I made the villain right.

Chapter 68: Just Pretending

In a quiet courtyard.

Shi Jin walked along a straight corridor that ran through the entire courtyard, stepped over the mottled shadows of the trees on the ground, and slowly walked towards the depths of the house.

Shi Jin walked on a corridor filled with white gauze. The breeze blew, and the white gauze swayed gracefully. An elegant and mysterious atmosphere filled the air.

At this time, she heard a crackling sound coming from the yard. It was the sound of a whip, which she was very familiar with.

After several experiences, Shi Jin vaguely guessed that he was going to dream about the original owner again.

She followed the sound to the end of the corridor and suddenly stopped.

I saw a young girl in red clothes dancing with a whip under a ginkgo tree not far away. The girl's figure was as light as a swallow, and there was a sense of elegance in her swinging of the whip. The whip in her hand was like a parading white snake, hissing through the wind, and like a swimming dragon, fast and fierce, bringing up ginkgo leaves. The moment the breeze blew past, she looked even more graceful and elegant, and unparalleled in her elegance.

Shi Jin was stunned, and she suddenly had an illusion that she saw herself dancing with a whip.

After she sensed Shi Jin's breath, she stopped what she was doing, turned around and looked back, with a curl of her lips, and said, "You're here again," with a hint of excitement in her tone.

"Yeah," Shi Jin sighed. She dreamed of the original owner again. She still didn't understand what caused her to dream about the original owner.

The original owner walked to a pavilion with a coffee table, then sat down and poured herself a cup of steaming hot tea. Seeing this, Shi Jin walked towards her and took a seat. Compared with the previous two times, Shi Jin was much calmer this time. She also poured herself a cup of tea with a calm expression.

The original owner glanced at her indifferently, with a subtle look in her eyes. She was attached to me, so she was not afraid of me anymore.

The breath suddenly became a little subtle.

Shi Jin looked at the person in front of him who looked exactly like him as if he was looking in a mirror, and felt a little awkward for a moment.

Although they look the same, they can still be distinguished when sitting together. Shi Jin's eyes are smart and charming, like a pool of spring water, and her brows are deep and beautiful, while the original owner's eyes are sharp, and there is a coldness between her brows that keeps strangers away.

Shi Jin recalled some of the things she said when she last saw her, which left a deep impression on her.

"I left in a hurry last time, so I still have time to ask you some things," Shi Jin said calmly.

Hearing this, she looked up at Shi Jin and asked indifferently, "What do you want to ask?"

"Last time you said you could hear some noises outside, and then learned that someone was impersonating you. Can you tell me roughly what you heard?"

The original owner thought as he spoke, "The first time I heard the noise outside, it seemed like you were whipping the servants in the general's mansion on purpose. The second time was when you were fighting with a group of people. At that time, I heard a chaotic noise, as if there was a snake in the house. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a place like a restaurant. The third time was when you were fighting with a group of people on the street. There were scenes of fighting and killing."

When Shi Jin heard what she described, he touched the back of his neck a little shyly.

Why do I hear so much about fighting and killing? Is it because the original owner was a vicious female supporting character? Shi Jin couldn't figure it out for a moment.

Shi Jin suddenly thought of something, so she asked: "I heard that you lost some of your childhood memories"

When the original owner heard this, he frowned and then asked in surprise: "How did you know this?"

Hearing her say that, I knew she still remembered it.

Shi Jin said without hesitation: "My father told me."

Shi Jin was careless for a moment and did not change his words, but the next second his breath suddenly turned cold, with a barely perceptible sarcasm in his eyes.

"You call me affectionately, you guys get along well?" The voice was a little cold and carried a hint of oppression.

Shi Jin was stunned when he noticed that she seemed unhappy. Why did the air suddenly become cold? Was it because he not only occupied her body, but also her father, so she was unhappy?

She is a rookie here and has no ability to fight back, so she has to act according to the boss's mood.

After a moment of silence, Shi Jin did not answer directly, but threw the question to her, flatteringly: "How do you think we should get along?"

Shi Jin was eager to survive, but the original owner didn't buy her tricks.

She chuckled and said coldly: "Isn't it you I'm asking? Why are you asking me back?" Her tone was flat, but it made people feel inexplicably oppressive.

It seemed that she couldn't avoid this question. After realizing the situation, Shi Jin smiled.

She said with a smile: "We get along well, but it's all because of you. He treats me like you, so he dotes on me and cares about me very much."

She sneered, her eyes tinged with a hint of anger, and she said in a cold voice: "Why do the words 'pampering and caring for him' sound so ridiculous? Would he be like this?" Her words were full of sarcasm.

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Jin suddenly realized that the original owner was not dissatisfied with her, but with his own father, and it seemed that he had a lot of resentment.

Shi Jin thought about it and realized something was wrong. The script did not mention that the relationship between father and daughter was not harmonious. Now the situation seemed to be inconsistent with the setting in the script.

Shi Jin frowned slightly and asked, "Do you have any misunderstandings about Dad? Based on my true feelings during the time I spent with him, I think he cares about you very much. He is the kind of person who responds to everything and loves you dearly."

The voice rose unconsciously, carrying with it fluctuating emotions.

Shi Jin's mood was a little complicated at this moment. She was the one who occupied the original owner's body, took away things that originally belonged to her, and made her lose the opportunity to feel her father's love. Although she had no choice, she still felt guilty.

Shi Jin felt that one day she would leave this place and return to her original place, and the original owner would most likely return to this body. She did not want to see the scene of father and daughter being separated, so she wanted to help the original owner resolve her misunderstanding of Shi Wei.

Her expression suddenly changed. She glanced at Shi Jin coldly, then waved her hand and knocked the tea set off the coffee table. With a "bang", the tea set was broken into pieces. The noise frightened the unsuspecting Shi Jin.

She curled her lips sarcastically, her eyes reddened, and said angrily: "No, if he really cared about me as you said, then why did he leave me in Qianshuang Pavilion for four years without paying any attention to me? How can this be like what you said about responding to everything and caring about me? It's really ridiculous."

She laughed twice, but the smile on her face did not fade, and she became more and more indifferent. In an instant, she suddenly moved closer to Shi Jin and looked at her expression carefully. Shi Jin felt uncomfortable and a little scared about her sudden approach, and then she leaned back slightly.

"Don't be fooled by her. The fatherly love he showed to you was probably just for show. Everyone can pretend, including me. Every New Year when he took me home, I pretended to have amnesia and cooperated with him in his acting so that I could stay under the same roof with him peacefully."

Her expression was uncertain, sometimes crazy, sometimes depressed.

Shi Jin frowned as he listened to her story.

She had been with Shi Wei for more than four months, and during this time, the feeling he gave her was not what she said, that he was pretending and telling others about it.

Since the first day she returned home, Shi Wei got drunk and kept apologizing to her. Perhaps that was his true thought deep in his heart. After that, every time he mentioned something about the original owner, he always covered it up, obviously hiding something.

He said that he had his reasons for doing what he did back then, and she believed that he would not lie to her.

Shi Jin looked at the original owner with a firm gaze and said solemnly: "I don't know where you came to this conclusion, but he once told me that he had his own reasons and that he had to make the decision out of necessity. I am willing to believe him, and I will restore the truth of that year."

When the original owner heard the word "hardship", a bright light suddenly flashed in his slightly drooped eyes.

Although she said she didn't want to believe Shi Wei, she still had expectations for him in her heart. She hoped that what she saw that year was false and that he really had his own difficulties.

After a moment, Shi Jin suddenly felt dizzy and as if her consciousness was being stripped away. Her vision gradually became blurry and she closed her eyes after a while.

Then she heard a voice calling out: "Jin'er, Jin'er, wake up, don't sleep here, you will feel uncomfortable."

Shi Jin opened her sleepy eyes and was very surprised to see it was Shi Wei.

She asked in confusion, "Dad, why aren't you sleeping yet so late?" As soon as she raised her head, she felt her neck aching, and then the whole arm that she was pressing on felt numb. Then, enduring the discomfort, she pinched her arm with a grim expression on her face.

Shi Wei explained: "I couldn't sleep so I walked around and saw the light in the study was on, so I came in to take a look. Who knew I would see you sleeping here?"

When Shi Wei's eyes fell on the portrait on the desk, his gaze fixed on it. He then picked it up and looked at it. Seeing such a lifelike portrait, he was surprised and asked, "Jin'er, did you draw this portrait?"

"Yeah, I thought that if Dad wanted to find someone who might need it, I drew it for you."

"You are very thoughtful." After saying this, General Wei put away the three portraits.

She twisted her neck and said, "My neck is sore after sleeping here for a while."

After that, she was about to stand up, but she found that her legs were numb. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and asked for help: "Dad, my feet are numb, help me up."

"I'll have to learn this lesson next time."

Shi Jin smiled and said, "I know."

After saying that, Shi Wei helped her stand up, and then helped her all the way back to the bedroom. This journey made Shi Jin more confident in her intuition.

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