In a deep alley near the Prince's Mansion——

“Don’t come over here!”

Pei Ziye stopped at the entrance of the alley and did not move forward. His eyes were fixed on the corner not far away.

He followed Su Liluo out and ran to this secluded alley. He was about to get closer, but the woman in the shadows stopped him.

Su Liluo sat on the ground, the night casting a dark shadow on her.

An inexplicable burning sensation surged inside her body and Su Liluo smiled at herself in self-mockery. This was her retribution.

Luckily she was wearing red today.

She smiled as she used the hand holding the hairpin again. The bloody hairpin had sunk into her flesh and blood was flowing out, soaking her red dress but not being noticeable.

The pain suppressed the effects of the medicine in her body. Su Liluo leaned against the wall and looked up at the man at the alley.

Even from such a distance, she could still recognize who it was.

A man who cares about her embroidered shoes, if he knew her situation, would do his best to help her.

But she didn't want to.

She was a puddle of mud to begin with, so why dirty someone else's hands?

This is still one of the few people who cares about himself.

Pei Ziye stood at the entrance of the alley. He wanted to call for help, but was afraid that the prince's men would come. He wanted to get closer, but was forced back by Su Liluo's voice.

She ran all the way, just not letting him get close.

Pei Ziye had no choice but to stand at the entrance of the alley and watch. The two of them were silent all night. Perhaps they made eye contact at some point, but it was dark at night and no one knew.

As the sky gradually brightened, Pei Ziye looked at the person in the corner. She seemed to have fallen asleep with a peaceful face.

"Sister 께!"

"Sister 께!"

The maid beside Su Liluo came over.

Pei Ziye withdrew his gaze, turned around, jumped onto the roof, and left quickly.

Su Liluo slowly opened her eyes and looked blankly at the alley entrance.

"Sister 께, Sister 께, what's wrong with you?" Zhichun appeared at the alley entrance, and when he saw her, his face turned pale with fright.

Su Liluo withdrew her gaze, threw away the blood-stained hairpin, and lowered her head to straighten her clothes.

Zhichun ran over, crying incoherently: "Sister 께, Sister 께, are you okay?"

Su Liluo stood up with the help of the wall, and smiled with her bloodless lips: "It's okay, Zhichun, I finally won yesterday!"

"Sister 께, does that matter? I was scared to death last night. Sister 께, what happened to your leg?"

"It's okay. Last night, Lu Xisi's dog chased me and I ran too fast, so I twisted my leg."

Su Liluo leaned on Zhichun and limped into the carriage.

The carriage returned to the Shangshu Mansion. At the gate, Su Liluo had just stepped out of the carriage when a savage hand slapped her in the face.

Su Liluo, who couldn't stand steadily, crashed directly into the shaft of the cart.

"You dare to come back? Why don't you die outside?"

"I told you earlier that you have no talent for playing the piano. You only learned a few lessons when you were young. Why did you rush to make a fool of yourself and offend the prince?"

Su Liluo's relative Su Yutang was furious. He pointed at Su Liluo and cursed her, not caring that they were right at the door.

Su Liluo's stepmother, aunts, brothers and sisters stood aside and watched coldly, as if they were accustomed to it.

Li advised, "Why did you hit her face? Princess Wenhe wrote to me last night, wanting to get married sooner. You have to show your face to others."

Su Yutang withdrew his hand, but his face was still full of anger. "If you weren't still useful, I would have thrown you back to your hometown and let you perish on your own!"

Su Liluo looked at them. Su Yutang made her fortune with the help of her mother's dowry. They ate her mother's food and used her mother's things, but in the end they didn't even leave her a zither.

Su Liluo licked the blood on her lips, stood up suddenly, and slapped Su Yutang with a slap!

"Haha." So cool!

Everyone was stunned for a moment. When Su Yutang realized what was happening, he was furious and stretched out his hand to slap her: "Evil girl! You are rebelling!"

At this moment, a voice came from behind——

"Master Taifu has arrived—"

Everyone was startled and turned around to see that Pei Che had arrived at the gate of the Su family without knowing when, and they didn't know how much he had seen.

Su Yutang didn't care. It was natural for a mother to teach her children.

He put away his raised hand, and with the palm print on his face, he smiled and said, "I didn't know that Master Taifu was coming. I'm sorry for not coming to greet you from afar. Please forgive me."

Pei Che ignored him and just looked at Su Liluo who was leaning against the carriage: "I'm looking for Miss Su."

Su Yutang was stunned and turned to look at Su Liluo in confusion.

Pei Che walked over and took out a faded zither tassel from his sleeve.

When Su Liluo saw the Qin Sui, she was stunned for a moment, as if she couldn't believe it, and then she took it with trembling hands.

The tears that had been accumulating all night suddenly burst out.

Pei Che turned to look at Su Yutang, intending to criticize him: "If the mother is immoral, the children will be disqualified. Lord Su is so unkind to his children, how much sympathy do you have for the common people?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yutang fell to his knees.

Pei Che didn't say anything more and turned away.

Su Yutang got up from the ground, chased after Su Liluo and asked, "Why is Master Pei here?"

"When did you get to know the Master? Why did the Master give you something?"

Su Liluo looked at the zither tassel in her hand, feeling cold in her heart: It turned out that he didn't even remember this.

Su Liluo didn't say anything, just looked up at the direction Pei Che left.

Not far away, there was a carriage parked.

In the carriage, Jiang Shiyuan held the lost and recovered general in his arms, his eyes a little red because of crying and sleepless nights.

Seeing Pei Che coming back, he looked up and asked, "Did you give it back to her?"

"Yeah." Pei Che nodded.

"That's good." Jiang Shiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Pei Che looked at Jiang Shiyuan in confusion: "She has been against you time and again, don't you bear a grudge against her?"

Jiang Shiyuan thought about it seriously: "After knowing the crux of the matter, I probably understand her. It's not because I'm soft-hearted, but because I was like this ten years ago."

"Ten years ago, I often wondered why it was my mother who died, and why not others? How could they live a peaceful and stable life? Why should their peace and stability be based on my pain of not having a mother?"

"I had everything, but overnight, it all disappeared. Even my cat wanted to leave me. I couldn't help but resent everyone, even..." Jiang Shiyuan looked up at Pei Che: "I hate Master."

Pei Che was stunned, looking into her eyes, as if he was back in the classroom ten years ago. He picked up Jiang Shiyuan, and Jiang Shiyuan stared at him, his eyes full of resentment and anger.

"The Grand Tutor gave me a slap without asking why, causing me to be laughed at by everyone, and then he said in such a high-sounding way that men and women are the same, and women should also study hard, cultivate their character, and settle down."

"How can men and women be the same? My mother fought so many battles, didn't she prove enough? But after her death, she was considered unclean and unlucky just because she was a woman. She was even accused of the false crime of defeat."

"Master Pei, what do you know? You have luxurious clothes and food, you drive a luxury car, you are held high by others, but what you see from above is only separated by clouds and fog, and the path you have walked is just a few words in a book. You have never tasted bitterness, so what qualifications do you have to stand there and lecture me?"

Pei Che was silent, his heart trembling a little. He never knew that Jiang Shiyuan ten years ago had such deep thoughts.

"Then what?"

"I want to take revenge on you!" Jiang Shiyuan looked at him. Facing him was also facing his former self: "You were sought after, surrounded by people, admired by everyone. You had everything, but you still pretended to be indifferent to the world. You blinded me when I was in pain, so I want you to taste the pain too."

"Your study is not a mistake."

"I burned it on purpose. Because I heard that you love books the most." Jiang Shiyuan said slowly.

Pei Che was stunned again, "If it was burned on purpose, why did he make a fuss about paying back the debt later?"

Jiang Shiyuan's eyes flashed: "Because the Master rushed into the study and saved me first, and then went to save the book."