A car accident, our family of three crossed

"How is that possible! Sister Ru, you haven't even seen that painter?" Zhou Yan looked regretful. "I was thinking of asking Sister Ru to introduce him to me. I want to ask the painter to help me design a hairpin!"

"I'm sorry, Sister Yan'er, I can't help you with this matter."

Zhou Yan sighed in disappointment, then took a fancy to the hairpin on Zhou Ru's bun and said, "Sister Ru, Fourth Uncle makes jewelry for a living, so you should be able to take whatever jewelry you want from the shop, right? I think the hairpin on your head is very beautiful, was it also designed by that painter?"

As she spoke, she did not ask for anyone's consent and directly pulled the hairpin out of Zhou Ru's bun.

This action caught Zhou Ru off guard. By the time she reacted, Zhou Yan had already taken the hairpin in her hand and was playing with it.

Not to mention Zhou Ru, even Zhou Rong didn't expect Zhou Yan to suddenly do this. She herself didn't have time to do anything! This damn girl actually took the lead, which made it difficult for her to hint at Zhou Ru.

Zhou Rong glared at Zhou Yan secretly with some dissatisfaction. This damn girl was always pretending to be innocent and doing things that were unexpected.

If others asked about it, she would just brush it off by saying that she was young and ignorant. She had seen this situation more than once.

Zhou Ru was very unhappy. She was the daughter of the Marquis of Cheng'en Mansion! She kept saying that others didn't know the rules. Who was the one who didn't know the rules? In Zhou Ru's opinion, the so-called ladies from wealthy families were the ones who didn't know the rules the most.

Zhou Yan seemed to be unable to read people's expressions. She looked at the hairpin from left to right, and even pinned it on her hair. Then she tilted her head to show Zhou Rong, "How is it, big sister? Does it look good?"

After all, Zhou Rong was not as thick-skinned as her. She pulled the corners of her mouth awkwardly and said, "It looks good."

"Really? Which one looks better on me or Sister Ru?"

Zhou Rong was silent for a moment. She didn't want to answer this question, so she deliberately said with a stern face: "Okay, stop making trouble. Take off the hairpin and return it to Sister Ru."

"Oh, I know, I know. I just like it and I wore it for a while. It's not like I won't return it. It's just that you like to use your status as a sister to scold people." Zhou Yan took off the hairpin impatiently, but did not return it to Zhou Ru immediately. Instead, she muttered softly, "Sister Ru didn't say anything! You are so anxious."

Given that Zhou Yan couldn't let go of the hairpin, if Zhou Ru had more tact, she would have said: Sister Yan, if you like it, I'll give it to you!

But Zhou Ru had been feeling depressed in this marquis's mansion for more than a month, and she had long been unhappy. Even if she understood the other party's thoughts at this time, she would never let him get his wish.

Seeing that Zhou Ru did not express her opinion for a long time, Zhou Yan pouted and handed the hairpin back reluctantly, "Sister Ru, you take it." However, when Zhou Ru was about to take the hairpin, she had a bad idea.

Just when Zhou Ru's fingertips just touched the hairpin, Zhou Yan let go, and the hairpin immediately slipped from Zhou Ru's fingertips, fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

After everyone gasped, the room suddenly became eerily quiet, as quiet as death.

After a long time, Zhou Yan spoke first. She covered her mouth and said in shock, "Sister Ru, why don't you just continue?"

Yinhuan, who had watched the whole process, was furious and exposed Zhou Yan's thoughts, "Second Miss, you let go of our young lady before she even caught her hand. It was obviously you who did it on purpose."

As soon as Xiang Huan finished speaking, Zhou Yan slapped her in the face, "How dare you, a lowly servant, speak nonsense and frame your master."

Then, she turned to Zhou Ru and said, "Sister Ru, you are a servant who doesn't know the rules. You should be disciplined."

Zhou Ru had been extremely patient with her, but she didn't expect that she would not only deliberately break her hairpin, but also teach Xiang Huan a lesson in front of her.

This was too much to bear. Zhou Ru said nothing, raised her hand and slapped back a slap. The slap was so loud that the scene fell silent again.

Zhou Rong was shocked by their actions one after another. She didn't expect Zhou Yan to be so malicious as to deliberately break the hairpin. Was it because she had the mentality of destroying it if she couldn't get it?

Of course, what surprised her even more was the imminent dispute, which came so suddenly and so quickly that she didn't have time to react before they started fighting.

However, Zhou Ru did not give her a chance to react. After slapping her, she began to cry in grievance.

"You obviously did it on purpose. Your mansion is too bullying." She was really wronged, and her crying was real. She picked up the hairpin that was broken into two pieces on the ground, turned back and cried to Xiang Huan: "Xiang Huan, pack up your things, let's go home, this mansion can't accommodate us."

After being depressed for more than a month, I suddenly had an outlet to vent my feelings and I couldn't stop.

After all, these people had only used verbal ridicule openly or covertly before, and it was all just talk without any actual action.

But today, Zhou Yan not only broke her hairpin on purpose, but also treated the people around her as non-human beings in front of them, beating them up whenever she wanted. If she continued to tolerate this, she would be screwed.

Seeing that the master and servant were actually packing up their things, Zhou Rong immediately realized that the situation was not simple, and quickly stepped forward to mediate, "Sister Ru, don't be angry, we are sisters, is there anything that can't be discussed peacefully? I believe Yan'er didn't mean it."

She was a little older and had reached the age for marriage discussion, so the adults did not hide some things from her and even discussed them with her.

She also knew that the purpose of letting Zhou Ru stay in the Marquis' Mansion for a short time was to ease the relationship with her fourth uncle's family.

But the situation is different now. Fourth uncle’s attitude is unclear, and Zhou Yan, that willful girl, is clearly bullying Zhou Ru. If Zhou Ru is allowed to walk out of the Marquis’ Mansion today, can the relationship be eased?

Zhou Rong pulled Zhou Yan, who was still in a daze, over with a look of dismay and said sternly, "Yan'er, apologize to Sister Ru."

"Big sister, she hit me, why should I apologize? I won't." Zhou Yan shook off Zhou Rong's hand and yelled hysterically at Zhou Ru: "Isn't it just a broken hairpin? I broke it, so what's the big deal? You dare to hit me, I'm going to tell my grandmother, just wait for me."

Zhou Ru and her servant didn't have much stuff to begin with, so they packed it up quickly. They insisted on leaving, ignoring Zhou Rong's persuasion, and were determined to go.

Seeing that persuasion was of no use, Zhou Rong quickly ordered the servants to inform the old lady and her mother, while she followed Zhou Ru and tried to persuade her all the way.

Zhou Ru finally took advantage of the situation and found an opportunity to leave the mansion. At this moment, her feet were like the wind and she walked very fast. It was impossible for Zhou Rong, a young lady who was required to walk with small lotus steps since childhood, to keep up with her.

By the time Zhou Ru and the others reached the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, Zhou Rong had been left far behind.

When the old lady and the marquis' wife received the news and rushed over, Zhou Ru and her servant had already wiped their tears and walked out of the gate of the marquis' mansion onto the street. It was meaningless to chase them out at this time.

So as to avoid any arguing in the street and embarrassing the Marquis's Mansion.

Back in the front yard, the old lady finally had time to understand what happened. "What exactly happened? Sister Rong, tell me."

Just now, Sister Yan ran up to her crying and complained that she was beaten by Sister Ru. She was still a little angry and was about to ask someone to call Sister Ru over for questioning.

Unexpectedly, before the person she ordered to deliver the message left the yard, the person Rong Jie'er ordered came and said that Ru Jie'er was crying and packing her things and going back to her home.

The old lady now guessed that there must be another reason for this.

Zhou Rong did not cover up for Zhou Yan and told the old lady the whole story.

Upon hearing this, the old lady looked at Zhou Yan with some resentment. She had always loved her granddaughter, but this girl sometimes did things just by being aggressive and was too brainless.

Seeing that Zhou Rong didn't even try to cover for her, Zhou Yan felt wronged and said stubbornly, "I was just careless. Who told her not to catch the hairpin? Can you blame me for that?"

"I saw it very clearly. You clearly did it on purpose." Zhou Rong exposed her directly.

Zhou Yan suddenly felt even more aggrieved, and yelled at Zhou Rong: "Why are you talking to outsiders? Who is your biological sister?"

Even the old lady couldn't stand this unreasonable behavior and immediately scolded: "Okay, Sister Yan, it is indeed your fault this time. I don't want your sister to scold you."

"Why did you go to get angry with that ignorant girl Ru Jie'er? Even if you want to bully someone, you have to make sure that no one can catch you. If she tells others about your blatant behavior, people will say that the girls in our mansion are uneducated."

Zhou Ru and her servant walked a short distance on the street when Zhou Tong drove up in a carriage. Xiang Huan was overjoyed when she saw him. "Look, Miss, Zhou Tong is here to pick us up."

The carriage stopped steadily. Zhou Tong jumped off the carriage and put the stool in place. "Miss, please get on the carriage first! There is a charcoal basin on the carriage."

It's quite cold outside. Even with a fur-collared cloak, it still can't keep out the chill in this cold winter.

Zhou Ru rubbed her hands, blew on them, then quickly got into the carriage and sat in front of the charcoal basin to keep warm.

She no longer looked like she was crying at this moment. To be honest, she felt aggrieved when she had the argument with Zhou Yan, but it was not enough to make her feel aggrieved for so long.

The reason why she was still wiping her tears when she came out of Marquis Cheng'en's Mansion was just for show.

After warming up for a while, Zhou Ru moved to the front, lifted the curtain and spoke to Zhou Tong, "Zhou Tong, how come you came so timely?"

It was as if he knew in advance that they would come out of the Marquis' Mansion, so he was waiting outside in advance.

It must be said that her guess was pretty close. Zhou Tong told her that he had received a notice from Zhou Yin, asking him to drive the carriage over first. It happened that they had just come out of the Marquis' Mansion and could pick them up.

"Zhou Yin is quite amazing!" Zhou Ru rubbed her hands and praised Zhou Yin sincerely.

Zhou Tong turned around and asked, "Miss, are we going back home first or where are we going?"

Zhou Ru thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back home first. Are my father and brother here?"

"The master and the eldest son are both out."

After leaving the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, Zhou Ru felt that even the air had become fresher. She returned to her own yard and had a good sleep until noon.

After asking the people in the mansion, she learned that her father and brother had returned and were waiting for her in the front hall for dinner.

Zhou Ru was delighted and ran to the side hall while lifting up her skirt. Her cheerful steps did not show any of the reserved look she had pretended to have when she was in the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion.

"Dad, brother, you are back."

As soon as Zhou Huan and his son returned home, they heard the servants report that the young lady had returned. After asking, they learned what had happened in the Cheng'en Marquis's mansion that morning.

Originally, the father and son were worried that Zhou Ru would be sad for a few days because of this incident, but now seeing her running over in high spirits, they felt relieved a little, thinking that they had worried in vain.

Over the past month, Zhou Yin would report to them every now and then about Zhou Ru's situation in the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion. They knew that she only suffered a little bullying occasionally in the mansion, but had not suffered any major injustice.

Zhou Huan joked, "I heard that you had a quarrel with your cousin in the Marquis's Mansion?"

Zhou Ru raised her head and complained unhappily, "Humph! She broke my favorite hairpin on purpose and hit my incense ring. I was so angry that I hit her back."

At this point, Zhou Ru paused, then crossed her arms over her chest and said firmly, "Dad, let me be frank with you. Don't even think about asking me to go back to the Marquis' Mansion to apologize! Anyway, it's not my fault, and I will definitely not apologize."

"In your heart, do I, your father, not know right from wrong?" Zhou Huan snorted in mock anger. "I think you did nothing wrong in this matter. You don't need to apologize."

"Really, Dad, you are so kind."

"Really? Who was the one who was questioning my attitude just now?"

"I'm sorry, Dad. I was wrong."

Zhou Ting watched their interaction with a smile in his eyes, but when he thought of the person who had an unpleasant experience with Zhou Ru this time, the smile in his eyes gradually disappeared, "I never thought that this Yan Jieer is so young but has such a bad heart."

He smiled again and looked at Zhou Ru and said, "However, Ru'er was able to seize on this matter and use it as an excuse to move out of the Marquis' Mansion. Brother still underestimated you."

"Of course, I'm not as stupid as you think!" Zhou Ru said proudly, and at the same time she agreed with Zhou Ting's evaluation of Zhou Yan, "Sister Yan relies on her young age to do whatever she wants. To put it nicely, she is young and ignorant, but in fact, she is just bad. I can see clearly that she broke my hairpin on purpose, and that is my favorite hairpin."

In the end, Zhou Ru still felt a little regretful, because that was really her favorite hairpin, and it broke just like that.

Zhou Ting saw her expression and comforted her, "Okay, don't be angry, I'll give you a new one later."

The hairpin was broken, so they couldn't really ask the Marquis's Mansion to compensate for it! If the news got out, who knows what kind of story the outsiders would make.

She could only endure this loss in silence. Fortunately, Zhou Ru also beat Zhou Yan, so she got some comfort.