Shu He calmed down and turned to her, saying, "You are also trying to help me get rid of suspicion. I should thank you."

"However, you shouldn't have said those words just now. It's fine for me, as I won't suffer any loss anyway, but it's different for you! You're a daughter of an official family. If this gets to know and spreads out, your reputation will be greatly affected!"

Zhang Zhirou lowered her head, feeling very complicated. So, no one agreed with her approach?

But, did she really do anything wrong? If she didn't say that, would Qin Yi'an let Shu He go so easily? By then, would Xiao Yi'er be implicated as well?

"Sister, even if everyone thinks I did something wrong, if I could turn back time and start over again, I would still do the same thing."

Zhang Zhirou raised her head and said to Shu He with a firm look.

Shu He was stunned.

Even if she was misunderstood and blamed by her brother, wouldn't she regret what she had just done?

She has only met me once, is it worth it for her to pay such a huge price for me?

"Mrs. He, I also think my sister did nothing wrong." Zhang Zhili held Zhang Zhirou's arm with a smile on his face, and showed affirmation and support for Zhang Zhirou.

"If sister hadn't done that, I'm afraid today's matter wouldn't have been so easy to resolve." Zhang Zhili said, "Although sister's words are a bit unrealistic, there's nothing we can do about it. We can't really let you and Xiao Yi'er be captured by Qin Yi'an, can we?"

Shu He looked at the two siblings, feeling deeply moved. He couldn't help but ask, "What if I'm really the murderer he said I was?"

"Will you still insist on helping me?"

I thought the two would hesitate, but unexpectedly, they didn't show any surprise at all, as if they had already guessed it.

Seeing the two of them smiling at her knowingly, she understood.

Zhang Zhirou must have suspected her identity from the beginning, right? As for what she had said before about her origins, she probably listened selectively.

"If your elder brother finds out about this..."

"Madam He, don't worry." Zhang Zhili said, "Whether you killed those people in the western suburbs or not, you did nothing wrong! A group of evil people who could lay hands on children of a few years old deserve to die! Being killed means that the murderer was enforcing justice!"

Zhang Zhili's face was full of righteousness and indignation. His pale and delicate face was flushed with excitement.

Zhang Zhirou patted Zhang Zhili's shoulder with relief, obviously very satisfied with what he had just said. "You are indeed my brother, Zhang Zhirou! Well done!!"

Zhang Zhili chuckled. He usually spent a lot of time with his sister, and his sister doted on him, so naturally he would help her unconditionally!

As for my brother, who told him to be mean to me?! Humph, I'll never pay attention to him again!

Shu He was moved and grateful.

She couldn't help but wonder, if she had had some friends like these four years ago, would she have ended up like this? She wouldn't have had to travel through another world, and she wouldn't have had to be separated from Xiao Yi'er for years...

Shu He brought them to a side room next to the backyard garden, where she and Xiao Yier would temporarily live.

"I'm sorry, there have been bandits and assassins these past two days. There's been blood all over your yard. I was afraid Xiao Yi'er would be scared, so I stayed here."

Shu He explained why he lived here, fearing that they would misunderstand.

"Sister He, you don't have to apologize! My brother is to blame for this!" Zhang Zhirou was angry, with the innocence and immaturity unique to a girl on her face.

"Second sister, why are you blaming big brother for this?" Zhang Zhili was puzzled. Although the second sister was angry, she wouldn't put the blame on big brother without knowing the truth, right? Big brother, he was too innocent.

"Why not blame him?" Zhang Zhirou snorted, still angry at Zhang Zhiyi. "It was his responsibility to deal with this bandit problem. He didn't completely wipe out these bandits, so those people had nowhere else to turn and came here to harm the people!"

"Ali, tell me, if those bandits had met ordinary people instead of Sister He and the skilled people from Anheju, would they have been the ones who died?"

Zhang Zhili was stunned and replied, "Then, they should be ordinary people, right?"

"That's right!" Zhang Zhirou said excitedly, "Because of my brother's dereliction of duty, the people have suffered. How can we not blame him for this?"

Zhang Zhili thought it made some sense, but at the same time, he felt something was amiss. "But, didn't it hurt any ordinary people? This can't be blamed on Big Brother, right?"

"He was lucky! The people who encountered the bandits weren't ordinary people, but martial artists!" Zhang Zhirou's face showed a threat. "What's the matter, Zhang Zhili? Are you planning to rebel?"

"No way, second sister!" Zhang Zhili immediately denied it, a little aggrieved on her face, and quickly said, "Yes! I think you're right! It's eldest brother's responsibility!"

"That's pretty much it!"

Shu He couldn't help but laugh as she watched the two of them bickering childishly. The way these two siblings interacted reminded her of her own childhood.

At that time, she was only five or six years old. Her elder and second brothers would tease her like this, "threatening" her not to tell their father about their impulsive mistakes, and would even use delicious cakes to shut her up.

At that time, the two brothers were not very old. Although they did not dote on their younger sister, they still took care of her.

But later, when she was older and her two brothers had grown up, for some reason, they began to dislike her. They didn't want to talk to her, and whenever they saw her, they would glare at her, as if they had done something unforgivable.

Later, when she got into a lot of trouble, her elder and second brothers hated her even more. Not only did they show their loyalty to Shu Yue, praising her and flattering her, they also compared themselves to her, praising her and looking down on her.

The bad words those two brothers said to her, those cold, sarcastic and vicious words, were even worse than those said to anyone else.

Finally, she was sent to the farm, where she died twice, and her two brothers never appeared again!

Zhang Zhirou saw that she was distracted and asked, "Sister He, what's wrong with you?"

Shu He's thoughts stopped, and he couldn't understand why he thought of those two people.

Could it be that I still have some illusions about them?

Haha, forget it. They’re probably hanging out in Kyoto right now, enjoying themselves and having a good time.

As for her sister, she must have been completely forgotten. After all, she is now dead.

Shu He withdrew his hand from feeling Zhang Zhili's pulse and asked, "You haven't eaten fish in the past few days, right?"

Zhang Zhili immediately shook his head, "My second sister is staring at me, so I've only been eating vegetarian food these past few days."

Shu He nodded and reached out to untie Zhang Zhili's clothes. Zhang Zhili subconsciously covered his chest, a blush rising on his face, "Madam He, what are you doing?"

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