The woman flinched slightly, startled by Ji Yaocen's gaze, but quickly straightened up, coughed twice, and said, "Wasn't what I said the truth?"
Ji Yaocen sneered, approaching the person step by step. "Which sentence? Was it that you avoided what Qingqing said, that you were opportunistic? Was it that you started to lead her in a direction unfavorable to me in order to avoid the topic? Or is it that in your heart, you only approach whoever is of high value to you?"
Ji Yaocen's voice was deep and resonant, striking the heart and making one tremble inexplicably. The woman looked at Ji Yaocen standing in front of her and was momentarily at a loss. She began to back away until her back touched the wall, until she had nowhere left to retreat.
"I...I didn't." The woman looked at Ji Yaocen's face, terrified that she would die at her hands in the next second.
"No? Really? I didn't see it." Ji Yaocen said in a shameless tone. The woman was extremely anxious, but in this emergency, she had no way to relieve her anxiety.
Shangguan Qi sat next to Xu Yuehuai, watching this good show. She waved her hands excitedly in front of her and said happily, "Senior Sister Ji is so awesome! I want a senior sister like her too!"
Xu Yuehuai chuckled and tilted her head slightly. "What, are you implying that you want me to do this?"
Shangguan Xi's thoughts were exposed, but he wasn't embarrassed at all. Instead, he generously admitted to it.
"Being protected by Senior Sister sounds so romantic! Who wouldn't want that? Who would be so blind as to not want it?" Shangguan Xi said playfully, the two of them chatting away as if no one else was around.
All of this was witnessed by someone in a corner on the second floor.
Pu Erge was worried about Ji Yuanchi's condition and kept watching her. If anything seemed amiss, he would immediately take her away.
Pu Erge and Ji Yuanchi entered before Xu Yuehuai arrived. Later, Ji Yuanchi discovered Xu Yuehuai but did not intend to leave. However, she clearly avoided Xu Yuehuai by taking a different route.
Pu Erge noticed it but didn't say anything.
Everyone who had been in the library earlier went to Xu Yuehuai's side, some offering flattery, others expressing curiosity. In short, everyone except the two of them went over. At that time, Brother Pu even said, "They've all gone over, why don't we go over too?"
Ji Yuanchi said in a cold tone, "I came here to read books, not to flatter or agree with anyone."
After saying this, Ji Yuanchi flipped through the book again and read it herself. Pu Erge touched his nose, feeling a little guilty. He didn't mean it that way; he just wanted Ji Yuanchi and Xu Yuehuai to meet. He always felt that the way the two broke up was a bit inexplicable.
He could only understand a little, but not the full meaning of the matter.
Ji Yuanchi overheard Xu Yuehuai and Shangguan Xi's conversation. She clenched her hands tightly at her sides, pretended to be nonchalant as she came downstairs and walked outside, never once glancing in their direction.
When Shangguan Xi saw Ji Yuanchi, she wanted to greet her, but seeing that Xu Yuehuai beside her didn't move, she didn't say anything. Only after Ji Yuanchi and Brother Pu left did she say, "What's going on between you and Junior Sister Ji? Why do you both seem to be not talking to each other?"
Shangguan Xi finally spoke about what had been puzzling him for several days.
Xu Yuehuai's gaze lingered on the person at the door for a moment before she said, "It's just that our paths diverged, so we parted ways. There's nothing special about it."
Shangguan Xi's gaze remained fixed on Xu Yuehuai, trying to discern something from her face, but Xu Yuehuai concealed it well, revealing nothing unusual.
The matter with Ji Yaocen was almost resolved. The woman was speechless after being rebuked. Ming Qing happily skipped over to Ji Yaocen's side, "You're amazing! These people deserved to be punished like this!"
Fu Ziyi and Baili Xiuwen, the two people in charge of the library, remained silent throughout. Only after the matter was over did they speak up: "Everyone, this is the library. Be quiet and remember not to make a move, or I will report you. I don't know what my master will do then."
Fu Ziyi's words were a warning to the woman. He noticed that the woman's hands were not behaving properly, and he guessed that she wanted to cause trouble here since the Fifth Elder was not here today.
Sure enough, after hearing this, the woman turned around in fright and found that Fu Ziyi and Baili Xiuwen were watching her with their arms crossed.
In an instant, all the force in her hands dissipated, and a smile appeared on her face. "How could anyone lay a hand on me? I just had a misunderstanding with my second senior sister. Now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, I'll be going now."
After saying that, the man fled in panic.
Xu Yuehuai glanced at the people gathered around and said in a calm tone, "If there's nothing else, please disperse and don't crowd around here."
After Xu Yuehuai finished speaking, the others exchanged glances and eventually left, leaving only Ji Yaocen and Ming Qing in front of her.
Shangguan Qi sat down next to Xu Yuehuai, leaning against her as if he had no bones at all. His gaze towards Ji Yaocen was almost drooling, and his tone was full of ambiguity, "Second Senior Sister, come and sit down, come quickly."
Shangguan Xi patted the cushion next to him, gesturing for Ji Yaocen to come over.
Ji Yaocen walked over to Shangguan Xi, lifted her robe and sat down. Ming Qing followed her and sat down beside her.
After sitting down, Ji Yaocen glanced at Xu Yuehuai and said, "Thank you."
Neither Ming and Qing nor Shangguan Qi understood why.
Ming Qing still felt some dislike for Xu Yuehuai. "Why did you thank her? It wasn't her who solved this problem."
Ji Yaocen smiled and patted Mingqing's head. "Be nicer to Senior Sister in the future, don't always act like this."
Xu Yuehuai watched their actions without saying a word.
She did not respond to Ji Yaocen's thanks earlier.
Although Shangguan Xi was curious about the reason for their relationship, she did not ask the question.
Fu Ziyi and Baili Xiuwen were quite self-aware and sat down in the remaining empty seats, making a perfect circle of six people.
The group was chatting and laughing inside, a scene witnessed by Ji Yuanchi outside the door. She had left her things in the library and was thinking of coming back to retrieve them when she stumbled upon this scene.
It was supposed to be a group of six, so why are only she and her brother kicked out now? Did Xu Yuehuai plan this all along?
She turned and left, not even bothering to look at the bracelet that had fallen off.
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