CHAPTER 150: CHAPTER 150: THE LITTLE ANCESTOR FINALLY CAME IN HANDY

The young girl smiled sweetly and demurely, which unexpectedly calmed Tang Jiaojiao down.

"What are you handling? Why should it be up to you to handle?" Though Tang Jiaojiao was scolding, she lowered her voice and softened her tone.

After reprimanding her sister, she shifted her gaze to Li Mu, and her tone worsened considerably: "Can’t you see the chaos here? Take the Second Miss back!"

Li Mu didn’t even glance at her.

Tang Xiaobai covered her mouth and coughed softly, once again gently advising, "Sister, you went out in a hurry and didn’t bring anyone with you, you should return first." Seeing Tang Jiaojiao still unwilling, she continued, "Brother isn’t home today, you ran out alone and the house might be in disarray. If mother hears about it—"

Tang Jiaojiao tightened her grip on the reins, fiercely glaring at Ye Qingrong before turning her horse around to leave.

"Hold on!" Ye Qingrong frowned and spoke.

Her serene expression carried an elegant scholarly aura, but once her brow furrowed, she gained an imposing presence.

"Letting your horse injure people in the street, and intending to leave just like that?" Ye Qingrong’s voice was sharp and stern.

But—

It’s useless...

How could Miss Tang heed her command?

Before Ye Qingrong could finish her sentence, Miss Tang was already riding away on her chestnut horse.

Li Xingyuan glanced at Ye Qingrong, perhaps finally realizing he was still at Duke Yan Mansion, and he, too, left.

A moment of silence ensued at the scene, a deathly silence.

Seeing the hostess sink into a grim mood, Tang Xiaobai felt a bit anxious.

Would the hostess hold a grudge and remember her part as well?

She instinctively reached out with her left hand beside her, found a sleeve corner, and hurriedly grabbed it.

A glance revealed her little boss standing beside her, expression calm and unwavering like a mountain.

Tang Xiaobai felt reassured.

Not considering the priest, but respecting Buddha, she’d hold tightly to her little boss; surely Ye Qingrong would let her off easy!

Thinking of this, Tang Xiaobai stepped forward boldly: "Who is leaving just like that? I’m still here!"

However, Ye Qingrong merely glanced at her indifferently, turned to instruct the attendants: "Move the carriage first, don’t block the city gate entrance!"

She then walked among the group of women, speaking gently to an elderly lady: "Mother has been frightened; the villain has left, and it’s difficult for now. Why not find father and settle in for now, and seek justice later?"

Tang Xiaobai: ...

What does "the villain has left" mean? Isn’t she still here?

They’re all from the Duke Mansion; why don’t they give her any respect?

Seeing the Ye Family group starting to board their cars to leave, Tang Xiaobai gritted her teeth, quickly stepped forward to block Ye Qingrong, and said loudly: "You cannot leave!"

Ye Qingrong frowned: "Seeing you are still young, I do not wish to argue with you."

"Argue? Ha!" Tang Xiaobai laughed arrogantly, "You startled my sister’s horse, how can you just leave like this!"

Speaking, she clutched her little boss’s sleeve tightly, hoping to draw courage and strength from the righteousness.

She really didn’t want to say this! But she truly couldn’t think of a reason to hold Ye Qingrong back.

What? Admitting fault on-site and negotiating compensation details politely?

Impossible!

She still wanted to live well in Miss Tang’s hands.

Anyway, with the little boss protecting her, she’s not in a rush to increase her favor with the hostess!

But—

The hostess indeed looked down on her...

She glanced at her and turned away again.

Li Mu couldn’t quite understand her uncharacteristic behavior, but seeing her arrogant and stern in public, though hiding her hands tightly behind her as if fearful, he couldn’t help feeling a bit sympathetic.

He quietly squeezed her slender wrist, raised his other arm, and the long whip on it flew half out, striking before Ye Qingrong’s face as Tang Xiaobai let out an unconscious low cry.

Ye Qingrong quickly stepped back, looking at the masked young man wielding the whip.

The exquisite green jade mask covered the upper right half of the young man’s face, but one could still see his exceptional poise, his extremely beautiful eyes dark and cold and without any fluctuation, as he looked at her with indifference: "Our Second Miss said you could not leave."

As he finished speaking, Tang Xiaobai’s dozen or so attendants also found their positions, blocking the path to prevent the Ye Family members from leaving.

Ye Qingrong turned back, looking at Tang Xiaobai, suddenly smiling: "Not letting me leave? Why? Does Second Miss Tang want to apologize on behalf of your sister?"

Her smile was like a hundred flowers blossoming, dizzying Tang Xiaobai, and it wasn’t until Li Mu tugged her that she came to her senses.

Once she came to her senses, she immediately held a stern face and said: "What did my sister do wrong, why should she apologize?"

Ye Qingrong chuckled coldly: "Miss Tang let her horse loose on the street, startled my mother’s carriage—" She pointed to the side.

Tang Xiaobai looked in that direction.

The city gate was crowded with four or five carriages, horses frequently raising their hooves, appearing very impatient, and one carriage had lost its horse, toppled to one side.

Ye Qingrong was pointing to the toppled carriage.

"That horse was scared and went crazed, thankfully a brave man took risks to rescue my mother and removed the horse from the carriage, averting a disaster!"

Tang Xiaobai also felt the danger upon hearing this, couldn’t help asking: "Where is the brave man?"

Ye Qingrong pressed her lips, appearing somewhat complex: "He just left with Miss Tang."

Tang Xiaobai realized.

Ha! So the brave man was Li Xingyuan!

This would be manageable!

Second Miss Tang raised her chin slightly, mocking coldly: "What brave man? That’s a guest of our Duke Yan Mansion!" Anyway, since Li Xingyuan was still part of Duke Yan Mansion, his rescue counted as from Duke Yan Mansion!

"You say our Miss startled your horse, but did your horse not startle our Miss’s horse? Thanks to my sister’s superb riding skill, if it had been someone else, they’d have fallen right off the horse, if not dead, then disabled!"

Over these two years following Miss Tang, Tang Xiaobai learned a bit—like if reason wasn’t on their side, morale must be, and never to lose face for Duke Yan Mansion.

"Even if your horse was startled, my sister did have someone to help, why talk about running people over with horses?" Tang Xiaobai sneered at Ye Qingrong, "Miss, looking at you since you’re clearly not from these parts, shouldn’t you—"

She spoke excitedly, wanting to mock more, but suddenly caught sight of Ye Qingrong’s icy gaze, causing her to shiver, immediately shutting her mouth, and sidling closer to her little boss.

It’s over! She’s spirited away! Dared to provoke the hostess!

Although she intended to prevent a feud between Miss Tang and the hostess, she didn’t wish to transfer the hatred onto herself!

"Don’t stare at our Second Miss, Second Miss doesn’t like it." The little boss said coldly.

This sentence instantly drew Ye Qingrong’s gaze away.

Tang Xiaobai felt very touched.

These two years of cherishing the little boss finally amounted to something useful!

"I’ve long heard the arrogance of Duke Yan Mansion, today I see, it truly lives up to its name." Ye Qingrong said coldly.

Tang Xiaobai, though unwilling to lose face of Duke Yan Mansion, also didn’t wish to truly feud with the hostess.

Just about to speak, she was interrupted by a stern shout: "Who is blocking the city gate! Quickly make way!"

Tang Xiaobai’s spirit lifted immediately.

Finally arrived!