, Duan Yiyuan and Uncle Luo went out, Aunt Luo was busy in the kitchen, and only Qi Ning was in Duan Yiyuan's study.

After she went in, she looked around. There were bookshelves on three walls, and the bookshelves were full of books, but it wasn't particularly messy.

However, there were some books scattered on the desk, the recliner, and under the windowsill, which Duan Yiyuan must have put there after reading them and forgotten to tidy them up.

Qi Ning glanced at it briefly, then helped him put the scattered books back on the bookshelf.

As Qi Ning tidied her desk, she picked up a book to put on the bookshelf, but as soon as she picked it up, a letter fell out of the book and landed on the floor.

She picked up the letter and examined it in her hand.

It was an opened letter. You could see from the opening of the envelope that there was a small fold in the lower right corner of the letter inside. It was hard to notice unless you looked closely.

Qi Ning didn't open it rashly, but instead asked the system, "What kind of letter is this?"

The system quickly replied: "It was written by the emperor to Duan Yiyuan. He knew that Duan Yiyuan had left Guangren Temple and gone down the mountain, so he wrote to ask about his plans."

Qi Ning naturally knew that Duan Yiyuan had once been the emperor's study companion, and had practically grown up with the emperor; their relationship was extraordinary.

"So, the Emperor wants Duan Yiyuan to return to the capital?"

"Yes."

Qi Ning slightly curved her lips into a smile.

Just then, the system suddenly alerted: "Something's wrong, host, Duan Yiyuan is back."

Qi Ning glanced outside.

She knew the system was reminding her to put the letter away so that Duan Yiyuan wouldn't find it.

However, Qi Ning changed her mind and did not hide. Instead, she acted as if she did not know that Duan Yiyuan had returned, still holding the book and the letter in her hand.

The system, puzzled, asked, "Host, aren't you afraid of being discovered by Duan Yiyuan?"

Qi Ning said calmly, "What's there to be afraid of? I'm just waiting for him to find out."

Sure enough, footsteps soon sounded outside the door.

A short while later, Duan Yiyuan appeared at the door of the study.

He saw the study door was half open, and when he looked inside, he saw Qi Ning standing by the desk.

She was holding a book in one hand and a letter in the other, about to put the letter back into the book.

Duan Yiyuan suddenly remembered that the letter tucked inside the book was the one the emperor had sent last time.

He frowned and asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing?"

Qi Ning seemed startled by the sudden sound. She turned around in a panic, almost dropping the book she was holding.

Upon seeing Duan Yiyuan at the study door, Qi Ning patted her chest with lingering fear: "Young Master, it's you back. I was startled."

Duan Yiyuan walked in with a sullen face.

"I asked you what you're doing?"

"I'm tidying up your study, young master. Didn't we agree on this yesterday? Have you forgotten?"

"I haven't forgotten. What I mean is, what were you doing with that book just now? Did you read the letters inside?"

The letter was written by the emperor. Although it contained nothing particularly confidential, it was not something that could be shown to just anyone.

After all, no one could have imagined that the owner of this small courtyard knew the emperor. Now, Duan Yiyuan just wanted to be an ordinary person, and if his identity were to get out, it would cause more or less trouble.

If she saw it by accident, then she saw something she shouldn't have seen and knew something she shouldn't have known, which is ultimately not good for her.

If she deliberately looked through his letters while he was away, then Duan Yiyuan would suspect her intention to approach him and sneak into his study.

However, Qi Ning looked completely innocent after hearing his words.

She shook her head, as if she didn't understand what he was saying.

"What? No!"

"You didn't read that letter?" Duan Yiyuan asked to confirm.

"Really do not have."

Qi Ning, her face tense, explained, "I was tidying up the study for you, young master. When I picked up this book, a letter fell out. I had just picked it up and put it back in the book when you happened to return."

"If you don't believe me, sir, you can check it yourself. I really didn't read the letter inside."

As she spoke, Qi Ning handed over the book in her hand.

Duan Yiyuan took the book and looked at the letter inside.

He had a habit of slightly folding the bottom right corner of the letter before putting it back in the envelope.

In this way, if someone else touches the letter, they will either not fold the crease back or fold it back, and it will be easy to tell whether it was only folded once, making it easy to spot the clues.

But the corner of the letter inside the envelope is still folded, showing no signs of having been opened.

It seems she wasn't lying; she really didn't read the letter.

Now Duan Yiyuan realized that he had misunderstood her.

Duan Yiyuan sighed inwardly; ultimately, it was his fault.

It was clearly him who agreed to let her into his study, and it was also him who failed to properly store the letters. Moreover, after seeing that scene, he didn't confirm anything before questioning her without understanding the situation, which was really inappropriate.

Duan Yiyuan couldn't help but feel guilty.

He had no idea that Qi Ning had deliberately misled him into misunderstanding her.

Duan Yiyuan's previously composed expression softened, and his tone became somewhat apologetic: "I misunderstood you."

Qi Ning looked aggrieved and said in a muffled voice, "Young Master, you should keep such important things safe in the future and not just tuck them into books."

"Yes, it's my fault for not putting it away properly."

Duan Yiyuan admitted that it was his fault.

Qi Ning looked up at Duan Yiyuan; her eyes had reddened without her noticing.

"Perhaps I should avoid entering your study so casually in the future, lest I come across something valuable again."

Seeing Qi Ning's reddened eyes, Duan Yiyuan felt inexplicably flustered.

"It was just a misunderstanding. That letter wasn't anything particularly important, so you don't need to worry about it."

"Young Master, A-Ning, what happened?"

Aunt Luo heard arguing coming from the study and came to check on the situation.

When she arrived, she saw Duan Yiyuan and Qi Ning standing in the study. Qi Ning was looking down, with an expression that looked like she was about to cry.

Aunt Luo thought that Qi Ning had done something wrong and had been scolded by Duan Yiyuan.

"nothing."

Duan Yiyuan was slightly embarrassed and didn't know how to handle the situation; he certainly didn't know how to charm a girl.

Aunt Luo arrived just in time.

"Aunt Luo, you can take Aning out of here. There's nothing to do here."

"Yes, son."

Aunt Luo responded and then pulled Qi Ning out.

Duan Yiyuan put down the book in his hand, sat down at his desk, and raised his hand to rub his temples.

Duan Yiyuan originally thought that this matter should just be over.

After all, it was just a misunderstanding, and he apologized to Qi Ning.

Unexpectedly, the very next morning, Aunt Luo knocked on Duan Yiyuan's door.

"Young master, A-Ning has disappeared!"

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