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Upon reflecting on the prior events, what didn’t Xia Zheng understand? No wonder Lin Yi so easily stole Little White Rabbit away from Lao Fan, and no wonder Lao Fan didn’t make a fuss upon his return.

It turns out, he had already sold him out!

"Damn it!" Xia Zheng cursed in annoyance, cursing Lao Fan fiercely.

Seeing him like this, Su Qiuyu suddenly had tears brimming in her eyes, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably, her voice even choked with sobs to the point that Lin Yuan worried she might choke on her own tears the next second.

"Zheng, Brother Zheng, are you, are you angry? Are you blaming Qiu Yu for not telling you in advance, for sneaking over here? Sob, Brother Zheng, I’m sorry, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have been so willful, I’m sorry, Brother Zheng, can you please not be mad at me?"

At the staircase, Shopkeeper Liu had come to report to Xia Zheng about Su Qiuyu’s matters, but he stood frozen in his tracks, eyes widened, disbelieving the sight of the woman about to faint from crying.

Is this the same proud peacock from before? How, how did she suddenly turn into such a crying mess, really, it’s too heartbreaking.

Seeing her suddenly cry, Xia Zheng scratched his head in irritation.

He wasn’t scolding her, he was scolding Lao Fan, for goodness’ sake!

Ahh, that bastard Su Tianrui, why did he have to tell this girl about his whereabouts!

Even if he told her, why didn’t he come with her, wasn’t he afraid something might happen to her? This is so annoying!

In the Capital city, Su Tianrui suddenly sneezed, counting the days, his little sister should have also arrived in Zhuma Town. Su Tianrui touched his nose, muttering softly: "Xia Zheng, don’t blame me, I had no choice. If you had a sister, you would do the same."

Watching Su Qiuyu crying and collapsing into the arms of a maid, and then looking at Xia Zheng’s mixture of anger and helplessness, Lin Yuan hummed softly and pinched the soft flesh on his waist ruthlessly.

He had just said he would pluck off her rotten peach blossoms, and now, his own peach blossom had come knocking on his door.

Xia Zheng saw the expression in Lin Yuan’s eyes and knew what she was thinking, quickly waving his hands to explain: "It’s not like that, it’s not like that, Yuanyuan, don’t misunderstand!"

Su Qiuyu, who was desperately sobbing, trembled at his words. See, he calls her Qiu Yu, but that despicable little country girl he calls Yuanyuan; isn’t the distinction of intimacy so apparent?

"Sob, Brother Zheng, I’m sorry, I, I shouldn’t have come. I, I’ll just leave."

Seeing Xia Zheng constantly apologizing to that little country girl and completely ignoring her, Su Qiuyu’s heart hardened, and she decided to play her trump card. Grasping Yaner’s hand, she turned to head downstairs.

How could Xia Zheng feel safe about letting her, a young lady, travel alone?

Even if he had no feelings for her, Su Qiuyu was, after all, his good friend Su Tianrui’s sister.

If Su Tianrui found out that his sister had been driven away by him, the overprotective brother would probably broadcast his whereabouts to the entire world!

But if he didn’t let her leave, what if Lin Yuan misunderstood? What should he do?

For the first time, Xia Zheng was so anxious that he was scratching his head and cheeks, not knowing what to do.

In a nondescript room opposite, the door had quietly opened a crack at some point, and two small heads, one black and one white, were squeezed together—one above the other—looking this way.

"Master, master, this sister is crying so sadly, look, she’s about to faint. Shouldn’t we help her?" Xiao Linshuang batted her big eyes. Although she did not like the sister wearing a veil, the constant reminder from her elder sister to maintain a kind heart as a medic made her want to offer help.

Lao Fan tapped the girl’s head and huffed softly: "If you want to court death, go ahead! Didn’t you see that your sister’s face has changed?"