"Man, men and women should not touch each other, please respect yourself, young lady!"

Wei Xi's face flushed and his heart began to beat rapidly.

Behind her, her friends were also stunned. They didn’t expect that Meng Yiyi would be so fierce.

"Haha, forget it, I'll let you go."

Seeing Wei Xi's embarrassed face, Meng Yiyi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Furious, his good friend Song Liu frowned and shouted, "You are such a lowly woman, you actually did such a frivolous thing! I think..."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Xi waved his hand helplessly, "Forget it, let's leave now. Stay away from this woman from now on."

He wanted to leave, but Meng Yiyi opened her hand to stop him, smiling and saying, "I am Meng Yiyi, and I have not asked for your name, sir. It is fate that we meet by chance!"

"You, you rotten woman, you actually dared to ask Brother Wei's name. Are you planning to continue to pester Brother Wei in the future?"

Song Liu started cursing and pointed at Meng Yiyi's nose with trembling fingers.

...

...

Snap! A crisp whip sounded, and suddenly there was a sharp pain in my back, and I tasted blood in my mouth.

Looking up, I saw Meng Yiyi holding a long whip and smiling ostentatiously.

"You don't need to meddle in my affairs. If you dare to disrespect me, you will have to taste my whip!"

"As for you..." After a pause, Meng Yiyi looked at Wei Xi again, her smile deepening, "How about going back with me and becoming my husband? I like you!"

"How shameful! How shameful! As a girl, how can you behave like this?"

Wei Xi took a step back, his face turned purple, and his speech became incoherent.

"So, are you going to marry or not? If you can become my husband, I will take care of you and make sure you are well fed and plump and can have children!"

The crowd around them was getting more and more excited, and even started to make a noise.

After a moment, a middle-aged woman with lingering charm pushed through the crowd and strode up to Meng Yiyi.

"Hey, isn't this Yiyi? Who bullied you and made you so angry?"

Holding Meng Yiyi's hand, Zhang turned to look at Wei Xi and cursed, "You scoundrel, you actually dared to bully our Yiyi! You are so bold!"

"Yiyi is so good, you are not worthy of her, yet you still have the nerve to reject her. Where do you put Yiyi's dignity? But it doesn't matter, no matter how you look at it, you are just a poor guy!"

Zhang cursed a lot, which made Meng Yiyi feel upset, and Wei Xi was even more furious.

What's going on here? It's clearly this girl who is bullying others, but this old woman is trying to confuse right and wrong. It really makes him angry!

"No, it's not like that, mother..."

"My dear, that's it. I am your stepmother, so I will naturally be loyal to you and do what's best for you."

Zhang held the back of Meng Yiyi's hand, a trace of calculation flashed in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth rose involuntarily.

Seeing her expression, Meng Yiyi secretly thought that something was wrong, and couldn't help but think of what Concubine Xian had said.

In fact, she had quite a fondness for this young man, so she took the initiative to flirt with him and satisfy her mouth.

However, Zhang's words were clearly intended to deliberately anger the young master, creating misunderstandings between them.

Come to think of it...is it really the case that she is being overpraised?

"You, you are shameless. This young master despises women like you who are frivolous and reckless and who bite back at you!"

Wei Xi was so angry that he trembled and left with his companions. On the other side, Zhang also affectionately took Meng Yiyi's arm and patted the back of her hand.

"Don't worry, I will support you in everything you do, and I will not tolerate anyone bullying you. If you meet such a scoundrel again, teach him a lesson!"

"Although your biological mother died young, I have always treated you as my own child. Yiyi, let's go!"

The farce was over, but the crowd lingered for a long time, looking at the two with strange eyes.

Suddenly, a young girl shouted, "This lady's hairpin is the treasure of Wanbaozhai, and it is worth several thousand taels of silver!"

"Yes, Xizi's Tears. The name of the jewelry is Xizi's Tears. It's a pity that I saved the money for a long time, but it was snatched away by someone else!"

Thousands of taels? Meng Yiyi paused, her mind racing.

My father was under house arrest and his salary was greatly reduced. I don't know where Zhang got the money from, but she could actually buy such expensive jewelry.

It seems that Zhang's family was not rich, and the whole family depended on her father's salary for their survival, so there must be something wrong with the hairpin.

Hearing those compliments, Zhang straightened her back slightly, and her steps became awkward.

"Let's go home. The small kitchen has stewed your favorite pig's trotter soup and cooked cherry meat."

"Okay, okay, let's go home."

Meng Yiyi forced a smile and nodded, suppressing the doubts in her heart.

It seems that Zhang treats her quite well. Am I really overthinking it?

However, I must tell daddy about this hairpin matter no matter what, and he will make the decision personally.

After returning home, Meng Yiyi went straight to Meng Kai and told him about her confusion. When he learned that the hairpin was worth several thousand taels of silver, Meng Kai's face immediately became gloomy.

"My father's annual salary is not enough to buy this hairpin, not to mention that the expenses in the mansion are getting higher and higher, and there are more and more things to take care of."

Then, I thought about the gorgeous clothes Zhang usually wore. Could it be that she had some special way to make money?

But Zhang came from the countryside, her family was poor and she had no talent for making money, so the money came in strange ways. Even if it was a misunderstanding, it had to be explained clearly.

"Let's go find our mother now. From the bottom of my heart, I don't want her to be a bad person."

At this moment, there was a strange noise outside the door. Meng Yiyi ran out of the door and saw Zhang, who looked panicked, and a big package in her arms.

He came forward and said with a smile, "Mother, where are you going? Do you want to talk to Daddy?"

Zhang took a deep breath and tried to stay calm, "Yiyi, I just happened to pass by, haha, you guys continue chatting!"

While pulling, there was a loud noise...

The bundle was opened, revealing all kinds of precious jewels and jades, priceless.

Seeing the furious Meng Kai, Zhang's face turned paler and paler. She subconsciously wanted to run, but her legs slipped and she fell to the ground.

If she had known this would happen, she shouldn't have... Unfortunately, it has been exposed now. How can she cover up the lie?

On the other side, Meng Kai was shaking with anger, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Zhang was bloodshot, filled with deep disappointment and hatred.

The Meng family has been noble for generations and has never been corrupt or abused their power. He himself is also very honest. He never expected that such a thing would happen in the mansion!

He couldn't afford these treasures with his salary, let alone the Zhang family from a small country family!

"Tell me, where did the money come from? I'll ask you one last time."

"If you don't tell the truth, I will punish you tonight and beat you until you confess!"