Transmigrating into a book to save her best friend, her sickly husband vies for her affections every

“I’ll say it myself,” Zhang Zhan said, pointing to the hazy scene. “She was the one who made the call.”

Whether it was true or not was unimportant. He noticed that Tingyao glanced in the direction of Menglong before shouting to take control of the situation. Moreover, Ji Fuguang was still holding Menglong, so he figured he was helping Tingyao.

Zhao Siwei's presence here is definitely for Ji Tingyao.

Xu Tutu froze, seemingly wondering if she had misheard, and asked incredulously, "Zhang Zhan, whose side are you on?"

She, Zhao Siwei, and Zhang Zhan have a long-standing friendship that spans generations.

Ji Fuguang spoke up, "Young Master Zhang is right and not siding with his relatives. He is indeed a model for the young masters of our capital!" He liked to hear this.

Ignoring Ji Fuguang's nauseating flattery, Zhang Zhan bluntly stated his position: "I'm helping myself. I know who hit me."

Tingyao, on the other hand, found it lively and interesting.

Zhang Zhan has not yet betrayed them.

If he offends Xu Tutu, his path of being a sycophant won't be easy in the future...

Currently, Zhang Zhan is a big fan of the JiuTu CP, but he is also the most toxic solo stan of Zhao Siwei.

However, she is happy to see it happen.

Life should always have a bit of excitement, shouldn't it?

Xu Tutu stomped her foot at Zhao Siwei, demanding that he feel sorry for her, pity her, and help her deal with the Ji family.

"The Ji family bullied me first! Ninth Brother, don't you believe me?"

Zhao Siwei almost fainted on the spot when Xu Tutu called him "Ninth Brother," and he nimbly dodged her intimate gesture of trying to link arms with him.

I'm begging you, please stay away from me. I don't want to have anything to do with you in this lifetime.

His gaze had barely fallen on Tingyao's face when he saw her gesture for him to look at Zhang Zhan first.

You can't see it clearly unless you look closely; once you do, you'll find your head split open and bleeding.

Zhao Siwei clicked his tongue. Zhang Zhan's brain has been acting pitifully lately; he keeps getting beaten up.

However, Zhao Siwei felt that even though Zhang Zhan was disfigured, he should still be the man with the best face in the capital.

Seeing Zhao Siwei's gaze, Zhang Zhan blinked, feeling something dripping from his head. He touched it and looked at it, somewhat confused by the blood. He touched his head again, confirming that it was blood from under his brain, and his eyes slowly revealed an incredulous expression.

Blood?

This is his blood.

Seeing the blood, everyone's eyes went blank, but then they remembered that Zhang Zhan had already identified who did it, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Since it doesn't concern me, I'll just watch the show.

Xu Tutu immediately defended the maid, "Ninth Brother, Menglong didn't do it on purpose!"

The Ji family members were all laughing.

Xu Tutu's words truly showed her disdain for Zhang Zhan.

Yes, Zhang Zhan was indeed unloved by his parents, and his elderly grandparents were dying. But who didn't know that he had Zhao Siwei as his backer?

Zhang Zhan stared at Zhao Siwei, his eyes reminding him, "I came here for your sweetheart. You'd better do something decent, or neither of us will survive."

Zhao Siwei: ...

He glared at her back: I asked you to take a look at Tingyao, but the way you look at her makes me feel like you're a complete stranger.

Tingyao thinks this is very interesting.

Will you choose your childhood sweetheart or your childhood sweetheart? My most esteemed male lead, come on, let's begin the highlight story you've chosen for yourself!

I'm betting all my money; this is my choice to protect Zhang Zhan.

Because Zhao Siwei really disliked Xu Tutu.

The others unanimously believed that Zhao Siwei was there to support Xu Tutu.

"Are you saying that your maid is more wronged than Zhang Zhan?" Zhao Siwei lowered his eyes.

He never thought of choosing Zhang Zhan again in his life. However, there is always a "but". For example, if you asked him to choose between Xu Tutu and Zhang Zhan, he would definitely choose Zhang Zhan without any hesitation or lingering doubt.

Moreover, this is no small matter; blood has already been drawn.

His father and mother would definitely ask him, "Zhang Zhan was beaten and bled, and you did nothing. Are you even a brother to him?"

No matter how you look at it, he has to help Zhang Zhan, and he also has to make Xu Tutu unhappy. This is something he really has to do.

Zhao Siwei gritted his teeth and said, "You mean, one of your maids is more precious than Zhang Zhan? Is that what you mean?"

Xu Tutu also realized that she had made a mistake in her wording, but Menglong was someone she had grown up with as a sister since childhood, and she certainly didn't want her to be punished.

She waved her hand, "No, no, let's go first, this isn't the place to talk."

She felt that Zhang Zhan would definitely not hold it against him, but Zhao Siwei would. There were too many people here; it wasn't the place to talk.

Ji Fuguang interjected, "Your Highness, please stand up for my two sisters. Xu Tutu is causing trouble." He wouldn't let anyone leave, and even blocked the doorway, slowly tapping a stick against his palm, waiting for Xu Tutu to see what was going on.

Xu Tutu shrank back in fright.

Zhao Siwei didn't want to care at all. He had already left the city gate when he heard people say that Xu Tutu had gone to find Tingyao, which scared him so much that he turned back.

"I wasn't involved, so I can't offer any reasoning. Leave it to the authorities." Zhao Siwei blurted out these words without a second thought.

She glanced at Xu Tutu again, feeling that no matter how you looked at it, she was more at fault. "You actually smashed up someone's shop, how can you be so shameless? Don't you feel ashamed of your parents? You must never say you know me or Zhang Zhan again, and stay away from us when you see us."

I'll stay far away from you, but you should stay away from Zhang Zhan.

Xu Tutu's eyes turned red with anger.

She... wasn't he just trying to look beautiful at the palace banquet later?

"Does crying solve anything? You better give me an explanation for Zhang Zhan's head. Don't think it's okay just because he doesn't have parents to care for him." Zhao Siwei waved his hand. "Everyone, disperse. Zhang Zhan, come here for a moment."

Xu Tutu suddenly burst into tears, her voice filled with resentment, "Zhao Siwei, how could you not help me? How could you do this to me..."

Why should I necessarily help you?

Zhao Siwei thought to himself.

"Your Highness is wise," Ji Fuguang said loudly. "This whole thing started with Miss Xu causing trouble. When Prince Zhang tried to reason with her, he was beaten by Miss Xu's people. Oh my, how badly they beat him! Even the servants know not to hit their masters. So why was Prince Zhang the one who got beaten? Miss Xu, do you look down on Prince Zhang? Is it her who looks down on him, or is it your Duke's Mansion that looks down on him?"

Xu Tutu was so rebuked that she didn't dare to say a word, but she said to Zhao Siwei, "I don't look down on Zhang Zhan."

"Shouldn't you have said that to Zhang Zhan? The fact that you said it to me means that what Young Master Ji said is actually true, that you look down on Zhang Zhan."

It's understandable that the Duke's Mansion looks down on Zhang Zhan. Who does the Duke's Mansion respect? They don't even respect a prince like him.

"Zhao Siwei, how could you say that to me? If I really looked down on Brother Zhang Zhan, why would I have invited him to all the banquets at home?"

"Oh, you're implying that receiving an invitation from your family is Zhang Zhan's good fortune?" Zhao Siwei wanted to spit on her. "Didn't you think that if Zhang Zhan was invited, I'd be more likely to go?"