Jiang Qiao seemed to be trying her best to restrain her movements. Although she started suddenly, she didn't make much sound. She just gasped for breath, as if she had exhausted all her strength.

Jiang Si's heart moved.

How could she not guess at this point, Jiang Qiao had already woken up!

Jiang Qiao's current look has undoubtedly discovered the arrival of the Prince of Changxing.

Jiang Si closed his eyes subconsciously and heard suppressed sobs.

She sighed in her heart: Jiang Qiao was obviously frightened.

It can be said that Jiang Qiao's performance was already very good. If a man broke into her room late at night, any other woman would have screamed uncontrollably.

The sobbing was very soft, and if Jiang Si had not been awake, he would not have heard it at all.

After a while, the sobbing stopped, and Jiang Si could feel Jiang Qiao turning his head and looking at her.

At this moment, Jiang Si was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to continue pretending to sleep or to make things clear with Jiang Qiao.

As she was hesitating, Jiang Qiao whispered, "Fourth sister, the Marquis of Changxing is really after you!"

When Jiang Si heard this, he immediately opened his eyes.

Jiang Qiao was startled and stared at Jiang Si in a daze.

Jiang Sigan simply sat up.

After a while, Jiang Qiao came back to her senses and murmured, "Fourth sister, why are you awake?"

With the dim moonlight shining through the window lattice, Jiang could clearly see the pale face of the girl standing close to him, and her hand that was unconsciously raised because of nervousness.

Jiang Qiao's hands were shaking, and she was tightly holding a golden hairpin. She was obviously still worried about the arrival of the son of Changxing Marquis.

But even so, she still tried hard to restrain her body's instinctive reaction, as if she was afraid of passing this fear to Jiang.

"Third sister, I woke up a long time ago." Jiang Si's heart was filled with emotion and he was not going to keep Jiang Qiao in the dark any longer.

She can't be perfect in everything, but at least she can empathize with others.

Upon hearing what Jiang Si said, Jiang Qiao loosened the golden hairpin in her hand and suddenly hugged her, shaking uneasily like a dead leaf hanging on a branch in the autumn wind: "Fourth sister, the son of the Marquis of Changxing is a beast!"

Jiang Si didn't respond to Jiang Qiao's question, but asked, "Has Third Sister guessed it a long time ago?"

Jiang Qiao let go of her hand, wiped the tears from her eyes, and nodded after a moment of silence: "I'm not sure, but I have to doubt it. We were having dinner in the flower hall before, and the prince of Changxing came to eat. My second sister said that she forgot to inform him, and I felt something was wrong at the time. What kind of person is my second sister? How could such a mistake happen when four younger sisters came?"

Jiang seemed a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, the third sister felt something was wrong from that time on. This was completely different from the impression she gave people in her daily life.

From her previous life to the present, in her heart, Jiang Qiao has always been a person who may be unforgiving in words but kind at heart. In short, she is a simple-minded girl.

She really didn't know Jiang Qiao well enough.

"Then it was in the garden. Although the prince of Changxing seemed to have met us by chance, and even just said hello and left without approaching, he was very polite--" At this point, Jiang Qiao sneered, "The peony flowers in the garden of Changxing Marquis's mansion are so attractive. If he was really polite, as the owner of the mansion, wouldn't he have thought that we would most likely go to appreciate the flowers at that time? But he showed up anyway, and then I was sure that he did it on purpose..."

"Third sister insisted on sleeping with me. Is it to protect me?" Jiang Si asked softly.

Jiang Qiao blushed and said shyly, "Fourth sister is pretty. I guess if the prince of Changxing had any bad intentions, he would target you. I thought that since we have always been together, he can't just ignore you. Who knew that a beast is a beast, he actually-"

Having said this, Jiang Qiao couldn't continue. Her whole body was shaking slightly, and it was obvious that she was still afraid.

"Fourth sister, let's go back tomorrow!" Jiang Qiao grabbed Jiang Si's hand.

Jiang Si sighed: "Second sister will definitely try hard to keep me."

"Could it be possible that she could stop us from leaving?" Jiang Qiao was stunned for a moment after she finished speaking. She seemed to have thought of something. Her expression changed drastically, and even her lips trembled. "Fourth, fourth sister, second sister—"

Is that what she thinks? If so, it's too horrible and too absurd.

Jiang Qiao couldn't help but cover her pounding heart, not daring to think any further.

Jiang Si's expression was as calm as water: "Second sister invited me here with great sincerity."

Jiang Qiao was stunned again, and looked at Jiang Si in disbelief: "Fourth sister, you guessed it a long time ago?"

Seeing Jiang Si nod lightly, Jiang Qiao raised his hand, and finally let it fall powerlessly, angrily saying: "Are you stupid? If you have guessed it, why did you still come? Aren't you walking into a trap?"

Jiang Si lowered his eyes and said nothing.

She had nothing to say.

To others, it might seem like walking into a trap, but to her, this was a dangerous situation that had to be entered.

Now, the prince of Changxing was considerate of her unmarried status and would tolerate her for the time being, but what about the future? Should she pin her hopes on the other party to be kind and let her go?

Rather than waiting to save herself passively in the future, she would rather choose to take the initiative to deal with this beast in human form now.

"I really don't know what you are thinking!" Jiang Qiao poked Jiang Si's forehead with her finger and said angrily.

"Don't worry, Third Sister. I just thought that it takes a thousand days to commit a crime, but I can't guard against it. So I just went to their house to see what they want."

"But you are the one who suffers the loss!"

Jiang Si smiled slightly: "Second sister invited us here, at least now she won't let me suffer a real loss."

"Then what are you going to do? If that beast dares to sneak in tonight, he will dare to go one step further tomorrow night. Then you can only swallow this humiliation, can you really shout it out?" Jiang Qiao held Jiang Si's hand tightly, "Fourth sister, let's leave tomorrow, okay?"

Jiang Si shook his head firmly: "No."

Now Jiang Qiao is an outsider in the eyes of Jiang Qian and his wife, but if Jiang Qiao insists on leaving tomorrow, because they are living together tonight and the Prince of Changxing has come again, they will probably suspect that Jiang Qiao has discovered something.

If that were the case, Jiang Qiao would be in danger of being silenced.

She still had the power to protect herself, but Jiang Qiao was just a weak little girl, even if she was careful. She dared to step into Changxing Marquis's Mansion with the intention of solving the problem completely, rather than leaving endless troubles.

"So what do you want?" Jiang Qiao was very angry.

"Third sister, give me some time, I will deal with him."

"Don't mess around!"

Jiang Si smiled and said, "Don't worry, Third Sister. I understand that if you don't have diamonds, you won't do porcelain work. It's late, let's go to bed."

Jiang Qiao suddenly felt her eyelids getting heavy. She mumbled a response and soon fell asleep.

Jiang Si looked at Jiang Qiao deeply, walked around her, went down to the ground, put on his soft-soled embroidered shoes and walked out.

The maid sent by Jiang Qian to serve Jiang Si was sleeping outside. Jiang Si walked past her not far away with very light footsteps. She flicked her fingernails lightly, and the powder covered by the darkness quietly dispersed.

The moon-shaped gate of the prince's residence leads directly to the back garden. Jiang Si walked through it lightly and came to the peony flowers in the garden.