Chapter 179: From Now On, Don’t Meddle In My Affairs Anymore
“Trash!” Lin Xin snorted coldly, “whoosh” retracted her long sword, and looked at Mo Zichen mockingly: “With your cowardly appearance, how exactly do you have the face to compete with Zi Yuan for the Heir’s position!”
“You!” Mo Zichen had been pampered by Mo Qilang and Qi Shi since birth, plus with Mo Ziyuan as a contrast, he always had a strong sense of superiority, and from the time he was sensible, Qi Shi had always told him that his father would definitely find an opportunity to depose Mo Ziyuan’s Heir’s position and establish him as the Heir instead, so he had always considered this Heir’s position as something in his pocket.
However, today, Lin Xin plainly told him that he didn’t deserve to compete for this position at all, and most importantly, the person saying this to him was a woman with stunning beauty, and this woman had also defended Mo Ziyuan quite a bit.
All of this combined broke Mo Zichen’s defenses in an instant. His eyes bloodshot, he glared at Mo Ziyuan, “You, you actually brought such trash to humiliate me, you, all of you wait for me!”
After speaking, he didn’t care about the friends following behind him and actually turned around and ran.
“Heir, we will also take our leave.” The people who came with Mo Zichen watched his fleeing figure, looking embarrassed as they cupped their fists toward Mo Ziyuan.
“Farewell, no need to see you off.” Mo Ziyuan smiled and returned the gesture.
After those people left, he looked at Lin Xin with shining eyes, “Xin’er, you were so beautiful just now!”
Lin Xin rolled her eyes at him, “You’re just going to let him bully you like that? If that’s the case…”
Mo Ziyuan’s expression changed immediately, and he quickly covered her mouth with his hand, not letting her finish her words.
“In the past, I was too lazy to deal with them. Every time I saw him and his mother, his sister fawning over Dingguo Duke in front of me, I treated it as watching a performance and never did anything about it, so they thought I was jealous, and then they intensified their performance. Now that I have you, I naturally won’t let them continue jumping around.” Mo Ziyuan hurriedly explained.
“Hmph, who asked you about that!” Lin Xin huffed arrogantly, but she felt a bit satisfied inside. She had transmigrated here to be a salted fish and didn’t want to fight with anyone. She was afraid that if she couldn’t hold back, she would tidy up the person jumping around in front of her.
She was satisfied with Mo Ziyuan as a person; it was just that his home was a bit complicated. If he couldn’t handle it, she really would have to reconsider.
“Right, Xin’er doesn’t care about these things at all!” Hearing her say that, Mo Ziyuan knew he had passed the current test and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, but in his heart, he had already begun planning to speed up actions on the Duke’s Mansion side.
In Ten Fragrance Pavilion, as soon as Fu Jing entered the door, Fu Qing pounced over, “Brother, Brother Zi Yuan, he…”
Before she could finish, the ashen-faced Fu Jing raised his hand and gave her a palm strike, hitting her head to the side, her mouth splitting open with bright red blood slowly seeping out.
Fu Qing was stunned by the slap. She covered her face and turned her head back, looking at Fu Jing in disbelief, muttering, “You hit me? You actually hit me?”
Fu Jing ignored her and turned to bow to Marquis Zhaoyang, “Marquis, how is the Heir now?”
Marquis Zhaoyang’s heart had long followed his son back to Marquis Zhaoyang’s Manor, but the matter here still had to be dealt with. He looked down on the Fu family people, and the only one barely acceptable in his eyes was Fu Jing alone, so from the moment Fu Jing entered, he had been watching coldly, wanting to see what he would do. When he saw him unhesitatingly slap Fu Qing, he knew that this cold, clear-headed smart person satisfied him in representing the Fu family to handle the problem.
“We don’t know yet.” Marquis Zhaoyang’s voice was very cold. His beloved son had become like that, and it was unknown if it would affect the future. It was impossible for him not to hate in his heart. Heaven knows, when he saw his son’s miserable state, he even had the heart to strangle Fu Qing.
“I wonder how the Marquis plans to resolve this matter?”
“Resolve it?” Marquis Zhaoyang pondered for a moment, “This still needs to ask my unworthy son, after all, it was he who was harmed.”
“Good, no matter what, the fact that the Heir was injured is undeniable. Our Fu family will absolutely not shirk what we should bear.”
“What we should bear…” Marquis Zhaoyang narrowed his eyes. This kid had words with meaning!
“No, it’s not like that. Xiao Zheng barged into my private room without my permission, and he was rude to me. When I resisted, I accidentally injured him. This matter can’t blame me!” Fu Qing wasn’t stupid; she understood Fu Jing’s meaning. If the Heir of Marquis Zhaoyang’s injury was very serious, the Fu family wouldn’t protect her and would most likely send her to Marquis Zhaoyang’s Manor. She didn’t want that.
“Shut up!” Fu Jing growled lowly.
“I won’t. Why should I shut up? If I don’t speak, you’ll sell me off!” Ignoring the pain on her face, Fu Qing yelled loudly at Fu Jing: “You useless trash, you can’t even stand up for your sister. All you know is apologizing all day. The Fu family will eventually be ruined in your hands! From now on, don’t interfere in my affairs anymore!”
Fu Jing’s injuries hadn’t fully healed yet, and at this moment, he only felt a blackness before his eyes, a fishy sweetness surging up to his throat.
He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deeply into his palms. The stinging pain allowed him to barely maintain clarity. He closed his eyes until the black fog before him dissipated, swallowed the fishy sweetness in his mouth, slowly opened his eyes, and stared fixedly at Fu Qing, “Are you sure you don’t need me to manage you?”
Seeing her brother, who had never appeared so fragile, standing there swaying, Fu Qing felt a momentary regret for her words, but when she heard Fu Jing ask without any emotion, all regret and guilt flew away. She stuck out her neck and said loudly: “That’s right, from now on, I don’t need you to manage me anymore.”
Based on past experience, after she said this, Fu Jing would definitely coax her gently and agree to many conditions.
“This time will definitely be no exception!” Strongly suppressing the panic rising in her heart, Fu Qing encouraged herself.
Who knew Fu Jing would simply nod crisply: “Very well, then as you wish. I won’t manage you anymore. For anything, take good care of yourself!”
After speaking, Fu Jing cupped his fists toward Marquis Zhaoyang: “Marquis, this junior’s abilities are limited. Forget what I said before. As for today’s matter, please discuss it with my father! Take my leave!”
Looking at Fu Jing’s demeanor, Marquis Zhaoyang’s heart stirred. He still had a daughter waiting to be married, who was blood siblings with the Heir of Marquis Zhaoyang. She had now reached the age to discuss marriage, but having been spoiled since childhood, he feared she would be wronged after marriage and had always been selecting husband candidates from humble families, yet he hadn’t found a suitable one. This Fu Jing was not bad; his family background was inferior to theirs, so his daughter wouldn’t be wronged if married over.
Thinking of this, Marquis Zhaoyang’s attitude improved a bit, “Then go find your father. But one thing: before this matter is resolved, your sister must remain under my control.”
“On what basis? Brother, don’t agree to him!” Fu Qing hurriedly said.
But Fu Jing acted as if he hadn’t heard, nodding in agreement: “This junior understands. Thank you, Uncle, for your magnanimity. This junior will go back now and report everything here truthfully to my father.”
“Go!”
This time, Fu Jing didn’t give Fu Qing another glance and left with slightly unsteady but determined steps.
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