Ling Mo puffed out his cheeks and said somewhat helplessly:
"How can it not hurt? If you use any more force, I'm afraid I'll die on the spot."
She was just feeling a little cold and instinctively leaned closer to him. Unexpectedly, he used all his strength and almost broke her.
"Let me see where you're hurt..."
Qin Beiming also felt very guilty about this.
He didn't sleep well last night because he was too nervous. He only managed to doze off for a short while this morning.
In his sleep, he mistakenly thought he had been ambushed, and in a fit of anger, he attacked her viciously.
Unexpectedly, this led to a huge misunderstanding, and he accidentally dropped his most precious treasure.
Outside the bedroom, Zhan Hanjue, who hadn't slept all night, heard the commotion inside and mistakenly thought that Qin Beiming and Ling Mo had actually done it at his instigation. He wore an extremely gloomy face and was extremely frustrated.
After sending Liu Guifen back to her room to rest last night, he sent Qin Beiming no less than a hundred warning messages. Since he had not received a reply, he had not been able to go to sleep.
I thought someone as self-disciplined as Qin Beiming wouldn't do anything reckless, but I never expected him to actually lay a hand on his own daughter...
"Uncle, did you not get enough rest last night?"
Shi Yi strolled out of the bedroom, habitually pulled up his pants, and hummed a little tune as he leisurely walked out of the guest room. He saw Zhan Hanjue standing outside Ling Mo's bedroom with his hands clenched into fists and a serious expression on his face, and asked him a question.
"Migraine, can't sleep well." Zhan Hanjue shook his head, clearly not in the mood to pay attention to Shi Yi.
"Migraines are not easy to treat. Let me make you a cup of morning tea first."
Shi Yi smiled awkwardly, pretending not to hear the male voice from Ling Mo's room, and hurriedly went downstairs in a submissive manner.
As soon as he left, Zhan Hanjue slowly reached out and gently knocked on the door, saying in a deep voice:
"You brat, get out here when you wake up. I'll be waiting for you in the study."
"good."
Qin Beiming had already seen the hundreds of messages Zhan Hanjue had sent him last night.
He thought to himself that Zhan Hanjue must have misunderstood his character, so he didn't dare to delay any longer and hurriedly left the bedroom after putting on his coat.
However, as soon as he stepped out of the bedroom, he bumped into Shi Huan, who had her hair tied in a high ponytail, was wearing a light silk nightgown, and was holding two bowls of bird's nest soup.
"Brother Beiming, you're awake?"
Shi Huan's face lit up with joy, her eyes fixed on the tall and handsome Qin Beiming before her, and she said in a sweet voice:
"Brother Beiming, this is bird's nest soup that I personally stewed for you. Would you like to try some?"
"Just leave it there."
Qin Beiming glanced indifferently at Shi Huan, whose cheeks were flushed. He had originally planned to ask her in person when he had gained a younger sister like her.
Given Shi Huan's young age, it would be considered bullying a child if they deliberately made things difficult for her, so they had to give up.
"Brother Beiming, let's eat it while it's hot. I got up really early to make these two bowls of bird's nest."
"Listen carefully, I'll only say this once, don't randomly claim relatives." Qin Beiming warned Shi Huan with a particularly cold and stern tone, his words filled with displeasure.
"I...I'm sorry..."
Shi Huan bit her lower lip lightly, as if she had suffered a great injustice, and stammered as she explained:
"Brother-in-law, I'm sorry. I was worried that addressing you as such wasn't appropriate since you and my cousin aren't officially married yet, so..."
"Momo and I have a very stable relationship, and it's only a matter of time before we get married."
Qin Beiming replied coldly, completely disregarding Ji Shihuan's current emotions, and turned to enter the study without looking back.
At this moment, Ling Mo was leaning lazily against the bedroom door, taking in Shi Huan's reaction.
I thought Shi Huan was just a kid, but I never expected that this little brat would have designs on Qin Beiming.
It truly proves the saying, "If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too." Shi Huan, having been influenced by Zhu Yanyan and Shi Yi since childhood, naturally couldn't be any better.
On the other side, after Shi Yi finished making tea for Zhan Hanjue, he saw Shi Huan standing there dumbfounded, holding two bowls of bird's nest soup and crying her heart out. He then pretended to gently care for Shi Huan.
"Why are you shedding tears for no reason?"
"It's nothing. I'm just a little envious of my cousin and her husband's fairytale romance." Shi Huan shook her head, quietly hiding her true feelings, and put on an innocent and naive appearance.
"What's there to cry about? Just listen to your brother, stay in Linjiang and study hard, and you'll definitely find an even better man in the future."
Shi Huan looked dejected and muttered to herself:
"I'm afraid that no matter how hard I study, I'll never meet a man as outstanding as my cousin's husband."
"How old are you? Why are you thinking so much?"
Remembering Ling Tian's instructions, Shi Yi patiently comforted Shi Huan for a few moments, then pulled her in front of Ling Mo, smiling awkwardly.
"My dear cousin, are you free today to take Huan'er and me out for a stroll?"
"I'm busy."
Ling Mo crossed his arms, his sharp eyes lingering on Shi Yi's face for a moment before silently looking away.
Shi Yi frowned, feeling that Ling Mo seemed to have become a different person, even more indifferent than before.
During the time she stayed in the countryside, although she was cold-hearted, she was still quite polite to him.
But now, she seems too lazy to even put on a show, and her attitude towards him is as distant as that of a stranger.
In the past, he would definitely have spat at her and cursed her.
However, times have changed.
Ling Mo is now the young lady of the Zhan family, and he dares not offend her easily.
After adjusting his mindset, Shi Yifu said with a grin:
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