She wasn't ready to leave this beautiful world yet!
"Stop the car!" Wu Pengpeng said as she reached for her seatbelt. Due to her nervousness, her hands were trembling, and she couldn't undo it no matter how hard she tried.
Zhao Bufan had no idea why she had suddenly lost control. He looked at her with a worried expression on his face.
With great difficulty, Wu Pengpeng finally managed to undo the seatbelt. She quickly tried to open the car door, but it was locked.
Panic welled up inside her. She turned to Zhao Bufan and shouted at the top of her lungs, "I told you to stop the car!"
Zhao Bufan was taken aback by her outburst. He stammered, "The car has already stopped."
Wu Pengpeng took a closer look and realized that the car had indeed come to a halt.
She let out a long sigh of relief. Just as she was about to open the car door, she heard Zhao Bufan's cautious voice, "Pengpeng, what's wrong with you?"
Wu Pengpeng turned her head and saw Zhao Bufan looking at her with a worried expression on his face. The concern in his eyes didn't seem fake.
She was just about to ask if he was her second uncle's spy when someone knocked on the car window twice.
She turned to look and saw a middle - aged man standing outside the car, smiling at her.
The car window was rolled down, and the man said with a smile, "Miss, you're back."
Wu Pengpeng was trying to figure out who this man was when a name suddenly popped into her mind - Uncle Li.
Uncle Li was the butler of the Wu family. He had watched the original owner grow up since childhood and treated her like his own daughter. He was a trustworthy person.
She quickly greeted him with a smile, "Uncle Li."
When Uncle Li saw Wu Pengpeng's smiling face, his eyes welled up with tears.
A month ago, she had fallen off the castle while drunk and almost lost her life.
She had moved out of the old mansion soon after she recovered, and he hadn't seen her since then.
Now seeing that she was safe and sound, he was genuinely happy for her.
He quickly changed the subject with a smile, "Come inside quickly. The second master is waiting for you."
At the mention of her second uncle, Wu Pengpeng's legs turned weak.
She glanced to the side and saw a row of bodyguards standing at the door. If she tried to run away, she would definitely be caught.
If she showed any signs of abnormality, she might die even sooner.
She took a deep breath and pretended to be calm as she opened the car door and got out. "Let's go."
The Wu family's old mansion was a four - courtyard quadrangle. Under Uncle Li's guidance, Wu Pengpeng walked through the main gate, passed the screen door and the outer courtyard, and then walked through several more courtyard gates before finally reaching the main house.
The room was decorated in an antique style. Although Wu Pengpeng had stayed here for a few days, she still felt like she had traveled through time when she stepped inside again.
Wu You was sitting at the desk, concentrating on reviewing some documents.
Although he was already in his fifties, thanks to his good maintenance, he looked like he was only in his early forties. He was a handsome and elegant man.
Hearing the noise, he looked up from the documents. When he saw Wu Pengpeng, he immediately smiled and said, "Pengpeng is here."
He put down the documents, got up, and walked towards her. He also told the maid beside him, "Aunt Lin, quickly bring some ginger tea for the miss to warm up."
When Wu Pengpeng saw his smile, it was as if she had seen the scythe of death.
She pinched the palm of her hand and tried her best not to show any signs of abnormality. She said with a smile, "Second uncle, I'm here."
Wu You patted her on the head and asked with concern, "It's very cold outside, isn't it?"
Wu Pengpeng replied obediently, "It's okay."
While dealing with her second uncle, she was also observing Zhao Bufan's reaction.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zhao Bufan casually wave at Wu You and say, "Second uncle, I'm here too."
Then she walked straight to the sofa and sat down, looking even more at ease than if she were in her own home.
Wu Pengpeng: "..."
Whose home is this anyway?
After all, she was in the enemy's camp, so no matter how dissatisfied she was, she didn't dare to show it. She obediently walked to the sofa and sat down.
Soon, Aunt Lin brought two cups of steaming ginger tea and placed them in front of her and Zhao Bufan.
Zhao Bufan looked at the ginger tea with a look of disgust on her face and said with a bitter expression, "Second uncle, can I not drink this?"
"No!" Wu You said firmly, "It's so cold outside. What if you catch a cold?"
Zhao Bufan didn't dare to disobey the order and obediently drank the ginger tea.
Wu Pengpeng had originally been worried that he might have tampered with the ginger tea. Seeing that Zhao Bufan had already drunk it, she slowly picked up the cup.
Seeing her slow movements, Wu You thought she was afraid of the spiciness. He said gently, "I asked Aunt Lin to add honey. I tasted it just now. It's not spicy anymore."
Wu Pengpeng gave him a faint smile and took a small sip.
Wu You got up and walked to the cabinet behind the desk. He took out an iron box and brought it over, placing it in front of Wu Pengpeng.
"This is your favorite snack when you were a child," he said as he opened the iron box. Inside were full of nougat.
Wu Pengpeng loved nougat the most. When she was a child, she saw other kids eating it, but she didn't have the money to buy it. It had become a regret in her heart, and she had always remembered it.
After she grew up and started making her own money, she would buy a few pieces for herself whenever she was happy or sad.
"Before, we were worried that you would get tooth decay if you ate too much, so we didn't let you eat it. Later, when you grew up..." There had never been a chance to buy it for her.
It wasn't until a month ago when she had an accident that he suddenly felt scared. If something really happened to her, it would become a regret for his whole life.
Thinking about the scene he had seen in the hospital that day, Wu You's eyes welled up with tears. He peeled a piece of nougat and handed it to her. "From now on, you can eat whatever you like."
Wu Pengpeng had been an orphan since childhood and had never received such care before. Her nose suddenly felt sour.
She took the candy and was about to put it into her mouth when a warning suddenly rang in her mind.
Don't be deceived by the enemy's sugar - coated bullets!
She quickly stood up. "I'm going to the bathroom."
Without waiting for Wu You's response, she strode out of the door.
The bathroom was in the side room next to the main house. Wu Pengpeng went to the bathroom and washed her face. After her emotions had calmed down, she walked out of the bathroom.
Just as she reached the bathroom door, she heard a male voice respectfully call out, "Third brother."
Another person replied with a grunt and asked coldly, "Is everything ready?"
The respectful male voice said, "Don't worry, third brother. Everything is ready."
After a brief silence, the cold voice said again, "If anything goes wrong, the second master won't spare you!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Wu Pengpeng felt as if her whole body had turned ice - cold in an instant.
-- "Don't worry, third brother. I guarantee it will look very natural."
-- "The second master won't short you a single cent of the reward you deserve."
So it was really her second uncle who wanted to kill her.
Although she had suspected her second uncle before, there had always been a glimmer of hope in her heart that it was just a misunderstanding.
After all, the original owner was his blood relative. He couldn't possibly want to take her life just for money.
But the facts proved that in the eyes of these people, only money and interests were supreme.
Everything else was insignificant.
Wu Pengpeng covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from letting out a scream of horror.
She tiptoed out of the bathroom and didn't let out a long sigh of relief until she was out of sight of the bathroom.
She couldn't stay in this hellhole any longer!
Just as she was about to run away, a cold voice came from behind her. "What are you doing here?"