Yu Qingwu's whole body shook, so startled she nearly lost her balance.

How could it be? How could Xiao Fengyun know?

In an instant, her mind went almost completely blank.

Staring wide-eyed at Xiao Fengyun for a moment, Yu Qingwu tried hard to calm her emotions, but couldn't help but stammer, "When… when did you find out?"

In the dim light, her radiant face took on a touch of paleness, as well as a hint of guilt.

Yes, she had done such a thing with Xie Jinye that day, how could she now blame Xiao Fengyun?

Even if Xiao Fengyun had falsely claimed Xie Jinye's credit to deceive her, her affection for Xiao Fengyun at the time wasn't solely because Xiao Fengyun had 'saved' her.

In the end, there were still many things about him that she liked.

It was just that now, she had discovered that those things were all fake.

But even so, she was still the one who betrayed him first.

It could be considered… a clean slate.

A hint of self-deprecation flashed across her eyes, and Yu Qingwu quickly regained her composure. Without waiting for Xiao Fengyun to speak, she gave him a faint smile and said coldly, "Since you know everything, there's nothing more for me to say. In the end, we both betrayed each other, so it's best if we don't owe each other anything from now on. You don't need to explain anything to me."

"Besides, you and Senior Brother, we never actually said the words 'I like you,' or anything like that. You never even said you wanted to marry me, and I never said I wanted to marry you. It was just an ignorant, budding affection from our youth."

"Alright, move aside…"

As soon as Yu Qingwu finished speaking, she was about to walk towards the guest room.

In her opinion, she had made things clear with Xiao Fengyun, so he wouldn't pester her anymore.

Just like back in the Crown Prince's estate, she had humiliated him, and he couldn't save face, so he naturally left.

But this time, Yu Qingwu guessed wrong.

After hearing her words, Xiao Fengyun had no intention of leaving. Instead, he blocked her path completely.

"Senior Brother Xiao, please move aside," Yu Qingwu took a deep breath and impatiently called out again.

Hearing this, Xiao Fengyun still didn't move.

He just looked at her with red eyes, as if he hadn't heard her words just now, and asked again, "Awu, have you really fallen in love with Xie Jinye? What do you like about him? Is it just because he's powerful and influential? Just because he's the current Crown Prince? Besides being the Crown Prince, what else does he have? He's just a useless playboy."

"Besides, if he hadn't taken the opportunity to force himself on you that day, I wouldn't have been so provoked that I went to be intimate with that Qu Shanshan…"

So, in other words, Xiao Fengyun saw her and Xie Jinye being intimate in the bathroom, and that's why he later sought out Qu Shanshan to vent his anger and retaliate?

But if he saw it, why didn't he stop it?

In an instant, a terrible and ridiculous guess popped into Yu Qingwu's mind.

When she looked at Xiao Fengyun again, there was no longer any guilt in her eyes, only disdain.

The water pot in her hand gradually tightened, and she sneered. She suddenly moved closer to Xiao Fengyun and said grimly, "Senior Brother Xiao means to say that you would do such a thing with Qu Shanshan all because you saw me and Xie Jinye being intimate in the bathroom? So you saw me being intimate with him, and you also saw me being forced by him?"

"In that case, why didn't Senior Brother Xiao stand up and stop it immediately?"

Her voice suddenly became sharp, and those peach blossom eyes, usually full of affection and charm, were as cold as ice. Suddenly raising her voice, she questioned, "Xiao Fengyun, why didn't you stop it? Are you afraid of Xie Jinye? Are you afraid of his position as Crown Prince? Are you a coward? Or is there… some other reason?"

"Or… both?"

Perhaps because she had been fighting alongside Xie Jinye in Kyoto for so long, Yu Qingwu's current fierce appearance was somewhat similar to Xie Jinye's.

Equally sharp, incisive, and cold eyes.

With just one glance, Xiao Fengyun felt a burst of weakness in his heart.

His eyes flickered slightly, and his voice was a little weaker as he faltered, "Awu, I don't understand what you're saying. That day… that day I didn't stop it because I was afraid of making a big scene and ruining your reputation. I couldn't let Uncle know about this. You know, if things blew up, Uncle would definitely expel you from the sect…"

Heh?

Afraid of making a big scene? If he really wanted to cover it up, how could it have become a big scene?

Such a reason was a bit too far-fetched.

At this moment, Yu Qingwu was even more certain of her guess.

She slowly put down the water pot in her hand, crossed her arms in front of her chest, and looked at Xiao Fengyun with extreme sarcasm, scoffing, "Afraid of making a big scene? Senior Brother Xiao, if you had driven Xie Jinye away at that time and detoxified me, how would things have become a big scene?"

"I think you're just a coward. You're afraid of Xie Jinye! You're also afraid of Master!"

"From the very beginning… you knew why Master was raising me, didn't you?"

Her red lips lifted, and her eyes showed a sternness and sarcasm that Xiao Fengyun had never seen before.

As their eyes met, Xiao Fengyun felt as if Yu Qingwu's eyes were coated with ice, freezing him with both cold and fear.

But how could he let her feel that he was afraid?

How could he let her know that he was a coward, that he was afraid of imperial power and also afraid of his uncle?

Biting his lip, Xiao Fengyun pretended to be calm and said lightly, "Awu, I really don't understand what you're talking about. I didn't expose it that day because I was indeed afraid of making a big scene."

"I admit that for a while, I was indeed very concerned about this matter, so I became a little distant from you. But later, I also figured it out. It wasn't your own free will, it was all Xie Jinye's fault. I don't blame you. Now…"

"Now that you're back, you definitely can't go back with him again. He's so frivolous and licentious, your life will definitely not be easy. Awu, let's think of other ways to deal with other things. Don't be angry with me, okay? I really… really only did it once, and I didn't really do anything with Qu Shanshan. It was she who took the initiative to sit on me at that time…"

"You know Qu Shanshan, she flirts with every man. I also slipped up…"

Xiao Fengyun tried his best to explain, and also tried his best to change the subject, as if he could pretend that he really didn't know that his uncle Xiao Rongqi had initially raised Qingwu as someone else's concubine, as if he could push all the blame onto Qu Shanshan, and thus conceal his cowardly and hypocritical face.

If Yu Qingwu had felt some guilt towards him before, now she only felt disgust.

At this moment, she also suddenly felt very fortunate, fortunate that she hadn't entrusted herself to such a hypocritical and cowardly man.

Compared to Xiao Fengyun, Xie Jinye at least dared to take responsibility, dared to protect her, and knew to admit his mistakes and would never run away from anything.

At this moment, she didn't want to entangle with Xiao Fengyun any longer.

Closing her eyes, Yu Qingwu didn't say anything more to him, only coldly shouted again, "Xiao Fengyun, move aside! Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

Could she really attack him?

Xiao Fengyun didn't retreat, but instead moved even closer, with an air of resignation, "Awu, you…"

"Senior Brother Xiao, it might not sound very good if you keep pestering someone else's wife like this, right?"