She paused, then raised her sleeve to wipe away imaginary tears. "Does this mean I'll really have to rely on Qi Huaiyu from now on? But brother, you've seen it yourself, Qi Huaiyu's heart is practically set on Xue Yingxue. And he's always looked down on me. If you don't stand up for me, won't I just be at his mercy in the future?"

Then she started to cry in a pitiful and pathetic manner.

Xin Yunzhou was indeed fooled, and forgot to say those self-deprecating words. "Why are you worried about these things? Of course I will support you!"

Xin Jiuwei asked, "What will you use to support me?"

Xin Yunzhou almost wanted to sigh to the heavens, but could only say, "Alright, alright, I'll get up first thing tomorrow morning to study, and I'll never let that Mr. Ye look down on me!"

Xin Jiuwei didn't expect Xin Yunzhou to immediately become more diligent; she just wanted his statement, and upon hearing this, she smiled.

"Okay, I knew my brother was the best!"

Seeing her smile, Xin Yunzhou breathed a sigh of relief. He was momentarily dazed when he saw Xin Jiuwei's smiling face.

When his younger sister was little, she was very attached to him. The short, soft little dumpling would follow him around all day calling him "brother," which always softened Xin Yunzhou's heart.

As she grew up, her younger sister fell in love with Qi Huaiyu without her knowing when. From then on, she stopped getting close to him and constantly compared him to Qi Huaiyu. No matter what conflict he and Qi Huaiyu had, her younger sister would always side with Qi Huaiyu without hesitation.

Xin Yunzhou was secretly heartbroken for a long time, but later he had no choice but to accept the fact that his sister was no longer close to him.

Recently, however, my younger sister has changed her ways and is now going against Qi Huaiyu.

Forget it, forget it. I don't care if she reconciles with Qi Huaiyu later. She's still his sister no matter what.

The tension between the two had eased, and they returned to their respective courtyards after arriving home.

Xin Jiuwei looked at the account book for a while, and was about to call the maid to come in to wash up and change when she faintly heard a commotion.

"What's wrong?"

Wang Qing pushed open the door and came in. "Miss, the head of the family has returned!"

Xin Jiuwei was taken aback. "Father? Isn't he supposed to be back in a few more days?"

“This servant doesn’t know either. It seems they just came back, and as soon as they came back…” Wang Qing paused before hesitatingly saying, “They took the eldest young master to the ancestral hall and made him kneel as punishment. Oh, and Qi Huaiyu came back with the head of the family!”

Xin Jiuwei was startled and quickly stood up. "I'll go take a look."