Xiao Linshuang curled her lips and, as expected, saw her elder sister with a familiar smile at the corner of her mouth. That smile, it seemed like the one she wore when she was about to chop off their third uncle’s head with a knife, didn’t it?
Thinking of her elder sister’s fierce appearance when wielding a knife, Xiao Linshuang couldn’t help shivering and cautiously asked, "Master, if we stand here and enjoy the spectacle, and elder sister finds out, won’t she chop us up too?"
Lao Fan, however, laughed as if he were delighting in others’ misfortunes, and patted the head of his little wolf cub, "Don’t worry, if your elder sister chops at you, your master will bandage you up."
Xiao Linshuang almost spat blood. Was this really her master?
"Besides, the person your elder sister most wants to chop right now is not the two of us; it should be Xia Zheng! Hehe, you stinker, leaving me behind without a word, now you know how formidable this old man is, huh? Haha."
With a sympathetic glance at Lao Fan, Xiao Linshuang couldn’t help but feel that the old man was laughing a bit too soon.
Across from them, Su Qiuyu, supported by Yaner, slowly made her way toward the staircase entrance.
Xia Zheng wanted to ask her to stay, but didn’t dare. He wanted to let her go, but he was worried. It was truly a dilemma.
Lin Yuan watched his awkward state with a snort. She actually believed Xia Zheng’s words that he had nothing to do with this white lotus. Otherwise, this girl wouldn’t show such hostility after seeing Lin Yuan. And that maid by her side, the hate in her eyes was even deeper!
Lin Yuan once again pinched the tender flesh at Xia Zheng’s waist, giving him a "just you wait" look, and stepped forward, calling out to Su Qiuyu with a smile, "Ah Zheng, this young lady is your sister, right? Since she’s your sister and has come all the way here, how can you let her leave just like that? Come, come, come, have a rest inside. Look how scared you’ve made her; she’s even crying now."
Su Qiuyu, who never intended to leave, suddenly froze. She thought it would be her Brother Zheng who would ask her to stay; how did it turn into this little village girl? And she had the nerve to call Brother Zheng ’Ah Zheng’ without considering her own status—what shamelessness!
But having this way out was still far better than really leaving.
Stifling the rage in her eyes, Su Qiuyu dabbed at the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and turned slightly to give Lin Yuan a slight nod. Then, with eyes brimming with tears, she looked timidly at Xia Zheng and asked in a voice filled with utmost grievance, "Brother Zheng?"
Xia Zheng, seeing Lin Yuan take the initiative in inviting Su Qiuyu to stay, hesitated.
Fearing such a gesture would cause Lin Yuan to misunderstand again, he quickly approached her side and took her hand once more, saying to Su Qiuyu in a lukewarm tone, "Just wait here for now. I will send a message to your second brother to come and pick you up."
Su Qiuyu did not expect that all she would get in the end was such a sentence; it hurt like a knife twisting in her heart. However, as long as she could stay, there was still hope, wasn’t there? Besides, there was someone else on the way who, she was sure, would never allow his son to marry an obscure village girl.
Seeing Xia Zheng still holding her hand in front of Su Qiuyu, Lin Yuan’s anger subsided a bit, and she smiled as she invited Su Qiuyu into the room she had just occupied, "Miss, please come in."
However, when she opened the door and saw the room in total disarray, she couldn’t help but be stunned.
But even more at a loss was Su Qiuyu. Just moments ago, she had seen Xia Zheng and Lin Yuan entering with smiles and laughter. Overcome with anger, she hadn’t controlled her emotions and had smashed everything in the room that could be smashed.
But, she forgot that this was not her boudoir, not her Prime Minister Mansion—after smashing everything, how was she to manage the situation?
For a moment, Su Qiuyu was dumbfounded, then she directed an angry glare at Lin Yuan. This little village girl had been giggling the whole time, seemingly harmless, but she was actually the most detestable. She must have seen the mess in the room and deliberately let them enter together, just to embarrass her.
Of course, Lin Yuan had no such intentions. She had originally planned to go with Xia Zheng to that elegant room, but now with Su Qiuyu there, it was inconvenient. After all, that room contained the Fuman Building’s and various branches’ account books, along with some extremely important items.
She just hadn’t expected that Su Qiuyu’s room would be in such a sorry state.