Chapter Fourteen: Exposure

  "Be careful, sister!"

  At this moment, Han Yajing suddenly shouted in a tense voice and stretched out her hand to push Han Jiangxue from behind.

  The crowd hadn't even had time to figure out what was happening in the dream, but they saw Han Jiangxue subconsciously take a step back, and then Han Yajing's legs suddenly went soft, and she directly plunged into the empty space that Han Jiangxue had just vacated, falling straight down.

  With a loud "bang", Chao Ya Jing fell down and accidentally knocked over that peony, the beautiful flower was suddenly messed up.

  "Ah! My flower!" Zhang Wanru suddenly cried out in distress, staring wide-eyed as her most precious treasure was being destroyed by Han Yajing to the point where it was almost broken off at the stem.

  For a moment, everyone was shocked. Zhang Haicheng and Mo Li, who were originally about to turn around and leave, also stopped in their tracks, subconsciously staring at everything in front of them.

  Han Jiang Xue was the first to react and hurriedly went forward to help Han Ya Jing, who was still lying on the ground: "How can you be so careless? Are you hurt?"

  On the surface, Han Xue was full of worries, but in her heart, she couldn't help but sneer. Just like in her previous life, Han Yajing still harbored evil intentions and kept harming her, only this time she wouldn't be foolish enough to fall into her trap again and believe in her sister's kindness and innocence.

  Han Yajing was quickly helped up, although she hadn't been hurt much, but her face was already full of pitifulness and grievance. In her heart, however, she was stifling with resentment, never thinking that her plan to push Han Jiangxue would actually come true. And that leg, which had not been soft before or after, suddenly went numb for no reason at this moment and she fell flat on her backside! To make matters worse, Han Jiangxue happened to dodge out of the way just in time!

  What's going on here! She was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, it was the first time in her life that she had suffered such a dumb loss, and now she couldn't even get angry, but had to hold back her breath to clean up the mess, it was really unlucky!

  Han Yajing hadn't even had time to speak up for herself, but Zhang Wanru was already looking at the destroyed peony and saying angrily: "Han Yajing, look at what you've done! Did I provoke you or did you just do this on purpose? How can someone as big as you be so clumsy?"

  Being blamed by Zhang Wanru like this, Han Yajing was even more wronged and didn't care about her sore hands and feet. She hurriedly explained pitifully: "Sorry, sister Wanru, I really wasn't on purpose. Just now...I saw a yellow bee flying in front of you, and I was worried that you would be stung, so I wanted to push you away. Who knew, I don't know what happened, my legs softened and I fell down."

  "Hornets? Where did the hornets come from? I think you're just trying to harm people, but unexpectedly your sister happened to let it go!" Zhang Wanru's heart was bleeding, and she didn't care about anything else, thinking of something and directly saying it out loud.

  Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at Ah Jing with suspicion. Although Zhang Wanru's words sounded like a joke, they weren't entirely implausible. If Han Jiangxue hadn't happened to step aside earlier, the one who would have ended up smashing into the peony king would have been Han Jiangxue herself.

  Besides, even if there really were yellow wasps, if you're afraid that your sister will get stung, it would be enough to just remind her, at most you should pull someone away instead of using so much strength to push people.

  Han Yajing heard this and suddenly became anxious, tears falling down her face as she repeatedly said: "It's not like that, it's not like that, Sister Wanru mustn't misunderstand, Jing'er really just wasn't careful."

  But this explanation apparently failed to dispel Zhang Wanru's anger, and on the contrary, it made other noble ladies whisper to each other in hushed tones.

  All of a sudden, Han Yajing became even more anxious, her small face flushing red. After a long while, she suddenly thought of something and hastily turned to Han Jiangxue beside her: "Sister, sister, you quickly explain for me, how could I possibly harbor such malicious intentions towards you? You've always been the most loving towards me, how could I possibly deceive you? Just now I was truly worried about you, that's why I made a mistake. You quickly go and explain to Sister Wanru!"

  "Sister, you're really acting strange today. Didn't you sleep well last night?" Han Jiangxue said with some helplessness: "You pushed me so hard just now, if I hadn't dodged in time, it would have been like being bitten by something. Even though I scolded you a couple of times just now in front of Zhang Dage, you don't have to hold such a grudge."

  As soon as these words came out, everyone's expression became even more unnatural, with a "so that's how it is" look on their faces as they stared at Han Yajing.

  Han Yajing didn't expect to be spoken to like that by Han Jiangxue, and she was so angry that she couldn't speak. She pouted her small mouth and unconsciously complained: "Sister, what are you talking nonsense? I don't have a vengeful heart. On the contrary, it's you, how did you suddenly retreat without reason just now, causing me to fall and break Yuru sister's flower? You didn't even help me explain, but instead harmed me like this?"

  As soon as Han Yajing spoke, she shocked everyone present. No one expected that the second young lady of the Han family, who had always left a gentle and sweet impression on people, would be so unreasonable. It was even more unexpected than before.

  Facing Han Yajing's counter-accusation, Han Jiangxue frowned and said in front of everyone with great disappointment: "So, sister, you mean that what happened just now was my fault, and I was harming you? According to this logic, I should have stayed where I was and let you push me down and take the blame for you, so as not to be wrong, so as not to harm you?"

  When she heard this, Han Yajing suddenly realized that she had lost control of her emotions and said the wrong thing. Seeing Zhang Haicheng beside her also frowning at herself, for a moment, her expression was flustered and disheveled.

  "No, not that, sister. Jing'er didn't mean it that way." She hastily shook her head and quickly changed her tone to explain: "Jing'er got scolded badly and also made Yanru sister angry, so she's feeling sad and anxious inside, that's why she spoke out of turn, sister shouldn't take it to heart."

  "That's enough, sister! You've really gone too far today. I was going to apologize to Wanru on your behalf, but now it seems I'm the foolish one. I don't know what's wrong with you today or what you want to do, but don't think I'm stupid and oblivious - I even noticed the yellow bee that appeared in front of me just now!"

  Han Jiangxue's face was cold and calm, after speaking she completely ignored Han Yajing again, only turning to the hostess Zhang Wanru to apologize before turning around and leaving.

  Seeing this, Han Yajing was suddenly speechless, her entire face embarrassed like a cooked shrimp, and the crowd also understood the subtlety of the situation, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

  With the commotion having reached this point, Zhang Wanru no longer had any intention of staying here. She snorted in disdain at Han Yajing, who still wanted to explain something to her, and personally picked up the broken medicine bottle that had been smashed to pieces. Without even looking at Han Yajing again, she simply called out a greeting to the other noblewomen before leaving directly.

  As a result, the flower appreciation meeting naturally dispersed, and the noble ladies saw the situation and no longer lingered. They bid farewell to Zhang Haicheng and others in twos and threes before leaving one after another. In a short while, the originally lively place was left with only a few people.

  "Haocheng brother, Jing'er really didn't mean to, and she doesn't have a heart that wants to harm people. But now they all misunderstand me. Sister is angry and left, and also Wanru sister is angry with me too. What can I do?" Han Yajing's eyes were brimming with tears, looking pitiful as she pulled Zhang Haocheng for help, her expression was indescribably wronged.

  Zhang Haicheng could only smile and comfort her for a couple of sentences, but he didn't have the slightest intention to stay there with Chao Yajing anymore, so he made an excuse and pulled Mo Li away first.

  Han Yajing was suddenly abandoned by everyone, leaving only her personal maid waiting anxiously beside her. Seeing this, she became even angrier, her whole body trembling with rage, but at this moment, there was no way out, so she could only stomp her foot and leave hastily with the maid, still fuming with anger.

  Not long after, Zhang Haicheng and Mo Li returned to the study and set up a chessboard, starting to play against each other.

  "Mo Li, do you think that little sister of the Han family intentionally pushed her older sister earlier?" Zhang Haicheng put down the black stone in his hand, and it seemed like his mind was still stuck on what had just happened. He asked Mo Li a seemingly casual question.