"Xie Jiang! Xie Jiang, stop right there!"
Meng Junyu found Xie Jiang in the garden.
Xie Jiang was preparing to go back to sleep, to avoid further harassment.
Meng Junyu rushed to Xie Jiang, blocking her path, "Where did you hide my sister? What do you want? My sister didn't offend you this time, did she?"
Le Anzhen had vanished in the blink of an eye.
He had repeatedly searched the area where Le An had disappeared. The place was small, and Le An couldn't have suddenly changed her route.
Le An had gone specifically to see Song Ze.
No matter what had suddenly happened in such a short time, it couldn't possibly be more important to Le An than Song Ze.
Le An would never disappear without a word.
At that time, only Song Ze and Xie Jiang were present.
In the past, Le An had never encountered any trouble when visiting Song Ze.
Last time, Xie Jiang had made a move against Le An! This time, Le An disappeared, and Xie Jiang was coincidentally there! If not Xie Jiang, then who else could it be!
Xie Jiang looked at him, "Are you sick?"
Meng Junyu's face turned red, his neck bulging as he furiously cursed, "You're the one who's sick! Why did you do anything to Le An! How did Le An offend you!"
Xie Jiang calmly replied, "Evidence. You say I did something to your sister, so produce the evidence. Without evidence, if you bark nonsense in front of me, killing you would be justified."
"Do I still need evidence? Besides you, who else would do something to my sister? Who else dares to do something to my sister! If it wasn't you, then who else!" Meng Junyu was convinced it was her, "If you don't hand over my sister today, you're not going anywhere!"
"Just because you say it's me, means it's me? Fine, I lost a pig yesterday. I don't need evidence, I think you stole it, so it must be you who stole it. Meng Junyu, right? Hurry up and hand over my pig! If you don't hand over my pig today, I'll kill you!"
Meng Junyu's intuition was not wrong, but Xie Jiang was not guilty at all. She was even more aggressive than Meng Junyu, and she completely suppressed him in terms of aura.
Without evidence, this matter had nothing to do with her.
She was too innocent.
To compare his sister to a pig!
To compare the apple of their entire family's eye to a pig!
This was unbearable!
Meng Junyu wanted to pin Xie Jiang to the ground and grind her! There was no point in arguing with someone so stubborn! He would beat her until she couldn't crawl, and then see if her mouth was still so tough!
Unfortunately, thoughts were beautiful, but reality was cruel.
Meng Junyu's martial prowess, which he had always been proud of, was utterly vulnerable before Xie Jiang!
He had always thought that he had been careless last time, and that Xie Jiang had only succeeded in a surprise attack due to his unpreparedness.
Who knew, who knew...
Every move he made seemed to be seen through by Xie Jiang. Xie Jiang already knew what moves he would make, so dismantling them was effortless.
And when Xie Jiang made a move, he had no way to resist!
Xie Jiang stepped on his nape, "Hand over my pig! Otherwise, die here!"
Meng Junyu's face was ground into the dirt, his mouth filled with half sand and half blood.
Everything happened too quickly and unbelievably.
Meng Junyu was stunned by the beating.
After realizing what had happened, Meng Junyu was shocked and angry, and even more so, he wished he could take Xie Jiang down with him!
But Meng Junyu had not completely lost his reason.
Compared to the humiliation before him, his sister was more important, "I don't care what you want to do, but you are not allowed to harm my sister, do you hear me!"
"If my sister loses even a single strand of hair, I will not let you go! Our Yongjia Marquisate and the Meng clan will not let you go! Also, my mother's surname is Xia! My mother is Princess Qingyuan!"
"I don't care who your mother is. Just die here properly." Xie Jiang stomped her foot, grinding Meng Junyu's face, which was already bloody. With a flick of her toe, Meng Junyu rolled into the flower bushes.
Xie Jiang yawned, put her hands behind her back, and swaggered away. When she reached the back gate of Chunse Manyuan, she suddenly crouched down and picked up two pebbles.
After two clinks, two screams rang out simultaneously.
"Aowh—It's us! It's us!"
Xu Hengyi, covering his forehead, emerged from the shadows. Beside him, as expected, was Xia Zeshi.
Both of them had tears in their eyes, and they cried out in pain, one more miserably than the other.
"You hit too hard! It hurts so much, it's killing me, ah, my head is spinning now, I feel like I'm bleeding, help me see if I'm bleeding?"
As soon as Xu Hengyi tilted his head over, Xie Jiang slapped him, pressing down on his wound.
"Aowowowow—" Xu Hengyi yelped and ran around in pain, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."
Seeing Xie Jiang looking at him, Xia Zeshi quickly moved away.
"Why are you following me sneakily?"
"How can you call it sneakily! We just wanted to see where you hid Princess Le An."
Xia Zeshi wiped the tears from his eyes and, looking around, lowered his voice.
They had been paying attention to Xie Jiang's movements. They happened to see the scene of Meng Junyu being kicked away from the opposite corridor.
Young Master Xie's life was indeed never dull; there was always new excitement to be had every day.
They had also roughly figured out the whole story. Seeing Xie Jiang walking towards the back garden, wasn't she going to see the detained Princess Le An?
They still remembered her harsh words from that day.
Xie Jiang couldn't be bothered with these two. She exited the back door of Chunse Manyuan, walked a bit to the side, turned a corner, and returned to her own residence.
Xu Hengyi and Xia Zeshi followed closely. After entering the residence, they searched all the places most likely to hold someone.
Finally, they stood before Xie Jiang, "Where is she?"
"Who?"
"Princess Le An, where did you lock her up?"
"Speaking of which, your residence is quite nice. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but inside it's a hidden gem. Meng Junyu probably wouldn't have thought in his wildest dreams that you'd hide someone here."
Kidnapping someone from Chunse Manyuan and bringing them directly to this residence was convenient, fast, and unexpected.
Xu Hengyi was almost certain that the person was hidden here.
"Did you not see the consequences of slandering me just now?" Xie Jiang crossed her legs, her posture lazy yet domineering.
"How can it be slander? Isn't Princess Le An here with you?"
Xie Jiang retorted, "Did you find the person?"
"She's really not here? Then where did she go?" The two exchanged glances, both somewhat bewildered.
Aunt He brought tea over. Seeing the redness and swelling on Xu Hengyi and Young Master Xia's foreheads, she exclaimed in surprise, "Did His Highness and Third Young Master Xia collide head-on?"
Walking without looking where you're going?
Xia Zeshi heard this and glanced at the culprit, "Your young master did it." He hit so hard!
"Look at these two lumps, how symmetrical. They are both round and cute. Our young master is truly amazing." Aunt He immediately changed her demeanor, her face filled with pride.
Xia Zeshi: "..."
What the hell is "round and cute"! Xu Hengyi was speechless, "Have you always doted on her like this? Doted on her like this since childhood? No wonder she's so arrogant and self-centered!"
Aunt He was displeased and retracted the teacup she had offered. "What do you mean doting? What's wrong with our young master? What did I say wrong?"