After Being A Slave For Three Years, The Entire Marquis’s Manor Kneels To Beg For My Forgiveness

Chapter 57: Apologize!

Of course, she hadn’t missed it.

At that time, before Lin Yuan could speak, Qiao Nian had already jumped into the water.

Seeing Lin Yuan’s face grow increasingly embarrassed, Qiao Nian secretly laughed to herself.

How had she guessed it so accurately?

Originally, she hadn’t wanted to save Xiao Qingnu, after all, Xiao Qingnu had harmed her first, so it was her own fault.

But Lin Yuan’s later words made Qiao Nian feel increasingly uneasy.

The men present all knew how to swim, and even the boatman was a better swimmer, but Lin Yuan wouldn’t let them go into the water to save the person, because she wanted to protect Xiao Qingnu’s reputation.

Of the two remaining women, one was Lin Yuan and one was her, so naturally, it had to be her, who knew how to swim, to go into the water to save the person.

If she had waited for Lin Yuan to beg her to save the person, she would have been the one suffering and working hard, while Lin Yuan would have been the one praised and commended.

Fortunately, now Lin Yuan had no way to defend herself.

She could only let two clear tears roll down, looking quite pitiful.

Lin Ye hurriedly pulled Lin Yuan aside to comfort her in a low voice.

Xiao Heng also unconsciously furrowed his brows, looking at Xiao Qingnu, “Yuan’er did indeed want to ask Qiao Nian to save you, but Qiao Nian jumped into the water to save you first. Everything happened because you fell into the water, how can you now blame Yuan’er?”

Hearing this, Xiao Qingnu suddenly froze.

She stared blankly at Xiao Heng, then looked at Qiao Nian.

Their eyes met, and Qiao Nian understood the meaning in Xiao Qingnu’s eyes.

She must have understood what Qiao Nian had said earlier about not being able to compete with Lin Yuan.

Seeing that Xiao Qingnu wasn’t looking at him, Xiao Heng became a bit angry. Thinking that this was after all the Marquis’s mansion, and Xiao Qingnu was causing trouble for the Marquis’s daughter here, which was truly impolite, he stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Qingnu, “Apologize to Yuan’er.”

Xiao Qingnu widened her eyes and looked at Xiao Heng, furious, “I’m the one who fell into the water, I’m the one who almost drowned, why should I apologize?”

Lin Yuan also hurriedly spoke up, “It’s not necessary, Brother Heng, I’m fine, Nuan Nuan’s health is more important…”

“This isn’t Miss Xiao’s fault,” Lin Ye also spoke up, then shot a fierce glare at Qiao Nian, “Miss Xiao is pure-minded, she must have been provoked by someone!”

Qiao Nian stood in place, coldly staring at Lin Ye.

Ever since Lin Yuan had returned, she had become the villain in Lin Ye’s eyes. No matter what happened to Lin Yuan, he could always pin the blame on her.

Now, it was clearly a conflict between Lin Yuan and Xiao Qingnu, yet he was still as usual, truly skilled.

But this time, Qiao Nian didn’t need to speak up.

Xiao Qingnu’s fiery and impulsive temperament immediately flared up, “What does this have to do with Qiao Nian? The words all came out of Lin Yuan’s mouth! You two don’t blame Lin Yuan, but instead blame me and Qiao Nian, why? Just because Qiao Nian and I don’t cry?”

“It’s not like that, Nuan Nuan…” Lin Yuan cried as if she had suffered a great injustice, sobbing uncontrollably, “How can you think of me like this, wuwuwu, I, I was really thinking of you!”

“Bullshit!” Xiao Qingnu glared at Lin Yuan with disgust, “You know what dirty thoughts you had in your mind!”

“Slap!”

A crisp slap rang out.

It was Xiao Heng.

Everyone present was shocked.

“Apologize!”

The cold voice commanded.

Xiao Qingnu held her face, her expression changing from surprise to anger, “You hit me? You hit me for her?”

“You were wrong in the first place!” Xiao Heng still looked righteous.

But Xiao Qingnu understood clearly, “You’re talking nonsense! You’ve never hit me before! Even when I spoke ill of Qiao Nian at Fahua Temple, you didn’t hit me! Now I just say one thing about her and you hit me! Fine, Xiao Heng, you’re really something!”

Xiao Qingnu threw down these words and turned to run out.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan hurriedly called out, “Nuan Nuan, Nuan Nuan!”

But how could Xiao Qingnu pay any attention to her?

So, Lin Yuan hurriedly pulled Xiao Heng, “Brother Heng, quick, go after her!”

“No need to bother with her! That mouth of hers, she needs to learn a lesson!” Xiao Heng felt that if he didn’t teach Xiao Qingnu a lesson today, she would sooner or later get into trouble because of that mouth of hers.

But Lin Yuan was anxious, “But Nuan Nuan just woke up from fainting after falling into the water, letting her run off like this, I’m really worried! Brother Heng, please, go after her quickly!”

Lin Yuan’s tear-filled plea obviously moved Xiao Heng.

He frowned deeply, glanced at Qiao Nian, then turned to chase after Xiao Qingnu.

After Xiao Heng left, Lin Yuan was still sobbing.

Lin Ye then turned his attack towards Qiao Nian, “Look at the trouble you’ve caused!”

Qiao Nian raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at Lin Ye, “How did I cause it?”

“If you hadn’t stirred things up, how could Miss Xiao possibly blame Yuan’er?” Lin Ye pointed at Qiao Nian’s nose, “Can’t you just behave yourself and give people some peace of mind?”

Qiao Nian didn’t speak, just quietly looked at Lin Ye.

Thinking of every previous confrontation, Qiao Nian’s current silence suddenly made Lin Ye feel guilty.

“You, what are you staring at me for? Did I say something wrong?” Lin Ye questioned coldly, but his voice was weak.

Qiao Nian still quietly looked at him, but in her mind were images of Lin Ye protecting her in the past.

She thought, if a long, long time ago, she didn’t have a brother who unconditionally protected her, then now, she probably wouldn’t feel so heartbroken, right?

Taking a deep breath, Qiao Nian curled her lips, finally reacting, “Everything I said was the truth, without any exaggeration. If that’s considered stirring things up, then I have nothing more to say.”

Lin Ye was stunned, thinking carefully, he felt that what Qiao Nian said seemed to indeed be the case.

But turning to look at Lin Yuan beside him with her tear-stained face, he felt terribly distressed again, and hurriedly snorted coldly at Qiao Nian, “But you knew that wasn’t what Yuan’er meant! You saved Yuan’er before, she knew you could swim, she must have thought you would save Miss Xiao, that’s why she stopped me and Xiao Heng!”

“I’m not a bug in her brain, I don’t know what she thought!” Qiao Nian also raised her voice, “Just like I don’t know why you always blame all the faults on me! Lin Ye, I was the one who saved her! If I hadn’t jumped into the lake to save her, Xiao Qingnu would have died right in front of you for the sake of so-called reputation! What right do you have to blame me!”

For some reason, Qiao Nian arguing with him like this actually made Lin Ye feel a bit relieved.

The feeling of guilt from earlier dissipated, and he snorted coldly, “Anyway, you caused Yuan’er and Miss Xiao to fall out, that’s your fault! Miss Xiao just woke up from fainting, if anything happens to her, let’s see how you’ll make up for it!”

That cold face was clearly reflected in Qiao Nian’s eyes, stinging her eyes terribly.

Inexplicably, even her voice carried a hint of bitterness.

She stared at Lin Ye, suddenly losing the strength to argue, and just asked softly, “Then do you know, I also just woke up from fainting?”