"Sister-in-law!"

Pei Yunxi's eyes lit up instantly when she saw Shen Nanchu roll down the car window.

The hostile tension from earlier vanished without a trace, just like an aggrieved child finally seeing a parent who could stand up for them.

With a click, the car door opened, and Shen Nanchu hopped out of the driver's seat with swift agility.

Wearing a well-fitted khaki utility jacket, she stood tall and straight, moving with an indescribable crispness.

Almost at the same time, the door on the other side opened, and Pei Yunzhou quickly got out as well.

Without a word, he jogged over to Pei Yunxi and began loading her bags and parcels into the car.

The rest was left to the women.

Shen Nanchu took unhurried steps, walking straight toward Qin Zhen, who was still sitting on the ground looking disheveled, and Zhao Jing, who was clutching his ankle with a pale face.

She stood still. Her height advantage, combined with the powerful aura she naturally exuded, created an oppressive sense of looking down from above.

Her gaze lightly swept over Zhao Jing, whose face was filled with pain and embarrassment, before landing on Qin Zhen, whose face still bore tear stains and resentment.

"Third Sister, are they bullying you?"

Shen Nanchu's voice was calm and unruffled, betraying neither joy nor anger, yet it carried a power that made people's hearts clench.

"Yes, yes, yes, Sister-in-law!"

Pei Yunxi, who had just been sharp-tongued and incredibly combative, immediately put on a pitiful expression.

She nodded vigorously, pointing at Qin Zhen to complain. "She was badmouthing me and making up rumors about you! She said awful things! And Zhao Jing tried to help her, he almost pushed me!" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Her ability to twist the truth and shift the blame was perfected to an art form, and she didn't even blush.

This... this was simply the guilty party pointing the finger first!

Qin Zhen trembled with anger, feeling like her lungs would explode. She pointed at Pei Yunxi, stuttering "You... you..." for a long time, unable to form an effective verbal counterattack.

Shen Nanchu just stood there, watching her with calm eyes, making Qin Zhen feel as if she were being stared down by a fierce beast, sending a chill down her spine.

Meanwhile, Zhao Jing was somewhat stunned.

His gaze was involuntarily drawn to Shen Nanchu.

Originally, he thought Pei Yunxi's bright and lively beauty was top-tier, but he never expected the woman she called "Sister-in-law" to possess a completely different kind of charm.

Her beauty was more mature, carrying a careless languor, but the sharpness in her eyes and her crisp, valiant aura blended together to create an incredibly striking allure.

It made his heart race uncontrollably for a moment, almost making him forget the pain in his ankle.

This... this was exactly the image of his perfect woman!

Shen Nanchu's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

She looked at the two people on the ground—one too angry to speak, the other staring at her in a daze—and found it somewhat amusing.

Could these two, with such obviously weak combat power, really bully her little chili pepper of a sister-in-law?

She turned to look at Pei Yunxi, who was still trying hard to act pitiful, with a knowing and helpless look in her eyes.

"Naughty!"

There wasn't much blame in her tone; instead, it carried a hint of indulgence.

"Hehe!"

Seeing that her sister-in-law had seen through her little trick, Pei Yunxi stopped pretending. She wrinkled her nose smugly, smiling like a cat that had successfully stolen a fish.

Shen Nanchu shook her head, feeling that this farce should end. She turned around, preparing to call her younger siblings into the car to leave.

Just then,

"Wait, wait a minute! Hello, comrade!"

Zhao Jing finally came back to his senses. Enduring the pain in his foot, he struggled to stand up.

"We are Pei Yunxi's classmates. Just now... there might have been a bit of a misunderstanding."

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Hearing this, Shen Nanchu paused her steps, raised an eyebrow slightly, and turned around. She looked at Zhao Jing with a scrutinizing gaze, as if wanting to hear what else he had to say.

Before Shen Nanchu could open her mouth to speak, Pei Yunxi, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, instantly ruffled her feathers and spoke first. Her words were like a rapid-fire cannon, venomous and sharp.

"Zhao Jing, what's wrong? Isn't having Qin Zhen enough for you? You failed to hit on me, and now you're setting your sights on my sister-in-law?"

"Aren't you being a bit too greedy? Eating from your bowl while staring at the pot. Why don't you take a look at yourself—do you even deserve her?"

"Pei Yunxi, what nonsense are you talking about?!"

Zhao Jing's fleeting, hidden thoughts were mercilessly punctured by these ruthless words.

His face instantly turned pale and green. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to hide in. He wanted to retort but felt too guilty and lacked the confidence to know where to begin.

On the contrary, Qin Zhen, hearing Pei Yunxi's words and seeing Zhao Jing's flustered expression as if his inner thoughts had been exposed, felt a surge of furious rage rush to her head.

She hated Pei Yunxi for her lack of a filter, but she hated Zhao Jing even more for actually looking at Shen Nanchu with such stunned admiration.

It was all their fault!

Qin Zhen suddenly scrambled up from the ground, not even bothering to dust herself off, and shrilly defended Zhao Jing while not forgetting to belittle Shen Nanchu.

"Pei Yunxi, stop spitting venom! Big Brother Zhao is not that kind of person!"

"Do you think everyone is like you... like your family? Hmph, maybe some people just rely on their good looks to attract bees and butterflies everywhere!"

She didn't dare directly point at Shen Nanchu to scold her, but her suggestive gaze clearly landed on her.

When Pei Yunxi heard this, how could she let it go?

Daring to make insinuations and slander her most respected sister-in-law right to her face?

She exploded instantly, firing on all cylinders, and started arguing with Qin Zhen all over again.

This time was even more intense than the argument they had at the dorm entrance.

Pei Yunxi had a rich vocabulary and clear logic, deliberately poking at Qin Zhen's sore spots.

She scolded Qin Zhen so badly that the latter had no way to parry, only able to repeatedly mutter pale and weak phrases like "You're talking nonsense" and "You're insolent."

Shen Nanchu stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Pei Yunzhou, who had returned after storing the luggage. Neither of them had any intention of stepping in to stop it; they just watched leisurely as Pei Yunxi delivered a one-sided verbal beatdown.

Pei Yunzhou even whispered to his sister-in-law,

"With a mouth like Third Sister's, I bet she's offended plenty of people at Beijing Medical University, but she's probably won plenty of arguments too!"

"Seeing that she's still this fierce, I can rest easy."

The corners of Shen Nanchu's mouth curved slightly as she nodded.

There was truly no suspense in this argument; it was completely one-sided.

She waited patiently until Pei Yunxi seemed to have scolded to her heart's content and fully asserted her dominance, before unhurriedly stepping forward again.

She looked at the flushed and panting Qin Zhen. Her tone was flat but carried an unquestionable interrogative edge.

"Your name is Qin Zhen?"

Shen Nanchu paused, as if recalling something, and then said in realization,

"What is your relationship with Qin Rong?"

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