Her father had been carefully cultivating her since she was a child, just to marry her into a good family.

  She has also been following her father's expectations all along. When she was 14 years old, Wei Jie was the best candidate for a husband in terms of family background and personal conditions that she had ever seen. Although she had always thought that she was not inferior to any other young lady in terms of talent, beauty, education, and upbringing, after all, her family background was inferior to others. From the moment she met Wei Jie, she told herself that she would never let him go easily.

  No one knows how much she yearns to be able to repay Xie Rong with her own strength, even if it means using marriage as a means.

  But who would have thought that halfway through, another Wan Yutou appeared!

  She pursed her lips and looked at Wei Xiao who was still standing under the corridor.

  It's late at night, and people are quiet. It's the right time for a pair of mandarin ducks to whisper to each other in private. If any man and woman appear together in this secluded arbor, they can't help but feel that it's against etiquette. Since Xie Wan has abandoned Wei Cen here alone and slipped away, it can be seen that she has seen through Xie Qi's conspiracy and is unwilling to let Xie Qi grasp the handle.

  This handle can get people into trouble, but for her, having a private affair with Wei Qian is really not a bad thing.

  Thinking of this, her heart tightened involuntarily.

  For over a decade she had received an orthodox women's education and her upbringing did not allow for such thoughts.

  But if you miss this village, it's really hard to wait for this store again.

  Xie Qi was well-prepared, even if Xie Wan escaped today, tomorrow she would come up with another plan to wait for Wei Xiao and her to fall into the net. But by tomorrow, would she have such a good opportunity to run into them again?

  She clutched the artificial hill stone with her five fingers, and her chest heaved even more.

  From Wei Qian to now, it's been a short while. If Xie Wan hadn't left, by this time, Wei Qian should have asked her some questions and comforted her. According to common sense, someone should come over soon to take responsibility for "bumping into" them. Whether to do it or not, she must make up her mind as soon as possible.

  "It was just a false alarm — but it's all good!"

  At this time, Wei Jiong had already come back to his senses from his daze, and with a faintly bright smile on his face, he slowly walked down the stone steps. This satisfied smile seemed to be expressing his attitude towards the results of this trip, and even his footsteps became so light.

  Xie Wei's heart skipped a beat and her feet involuntarily moved forward. "Wei Gongzi."

  Wei Xiao was lost in his own thoughts when he suddenly saw Xie Wei appear before him, and he couldn't help but be taken aback. He also asked: "Big sister, why haven't you gone to sleep yet?"

  Xie Wei supported her forehead and said: "I came over to find San Mei, but couldn't find her anywhere. Just now, I scratched my skin a bit by the fake hill."

  Wei Xiao heard her say she came to find Xie Wan, and immediately felt guilty, dodging the question: "What's wrong?"

  Xie Wei lowered her head and took a look at her arm, saying: "It's nothing, just scraped my elbow."

  Since it was an injury under his clothes, Wei Jie naturally didn't dare look. He just fell silent and didn't speak.

  Xie Wei pointed behind him and said: "Can Master Wei accompany me inside for a sit?"

  Wei Xiao unconsciously felt that it wasn't right, but when he looked behind her, there were no maids following. At this time, if he left and left her alone here, it would not be the behavior of a gentleman. Thinking again about her usual generosity and straightforwardness, not being a petty person, he smiled slightly and extended his hand to invite her to go first.

  Two people sat inside the house. The water in the kettle on the purple copper stove was still bubbling up.

  Xie Wei saw this and said: "I don't know who is brewing tea here. Smelling the fragrance of tea, appreciating the beauty of the moon, it's a great elegant pleasure."

  Wei Xiao sat opposite her, smiling silently, his hands clasped on his knees, looking more serious than usual.

  Xie Wei's cheeks flew up with a wisp of smoke, but in an instant, she picked up the two clean cups that had been placed on the table, clamped them in bamboo clips and washed them in boiling water, then poured a new pot of tea from the tea leaves on the table.

  Two people sat silently opposite each other, yet there was also a hint of a sense of dependence on each other like in a moonlit night.

  After a while, the tea was ready, Xie Wei picked up the teacup and handed it to Wei Xiao.

  Wei Xiao stretched out his hand to receive it, but the cup suddenly tilted and the full cup of tea poured all over Xie Wei's body!

  Xie Wei let out a cry of surprise and stood up, but her foot was suddenly caught by the chair leg and she fell to the ground. Wei Cai hurried over to help her up: "What's wrong?"

  "Who is inside?"

  Just then, a string of footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, and immediately afterwards, Xie Qi and Ren Yun led a group of four or five people to stand at the door.

  Xie Wei fell to the ground, her chest and clothes already soaked through. She looked at Xie Qi, Ren Yu, and a large group of servants who suddenly appeared at the door. Her heart was also somewhat panicked. She thought that Xie Qi would at most bring some maidservants over, so even if she and Wei Xiao were "caught" by her here, it wouldn't be a big deal. But now, in front of Ren Yu and so many servants, what should she do?

  Xie Wei's heart was racing, but because she had fallen under the table, the table blocked her face and concealed her expression. She unconsciously shifted into the shadows, while Wei Xiao held onto her wrist with one hand and still supported her shoulder with the other, his upper body leaning forward, his astonished face facing the door. The two people's posture looked extremely ambiguous.

  "Third Brother, look! I just left for a moment, and Third Sister is already whispering with Wei Gongzi here!"

  Xie Qi's blood was boiling as he watched this scene, like a fierce rooster, pointing at the pair on the ground while shouting loudly at Ren Yu: "You still say she understands etiquette and has good breeding! Look at this, this is her upbringing, her etiquette! It's completely disgracing our Xie family!"

  Ren You stared blankly at the person lying in the shadow, although he couldn't see her face clearly, but it was undoubtedly Xie Wan who had come here to drink tea with Xie Qi. Now that she was wet and lying on Wei Xiao's chest, did anything else need to be said?

  Ren Shuai only felt that the words Xie Wan said to her that day were nothing compared to this scene, which was like a hand directly piercing his chest and pulling out his heart! Compared to this, what did those words amount to? It wasn't until now that he truly felt disheartened.

  "Brother Yun, why aren't you talking!"

  Xie Qi saw him standing still and unmoved, and his heart was somewhat anxious. Seeing that Wei Cui had already stood up, he turned back and said, "I told you long ago, the old saying is good - a widow's daughter should not be married. You didn't listen, now look at this. Is this something I made up? It's what you saw with your own eyes. Do you still want to get stuck in a dead end and not come out? If Madame Ren knew, she wouldn't agree either!"

  Ren Yun remained silent, his personality destined to not say anything at this time, but his gradually cooling gaze clearly showed his disappointment and disdain.

  The Ren family has always been good at analyzing situations.

  Behind the curtain of the tea house, Xie Wan silently sneered.

  Wei Xiao and Xie Wei both thought she had left, but didn't know that she turned back and slipped in from the other side of the open door.

  Xie Qi had dug such a big hole for her to jump into, she couldn't help but hide and watch the outcome before deciding what to do next. But Xie Wei's appearance was truly beyond her expectations. Especially with his later behavior, it seemed like the whole thing was just a well-rehearsed play.

  It remains to be seen how the two of them will end up.

  At the front door of the teahouse, Ren Yun had already turned his head and was about to leave.

  Wei Xiao suddenly spoke up and said: "Lord Ren, please stay your step!"

  Ren Yun stepped back and slowly turned around, "Third sister and Wei Gongzi are in the midst of a pleasant gathering, I'm afraid I've intruded, please forgive me."

  Wei Xiao sneered. Suddenly pointing at Xie Wei on the ground, he said: "Take a closer look, who is she?!"

  Ren Yun clenched his teeth and lifted his head, Xie Wei had already been pulled up by Wei Cuo and was standing behind the table with a pale face.

  The big girl in the mansion. Who wouldn't know her!

  When the servants present discovered that the person who had just fallen to the ground in such an unseemly manner was actually Xie Wei, whom they regarded as a princess, everyone in the room was stunned. Xie Qi couldn't even utter a single word.

  "What? How can it be Big Sister San and Third Young Master?"

  She rushed into the house reluctantly. Looking around, but the tea room was originally very empty. Where can a person hide, Xie Qi looked around and slowly lowered his hands.

  Xie Wan had actually turned into Xie Wei, she had clearly arranged everything, how did she manage to escape!

  What about Ren Yu now?

  She suddenly turned around, and in front of her, Ren Yun Zhang was standing there with his mouth agape, where there used to be disappointment and disdain in his eyes, but now it had completely changed into extreme surprise and incredulity.

  "Brother Jun!"

  She cried out in a hoarse voice.

  Ren Yun suddenly came back to his senses, his face flushed as he cleared his throat. In the blink of an eye, he quickly lifted his head and bowed his fist to Wei Cuo: "It was a misunderstanding, I'm really sorry."

  " Misunderstanding?"

  "Wei Cang hummed, 'This isn't a misunderstanding. Just now, if you had only taken one step forward, you would have seen the truth. But instead, you believed others' slander. This is because deep down, you also thought that Sanmei was this kind of person! You often call her 'third sister', but in reality, you don't even look up to her!'"

  "No, it's not!"

  His face turned white and he hastily waved his hand in denial.

  But what's the use of saying more now? Wei Xiao's words made him unable to refute, he had just believed Xie Qi's words without even going forward to see the truth. Just because of this step, he lost miserably in front of Wei Xiao. Even if there was no private relationship or improper behavior between them, he would not have the opportunity to regain a little possibility in front of Xie Zhuang.

  "Brother Jun! What's wrong?"

  Xie Qi looked at him sweating profusely and was startled, hastily supporting him from the side.

  Ren Yunyi pushed her away with a flick of his hand, and she stumbled out of the gate.

  "Brother Jun!"

  Xie Qi stomped his foot and shouted loudly, chasing after him in a flurry of footsteps.

  The group of servants who were originally standing at the door had now dwindled to just two or three, and those people had already hurried back to their respective masters to report without anyone noticing. The matter of Xie Wei and Wei Cai in the tea room would inevitably not be hidden, and this matter stirred up by Xie Qi would absolutely not be silenced.

  Concerning the reputation of the Xie family, Xie Qigong has never been careless.

  What's more, there's this kind of shameful thing happening right now? Today, even if Xie Qi and the others had come a step earlier or later, it wouldn't have mattered, as long as everyone saw that there were only Xie Wei and Wei Cai in the tea room. A lone man and woman meeting secretly in the quiet study of the rear garden is not something that can be tolerated. And Xie Wei is the eldest daughter of the mansion, while Wei Cai is an uninvited noble son, it's clear which side the mansion will lean towards.

  Xie Qi's attempt to harm Xie Wan failed, but Wei Jia still fell into the mud because of it.

  Xie Wei's move was indeed a big bet.

  Xie Wan furrowed her brow and gazed at the tea room, which had returned to its usual tranquility. She couldn't help but sink into contemplation as she looked at the mess before her eyes.

  Ps: Thank you to Xiaodao Junzhu for the peace charm, thank you ~~~Thank you to Ye Gui, Sui Han Chun Xiao Tuo Ge Xing, Cao Xianke for the pink votes~~~