She dragged out her tone and glanced in the direction where Li Xiu left: "After all, he's a man with poor judgment and a unclear mind. He might really think of you as someone... someone he can easily entrust his 'true heart' to."

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Shen Ruorou to refute, she pulled Chuntao away and said, "Cousin, I'm going back to my room first, so as to avoid being blocked by Master Li and causing any misunderstandings. You can take your time shopping."

Shen Ruorou stood there, looking at Shen Weiwan's brisk back, trembling with anger, her nails digging deep into her palms. This Shen Weiwan was definitely doing this on purpose! She must have seen through her and Liu's plans, so she deliberately set a trap here to embarrass herself!

"Miss," the maid next to her whispered, "Should we go tell the lady?"

Shen Ruorou took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. Tell her mother? If her mother knew, she would only scold her for being useless and unable to even deal with Shen Weiwan. The most important thing now was not to let the rumor that "she and Li Xiu had an affair" spread!

"Go," Shen Ruorou ordered with gritted teeth, "Go and find out immediately how many people saw what happened here just now, and who did they tell it to! Also, find a way to muddy the waters and say... say that Young Master Li actually fell in love with another girl and mistook Weiwan for her!"

The maid took the order and left. Shen Ruorou looked at the fallen petals in the garden with a sinister look in her eyes. Shen Weiwan, just wait for me. I won't let this go!

On the other side, Shen Weiwan returned to her courtyard and just sat down to drink a sip of tea when Chuntao came up to her with admiration: "Miss, what you said just now was really refreshing! It made Shen Ruoruo speechless and her face turned green!"

Shen Weiwan put down the teacup, a smug smile on her lips: "This is just the beginning. To play with Li Xiu, the cripple, and Shen Ruorou, the white lotus, you have to use some 'dirty tricks'. Just wait and see, their good show is still to come."

She paused, her eyes sharpening. "However, I seemed to see a figure in the pavilion just now. Do you think... could it be the Seventh Prince?"

Chun Tao thought for a moment and said, "It seems a bit like that. Miss, why does the Seventh Prince always hang around our house? Could he be..."

"Who knows?" Shen Weiwan shook her head, but her heart was beating fast. This Seventh Prince always appeared when she was "slapping" her scumbag relatives. Was it a coincidence or deliberate? What exactly did he want to do?

No matter what, the muddy waters in the capital are about to get even more muddy. Shen Weiwan picked up a candied plum and stuffed it into her mouth, the sweet and sour taste melting on her tongue. Well, in this life, she wanted to see who could have the last laugh in this muddy water!