Ming Xiujin was infuriated by Ming Zheng's reaction.
What was she doing?
Pretending not to know him?
Did she think that by pretending not to know him, she could escape responsibility for what she had done to the Ming family and to Rou'er?
Fueled by rage, Ming Xiujin released Ming Zhirou's hand and lunged at Ming Zheng.
His five fingers clenched into a fist, and in his fury, he slammed it towards Ming Zheng's head.
"Third Brother, no!"
Ming Zhirou feigned a startled cry and stepped forward, attempting to restrain Ming Xiujin. "Third Brother, Sister is just an ordinary person. Even if she deliberately played a trick on me with the Imperial Capital Academy's admission notice and deliberately embarrassed me at the academy, it's all my fault..."
As she spoke, her delicate voice took on a choked tone.
Paired with her pitifully beautiful face,
It drew the attention of the students passing by, as well as the parents bringing their children to the academy.
Among them were students who had witnessed the entire spectacle at the competition grounds.
Upon hearing Ming Zhirou's words,
They, who had been mocking the Ming family's disgrace that day, suddenly understood.
Instantly, their gossiping tongues turned towards Ming Zheng.
No wonder the Ming family had inexplicably come to the Imperial Capital Academy to cause trouble.
It turned out their good-for-nothing eldest daughter was jealous of her sister, who could cultivate, and had deliberately produced a "fake certificate" to trick her talented sister!
Looking at Ming Zhirou's soft and delicate demeanor,
And then at the waste of a young lady, dressed in black and not daring to show her face.
With this contrast,
The crowd would naturally believe the pitiful little sister, who was kind and gentle, and who pleaded on behalf of the good-for-nothing eldest daughter, even when being bullied by her.
Moreover,
Look at how indignant the Ming family's third young master was, ready to settle scores with the good-for-nothing eldest daughter.
And then look at the Ming family's parents, holding onto Ming Zhirou, preventing her from stopping the Ming family's third young master.
Right and wrong were already clear.
At this moment.
Inside the Imperial Capital Academy, a man in white clothes and black pants stood before a railing carved with exquisite totems, on top of an elegant European-style building.
The sunlight fell upon him, accentuating his slender figure, like a bamboo shoot, and his noble bearing, like jade and orchids.
A few strands of dark, messy hair fell casually onto his forehead. His deep, ink-like eyes seemed to pierce through mountains and rivers, settling on the main entrance of the Imperial Capital Academy.
From this angle, everything could be seen clearly.
Behind him, a young man wearing a white t-shirt and sporting silver-grey hair suddenly widened his eyes, staring at the slender figure shrouded in darkness at the school entrance.
"Chi, Chi, Chi Brother! Isn't that the Ming family's true daughter? Isn't that the Ming family's true daughter who saved you?!"
He placed his hands on the railing, leaning out more than halfway.
Standing on the other side, a young man wearing the same black t-shirt as the first young man grabbed the silver-grey-haired youth by the collar of his shirt and pulled him back.
"Si Lin," the black-shirted young man said coldly, with a hint of warning in his voice.
The silver-grey-haired youth pouted, but under his brother Si Qi's death stare, he obediently withdrew his head, only muttering softly, "I just saw the girl who saved Brother Chi, and I got a little excited! After all, we just finished investigating her information last night, and today we're seeing her in person!"
After bringing Brother Chi back home from that girl's place last night,
As qualified guards,
They naturally had to thoroughly investigate the young lady's identity to ensure Brother Chi's safety.
Si Qi shot Si Lin a cold glance, successfully silencing him.
He then raised his head and looked at Chi Xian. "Ming Zheng, nineteen years old, the Ming family's true daughter who was lost. She was brought back to the Ming family a year ago. She previously attended Ou Sheng Academy and was expelled from Ou Sheng Academy this morning."
He then swept his dark, deep eyes lightly in Ming Zheng's direction. "This Ming Zheng is a bit strange. Apart from the past year in the Ming family, all information from before a year ago cannot be found."
"It's as if... she appeared out of thin air."
Chi Xian's calm, ink-black eyes showed no surprise.
The fact that she could take him away safely from under the noses of a squad of B-class martial artists without them noticing,
Had already proven that she was definitely not simple.
However... someone whom even the Chi family's dark web couldn't investigate.
This was rather interesting.
"Brother Chi, Brother Chi, Brother Chi!" Si Lin pushed his brother aside and crowded in front of Chi Xian. "According to the information we investigated, after Miss Ming, the true daughter, was brought back to the Ming family, she never received the treatment of a Ming family daughter."
"Speaking of which, the entire Ming family is a bunch of oddballs. They don't cherish their biological daughter who they finally found, and instead treasure the fake daughter who usurped their nest."
Si Lin pouted and pointed towards the school entrance. "That fake daughter looks like a white lotus! How can the Ming family not see it."
"Look, now the Ming family is once again abusing the true daughter for the fake daughter. This kind of melodramatic plot has been written to death in novels!"
As Si Lin spoke, he rolled up his non-existent sleeves. "She's Brother Chi's benefactor, after all. I'll go help her!"
"No need."
Chi Xian's deep, fathomless ink-black eyes fell upon the girl's slender figure, his brows and eyes exuding noble laziness.
His lips, thin and crimson, pursed slightly, forming a shallow curve of a smile. "She can handle it."
She was delicate and petite, her small body seemingly without any strength.
Standing there,
Facing the punch Ming Xiujin threw in his rage.
The surrounding aura was as calm as still water.
Not the slightest ripple.
As if... she hadn't even taken Ming Xiujin seriously.
Si Lin found it hard to believe. "She's an ordinary person. How can she take a punch from a martial artist?"
However...
In the next second.
They saw Ming Xiujin, who had been furiously throwing a punch at Ming Zheng, stop his fist when it was only a fist's distance from Ming Zheng's face!
The force of the punch stirred Ming Zheng's seaweed-like black hair,
Revealing half of her exquisitely chiseled and cold features, and a pair of lips as red as a charm.
Ordinary people might not be able to tell.
They might think that Ming Xiujin had a sudden change of heart and stopped his hand, remembering that she was his own sister.
But, most of the people around were students from the Imperial Capital Academy, or at least had the cultivation of a D-class martial artist.
How could they not see...
That Ming Xiujin was paralyzed by Ming Zheng's gaze!
Yes.
Scared.
The moment Ming Zheng raised her head slightly, beneath her black baseball cap, a pair of eyes as deep as cold stars was revealed.
A sliver of peerless sharpness in her eyebrows was cold and alluring.
It was as if cold, large hands had reached out, entangling Ming Xiujin's limbs, entwining his internal organs.
Making him unable to move.
Making his body and mind tremble uncontrollably with fear and pain.
Ming Zheng gazed at him quietly and serenely.
Her crimson lips curved in a smile that was both mocking and sarcastic. "What? Haven't you had enough of me beating you yet?"