Chapter 178

Now it was gradually reaching the peak of entering and leaving the city, and with Lin Yuan's "touching" words just now, people kept gathering around.

Naturally, there was no lack of pointing and criticizing.

Lin Yuan's "drama addiction" became even stronger, and two lines of clear tears fell. She actually knelt down to Qiao Nian in front of everyone.

"Yuan'er!" Lin Ye was shocked and hurried to help her up, "What are you doing!"

But Lin Yuan ignored Lin Ye's obstruction and insisted on kneeling. Her voice was tinged with tears and she looked very pitiful. "Sister, I know you always think that I stole your things, the love of your parents, and the doting of your brother. But it's not like that!"

"My parents still love you very much, and my brother still loves you very much! Don't be so willful, come back with us, okay? If you don't feel happy, I can move out of the mansion and live on my own. I can give you everything back!"

"Where are you going to go if you leave the capital as a woman? What if you encounter danger on the road? Do you know how worried your parents and brother will be about you?"

She was really crying and pitiful.

The accusations from all around became louder, "Oh my god, is this the daughter of the Marquis who was just recognized a few years ago? Oh, how could this daughter kneel down to the adopted daughter!"

"Is she going to run away from home? She is really willful, just to win favor? If she goes out and something happens, Lord Lin and Madam Lin will cry their eyes out!"

"Tsk, after all, the splendor and wealth of the Marquis's mansion should belong to the daughter of the Marquis, how could it be that they robbed her?"

"I heard that the adopted daughter has been unruly and domineering since she was a child, so it's not surprising that she would do such a thing now!"

Ningshuang was so angry at the accusations of the people that she almost jumped up, "You know nothing and you are talking nonsense, believe it or not, I will tear your mouths apart!"

"Look, even the maidservant next to the adopted daughter is so unruly and shabby, tsk tsk tsk..."

Ningshuang was even more angry.

But how could she speak louder than the dozens of mouths around her?

For a moment, she was so angry that she could only say "you you you".

Qiao Nian's eyes were always on Lin Yuan, and naturally she did not miss the corners of Lin Yuan's mouth that were slightly raised under the tears on her face.

At this moment, Qiao Nian suddenly understood Lin Yuan's intention.

According to her temper, after hearing Lin Yuan's "heartfelt words", she would definitely tear the face of the Marquis' Mansion completely, and then leave in a dusty manner and never return to Beijing.

So, Lin Yuan was eager for her to leave.

This play, on the one hand, forced her to completely break with the Marquis' Mansion, and on the other hand, to leave a good reputation in the hearts of the people.

She was about to leave, and this Lin Yuan actually wanted to use her!

At that moment, there was a sneer in her heart.

How could she let her do what she wanted?

So, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Is what Miss Lin said true?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan was stunned, and everyone was stunned.

Seeing that Lin Yuan didn't understand what she said, Qiao Nian kindly reminded her, "You just said that you can return everything to me, is that true?"

The word "everything" contains a lot of things.

The people around were accusing even louder, and some older aunts even insulted Qiao Nian directly, "Oh, look, there really is such a shameless person!"

Ning Shuang was almost crying.

Even Lin Ye was frightened by the people's posture, and immediately lowered his voice and said, "Stop making trouble, what are you not returning, hurry up and go back with my brother!"

But Qiao Nian's eyes were particularly calm.

She stared at Lin Yuan in a joking manner, and said again, "If you can really return everything to me, I will reward everyone present today with ten taels of silver."

As soon as these words came out, the insults stopped instantly.

Lin Yuan's face suddenly turned pale, but he heard a brave man in the crowd asked, "Are you serious about this?"

"Of course I am serious!" Qiao Nian raised the tail of his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes were only staring at Lin Yuan from beginning to end.

Ning Shuang, who was standing by, immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "What's so deceiving about this? A rare plum tree in Luomei Courtyard is worth three hundred taels of silver, not to mention the night-shining pearl that the young marquis found for my lady! If Miss Lin can really return everything to my lady, a mere ten taels of silver per person is just a little bit of money."

These words have already made the people around excited.

Ten taels!

That's the silver that they may not be able to save in two or three years!

Unexpectedly, Qiao Nian spoke again, "Not only that, there is also an engagement with the Xiao family! If I become the mistress of the Xiao family, I will definitely thank Miss Lin."

Hearing that Qiao Nian even wanted to grab the engagement, Marquis Lin in the teahouse couldn't help it and wanted to rush out to stop it immediately.

But Lin Ye accused Qiao Nian first, "That's enough! Yuan'er kindly came to persuade you to go back, but you are pushing it too far! This engagement originally belonged to Yuan'er!"

With someone backing her up, Lin Yuan was naturally not so afraid, and immediately cried, "I can give everything else to my sister, but my relationship with Brother Heng is deep, I, I don't want to give..."

"Hahaha!" Qiao Nian couldn't hold it back and laughed, "Give? I don't like this word very much. Miss Lin just said that she could give everything back to me. Shouldn't all this include the engagement? Don't forget that I was the one who was engaged to Xiao Heng since childhood. You said that you have a deep relationship, how can a mere three years be comparable to the relationship between him and me for more than ten years?"

There were a few voices of agreement around him.

But he was quickly stopped by others.

For a moment, there was complete silence in front of the huge city gate.

Lord Lin stood in the teahouse, his eyebrows twisted into a knot, thinking that Qiao Nian was really too much, actually bullying Yuan'er to this extent.

And Lin Yuan's face was pale, and tears were getting more and more violent.

Qiao Nian restrained his smile, and his cold eyes were full of sarcasm, "So, Miss Lin, are you going to return it or not?"

How could Lin Yuan dare to say a word?

She originally just wanted to put herself in a kind and weak position to gain some good reputation for herself.

After all, she didn't show up at the funeral of the old lady before, and there were already a lot of gossips in the streets!

But she never thought that Qiao Nian would push her to the edge of the cliff with just a few words.

Return?

Wouldn't her position as the mistress of the Xiao family be handed over to someone else?

Not return?

Wouldn't her sincere cry just now become a joke?

Her eyes flashed rapidly, and she trembled suddenly as if she had thought of something.

As expected, Lin Ye was heartbroken when he saw her trembling and leaving, and he shouted at Qiao Nian, "Don't bully Yuan'er here! Get off the horse and follow me back to the mansion!"

Lin Yuan thought that with Lin Ye coming out to mess things up, Qiao Nian would definitely not have time to pay attention to her.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Nian still stared at her, with the end of his eyebrows raised slightly, "So, Miss Lin doesn't want to return it at all, right?"

"Every word you said just now is tearful, but you know it best in your heart that every word you said is false!"

"You said that Lord Lin and Madam Lin still love me, and the young Lord still pampers me, huh! May I ask how they love and pamper me?"

"Is it because you saw me break the glass bowl with your own eyes but framed me, and watched me being punished to be a slave in the laundry bureau for three years and refused to tell the truth? Do you love and pamper me so much!"