Mrs. Xie's words were like a knife, stabbing Shen Mingyu's lungs. His face flushed crimson, and his breathing became as heavy as a worn-out bellows. With red eyes, he growled at Mrs. Xie, "This is my Shen family's affair. What has it got to do with you? I, Shen Mingyu, am teaching my daughter a lesson. It's not your place as a Xie family member to come and tell her what to do!"
The breeze carried his low roar to the Jiang family's front yard.
A hint of hostility rose in Xie Beiming's eyes in the courtyard. He closed his eyes slightly, suppressed the anger in his heart, then raised his eyelids and continued to stare at the distant sky without blinking.
From a distance, a small black dot came into Xie Beiming's sight.
His expression brightened and he subconsciously took a few steps forward.
In just a short while, the little black dot had expanded several times in size, flapping its huge wings and rushing towards them like a sharp arrow.
It was the big bird that Jiang Xiyan raised.
The big bird soon landed in the courtyard.
Jiang Xiyan jumped off the bird's back.
He was holding a young girl in his arms.
The girl was thin, her lips were pale and weak, and her eyes were closed. She only opened them at this moment. When she saw Xie Beiming, her eyes brightened and she opened her mouth and let out a few "ahhh" sounds.
Xie Beiming stepped forward and put the conch into her hand.
The girl grasped it and the sound came out immediately.
"Mr. Xie, how is my girl? Is she okay?"
"Oh no, she is being tortured by your family master." said Master Xie.
On the other side, in the pavilion, Mrs. Xie was stunned by Shen Mingyu's shout.
That’s right, it’s only natural for a father to teach his daughter a lesson, and it’s not right for her, an outsider, to intervene and make decisions.
But it was impossible for her to watch her friend's only child suffer an injustice!
So, after a brief silence, Madam Xie immediately retorted sarcastically, "Who are you calling an outsider? I'm the one Sister Wanqing designated as her caretaker before she died! If you don't believe me, go ask Sister Wanqing!"
Anyway, her sister Wanqing is already sleeping in the ground. If you, Shen Mingyu, have the ability, just go down and ask.
Shen Mingyu was indeed choked by the blockage. He stared at Madam Xie and finally managed to utter, "You! You are simply unreasonable!"
Madam Xie curled her lips and said, "No matter how unreasonable I am, I am still better than someone as blind as you."
"you!"
"Stop talking nonsense. I'm telling you, Shen Mingyu, as long as I'm here, you can't put any of that nonsense on Qiqi's head!"
When it comes to making arguments and arguing with others, Mrs. Xie has never lost.
Even a great scholar like Xie Ruze, who is full of profound theories, is no match for her, let alone Shen Mingyu?
Shen Mingyu couldn't argue with her, his eyes turned red with anger, his face turned ashen, and he turned to glare at Shen Qiqi: "Come here!"
“…” Shen Qiqi didn’t go over.
Madam Xie wouldn't let her pass, protecting her under her wings like a hen protecting her chicks. She sneered at Shen Mingyu, "Why, Sect Master Shen knows he's in the wrong and can't win an argument with me, so he's taking it out on your poor little daughter again? Shen Mingyu, if my sister Wanqing knew about this, she'd be so desperate she'd crawl out in broad daylight to seek revenge."
"Shen Mingyu, don't be so unconvinced. Your good daughter captured Qiqi's maid Qingluo in order to ruin Qiqi's reputation. She forced Qingluo to spread rumors about Qiqi. When Qingluo refused to betray Qiqi, she cruelly cut off her tongue."
"That's not all. For her own selfish desires, while everyone was fighting the evil, she ruthlessly attacked and murdered innocent people. In the end, she was swallowed by the evil spirit. She brought this upon herself. Even Heaven couldn't bear to see it. Why do you blame Qiqi for this..."
Before Madam Xie could finish her words, Shen Mingyu couldn't stand it any longer and interrupted her. He said in a hoarse voice, "You're talking nonsense! Ning'er is kind by nature. How could she do such a thing? These are all rumors! Rumors!"
He glared at Shen Qiqi: "You are the one who spread these rumors, right? She is your biological sister, the one who saved your life. Just because of that little quarrel between you two sisters, you threw all the dirty water on your sister... Shen Qiqi, you disappoint me so much!"
"..." Shen Qiqi's face turned pale, she bit her lip, staring at the heartbroken man in front of her, she didn't want to say a word more.
say what?
They had already formed a preconceived notion of not believing her, so no matter how much she said, the other party would just think she was quibbling.
Mrs. Xie was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She wished she could pull Shen Mingyu's head off to see how much water was in it.
These facts would be known with just a little questioning, but Shen Mingyu didn't even ask, and directly blamed Qiqi for Shen Ning'er's death... and said that she was unreasonable. He, Shen Mingyu, was the real unreasonable one!
How could Sister Wanqing, such a smart person, marry such a stupid man?
Mrs. Xie didn't even bother to look at Shen Mingyu, and her eyes and eyebrows were full of disgust.
But the other party is Shen Qiqi's father.
Looking at the pale-faced girl beside her, Mrs. Xie felt a pang of pain in her heart. She had to be patient and soften her tone to persuade Shen Mingyu.
"Master Shen, Qiqi and Ning'er are both your daughters. Even if you want to be partial, there should be a limit. What I just said is the truth. If you don't believe it, you can go to Furong Town and ask anyone. You can't be so unfair to Qiqi."
"Don't bother with that. There's someone who can testify now."
Xie Beiming and Jiang Xiyan walked in, then moved to the sides, revealing the girl following behind them.
The three people in the hall subconsciously looked at them. When they saw the girl following behind them, Shen Qiqi's gloomy eyes brightened up a bit. She raised her eyebrows in surprise and went over to support the girl.
"Qingluo! Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to recuperate in Furong Town?"
The girl Jiang Xiyan brought back was Qingluo.
Before, Xie Beiming hurriedly asked him to go to Furong Town to pick up Qingluo, but he didn't know why. Now he finally knew the reason.
“It was Master Xie who asked me to take this girl over. Thanks to Master Xie’s foresight, he urged me to take this girl over quickly. Otherwise, Miss Shen, you would have been wrongly accused and died today.”
After saying this, the young sect leader Jiang, whose father was extremely powerful, looked at Shen Mingyu with disdain.
"Since some people won't cry until they see the coffin, then let him see it. It will also let him see what kind of person his so-called kind daughter is."
After Jiang Xiyan finished speaking, he glanced at Qingluo and turned away.
Xie Beiming on the side also turned around.
Both of them had their backs to the pavilion and had set up a barrier around it to block out the outside world's view.
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