"Young Fortress Lord, Yan'er is still young. She was simply at a loss after suddenly encountering something like this. I ask that you not make wild guesses, lest you damage the harmony between our two families."
Ye Shaoxuan did not spare her any face just because she was his elder. He sneered. "Hah, young?"
"She's already seventeen. Other girls her age are already mothers. Does that still count as young?"
"Besides, she was raised as the Sect Leader's successor from childhood. If something this minor could leave her flustered, it can only mean one of two things: either she's incompetent, or there's something fishy going on and she has a guilty conscience."
Ye Shaoxuan did not hold back in the slightest. He came close to saying outright that Gong Jun had been sent by her.
Lin Hanyan clenched her fists, seething with anger. "Cousin, do you really have to target me like this?"
"Yes, I once offended the woman you loved because, following the wishes of both our parents, I foolishly believed I would marry you. But I explained this matter long ago. As a grown man, why do you keep bringing it up? Don't you think you're being petty?"
Ye Shaoxuan was just about to scold her for talking nonsense when Su Qiao tugged at him, stopping him.
Then she sneered and said sarcastically, "Hah, is he being petty, or are you the one eating what's in your bowl while eyeing what's in the pot?"
"If you hadn't been stringing Huangfu Zhenlou along while trying to seduce my Shaoxuan, do you think we would have bothered with you?"
Everyone was astonished by these words and turned to look at Lin Hanyan.
Feeling those strange looks on her, Lin Hanyan trembled with rage. "You're slandering me! When have I ever