Chapter 18 [Green Plum Smell] Bullying you is the same as bullying me...
Xie Yun looked closely and saw a large group of people. The leader was Xie Shaohua, and the rest were noble ladies from the capital whom she did not know.
Lu Song cried out in his heart, "Miss, you should throw the cat out quickly. Now that the Second Miss has seen it, she will not only not let it go, but she will also order people to kill the cat."
Xie Yun naturally knew. Before Xie Shaohua could give her any orders, Xie Yun ran in the opposite direction with the cat in her arms. She knew there was a dog hole in the mansion where she could let the cat out!
Seeing Xie Yun running away, Xie Shaohua quickly lifted her skirt and chased after her, "Xie Yun, why don't you put down the cat!"
The servants ran fast and caught up with the cat in no time and snatched it away.
Xie Shaohua, along with a group of noble ladies, followed them. She panted slightly and said aggressively, "Do you know that this cat just scratched the daughter of Minister Liu? How dare you bandage this evil creature? What are you thinking?"
Xie Yun didn't know the daughter of Minister Liu, and she had no idea that the cat had scratched someone.
"I don't know." Xie Yun shook her head.
Xie Shaohua was furious at Xie Yun's nonchalant attitude. He raised his finger and pointed at Xie Yun angrily, "You! Mother is very strict in managing the household and would never allow such an evil creature to be kept at home. You must have brought this creature in. Why don't you go and apologize to Miss Liu as soon as possible?"
"I didn't bring it in..." Xie Yun argued.
Xie Yan quickly pulled back Xie Shaohua's hand, "Who else could it be if not you, protecting this evil creature like this?"
But Xie Yun still caught the flash of gauze from Xie Yan's sleeves that Xie Shaohua had covered. The women standing on the same side with them might not have seen it, but Xie Yun, who was facing them, could see it.
Xie Shaohua seemed to have reacted, his expression changed slightly, his hands subconsciously hid behind him, and added:
"Mother has repeatedly warned us not to keep cats in our house. No one else dares to keep one here except you, a disobedient person."
Xie Yun's position at home might be like that of a well-kneaded glutinous rice dumpling, but she was a rebellious person and hated being slandered. Her fair face wrinkled as she was about to speak.
But then I heard a slightly childish but extremely majestic and intimidating voice. This voice even seemed familiar:
"The eldest princess's treasure, what kind of gods and immortals have you borrowed the courage to dare to call it an evil beast?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of people walking hurriedly appearing beside the lotus pond not far away.
The leader walked very fast, heading straight here, and the attendants behind him also walked very fast. He jumped up and easily climbed over the stone railing beside the lotus pond, and walked towards them majestically.
Many of these noble ladies had heard of this famous young marquis in the capital, who unexpectedly appeared in the home of a fifth-rank official! However, the daughter of Minister Liu knew that Yan Huinan's father was Xie Qingyun's current superior.
So it's not surprising that he appears here.
"Young Marquis?" Liu Shijun looked terrified, and the rest of the people were also shocked and saluted. "Young Marquis, this cat is actually the eldest princess's?"
But even so, Yan Jingtong and the Princess did not show up, and only sent gifts. So why did Yan Huinan come?
Yan Huinan had an innate, yet not offensive, sense of superiority; he didn't take these people seriously. As soon as he approached, the cat in Xie Yun's arms struggled to get out, ran to Yan Huinan's feet, and rubbed against him affectionately.
He leaned over and picked up the kitten, holding it lovingly in his arms. He immediately noticed its bandaged paw and raised his eyes to ask Xie Yun, "Did you bandage it?"
Xie Yun still felt a sense of fear when she saw Yan Huinan. There were no visible wounds or scars on his hands. But she had finally offended this man she couldn't afford to offend.
She nodded timidly.
Unexpectedly, Yan Huinan said, "Very good." Then he said to the others, "This is my mother's most beloved cat. If you really kill it, ten Liu Shijuns wouldn't be enough to compensate you."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Shijun, Xie Shaohua and others were so frightened that they immediately fell to their knees. Xie Yun also wanted to kneel down when she saw this, but Yan Huinan raised his hand and held her tightly.
Xie Yun was shaking all over. She had helped the cat. Was he going to take revenge on her?
Her round eyes were moist and lovely, just like the clingy cat in his arms. He was always decisive and reckless, doing things without any regard for the consequences. But at that moment, Xie Yun's slightly trembling eyelashes inexplicably touched Yan Huinan's heart, making him wonder if he had scared her.
So, he cleared his throat and said to her softly, "You don't have to kneel."
His voice was clear and clean, and when he lowered his voice, it carried with it an infinite indulgence and protection for her, which made her frightened heart beat even more violently, but she also felt relieved.
By doing this, he should have made up for what happened today and what happened before, right? He should no longer be angry, right? But he still looked very angry to others.
Xie Yun looked at the scene in amazement. In the past, she had to bow her head and be bullied. She had never experienced the people who bullied her kneeling in front of her in panic.
Although he didn't kneel down to her, this scene was enough to shock her little heart.
Yan Huinan raised his eyebrows and looked at her proudly, as if to say: What do you think, am I awesome?
Unexpectedly, the eldest princess, who was not supposed to be here today, also showed up, along with Mrs. Zhao and other female relatives.
The eldest princess walked towards this place with a smile on her face, led by Si Wen. Madam Zhao's face was extremely sad. It was unknown when Yan Huinan sent people to look for the eldest princess.
The princess took the cat from Yan Huinan's hands with a smile and stroked its paw lovingly, "How did you get this paw?"
Si Wen said, "When the prince brought Yuwan here first, he was frightened by the big wolfhound at the door and ran away. When the prince and I found him, he was already badly injured. When I went to look for the princess just now, I heard someone say that a wild cat had been caught in the mansion, and Miss Xie was leading people to kill it and throw it out of the city."
Upon hearing this, Madam Zhao turned pale with fear. She quickly knelt down and said to the princess, "Princess, please forgive me! It's me. Whenever I get close to a cat, my whole body breaks out in a rash and it itches unbearably. My dear daughter, I didn't mean to kill it, I just sent it out of the palace. I didn't know this cat was your favorite. If I had known, I would have found it and returned it to you. Please forgive me, Princess!"
When Madam Liu saw a streak of blood on her daughter's face, tears immediately fell. She rushed to her daughter in fear, "House doctor! Hurry up and call the house doctor!" She hugged her daughter and tearfully pleaded with the princess, "Princess, Shiyun is obviously the victim in this matter. If my daughter's appearance is ruined, her life will be over..."
The eldest princess has always been kind, not a vicious, condescending person. She had not wanted to come to this banquet today, but it just so happened that the girl Yan Huinan was looking for was from this family.
She ordered someone to take her name card and go to the palace to find the imperial physician. Then she bent down and lifted Liu Shiyun's head with her hands, took a closer look and said, "But Yuwan has always been a docile and slightly timid child. Unless someone deliberately provokes him, he probably won't hurt anyone. Besides, if he is frightened, he will probably hide."
The princess's meaning was self-evident. Liu Shijun must have provoked Yuwan to cause his resistance and counterattack.
After watching, the princess withdrew her hand and said calmly, "It's just a small matter. For the sake of Mr. Xie's birthday today, I will not make a fuss about it."
Liu Shijun was unconvinced and pointed at Xie Shaohua, accusing her with gritted teeth: "Princess, it was her. She ordered someone to catch Yuwan, but as soon as I walked over to take a look, Yuwan scratched me and ran away."
Xie Yun hadn't quite grasped the truth at first, but the cat's name was indeed Yuwan. She was now safely hidden behind Yan Huinan, watching the incessant chatter unfold before her, feeling as if she were actually watching a play.
She even sniffed her hand, which had just picked up a fish ball for the cat. There was still a hint of the aroma of food, and a bit of fishy smell. The two smells mixed together, causing Xie Yun to frown.
Yan Huinan was fed up with seeing her either biting and whimpering everywhere. He was really tired of it.
He frowned and winked at his mother.
The princess received her son's signal and smiled with a mixture of resignation and fondness. She raised her hand and plucked from her hair a finely carved silver hairpin. The hairpin was shaped like a tassel, with a single emerald dot in the center made of Hetian jade, a fine, lustrous piece of jade. While not priceless, it was beautiful and exquisite.
She waved to Xie Yun, "Come here."
Xie Yun was still a little bit incredulous, but Yan Huinan pulled her step by step to the eldest princess and said for her: "Mother, it was she who saved Yuwan."
The princess finally saw the woman Yan Huinan had been thinking about for a long time. She smiled and touched Xie Yun's cute little face, "Good child, this is a reward for you. For your kindness."
Xie Yun was flattered. She never thought she would receive such a reward for saving a cat.
After being stunned for a moment, he accepted the reward from the eldest princess: "Thank you for the reward, Princess!"
The eldest princess's biggest regret in this life was that she had not been able to give birth to a daughter. Now she saw Xie Yun, who was so well-behaved and sensible, like a little glutinous rice dumpling. Moreover, she and Yan Huinan were both particularly pleasing to the eye when standing together, and she was even more delighted in her heart.
But the eldest princess was more out of love for the house and the people in it. If it weren't for Yan Huinan, she might never have set foot in the home of a fifth-rank official in her life, let alone met Xie Yun.
Yan Huinan had just been released from house arrest and had to go back in the afternoon to be tested by his father on his schoolwork, so he couldn't stay here.
He hurriedly said goodbye to Xie Yun.
Before leaving, his eyes were full of sincerity, as if they were shining. It was as if the person who survived the disaster was not Xie Yun, but Yan Huinan.
"Don't be afraid of them."
"If you encounter any problems, please report my name and send someone to deliver a message to the Princess's Mansion or the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion."
Xie Yun watched him turn and leave in confusion, recalling that day over and over again.
Yan Huinan jumped into her eyes like a proud god, making everyone bow to him.
Along with her, I also enjoyed things I had never experienced before.
Obviously, she is not a person with a strong sense of morality, and she is greedy for the pleasure of taking advantage of the power of others.
"You, don't you hate me?" she asked, chasing after him.
Yan Huinan said nothing. He felt really guilty, so guilty that he felt like he was living a life worse than death.
But he was very proud and would not tell her that he was doing it out of guilt.
He was also a bit vain. "I told you, no one in the capital dares to mess with me. Now that you're here, bullying you is the same as bullying me. Xie Yun, remember my kindness, okay?"
Xie Yun was confused: "Oh, I see."
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