Bai Tianai smiled bitterly. Do you really want to turn things around? You are already decades late!

"Ms. Bai, have I offended you?" Li Xueyue asked in a tearful voice. A second later, she looked like she was about to cry. Her lips trembled in the most harmless way.

Bai Tian loves to raise her eyebrows. Is this the best she can do? “I think you have offended Miss Ning.”

"Give her a gift?" Li Xueyue sniffed, her little shoulders trembling.

Bai Tianai narrowed her eyes. Was she really going to cry? She looked at Li Xueyue so intently that she didn’t realize how misleading this scene seemed to others.

"You are not just giving me gifts, you are also insulting me." Bai Tianai laughed secretly in her heart. This white lotus performance is too fake!

"Insult you?" Li Xueyue blinked, "This is the first time we meet."

"Why would my sister waste her time insulting a nobody?" Li Chenyang sneered. "Look at yourself, Mrs. Bai. You are being unreasonable."

Bai Tianai looked puzzled and retorted: "I just pointed out the mistakes in Li Xueyue's actions."

"What gives you the right to point out her shortcomings?" Li Chenyang thought. "I think you were more offended by what I said, so you decided to vent your anger on others."

Ning Huabing's gaze shifted from Li Chenyang to Li Xueyue.

"We are not as attention-seeking as you are." Li Chenyang said expressionlessly.

"How could I be an attention seeker? I was just protecting my friend." Bai Tian Ai felt that she could also make the same pathetic move that Xue Yue bravely made.

"Why else do you have more accessories than Ning Huabing?" Li Xueyue asked. Her eyes were large and innocent, making her question seem harmless. Bai Tianai wasn't the only one who could play the damsel in distress. She had observed her sister long enough to understand how these games worked. It was fun to play Bai Tianai's tricks with her.

The onlookers looked from Bai Tianai to Li Xueyue. Neither girl's reputation was tarnished. To the public, they were so perfect that it was difficult to choose a side.

"Do you know that you are dragging down Miss Ning's reputation by deliberately mentioning her?" Li Xueyue blinked and said hesitantly in a soft voice.

During the day, she forced herself to smile. "I was just looking out for my friend. You made her uncomfortable, so I had to protect her."

“You use your friends as shields to protect them?” Li Xueyue reached out and covered her mouth. “This is not a good habit.”

"I don't--"

“Xiaohua this, Xiaohua that, if you replace most of the parts in 'Xiaohua', your name will be very suitable.” Li Xueyue tilted her head, like an innocent little rabbit.

Yu Zhen found that he had seriously underestimated this woman. She had many faces, and she knew how to use them perfectly. Innocent. Bold. Shy. She made full use of the potential of her face by playing up the image she wanted to create. As Hu Dengxiao said, a woman who knows her potential is a dangerous woman.

She treated it like a joke. He could see it in the way her brows were kneaded, the soft wrinkles forming on her forehead. She had skilfully sketched a white lotus. A conspirator—that was what she was.

As her words reached the ears of curious onlookers and burrowed into their brains, many of them began to piece two things together.

"Isn't that Viscount Bai's daughter...?"

"The night has just begun and she has already made a woman cry?"

"What do you mean already? I didn't expect Viscount Bai's daughter to be a bully. Look at this poor thing. She looks very unhappy. What happened?"

Bai Tianai dug her fingers deep into her palms and clenched them into fists; Li Xueyue did not miss this action.

"Miss Bai, are you angry with me?"

"No, of course not."

"Then why are you clenching your fists?"

Bai Tianai immediately loosened her fingers. She didn't realize that this was a force of habit. "Ms. Li, what is your purpose?"

Li Xueyue pursed her lips and said innocently: "Give Ning Huabing a gift...?"

"I think your motive is to cause a commotion."

"I'm just here to give you a present."

"I don't think—"

"During the day, no one cares what you think." Li Chenyang sneered. "You are the one who started the whole conversation. He said, 'Gifts should be delivered to the table.'" Now you pretend not to know.

He clicked his tongue and said, “I expected better from the Bai people.”

At this moment, Viscount Bai Sheng finally showed up. He walked towards his daughter, put his hand on her shoulder, and warned her. "Something seems to be wrong here?"

Bai Tianai changed her behavior instantly, maintaining the image of a gentle and filial daughter in front of her father. The only problem was that her behavior changed too quickly. Her voice became higher and a look of grievance appeared on her face.

She sniffed. "Dad, I—"

"Wow, did you see that?"

"this is too scary."

Bai Tianai was stiff all over. She immediately realized her mistake and cursed in her heart.

"Viscount Bai." Li Chenyang greeted happily. "It seems that your daughter is deliberately destroying the reputation of our family."

Seeing the abuser's threats, Li Xueyue felt like her soul had left her body. Two years later, she still can't forget the fear he brought to her. Even on this day, memories of the past flash before her eyes, just like her life when he kept raising his hand at her.

Cold sweat soaked her from head to toe. She couldn’t even register their conversation. Her heart was frozen with fear, and she couldn’t even move to cover his face.

Viscount Bai Sheng almost choked on his saliva. What did this young man just say? He was a few years younger than him, and he dared to give Bai Tianai, the perfect daughter, instructions? !

"It seems this is your motive." Viscount Bai Sheng retorted.

"What good can I gain by tarnishing the reputation of an unknown noble?" Li Chenyang laughed. "Besides, why did you only bring one daughter? I heard that you have another daughter."

Viscount Bai Sheng's originally calm expression turned extremely gloomy. "What do you mean?"

Li Xueyue was so frightened that her whole body tensed up. She didn't expect Li Chenyang to know about this. Did he know... that she was the daughter of Viscount Bai?

"Have you forgotten your second daughter?" Li Chenyang raised his eyebrows, full of anticipation.

When Viscount Bai Sheng's displeased gaze moved away from Li Chenyang and was about to drift towards Li Xueyue, a figure blocked his sight.

Wen Jinkai deliberately moved his body until Li Xueyue was secretly hidden behind his arms.

A hand deftly avoided unnecessary attention and touched her hand. Li Xueyue looked down and saw that it was Wen Jinkai's. He held her hand with his fingers and squeezed it soothingly.

She didn't need him to fight for her. She wasn't that kind of woman. But there were times when she had to swallow her pride, and now was the best time. She couldn't risk looking him in the eyes. If she did, all her confidence and arrogance would disappear like a surface.

"I need to be stronger," was the only thought in her mind.

She thought she needed to become stronger so that she could face Viscount Bai head-on. She needed to become stronger so that she wouldn't have to rely on others. For so many years, she had never relied on anyone, nor had she ever had the comfort of leaning on someone else's shoulder.

"If I wasn't so weak... I would have defended myself." I wouldn't have been a burden to Li Chenyang. Guilt and regret filled her entire heart, making her miserable.

"Excellently?" Li Chenyang smiled dully.

Viscount Bai Sheng laughed. "What are you talking about?"

"Have you forgotten your other daughter?"

Viscount Bai Sheng swallowed his saliva. How did Minister Li Chenyang know about that girl? Only a handful of people knew about Li Xueyue's existence.

“What are you talking about? I have nothing else…” His voice trailed off as he saw his wife’s face turn pale with disbelief. The only problem was that Viscount Mu Yihua wasn’t looking at him. The Viscountess was looking at the back of a girl she had never thought she would see again.

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