The entire court was immediately shocked.

Without saying a word, Xiao Lingchen pulled Bai Shu into his arms, comforting her and telling her not to panic or be afraid, while using his connections to quickly find a professional lawyer.

Murder cases were not the area of ​​expertise for the Xiao Group's legal department, so he quickly found and assembled a team of lawyers specializing in such cases and personally took charge of the case.

The Cheng couple had no evidence, so their legal team advised them to find evidence first. Xiao Lingchen used his influence to suppress all the news and began collecting evidence without informing his wife and Xiao Qingwan.

“Don’t worry,” he said. “You just focus on your studies, and leave everything else to me.”

Bai Shu felt as if she had been soaking in a warm hot spring, and her eyes were about to well up with tears. She nodded vigorously. When Xiao Lingchen saw this, he quickly cupped her face with one hand and gently wiped away her tears with the other.

"I wanted to help you with this because I was afraid you'd be upset. Why are you crying? Honey, every time you shed a tear, my heart breaks."

He was a strict and cold man with an unapproachable handsome face, but he was quite adept at sweet talk. Bai Shu was so comforted by him that she burst into laughter through her tears and said in a deep voice, "How many people have you said that to? Why are you so glib?"

He stroked her head, his eyes full of tenderness and smiles.

"In this life, Xiao Lingchen has only ever spoken sweet words to Bai Shu. If he insists on using glib talk, it must be because he spoke too much with Bai Shu in his previous life and practiced it out."

When he said this, he didn't hide it from his confidants and servants. Xiao Shisan had a blank face and didn't react much—perhaps he was used to it—while the other Xiao family subordinates almost popped their eyes out!

"Mr. Thirteen, am I hearing things, or am I seeing things? Did I mistake some playboy for our teacher?!"

"I actually saw him trying to make a girl happy! Good heavens, isn't that our young master's wife?"

"I must be crazy!"

Xiao Shisan lit a cigarette with a weathered look on his face, took a deep drag, and calmly said, "...Don't panic, you'll get used to it after a while."

Bai Shu overheard the conversation by chance, and blushed with embarrassment. She covered her face and turned to run away, but Xiao Lingchen swept her up in his arms and she fell into his embrace.

He even laughed deliberately, "You're under the legal age. No matter how capable I am, I can't bring you home to be my wife. Darling, how are you going to make it up to me?"

"...Who's the sweetheart? You're so unserious—let me go, I need to go do my practice problems!"

He laughed again and insisted on kissing her before letting go of her arms.

Bai Shu blushed and ran into the house. When she opened Xue Jinxing's phone, her face was still burning. She closed her eyes and rubbed them. When she opened her eyes again, the phone screen lit up.

It was a message sent to her by Xiao Lingchen.

"If someone surnamed Song sends you something, just accept it, but don't use it."

Song refers to Lady Xiao.

Bai Shu narrowed his eyes.

She had met Madam Xiao and Xiao Qingwan when she was at the Xiao family home.

Beneath Xiao Qingwan's professional smile lay her deep aversion to Bai Shu, while Madam Xiao was even more cunning, always smiling and repeatedly saying that she liked Bai Shu as soon as she saw him, and that Bai Shu could treat her like her own mother, as if she really had some feelings for Bai Shu.

"It's just acting, anyone can do that." Bai Shu wanted to force a smile and agree, but unexpectedly, Xiao Lingchen pulled her up and, in front of half of the Xiao family's servants, coldly said:

“You are the future young master’s wife, and you belong to me, Xiao Lingchen. You don’t need to show any respect or closeness to my father’s second wife. She serves my father and is recognized by the Xiao family as his first wife, just you.”