Chapter 19 Arrived just in time

When Shen Yan came over, Jiang Youning stepped back a few steps to keep a distance.

Shen Yan was happy and found something wrong. He looked at Jiang Youning with a guilty look, "Sister Ning'er, I misunderstood you last time. I came here today to apologize to you."

Jiang Youning said, "I received your apology."

Shen Yan said, "Sister Ning'er, if it wasn't a misunderstanding last time, we would have been husband and wife. But don't worry, I won't make a mistake again this time and will marry you soon."

"..." Jiang Youning: "I already have a fiancé."

Shen Yan's smile froze, revealing an incredulous look: "What did you say?"

Chuntao said with a proud tone: "My daughter's fiancé is the famous General Xie."

Before Shen Yan could react, he heard Chuntao say: "That day my daughter accidentally ran into a man's arms, and that man was General Xie. On the day you broke off the engagement, General Xie came to your house with a betrothal gift to propose marriage."

Shen Yan was stunned for a long time, confused. Looking at Jiang Youning, "How is this possible? Ning'er, are you engaged to someone else?"

Jiang Youning nodded: "Yes."

Shen Yan still couldn't believe it, "How could you be engaged to someone else? Aren't you happy with me? As long as you break off the engagement with General Xie, I will marry you immediately, okay?"

Jiang Youning said lightly: "That was in the past. Now I only like General Xie."

Shen Yan regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. If he had held Jiang Youning in his arms that night, he would not have been engaged to General Xie.

He grabbed Jiang Youning's hand, not believing that she liked someone else in such a short time.

"Sister Ning'er, you are engaged to someone else just to keep angry, right?"

Jiang Youning wanted to pull back her hand, but she was not as strong as the man and could not pull it back.

Chuntao saw it, looked around the yard, saw a broom in the corner, picked it up and swung it at Shen Yan's face.

Shen Yan was forced to let go of Jiang Youning, and ran away with his face covered.

Chuntao beat him while saying, "Shen Tanhua, men and women should not touch each other, stay away from my girl."

Shen Yan had no choice but to run out of the yard.

Jiang Youning saw Shen Yan running away with his face covered, and couldn't help laughing.

Chuntao said indignantly, "Shen Tanhua is so disgusting. It was clearly he who abandoned me, and he still has the nerve to come back and ask me to marry him? If he comes again, I will beat him."

Jiang Youning couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Chuntao, you are so awesome."

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Jiang Xubai was drinking tea in the main hall when he saw Shen Yan walking in angrily with his hair crown crooked. He put down his teacup, walked up to him and asked, "Nephew, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Yan said angrily, "It's that Chuntao. She actually dared to hit me with a broom?"

"Chuntao dared to hit you? Who gave her the courage?" Jiang Xubai said and called the housekeeper, "Go and call that girl Chuntao over to me."

"Yes, master." The housekeeper turned and walked out.

Shen Yan suppressed his anger and asked, "Sister Ning'er is already engaged to General Xie, why didn't uncle tell you?"

Jiang Xubai's face darkened, obviously he didn't expect Jiang Youning to tell Shen Tanhua directly.

He comforted her, "My dear nephew, Ning'er has always liked you, you should know it in your heart."

Shen Yan naturally knew how much Jiang Youning liked him, he asked, "Uncle, are you going to cancel the engagement?"

Jiang Xubai didn't explain, but comforted her, "My dear nephew, don't worry, I will handle this matter."

Shen Yan really wanted to marry Jiang Youning, but her fiancé was General Xie, so he was a little hesitant. If General Xie got angry, he couldn't bear it.

West Courtyard

Jiang Youning was teaching Chuntao to read when the housekeeper suddenly came in and saw Chuntao and ordered, "Take Chuntao away."

As soon as he finished speaking, two servants came in and were about to take Chuntao away.

Jiang Youning stood in front of Chuntao and glared at the servants, "What are you doing?"

The housekeeper sneered, "Chuntao made a mistake and the master wants to punish her. Miss, you'd better get out of the way. It would be bad if she gets hurt."

Jiang Youning thought about it for a moment and knew it was because Chuntao hit Shen Yan.

"I'll go with Chuntao."

The housekeeper glanced at Chuntao and nodded, "Miss, let's go."

Jiang Youning accompanied Chuntao and followed the housekeeper to the front hall.

When they arrived, Shen Yan had already left the Jiang residence.

Jiang Xubai saw Jiang Youning coming and was angry. He didn't want to lose his temper with her as he was afraid of having to explain to General Xie, so he could only vent his anger on Chuntao.

"Come here, drag Chuntao out and beat her with thirty sticks, then sell her to a trafficker."

Chuntao was so scared that she knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Master, spare my life!"

When the servants came to take Chuntao away, Jiang Youning stood in front of her, "Don't touch Chuntao."

Jiang Xubai said angrily, "Ning'er, the maid made a mistake and should be punished. Get out of the way."

Jiang Youning asked, "Dad, what did Chuntao do wrong that you want to punish her?"

Jiang Xubai said, "A little maid dared to hit Shen Tanhua. It would be light to be punished and sold."

Jiang Youning retorted, "Shen Tanhua tried to destroy my reputation. It was Chuntao who helped me escape. It was clearly a meritorious service. How could I have made a mistake?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could Shen Tanhua destroy your reputation?" Jiang Xubai looked at the servant and said angrily, "What are you still standing there for? Why don't you drag her out?"

Upon hearing this, the servant did not hesitate any longer, dragging Chuntao out on the left and right. There were already two servants outside with boards.

Jiang Youning knew that it was useless to say more. She saw a round stool in the corner, picked it up without saying a word and walked out.

When she came out, Chuntao had been pressed on the bench by the servant, and the board was about to fall.

She strode over with the stool and smashed it at the servant with the board.

Only two wailing sounds were heard, "Ah! Ah!"

The servant covered his hands with a painful expression.

Chuntao was moved to tears when she saw Jiang Youning protecting her like this.

Jiang Xubai was already furious, and when he saw Jiang Youning's actions, his rage escalated.

"Ning'er, what are you doing?"

Jiang Youning stood in front of Chuntao and looked up at Jiang Xubai: "Dad, I think Chuntao did nothing wrong. It was Shen Tanhua who did something wrong."

"You are getting more and more daring." Jiang Xubai was furious. He couldn't touch Jiang Youning, and he couldn't touch a maid?

"What are you still doing? Pull her back."

The servants surrounded Jiang Youning.

Jiang Youning cursed Jiang Xubai in her heart for not knowing right from wrong.

At this moment, she saw Xie Jing coming over from behind the crowd in a sallow blue narrow-sleeved brocade robe, his eyebrows dark, and a murderous aura.

He took care of dozens of servants in front of him with just three punches and two kicks, without any effort.

This was the first time Jiang Youning saw Xie Jing fighting. His moves were fast, accurate and ruthless, and his posture was very handsome.

After Xie Jing dealt with the servants, he walked over with great strides. His dark eyes looked at Jiang Youning for a few times and found that her hair was a little messy and the peach blossom hairpin in her temples was crooked.

He frowned and asked, "Who hit you?"

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