Xie Pinghuai was confused, but after some thought, he understood.
"Does that mean that he's scheming against me behind my back because he cares about me?" Xie Pinghuai felt that something was off.
Xie Qiao said with a faint smile, "Maybe so."
He was either concerned or jealous. There was nothing else.
No matter which one it was, Xie Pinghuai should not continue fighting against Chu Jian. He should learn more about... the soft policy.
Xiao Yurong was a strict teacher. He could not be bothered. Therefore, she guessed that Chu Jian had some bad habits, and that was all. Otherwise, he would have been kicked out of the academy by Xiao Yurong by now.
At that moment, Xie Pinghuai's worldview had collapsed.
In addition to the apology gift from the Chu family, there were other gifts from his classmates.
There were many snacks and some herbal supplements.
Xie Pinghuai was shocked.
When did he become so popular?!
Just because he was beaten up?!
He was a little embarrassed at first, but soon he became excited.
In the evening, Xie Xi would come back from the academy. Similarly, she brought a lot of things with her. Her little face was tense, and she seemed to be in a dilemma.
"Xi'er, I can't finish all these snacks. Hurry up and share some," Xie Pinghuai said smugly.
Xie Xi shook her head, "I have some too."
As she spoke, the steward had already moved the things from the carriage.
They were not expensive food, but these gifts were something that she had never received before.
"Is our family popular now?! If I had known this would happen, I could've stayed there for a while longer. I could have taken the beating for a day!" Xie Pinghuai said excitedly.
He was very resistant to being beaten up!
His eldest brother was ruthless. It was much more painful than those bullies hitting him. However, his eldest brother would not hit people in the face when he hit them.
"They said that they misunderstood our family. They apologized and gave us food, but... They won't give me work to earn silver beans," Xie Xi said with a bitter face.
When Xie Qiao heard that, she had mixed feelings.
This silly child worked as an errand girl for others in the academy. She was very willing to do it.
Now, those people treated her as a real heiress and treated her with respect. Therefore, they could not go on to order her around, so Xie Xi could not earn silver beans anymore.
"Xi'er wants to earn silver?" Xie Qiao thought for a while and said, "In the future, you help me with some work, and I'll pay you silver. How about that?"
"No, Sister. I can't take your silver," Xie Xi shook her head.
"What about mine?!" Xie Pinghuai was stunned for a moment.
Usually, if he asked Xi'er to help him with some small matters, he would have to give a copper coin.
Xie Xi said nothing.
Second brother was rich. In the past, their mother... Ms. Lu would always give him money.
Eldest sister... she was even more gentle than their mother. She was different from others.
"If you don't accept it, then I'm afraid I can only hire someone else to do it..." Xie Qiao sighed with a regretful look on her face.
When Xie Xi heard that, she hesitated for a moment.
She wanted to earn money.
"Alright then," Xie Xi's eyes lit up, looking forward to it.
This sister was simply a little cutie.
The Xie family was in a state of peace, but the news had also reached Xia Yayun's ears.
She listened to the servant's report in disbelief, even finding it ridiculous, "They say that the Xie family is kind-hearted?! Xie family was born a bandit, they used to rob other people's things!
"Because Young Lady Xie said that she would stand up for the people. She got Master Xie to report to the Emperor to claim justice. She even invited the Crown Prince to capture the bullies. So... those disaster victims think that Young Lady Xie is... a good person," the servant said nervously.
She was not just a good person. All of the disaster victims said that she was a god!
Xia Yayun clenched her fists.
Her biggest chance of winning was not the 50 carefully selected youths, but the reputation of the Xie family's bandits!
No matter how much Xie Qiao did, she only needed to let the disaster victims know about the Xie family's situation clearly and let them think that this bandit Xie Qiao was just pretending. Then, she would win for sure!
However, now Xie Qiao's good reputation had actually been established first!
Those idiots even praised Xie Qiao and Xie Pinghuai for being kind and benevolent even though they knew that the Xie family had started out as bandits?!