Xie Qing stood on the shore, horrified: "Ying'er!"
Everyone was also taken aback!
The person who fell into the water was actually the daughter of Vice Minister Feng?
"Ying'er!"
Xie Qing was frantic and was about to jump into the water to save the person, but her maid held her tightly, saying, "Miss, you can't go! You can't swim!"
In the blink of an eye, a man in a gray robe suddenly rushed out from the crowd, leaped up, and was about to plunge into the lake!
With a "thump," water splashed everywhere.
He stood perfectly fine on the shore.
Honeysuckle grabbed one of his arms and easily pinned him to the spot.
Song Huai was initially taken aback, then instantly flew into a rage: "Where did this lackey come from! How dare he obstruct my journey to rescue people!"
"If anything happens to Miss Feng, how many heads do you have to pay for it?"
"Let go of me right now!"
Honeysuckle shook her head firmly, then pointed to the lake and said, "No need for you to worry, young master. My young lady has already gone into the water to rescue people."
Seeing Song Huai's unpleasant expression, Ren Dong deliberately raised her voice and said, "Young Master seems rather unhappy?"
"...No, no way!"
Whether out of anger or embarrassment, he abruptly shook off Honeysuckle's hand.
He had already missed his chance to save the man, so Ren Dong let go of his hand and stopped holding on to him.
She looked at the lake with some concern.
She had no idea that her young mistress could actually swim!
The incident happened so suddenly that Shen Qiyin only hurriedly told Ren Dong to "stop the man who wants to go into the water" before jumping into the lake with a "plop".
Although Shen Qiyin had overheard Xie Qing plotting with someone, she only caught a glimpse of the plot. She had no idea who the other party wanted to harm or how they intended to do so.
However, based on her own experience, she felt that the unlucky guy might be Feng Ruoying.
I can't believe it's true!
Shen Qiyin embraced Feng Ruoying and swam towards the shore. Ruan Xinghu also arranged for maids and old women who knew how to swim to come and help them. Finally, they successfully rescued her and brought her ashore.
Feng Ruoying choked on water and became somewhat disoriented.
Shen Qiyin knelt beside her, his hands clasped together on her chest, pressing down rhythmically.
She was soaking wet, with water droplets dripping down her disheveled hair; it was hard to tell if it was lake water or sweat.
Everyone watched this scene with lingering shock.
Xie Qing twisted the handkerchief in her hand tightly, seemingly worried about Feng Ruoying, but actually angry!
A love affair that ends in seclusion!
She actually came to ruin my plans!
According to Xie Qing's original plan, after pushing Feng Ruoying into the water, it was supposed to be Song Huai, the third young master of the Marquis of Jianning's mansion, who would be the hero to save the beauty and bring Feng Ruoying ashore despite his own safety.
The life-saving grace is extraordinary.
Even if Feng Ruoying didn't secretly fall for Song Huaifang because of this, in public, he had already hugged and touched her body. What other choice did she have but to marry him?
In return for helping Song Huai successfully marry Feng Ruoying, he would secretly assist her in marrying his elder brother, the second son of the Marquis of Jianning.
Such a perfect plan was ruined by Shen Qiyin!
Damn it!
"Cough, cough cough..." Feng Ruoying suddenly spat out several mouthfuls of water and turned to the side, coughing violently.
Seeing this, Shen Qiyin withdrew her hand as if to break free, and was immediately pulled into Ren Dong's arms.
Ruan Xinghu hurriedly ordered his servants to carry Feng Ruoying into the house to change her clothes and to make ginger soup to dispel the cold so she wouldn't catch a chill.
“Miss Shen, please move to the room to rest.” Ruan Xinghu gestured for a maid to come forward and help Shen Qiyin.
She waved her hand and stood up with Honeysuckle's help.
But as she stood up, something fell off her.
The crisp sound attracted the attention of those around.
Xie Qing reacted quickly, picking up the broken white jade hairpin: "Isn't this Ying'er's hairpin? How did it end up on you, Miss Shen?"
Shen Qiyin snatched it back: "Would you believe me if I said she gave it to me herself?"
"Are you joking, young lady?" Xie Qing looked at her with an air of "how could that be?": "You and your cousin have always been at odds, how could she possibly give you a hairpin?"
"Because she has a kind heart."
"this……"
Xie Qing was unable to refute it for a moment.
If she agrees with Shen Qiyin's words, it would be tantamount to admitting that the hairpin was a gift from Feng Ruoying.
But if she were to refute it, it would mean that she was publicly criticizing Feng Ruoying.
Putting aside what her uncle and aunt would think if these words reached their ears, the mere spittle of people calling her "ungrateful" would drown her!
Shen Qiyin had clearly set a trap for her!
Xie Qing naturally wouldn't take the bait, and instead changed the subject: "Is it because you were afraid of being laughed at for continuing to wear that fake hairpin, so you stole your cousin's?"
"Making fun of me? Who made fun of me?" Shen Qiyin's gaze swept over the silent crowd, finally landing on Xie Qing's face: "Apart from you, who made fun of me for wearing a fake hairpin with a smug look on your face, I didn't see anyone else making fun of me."
Xie Qing: "You..."
"Besides, I don't understand what's so funny about this?"
"I also believe that the young masters and ladies in the capital are not such vulgar and shallow people who like to expose other people's wounds for their own amusement."
"Oh..." she suddenly seemed to remember something: "I almost forgot, Miss Xie, you are not from the capital, so this custom must be from your hometown of Bianzhou?"
Shen Qiyin's words offended Xie Qing and also offended everyone present.
No one wanted to be labeled as "vulgar and shallow," so someone said, "Miss Xie, if you want to say something, just say it yourself, there's no need to involve us."
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