The Long-Eared Clan Demanded an Answer

She had pieced it all together.

With his seven-apertured, quicksilver mind practically smoking from every opening, how could Lin Xiaosu fail to understand?

In an instant, everything clicked into place...

He had never understood why this young lady treated him so well.

So this was the real reason.

Her brother had led her astray, filling her with longing for the world outside.

Unable to leave herself, she planned to have a child who could see the world for her mother...

It was wholesome. It was inspiring. And yet...

Why did I find it so utterly mad?

Suddenly, with a bang, someone kicked the courtyard gate open!

Li Xueyi whipped around. Jiu'er turned too.

Lin Xiaosu also looked back.

A group of people strode into the courtyard before the three of them.

At the front were three men. The young man wore ornate silver armor, and his eyes were crimson. The two beside him were dressed much like him, their eyes faintly red.

Behind them came three elders of the Li Clan: the second elder, the fourth elder, and the ninth elder, whom Lin Xiaosu had met earlier.

Jiu'er's expression changed drastically. She reached out and pulled her young lady to her feet.

She had worried all along that outsiders would catch the young lady and Young Master Su acting so intimately. There would be no explaining it.

Now her fear had come true.

Someone had caught them, and it was the last person who should have.

They were from the Long-Eared Clan.

The man in the middle was none other than Er Dongcheng, son of the Long-Eared Clan's chief and the man to whom the young lady was betrothed.

"Young Clan Chief!" The ninth elder stepped forward. "Young Master Su saved our young lady's life on our last journey back."