Their eyes met, her pupils trembled slightly, blood flowed from her shoulders, staining the coarse linen clothes red inch by inch, the pain in her body was far less than the chill in her heart, the dagger in her hand drew a bloody line on Shen Xiao's neck, "From now on, I sever my ties with you, and I will no longer have you as my brother!"

"You don't have to question me with these false claims."

"roll!"

Letting go of Shen Xiao, she turned around and walked to the bed and sat down.

For the first time, Shen Xiao saw murderous intent in her eyes, and felt the warmth and pain on his neck. He reached out and wiped it, and his palm was covered in blood.

"Shen Ruyi, you actually want to kill me?"

His eyes instantly turned red, and he stared at her, anger rising in his heart, "We haven't seen each other for so long, and this is how you treat me? You want to break off ties with me? Who gave you the courage?!"

He is the older brother.

It was normal to teach his sister, but he never thought that she would break off relations with him just because he came to question her why she was causing such trouble to the Prime Minister's Mansion!

"Shen Ruyi! What do you mean!"

His voice trembled slightly.

Looking at Shen Ruyi now, he is no longer the same as in memory, as if the little girl in memory who used to call him "Fourth Brother" crisply has disappeared.

An invisible pain suddenly gripped his heart.

Shen Xiao stared at her with his brows knitted into a knot.

"It means exactly what it says." Shen Ruyi didn't even raise her head, her tone was unusually distant, "Please go out, I still need to bandage my wound."

Shen Xiao couldn't move his feet.

He stared at her for a long while, then said with a dark face, "Am I wrong? You have been enjoying the prosperity and wealth for Jiaojiao in the Prime Minister's Mansion for sixteen years. Now she has only been back for a year, and you have made such a fuss? It's just a prescription. This is what you should give her as compensation."

Shen Ruyi looked up at him and smiled.

What does it mean that she enjoys the happiness for Shen Jiaojiao?

She is also the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, this blessing should have been hers!

On the contrary, Shen Jiaojiao is the impostor, but now she is saying as if she has robbed something from Shen Jiaojiao. It is so ridiculous!

"It's just a prescription, why don't you find it for Shen Jiaojiao yourself?" Shen Ruyi said, with sarcasm in her eyes, "You also said that I am vicious and have bad intentions. It's normal for someone like me not to be able to come up with a prescription."

"But what about you?"

"Aren't you her good brother? Don't you want to kill me for her? But, you see how miserable she is, unable to sleep all night long. Why don't you go and feel the pain for her and find a prescription for her?"

"Shen Ruyi, how can you talk like that!"

Shen Xiao was so angry that he lost his concentration and wanted to rush up again.

Blood continued to flow from Shen Ruyi's shoulder, but he acted as if he didn't see it and wanted to argue with her, "You——"

"Fourth Master, please get out! Don't you understand that men and women should not touch each other?" Fang Fei was also very angry and pushed him, "Don't you see what you did? Do you want the young lady to die of excessive blood loss?"

"And now you are still here to defend the Second Miss. How could this family become like this..."

Fang Fei burst into tears, "I told you to leave, couldn't you hear me?"

“…”

Shen Xiao stood at the door.

He didn't want to leave, but it wasn't appropriate not to leave. For a moment he was so angry that his chest heaved and he gasped.

He admitted that he had just hit too hard.

However, Shen Ruyi was not idle either. She almost stabbed his neck with a dagger, and there was a trace of blood on his neck.

What made him most uncomfortable was what Shen Ruyi had just said. What did that mean? What did it mean to break off relations with him?

Also, why does she want to be so desperate, saying that she is vicious and that it is normal for people like her to do anything? What kind of person is she?

The thoughts in my mind seemed to be fighting with myself.

Shen Xiao was so angry that he was shaking all over.

Outside the door, Gu Qinghua heard Fang Fei's crying and rushed in in two steps.

When he saw the wounds on Shen Ruyi's body, he was stunned, "Ruyi, how did you get yourself into this state?"

Looking at Shen Xiao standing next to him, he suddenly felt disappointed.

Shen Ruyi glanced at him and said nothing.

Fang Fei was so angry that her eyes turned red. "Why are you asking about the eldest lady? Why don't you ask the fourth young master? He hasn't been back for half a year, and when he came back he went crazy. He didn't even say hello, but stabbed the eldest lady with a sword!"

"this--"

Gu Qinghua lowered his head, and when he saw the blood dripping from Shen Xiao's sword, his eyes widened, "Shen Xiao, why did you attack her? I didn't ask you to come back for this!"

Originally, Shen Xiao was called back to play the emotional card with Shen Ruyi, so as to persuade Shen Ruyi to marry him and then go to the Emperor to take the blame for Shen Ci.

Now, look what happened. He hurt people like this as soon as he arrived.

It is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything.

"..." Shen Xiao was speechless.

Gu Qinghua had no choice but to look at Shen Ruyi, "Ruyi, what's going on?"

His expression was somewhat complicated.

Although Shen Xiao's attack on Shen Ruyi was beyond his expectation, he was not surprised, because after all, no one in the Shen family liked Shen Ruyi very much during this year.

But isn't this the wrong timing?

Shen Ruyi was about to marry him. At this critical moment, everyone was trying to coax Shen Ruyi, fearing that she would cause trouble.

Isn't it funny that Shen Xiao fought with her at this time and hurt her so badly!

Now he has to clean up this mess.

It's so annoying.

Gu Qinghua thought of Shen Ruyi's gentle and generous attitude these days, and cursed Shen Xiao hundreds of times in his heart.

Shen Ruyi pulled the clothes on her shoulders, poured the golden medicine on the wound, and said sarcastically: "Fourth brother said that it was because I was ignorant that I lost Second brother's position, and I deliberately manipulated Shen Jiaojiao and refused to give her the prescription. I also colluded with outsiders and put pressure on the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"She also said that I had enjoyed sixteen years in the Prime Minister's Mansion for Shen Jiaojiao, but I didn't know how to compensate her..."

As he said this, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Qinghua, "Mr. Gu, I am so evil and vicious, why don't you just forget about it? You can just marry Shen Jiaojiao in a few days, and I won't have to marry her."

"I'm afraid of bringing disaster to your Gu family."

"It would be better to give you to Shen Jiaojiao to compensate me for the happiness I have enjoyed for her over the years."

Her eyes fell on Gu Qinghua's face. She spoke quite sincerely, but the sarcasm in her eyes was not concealed.

She did it on purpose.

Gu Qinghua could see that he was so angry that he rolled his eyes at Shen Xiao, then coaxed Shen Ruyi, "Ruyi, the Fourth Young Master just came back, and he doesn't understand the situation, so he is angry with you."

"But I know the truth. The Second Young Master lost his position in the Imperial Hospital because of his own fault. It's not that you didn't give the prescription for Jiaojiao's treatment, but it was in the hands of the old beggar. As for your collusion with outsiders, that's not the case at all. Don't think too much about it."

"Besides, what does Jiaojiao's matter have to do with you? You are the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. It is natural for you to have luxurious clothes and delicious food in the mansion. You are not an adopted daughter, so why are you enjoying the happiness for Jiaojiao?"

"What the Fourth Young Master said is not right. I can understand your grievance."

Gu Qinghua tried to persuade her and took a step forward to get closer to her. "Ruyi, how about I bandage you? You see the bloody wound. You can't reach it yourself. Don't hurt it anymore."