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Regarding Miss Han, who was truly timid, Lin Yuan was at a loss for words and chose to ignore her.

Turning to the onlookers, Lin Yuan declared, "Furthermore, if my sister did indeed find Miss Han’s hairpin and failed to produce it, causing all the young ladies present to be implicated, that too would be our family’s fault.

I am willing to compensate everyone present with a set of gold hair ornaments.

I, Lin Yuan, always keep my word and will absolutely not go back on it! "

A set of gold hair ornaments for each person? If it were just compensating Miss Han alone, it would at most cost more than a hundred taels of silver, but a set for everyone present? There must be over twenty people here!

Everyone seemed to see heaps of silver flying before them, though some shrewder individuals immediately retorted, "How much silver would that be? Would Old Master Lin and Madam Lin agree? Surely Miss Lin isn’t just amusing herself at our expense?"

Lin Yuan laughed, "Why would I? It’s just a few thousand taels of silver, after all. There’s absolutely no need to report to my parents, I can produce it myself!"

At these words, everyone was astounded. If Lin Yuan could produce it herself, that meant it was her own private silver! To everyone present, a young unmarried girl who could casually produce thousands of taels of silver was the epitome of wealth!

Yet, there was something even more astonishing.

Rolling her eyes at Cheng Yuexiu, Xiao Linshuang loudly said, "Big sister, there’s no need for you to pay; I have my own money!"

Lin Wei also smirked, breaking away from her usual frail demeanor, and declared loudly, "As the youngest, how can I let you pay? Big sister, even if we were to be searched for that troublesome hairpin, not just one set of hair ornaments per person, I Lin Wei can produce two sets! What’s so difficult about a few thousand taels of silver? "

Xiao He, holding the hands of Lin Wei and Xiao Linshuang, expressed her stance, "Exactly, not to mention you two, even I can easily produce a few hundred taels of silver. Who would need to hide a hairpin worth just over a hundred taels? What a joke!"

Seeing the three sisters standing united in hardship, Lin Yuan secretly rejoiced. After all, the hairpin was not on them, so grand claims were easy to make!

Turning to look at the crowd, who had their mouths agape in shock, Lin Yuan raised her eyebrows, unable to hide the smile tugging at her lips, "How about that? Are you all satisfied now?"

Just as expected, she indeed saw everyone nodding in unison, even the sound of them swallowing was synchronized.

Naturally, Cheng Yuexiu was the most surprised among them. Suddenly, she remembered what had happened that day at Drunken Immortal Tower, no wonder she had felt deceived by them ever since she returned home.

Compared to Cheng Yuexiu and others’ greed, Su Qiuyu was furiously enraged, being able to casually mention such a vast amount of silver.

It seemed that Xia Zheng had given this despicable girl no small amount of silver throughout the past year!

All that should have been hers, as she was to be the future Second Young Lady of the Xia family!

But after being angry, Su Qiuyu felt even more sorrowful. How long had she known Xia Zheng and not once had he given her silver, not even a copper coin?

Yao Hanai was even more infuriated. Although she prided herself on being above mundane desires, she could not stand Lin Yuan’s blatant display of wealth. Yet,

Yan Ruchun, disdainful of the money-grubbing crowd, scoffed and waved her hand at Lin Yuan, "Don’t count me in on this. I have my own silver and can buy it myself!"

Among those present, aside from Lin Yuan, she was the only one who could afford to make such a statement.

After all, both Drunken Immortal Residence and Drunken Immortal Tower were properties of the Yan family, and the Second Prince relied precisely on the Yan family’s substantial wealth to win people’s hearts.

Lin Yuan looked deeply at Yan Ruchun before quickly diverting the subject, addressing Su Qiuyu, Cheng Yuexiu, and Guo Mei, "Since I’ve already said it, I will undoubtedly do it.

However, don’t forget, I mentioned that only if my sister indeed took the hairpin would I proceed as such.

But, if she doesn’t have that hairpin on her, then what should be done? "

Indeed, when Miss Lin mentioned giving everyone headpieces, there were conditions attached.

Those who greedily watched Lin Yuan, their eyes shining, now turned their glowing gazes towards Su Qiuyu and Cheng Yuexiu, hoping that these two would also promise a gold headpiece to each person.

In that case, no matter whose possession the hairpin was in, their visit today would not have been in vain.

However, Su Qiuyu and Cheng Yuexiu certainly did not have the audacity to make such a statement, even though they were already certain that the hairpin was on Xiao Linshuang’s person.

Cheng Yuexiu secretly shrank her neck and looked towards Su Qiuyu, who very coincidentally turned her head away and did not see her.

Cheng Yuexiu quietly cursed under her breath and then looked towards Guo Mei, only to see Guo Mei’s eyes shining as she muttered something to herself.

Curious, she moved closer to listen and was immediately met with a face full of annoyance.

She heard Guo Mei repeating with unprecedented speed, "Gold headpieces, gold headpieces, gold headpieces!"

Su Qiuyu was obviously not bothering with them anymore, and since Guo Mei wasn’t someone who could be relied on, Cheng Yuexiu had no choice but to pluck up her courage and agree, "Fine, as long as the hairpin isn’t found on Miss Lin, I am willing to bow and apologize, to say sorry for my earlier mistake. Now, are you all satisfied?"

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow, "Not satisfied!"

Su Qiuyu pursed her lips, and Cheng Yuexiu glared, "Then what do you want?"

Lin Yuan looked at her fingers and smiled very "agreeably," "I, for one, have no other requirements. No matter who has the hairpin, how you deal with it is your business, not ours. However, if it’s not found on my sister, then I want you, and you, not only to serve tea and admit your error to my sisters but also to bow and greet us respectfully every time you see us. How about that?"

Lin Yuan’s finger pointed one by one at Cheng Yuexiu and Guo Mei, her smile broadening.

Serving tea to admit a mistake was one thing, but to bow and greet them every time they met was another!

Cheng Yuexiu could not contain herself any longer, "Lin Yuan, don’t push your luck! Who do you think you are?"

"I am no one special, but who asked you to falsely accuse my sister?" Lin Yuan shrugged, "Since there was a false accusation, of course, you must apologize."

Before Cheng Yuexiu could rebut, Su Qiuyu had already preemptively agreed on their behalf, "Alright, if it’s not found on Miss Lin, it naturally means Miss Cheng and Miss Guo wrongly accused you, and apologizing to you is only right. Let’s settle the matter this way."

Cheng Yuexiu stared at Su Qiuyu with wide eyes, frantically signaling with her eyes, but Su Qiuyu simply paid her no heed.

Out of frustration, she stomped her foot and fiercely slapped the still-trapped-in-the-gold-headpiece Guo Mei, cursing in sheer vexation.