"Second Elder, my life is so bitter. Since you are the one in charge of our family, you must uphold justice for me!"

"This crazy woman, I have no idea where she sprang from, suddenly threatened me along the way, saying she’d kill me and those friends of mine who took me back to Dongcui City."

"She truly harbors ill intentions, and it just so happens that shortly after, something indeed happened here!"

Yue Ning recalled that night, the matter was entirely under Yixuan’s control, and none of the other brothers were involved.

However, the incident site wasn’t far from the village where they were staying, and the brothers were neither blind nor deaf, and they all possessed Inner Strength.

As a result, apart from the wife-master whose Inner Strength was slightly lacking, the others were all well aware of what happened that night.

Though no one asked openly, in their hearts they knew their group had narrowly escaped assassination because Yixuan had deployed some people to handle the matter.

Yan Xiyu didn’t expect that as soon as Liang Yuening opened his mouth, he accused her of wrongdoing. She sprang to her feet with a not-so-happy face and said, "Second Elder, to tell the truth! Xi Yu is here to annul the engagement! Someone like Young Master Qin, Xi Yu cannot bear!" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Bowing slightly to the Second Elder, Yan Xiyu continued, "Young Master Qin, although we did have some disputes that day, don’t blame every dirty thing on me!"

She was determined not to admit anything.

The Yan family is powerful, and the Qin family is also significant. Some things can be understood privately but cannot be laid bare, or things will get out of hand.

If there were a conflict over this ’small matter,’ both sides would end up losing, and others would exploit the chaos to benefit.

Yan Xiyu thought the Second Elder was a tactful person, and since he never got along with the ruling Old Lady Qin, he would likely handle this lightly and wouldn’t hold her accountable for a bastard.

But no matter what, Yan Xiyu considered herself not too foolish. She wanted to annul the marriage but, for the sake of her reputation, had to stand on the invincible high ground.

Thus, she lashed out again.

"I’ve heard early on that I have a marriage contract with Young Master Qin. Although my mother greatly wants to arrange this marriage, men in this world value chastity. How often have we seen unmarried men being intimate with other women?"

"Since Young Master Qin’s heart is already with someone else, Xi Yu naturally wishes to fulfill that, lest I spoil what the gentleman loves."

Her words were really blunt, yet the more they listened, the more off they sounded.

Both openly and secretly pointing out one thing: Young Master Qin is indiscreet, unclean, with a decadent private life. As an unmarried man without a marriage contract, he should abide by social norms but instead has ambiguous relations with other women. In short, this is not a good situation.

Yan Xiyu claimed she didn’t want to spoil what the gentleman loves and called this annulment a gracious act, but anyone with common sense could tell that she’s annulling the marriage because she looks down on Young Master Qin, doesn’t care for Young Master Qin, and believes Young Master Qin is unworthy of her.

Yue Ning cast a sideways glance at Yan Xiyu.

"Who are you looking down on? What’s with that sarcastic tone? If you can’t speak properly, you better shut your foul mouth early."

"What did you say!?"

Yan Xiyu immediately widened her eyes.

Yue Ning slowly rose from the bench, looking down at Yan Xiyu with a cold smile.

"What, are you deaf, or dumb? Can’t understand this?"