Chapter 23

Ling Yuanzhou arrived a little earlier than Wei Liangchen.

Jinye and Ling Shaomin were still facing each other. Because the owner was mediating in the middle, and the bodyguards knew that Young Marshal Wei was coming, they didn’t dare to really hit Jinye.

Ling Shaomin, having been defeated, naturally didn’t dare to go up again. Seeing her brother coming, she burst into tears and flung herself at him.

“Big Brother, Xu Jinye hit me.”

Her hair was disheveled, her right cheek was red from rubbing against the ground, and the dust on it hadn’t been wiped clean yet. With her crying, she looked pitiful.

Ling Yuanzhou was a Navy Lieutenant Colonel. He had returned to the Customs General Office to work these days, and he happened to be going home. He was still wearing a white military uniform. He was always gentle, and seeing his sister like this, he felt heartbroken. He patted her shoulder, “It’s okay, Big Brother is here.”

When he looked at Jinye, his gaze suddenly became sharp, “Why did you hit her?”

At this moment, he was full of authority. If it were an ordinary girl, she would have been trembling with fear.

But the Warlord’s hanger-on sister was very calm.

It wasn’t a feigned calmness, it was mainly because Jinye was stunned when she saw him.

This was the first time she had met Ling Yuanzhou.

The Ling family’s appearance was similar to the Wei family’s, they were all good-looking. Compared to the Wei family who were from a military background, they had a more scholarly air.

Maybe it was this scholarly air that neutralized his ferocity.

What surprised Jinye was that he actually looked a bit like Pei Yunhe in modern times.

Pei Yunhe was her good friend at the orphanage, like a big brother, always protecting her. He said that when he grew up, he would fly a plane, become a pilot, and take her everywhere. At that time, she was very doubtful, could being a pilot really let him take her flying? Later, he did get into the aviation academy, and he would occasionally come to school to see her.

Unfortunately, she died.

Now, seeing Ling Yuanzhou protecting Ling Shaomin, Jinye felt a pang of envy.

Very, very envious.

Even jealous.

Because she had a good brother once.

Why was Ling Shaomin so spoiled and reckless? It was because she had her caring older sister, Ling Xuewei, and her older brother, Ling Yuanzhou, the two people she mentioned most often.

Ling Shaomin was like a little princess protected in the palm of her hand.

“What are you looking at?” Seeing Jinye staring blankly at her brother, Ling Shaomin thought she had taken a fancy to her brother.

How dare she, a mere hanger-on?

Now that her brother was here, she wouldn’t hesitate to show her power. Ling Shaomin grabbed a wooden ruler from the master tailor’s desk and swung it at Jinye.

But before the ruler reached her, Jinye grabbed her wrist.

Jinye originally wanted to grab the ruler from Ling Shaomin, but Ling Yuanzhou was also quick. Thinking that Jinye was hitting her, he protected his sister first, pushing her in the chest.

Jinye was a step too slow to retreat, and she fell backwards onto Jiaxin.

Fortunately, Ling Yuanzhou’s palm didn’t have much force, it wasn’t very painful.

She just felt, inexplicably, like something had pricked her heart.

Wei Jiaxin steadied herself and helped her up, “Third Sister, are you okay?”

“I’m fine.” Jinye also helped Jiaxin up, “What about you? Did you get hurt?”

“I’m okay.” Wei Jiaxin looked at them and said angrily, “You’re both too much.”

Ling Yuanzhou was stunned. He had never hit a girl before, it was just a moment of urgency.

But this Xu Jinye bullied Shaomin, she hit her, so she hit her. He held Ling Shaomin a little further away with a sullen face. Before he could speak, he saw Wei Liangchen walk in.

Wei Liangchen had taken off his military jacket, leaving only a white shirt. The top two buttons were undone, his sleeves were rolled up, and his black military boots were still covered in mud. The air of a wealthy young master and a soldier combined, cold and aloof, with a touch of rebelliousness.

He had one hand on the holster at his waist.

“Young Marshal Wei.”

Everyone called out in unison.

Ling Yuanzhou was a little surprised, “Liangchen, you’re here too.”

He was the only one who dared to call him that.

Wei Liangchen nodded to Ling Yuanzhou, then looked at Jinye. Seeing that she was neat and tidy, without any injuries, unlike Ling Shaomin’s disheveled state, he lowered his hand, his eyelids lifting, “What happened?”

“Xu Jinye hit me.” Ling Shaomin said loudly, looking extremely wronged.

The mother who came with her also complained, “I went to help, and I almost got kicked unconscious.”

The other two girls also said timidly, “She stepped on Fourth Sister, and if we hadn’t called the bodyguards in, who knows what would have happened. Then she even drew a gun.”

Ling Yuanzhou looked at Jinye sharply again, “Young, but cruel. Is this how the Warlord taught you?”

Actually, this wasn’t the first time he had heard the name Xu Jinye. Before, he had heard Ling Shaomin complain about her a few times.

The two girls were from the same school, and they always bickered whenever they met.

Jinye no longer superimposed the man with Pei Yunhe. She smiled, “Then how did Chief Ling teach his daughter? She’s rude and speaks ill of others.”

Ling Yuanzhou was startled.

“Xu Jinye, you’re so bold, you dare to talk about my father.”

“You’re also very bold, you dare to talk about my Uncle Wei.”

“You—” Ling Shaomin was furious, “Big Brother!”

Wei Jiaxin: “Second Brother! They’re twisting the truth, it was clearly Ling Shaomin who insulted her first.”

“What did I say?” Ling Shaomin said.

“You said my third sister was a hanger-on.”

“Well, Xu Jinye called my sister a dog.”

Jinye glanced at Wei Liangchen, and saw his eyes flicker, turning dark.

Ling Shaomin also saw that the Young Marshal’s expression had changed, and she felt a little smug, “Why did she call my sister a dog?”

“I said you’re a dog.” Jinye said.

“Dare to say it, but not dare to admit it?” Ling Shaomin wouldn’t miss such an opportunity, “I said my father is the Minister of Transportation of the North City Government, and my sister is Ling Xuewei, the apple of the Young Marshal’s eye. You said there’s no such person, you only see a barking dog.”

Jinye: “…You say it is, so it is.”

Wei Liangchen’s eyes flickered again, and even his eye corners twitched.

“You!” Ling Shaomin was really furious, “Big Brother, Young Marshal, listen, she’s so arrogant. She insulted me and beat me up like this. Wuwuwu.”

Two tears rolled down her cheeks, and Ling Yuanzhou’s face softened again. He looked at Wei Liangchen, “Liangchen, you have to give my fourth sister an explanation.”

“What kind of explanation do you want?” Wei Liangchen’s eyes were dark and unclear.

Jinye said, “Ling Shaomin insulted me first, and then she wanted to snatch my cheongsam. I wouldn’t let her, and she used her family to back her up, so I insulted her. Later, she hit me first, and I hit her in self-defense.”

“You were defending yourself? You deliberately provoked me and wanted to take the opportunity to kill me.” Ling Shaomin said.

Wei Liangchen’s eye twitched.

“You even called the bodyguards in, and said to shoot my third sister.” Wei Jiaxin said with her neck stiff.

Ling Shaomin also stiffened her neck, “Xu Jinye also drew a gun.”

“You wanted to hit Third Sister with a ruler just now.”

“Didn’t she want to hit me?”

“Your brother pushed my third sister.”

“If I didn’t push her, she would have killed me.”

“Shut up!” Wei Liangchen’s face turned slightly cold. He looked at the three girls, his gaze sweeping over Jinye, “Who is injured?”

Ling Shaomin pointed at her face with a wronged expression, “Of course it’s me. Liangchen Gege, look, she beat me up. I was just thinking that my older sister would be back early next month, and I wanted to give her two cheongsam dresses. I thought the styles were probably what my older sister liked, and time was tight, I was afraid I wouldn’t have time, so I wanted the master to make mine first. Is there anything wrong with that?”

Everyone knows that her sister is the only girlfriend the Young Marshal has ever acknowledged.

They were even at the point of talking about marriage.

As long as she brought up her older sister, no woman would stand a chance.

Let alone Xu Jinye, a hanger-on.

Jinye was startled.

She looked at Wei Liangchen.

The information in Ling Shaomin’s words was too much.