Yuan Xiaoshi immediately retorted, "You're talking nonsense! My sister Liu comes from a scholarly family and is very principled. How could she make up lies to harm you!"

Qi Huaiyu said, "It was my fault that day. I shouldn't have spoken so harshly to Jiuwei. I think I hurt her feelings, and naturally, I also angered Miss Liu Qi..."

“That day, I really couldn’t stand the way you treated Xin San,” Liu Qi interrupted him.

Qi Huaiyu smiled slightly, "Yes, I shouldn't have spoken so harshly to Jiuwei. I will definitely apologize to her. Please don't..."

“But,” Liu Qi looked at him, “if I really disliked you that much, why would I have let Xin San go back to you?”

Qi Huaiyu paused, "That's because you couldn't stop her."

Liu Qi said, "Yes, we couldn't stop her. Xin San was so worried about you, even after you spoke harshly to her. Before the heavy rain, she was thinking of you the whole time. And what did you do to repay her?"

Qi Huaiyu's expression stiffened, just as Yuan Xiaoshi began to loudly cheer from the side.

"Don't think we're just making this up; we have witnesses!"

As she spoke, the maid beside her pushed the gray-clad man forward.

The man raised his head, but instead of looking at Qi Huaiyu, he looked in the direction of Xin Jiuwei and her father.

Xin Jiuwei was slightly taken aback, then chuckled softly.

This man was none other than the coachman who drove the car that day!

Today, she directly told everyone that Qi Huaiyu pushed her because she was certain that the coachman heard her shouting when she fell that day. She originally planned to find the coachman in front of everyone to testify, but she didn't expect Liu Qi to bring him directly.

She didn't tell anyone about her plan, so how did Liu Qi find out?

Just then, Liu Qi explained:

"That day, we didn't wait for Xin San to return at the foot of the mountain. We sent Wang Qing and Young Master Qi back to the Xin residence. Sister Xin was worried about her sister's safety and was in a hurry to find her. However, I inadvertently noticed that the coachman's expression was strange, so I quietly asked him a few more questions."

She looked at the driver and said softly, "Brother, you speak to everyone."

The driver was an honest man who had been driving for the Xin family for several years. Now that he had arrived, although he was still a little nervous, he chose to tell them what he had seen.

"That day, the horses in our carriage went berserk for some reason. I tried desperately to subdue them, but the rain was too heavy, and the carriage couldn't withstand the wind and impacts. The door was blown open, and I wanted to close the door to protect the young lady, but there was no way..."

He paused, then raised his voice, "I heard Miss ask Young Master Qi to help her up. Worried about her safety, I turned around to help, but I didn't expect to see...see..."

He hesitated as he said this.

Yuan Xiaoshi said, "What did you see? Don't be afraid. Tell everyone what you told us, and let them see the true face of this hypocrite!"

The coachman gritted his teeth and said, "I saw Young Master Qi let go and watched helplessly as Miss fell out!"

"You're lying!" Qi Huaiyu was so angry he forgot to pretend. "When did I ever stop her?!"

Yuan Xiaoshi's eyes widened immediately. "In such a critical moment, you didn't even try to stop Xin San?"

Qi Huaiyu paused, "No, what I mean is..."

The coachman said, "Everything I said is what I saw with my own eyes, it's absolutely true! Not long after Miss fell, I asked Young Master Qi to jump out of the carriage to save his life. Although it was a last resort, I chose the right time before jumping. Under the circumstances, jumping down wouldn't have caused too much injury. But when I got up to go back to Miss, I found that Young Master Qi couldn't even stand up."

"The rain was too heavy and it was dark. I was worried that Young Master Qi was in danger, so I had to take him down the mountain first."

"Later, I felt something was wrong. Although Young Master Qi is a scholar, I often heard Miss mention that he had won in some polo match. If that's the case, how come I was fine after jumping off the carriage, but he was so badly injured?"

"But I didn't think much of it. It was just that after I got back, the words Miss shouted before the accident kept echoing in my ears. I couldn't forget them, and it was really hard to bear... Then, Miss Liu sent someone to find me. The young ladies are intelligent, and it was only after they reminded me that I realized the deeper meaning!"

Qi Huaiyu strode over abruptly, shouting, "You all conspired together!"

"What are you doing!" Xin Yunzhou blocked the driver's path. "Qi Huaiyu, do you still want to silence him?"

"Me!" Qi Huaiyu was stunned, then speechless.

Xin's father's face was expressionless. He looked at the driver for a while, then looked at Xin Jiuwei, "Jiuwei, is what he said true?"

Xin Jiuwei looked dazed, her face even paler than when she returned.

"Father, I...I didn't expect this..."

She shook her head and suddenly burst into tears. "I was so scared that day. I was swaying so much in the carriage. I couldn't hold onto anything. I asked Huaiyu to pull me up, but he didn't make it in time, and I fell down... I don't know... It all happened so fast."

She covered her face and started crying, and Xin Xiyao hugged her.

"I didn't expect Huaiyu to still be angry with me, he wouldn't even lend me a hand..."

The moment the words were spoken, even Young Master Lin, who always liked to follow Qi Huaiyu around, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Brother Qi, you've gone too far! How could you just watch Miss Xin fall down like that!"

The others also looked at Qi Huaiyu with disapproval.

"Yes, Miss Xin may be a bit spoiled, but she's also a delicate girl. She could easily lose her life!"

"I saw it that day too. At Lingyin Temple, Brother Qi was very angry. Later, Miss Xin went around looking for him to apologize."

"Although he is Miss Xin's cousin, how can a merchant's son compare to a young lady from a noble family? He even gave Miss Xin the cold shoulder; he really doesn't know what's good for him."

"No matter how angry you are, you can't just watch a young lady get hurt. That's just so unladylike."

"Forget about manners, judging from the driver's tone, he was clearly doing it on purpose!"

"You can know a person's face, but not their heart..."

Qi Huaiyu's face turned pale and then red, and he repeatedly shouted, "I didn't! I didn't even realize she would fall, it was all an accident!"

He suddenly walked up to Xin's father, "Uncle, please investigate! I've been worried about Jiuwei the most these past few days, so much so that I haven't been able to eat or sleep. How could I possibly harm him!"

At this moment, he realized that Xin Jiuwei had been setting a trap for him from the very beginning that day!

No wonder she was initially harsh and deliberately provoked him to get angry, but later surprisingly softened her attitude.

He still thought she knew she had made mistakes these past few days and was going to bow down to him!

But little did they know that she deliberately let everyone see, especially in front of Liu Qi and Yuan Xiaoshi, so that everyone would know that they had a fight and that Xin Jiuwei was trying to please him!

In this way, everyone will naturally believe the driver's story!