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Lin Yuan was still very happy about Xia Zheng’s words, but she acutely caught the term "before" in his speech and couldn’t help but lift her head and ask in confusion, "Before?"

Xia Zheng nodded, "Yes, before. Afterward, she will no longer be my sister. My only sisters are Lin Wei and Xiao Linshuang. She is just another woman."

Lin Yuan’s delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed as she pressed on, "Did something happen?"

Otherwise, Xia Zheng wouldn’t have suddenly changed his attitude towards Su Qiuyu.

Although his attitude towards her had not been very good when they first met in Lin Family Hollow, at that time, Lin Yuan could still feel some sibling care from him towards Su Qiuyu.

However, as Xia Zheng himself had said, it was probably only for the sake of her second brother.

Seeing Lin Yuan ask, Xia Zheng’s eyes flickered, as if he was struggling internally.

Lin Yuan blinked her eyes, "Does it have something to do with me?"

Xia Zheng nodded, reluctant to have Lin Yuan misunderstand him over an irrelevant person, so he shared what Su Qiuyu had said to him at the ancestral hall, though he did not spell it out as detailed as Su Qiuyu had.

However, judging by Lin Yuan’s intelligence, she could naturally guess that if Su Qiuyu had merely mentioned seeing her shopping with Ma Junyong, it would definitely not have enraged Xia Zheng so much.

"Is that really all?" Lin Yuan cocked her head, clearly not believing his words.

Pressed by Lin Yuan, Xia Zheng licked his lips and repeated word for word what Su Qiuyu had said, and then he cautiously comforted Lin Yuan, "Yuanyuan, don’t be angry. Her mouth surely can’t say anything nice. You shouldn’t get upset over an irrelevant person and harm your health."

Perhaps because he was too nervous about Lin Yuan’s emotions, Xia Zheng’s words came out somewhat incoherent, but Lin Yuan was both touched and distressed.

Regardless of whether she had done anything to wrong Xia Zheng, just hearing someone else suggest that his woman might betray him would normally elicit anger from most men. However, Xia Zheng was instead comforting her. How could such a man not make her heart ache?

"Xia Zheng." Interrupting Xia Zheng, Lin Yuan looked earnestly into his eyes and gently asked, "Don’t you believe her words?"

Just a second ago, Xia Zheng was racking his brains to keep Lin Yuan from getting upset, and the next second, when he heard Lin Yuan’s question, he was somewhat stunned and subconsciously responded, "Why should I believe her?"

Such a straightforward response left Lin Yuan startled.

But the next second, Xia Zheng somewhat sheepishly scratched his head and awkwardly explained, "Actually, when I first heard her say this, I was very angry. Don’t think too much about it, it’s not that I was angry at you, but that I was angry at how this woman could be so troublesome.

And also, that Ma Junying is like a bad penny, I could stand it in Ma town, but now even in the Capital city he’s found his way to your side. "

Lin Yuan watched him with amusement, saying nothing, but her heart was growing happier. This cute and somewhat childish Xia Zheng was someone she was seeing for the first time.

Unaware of Lin Yuan’s gaze, Xia Zheng kept talking nonstop, "Right after that woman left, I couldn’t sit still anymore.

You don’t know, I was eating a chicken leg at that time and couldn’t even finish it, so I jumped out of the window from the Dog Hole, cough, I jumped out of the window.

But then, halfway through, a cold wind blew me sober.

Ma Junying bothering you isn’t your fault, why should I come to find you?

Moreover, I know what kind of person you are. "

Lin Yuan cocked her head and jokingly asked, "Then what? Did you go back?"

Xia Zheng rolled his eyes, looking at Lin Yuan as if looking at a fool, "If I had gone back, would I still be here? Alright, alright, you guessed right again, indeed I was planning to go back. But just as I turned around, I came back instead. I haven’t seen you for a whole day and night, and since I was already here, I thought I’d come to see you. "

Lin Yuan chuckled, nodding, "So, in your hurry, you didn’t even notice your clothes were torn while passing through the Dog Hole."

"Yeah, I really didn’t notice," Xia Zheng nodded subconsciously, then immediately snapped back to reality and denied, "What Dog Hole? I don’t understand what you mean.

No, no, how could I, being so heroic and mighty, crawl through a Dog Hole?

The Dog Hole was prepared for Dong Qing.

You know Dong Qing, that fool – having neither martial arts skills nor shrewdness, he only shines when eating. "