Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

Zhao's mother thought that Qian Yalin had deliberately come to sabotage things yesterday, probably because she already knew about this matter and was worried that Song Ruozhen would ruin their plans, so she deliberately stopped her.

Song Ruozhen did some quick calculations, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes, "This concubine of Prince Che is truly remarkable."

The moment Chu Junting heard this, he seemed to understand something immediately, and his eyes turned cold. "It seems we all underestimated her."

Meanwhile, Zhao Xubai had already met Qian Qingmiao again.

However, unlike her previous ferocious appearance, Qian Qingmiao returned to the way she looked when she fell into the water years ago.

"Brother Xubai, did you come to see me?" the little girl asked sweetly, her cute little face still showing signs of childishness.

Zhao Xubai felt a surge of bitterness spread from his heart to the tip of his nose, and then directly to his tear ducts, causing his eyes to redden involuntarily.

"Little Miaomiao, I'm so sorry!"

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Qian Qingmiao walked up to Zhao Xubai and tried to take his hand, but just as they were about to touch, a flash of light appeared, like an invisible barrier that prevented her from touching him.

She looked at her hands, as if she understood that humans and ghosts are different, and said, "Brother Xubai, this water is really cold. I don't want to stay here any longer. Can you save me?"

"Little Miaomiao, can you tell me what exactly happened back then? Did you accidentally fall into the water, or was someone trying to harm you?" Zhao Xubai asked hurriedly.

Qian Qingmiao's face showed fear and a hint of panic as she said, "I didn't fall into the water by accident; someone pushed me from behind."

Zhao Xubai's expression changed slightly; what Miss Song said was true!

Someone deliberately killed Miao Miao back then, and none of them knew it!

"Miaomiao, do you know who pushed you into the water? I will definitely find the culprit and bring them to justice!"

Zhao Xubai's eyes were urgent, as if he understood why Miaomiao had been trapped here all these years—because her injustice had not been redressed.

"I...I don't know who did this to me. Someone pushed me from behind, and I only saw a corner of a pink dress..."

Qian Qingmiao carefully recalled the situation back then, her eyes filled with growing terror, and she clutched her head with both hands, as if she were in great pain.

"No, no, it couldn't be her who hurt me..."

Zhao Xubai quickly stepped forward, instinctively reaching out his hand, but then stopped, thinking that he might hurt her.

"Little Miaomiao, who are you talking about?"

Zhao Xubai frowned, feeling that Qian Qingmiao knew who the other party was, but he didn't believe that the other party would do such a thing.

"Tell me, I'll investigate, I'll definitely find out the truth and give you justice, okay?"

However, Qian Qingmiao shook her head while crying, looking extremely distressed, and didn't utter a single word.

"Never mind, Brother Xubai, aren't we getting married? As long as you're with me, I'm not afraid."

Qian Qingmiao seemed to suddenly break free from her pain, her eyes fixed on him, and she transformed back into the ethereal girl she once was.

"Our wedding is all ready. After today, you will be my husband!"

Seeing Qian Qingmiao rushing towards him, Zhao Xubai retreated repeatedly, waving his hands and saying, "No, no..."

The next instant, Zhao Xubai suddenly woke up and the first thing he saw was his mother.

"Mother, Miaomiao was really murdered back then! She didn't fall into the water accidentally, she was killed!"

Zhao's mother's expression shifted repeatedly as she anxiously asked, "Did she say who killed her?"

"She said she didn't see anything, only a pink dress, which means the other person was a girl!"

Zhao Xubai anxiously grabbed his mother's hand, "I saw that she was in great pain and kept saying it was impossible. I think she knows who did it, but she doesn't think the other person would harm her, so she has been caught in suspicion."

A pink dress would prove she was a girl, but Yun Gui and I were all boys at the time, so why would she be wearing a pink dress?

"Yun Gui, do you remember the girl in the pink dress back then?"

Chu Yungui looked bewildered. "There were only a few of us boys playing together back then. We were upset because you brought a little sister. Where was the other girl?"

"No, there must be another girl, we just haven't noticed her. We must find this person so that Miao Miao can be exonerated!"

Zhao Xubai shook his head, his eyes unusually firm. "Miss Song, the reason she has been trapped there is because she was murdered but her name has not been cleared, right?"

“She died a truly tragic death. We need to help her resolve her inner conflicts so that she can leave the bottom of the river and be reincarnated,” Song Ruozhen said.

Seeing this, Chu Yungui didn't delay and immediately ordered people to find the other three people they used to play with.

They had grown up together since childhood, lived in the capital, and often hung out together, so as long as someone was sent to inform them, they could be found quickly.

When the three arrived, they were all startled by Zhao Xubai's appearance, but after learning the whole story, their expressions became increasingly solemn.

"Do you remember what girls were around us back then?" Chu Yungui asked.

"No, we were young and naive back then. A bunch of brats hanging out together, saying we hated girls who cried all the time."

"When Xu Bai brought Qian Qingmiao, we complained about him, and no one brought any other girls after that," Shu Heng said.

The other person nodded, "That's right, there was no one else besides us at the time. Could that pink dress have been worn by a maid?"

The old nanny was too old to wear pink, but the maids were all quite young and it was very likely that they would wear pink. However, it would be really difficult for them to recall that maid wearing a pink dress back then.

However, Cheng Chen frowned and hesitated, saying, "It seems there was indeed another girl who was about our age back then."

As soon as he said this, everyone in the room turned their attention to him. "Who is that girl? Tell us quickly!"

"Don't think I'm being ridiculous when I tell you this, but I just happened to glance at it while I was playing, so I can't be sure," Cheng Chen said.

"You speak first."

"It's Qian Yalin."

An eerie silence fell over the room. Shu Heng said directly, "Isn't this complete nonsense? Qian Yalin is Qian Qingmiao's own sister. How could she possibly harm her?"

Besides, I remember that after Qian Qingmiao's accident, Qian Yalin came with the Qian family. How could she possibly be here?

“I knew you would react this way if I told you, so I didn’t dare to say anything at the time. But I really remember it was her. I took a look, and I know she’s someone I don’t recognize. I can’t be wrong.”

Cheng Chen couldn't help but defend himself, his eyes filled with helplessness. When his family asked about it, he had already told them, but his mother insisted that he was talking nonsense. Since no one else was there to see it, he was too embarrassed to say it again.

But whenever he thinks about this matter over the years, that original thought keeps resurfacing in his mind, and he even begins to doubt himself.

Could it be... that he really misread it?