They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 404 Jade Pendant
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Liang Mingxuan's mind went blank for a moment, then his face flushed red with anger as he forcefully pushed her away: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Bai Yunxian had exhausted all her strength after saying those words, and her body was trembling slightly. Liang Mingxuan pushed her hard, and she fell to the ground against her will.

"Cousin Mingxuan!"

Tears streamed down Bai Yun's face as she looked at him pitifully, "Cousin Mingxuan, how could you do this? You...you help me up."

Liang Mingxuan pursed his lips, not daring to step forward to help her, and turned away in a hurry.

He didn't go to his sixth grandfather's house, but hurried home.

How could he not see through it? The whole "Sixth Master looking for him" thing was just a ruse.

At the time, he had a vague feeling that something was strange. If Sixth Master really had something to do, it would be fine to ask his elder brother and sister-in-law, but why would he ask him?

Liang Mingxuan didn't notice that the jade pendant at his waist had accidentally fallen to the ground and was being tightly clutched in Bai Yunxian's hand.
"Mingxuan! Mingxuan!"

"Huh? Hmm? Sister-in-law!"

Liang Mingxuan's heart was still pounding. He only heard Xu Zhichun call him twice and hurried over.

"Did my sister-in-law need something from me?"

Xu Zhichun glanced at him with some doubt, thinking that she might be overthinking it. It must have been exhausting to entertain so many guests today, and it was remarkable that he had managed to persevere at such a young age. It was perfectly normal for him to feel tired now that he had relaxed.

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Ning An was looking for you just now. Why don't you take him back to the study to rest? There's nothing for you to do outside. If anyone asks me, just say that you and your classmate were discussing academic matters in the study."

The guests hadn't all left yet, and it wouldn't be proper for Liang Mingxuan, the host, to brazenly go back to his room to rest. He needed an excuse to justify it.

Liang Mingxuan felt a warmth in his heart, nodded, and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Bai Yunxian acted quickly, determined to make a big fuss before the guests left, the more people who knew, the better.

The more people know, the less the third wife can deny it.

This was also taught to her by her kind aunt.

Although things didn't go quite as her good aunt had predicted, they weren't too far off, because she found Liang Mingxuan's jade pendant.

Holding this jade pendant is not much different from holding Liang Mingxuan's weakness.

Bai Yunxian covered her face and cried pitifully.

Her brother, Bai Yunsong, stood there dumbfounded, completely unaware of what was going on.

Her mother, Bai Lan, was also dumbfounded, but she quickly realized that this was a golden opportunity that had been delivered to her doorstep by heaven.

"You have to give our family an explanation! Our Yunxian is a perfectly good young lady, and we can't let your Liang Xiucai bully her like this!"

Everyone stared in disbelief, some even covering their mouths and bursting into laughter.

Relatives and friends whispered among themselves, and everyone in Liangjia Village was furious, so they didn't spare him any face.

"Sister-in-law Bai, are you out of your mind? The scholar bullied your daughter? What kind of nonsense is this!"

"How absurd and laughable! Our scholar has a bright future ahead of him, and he will surely be worthy of a well-educated and virtuous young lady from a wealthy and noble family in the future. How could that be possible? Haha!"

"Exactly, people should have some self-awareness, or they'll make a fool of themselves."

"Seriously, I'm dying of laughter!"

Relatives and friends couldn't help but burst into laughter.

It's not that everyone is being disrespectful, it's just that we couldn't hold back anymore.

It's ridiculous!

Bai Yunxian never expected things to turn out so differently than she had anticipated—wasn't she the one who had been wronged? How precious is a young woman's reputation? Even if her cousin Mingxuan was a scholar, could he simply shirk responsibility for ruining someone else's reputation?
She's done all this for him, and he won't even show his face, letting these people humiliate her like this. How can a young girl like her endure this?
Bai Yunxian, who had initially been somewhat feigning her feelings, felt increasingly aggrieved and couldn't help but cry genuinely.

Brandy's face was burning hot, but she was already in a bind and had no choice but to grit her teeth and move forward.

"You're bullying us! You're really going too far! My Yunxian is a well-known good girl in the surrounding villages. Matchmakers are lining up to propose to her. So what if the scholar takes a liking to her? It's perfectly normal! Liang Minglang, Madam Xu, you two say something!"

"If you don't give me an explanation today, are you trying to drive my Yunxian to her death? My poor child, why is your life so miserable?"

Liang Minglang's face was ashen, and he clenched his fists as if he wanted to punch someone to death.

He loathed women who threw tantrums like this more than anything else in his life; the sight of them made his fists itch.

Xu Zhichun was also annoyed. She gently pulled Liang Minglang aside and shook her head slightly.

The anger in Liang Minglang's eyes subsided, and he gritted his teeth, saying in a deep voice, "This is truly outrageous."

How dare they?
Xu Zhichun: "I'll do it."

Xu Zhichun stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law Bai, what you two are saying is interesting. You're working together, trying to cling to my Mingxuan. It won't be so easy for you."

"What do you mean? You—"

"To catch a thief red-handed, to catch an adulterer in the act, what else? You think you can just say whatever you want?"

Liang Lizheng sneered, "Madam Xu is right! It's utterly unreasonable!"

"Exactly! You think you can just say whatever you want? If that's the case, then tomorrow everyone can say that the scholar is having an affair with their own girl? Oh, pshaw, pshaw, that's not fair to ruin the scholar's reputation."

"Exactly, anyone can talk big, it's all just empty talk."

Bai Lan shouted angrily, "Who said we're just making empty promises? My Yunxian has a jade pendant, a jade pendant! It's the jade pendant that your scholar gave us!"

Xu Zhichun chuckled and looked at Bai Yunxian: "Did Mingxuan from our family give you a jade pendant?"

Bai Yunxian's face flushed, and she didn't dare to look up at Xu Zhichun. She simply hummed in response.

Brandy raised her eyebrows triumphantly: "See? I knew it!"

"Isn't that what you said? You all said the jade pendant was a gift from my Mingxuan?"

"you--"

"Who saw it?"

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"If my Mingxuan really treated you well, he would have given you a jade pendant. Instead of keeping it safe, you went to our house and cried like this in front of everyone. Isn't that strange?"

"Yeah, when it comes to young people giving each other gifts, they treasure them. Some people even cry like this when they receive them."

"exactly!"

Bai Yun cried, "I...I was so happy, I just wanted to get things settled as soon as possible."

"I think you're deliberately trying to make a big fuss so that you can force Mingxuan to admit to this messy debt, right?"

"I don't!"

"But you've got it wrong. Mingxuan definitely didn't give you any jade pendant! You probably found this jade pendant, right? But with so many guests today, how can you be sure it's from Mingxuan?"

"Do you have evidence?"

"No, that's slander!"

"Slandering a scholar is punishable by caning and imprisonment."