The matriarch has returned; that spendthrift son is truly daring!

Watching the people being taken away, Song Shuyue tore open the wrapper of a lollipop, put it in her mouth, and tasted strawberry.

Huo Xiaoyu had only gone halfway when she heard a police siren. Sensing something was wrong, she realized it was heading in Song Shuyue's direction and told the driver to turn around and go back.

Seeing Song Shuyue standing behind someone, she jogged over and just then saw someone brandishing a knife and lunging at her. "Watch out!"

Huo Xiaoyu ran over and shoved the man away. The knife stabbed into Huo Xiaoyu's arm.

Song Shuyue's eyes flashed, and she kicked the man away. She frowned as she looked at Huo Xiaoyu's bleeding arm. "Are you stupid?"

He rushed forward even after seeing the knife.

Huo Xiaoyu's face gradually turned pale. The police immediately took control of the man, who turned out to be a stammering, drooling lunatic, and was also arrested.

Song Shuyue: "I'll take you to the hospital first, let's go."

Huo Xiaoyu smiled and said, "I owed you a favor, Song Shuyue, and now I've paid it back."

Song Shuyue frowned, "Get in the car!"

Hospital

After Song Shuyue finished bandaging Huo Xiaoyu's arm wound, she still said thank you. Huo Xiaoyu waved her hand dismissively, "Oh, it's just a small injury, I... ouch!"

While speaking, she accidentally aggravated her wound and gasped in pain.

"Be careful, Huo Xiaoyu."

Huo Xiaoyu gave an awkward smile and scratched her head with her other hand. "Song Shuyue, I was a little presumptuous, wasn't I? With your skills, you could have easily dodged it, right? But it was just a conditioned reflex."

Song Shuyue neither denied nor answered the question.

Before leaving, he kindly reminded her, "You'd better not hang out with Jiang Qianyun anymore. She'll ruin you. Also, she was the one who talked about you at school last time."

Consider it her way of thanking her. Whether she believes it or not, she has already told her what she knows.

Huo Xiaoyu stood there, stunned, when a passerby bumped into her shoulder.

Huo Xiaoyu finally came to her senses. She didn't doubt Song Shuyue's words, but found it hard to believe that Jiang Qianyun would do something like this behind her back.

She kept saying she considered her a good friend, but in the end, she was just a tool to use against Song Shuyue.

Ha ha!

Huo Xiaoyu had just returned home and hadn't even put down her schoolbag when she was slapped across the face.

With a loud "bang!", the battle was about to begin.

As expected, a torrent of curses came from her own mother: "Huo Xiaoyu! You unfilial daughter, do you know what you've done? It's all because of you! You ruined your older brother's engagement, are you happy and smug now? It's all your doing! At school, you colluded with outsiders to bully Jiang Qianyun. You knew perfectly well that the two families were engaged, yet you still did it. Are you trying to ruin our family? You just can't stand to see your older brother doing well!"

Huo Xiaoyu learned from her words that it must have been the Jiang family who proposed to annul the engagement, which angered them.

Huo Xiaoyu lowered her head, the wound on her arm throbbing slightly, but it was nowhere near as painful as the slap on her face.

"I do not have."

"You still dare to argue!" Huo's mother reached out to hit her again, but a male voice stopped her, saying, "Enough! It's too late to say anything more. Huo Xiaoyu, go change your clothes right now and come with me to the Jiang family to apologize. No matter what means you use, you must make Jiang Qianyun happy. The two families must not break off the engagement!"

Mr. Huo sat on the sofa, smoking a cigarette, his expression fierce and indifferent.

Huo Xiaoyu gritted her teeth and said loudly, "I'm not going! I didn't bully her, she hit me!"

Huo's mother spoke with conviction, as if she were the only one in the wrong.

“Even if she hit you, you have to take it. It must be because you were clumsy and made her angry. Jiang Qianyun is a young lady of the Jiang family and an outstanding student of the Jingyi Traditional Chinese Medicine Academy. How could she hit you on her own initiative? You must have done something wrong. You didn’t think about it and you still dared to talk back to me!”

Huo Xiaoyu's pupils trembled violently, and her heart felt as if it had been thrown into a cold, dark hell, where there was no hope in sight.

His eyes were filled with mockery as he sneered, "In your hearts, everything I do is wrong, isn't it?"

Huo Sijing quickly ran over, "Mom, I believe in my sister. She knows she was wrong, so please don't hit her. She definitely didn't do it on purpose. Miss Jiang and she have always had a good relationship. It's normal for them to have little arguments. I believe they will make up. But to be honest, I've never seen Miss Jiang so angry before. I don't know what my sister did."

With a look of disgust in her eyes, Huo's mother pointed at Huo Xiaoyu's head and said, "It must be her! She bullied Jiang Qianyun, and she still refuses to admit it."

Mr. Huo coughed twice and said solemnly, "Huo Xiaoyu, I don't care what your reasons are, you must apologize. If your actions cause the two families to break off the engagement, you will not be able to bear the consequences."

Huo Xiaoyu took two steps back, her gaze fixed firmly on the group.

"I said I did nothing wrong, and I won't go."

Mrs. Huo raised her hand again.

"Enough! What are you doing!"

Huo Linyu was pushed in by his assistant. He was furious when he saw the slap mark on Huo Xiaoyu's face.

When Huo's mother saw her son arrive, she began to complain to him.

"It's all because of that brat Huo Xiaoyu. She actually dared to hit Jiang Qianyun today, and now Jiang Qianyun is clamoring to break off the engagement with our Huo family. Don't you think this is her fault? Linyu, the engagement between the two families has already been arranged, and you two were supposed to get married in a few years. Sigh, and at this crucial moment, this brat ruined it."

Huo Xiaoyu looked at Huo Linyu, her eyes filled with grievance and panic, silently explaining that it wasn't her!

Huo Linyu naturally knew that this matter was definitely Jiang Qianyun's fault.

Huo Sijing: "Big brother, I know you've always favored Xiaoyu, but this concerns your future happiness. Big brother, your leg hasn't healed in three years... If Miss Jiang breaks off the engagement, what will outsiders think of our Huo family?"

Huo Linyu's gaze was calm, and every word he uttered carried an air of authority.

"My marriage is my own decision. Mom and Dad, I was just about to tell you that even if they don't bring it up, I will break off the engagement with the Jiang family!"

Mrs. Huo was shocked. "What? Son, are you confused? You should know the Jiang family's status. Jiang Qianyun is so outstanding, and she loves you wholeheartedly. Even when your legs were injured, she stayed by your side. Why would you want to break off the engagement? Did this brat tell you something?"

Huo Linyu's face darkened as she rebuked, "Mom, she's not the brat you're calling a bitch. She's my sister, your own daughter! Why are you so prejudiced against Xiaoyu? I just don't understand why you believe everything outsiders say, but won't even give your own daughter a chance to explain!"

Mrs. Huo was stunned, never expecting her son to say such a thing about her.

"You! You guys!"

Mr. Huo said unhappily, “Linyu! She is your mother. How can you talk to her like that? Apologize immediately. Also, the marriage alliance with the Jiang family is not something you can just back out of. It concerns the friendship between our two families for generations. I will handle this matter. Don’t worry about it. And Xiaoyu, you must apologize to Jiang Qianyun tomorrow.”

Huo Xiaoyu sneered, "I will not apologize to him. On the contrary, from today onwards, I will target her!"

"Huo Xiaoyu!" Huo's father was furious.

Huo Xiaoyu was not afraid at all and pushed Huo Linyu onto the elevator.

Once in the elevator, Huo Linyu looked at the bandage on her arm and felt a pang of heartache. He immediately asked, "Xiaoyu, what happened to your hand? Did they bully you?"

Huo Xiaoyu smiled brightly and shook her head, "No, big brother, this is just a minor injury, nothing serious. I just accidentally scratched myself today, it's nothing serious, it doesn't hurt anymore!"

Huo Linyu: "Let my assistant push me. I'll have the family doctor take a look at your hand in a bit."

Huo Xiaoyu: "Big brother, I'm really fine. I got bandaged up at the hospital."

After Huo Xiaoyu's repeated explanations, Huo Linyu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then she asked, "Did Jiang Qianyun do something to you? Did she bully you?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Xiaoyu, who had been pretending to be very strong, couldn't help but tear up, large tears falling down her face, which she immediately wiped away.

Huo Linyu's gentle voice rang out, "Don't be afraid, your older brother is here. I will stand up for you. Tell me what she did to you?"

Huo Xiaoyu hastily wiped away her tears, sat down, and bit her lip.

Huo Linyu's gentle words of comfort gradually healed her broken heart.

"Brother, I hate Jiang Qianyun! I don't like her at all. She insulted you, and I hate her. She said she didn't break off the engagement with you because she pitied you. Brother, I know my thoughts are wrong, but I really hope you break off the engagement. She doesn't deserve you."

Huo Linyu probably already knew about the matter.

He patted her head and said, "Actually, I've always wanted to break off the engagement, but I was worried that I wouldn't have the chance. Now that the opportunity has come, I'm very happy. Xiaoyu, don't wrong yourself for anyone."

Huo Xiaoyu sniffed, her voice tinged with anxiety, "Big brother, but... but she's Miss Jiang, don't you like her?"

Huo Linyu shook his head and said to her seriously, "I don't like it, Xiaoyu. This family-arranged marriage has no meaning for me. I should thank you, brother, for breaking off the engagement. Now I can find a girl I like."

"Can……"

Huo Linyu: "Alright, if you cry any more you'll turn into a little pig. Tell me, who did Master Jing take as his disciple today?"

Huo Xiaoyu excitedly told him, "Big brother, she's really amazing, she also..."

After returning home and washing up, Song Shuyue saw Song Yanbai and Song Yanzhou walk in. Seeing that Song Shuyue was safe and sound, they breathed a sigh of relief.

“Yueyue, we know what happened today. The Zhou family has also come to us. How dare they even say they want to take over this matter? They're dreaming! The Zhou family is going too far. Don't worry, I will never let Zhou Zhimei get away with this.”

The thought that Zhou Zhimei had led a group of people to beat up his younger sister still filled Song Yanbai with rage.

He now has the full strength to confront these families.

Song Yanzhou: "Yes, Yueyue, Big Brother is right. The Zhou family is going too far. I won't let that woman get away with it either."

Song Shuyue felt a warmth in her heart, and a hint of happiness appeared in her eyes. But then she thought of something, put on a serious face, and said to them, "I'm fine. That woman really deserves to be punished. Also, there's something I need you to investigate as soon as possible."