Xiao Jingxi nodded: "Please do as you wish."
Yun Wenting said to Yun Wenfang, "Grandmother is sending people everywhere to look for you. Come back with me."
Yun Wenfang, however, looked at Ren Yaoqi, stubbornly pursing his lips and not moving.
Yun Wenting sighed almost inaudibly, then walked towards Yun Wenfang. Before anyone could react, he struck Yun Wenfang in the back of the neck. With a loud thud, the defenseless Yun Wenfang collapsed to the ground.
Everyone present, except Xiao Jingxi, Yun Wenting and Yun Wenfang who had fainted, was stunned.
Yun Wenting glanced down at Yun Wenfang, then bowed to Ren Yaoqi and said gently, "Miss Ren Wu... I apologize on behalf of my brother for what happened today. He has always been reckless and impulsive. I will discipline him from now on."
Ren Yaoqi quickly knelt and bowed to Yun Wenting: "Mr. Yun, you are too kind. This is all a misunderstanding."
Yun Wenting glanced at Xiao Jinglin, who had been silent, and then looked at Xiao Jingxi.
Xiao Jingxi seemed not to notice Yun Wenfang lying on the ground. He chuckled and said, "Since it's just a misunderstanding, let's talk it out. I hope that next time I see Zishu, he won't be so reckless. After all, if his behavior causes any gossip, it's a small matter for him, but it might not be a big deal for others."
Yun Wenting glanced at Ren Yaoqi thoughtfully, then nodded at Xiao Jingxi, "I understand." After a pause, he added, "There won't be any gossip about what happened today."
Xiao Jingxi smiled and said to somewhere behind him: "Second Young Master Yun has a heat stroke. Please send him back for me."
As soon as Xiao Jingxi finished speaking, an ordinary-looking man in gray suddenly appeared from behind the trunk of a tree. After bowing, he carried Yun Wenfang on his back.
Yun Wenting glanced at his brother, who was being carried upside down on someone's shoulder like a sack. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he finally managed to hold back his refusal before turning away.
The man in gray followed with Yun Wenfang on his back, expressionless.
It was not until Yun Wenting and Yun Wenfang disappeared from sight that everyone in the pavilion came to their senses.
Xiao Jingxi acted as if nothing had happened. He turned to Ren Yaoqi and said with a smile, "Aren't you tired after standing for so long?"
Ren Yaoqi coughed lightly, lowered his head and sat down with Xiao Jingxi. Xiao Jinglin, who had been pretending to be wooden, also sat over.
Xiao Jingxi looked at Xiao Jinglin meaningfully.
Xiao Jinglin pretended not to notice and reached for the tea bowl to divert her attention. When she felt nothing, she remembered that the bowl had been put away. She then looked at the people kneeling outside the pavilion, their eyes agape, and said sternly, "What's going on? Tell me!"
The leading maid looked up with a pale face. "We, our servants, don't know what happened. The tea and snacks were prepared in advance in the tea room in the garden. We don't know how those spiders got into the tea bowls."
Although Yun Qiuchen had ordered them to bring tea and snacks, they were members of the Yanbei Palace and were not someone Yun Qiuchen could order around. Even if Yun Qiuchen hadn't ordered them to do so, they would have delivered tea at that time. They said Yun Qiuchen had ordered them to do them a favor, but it was just a way for them to do Young Miss Yun a favor. They understood this, Yun Qiuchen understood it, and Xiao Jinglin understood it too.
So Xiao Jinglin didn't suspect Yun Qiuchen was behind this. Yun Qiuchen had no reason to harm her, and she couldn't control anyone in the Yanbei Palace.
Xiao Jingxi glanced at the housekeeper, who immediately understood and stepped forward, lowering her head and saying, "I've had someone check the tea room. Today, besides our people, only the maids around Miss Yun and Miss Wu entered the tea room to ask for tea."
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