He always thought Su Muxi liked him and had schemed and plotted for him.
Even the matter of divorce was a tactic of Su Muxi to retreat in order to advance.
Unexpectedly, Su Muxi not only had no love for him whatsoever, but also wanted to stay away from him from the bottom of her heart...
He wanted to laugh at himself.
Laugh at how arrogant he was before, laugh at how presumptuous he was before!
Just as Su Muxi was losing patience, Qiao Ziming finally spoke.
"I just happened to be passing by and saw you all alone, so I came over. I didn't do anything else, I just wanted to take you home."
He hesitated for a long time, wanting Su Muxi to come back to the manor with him to treat Qiao Zixi's face, but he just couldn't bring himself to say it.
Putting aside whether Su Muxi was willing to leave with him, just the fact that Pei Yuan was present meant that he couldn't reveal the purpose of his trip to find Su Muxi.
Pei Yuan and his sister were not childhood sweethearts and had no feelings for each other. The reason he suddenly came to the mansion to propose marriage must have been because he was attracted to her beauty.
If he knew that his sister's appearance had been disfigured, his marriage to her would likely be affected.
Therefore, Pei Yuan must not know about his sister's ruined face!
Su Muxi wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that there was a hint of pleading in Qiao Ziming's tone.
Qiao Ziming begged to escort her back to her residence.
ill!
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but Your Highness's carriage is precious, and I don't want to do anything that might cause you to misunderstand."
After saying that, he turned and left, ignoring the three men behind him.
Exhausted after a long day, all she wanted was to go home and rest, and she had no time to pay attention to these three rather strange men.
Seeing this, the three men did not leave, but instead followed behind Su Muxi without prior arrangement. This made Su Muxi even more confused about the three men, and she quickened her pace.
Xie Xuan glanced at Pei Yuan beside him, then at the carriage behind him, took a few quick steps, and walked to Su Muxi's side.
"Miss Su, you've had a long journey. Let me carry this medicine box for you!"
Seeing this, Su Muxi nodded and handed the medicine box she was carrying to Xie Xuan.
She had just treated Xie Xuan's confidante, so it would be good to have Xie Xuan do some work for her now.
However, Su Muxi's gesture of handing over the medicine box was interpreted in a different way by the three men!
Xie Xuan smiled as he took the medicine box, his face beaming with undisguised pride.
Pei Yuan and Qiao Ziming's expressions turned gloomy, with a hint of barely perceptible jealousy mixed in.
And so, Pei Yuan and Qiao Ziming became even more silent, while Xie Xuan became more talkative, which annoyed Su Muxi.
"Alright, that's enough. Young Master Xie, you should head back now."
After Su Muxi finished speaking, she snatched the medicine box and ran back to the mansion as if fleeing.
But in Pei Xuan and Qiao Ziming's eyes, this appearance was interpreted as shyness.
Xie Xuan raised his arms and stretched lazily. "Being a protector of flowers is really not easy! The young master and Brother Pei have been following along all the way, it must have been tough for them too."
Then, she looked at Qiao Ziming and said, "Young Master, you are the only one here with a carriage. Could you please take Brother Pei and me back to our residence?"
Qiao Ziming ignored Xie Xuan and instead ordered the coachman to turn around and return home.
Watching the carriage depart, Xie Xuan patted Pei Xuan on the shoulder, "He didn't even see you off, his future brother-in-law! How heartless!"
Pei Yuan forcefully shook off Xie Xuan's hand and said angrily, "You know perfectly well who I admire, yet you're getting so close to Miss Su! Xie Xuan, I misjudged you!"
Xie Xuan shrugged, amused. "You didn't say that to me yesterday. Have you forgotten?"
Pei Yuan remained silent, unsure how to respond.
But Xie Xuan continued laughing, "Now that you know the person who saved you was Su Muxi, are you still planning to break off your engagement with Qiao Zixi and marry Su Muxi?"
Pei Yuan remained silent.
His engagement to Qiao Zixi is definitely off.
But if he were asked to marry Su Muxi, he hesitated...
Seeing the hesitation on Pei Yuan's face, Xie Xuan didn't wait for his answer, but instead curled the corners of his mouth and left.
Oh!
It seems even Pei Yuan can't escape the common fate!
On the other hand, after returning home, Su Muxi immediately learned from Zhong Bin about Qiao Zixi's bad skin condition.
It turned out that Qiao Ziming sought her out to have her treat Qiao Zixi's face.
No wonder Qiao Ziming's tone carried a hint of pleading.
However, she will no longer help Qiao Zixi!
After Zhong Bin finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh gleefully, "This is God's retribution for her! It's also a way of avenging Ah Zhu!"
Su Muxi smiled and nodded, feeling much better. "Yes, this is what they call justice being served!"
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than Su Xing let out a sigh.
"Alas! I'm afraid the people of the Marquis of Anyang's mansion will blame you for this."
“My daughter didn’t do it. She has a clear conscience. If they believe I did it, then they should produce the evidence. At worst, we’ll go to court again!”
Perhaps because she had too many lice, Su Muxi wasn't afraid of Qiao Zixi, this troublesome person.
But then Su Xing said worriedly, "The Marquis of Anyang will be back in two days. I wonder what he will think."
Although Marquis Anyang had saved his life, he could tell that Marquis Anyang was a ruthless person.
Even though Marquis Anyang treated Xi'er like his own daughter, Xi'er was ultimately not his biological daughter.
I'm afraid that Marquis Anyang will also blame Xi'er for this. Even if there's no evidence to prove that Xi'er did the work on Qiao Zixi's face, Marquis Anyang won't let Xi'er off easily.
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