Miss Si's feigned innocence went too far, and the aloof Mr. Bo was easily swayed.

With a thud.

The brooch fell into the icy lake along with the snowflakes falling from the sky.

Ripples spread across the lake, causing even the hearts of onlookers to stir gently.

Si Yuan just watched quietly, as if she hadn't thrown away the brooch she had painstakingly designed over several nights.

As the ripples gradually calmed down, Si Yuan tilted her head to look at Bo Yusen and smiled at him.

She was clearly smiling broadly, but her eyes were devoid of warmth, as cold and desolate as embers.

"Things that aren't the first choice will eventually be discarded and abandoned. No need for Ninth Master to do anything; I'll take care of this problem for you."

Si Yuan's hands were very cold, like a piece of jade that could never be warmed up.

With a slight tightening of his grip, Bo Yusen looked at her calmly, "Are you blaming me for not choosing your brooch immediately?"

"How could I dare?"

Si Yuan gently pulled her hand away from Bo Yusen's. Her whole body was cold, except for the place where Bo Yusen had just grabbed her, which was warm and hot.

But only there.

Her gaze fell on her cuffs.

"By the way, Ninth Master, the pair of cufflinks I gave you weren't anything special, but since I gave them to you, it wouldn't be right to take them back and throw them away. So I'll have to trouble you to take care of them yourself."

Bo Yusen's brow furrowed imperceptibly, and his gaze toward Si Yuan was unfathomable, like a deep pool.

"Well... I won't disturb Ninth Master's enjoyment of the lake any longer. Goodbye."

Turning around, Si Yuan's expression gradually disappeared.

Aunt Shuqing once said that a man cannot always be given sweetness.

Give candy when you can give candy, and slap when you have to slap.

Otherwise, you'll get tired of it sooner or later.

A man like Bo Yusen is even less likely to like a woman who keeps clinging to him.

It needs to be pulled.

She needs to let him know that she also has a personality and a temper.

What she wants is the ultimate favoritism, not just a piece of candy to satisfy her.

Si Yuan walked along, reviewing the events of the day.

Suddenly, someone grabbed her arm, pulled her into the woods, and pinned her against a large tree.

Si Yuan was surprised that Li Jiale hadn't left.

Li Jiale's eyes were terrifying, and white breath escaped his lips. "What exactly is your relationship with Bo Yusen?"

The fact that he asked that question meant Si Yuan must have just seen something.

She struggled, "Let me go, you persistent beast!"

"Hmph... Others may not be able to tell, but I can tell that there's definitely something fishy going on between you and Bo Yusen."

Li Jiale pinched Si Yuan's chin, "He wouldn't happen to be the man who took your virginity, would he?"

Si Yuan was wearing high heels and a dress, and had no weapon in her hand, so she was no match for Li Jiale.

This is Yunjie University, so Li Jiale wouldn't dare to do anything. Si Yuan sneered, "Since you're so curious, why don't you just ask Master Bo?"

"Don't provoke me, I'm not falling for that."

Li Jiale moved closer to Si Yuan, took a deep breath, and revealed an infatuated expression.

"So what if you've hooked up with Bo Yusen?"

He touched Si Yuan's face, but Si Yuan dodged him. Instead of getting angry, he smiled even more triumphantly.

"Someone of his stature, even if he's briefly captivated by your face and figure, will quickly come to his senses. You don't actually expect him to marry you, do you?"

"Besides, with me around, you won't have any peace."

Si Yuan's eyes sharpened. "Li Jiale, aren't you afraid I'll kill you if you keep pushing me like this?"

"Ha ha--"

Li Jiale laughed so hard he almost couldn't stand up straight, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Baby, you want to kill me? Do you dare? But if you want me to die in your bed, I might cooperate."

Li Jiale laughed at Si Yuan's overestimation of her abilities, completely unaware of the intense killing intent in Si Yuan's eyes.

After all this trouble, it was two hours later when Si Yuan finally saw Si Qingwan.

Si Qingwan glanced at her but didn't say anything, but she didn't let her off the hook when she got home.

The punishment of [Water's Firmness] has descended once again.

Si Yuan stood on the ice, her blush unable to hide the paleness of her face.

He Shuqing wanted to plead for mercy, but seeing Si Qingwan's gloomy face, she knew that pleading would be useless.

"Do you know where you went wrong?"

The cold air spread from the soles of my feet to my whole body, making me feel both cold and painful.

Si Yuan clenched her fists, trying to hold back her anger. Hearing this, she stammered, "The match... we shouldn't have lost..."

Si Yuan still remembers when she was in the third grade of elementary school, there was a dance competition at school. When she went up to dance, the ground was very slippery and she accidentally fell.

I fell very hard, my ankle was swollen, but I was still punished.

A loss is a loss; Si Qingwan never cares about the reasons, only the result.

Si Qingwan looked at her coldly, urging her to continue—

"We shouldn't have lost the jade pendant; it gave Li Jiale an opportunity to take advantage of us."

"It's even more unacceptable to embarrass the Si family in front of the entire school."

Si Qingwan continued to look at her.

Si Yuan really couldn't think of anything else that could be wrong.

Si Qingwan put down the teacup she was holding. "It's rare for Ninth Master Bo to show his face. Other families are eager to impress him, but you've made the Si family lose face in front of him."

Si Yuan lowered her eyes slightly.

"He accepted the invitation Yingying sent him a while ago, which means he had a good impression of the Si family. But now..."

Si Yuan apologized through her pain, "I'm sorry, Mother."

"I don't want to hear sorry. After Yingying is discharged from the hospital, you go with her to apologize to him and try to win back his favor."

Bo Yusen was the person Si Qingwan chose for Si Yingying, so naturally she couldn't give him up easily.

"Understood, Mother."

He Shuqing quickly poured hot tea into Si Qingwan's cup and handed it to her.

Si Qingwan glanced at He Shuqing indifferently, "I'm not drinking anymore."

"That's true, we're about to eat, and it's not good to drink too much."

Si Qingwan could easily see that He Shuqing wanted to plead for Si Yuan, so she got up and walked up to Si Yuan.

"And Xiang Mingche, he left very angry today, we must make sure to appease him."

Si Yuan nodded obediently like a puppet, "I understand, Mother."

Si Qingwan looked at her for a while, then said, "Alright, come out now."

Upon hearing this, He Shuqing immediately stepped forward and helped Si Yuan out.

"Shu Qing, look at her face, make sure she doesn't get a scar."

Don't worry.

He Shuqing helped Si Yuan to the room and first applied medicine to Si Yuan's face.

The room was heated to a high level, but Si Yuan kept shivering.

"Ah Yuan, come on, drink this bowl of ginger soup first."

"Thank you, Aunt Shuqing..."

Si Yuan's trembling hands reached for the bowl, and He Shuqing sighed, "Let's just drink it like this."

Si Yuan drank the ginger soup from He Shuqing's hand, and only then did she feel like she had come back to life.

He Shuqing tucked a stray strand of Si Yuan's hair behind her ear, hesitating to speak...

Si Yuan gave her a weak smile, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

He Shuqing patted her head, "Good girl, A-Yuan..."

"Knock knock knock—"

The maid knocked on the door, saying that Si Qingwan wanted He Shuqing to go with her to the hospital to see Si Yingying.

"Ah Yuan, you must be exhausted today. Get some rest after dinner."

"it is good."

As soon as He Shuqing left, the smile on Si Yuan's face gradually disappeared.

She took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Xiang Mingche.

"Mingche, let's talk..."