Seeing the angry eyes around him, Zhou Chenyang felt a little scared.
He said, "I will send people to thoroughly investigate this matter and give you an explanation!"
Then he ran away in a flash.
Lin Xiuyan sneered, took out her slingshot, picked up a pebble from the roadside, and smacked Zhou Fayang's right leg.
Her shooting was superb; she hit his rabbit hole directly, causing him to lose his balance and fall flat on his face.
He always maintained his image, appearing elegant and dignified.
The fall scraped his face, and his hand, which hadn't fully recovered from being broken by Ye Junfei a while ago, broke again.
He was in so much pain that his face turned white.
His jade crown fell off, his hair was disheveled, his clothes were half-open and covered in dust, and he looked extremely disheveled.
Lin Xiuyan laughed without any politeness: "Lord Zhou, are you kneeling on the ground begging us to forgive you?"
Zhou Chenyang's disheveled appearance drew disdain from the onlookers nearby.
It turns out that even the high and mighty city lord can be so pathetic, no different from them.
Someone picked up an egg and threw it at Zhou Chenyang: "I don't accept your apology. You don't deserve to be our public servant. Get out of Chongqing!"
Once one person did it, others immediately followed suit.
Rotten vegetable leaves, stones, rotten eggs—all sorts of things were thrown at Zhou Chenyang: "Get out of Chongqing!"
Zhou Chenyang had never been so disheveled. He knew that if he didn't run away, he would probably be beaten to death by these people today!
He was helped away by his attendants and ran away as fast as a stray dog.
Lin Xiuyan felt that it was too lenient for him.
If he weren't the city lord, she would have dared to beat him to death in public today!
However, there are advantages to his being alive; she will make him experience the feeling of losing everything and being worse than dead!
Lin Xiuyan was a master at causing trouble, and she immediately ordered her servants to send all the bodies of the men in black who died in the Lin residence the previous night to the city lord's mansion.
She did this to remind Zhou Chenyang's sycophants:
If they are to help Zhou Chenyang deal with the Lin family, these men in black are their role models!
Hundreds of corpses were piled up together and transported to the city lord's mansion by dozens of carriages, a truly spectacular sight.
Lin Xiuyan instructed the drivers transporting the bodies that if anyone asked, they should simply tell them, "These are the bandits who stormed into the Lin residence last night!"
Most of the people in the city were ordinary people, and those who were timid had already run away when they saw this scene.
Those who were a little bolder would just watch from the sidelines.
Some of the smarter ones saw the Lin family's immense fighting power in this incident.
Those who opposed the Lin family trembled in fear.
Those who were on good terms with the Lin family pondered in their hearts that if they encountered a similar situation again, they might be able to ask the Lin family for help.
Many people had only a casual relationship with the Lin family and began to think about whether they had offended them, and how serious the offense was. If it wasn't serious, they quickly tried to salvage the situation.
They didn't seek to become good friends with the Lin family, but at least they didn't want to be targeted by them.
Looking at the scene before her, Ye Qingwan turned to Ye Junfei and said, "You have a really good eye. I really like Miss Lin's personality."
Ye Junfei enjoyed it when others praised Lin Xiuyan, but he didn't show it on his face, only saying, "When has my taste ever been bad?"
Ye Qingwan smiled and said, "Since you have such good taste, then find a way to marry Miss Lin as soon as possible."
"However, those good-for-nothings in the Prince's mansion will most likely not let you have your way. The more unhappy you are, the happier they will probably be."
"So if you want to marry Miss Lin in the normal way, it might be a bit difficult."
Ye Junfei said calmly, "You don't need to worry about this matter."
Ye Qingwan shrugged slightly: "It seems you've already figured out how to marry Miss Lin."
Ye Junfei remained noncommittal, and Ye Qingwan added, "If there's anything I can help with, just let me know."
"Although I don't like you very much, I like Miss Lin. If you marry her, I'll have someone else to talk to."
She left with a haughty air after saying that.
Ye Junfei ignored her.
Although they are siblings born of the same mother, they were separated at a young age, so their relationship is definitely not very deep.
After he returned to the Prince of Pingnan's residence, the two even had a quarrel over some things.
The only thing that's certain is that, despite her haughty demeanor, this girl genuinely wanted to help him.
He felt it wouldn't be difficult to get the people of the Prince of Pingnan's mansion to agree to his marriage to Lin Xiuyan.
The real challenge lies in getting Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue to agree to let Lin Xiuyan marry him after his true identity is exposed, and in persuading Lin Xiuyan to marry him.
Ye Junfei let out a soft breath, feeling somewhat helpless.
Xu Qianting rushed over, calling out as he ran, "Yanyan, are you alright!"
When Ye Junfei saw Xu Qianting, his eyes narrowed slightly. This guy is really annoying!
Before Lin Xiuyan could answer, Ye Junfei said from the side, "Hindsight is 20/20."
Xu Qianting: "..."
He looked at Ye Junfei, but Ye Junfei ignored him and went straight back to the Lin residence.
Xu Qianting explained to Lin Xiuyan, "It's not that I didn't come to help you last night, but..."
He felt embarrassed to say what he was about to say.
Lin Xiuyan never intended for him to come over and help last night. Seeing his embarrassed state, she comforted him, "It's okay."
"Last night was so dangerous, and your martial arts skills aren't very good. If you had come over, I'm afraid you would have been in danger."
She said this to comfort him, but he interpreted it as her criticizing him for being useless and unable to protect her.
Most importantly, the fact that his martial arts skills are inferior to Wu Dao's and Ye Junfei's is truly fatal.
He blushed and said, "Who said I can't protect you? My martial arts skills have improved a lot recently!"
"Give me a little more time, and I'm sure I'm better than that Prince Pingnan's heir and can protect you!"
Lin Xiuyan had been busy all night and was a little tired, so she didn't want to waste time talking to him.
She patted his shoulder and said, "You're right, I believe you!"
This time, Xu Qianting could hear the perfunctory tone in her words, and his neck turned red: "If my mother hadn't had me knocked unconscious last night, I would definitely have come to the Lin residence to help you!"
Lin Xiuyan yawned and said, "I believe you, I believe you!"
She knew that Xu Qianting was simple-minded, and that both Commander Xu and Madam Xu could handle him perfectly.
He sacrificed so much for her in his past life, and in this life she only hopes that he can be safe and happy, and does not want to drag him into the vortex of the Lin family.
Xu Qianting felt a little unhappy when he saw her expression: "Yanyan, are you blaming me?"
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