Chapter 69: Bite Back (Part 1)
A hint of pride flashed in Ye Shixian's eyes.
However, the next second, she suddenly felt her hand was empty. Ye Chutang's wrist turned somehow and he actually broke free from her hand!
not good!
Ye Shixian suddenly panicked and opened her mouth to scream, but it was too late. The center of gravity of her body shifted uncontrollably and she fell into the lake!
Ye Chutang suddenly exclaimed: "Shi Xian, be careful!"
Ye Shixian felt as if her sleeve was pulled and a muffled sound came from behind her, but she had no time to react and fell into the lake.
The lake water instantly submerged her!
thump--!
When the people in the pavilion in the center of the lake heard the noise, they all looked over here and exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh my god! Miss Ye fell into the water!"
“Hurry up and save them!”
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
Ye Shixian struggled frantically in the water, the lake water poured into her mouth and nose, almost suffocating her - she couldn't swim!
Shaoyao finally came to her senses at this time and shouted in panic.
"Miss!"
…
After a flurry of activity, Ye Shixian was finally rescued by Zhu Xin.
——This personal maidservant who follows the eldest princess was trained by the eldest princess herself. Not only can she read and write, but she also knows some martial arts and is even proficient in swimming.
At this time, Ye Shixian was soaked all over, the hairpins and hairpins on her head were gone, her hair was messy, and she looked disheveled.
It’s hot in the summer and people wear thin clothes. The gauze skirt sticks tightly to the body, revealing all the curves.
Seeing this, many of the daughters of wealthy families who were watching secretly exchanged glances, with some mockery and some contempt in their eyes.
No matter how you look at it, it is truly humiliating to make such a fool of oneself in the Princess's Mansion.
Fortunately, only female relatives came to the morning flower banquet today, and the servants were waiting at a distant place. Otherwise, if people saw such a scene, Ye Shixian would really have no time to think about getting married.
Lan Yi, another personal maid of the princess, quickly brought the cloak over and put it on Ye Shixian, and asked with concern: "Miss Ye, how are you?"
Ye Shixian was still in shock and trembling all over.
The eldest princess also came over at this time. Seeing her like this, she frowned slightly and asked, "Why did you fall into the water suddenly?"
Hearing this, Ye Shixian seemed to have finally regained her consciousness. She searched the crowd and finally fixed her sight on Ye Chutang. Her eyes turned red and she asked with a sob:
"Cousin, I have no grudge against you, why did you deliberately push me into the water?"
As soon as she finished her sobbing voice, the surroundings fell into dead silence.
Ye Shixian's tears rolled down.
Originally, she was planning to take the opportunity to push Ye Chutang into the water, but she didn't expect that Ye Chutang didn't know how to avoid it. In a flash, Ye Shixian came up with a plan and went with the flow, directly pushing all the blame on Ye Chutang!
Anyway, when she took action just now, her back was facing the people in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and no one saw it at all.
Even if Ye Chutang refuted, no one would believe it - after all, she really fell into the lake!
Ye Chutang was stunned for a moment, a hint of surprise flashed across his dark and warm eyes, as if he didn't understand why she suddenly said that.
Her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.
Ye Shixian naturally would not give her the chance to argue. She cried even harder and clutched her cloak tightly.
"Cousin, if I have ever offended you, you can tell me directly, but how can you, how can you--"
Still no one responded.
Ye Shixian finally felt something was wrong: After she said that, why didn't these people react at all? They shouldn't be like this to Ye Chutang——
At this moment, rhythmic applause rang out.
Snap, snap, snap.
Princess Qinyang said with admiration: "What does it mean to confuse right and wrong? I have witnessed it with my own eyes today."
Ye Shixian was confused and had no idea why Princess Qinyang suddenly said that.
Somehow, she felt inexplicably nervous.
Princess Qinyang crossed her arms, touched her chin, and said, "Ye Shixian, everyone saw clearly just now that when you accidentally fell into the lake, your cousin's first reaction was to save you. In order to pull you back, she fell and hit the rocks by the lake, and her elbow was covered in blood. As a result, as soon as you came up, you said that she pushed you?"
"Tsk, you're really amazing."
Ye Shixian felt like she was hit hard by a stick and her mind went blank.
“W-what…?”
She turned her stiff neck and looked at Ye Chutang again, only then could she see clearly that her sleeves were torn, and her left wrist was exposed with a layer of skin rubbed off and blood oozing out.
There was dust on the side, and it was obvious that it had been rubbed against sharp stones.
Princess Qinyang continued, "Just now I asked her to go and bandage the wound first, but she refused and stayed by the lake, saying that she wanted to see you come up safely. In the end, this is how you repay her?"
The corners of her lips curled up, and her bright and flamboyant face showed undisguised sarcasm and contempt.
"Ye Shixian, it's a great blessing to have a cousin like you who can bite back."
Ye Shixian was completely dumbfounded.
How could this happen... How could this happen! ?
The surrounding women also began to talk in low voices.
"This really broadens my horizons! Ye Chutang was kind enough to save her, but she turned around and slandered him! What kind of person is she?"
"That's right! If we hadn't seen it clearly at the pavilion in the middle of the lake, it would be hard to explain!"
"If I were Ye Chutang, I really wouldn't be able to swallow this..."
"Who told them that they have a father to back them up? Not only did they occupy their house, but they also dared to bully them openly. Isn't it because they think that Ye Chutang and his siblings are fatherless and motherless and have no one to rely on?"
Ye Shixian was trembling all over, and then she remembered that she seemed to hear a sound before she fell into the lake. She didn't have time to think about it at the time, but now that she thought about it, it was clearly the sound of Ye Chutang falling to his knees.
But - she clearly felt that her sleeve was only pulled lightly, and it was impossible for her to bring Ye Chutang down! Not to mention the injuries on Ye Chutang's body!
"No, no! It's not like that!"
Ye Shixian's chest felt stuffy, and she had thousands of words stuck in her throat but couldn't say them.
Why did things develop in this direction?
At this time, Ye Chutang suddenly took a step forward.
The sounds around her suddenly disappeared. Ye Shixian subconsciously raised her head and looked at that gentle and beautiful face again, only to feel it was extremely unfamiliar.
Ye Chutang stretched out her hand, and a string of red jade beads lay quietly in her palm.
As she moved, her sleeve was slightly pulled up, leaving large scratches from the wrist upwards.
The blood spots that oozed out were extremely red, even brighter than the string of red jade beads on the palm of her hand.
Everyone could see how badly she was hurt when she was pulled to her knees.
The air seemed to freeze. Ye Shixian had never felt such an torment as this moment.
Ye Chutang whispered, "Shixian, your red jade beads."
Ye Shixian shuddered suddenly.
(End of this chapter)
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