Chapter Forty-One
Thick, dark clouds gathered in the sky, lightning streaked through them, and thunder rumbled after brewing for a while, accompanied by torrential rain and raging wind.
After giving the clothes to Yu Zhao, Bo Chi returned to her room and realized that half of her arm was wet.
When she saw Yu Zhao getting drenched in the rain, she knew to tell the other party to take a hot bath quickly, but when it was her turn, she wasn’t so attentive. She casually rolled up her sleeves, went into the cloakroom, and rummaged through her bag.
In the plot, the original owner at this time had already begun to torture the real daughter in every possible way. The reason why Yu Zhao was standing in the garden shivering in the heavy rain just now was also because the original owner had chosen the time when her parents were not around to bully her.
There were many such things. For example, when Yu Zhao moved in, she didn’t bring anything, only a photo with her deceased grandmother. This photo was more important than anything to her. After the original owner accidentally found out, she immediately stole it and hid it in her bag, and when the rain stopped, she went out and tore it up and threw it into the sewer.
In the original work, Yu Zhao didn’t eat or drink, and searched for this photo in a daze for a long time. Finally, she dug out a corner of it in the mud, but no matter how she tried to piece it together, she could no longer piece together her grandmother’s loving face.
The other party was the person who loved her the most in this world, but she didn’t even protect the last trace of the other party.
Yu Zhao was devastated by this, and her usually excellent grades plummeted several times. It was clearly the most important turning point in her life, but her classmates who had worse grades than her also did better than her in the exams.
Her teachers and parents, who had high expectations for her, were disappointed. Yu Zhao was depressed and decided to end her life in the sea. However, when she arrived at the beach, she picked up an unconscious man.
Hmm?
Bo Chi flipped through the plot, and suddenly felt something was wrong when she saw this.
Good heavens, after the female lead saved the person, she dropped something when she left, and the male lead mistook it for the vicious female supporting character, and then turned around and married the original owner.
This, this, this, isn’t this the Little Mermaid’s routine???
Bo Chi couldn’t help but laugh, and lost interest in the following tragic love story. Instead, based on the few words in the plot, she found the photo that touched Yu Zhao’s heart among the original owner’s pile of bags.
There were only two people in the photo. The thin and small one was the young Yu Zhao, her hair a little longer than now, almost covering her eyes, making her look extremely gloomy.
The older one was her grandmother, her gray hair a little sparse, with a kind smile on her face, and she was making dumplings.
It was an ordinary photo full of life. Even if you didn’t know the people in the photo, you could still feel the warmth of home from it.
No wonder Yu Zhao cared so much about this photo.
Perhaps for her, the incompatible Bo family and the adoptive parents’ family who disliked and loathed her were not her real home.
Only by her grandmother’s side was her safe and loving home.
Bo Chi sighed in her heart, patiently and gently smoothed out the wrinkles on the photo, and then fell into thought again.
First, the photo was stolen by the original owner.
So the question was…
How should she return it??
It would be difficult for nothing to happen, because—— Knock, knock, knock.
A knock suddenly sounded, and Yu Zhao’s low and timid voice came from outside the door: “Sister… Have you seen my photo?”
Oh dear.
The poor little female lead had come to her door.
Bo Chi hurriedly put the photo in her pocket, walked to the door and opened it.
Yu Zhao stood outside, her lips pursed white, her eyes full of anxiety. Before Bo Chi could speak, she hurriedly said: “Sister, that photo is very important to me, if you see it, can you return it to me?”
Bo Chi wanted to return it, but wouldn’t returning it in person directly mean that she was the one who took it?
She didn’t want to take the blame for the original owner!
“Don’t worry.” Bo Chi turned her little head, imitating the original owner’s lazy manner, and said indifferently: “The house is only this big, you can always find lost things. If you’re anxious, you can search my room first.”
Yu Zhao was stunned, and a strange color flashed in her eyes.
She didn’t know other people, but Bo Chi, this half-sister, had always hated her.
She didn’t think much about the care and consideration in the garden before, and only thought that it was because her parents had suddenly returned, so Bo Chi hurriedly put on an act.
But she had just gone around, and didn’t see her parents, which meant… Bo Chi had changed her mind and voluntarily held the umbrella and gave her clothes.
Yu Zhao felt it was strange and couldn’t understand. Now that Bo Chi was questioned and not angry at all, and even willing to let her in to search, she raised her vigilance even higher, and quickly guessed what tricks and schemes the other party was playing.
As if to confirm her suspicion, Bo Chi paused for a while and added: “But, after you go in, if my precious things are missing, it goes without saying who stole them, right?”
This was a blatant threat and a hint of framing! Yu Zhao had seen many people play dirty tricks, but this was the first time she had seen such a sinister open scheme.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, she bit her lip and didn’t speak, looking hesitant, but a haze appeared in her heart.
How could Bo Chi, this spoiled eldest young lady, suddenly have the brains to frame someone?
What exactly did the other party want to do?
Should she go in?
Various thoughts appeared in her mind, Yu Zhao lowered her eyes slightly, originally wanting to see Bo Chi’s expression, but when her gaze fell, she caught a glimpse of the girl’s arm.
The wet sleeves were rolled up to her shoulders. It was clearly a funny look, but because the girl’s skin was fair, soft, and flawless, like beautiful jade, it unexpectedly revealed a different kind of delicacy.
Yu Zhao, for some reason, suddenly swallowed.
She was silent for two seconds, looked away as if nothing had happened, and after a hundred turns of thought, she finally accepted Bo Chi’s move: “Thank you, sister, then I’ll come in and look for it.”
She had no choice.
She had to find the photo. As long as she found it, even if she was framed for stealing afterwards, it would be worth it.
What’s more…
The girl had only played small pranks before. The only outrageous thing was making her stand in the rain outside, but after a while, she hurriedly called her back into the house, and even tilted the umbrella towards her, getting half of her arm wet.
Perhaps this was the other party’s bottom line. Although she was arrogant and had a bad temper, she was not a bad person.
Yu Zhao went into the room to search, thinking about some things at the same time.
Bo Chi poked her head out of the door and looked around. As soon as Yu Zhao turned around, she immediately changed back to the arrogant eldest young lady.
Because her acting was too smooth, Aunt Zhao, who passed by with dessert, was stunned for a while before saying blankly: “Chi-Chi, what are you doing here?”
Bo Chi was startled, turned her head and saw that it was the nanny who had taken care of the original owner since childhood, and immediately relaxed and snorted coldly: “Yu Zhao lost something, I let her come into my room to look for it, and I’m watching her here by the way.”
Aunt Zhao suddenly understood, and smiled: “It seems that Madam is right, you and Second Miss are both good children, and you will naturally have a deep sisterly bond after spending time together. Has Second Miss not found her things yet? Then I’ll put the dessert you want on the table and help Second Miss look for it.”
Bo Chi put her hand in her pocket, rubbed the photo, thought for a while, and said casually: “Okay, you go help her look for it, put the dessert on the table, and I’ll eat it when I come back.”
Aunt Zhao looked up, still wanting to ask where she was going in the heavy rain, but in just a moment, Bo Chi had disappeared.
She hesitated for a while, thinking that with Bo Chi’s delicate temperament, she shouldn’t run outside, but just walk around in the villa, so she felt relieved and began to ask Yu Zhao what she was looking for.
Seeing that no one was chasing after her, Bo Chi, who was hiding outside the door, calmed down, ran to Yu Zhao’s room, looked around, and then sneaked in.
Without time to look at the arrangement of the other party’s room, she directly put the photo under the other party’s pillow, and then quickly ran away.
In just a few minutes, she had already dealt with the hot potato.
The big stone in her heart was gone, and Bo Chi was completely relieved. Just as she smiled, she suddenly felt a little dizzy.
She shook her head, ignored it, and slipped to the kitchen, took a spoon, and returned to her room.
Yu Zhao and Aunt Zhao had already searched roughly, but couldn’t find anything. Yu Zhao’s body was enveloped in low pressure.
When Bo Chi came over briskly, she noticed it, her expression changed, and then she changed back to her timid and cowardly appearance, and said softly: “Sister, I’m sorry…”
Bo Chi waved her hand and said casually: “It’s okay, you must be tired after searching for so long, come and eat… come and finish these things that I can’t finish.”
Yu Zhao: “…Sister, you haven’t even touched this dessert.”
Bo Chi said confidently: “I can’t finish it either, it’s a waste to throw it away. Anyway, you’re a poor child, it’s not embarrassing to eat my leftovers.”
Aunt Zhao on the side immediately showed disapproval: “Chi-Chi, don’t say that about your sister. Second Miss suffered so much when she was young, as her older sister, you should care more about her, do you understand?”
Yu Zhao didn’t have much expression, but suddenly remembered the clothes that Bo Chi had given her before.
They were clearly clean, and even treasures that she had begged for a long time, but she gave them to her with such a disgusted tone…
It was really… incomprehensible.
“I know, Aunt Zhao, you go and rest.” Bo Chi said with a smile, put the spoon on the tray, stuffed the dessert into Yu Zhao’s hands, and her tone became arrogant again: “Don’t stay in my room all the time, I’m annoyed when I see you, go back to your room and eat by yourself.”
——Anyway, don’t tempt her in front of her!
Yu Zhao took the tray, her lowered eyes showing a dark color, and her voice was soft: “Thank you, sister.”
Bo Chi hummed, but the corners of her lips were almost up to her ears.
Being called sister by the always domineering and cold Yu Zhao, it was too joyful!
And the other party was clearly still a child now, speaking obediently, completely different from her previous cold appearance, she was like a real little sister! Bo Chi had to admit that she had a shameful desire to raise her.
Staring at the cute little sister with burning eyes for a while, Bo Chi reluctantly looked away, coughed lightly, and said: “Go back and search your room carefully, no one stole your things, the photo can’t have grown legs and flown away, can it?”
Yu Zhao nodded obediently: “Sister is right, I will search carefully again when I go back.”
“Yes.” Bo Chi nodded, almost saying ‘good girl’. After swallowing the words, she still couldn’t help but touch Yu Zhao’s soft black hair, and coughed lightly: “Go out.”
Yu Zhao felt her burning gaze and restraint, and stepped out thoughtfully.
After taking two steps, she suddenly remembered something, turned around and showed a caring expression, and whispered: “Sister’s sleeves are wet, remember to take a hot bath, or you’ll catch a cold.”
Bo Chi raised her pointed chin proudly: “Hmph, I know even if you don’t tell me.”
The door closed.
Yu Zhao left with raised eyebrows.
Bo Chi threw herself on the bed, hugged the white bear doll and rolled around, screaming: “Ahhh! This little sister is too good! Big sister can do it, big sister really can do it!”
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The author has something to say:
Bo Chi: Wuu, no, I can’t.
Yu Zhao (smiling and grabbing her wife’s ankle, pulling her back bit by bit): No, big sister can do it.
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