No, he hoped he was wrong. He hoped he was terribly, horribly wrong, as wrong as one could be!
Sheng Yu didn't reply for a long time.
Strangely looking at Sheng Yu and seeing the tangled look on his face, Shen Zhou suddenly felt a sense of unease.
"What's going on? Speak!"
"Tonight, there's an assassination operation in the Suiyu Department. The target - Ye Xi, the prospective Princess of Yu'an."
Inside Zhihong Garden -
"That's all. There's nothing else."
Repeating what she had said to Shen Zhou to Yi Yuan, Ye Xi took the initiative to hold onto Yi Yuan's arm and coaxed the sulking Yi Yuan in a soft voice.
"Um..."
Yi Yuan seemed calm on the surface, but was seething inside -
[He almost let that scoundrel Shen Zhou take advantage of her.]
[Should I find someone to beat him up?]
Ye Xi almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
"According to previous investigations, there is indeed a nunnery in the ancestral home of the Shen family."
Yi Yuan didn't know that Ye Xi had heard all his inner thoughts. He still looked serious on the surface.
"But if you're Yingying, why were you in the nunnery? And why did you meet Shen Zhou?"
Judging from what Shen Zhou said, that Miss Yingying must be very important to him. The unique past between them seemed to be their own little secret.
It was really annoying just thinking about it.
Glancing at Ye Xi beside him, who was looking at him with a half - smile and bright eyes, Yi Yuan reached out domineeringly, pulled Ye Xi into his arms and kissed her fiercely.
Before Ye Xi could say a single word, her body and mind were completely occupied by Yi Yuan -
[I'm so angry. I'm angry just thinking that Shen Zhou might have met you first.]
[No matter what, Xiaoxi can only be my Xiaoxi. Shen Zhou isn't even allowed to think about it!]
The sweet scent of Ye Xi filled Yi Yuan's whole body and seeped into his heart. It made him unable to control his hands at all. He slid his hands along Ye Xi's slender waist.
His warm palm touched her delicate and smooth skin, making both of them tremble.
"Sister Xi, Sister Xi..."
Yi Yaofeng's clear and childish voice suddenly sounded outside the door, scaring Ye Xi in the room. Her face instantly turned red and she bounced away.
Yi Yuan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He flashed over and slammed the door that Yi Yaofeng had just pushed open shut.
Yi Yaofeng, who was confused:?
"Uncle Yuan!"
The poor little prince shouted angrily:
"I came to find Sister Xi! Why did you lock me out? What were you and Sister Xi doing inside..."
The door was suddenly opened. Yi Yaofeng, who hadn't finished speaking, was grabbed by Yi Yuan and pulled inside.
Sai Xing, Ling Yan, Mian Xiao and Lin An, who had deliberately stayed far away, stared at each other.
Mian Xiao: Well done, worthy of being the little prince. He really knows how to pick the right time.
Sai Xing: Um... wasn't anyone watching the little prince?
Ling Yan: Mm... we forgot about him.
Lin An: Should we use safflower oil or bruise - treating wine later...
Yi Yaofeng, who was pulled into the room, only knew that he had been unfairly locked out by Yi Yuan. He immediately threw himself at Ye Xi's leg and started complaining:
"Sister Xi, Uncle Yuan bullied me. You saw it. He was so fierce and locked me out. Wuwu..."
"Don't call her Sister Xi," Ye Xi's face was still red. Before she could speak, Yi Yuan interrupted her:
"I've told you many times. Call her Auntie."
"I won't listen, I won't listen..."
Yi Yaofeng shook his head like a rattle:
"I made a mistake before, but I can't call her wrongly now. Someone as beautiful and kind as Sister Xi is a sister, not an auntie."
Seeing the stubbornness of the uncle and nephew, Ye Xi quickly stepped in to smooth things over:
"Alright, alright. It's just a title. He's just a child. Let him call her whatever he likes."
Then she quickly changed the topic:
"Yaofeng, what did you come to find Sister Xi for?"
" Oh, right!"
Yi Yaofeng suddenly remembered that he had come to report his achievements.
"It's all Uncle Yuan's fault. He locked me out and I almost forgot."
He glared angrily at Yi Yuan. Then he turned to Ye Xi and his eyes curved into a smile:
"Sister Xi, didn't you ask Yan Gui to take me secretly to find Sister Lian Yi? When we got there, we happened to see Fatty Luo bullying her."
"Sister Xi, you don't know," Yi Yaofeng clenched his small fists angrily. "That little fatty actually asked Sister Lian Yi to get on all fours and let him ride her like a horse! He also kept saying that his evil grandmother secretly bought a big bowl of cold yuanzi for Sister Lian Yi but not for him, and he wanted to teach Sister Lian Yi a lesson."
"I was so angry... He's so fat and Sister Lian Yi is so thin. When he sat on her, he knocked Sister Lian Yi down. Her elbows were scraped and bleeding!"
Ye Xi and Yi Yuan were both shocked. They had expected that Lian Yi's life was tough, but they didn't expect it to be this bad.
"What happened then? Did you do as Sister Xi told you?"
Ye Xi quickly asked.
"I did."
Yi Yaofeng looked extremely proud. He blinked his big eyes and looked at Ye Xi adoringly:
"I did as Sister Xi said. I asked Yan Xuan to put me on the wall. I held a bigger bowl of cold yuanzi than last time and called Fatty Luo out secretly to eat. Sister Xi, you're so amazing. He really came, and Sister Lian Yi was really afraid that something would happen to him and came out with him."
"Then I said to him just like Sister Xi told me: There's only one bowl of cold yuanzi. We three will share it equally. That Fatty Luo was really unwilling. He just wanted to eat it all by himself. He even came up and wanted to hit me. So I pretended to be no match for him. And Sister Lian Yi really came up to help me..."
Yi Yaofeng laughed happily:
"Fatty Luo said it was the first time he had seen Sister Lian Yi so fierce. Then as soon as Sister Lian Yi helped me, I beat him. As soon as I stopped, I pretended to be no match for him. Haha..."
Seeing Yi Yaofeng's smug look, Ye Xi and Yi Yuan exchanged a tacit smile.
People who have been bullied for a long time and only know how to endure blindly have to first learn to resist bullying themselves. They need to know that constant retreat will only make the bullies more aggressive. Only then can they stand up and truly protect themselves.
And Yi Yaofeng's little mouth kept going:
"Later, when Fatty Luo realized he couldn't get the upper hand, he was going to go and complain angrily. Then Sister Lian Yi made some gestures and he seemed a bit scared. He cursed a few times and deliberately knocked over my cold yuanzi and ran away. Humph - If there's a next time, I'll definitely pour it on his head!"
Looking at Yi Yaofeng's high - spirited look, although Ye Xi was glad that Yi Yaofeng would surely not be the kind of person who would let others bully him in the future, she was also afraid that he would develop a temper of using violence to solve problems. So she looked serious and said:
"Good, Yaofeng did a great job. But Yaofeng must also remember that only brats like Luo Linrui can act like this. For other people, whether they're adults or children, you have to judge according to the situation. You can't just start hitting people casually at the slightest conflict."
"I know," Yi Yaofeng patted his little chest. "Sister Xi, didn't you say it before? If others hit me, I'll hit back. If others scold me, I'll scold back. If I can't beat them, I'll call for help. It's not embarrassing."
"Heh -"
Yi Yuan sneered: "If you can't beat them and it's emba..."
Then he saw Ye Xi smiling at him. He quickly changed his words:
"What's embarrassing? Life is the most important thing. Well, Yaofeng is old enough now. The difficulty of those martial arts training can be increased a bit. Starting tomorrow, he'll follow..."
"My Lord, Miss Ye."
Ling Yan's voice outside the door interrupted Yi Yuan's subsequent words:
"Miss Jiang is in trouble."