CHAPTER 442: CHAPTER 154: RETURN TO THE MAIDEN HOME

This series of actions left Xie Ruotong truly dumbfounded at that moment.

She didn’t even react for quite a while, unable to comprehend what had just happened.

Then she saw Song Yanqing, glaring at her with rage, questioning what she had done to Xie Ruilin.

Her eyes flickered.

Her gaze turned towards Xie Ruilin.

She wanted to know too.

What Xie Ruilin was doing now.

Feeling Xie Ruotong’s gaze, Xie Ruilin’s eyes quickly flickered in panic, as if scared to her limits, she clung tightly to Song Yanqing’s hand, trembling as she said, "Yanqing brother, nothing happened between sister and me, you don’t need to be so harsh on sister."

Hearing Xie Ruilin’s words absolving Xie Ruotong, and seeing Xie Ruotong unfazed, Song Yanqing’s anger grew even more apparent.

He helped Xie Ruilin stand up from the ground.

"Xie Ruotong, haven’t I said, isn’t this the Duke Mansion, it certainly cannot tolerate your wild behavior!" Song Yanqing spoke word by word, his cold eyes like icy spikes.

His loathing for her had reached its limit.

At this moment, Xie Ruotong seemed to snap back to reality.

All that had just happened, what Xie Ruilin had done, she half believed she was dreaming it all.

As an assassin, having played so many roles, she had never seen such a thing.

Such a person flipping sides so quickly.

Just a moment ago, she had promised they would each live well.

And now, she had plunged her into such treachery and injustice.

She let out a cold laugh.

It was just her being too naïve.

Sometimes, even Qiao’er could see things more clearly than her.

Her eyes intently fixed on Xie Ruilin, her palm suddenly clenched into a fist.

Inner Strength coursed through her body.

And then concentrated into the center of her palm.

If she just exerted force towards Xie Ruilin.

Xie Ruilin might just spit up blood and die.

But after all.

In the nick of time.

Xie Ruotong held back.

The Inner Strength dispersed, not unleashed.

She said, "Xie Ruilin, it’s me who was naïve."

Xie Ruilin naturally knew what Xie Ruotong was satirizing.

In front of Song Yanqing, she would certainly not admit to anything, pitifully saying, "Sister, I’m sorry for causing trouble between you and brother Yanqing. Yanqing brother, please don’t scold sister anymore, it’s really just a misunderstanding between sister and me, nothing happened, really, nothing at all..."

And with that, she even started crying.

As if fearing that Song Yanqing would truly blame Xie Ruotong, she kept trying to absolve her.

Xie Ruotong could no longer watch.

She really felt that she might lose control and slap Xie Ruilin across the face.

But she knew very well.

If she hit Xie Ruilin at this moment, she would truly fall into Xie Ruilin’s trap.

She wasn’t as foolish as Xie Ruilin thought.

It was just that.

She didn’t want to use the same tactics reserved for outsiders on her own family members.

Nor did she want to become an enemy of her own family.

She had once believed.

Family is most important.

Therefore, she had never thought of harming them.

A myriad of emotions flitted across her eyes.

In the end, she chose to turn around and leave.

From now on, she would no longer take the initiative to reconcile with Xie Ruilin.

From now on, she also didn’t need to constantly concede.

She left.

Song Yanqing’s expression clearly turned ugly.

Xie Ruotong, so arrogant she could leave so nonchalantly after hitting someone, without a trace of guilt or intention to apologize. She really thought that she was still in the Duke Mansion, still the same miss who could do whatever she pleased!

Song Yanqing let go of Xie Ruilin and strode over.

Xie Ruotong was blocked by Song Yanqing at the entrance of the courtyard.

Xie Ruotong looked at Song Yanqing indifferently.

"Xie Ruotong, I’m asking you, what have you done to Xie Ruilin!" Song Yanqing’s voice was cold.

Xie Ruotong didn’t want to entangle anymore.

She was someone who really hated trouble.

Being treated as an assassin before, she got used to resolving things with force whenever possible, never wasting extra words.

"Xie Ruotong!" Song Yanqing’s anger grew as he got no response from her.

Xie Ruotong pursed her lips, looking terribly calm in the face of Song Yanqing’s rage, "As the legitimate wife, educating a misbehaving concubine. What’s the problem with that?"

Song Yanqing’s face darkened.

He had not expected Xie Ruotong to bring up her status.

And as Xie Ruotong said.

Her status did indeed entitle her to scold and punish Xie Ruilin at will.

"Matters of the inner room should remain between us women. I would ask the husband not to overstep," Xie Ruotong emphasized, word by word, as a reminder!

"Xie Ruotong, you’re abusing your power by hitting Lin’er with no reason. As head of the family, I must administer justice. The Song Family is certainly not a place for you to act wilfully. Here, we value propriety!"