[As you watched Madam Zhao lead several people farther and farther away, Xie Renfeng's words still echoed in your ears.]
[Seeing Xie Qiyue and Xie Yuan head toward the Xie Clan's carriage procession ahead, with only the three of you remaining, Li Yutong too found it boring.]
[After casting Sima Muqing a sidelong glance, she merely gave a mocking smile and left. Her waterfall of black hair fell to her hips, swaying gently.]
[Sima Muqing wore a helpless expression. Because of her mother, even her birth mother at home felt she owed Li Yutong a great deal.]
[Every family had a scripture too difficult to recite.]
[Sima Muqing looked at you as you lowered your head in thought, then said, "Young Master Guan, this disturbance ultimately began because of me."]
["Instead, I have dragged you into it and added so many troubles to your life."]
[You merely smiled, unconcerned.]
[Ever since Xie Qiyue left, Xue Hong had been looking at you, her ninth cousin from the Xie Clan. Thinking of the peculiar atmosphere between you and the Xie Clan's Second Estate just now, he seemed to have something on his mind.]
[He got along fairly well with Xie Yuan. Moreover, Xie Guan's composed manner in the face of honor and disgrace did not resemble those concubine-born sons among the Nine Great Surnames, who bullied the weak and feared the strong.]
["Brother Guan, how did you provoke Xie Renfeng?"]
["Though he looks refined and cultured, like a student of the Confucian School, he is actually narrow-minded and deeply calculating... not someone to befriend lightly."]
[Xue Hong kindly said, "If you have offended him, then... be careful and stay on guard."]
[Hearing this, you glanced sideways at the seemingly honest and sturdy young man. His thoughts were meticulous, and he possessed Insight