Chapter 67 Guardian

He didn't even glance at Xun Chen, but just tilted his head slightly. His deep voice reached Jiang Qingning's ears clearly, carrying a soothing power.

"The wind is getting stronger. Stand behind me. Be careful not to catch a cold."

His movements were natural and smooth, as if he was just doing something very ordinary.

This unconcerned concern was like a bucket of boiling oil, suddenly poured on Xun Chen's burning anger.

He only felt a fishy and sweet taste rushing up his throat, and his vision went dark.

Qin Xiu! It's Qin Xiu again! This hypocritical villain!

"Qin Xiu!"

Xun Chen's fists clenched so hard that they made a creaking sound, and veins on his forehead throbbed violently. "I'm talking to her, and you have no right to act so hypocritical?"

All his rationality was completely burned away at this moment, leaving only the rage of being completely deprived and severely humiliated.

Qin Xiu then slowly turned his gaze back, his eyes as calm as the depths of an ancient well, yet containing a suffocating sense of oppression.

He was not angry, but just a very faint, almost invisible arc appeared at the corner of his lips.

There was no warmth in that arc, only a condescending indifference. "Lord Anping, while the threshold of Ning Pavilion is not high, it is not a place for people to roar and run wild at will. Qingning's words have made it clear enough."

He paused slightly, his eyes sweeping over the glaring jade pendant fragments on the ground. His tone was calm, but every word was like a hammer:

"If the Earl of Anping insists on pestering me and disturbing the peace of the master of the mansion, please don't blame me for performing the unseemly ritual of expelling him on behalf of the master."

"Evict me? Why do you do that?"

Xun Chen's eyes were bloodshot, and the blood in his chest was surging, almost bursting through his throat.

He suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the silent Jiang Qingning behind Qin Xiu. "Just because you relied on the power of Duke Qin's Mansion, you deceived her? Qin Xiu! You hypocritical hypocrite!"

Before he finished speaking, the two figures standing at the entrance of the alley not far away disappeared.

Then, the scene in front of Xun Chen suddenly became dark, and two figures as agile as cheetahs suddenly appeared.

The movement was so fast that only two blurry afterimages were left, one on the left and one on the right, instantly locking onto the arms that Xun Chen was about to point at Jiang Qingning and Qin Xiu like an iron clamp.

The force was precise and powerful, instantly cutting off all his movements and roars.

Xun Chen's pupils suddenly shrank, and his instinct made him subconsciously lower his waist and exert force, trying to break free from the two people's restraints.

However, the force that clamped on his arm was as immovable as rooted iron.

Not only that, a sharp stinging sensation suddenly shot up along the locked tendons and rushed straight to his brain, making him groan, and fine cold sweat instantly seeped out of his forehead.

Although these two guards are not good-looking, their aura is as deep and solemn as the ocean. They are definitely not ordinary security guards!

Qin Xiu is actually accompanied by such a master!

This realization was like an icy poisonous snake, instantly wrapping around Xun Chen's heart, bringing a suffocating chill and deeper humiliation.

"Mr. Anping, this is not a place for you to act wild."

Qin Xiu's voice remained calm, as if he was simply stating a fact. "Greetings, Lord Ping, respect yourself."

"Good...very good! Qin Xiu! Jiang Qingning! You..."

Xun Chen's face turned from red to pale, and then from pale to the humiliating liver color.

The severe pain from being restrained in his arm, and the cold murderous aura emanating from the two guards, which seemed to be from those who had truly experienced bloodshed on the battlefield, made his rage surge like a punctured ball.

Under the absolute suppression of force, Xun Chen could only whimper in embarrassment.

He clenched his teeth so hard that his gums were almost bleeding. His eyes were filled with hatred like a poisoned knife, cutting through Qin Xiu fiercely and finally landing on Jiang Qingning's calm face.

That look was so complex that it was frightening.

There was overwhelming hatred, despair of betrayal, bewilderment of disbelief, and a hint of shaky panic that he himself had not even noticed.

He struggled violently, using all his strength to shake off the guard's grip, and staggered back a step.

The severe pain in his arm made his entire arm tremble slightly. He no longer looked at anyone, turned around abruptly, and rushed down the stairs with heavy and messy steps almost as if escaping.

Every step made a dull sound on the stone steps, revealing the earth-shattering turmoil in the owner's heart.

When passing by the pile of broken jade, he did not pause at all, and even stepped on it hard with a self-deprecating determination!

The hard soles of the soap boots rolled over the fragile jade, making a teeth-grinding sound of friction.

"Xun Chen! What are you doing!?"

A loud shout from an old and panicked woman suddenly came from not far away.

The old lady of the Earl of Anping quickly got off the carriage surrounded by maids and servants. She had obviously hurried here after hearing the report from the servants in the mansion.

The old man's face was now filled with shock, anger and disbelief. His eyes first swept over the jade pendant that was crushed to pieces on the ground, and then his eyes suddenly fixed on his son's panicked and embarrassed back.

"W-What are you doing? Are you crazy?!"

The old lady of the Anping Earl was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at Xun Chen's back and her voice trembled.

She turned to look at Jiang Qingning, her eyes were complicated and difficult to read: "Jiang Qingning, are you still unwilling to let my son go?

"How did our Anping Marquis's family wrong you? If it were an ordinary family, who would be willing to keep you for eight years? And let you take all your dowry away!"

Jiang Qingning sneered, his voice still distant: "Madam Anping, if you want to identify the evidence, you should also understand the current situation. It was your son who spoke rudely to me and tried to attack me but was stopped by the servants."

"How come Xun Chen acted wildly in front of Ning Pavilion, and it became my fault? Could it be that I coaxed and tricked him into doing this? If you are heartless, I will give up. We have divorced long ago and have nothing to do with each other!"

"Even if I get married today, it has nothing to do with Lord Anping. If Lord Anping's wife wants to find a good wife for him, she should do it as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if Xun Moli gets sick again, he will embarrass his biological father and come to me, his divorced biological mother, to accuse him and lash out at me!"

Mother Xun choked and looked at Jiang Qingning's cold eyes without a trace of tenderness. All the words of blame she had prepared were stuck in her throat.

In the end, she just looked at Jiang Qingning deeply and complicatedly, and then glanced at Qin Xiu who was standing beside her like a guardian angel.

She remembered that this man was the eldest son of the Duke of Qin, someone that their Anping Marquisate could not afford to offend.

The old lady of Anping endured for a long time, but finally turned around with the help of her mother-in-law and left with heavy steps.

A farce finally came to an end.

In front of Ning Pavilion, only broken jade was left scattered on the ground, silently telling of the excitement just now.

The cloak on my shoulders gave me a warm feeling, dispelling the chill brought by the cool spring morning breeze.

Qin Xiu's low voice sounded above his head, with a calmness that soothed people's hearts.

"Jiang Qingning, are you okay?"