Mistakenly recognized as a cousin, thousands of pampered

Xie Ningqiu wanted his servants to help Shen Zhiyi out of the water, but they were frightened away by Shen Zhiyi's cold words and no one dared to approach him.

She stood by the pond for a long time, but did not get a single glance from Shen Zhiyi. In the end, she had no choice but to return to the house.

When Shen Zhiyi regained consciousness, the sky was already turning pale.

Tao Jiuxi had fallen asleep leaning against a stone bench because of the drug. Shen Zhiyi took off his wet clothes, carried Tao Jiuxi back to the room, and went back to his room to change into clean clothes.

At this time, the light in the room was bright enough for him to see clearly the face of the person who fainted on the ground. As expected, it was Xie Shumei, who was as sticky as a dog-skin plaster.

Shen Zhiyi's face was grim, his slender fingers tightly grasping the fireworks, "Chi——", the fireworks representing the signal ignited again in the night sky.

Jiang Qu arrived like lightning.

"master."

Jiang Qu bowed and saluted. His clothes were a little messy because he came in a hurry, but this did not affect his respect for Shen Zhiyi at all.

"Tie up the people in the house."

Jiang Qu received the order and quickly slipped into the house.

Inside the house, Xie Shumei, who had just woken up, was trembling all over. She frantically grabbed her clothes with both hands and put them on. The obvious slap mark on the right side of her cheek was shocking. Half of her face was swollen like a fermented steamed bun, with purple-red bruises. A streak of blood meandered down from the corner of her mouth and dripped onto her messy clothes.

There was a swelling on the corner of his forehead, and a few strands of hair were stuck to his forehead due to sweat and blood, making him look extremely disheveled.

When Xie Shumei saw Jiang Qu coming in, her eyes were full of fear.

She desperately gathered up the thin coat she had just managed to put on, trying to hide her unsightly appearance. However, her frantic movements only made her already messy clothes even more unsightly.

Jiang Qu glanced at the scene in the room and understood everything in an instant. A trace of barely perceptible disgust flashed in his eyes.

"You...you get out..." Xie Shumei shouted in a trembling voice, and the sound was like a chicken with its neck strangled.

Jiang Qu, however, seemed not to have heard anything and walked straight to the bed. He suddenly stretched out his hand and, with a "hiss", tore off a long strip of cloth from the curtain.

He grabbed Xie Shumei's wrist and quickly wrapped the cloth strip around her hand, circle after circle, tighter and tighter, as if to lock up Xie Shumei's sense of shame.

"what are you doing?"

"You can't tie me up. I'm the second daughter of the Xie family. You can't tie me up." Xie Shumei began to struggle frantically. Her feet kept kicking around, making the bed bang.

"Let me go. You can't tie me up." Her voice became sharper and sharper, like nails scraping against glass, harsh and unpleasant.

"You little dog slave, if you dare to tie me up, my father will never let you go."

Her sharp screams echoed in the yard, attracting Xie Ningqiu.

Xie Ningqiu had originally thought her niece had left the courtyard after failing to succeed the previous day, but she had never imagined she was still there. She was startled and immediately had her maid support her as she hurried over.

As soon as she reached the corridor, she saw Shen Zhiyi standing in front of the door with his hands behind his back.

"Yier."

Xie Ningqiu stopped and called Shen Zhiyi softly, with a hint of panic in his voice.

Shen Zhiyi seemed not to hear anything and stood there like a stone statue, motionless.

Xie Shumei's voice, mixed with fear and anger, could be heard from inside the house again: "Let me go, you little bastard! My father will not let you go."

Xie Ningqiu was extremely anxious and didn't care about anything else. She picked up her skirt and rushed into the house.

She immediately saw her niece tied up, her hair tangled like weeds across her face, her clothes disheveled, exposing large areas of skin. Xie Ningqiu felt a pang of distress, disregarding her own composure as she rushed forward and reached out to push Jiang Qu.

"Jiang Qu, what are you doing? Let Mei'er go." Xie Ningqiu pushed hard, but Jiang Qu was like a mountain, not moving at all.

Her weak strength was like an ant trying to shake a tree in front of the river channel.

"Aunt, please save me." When Xie Shumei saw Xie Ningqiu coming, she cried even louder, and her tears gushed out like a flood, sliding down her swollen cheeks.

However, all this is in vain.

Jiang Qu picked up Xie Shumei. He ignored Xie Ningqiu's obstruction and Xie Shumei's crying, because his only master was Shen Zhiyi.

"Master, how to deal with it?"

"Throw it in the middle of the yard and go open the gate."

At this moment, the courtyard was filled with a tense and oppressive atmosphere. Xie Shumei, bound, collapsed in the middle of the yard, her face a mixture of fear and despair, like a lamb to be slaughtered.

When Xie Ningqiu arrived, the maidservant beside her had already quickly reported what happened in the courtyard to the mistress of the house, Xu.

When Xie Shiyuan and Xu hurried over, Shen Zhiyi was already sitting in the main seat in the yard, looking down at Xie Shumei who was lying paralyzed in the yard. His eyes were as cold as ice, without a trace of warmth.

Xie Ningqiu was helplessly trying to persuade Shen Zhiyi. Her face was full of anxiety and tears were welling up in her eyes.

Seeing this, the couple immediately knelt down.

Xie Shiyuan's face was filled with regret, and he said in a trembling voice, "Yier, it's because your uncle didn't discipline you enough that your aunt and Mei'er got into trouble."

Xie Shiyuan was indeed completely unaware of this matter. He was busy with business all day, and Xu had always taken care of the household affairs. Xu had always managed the household in an orderly manner, leaving him with almost no worries. He had never expected this to happen.

Yesterday, he was delighted that Shen Zhiyi had returned more calm and sensible. After all, Shen Zhiyi respected him greatly, and with Shen Zhiyi like him, others wouldn't easily provoke him, which was very helpful for a businessman like him with a large business.

Shen Zhiyi even went to greet officials for him, but now this happened, he felt as if the sky had fallen.

He angrily scolded Xu for being stupid, but it was of no use at this point.

"Yier, it was all because of your aunt's confusion. You shouldn't have listened to Mei'er's instigation and made such a mistake." Xu's face was in tears, her voice full of regret.

However, Shen Zhiyi still had no expression on his face. He just looked at them coldly without saying a word. He was extremely angry. He did not expect that the person closest to him would do such a thing.

Seeing that Shen Zhiyi was unmoved, Xie Shiyuan and Xu became even more anxious.

They kept kowtowing and admitting their mistakes, hoping to get Shen Zhiyi's forgiveness.

"Yier, uncle knows he was wrong. He will definitely discipline them and will never let something like this happen again."

"Yier, your aunt knows she was wrong, so please forgive us this time."