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Qingyi invited Steward Li from Feng'an to Nancheng.

The old man once worked for the Huo family and had also seen Ren Susu three years ago.

Tonight, Qingyi intended to turn his long-held intuition into a public identification.

You are putting a former Huo servant at the Murong family's banquet. Mother will not let you off lightly when she finds out.

Once he identifies her, I will naturally send him away.

Have you considered that he not only saw Susu, but also knows about the Huo family's old case?

Tonight, I will only have him identify Mulan.

But other people will ask other questions. If Huo Minxian learns he is here, the first person she will seek is not Mulan, but you.

That is why I arranged for him to enter through the side door and leave the same way.

You calculated every route, except what you yourself want to hear.

I want to hear her admit it herself. If she refuses, I will let everyone see.

Steward Li is right outside. All you have to do is walk out, and he will tell everyone who you are.

You waited three years just to hear an old man's word?

I waited three years because you never gave me an answer.

I gave you an answer. I am Fang Mulan, the Fang family's daughter and Qingyu's fiancee.

No matter how many times the name changes, the face remains the same.

Then look at me. Do not look at Steward Li.

What are you trying to do?

Three years ago, you caught me on the train. If I fell now, would you still reach out?

Mulan, move away from the water.

Look. The witness has not even spoken, and you are already afraid.

Qingyi did not wait. He rushed forward and seized Mulan.

His arm struck the stone and blood ran into the water, but his hand did not let go.

This very second. Do you still dare say that all you feel for me is hatred?

You remember the train and that I caught you. The real Fang Mulan could not possibly know those things.

Remembering the past does not mean I have to accept that name now.

For me, that is already enough.

Then why do you still need Steward Li?

Knowing it in my own heart is useless. I need evidence.

Qingyi bandaged Mulan while blood still ran from his own hand, but he did not even look at it.

The two stood very close, yet every word between them was a challenge.

You just saved me, and now you turn around and find someone to identify me?

Saving you is my choice. Investigating you is my choice too.

Are you not afraid those two things will collide?

I am. That is why Steward Li cannot fall into anyone else's hands.

Are you keeping him to protect him, or to use him?

Both. While he lives, you cannot erase the past. While he is safe, Huo Minxian cannot force him.

You sound more and more like a businessman.

I simply refuse to let anyone take another three years from me.

But the tighter you hold on, the easier it is for others to see your weakness.

The next day in the ancestral hall, Huo Minxian forced her way in. She knew about Steward Li and immediately asked about the old case.

Murong Qingyi, you brought my father's Steward Li to Nancheng. Whom did you want him to identify?

You come to another family's ancestral hall to interrogate me. The Huo family's manners grow grander by the day.

Enough nonsense. He knows how my father died. Detaining him means you are shielding the killer.

Where is your evidence?

Steward Li is the evidence. Hand him over, or let Qingyi come with me.

He is not going with you.

Miss Fang, you are so eager to speak for your future brother-in-law. Are you not afraid people will draw conclusions?

You storm into my family's ancestral hall and run wild before the elders, yet now you lecture me about my reputation?

A good-for-nothing whom neither family will acknowledge is worth your protection?

I am your future sister-in-law, and I am also a member of the Fang family. Keep causing trouble, and do not blame me for striking you.

You may protect him, but can you protect Steward Li? Call the witness in!

Call him. I also want to hear how he plans to prove it.

Outside the door was silent. Steward Li was nowhere to be seen.

Huo Minxian had lost her leverage, and the Murong family would no longer tolerate her scene.

Miss Huo, this ends here today. Please leave.

You just saved me in front of everyone.

Do not get sentimental yet. I merely stopped Huo Minxian from taking you away.

What is the difference between saving someone and keeping them here?

I saved you because I want you alive. I kept you because our score is not settled.

So I am destined to lose to you?

Are you not the same? You would rather hide Steward Li than let Huo Minxian touch your witness.

I kept him to expose you.

I kept you to see whether you could still hate me once the truth came out.

You remember the train and that hand, and you stood up to protect me. How can you expect me to feel nothing but hatred?

That is your problem. Do not ask me.

How much does what happened three years ago matter to you?

It matters too much for me to let outsiders interfere, and I have no desire to watch you play the victim.

Then we continue. While Steward Li is here, the truth is here.

Then we continue. But next time, do not borrow someone else's eyes to look at me.

You still refuse to acknowledge the old debt.

And you still refuse to let go.

Then neither of us leaves.