I thought the slap would land hard on my face, but time suddenly seemed to stand still around me.
She vaguely heard someone gasp.
Slowly lifting her eyelids, she saw a wrist as white as jade, and looking up, she saw her young mistress's icy face.
A thought unconsciously flashed through Xiao Huan's mind.
The young lady was taciturn, but in reality, she was timid and cowardly, and disliked arguing with others.
Although the fourth young lady was still quiet today, her eyes were much sharper than before.
It's good to be tough, especially in this kind of ruthless, mansion-like place.
Kind people will only be taken advantage of.
"Xu Jin'en, how dare you stop me?" Chen Xin'e stared at the girl in front of her in disbelief.
She hadn't even seen how the girl made her move, but the intense pain in her wrist reminded her that Xu Jin'en really dared to lay a hand on her.
"Madam, surely you need my permission before you can beat my people in my own yard?"
"Ha, your courtyard, your people? Xu Jin'en, you really think you're the master of the Xu family? Heh, if it weren't for the master and me, who would recognize you as the fourth young lady of the Xu family?"
"Even without you, I still bear the surname Xu, and the blood of the Xu family flows in my veins."
Bai Qianmo stared directly at Chen Xin'e, her gaze exceptionally firm.
For a fleeting moment, Chen Xin'e felt a pang of fear as she stared into the girl's eyes.
How could she possibly be afraid of this girl?
"Xu Jin'en, what kind of attitude is this? I am your elder, your stepmother, and this is how you talk to me? Fine, if I can't discipline you, I'll ask your father to punish you properly."
Bai Qianmo didn't take it seriously and secretly increased the pressure on Chen Xin'e's hand, causing Chen Xin'e's face to contort in pain.
Xu Jinwei, standing to the side, coldly rebuked, "Xu Jin'en, let go of her hand immediately. If Father sees you behaving so rebelliously, he will definitely punish you by confining you in the ancestral hall."
Bai Qianmo sneered disdainfully: "From now on, in the Xu family, unless I want to, no one has the right to tell me what to do."
As soon as she finished speaking, she released her grip, and Chen Xin'e hurriedly pulled her arm back, revealing a large bruise on her wrist where it had been held.
She glared at the girl in front of her with resentment.
"Fine, very well, you think you're all grown up now, huh? Well, we'll see."
After saying that, she turned to Aunt Yu behind her and instructed her: "From today onwards, lock this door. Without my permission, neither the Fourth Miss nor anyone else in the courtyard is allowed to step out of the gate."
Chen Xin'e glanced at Bai Qianmo arrogantly: "Also, from today onwards, stop paying monthly interest here. I wonder how you will stand in the Xu family without me and your father, hmph!"
Chen Xin'e stormed off, and Xu Jinwei couldn't help but start berating Bai Qianmo.
"Are you stupid? In the main branch of the family, my mother is the Empress Dowager. Even my father listens to her, let alone a wild girl like you who just came back. Just wait to be locked up and reflect on your actions."
Bai Qianmo smiled dismissively: "Second sister, I can't go out recently, so I'll have to trouble you with finding people."
Xu Jinwei glared at Bai Qianmo, said nothing, and turned to hurry away after Chen Xin'e.
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