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

"If my cousin likes me, she can secretly come and play with me, okay?" Xie Xing winked at Xie Jiaojiao.

Xie Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh out loud.

This time, her smile seemed much more genuine.

"Fifth Sister is truly interesting." She put down the handkerchief in her hand and looked at Xie Xing with a slightly more serious gaze: "I only ever play with intelligent people."

"My fifth sister is so clever, I'm starting to like you a little."

Xie Xing's eyes widened slightly.

A slight blush crept onto her fair face as she asked shyly, "Do you...do you like me?"

Who is it?! Who is so charming?!

[It was me!]

Xie Xing felt a little devil holding his face in his heart, and little stars appeared all over his body.

Xie Jiaojiao, standing to the side, looked surprised and couldn't help but glance around.

who is it?

Who is speaking?

"Xing'er, did you hear anything?" Xie Jiaojiao was startled by the voice that suddenly popped into her mind. Her fingertips were cold, and she unconsciously grabbed Xie Xing's hand and hid it behind her back, her eyes still looking around.

The hand, as smooth as warm jade, touched Xie Xing's.

Xie Xing took Xie Jiaojiao's hand in his hand, and sighed inwardly: [Wow! This hand is so smooth and soft, it feels so good to touch!]

【elder sister! 】

Xie Xing screamed inwardly, but outwardly shielded Xie Jiaojiao behind her, looked around twice, and then looked at Xie Jiaojiao with some confusion: "There's no sound."

"Cousin, are you sure you heard me right?"

Xie Jiaojiao didn't answer; her beautiful eyes were fixed on Xie Xing.

Just now……

That sounded like her cheap cousin's voice?

But she clearly didn't speak, so how could a sound have reached her mind?

"Meow."

Just then, a black cat slowly walked out of the bushes.

Xie Xing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the cat, and then patted Xie Jiaojiao reassuringly: "Cousin, don't be afraid, it's just a cat."

My cousin is so delicate! She gets scared by a cat. If she were to mingle with Xie Mingzhu in high society, would she be terrified of Princess De'an's whip?

The whipping I received from Princess De'an last time still hurts.

Xie Xing muttered to himself.

Xie Jiaojiao: "..."

She wasn't scared by the cat, she was scared by you.

The girl in front of me had a fair complexion and delicate features, and a bright smile on her face. She was a little shorter than Xie Jiaojiao, and her eyes were as bright as starlight. Perhaps she had been in a daze for too long, because the girl tilted her head in confusion: "Cousin?"

"what happened to you?"

Xie Jiaojiao snapped out of her daze, instinctively concealing the secret that she could hear Xie Xing's thoughts. She shook her head with a complicated look in her eyes: "No, it's nothing. I must have been frightened by the cat just now."

She never imagined that such a miraculous thing could happen to her.

Did she suddenly gain the ability to hear other people's thoughts, or could she only hear her cousin's thoughts?

Xie Jiaojiao's mind raced uncontrollably.

Xie Xing took the opportunity to release Xie Jiaojiao's hand.

Xie Jiaojiao turned to look at her cousin, Xing'er, and asked, "Xing'er, is your relationship with Princess De'an not good?"

Xie Xing put his hands behind his back and said, "I don't know Princess De'an, but she suddenly wanted to teach me a lesson last time."

"I don't know what happened either."

[However, it's obvious that it's related to Xie Mingzhu.]

Xie Mingzhu?

Xie Jiaojiao narrowed her eyes; Xie Mingzhu and Princess De'an did indeed have a good relationship.

She has held Xie Xing's identity for over a decade, receiving the best resources. As the most talented woman in Shengjing, she must have had good relationships with many noble ladies.

Princess De'an attacked Xie Xing the first time they met, and she didn't believe it wasn't Xie Mingzhu's intentional doing.

Xie Jiaojiao scoffed inwardly.

How greedy Xie Mingzhu is!

They took someone else's identity, yet they still schemed against them behind their backs.

In terms of blood ties, she was naturally closer to Xie Xing.

As for personal preference, she found Xie Xing much more pleasing to the eye than Xie Mingzhu. Now that she could hear what Xie Mingzhu was thinking, she felt even more at ease with Xie Xing and didn't mind becoming friends with him.

Xie Jiaojiao already had her own plan in mind. She turned to Xie Xing and said, "In the end, you and I are sisters, we are related by blood. I still hope that I can get closer to you, my sister."

"I'll stop here. I still need to go back and take care of my grandmother."

Xie Xing nodded with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, cousin."

The two parted ways at the gate of the courtyard.

The three Xie brothers were nowhere to be seen today, and Xie Yuze, who often visited Xie Xing's courtyard, was also nowhere to be found.

Xie Xing didn't take it to heart.

She thought about going back to review the account books of this era in order to prepare for the old lady's test tomorrow.

Thinking this, Xie Xing quickened his pace.

Xie Xing's treatment in the Xie family has indeed improved somewhat, but he still only has one maidservant, Caiyue, in the courtyard.

Caiyue had just been sent away by Xie Xing, so she was the only one who returned to the courtyard.

As soon as Xie Xing opened the door to the room, he sensed that something was wrong.

The foot she was about to step in with suddenly recoiled, and she turned to run away.

Although she reacted quickly enough, she was still slower than the person inside the room.

A strong arm grabbed Xie Xing's waist and dragged him into the room almost instantly.

"boom!"

A gust of wind slammed the door shut.

The surroundings instantly fell into darkness, the curtains inside the room were drawn, and the light was blocked.

Xie Xing leaned against the person behind him, whose chest heaved up and down, and suppressed breathing filled Xie Xing's ears, the air thick with the stench of blood.

The man held Xie Xing tightly in his arms with one arm around her waist, and placed the other hand on her neck. He could easily snap her neck if she disobeyed.

"Xie Xing." A slightly hoarse but clear voice came from behind.

It's Luo Hanfeng!

Xie Xing raised his head slightly and met Luo Hanfeng's cold, icy eyes and pale, handsome face.

Luo Hanfeng looked down at Xie Xing.

The little girl's face was a bit pale, her pupils were still trembling, and her long eyelashes trembled gently with the movement of her eyes. Perhaps she was frightened, and even her heart was silent.

Luo Hanfeng is in great danger right now.

His hand on Xie Xing's neck slowly tightened, as if he could kill her at any moment.

Xie Xing felt ice-cold all over.

The two stared at each other in the dimly lit space, the thick smell of blood almost nauseating.

For a moment, Luo Hanfeng wanted to strangle Xie Xing to death.

But when he met her clear eyes, Luo Hanfeng paused, a flash of impatience crossing his eyes. He gritted his teeth, released his grip, and leaned back on Xie Xing's bed, staring coldly at her: "Are you satisfied now?"

"Xie Xing, you're really great, you gave me such a wonderful surprise."

"You dare to scheme against me? Aren't you afraid I won't give you the antidote on the fifteenth of next month, and you'll die from the poison?"

As he spoke, Luo Hanfeng's eyes were filled with murderous intent as he looked at Xie Xing.

Xie Xing was so frightened that she took two steps back, barely managing to stand up by holding onto the screen behind her. Hearing this, she was completely bewildered: "What are you talking about? When did I frame you?"

[Ding, the male lead's hatred level has reached 20%.]

A cold, mechanical voice echoed in Xie Xing's mind, and she stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

It went up?!

It went up?! What happened?!

Luo Hanfeng, clutching the wound on his abdomen, naturally heard the system's voice. Instantly, a surge of anger welled up inside him. He abruptly stood up, approached Xie Xing, grabbed her chin with one hand, and looked at her coldly and ruthlessly: "Are you still pretending?"

"Didn't you deliberately set up the kidnapping, trick me into going there, and then send people to ambush me?"

Xie Xing: ?