Qiao Xinyu was staring out the window, lost in thought, and didn't hear a word the two were saying. Ever since she entered the house, she had been thinking about how to strike up a conversation with Meng Fei, how to stay at his house, and how to spend more time with him.

As for his marriage, she didn't care at all. Her family was a wealthy and powerful family in the capital, so getting a farmer was no problem for them.

My family loves me so much; even the moon in the sky, my parents would pluck down for me.

Just as she was lost in her fantasies, the head of the Qiao family gave her a sidelong glance.

“My son knows about this. He found out when Miss Xiao came last time.”

"She was so rude. Mrs. Xiao has already noticed and she's subtly implying something about me. Don't you think that's shameful?"

"Mother, there are still ten days until the New Year. Will it be safe to send her back to the capital now?"

“She has completely disgraced the Qiao family. She doesn’t respect my benefactor at all.”

The head of the Qiao family looked at his disappointing granddaughter and gave a wink to the nanny beside him.

The old woman walked over and gently tugged at Qiao Xinyu: "Miss Yu'er, the master and the old lady are talking to you."

Qiao Xinyu quickly snapped out of her daze and gave the two of them an embarrassed smile.

"Grandfather, great-grandmother, is something the matter?"

The Qiao family kept quiet about the matter, but it was Old Madam Qiao who said, "Yu'er, you're a young lady, why are you keeping such a close eye on Madam Xiao's husband? Don't you think there's anything wrong with that?"

"Huh? I was staring at him?" Qiao Xinyu's face flushed.

Madam Qiao sighed, "It seems your upbringing is lacking."

"My granddaughter just wanted to take a look; she didn't mean anything by it."

"Yu'er, in our Dragon Kingdom, boys and girls are not allowed to sit together after the age of seven. Unmarried girls are not allowed to look men directly in the eye, especially married men. Don't you know that?"

“Great-grandmother, aren’t eyes meant to be seen? He’s so handsome, why can’t I look at him? I don’t have those feelings for him.”

Old Madam Qiao snorted coldly: "Didn't you see what they were doing? Do you think we're all fools?"

"Great-grandmother, your granddaughter really doesn't have one."

"Alright, after the New Year, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, I will send someone to take you back to the capital. Don't stay here."

"No, I'm not going back."

"Whether you go back or not, Miss Xiao, forget about marrying a married man. My prestigious Qiao family will never allow you to marry a married man."

She cursed inwardly, "Even if you were to become someone's concubine, the War King wouldn't even look at you. Alas, what a tragic fate."

Neither of them expected Qiao Xinyu to blurt it out.

“Why can’t I marry a farmer? I’m doing him a favor by marrying him. I can just tell him to divorce that woman…”

Before he could finish speaking, he received a slap across the face.

It was the head of the Qiao family who made the move. He pointed at Qiao Xinyu and said, "Are these words spoken by a descendant of the Qiao family? You have truly disgraced the Qiao family! You, you..."

He roared, "Guards!"

A guard entered from outside: "Master?"

"Go find the steward and tell him to inform the escort agency that they must set off immediately to escort the young lady back to the city."

"Yes!"

After the guards left, Qiao Xinyu burst into tears.

"Grandfather, Grandfather, I was wrong. Don't make me go back. I won't go back."

"You have no choice. I will write to your parents about this. When you get back, learn the rules properly, or I will remove you from the Qiao family genealogy!"

Upon hearing the last words, Qiao Xinyu collapsed to the ground.

Only now did she realize that the Qiao family wouldn't always do as she pleased.

Old Madam Qiao looked at her coldly: "If Madam Xiao hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have known that you had such inappropriate thoughts about her husband. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have seen the disgust in her husband's eyes. Are you even eating with your eyes open? Can't you see how much he hates you?"

"Great-grandmother, it's me?"

"Don't always be so self-righteous. Your parents are just third-rank officials in the capital. In a capital city full of officials, a third-rank official is nothing special. As for you, you're only of average looks. Among all the famous ladies in the capital, you're nothing. You've raised yourself too high and will fall hard. When you go back, you should learn from them what virtue is! Humph!"

Although these words weren't insults, they were still very harsh, belittling her to nothing.

Qiao Xinyu sobbed, wishing she could disappear into the ground.

She said with a wronged expression, "My granddaughter had no choice. Such a good man, even if other girls met him, they would do the same."

"Hmph, there are plenty of people like him in the capital, but there are countless people like you in the capital."

"That's why there are so few people like him in the capital, and my granddaughter can't find one like him."

Old Madam Qiao's hands trembled with anger: "Listen to this, listen to this! What kind of talk is this? Even if he doesn't like you or hates you, you still want to marry him?"

Qiao Xinyu didn't care about anything else; since she already knew, she was going to get to the bottom of it.

"Why should he hate me? He's just a farmer. It's his good fortune to marry me. He must have accumulated a lot of good karma over eight lifetimes to be able to marry me."

The Qiao family head and Madam Qiao were extremely disappointed in her. This was the child they had spoiled, so utterly lacking in character and morality.

If it weren't for this, they would never have known that their granddaughter had this side to her.

They must be sent away; they cannot stay even a day longer.

Madam Qiao immediately ordered the maids and servants to pack Qiao Xinyu's things; this scatterbrained girl couldn't stay here.

And so, Qiao Xinyu was escorted back to Beijing that same day.

She shouted desperately in the car, "My heart is already with him. Even if you take me back, it won't help."

Old Madam Qiao narrowed her eyes and listened to the nanny mimicking her words, saying, "If she dares to come back, we'll break her legs. No one in the Qiao family will be allowed to do such a scandalous thing."

Her closest nanny asked, "Madam, you have a sharp tongue but a soft heart."

Old Madam Qiao glared at her: "Don't you understand even now?"

"Madam, do I not understand?"

"You've wasted all these years following me. Don't you know who Yunpeng's brother is?"

"The War King's money is only for the War King to use at will; no one else can have it."

"Madam Xiao's husband is Yunpeng's brother. Who do you think he is?"

The old woman covered her mouth and exclaimed in surprise, "Heavens! You said he's the War King?"

"Well, given his personality, if he disliked someone, how could he let Yu'er live? I drove her away for her own good, sigh!"

"If it's the War King, then it's possible. If Yu'er doesn't leave, she'll cling to him, and given his personality, he really might do it."

"This girl is really picky. She'll go with anyone but him. He can't stand any nonsense. Otherwise, he would have been a father by now at his age."

"Miss Yu'er is stubborn; she won't give up until she gets what she wants."

"If she really wants to offer her neck to be chopped off, then she's just unlucky and brought it on herself, hmph!"

"Madam, why don't you lie down and rest for a while? You haven't had a moment of peace all day."

Meanwhile, after seeing the old lady off, Meng Fei sneered softly.

"If that girl looks at me like that again next time, I'll gouge her eyes out."

"Oh, my husband noticed?" Xiao Nan teased.

“I’m not blind. Her eyes are disgusting. I clenched my fists and clenched them. I really wanted to tear them off.”

"Haha, I really want to do that too. If there's a next time, I'll give her a double dragon playing with a pearl."

"Wow, my wife is really something. Come on, let's see what was sent over and pick out some of our favorites to put in the room."

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