During the Cuju (ancient Chinese football) lesson, Ye Jingshu tossed a ball to Ye Jingyan and let her play with it by herself.
As for the others, including Ye Jingyu, the eleven of them were having a great time playing with two balls.
Because there are no teams, there are no teammates. One moment you might be teammates cooperating with each other, and the next moment you might become opponents after you get the ball.
Among these people, Xie Chang'an was undoubtedly the most eye-catching.
He's skilled and experienced, so even when he's just playing around, it's very difficult for others to steal the ball from him.
Unfortunately, there are several highly competitive people here, including but not limited to Ye Jinghe, Ye Jingshu, Ye Jingyu, and Ye Jingchen, who just wanted to watch the show.
Ye Jingyan wasn't interested in Cuju (ancient Chinese football), or rather, she wasn't interested in any activity that required her to run and jump. After studying the Cuju ball in her hand for a while, her attention was drawn to the people on the field.
Upon closer inspection, she realized that everyone seemed to be bullying Xie Chang'an.
Whenever Xie Chang'an gets the ball, several people swarm around him, surrounding him and not giving up until they get the ball from him.
Ye Jingyan knew that Xie Chang'an was the young heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and he was her greatest hope for avoiding a marriage alliance in the future.
She had just met Xie Chang'an yesterday and wanted to greet him, but Xie Chang'an didn't greet her like others did, and didn't even look at her. She didn't dare to approach him.
Xie Chang'an is clearly being bullied, and the people bullying him are his elder sisters, brothers, and other relatives.
They've all gone too far! It's one thing to bully her, but how could they bully Xie Chang'an? The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion is the guardian of Dayuan!
Ye Jingyan felt that although she was timid, she at least knew right from wrong and could distinguish right from wrong. All the men of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion were in the northern frontier, sacrificing their lives for the Great Abyss. How could the imperial city have such a young heir left?
Moreover, what if Xie Chang'an was bullied badly when he was a child and left with a trauma, and he doesn't want to protect Dayuan and defend the northern border when he grows up? Then who will deal with the northern barbarians?
Thinking this, she mustered her courage, raised the ball in her hand, and threw it at Ye Jingchen and the others, shouting as she did so, "You're not allowed to bully him!"
As expected, the ball went wide, quite far, and almost hit Yun Shu.
But everyone heard her shout.
Four pairs of similar large eyes gazed at her intently, and with Xie Chang'an's captivating eyes, Ye Jingyan immediately wanted to find a place to hide.
"Who threw the ball at me?!" Just then, Yun Shu also shouted loudly.
He was concentrating on grabbing the ball when a ball suddenly came flying from behind him. If he hadn't dodged quickly, it would have hit him.
Ye Jingyan covered her face.
"Oh, second sister, are you playing the hero to save the damsel in distress? Or the damsel in distress to save the hero? That doesn't seem right either, the damsel in distress to save the damsel—" Ye Jingshu's teasing words fell silent under Xie Chang'an's icy gaze.
"You actually dared to hit us with a ball, you've got some nerve!" She stared at Ye Jingyan with a dangerous look.
"Who...who told you...you bullied Young Master Xie?!" Ye Jingyan stood there trembling as she spoke.
"Second Princess, even if you're going to throw a ball at someone, you should aim carefully! How could you hit someone so far away with such a big ball? You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Yun Shu shouted unhappily.
"I didn't hit you!" Ye Jingyan wasn't very afraid of Yun Shu, so she retorted.
"Which eye of yours saw us bullying Xie Chang'an?" Ye Jingshu had no intention of letting Ye Jingyan off the hook, and continued to ask with a dangerous expression.
Ye Jingyan was so frightened that she took a step back, but still mustered up her courage and said, "I...I saw it with both eyes!"
"Young Master Xie, are you touched that my royal sister is protecting you so much?" Ye Jingchen asked Xie Chang'an with a smile in a low voice.
Xie Chang'an ignored him and only gave him a cold glance.
"Since you want to protect Xie Chang'an, why don't you team up with him and we play a match?" Ye Jingshu continued to ask.
"I... I don't know how to play! If I team up with Young Master Xie, wouldn't that... be a burden to him?!" Ye Jingyan stammered.
"You don't even know how to play, so why are you so sure that we're the ones bullying him, and not the other way around?" Ye Jingshu asked again.
"So many of you are surrounding...surrounding him alone...bullying him with numbers!" Ye Jingyan accused, her voice trembling.
"That traitorous bastard!" Ye Jingshu muttered under her breath.
She couldn't possibly tell Ye Jingyan that even with four of them, it would still be very difficult to steal the ball from Xie Chang'an's feet. So, who was bullying whom?!
"Either come and play, or shut up!" Ye Jingshu said angrily.
Ye Jingyan didn't dare to go down and play, so she pursed her lips and didn't dare to speak.
She felt that they were bullying Xie Chang'an, and she was right to speak up for Xie Chang'an!
But even though she defended Xie Chang'an, why is he still ignoring her?
It's a bit rude not to even say 'thank you'!
Then Ye Jingyan discovered that after school, her elder sister didn't give her a kind look on the way back to Biyue Palace.
Little did she know, Ye Jingshu was also furious.
Ye Jingyan is such a timid person, how could she hit them with a ball for Xie Chang'an?
Although the shot missed its mark, this behavior is unforgivable!
When Ye Jingshu saw Ye Jingyan the next day, she was still angry.
"You actually used a weapon to hurt your own brothers and sisters!" she angrily questioned Ye Jingyan.
"It's just a ball..." Ye Jingyan's attempt to defend herself was silenced by Ye Jingshu's cold gaze.
"Won't the ball hurt people? Tell me—why are you protecting Xie Chang'an?" Ye Jingshu persisted.
“He is the young master of the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion, we cannot bully him,” Ye Jingyan insisted.
Seeing that Ye Jingshu was about to lose her temper, Ye Jingyu quickly reminded Ye Jingyan: "Second sister, is it possible that it's because Xie Chang'an is very powerful that it takes several people to get the ball from him?"
Ye Jingshu was too proud to say that Xie Chang'an was very strong, so Ye Jingyan always felt that they were ganging up on Xie Chang'an.
"Is Young Master Xie really that capable?" To everyone's surprise, Ye Jingyan was very happy after hearing Ye Jingyu's words.
Xie Chang'an is very capable. Doesn't this mean that the Northern Frontier will have several decades of peace? In a few decades, they will have long been married and have children. Even if the war in the Northern Frontier changes, it will not be their turn to be sent for marriage alliances!
Ye Jingshu didn't know what Ye Jingyan was thinking, but she could see how happy she was, so Ye Jingshu only had one thought in her mind: she couldn't keep this younger sister!
At only seven years old, she was able to hurt her own brothers and sisters for a man!
Is this what the prince brother meant by being love-struck? The most incurable kind of illness?
What Ye Jingshu couldn't understand was—
Ye Jingyan has only met Xie Chang'an a few times, how could she have contracted such an incurable disease as being obsessed with love?
A wonderful misunderstanding thus formed.
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