Lan Yu Xi returned to the private room, her face betraying no emotion. However, Old Hong and the two children, who knew her well, could tell she was furious.
Old Hong asked, "Are those two jade ruyis with the An family's girl? I'll go get them back and smash them in that old woman's face, then let's see how she slanders you!"
"They're not with her. After she took the jade ruyis, she threw them directly into the Nan family's artificial lake."
"Then I'll lead my men to drain the artificial lake!"
Lan Yu Xi looked at her master helplessly, "How big is the Nan family's artificial lake? You... oh right, you haven't been to the Nan family, so you don't know how big that artificial lake is. It would take at least three to five days to drain it, and besides, where would you drain the water you pump out?"
Old Hong's face flushed red and white with anger, "Then you'll just let them continue to frame you like this?"
Lan Yu Xi's eyes instantly turned cold, "I will avenge this sooner or later!"
Seeing this, Old Hong quickly patted her hand reassuringly.
A moment later, Huo Ding returned. Everyone tacitly avoided mentioning the previous incident. After dinner, they dispersed.
Lan Yu Xi had her bodyguard escort her master back to the Hong Sect, while she took the two children back to the hillside villa.
As soon as the two children arrived home, they said they were sleepy and wanted to sleep.
Lan Yu Xi also had matters to attend to. She had the servants take them to wash up and went to the study alone.
The next day at noon, Lan Yu Xi was awakened by a knock on the door.
She frowned displeasantly and asked lazily, "What is it?"
Outside the door, the butler said apologetically, "Miss, the guests outside arrived at nine o'clock. I told them you were resting and didn't let them in, but it's already twelve now..."
"What guests?"
"A Mr. An and two young ladies."
"Let them in," Lan Yu Xi's lips curved into a cold arc as she stood up and went into the bathroom.
Half an hour later, Lan Yu Xi, dressed in loungewear, came downstairs.
An Ran's eyes, upon seeing Lan Yu Xi, held unconcealable hatred.
If it weren't for her cousin, she wouldn't have come to see this little bitch!
"Lan Yu Xi, what airs you put on! We're guests, yet you made us wait for over three hours!"
Lan Yu Xi scoffed, "Did I invite you?"
"You!"
An Ran was about to say more, but Su Ya pulled her aside.
"Miss Lan, we came uninvited and I apologize for disturbing you."
Lan Yu Xi gave her a cold glance and sat down opposite them, "Mr. An, what is it you need from me?"
From the moment she came downstairs, An Zi Ling's eyes had been glued to her face. Now that he was addressed, he smiled as if he thought he was being debonair.
"Yu Xi, Su Ya hasn't been well. She wants to ask for your help. When do you have time?"
"I'm very busy, I don't have time."
An Zi Ling was stunned. He never expected Lan Yu Xi to refuse so bluntly.
Su Ya lowered her gaze, and a tear trickled down from the corner of her eye. "Miss Lan, I know you are very busy, but it's alright, I can wait. It is my good fortune to be able to wait for you. If I cannot, then that is my fate."
Lan Yu Xi sized her up. It was uncertain whether her frail body could wait until she had time.
Seeing her cousin cry, An Ran suddenly stood up, "Lan Yu Xi, you are too malicious! I'm the one who has a grudge against you, not my cousin. How can you, a doctor, refuse to save a life!"
Lan Yu Xi sneered, "If Miss An hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten. We do have a grudge."
Su Ya tearfully grabbed An Ran, "An Ran, don't be like this. You go wait outside, don't upset Miss Lan further."
"I'm not leaving! You're afraid of her, but I'm not!" An Ran glanced around the villa's decor with disdain. "Lan Yu Xi, don't think you're so great just because someone is keeping you. The eldest of the Nan family in Kyoto, the second of the An family, if our two families join forces, I don't believe the man keeping you won't be afraid!"
Lan Yu Xi gave her a faint glance, and before the others could react, she suddenly stood up and grabbed An Ran by the neck.
"Before, you acted up when we were at the Nan family, and I ignored you because I was dependent on them and had to tolerate you. Now you've come to my doorstep to spout nonsense, and if I don't leave a mark on you, consider my hands lazy!"
An Ran's face instantly turned the color of a bruised liver, but she still stubbornly squeezed out a few words, "Lan Yu Xi, if you dare to touch me, see how my grandfather and aunt deal with you!"
Lan Yu Xi tightened her grip, "I'd like to see how the two people who have been in a coma for several days can deal with me!"
An Zi Ling looked at her in shock. The news of his father's coma had been kept secret. How did she know?
"Yu... Miss Lan, this girl is spoiled. Please don't take it to heart."
As An Zi Ling spoke, he tried to pull Lan Yu Xi's hand away.
"Take your dirty hands off!"
Lan Yu Xi kicked An Zi Ling in the back of the knee. Don't think she hadn't seen his disgusting gaze.
She hadn't bothered with him then because she was planning for this moment.
An Zi Ling let out a yelp and fell to his knees.
Lan Yu Xi, still choking An Ran, looked down at the grimacing An Zi Ling.
"I'll give you one day to drain the An family's artificial lake and retrieve the pair of jade ruyis that your daughter threw in."
An Zi Ling endured the pain and looked up, "Jade ruyis? Weren't those jade ruyis stolen... taken by you?"
"An Ran, you tell him, who stole those jade ruyis!"
After speaking, Lan Yu Xi's newly trimmed nails dug deeply into An Ran's fair neck.
She wanted to leave a mark on her that would last a lifetime!
An Ran screamed in pain, tears streaming down her face.
Lan Yu Xi slightly loosened her grip so she could make a sound.
Looking at the wrathful Lan Yu Xi, she stammered, "I... I stole them."
Lan Yu Xi loosened her grip again, "Speak up!"
An Ran took a few hurried breaths of fresh air and then cried, "I stole them."
"Why did you steal the jade ruyis?" Lan Yu Xi pressed.
"Those jade ruyis were my aunt's treasure. As long as she thought you stole them, she would kick you out of the Nan family."
Lan Yu Xi sneered. Even if she hadn't stolen the jade ruyis, she would have been kicked out of the Nan family anyway, because the loss of the jade ruyis happened on the same day she was sent to Nan Xiao's bed.
Lan Yu Xi withdrew her hand with evident disgust.
Without support, An Ran lost her balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
Three people had come: one knelt on the ground, one lay on the ground, and the only one sitting, Su Ya, looked at Lan Yu Xi with a pale face.
This woman was too violent!
No wonder Old Madam Nan disliked her.
"Miss Lan..." Su Ya dryly uttered these three words, then dared not say another word. She feared that if she said more, Lan Yu Xi wouldn't let her off, even though she was a patient.
Lan Yu Xi didn't even spare her a glance, but instead looked at An Zi Ling, "Take your people and get out!"