Not long after, Zheng Yunwan arrived carrying Luo Xin, accompanied by a maid.

Zheng Yunwan put Luo Xin down with peace of mind only after seeing that Luo Sheng and Chen Yuancheng were both there.

Luo Xin's eyes were swollen from crying. As soon as she landed, she ran to Xiao Yunying, looked up at her, and asked, "Mother, what's wrong? Did they bully you?"

Luo Xin told herself not to cry, so as not to worry her mother, but when she saw her mother like this, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

She's so useless; she can't even protect her mother.

Xiao Yunying smiled at Luo Xin: "Mother is alright, don't cry."

Luo Xin angrily said to Luo Sheng, "Why are you only coming back now? This wicked woman has bullied Mother terribly!"

"It's Father's fault..."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a gasp from ahead.

Everyone's eyes turned to her, and they saw Zuo Lanzhi lying on the ground, covering her face, while several maids tried to help her up.

Zheng Yunwan gripped a blood-stained silver hairpin tightly in her hand, her eyes filled with hatred as she looked at Zuo Lanzhi.

Xiao Yunying immediately understood what had happened: "Yunwan, come here."

Zheng Yunwan walked silently to Xiao Yunying's side. A maid pointed at her and said, "You dare to hurt my young lady! Guards, seize her!"

Xiao Yunying looked at the maid and said, "Let's see who dares to arrest her!"

At this moment, the Minister's wife arrived late. When she saw her daughter lying on the ground wailing, she hurriedly went over and asked, "Lanzhi, what happened?"

When he saw the bright red blood seeping from between her fingers, he was shocked: "How did you get hurt on your face? Quick, go get a doctor!"

Xiao Yunying felt she couldn't hold on any longer: "Luo Sheng, let's go."

"Okay, I'll take you home."

Luo Xin consciously grasped Zheng Yunwan's hand, showing no fear whatsoever that Zheng Yunwan had hurt Zuo Lanzhi.

Zheng Yunwan was surprised for a moment, then gently squeezed her small hand and led her to follow behind Luo Sheng.

"Stop! Who hurt my daughter!"

Xiao Yunying stopped in her tracks: "It's me..."

Luo Sheng's voice cut her off: "I was the one who injured you, so what? If the Minister's wife is dissatisfied, she can have Minister Zuo impeach me to the Emperor."

After saying that, he ignored the voices behind him and helped Xiao Yunying leave.

The Minister's wife was surprised by Xiao Yunying's appearance, but she was more concerned about her daughter and signaled the guards to stop them.

Luo Sheng came alone without any subordinates, but Chen Yuancheng brought his own guards and stopped the guards from the Zuo residence.

He bowed to the Minister's wife: "Madam Zuo seems surprised as to why Yun Ying has become like this. She must be unaware of what Miss Zuo has done. I think if Madam Zuo does not want the Zuo family to suffer a catastrophic disaster because of Miss Zuo, she should ask Miss Zuo what she has done."

Hearing his words, Zuo Lanzhi, who was covering her face, could not hide the panic in her eyes: "Mother, don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense."

The Minister's wife looked at her daughter with puzzlement, and seeing her flustered appearance, she became suspicious.

After Chen Yuancheng finished speaking, he intended to leave immediately, but seeing that the Minister's wife hesitated, he suddenly stopped, seemingly offering a casual reminder:

"By the way, Miss Zuo is injured and may need to rest. Madam can ask Miss Zuo's personal maid; perhaps she will know something."

Yinyu, standing to the side, was startled and lowered her head, not daring to look at anyone.

After Chen Yuancheng finished speaking, he ignored the mother and daughter and left with the guards of the Chen residence.

When he came out, Luo Sheng had already left with Xiao Yunying in a carriage, leaving Luo Xin and Zheng Yunwan in another carriage.

Seeing Chen Yuancheng's dejected expression, Zheng Yunwan said, "Sister Yunying fainted as soon as she went out. General Luo was in a hurry to take Sister Yunying to see a doctor, so he left first."

Chen Yuancheng let out a breath and cheered himself up, saying, "I'll send someone to take you and Xin'er home first."

After Zheng Yunwan helped Luo Xin into the carriage and told her to wait inside for a while, she walked over to Chen Yuancheng and said, "Thank you so much, Young Master Chen. If it weren't for your timely arrival, Sister Yunying would have had to endure many more beatings."

Chen Yuancheng shook his head: "We're still too late. If I had come earlier, she wouldn't have had to suffer this afternoon."

Looking at his somber profile, Zheng Yunwan felt a pang of sympathy for him, for some reason.

She suddenly spoke up, "Young Master Chen, your affection is too subtle; Sister Yunying doesn't understand."

Chen Yuancheng's eyelashes trembled, but he did not deny it: "Really?"

Zheng Yunwan looked at the sun, which was almost completely setting: "Young Master Chen knows Yunying's personality. She is free-spirited and unconventional. She doesn't care much about the difference between men and women. In our village, we would say she's clueless. So no matter how good Young Master Chen is to her, as long as he doesn't directly express his feelings to her, Yunying will never think about romantic love."

How could Chen Yuancheng not know about this? He had known Xiao Yunying longer than Zheng Yunwan and understood her personality better.

I didn't express my feelings back then because I was worried about my own frail health and didn't want to hold her back.

Now that Luo Sheng has returned, and the two are married and have consummated their marriage... it's even more impossible...

Seeing that he lowered his eyes and remained silent, Zheng Yunwan did not say anything more: "I will take Luo Xin back first. It's getting late, Young Master Chen should also go back soon."

She bowed to Chen Yuancheng, got into the carriage, and gently coaxed Luo Xin into her arms.

When they arrived home, Luo Sheng and Xiao Yunying had not yet returned. The children kept asking Xiao Yunying why she hadn't come back with them, so she briefly told Madam Luo and the children what had happened that afternoon.

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