In the end, this slap was because Chu Xuanling was hurt. She lowered her head and said nothing, which was considered as tacit acceptance.

Chu Xuanche clenched his fists, breathed rapidly, and then slapped himself hard in the face.

“Damn it.”

A stream of bright red blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Ruan Xinchen was stunned.

I thought: If you don’t slap Chu Xuanling, why would you slap yourself?

"Boy, what are you doing?" She frantically took out her handkerchief and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Chu Xuanche held her hand and handkerchief together and pulled her into his arms.

"I'm sorry, I really don't want to hurt you."

Um?

She had just said that he had not hurt herself when she heard him say, "I'm sorry I didn't protect you."

So he didn't slap himself?

This slap was obviously much heavier than his own. It made him bleed, his face was swollen, and there was something wrong with his voice.

Seeing him blaming himself, she comforted him, "It's okay. I don't blame you. It's all Chu Xuanling's fault. Let's go and settle the score with him."

She pulled him and walked away.

Unexpectedly, he didn't pull and he just stood there.

"What?"

Chu Xuanche said: "He doesn't want to go home."

After a moment, he said, "He ran away."

Ruan Xinchen was puzzled and said to himself, "Why is he running so fast? Is there anyone in the palace?"

Chu Xuanche: "What palace people?"

She told Chu Xuanche that the Queen Mother had sent people to search.

Chu Xuanche was so angry after hearing this that veins popped out.

She could understand that Chu Xuanling's speed in causing trouble would make anyone furious.

"He said he was here because he beat Yuan Chen. Yes, the one he beat last time. Beating Yuan Chen was a small matter, but after Yuan Chen brought up the Queen Mother, he scolded her with disdain. I guess the scolding was pretty bad, and Yuan Chen exaggerated it, otherwise the Queen Mother would not be so angry that she would order him to be arrested."

Ruan Xinchen thought that Chu Xuanling might hide his head for a while when he ran away this time.

Just thinking about it, Cai came back.

"Miss, you are so shameless." Cai cried out in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"

"Yeah." Ruan Xinchen responded, "We just fell accidentally."

"Ah? This fall can..." leave five finger marks?

Ruan Xinchen was afraid that she would ask nonsense questions, so he quickly changed the subject, "By the way, did you see where the Second Young Master ran to?"

"Run?" Cai Xiao looked puzzled, "Is the Second Young Master back?"

Ruan Xinchen: “…” Nonsense, she just told Cai that Chu Xuanling didn’t come back.

She had no choice but to say, "I don't know. I just thought I saw him come back, but he ran very fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye, so I didn't ask you."

Cai said, "That should be him. I was saying that. I clearly saw him. The young lady said that it was the son. He should not have gone out. I saw the second son running to the bamboo forest."

Ruan Xinchen's heart skipped a beat. "He's in the bamboo forest?"

"Yes, I have been talking to Xiaohuan and the others outside the Cuiyuan Gate, but no one has come out."

Hearing what Xiao Cai said, Ruan Xinchen looked at Chu Xuanche in surprise.

Chu Xuanche remained silent.

Seeing her like this, Ruan Xinchen did not immediately make a conclusion about him.

Whether Cai was misjudged or Chu Xuanche was protecting Chu Xuanling and lying to him, he would know it after going to the bamboo forest.

"Let's go to the bamboo forest, do you want to go?"

Chu Xuanche nodded and followed her.

The two went to the bamboo forest together, but it was empty and Chu Xuanling was not seen.

Ruan Xinchen frowned slightly, wondering if Cai had seen it wrong.

Or...he's hiding?

Ruan Xinchen was full of doubts, "Boy, can I look for it?"

"Yeah." Chu Xuanche nodded lightly as a response.

Then she doesn't care.

It's not polite to rummage through someone's room when they are not around.

But what about that?

Is Chu Xuanling polite? He's a voyeur.

Anyway, Chu Xuanche promised that he would be responsible if anything went wrong.

Ruan Xinchen began to search through the drawers and cabinets. She searched all the cabinets except one with a copper lock that could not be opened.

This copper lock is hidden behind the surface. A person cannot hide inside and still lock it. I don't think it is possible to do it here.

There are also places under chairs and beds.

Ruan Xinchen bent down and looked under the bed, but she didn't see anyone, but she unexpectedly saw a pink ball.

Peach blossoms are generally tender pink, and it is very strange to see them under a single man's bed.

Ruan Xinchen was curious for a moment and took it out with a feather duster.

This is so strange, it’s actually a bellyband?

She shook open her bellyband and felt like she was about to explode.

Isn't this the bellyband she lost?

"Fuck." Shi-niang couldn't help but utter a curse word.

There's more to come.

What is this?

This... this dry yellow, white, dirty stuff...

Ruan Xin felt dizzy from the dust.

If she guessed correctly, then he was a damn voyeur, a psychopath, and a pervert.

He actually stole her bellyband and masturbated with it, and after doing that he didn't even wash it and threw it under the bed.

Ruan Xinchen was filled with shame and anger, and she hugged Chu Xuanche's arm and cried, "Kill him, stab him to death with one sword."

Anyway, in this family, either she or Chu Xuanling can be missing, or Chu Xuanling can be missing her.

She absolutely could not live with Chu Xuanling, this pervert, anymore.

Chu Xuanche comforted her, "He ran away."

"I know. You will kill him when he comes back."

Chu Xuanche looked down at her and saw that her face was covered with tears and her expression was full of shame and anger.

Seems serious.

"Do you really want him to die?"

Ruan Xinchen: “…”

Chu Xuanche's expression didn't look like he was joking. What if he listened to her and really stabbed him to death with a sword?

Can this big family make ends meet?

"No, in any case, we can't let him off so easily. Drive him out, yes, drive him out of Cuiyuan. If he doesn't leave, I'll leave too. I don't want to live in the same yard with such a person anymore."

Chu Xuanche did not agree to her immediately, and his face looked painful.

Ruan Xinchen just couldn't understand, she didn't really want him to kill him with a sword, she just wanted him to move out, why couldn't she just agree?

Her heart grew colder, and Ruan Xinchen pushed his hand away and took two steps back.

"I know. Brothers are like limbs, and women are like clothes. If you don't want to, that's fine. If he doesn't leave, I will. Anyway, I won't associate with perverts."

“No…” Chu Xuanche grabbed her and shook his head vigorously.

Seeing him like this, Ruan Xinchen hurried to support him, "What's wrong, son?"

"Nothing, just a headache, an old problem."

He said it easily, but she saw that he didn't look relaxed at all.

Ruan Xinchen hurriedly helped him sit down on the chair.

"Let me take a look at it for you. It's not a good thing for a young person to have a headache."

As soon as I touched his wrist, he grabbed it with his other hand.

Then, he kissed her.

He gave her a long kiss, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

He forgot his anger towards Chu Xuanling.