Seeing the human traffickers sending Qiuyun Suyue away overnight, Xue Zhiyi knelt on the ground in despair.
That's not right...
Fu Rongxin still felt that something was wrong: at this point, there was still no reversal. Could it be that... Xue Zhiyi really failed this time?
Xue Tingliu was also puzzled, and was still thinking absent-mindedly until he returned to Hongyingzhai.
Hu Bai knelt cautiously and said, "Second... Second Young Master?"
Today I wanted to prove that the Third Miss murdered Concubine Xiaorong, but I didn't expect that after going around in circles, Jiangxuexuan lost two maids.
He didn't know whether today could be considered a success.
Xue Tingliu was clearly worried, but he still said flatteringly, "Although we didn't achieve our original plan today, fortunately... fortunately, the Third Young Lady didn't notice my actions. From now on, I can still continue to inquire about matters for the Second Young Master in front of the Third Young Lady..."
Before he finished speaking, Xue Tingliu threw the paperweight away again.
This time Hu Bai was well prepared and avoided it.
"Stupid thing!" Xue Tingliu scolded, "Do you think she's as stupid as you? She must have noticed it a long time ago. From the very beginning, she asked you to go to her to get the fabric to frame Rou'er. Every word she said was what she wanted me to hear!"
"Did you...did you notice?" Hu Bai broke out in a cold sweat.
His biggest weakness is still in the hands of the Third Miss. If this happens, won't he... be dead?!
Xue Tingliu was unaware of the turmoil that Hu Bai was experiencing at the moment, and was just lost in thought.
He really couldn't understand what Xue Zhiyi's purpose was. What good would it do for her to send her confidant away and leave him isolated and helpless in the Xue family?
After sending Hu Bai away, he sat alone at the table thinking, until dawn broke, when an idea suddenly occurred to him.
"...You're so good, Xue Zhiyi!"
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Jiangxuexuan.
This was the first time Xue Zhiyi had felt Jiangxuexuan was so cold and lonely since he was a child.
Although there were some maids living outside, only Qiuyun and Suyue could enter her main room.
Curled up, she wasn't sleepy at all and just leaned against the headboard in a daze.
At this moment, the sound of the courtyard door opening was heard. Such a sound was particularly abrupt in the silent night.
She stood up, but before she could open the window to see what was happening outside, the door of the main room was pushed open with great force, the noise mixed with anger.
Seeing the person coming, Xue Zhiyi subconsciously took two steps back.
Xue Tingliu...
This scene suddenly brought Xue Zhiyi back to her past life... During that most humiliating experience in her past life, Xue Tingliu was like a venomous snake lurking in her memories. Even after living her life again, some of the vivid scenes still chilled her heart...
"Third sister." The ferocious smile on Xue Tingliu's face was charming and fierce, but it did not reach his eyes.
Xue Zhiyi felt her back tense. She forced herself to remain calm and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Xue Tingliu raised his chin and walked closer: "It doesn't matter what I want to do. What matters is that I know what you want to do."
Xue Zhiyi tripped over the dressing table as she stepped back. She used her hands to steady herself on the dressing table and quietly hid a hairpin under her sleeve.
Xue Tingliu approached, his voice cold and ruthless, and he said slowly, "Your goal is neither yourself nor Rong Ziying."
He sneered, "You want to send those two maids away, right?"
Xue Zhiyi's eyes moved slightly.
He guessed correctly. Before Qiuyun and Suyue were sent away, she did not dare to take the risk of taking the next action.
She could leave the Xue family with a clean conscience, but Qiuyun and Suyue's indentures were still in the hands of the mistress Fu Ling.
These two people are her confidants, and they won't let her find the indenture easily like Youlan did.
The main reason why Youlan was able to escape successfully was that Xue Hanshu was busy with her own affairs. But Fu Ling was different. She took Qiuyun Suyue with her and if Fu Ling reported them to the authorities as fugitive slaves, even if they were not caught, they would have to live without an identity and hide in the future.
But soon, Xue Zhiyi propped up the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly: "Second brother, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Ignoring her feigned stupidity, Xue Tingliu continued, "You've been planning this for a long time. What you said to me on New Year's Eve was all to make me suspicious of Hu Bai. That way, you could use Hu Bai's mouth to let me know that you wanted to take this opportunity to slander Rou'er; and use Rong Ziying's mouth to let me know the reason for her miscarriage—"
Xue Zhiyi was forced into a corner by her, with no way to retreat. She looked at him vigilantly, and her palm holding the hairpin couldn't help sweating.
Xue Tingliu's voice lowered, like the growl of a wild animal. "Then, I will set up the trap tonight according to your time of action. It may seem that everything is going according to my plan, but it is all within your expectations. You will be able to successfully sell the two maids by your side on charges of minor theft and expel them from the Xue family."
At this moment, the noise here was not too loud, but the servants outside who were cleaning the place probably heard it. However, people tend to seek benefits and avoid harm, so Xue Zhiyi couldn't count on those people to help.
The person in front of him was so close that Xue Zhiyi's heart was beating wildly.
But Xue Tingliu raised his hand and was about to reach out to her neck... In an instant, this scene overlapped with the previous life.
Almost uncontrollably, Xue Zhiyi raised the hairpin and attacked him—
Xue Tingliu grabbed her wrist and held it tightly.
Xue Zhiyi let out a cold, terrified breath from his throat. Xue Tingliu angrily pressed his hand against the wall behind him, causing it to hurt. Even the hairpin fell to the ground with a bang during the struggle.
Instinctively trying to break free, Xue Zhiyi tried to push him away with his other hand, but was clamped down as well.
With his fragile chest and neck exposed to the beast without any protection, Xue Zhiyi felt a strong sense of unease, wanting to escape even more.
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