93: Fiancée?

Mu Xinyi placed her teacup on the table, staring at Xiao Ye with a look of disdain on her Face, and said indignantly, "Keer this, Keer that—anyone who didn't know better would think you, Xiao Ye, were some deeply devoted lover!"

"After all this time, you don't even know what Keer looks like?"

"Am I the Keer you keep talking about? My name is Mu Xinyi, and I am Keer's best friend!"

"Open your dog eyes and take a good look at who I really am!"

To be fair, in ordinary times, Mu Xinyi would never be so reckless as to offend anyone.

She knew well that one cannot judge a person by their appearance, just as one cannot measure the sea with a bucket.

What if she provoked someone who was "pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger"? Wouldn't she be done for?

And bring a terrifying enemy upon herself?

But times were different now; her Mu Family was facing a formidable enemy and was at risk of annihilation.

Only Qin Ge could protect them.

Thus, Xiao Ye became the stepping stone for her to demonstrate her loyalty to Qin Ge.

Of course, deep down, she also looked down on Xiao Ye.

"Mu Xinyi?"

Xiao Ye wiped the tea from his Face, furrowing his brow, and a surge of Killing Intent rose around him, unbidden by any wind.

Gulp!

Mu Xinyi swallowed hard in terror, as if she could see a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood rolling toward her.

She suppressed the dread in her heart, stiffened her neck, and shouted, "Xiao Ye, what is the meaning of this? Do you intend to resort to violence?"

"You, a grown man, are going to bully a girl like me?"

"How do you have the nerve to get rough with me? And how do you have the nerve to visit the Ning Family?"

"Back when the Ning Family was in danger, your Xiao Family was the first to break off the engagement, eager to distance yourselves, and you, Xiao Ye, disappeared without a trace."

"After more than a decade, you still have the nerve to come visiting?"

As Mu Xinyi brought up the past, Ning Zhen also kept a straight Face and glared at Xiao Ye. "If it weren't for Young Master Qin's Face, do you think you'd be able to cross the threshold of my Ning Family? Tea? You can forget about it!"

Zhao Qingya shot Xiao Ye a sharp look and snorted coldly, "Shameless and brazen!"

Xiao Ye's brow was tightly knit.

He had been holding back.

Out of respect for Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya being his elders, he hadn't taken offense.

But now that it had come to this, he could no longer tolerate it.

Xiao Ye said sternly, "Indeed, as you say, my Xiao Family was at fault, but I was young back then and had no say. Can this fault be blamed on me?"

He looked at Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya and said indignantly, "Furthermore, Uncle Ning, Aunt, do you two really have no fault at all?"

"When Keer was young, although she didn't talk much, she certainly didn't stay locked away indoors. Ever since the incident with the Bai Family, you have been strict with Keer to the bone, wishing you could lock her inside the Ning Family and forbidding her from going out."

"You even wished you could sew her mouth shut so she wouldn't say a single word."

"Outsiders praise the Ning Family for having such an obedient daughter, but in reality, it was you, Uncle and Aunt, who stifled Keer's nature and forcibly turned her into a Puppet!"

"She no longer dares to speak for herself, nor can she reveal even a shred of her true thoughts!"

Seeing the look of conflict on Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya's Faces, Mu Xinyi inwardly thought, "This is bad."

She had come to the Magic City to seek Qin Ge's help and was staying at the Ning Family for the time being.

Over the past few days, Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya had specifically talked to her, asking for her opinion on why Ning Ke'er's personality had become so extremely obedient.

Wasn't this proof that Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya realized their own faults, wanted to change, and felt heartache for their own daughter?

A blind cat catching a dead mouse—that bastard Xiao Ye had stumbled upon the truth!

Just as Mu Xinyi was preparing to argue, Qin Ge, who had been sipping tea on the side, leisurely put down his cup. He looked towards Xiao Ye with great interest and asked with an amused tone:

"So, according to you, Uncle and Aunt shouldn't have managed Keer's affairs?"

"If Uncle and Aunt hadn't managed her, and the young, justice-seeking, and meddlesome Keer had provoked even greater fury from the Long Family, how would that have been handled?"

"Do you intend for the Ning Family to fight the Long Family to the death, or do you intend for your Xiao Family—which breaks off engagements the moment trouble arises—to step in and help?"

Qin Ge glanced at Xiao Ye and thought to himself, "As expected of a Child of Destiny. Truly another double-standard monster. This ability to twist the truth is quite something."

He wore a smile on his lips. "Uncle and Aunt's methods were certainly strict, but they were also for Keer's own good."

"That's still better than your Xiao Family, which, whenever trouble arises, washes your hands of it and walks away without a care, right?"

"If it were up to you, Keer would have been assassinated by the Long Family more than a decade ago!"

Upon hearing this, Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya suddenly realized the truth. Their minds were instantly cleared.

The couple looked at Xiao Ye and said angrily, "You are muddying the waters."

"You, Xiao Ye, still have the nerve to blame us?"

Xiao Ye turned his head to look at Qin Ge, his brow tightly knit, the anger in his eyes not hidden in the slightest.

"Ding! Child of Destiny Xiao Ye has developed feelings of anger toward the Host. Rewarding the Host with 5000 villain points!"

"Ding! Child of Destiny Xiao Ye has developed Killing Intent toward the Host. Rewarding the Host with 10000 villain points!"

With the rewards received, Qin Ge couldn't help but marvel inwardly. This Child of Destiny was actually quite valuable.

The smile on his lips became increasingly playful as he countered, "What, Young Master Xiao, do you think what I said makes no sense?"

Xiao Ye kept a straight Face. "I came here this time to find Keer; it has nothing to do with you."

He couldn't be bothered to argue further. He looked toward Ning Ke'er's bedroom and called out loudly, "Keer, it's me, Xiao Ye. I've returned. Could it be that you aren't even willing to see me?"

The one he wanted to compensate was Ning Ke'er. Not Ning Zhen or Zhao Qingya. And certainly not Qin Ge!

As long as Ning Ke'er accepted him, he didn't care at all about anyone else's opinion.

However, after Xiao Ye's call, Ning Ke'er, who was staying in the bedroom, showed no intention of responding.

This made Xiao Ye's expression darken even further.

"Forget it," Qin Ge said, waving his hand. "Young Master Xiao, you should just leave. Keer doesn't want to see you. It was my own folly to let you into the Ning Family."

Xiao Ye turned his head and glared at Qin Ge, saying angrily, "Don't pretend to be a good guy here! Keer is currently being suppressed by the Ning Family and is timid. She is just afraid, not unwilling to see me. Even if you called out to her, you wouldn't get a response!"

He thought to himself. The information was correct. Over these years, Ning Ke'er had suffered suppression in the Ning Family, and her true inner self had been deeply buried; she had become a true, obedient girl.

His calling out like this was too abrupt, so naturally, he wouldn't get a response. If Qin Ge were to do the same, Ning Ke'er certainly wouldn't pay him any mind either.

"Is that so?" Qin Ge was amused and shook his head. "I don't believe it."

Gulp!

Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya, who were on the side, swallowed hard in unison. The couple's hearts tightened.

Just as Xiao Ye said, their daughter was now so obedient it was heartbreaking! A call as abrupt as this would simply not get a response. It didn't matter who was calling!

But the person before them was Young Master Qin, who had even scared the Head of the Long Family, Long Zhan, into kneeling and begging for mercy!

If their daughter didn't respond and snubbed Young Master Qin's Face, causing Young Master Qin to get angry, wouldn't their Ning Family, which couldn't even afford to provoke the Long Family, cease to exist by tomorrow?

Just as Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya were preparing to speak up to resolve this crisis, Qin Ge had already called out softly towards Ning Ke'er's bedroom, "Keer, are you unwilling to come out and see me?"

Too late!

Ning Zhen and Zhao Qingya exchanged a glance, their hearts sinking, and their hearts were in their throats.

Xiao Ye, sitting opposite Qin Ge, wore a look of mockery, waiting to see Qin Ge make a fool of himself.

Click, click, click—!

Just then, in the quiet villa, the hurried sound of high heels stepping on the floor rang out, accompanied by the dull thud of something being knocked over in a panic.

Creak—!

Ning Ke'er's bedroom door was opened from the inside.

A beautiful figure quickly and impatiently trotted out!

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