Ye Junfei's brows furrowed as he realized for the first time that he liked Lin Xiuyan.
However, he was somewhat unhappy with his own feelings: when you like someone, you have a weakness.
The path he is about to take will not allow for any weaknesses.
He glanced at Lin Xiuyan, who was sleeping peacefully in his arms, and reached out to push her aside.
Lin Xiuyan was just about to fall asleep when his movement startled her awake. She rubbed her eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Junfei replied, "You touched me just now."
Lin Xiuyan was stunned for a moment, but Ye Junfei got up and took out a quilt from the closet to make a makeshift bed on the floor.
For a moment, she couldn't understand why Ye Junfei was acting so strangely in the middle of the night.
She was naturally more than happy to accept his decision to sleep on the floor.
So she cheerfully said, "Goodnight."
Ye Junfei: "..."
He regretted sleeping on the floor!
But he also knew clearly that if he slept in the same bed with Lin Xiuyan again, he would probably suffer every night.
When Lin Xiuyan woke up the next day, Ye Junfei was gone, and the bedding on the floor had been put away.
She stretched and yawned, then went to find Qu Shuangyue, who was looking for Lin Yunzhi, after washing up.
Before she even got close, she heard Jiang Xinrou crying inside.
Upon hearing this voice, Lin Xiuyan knew that Jiang Xinrou knew Qu Shuangyue had returned and had bribed the guards to come looking for Qu Shuangyue.
All that could be heard was Jiang Xinrou sobbing, "Auntie, in my heart, you are just like my own mother!"
“My mother died early, my father was unkind, and my stepmother was vicious. If it weren’t for you, I would probably be dead by now!”
"My greatest wish in this life is to be able to be by my aunt's side and take care of her until the end!"
Lin Xiuyan's eyes turned cold upon hearing these words, but she did not rush to show herself.
Because she knew that Qu Shuangyue needed to make the decision herself.
After all, Qu Shuangyue had raised Jiang Xinrou as her own daughter all these years; in Qu Shuangyue's heart, there was no fundamental difference between her and Jiang Xinrou. (cascoo.net)
Qu Shuangyue's voice came quickly: "Xinrou, I only have a few questions for you. Just answer me truthfully."
"First question, between you and Zhou Chenyang, did you seduce him, or did he seduce you?"
Jiang Xinrou replied, "He seduced me. He said that my cousin always liked to go out and fight, and he didn't like women like my cousin."
"Auntie, I know I was wrong. I couldn't resist his temptation! I'm so sorry to my cousin!"
Qu Shuangyue nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you."
"Secondly, do you like Zhou Chenyang?"
After a slight hesitation, Jiang Xinrou replied, "Although I have consummated my marriage with him, I have always been tormented by my conscience. I do not like him."
Qu Shuangyue's gaze darkened slightly as she looked at her and said, "Thirdly, you said Zhou Chenyang seduced you, and you don't like him, so why did you repeatedly engage in illicit affairs with him?"
Jiang Xinrou was stumped by the question, and Qu Shuangyue continued, "The last thing, about the incident at Qizhen Garden, you said you were framed. Explain clearly, who framed you?"
"Don't be afraid, your aunt will stand up for you. This matter must be thoroughly investigated."
Jiang Xinrou replied, "I don't know. That day I just felt a pain in the back of my neck, and when I woke up I was in my cousin's room."
Qu Shuangyue looked at Jiang Xinrou and said, "You just said that Yan'er plotted against you. You need to provide evidence."
Jiang Xinrou shook her head pitifully: "Where would I get evidence of something like this? My cousin... my cousin probably already knew about Zhou Chenyang and me, so..."
"So you come to me and badmouth Yan'er," Qu Shuangyue said, looking at her. "Do you want me to beat up Yan'er like before, to avenge you?"
Jiang Xinrou wiped away her tears and shook her head: "No, I've always hoped for harmony in the family and didn't want to see my aunt and cousin arguing."
"I just want to tell my aunt that I was wrong, I was blinded by greed! Aunt can scold me however she wants, this has nothing to do with my cousin."
Qu Shuangyue stared intently at Jiang Xinrou, who felt a little uneasy under her gaze: "Auntie, did I say something wrong?"
Qu Shuangyue said calmly, "If you weren't pregnant, I would have slapped you away already."
Jiang Xinrou: "..."
She was startled, because Qu Shuangyue had never spoken to her like that before.
She cried out urgently, "Auntie, I..."
"Stop making up stories and playing the victim in front of me," Qu Shuangyue interrupted her. "It's also my fault. I always spoiled you because I thought you didn't have a mother."
"You're the kind of person who's competitive and ambitious, so I thought I'd try to please you and make you happier."
"But I never expected that my indulgence of you would cause you to have such inappropriate thoughts."
Jiang Xinrou's pupils contracted slightly, and she said with tears in her eyes, "Auntie, you don't understand what you mean..."
"You don't understand, do you?" Qu Shuangyue sighed and said, "Then I'll make you understand!"
She clapped her hands, and Lin An brought in a man covered in sores.
When Jiang Xinrou saw the man, she couldn't maintain her composure.
Because that man was the one Jiang Xinrou hired to ruin Lin Xiuyan's reputation!
She had been searching for this person all this time, but had not been able to find him. She never expected that he had already fallen into the hands of the Lin family.
Lin Xiuyan was also somewhat surprised when she saw that person.
After she found this person in Qizhen Garden that day, she knocked him unconscious, covered his mouth, and locked him in a nearby room.
After the matter was settled, she went there to look for the man, but he was nowhere to be found.
She thought he had run away on his own. Although she was a little disappointed that she couldn't find him to expose Jiang Xinrou, she felt that it wouldn't affect the rest of the story, so she didn't bother with it.
Qu Shuangyue looked at Jiang Xinrou and asked, "Do you know this person?"
Jiang Xinrou thought carefully and realized that she hadn't left any evidence when she made the deal with this person. She immediately denied it: "I don't know him, Auntie. Who is he?"
Qu Shuangyue looked at Jiang Xinrou with eyes full of disappointment: "I'll give you one last chance. Tell me, who is he?"
Jiang Xinrou's heart skipped a beat, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know him."
Qu Shuangyue sneered and said, "Lin An, pass on the word and have all the dowry prepared for Miss brought out."
“Zhou Chenyang has not sent any betrothal gifts to marry Miss Lin. He has no shame, and the Lin family has no shame.”
She looked at Jiang Xinrou and said, "Anyway, Jiang Xinrou is neither my daughter nor a young lady of the Lin family."
“Go to the south of the city and buy a small house with one courtyard, then go to the cloth shop and buy three feet of coarse cloth, make two quilts, and give them to Jiang Xinrou as her dowry.”
Jiang Xinrou's heart pounded when she heard this. She asked anxiously, "Auntie! What's wrong? Don't you want Xinrou anymore?"
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