After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

"Mmm!" Xie Xing was about to say something more.

She felt that Luo Hanfeng was already emanating black energy, and his eyes, which were looking at Xie Xing, contained a cold, poisonous light.

Xie Yuze covered her mouth tightly, "Come with me!"

With a dark expression, he tried to drag Xie Xing out.

He gave the Crown Prince and the others an apologetic look, while obediently tucking Xie Xing under his arm, and said, "Your Highness, my younger sister may have hit her head when she fell off the cliff a few days ago. I'll go and teach her a lesson now."

"Seventh Prince, I apologize to you on behalf of my younger sister."

The black aura and chilling, terrifying presence surrounding Luo Hanfeng were only released for a moment. When Xie Yuze looked over, he gave a bitter smile, seemingly unconcerned: "It's alright, what Fifth Miss said is the truth."

"As expected, the Fifth Miss still dislikes this prince."

Xie Yuze laughed and said, "That's not true."

Then, with a cold face, she turned around and walked out with Xie Xing between her legs.

Once everyone had left, Luo Cheng'an glanced disdainfully in the direction Xie Xing had gone and sneered, "A vulgar person like him, his intentions are obvious."

"How could such a stupid and vicious woman be betrothed to you, Third Brother?"

Luo Qingyun was also extremely dissatisfied with Xie Xing.

He felt that Xie Xing was embarrassing him. Compared to Xie Mingzhu, who was well-educated, gentle, and kind, she was far inferior.

Luo Qingyun has no interest in the throne, but that doesn't mean he wants to marry a woman like that.

Luo Qingyun said coldly, "I will find a way to annul the engagement with my father."

With the wedding date fast approaching, he needed to hurry.

Xie Mingzhu pursed her lips and said, "My sister... she was probably really frightened. Seventh Prince, Mingzhu apologizes to you on behalf of my sister."

Luo Hanfeng gave Xie Mingzhu a clean smile: "Fourth Miss is kind."

His smile brightened his delicate and handsome face, dispelling the gloom around him.

Xie Mingzhu's ears turned red.

Where she couldn't see, Luo Hanfeng's smile faded slightly, and a hint of anger flickered in his clear eyes.

what.

I thought that by poisoning her, she would become more obedient.

Who would have thought that someone who looks so obedient and timid is actually so unruly?

If you refuse a toast offered politely, you'll have to drink the penalty shot.

Outside the side room.

Xie Yuze grabbed Xie Xing by the ear and led him to a corner.

Xie Xing cried out in pain, head held high, forced to jog and follow Xie Yuze to a corner.

"What did I tell you? I told you to shut up, and you immediately went and provoked people?"

"Waaaaah, brother, my ears, my ears..." Xie Xing's ears were being pulled so hard he begged for mercy.

[Could it be that Third Brother learned this ear-pulling habit from Madam Xie?]

Madam Xie also frequently pulled his ear.

[He was annoyed, so he started pulling my ear?]

Xie Xing outwardly begged for mercy, but inwardly he was still pleading.

Xie Yuze laughed in exasperation. He released his grip on Xie Xing's ear and instead pinched her cheek: "I said, did you listen to me at all?"

Xie Xing's eyes were brimming with tears. She tried to argue, "It's not my fault, brother. It's all his fault for bullying me first."

Xie Yuze glanced at her: "Really? Then you deserve it?"

"Back on the horse racing track, you kept calling people bastards. If the Seventh Prince doesn't retaliate against you, who will he retaliate against?"

Xie Xing was speechless.

She had no choice.

She knew it was wrong to bully others, but it was her mission.

Moreover, the system said that after she completes the mission, she will be tortured to death by the male protagonist, which is also karma, an eye for an eye.

She's about to die, so what's wrong with bullying him a little in the beginning?

Luo Hanfeng isn't a good person either.

Xie Xing covered her face with both hands and lowered her head without saying a word.

Xie Yuze could hear her thoughts; he knew her mission.

He didn't understand her inexplicable tasks, or what she meant by "going home."

What home is she going back to?

Isn't the General's Mansion her home?

"Xing'er?" Just as the thought crossed Xie Yuze's mind, a clear and gentle male voice suddenly came from behind them.

The two looked back.

He was a scholar-like man with a refined and elegant appearance.

The man's gaze fell on Xie Xing's face, and then a look of joy appeared on his face: "Xing'er, is it really you?"

Xie Xing was slightly taken aback, but she quickly found this person in the original owner's memories.

He is the eldest son of the adoptive parents who raised the original owner.

Song Qingyang.

When the original owner was found, her surname was Song.

The adoptive parents never mistreated the original owner; in fact, the original owner was considered a darling of the adoptive parents.

The Song family had three sons. The eldest son, Song Qingyang, was well-versed in literature and had achieved the highest score in the imperial examination twice. He was just waiting to pass the palace examination and rise to prominence.

The Song family doted on the original owner. Even though they were poor, they never let the original owner do farm work; it was always done by the three older brothers of the Song family.

This is why Xie Xing, even though she was found in the countryside, still had fair and delicate skin, no less beautiful than those daughters of wealthy families.

This is also the reason why the original owner became arrogant and domineering after returning to the story.

"Big Brother!" Xie Xing's eyes lit up, and she immediately gave Song Qingyang a sweet smile.

But when Song Qingyang saw her reddened face, her twisted ears, and her bloodshot eyes, his expression immediately turned cold.

He immediately pulled Xie Xing behind him to protect her, and looked coldly at Xie Yuze, "Who are you, and why are you bullying Xing'er?"

Xie Yuze was very displeased when he heard Xie Xing call the poor scholar in front of him "elder brother". He crossed his arms, put on a sullen face, and raised his eyebrows at Song Qingyang: "I am Xie Xing's third brother. And who are you?"

"What business is it of yours to interfere in our affairs?"

Song Qingyang's expression grew even colder, and he tightened his grip on Xie Xing's wrist: "A third brother who bullies his own sister?"

"When your General's Mansion took Xing'er from my Song family, you promised to give Xing'er a very good life."

"Is the so-called excellent life in your general's mansion just about bullying people?"

Suppressing his anger, Song Qingyang met Xie Yuze's gaze without flinching at his imposing presence.

Song family?

Xie Yuze frowned. Wasn't that the Song family where Xie Xing stayed in the countryside?

"I'm bullying people?" Xie Yuze scoffed. "Which eye of yours saw me bullying people?"

As he spoke, he reached out to grab Xie Xing's other hand: "Xie Xing has entered the Xie family, so she is a member of the Xie family. It's none of your business how I discipline my own sister."

He reached out and pulled Xie Xing over.

Xie Yuze was already unhappy, and now he was even more unhappy because of this former brother who suddenly appeared.

Where did this poor, pedantic scholar come from? What right does he have to yell at him?

Xie Xing stumbled as she was pulled, and the two men each grabbed one of her hands, causing her to cry from the pain.

Xie Yuze did not back down at all.

However, when Song Qingyang saw the pained expression on Xie Xing's face, he let go of her hand.

He suppressed his anger and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Xie Yuze: "My name is Song Qingyang. Even though Xing'er has no blood relation with my Song family, she is still the younger sister we grew up with and have truly loved for more than ten years."

"It's understandable that I'm a little excited to see my sister today, please forgive me, young master."

After speaking politely, Song Qingyang raised her eyes and met Xie Yuze's gaze: "But just now I clearly saw Young Master Xie pinch my sister's face. Can Young Master Xie give me an explanation?"