Ye Zhaoyan took a deep look at the young man's back, turned around and left quickly.

"Miss?" The person outside the garden gate called again when no one answered.

With a "squeak" sound, the heavy wooden door slowly opened.

After seeing clearly the scene inside the house, people outside couldn't help but be stunned.

"This, how is this possible!?"

Xue Youling's eyes widened in surprise, almost popping out of his eye sockets, as if he had seen a ghost.

There was indeed someone in the door, but Ji Sinian was the only one!

She made people watch her with their own eyes, and then locked the door when they came in. How could there be no Ye Zhaoyan!

She just spent some time to find two maids, so they could pretend to pass by and "catch the adulterer" together.

Why did Ye Zhaoyan disappear in just a short while?

"Why, is it possible that there are thieves here?" Ji Sinian sneered: "If Miss Xue doesn't believe it, you can search it yourself, or ask someone to help you investigate it."

Xue Youling came back to her senses and glanced at the deserted garden, feeling a little unbelievable.

"Go to the corner and look carefully. Don't let you go on the ground!" She ordered the two maids in a sharp tone.

When the two maids heard this, they responded timidly and hurriedly started to look for him.

I burned a stick of incense and even turned over the turf, but found nothing.

Xue Youling suddenly became unhappy.

"Where's Zhaoyan?"

"How do I know where she is? Where she goes is also her own business." Ji Sinian looked indifferent.

Xue Youling's face suddenly became a little ugly.

She gritted her teeth and asked: "You were obviously following Zhaoyan just now! You two were obviously here!"

"I just happened to be passing by."

"Humph! You two are obviously staying here together!" Xue Youling said angrily.

She had sent several groups of people to keep a lookout, and when she was sure someone had entered, she sent them away to avoid leaking anything.

"Miss Xue really loves to joke, how could the eldest lady of the Ye family walk with me?" Ji Sinian pretended to be confused.

This guy actually pretended to be crazy and stupid in front of her. He was really nothing!

A gloomy light flashed across Xue Youling's eyes, and her tone became cold and stern.

"In that case, please tell me, Mr. Ji, what on earth were you doing just now? Why did you appear in such a place?"

She just heard a strange sound of weapons clashing, and she thought something had happened.

As a result, the only one who appeared in front of her was Ji Sinian.

Hearing this, Ji Sinian looked frank and said seriously: "Miss Xue misunderstood. A maid told me that a young lady named Xue was looking for me in the garden. So she came in."

"Nonsense!"

Xue Youling shouted angrily

How dare he touch the Xue sisters.

"Why should Miss Xue be angry?" Ji Sinian said calmly, "I'm just telling the truth."

Xue Youling was so angry that she trembled all over and wished she could rush up and slap him twice.

Her eyes suddenly fell on the boy's clothes.

"What is that?" she asked, pointing to the tears and blood stains on her clothes.

"I was locked in and wanted to climb a tree to get out, but I was accidentally scratched by a branch."

"Impossible!" Xue Youling shouted. "How could that branch scratch you? It was clearly pierced by something sharp! Don't think I don't know!"

The more she looked, the more suspicious she became, and she couldn't help but step forward to take a closer look.

You can definitely find the clues!

Just as she was about to walk behind the young man, Ji Sinian's cold and stern eyes fell lightly on her face.

Xue Youling felt timid when she saw those cold eyes, and stopped unconsciously.

"You, why are you looking at me like this!"

"Miss Xue, please respect yourself."

Ji Sinian's tone was very normal, without even the slightest hint of threat.

But Xue Youling instantly blushed with embarrassment.

"..."

She was actually scolded by a man, and Xue Youling felt that her self-esteem had been seriously insulted.

She gritted her teeth and glared at Ji Sinian fiercely.

When she complains to her grandmother, let’s see how stubborn he still is!

Xue Youling thought viciously in her heart and glanced around the garden, but found nothing new.

"You must be in such a mess with Ye Zhaoyan, right?" Xue Youling looked at Ji Sinian with a sinister look on his face and asked coldly.

Her eyes were fixed on Ji Sinian, as if she wanted to see through him.

"It seems a little inappropriate for Miss Xue to wrongly accuse me like this." Ji Sinian raised his eyebrows, with a hint of ridicule on his face.

Xue Youling became even more angry when she saw that he dared to contradict her.

"What, you don't admit it?" Xue Youling said angrily: "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, I have witnesses! I'll go confront Ye Zhaoyan right away!"

"Miss Xue, if you want to go, you'd better find out what the situation is before going, otherwise, once you appear in front of Miss Zhaoyan, she will definitely not let you go."

Ji Sinian glanced at Xue Youling lightly.

Although he spoke politely, there was a coldness in his tone that made people shudder.

When Xue Youling heard this, his expression immediately changed.

If she took the initiative to ask, Ye Zhaoyan would definitely know that she was causing trouble.

So isn't she just shooting herself in the foot?!

no!

Definitely can't go!

Xue Youling forced herself to calm down. She looked around carefully and saw that except for the old locust tree with some branches falling to the ground, there was nothing unusual about the other plants or trees in the yard.

She thought to herself: Did she hear wrongly?

impossible!

It must be Ji Sinian's nonsense.

This man is so cunning!

"Okay! Then I will believe you for the time being. But you have to remember that today's matter must be kept secret, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to you!"

"Okay, Miss Xue, since you already know that I didn't deceive you, please leave. There is nothing to stay here." Ji Sinian said lightly.

He didn't even look at Xue Youling, but lightly brushed the scabbard of his sword with his right hand.

Xue Youling only felt an inexplicable panic.

She always felt that the man in front of her was not as simple as he seemed.

There are really too many things hidden in his eyes.

She bit her lower lip, then snorted coldly, and left with the maid.

The direction we were walking was exactly where Mrs. Xue was at the Minzhu Courtyard.

Mrs. Xue was sitting in the room, holding an account book in her hand and looking at it. From time to time she used a brush to draw lines on the account book, as if she was very satisfied.

She has managed many of Ye Mansion's properties very well, especially in the past two years, and the profits have been huge, which is hard to describe.

Naturally, this includes the dowry of Ye’s mother and daughter.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Xue Youling walking in. She sighed helplessly and immediately greeted Xue Youling with a kind and kind smile.

Seeing Xue Youling reminds me of the bad things Xue Zhiyan did.

Originally, Xue Zhiyan was her most valued granddaughter, but Xue Youling was inferior in every aspect.

But now we can no longer treat it differently as before.

"Youling, come and sit down quickly. How are you doing lately? Are you feeling better from the cold?"

Xue Youling walked to the table and sat down obediently.

"I'm fine, grandma, everything is fine."

"That's good." Mrs. Xue said with a slight smile.

Xue Youling poured a cup of tea from the side and handed it to Mrs. Xue.

"Grandma, please try it."

Mrs. Xue glanced at Xue Youling and said with a smile: "Why did you come to see me today? Are you feeling upset after being detained for a long time?"
Chapter completed!