The Birth Of A Villainess

After saying a few things to Lin Xiaomeng, Lin Xiaofei didn't bother with the other Lin family members as she thought that it wasn't necessary to pretend to be in a good relationship with them when she's leaving the residence.

She gave Lin Xiaomeng a glance before she stepped inside the carriage that was prepared by Qu Xing Xu. She was supposed to get on the carriage that Lin Xiaomeng brought for her to use but Qu Xing Xu insisted to share his carriage with her.

Of course, Lin Xiaofei didn't want to but he somehow got her grandfather's help and she ended up riding in the same carriage as him.

The carriage tipped slightly as Qu Xing Xu stepped into it after speaking talking to Lin Xiaomeng. She didn't know what they said to each other but she can't trust the words that Qu Xing Xu said to Lin Xiaomeng as he was a cunning man.

She stared at him as he got on the seat inside the carriage.

"Do you have something to say to me?" Qu Xing Xu beamed at her. His smile made her crease her eyebrows.

"What did you say to my grandfather?"

"Nothing much really." He shrugged his shoulders. "I only told him that I'll take great care of you while you're in my residence."

Lin Xiaofei peered at him as she didn't trust his words. He talked with her grandfather longer than needed to just say he'd take care of her.

Qu Xing Xu lightly laughed at her stare and suddenly stood up. The carriage has yet to move from where it was stationed as the other things that needed to be loaded in the other carriages has not been loaded yet.

Lin Xiaofei watched as he changed his position and sat beside her instead of across her.

Instinctively, she moved a little bit sidewards and felt the walls of the carriage behind her back.

Thankfully, Qu Xing Xu didn't do anything else after he sat beside her and Lin Xiaofei was relieved.

After a few seconds of silence, Lin Xiaofei opened her mouth to ask him, "When one arrived at the Qu residence. Is there anyone I should greet or be careful with?"

Even though Lin Xiaofei had already lived twice in two different bodies, she didn't have enough knowledge about the things and people that are inside the Qu residence. Because Yu Fangzhu was afraid of going against the Duke of Xin, he had never tried to push his way through to know more about the young Duke who decided to stand in the shadows and left the imperial court to others.

Moreover, even if Yu Fangzhu did want to know more and find out Qu Xing Xu's secret, Lin Xiaofei doubted that he would be able to succeed in his plan as the Qu residence was more guarded than the Imperial Palace.

Qu Xing Xu had a calm expression on his face but his eyes were filled with happiness as he didn't think she would ask this of him.

He slightly turned his body towards her and said, "There isn't anyone you should be careful with. My home isn't like the Lin residence where one needs to be careful. As for whom to greet. There are only a few people in there."

Lin Xiaofei arched her brow at him. "Who are they?"

"Just some insignificant people who leech on my grandfather's prestige."

Tilting her head, Lin Xiaofei frowned at his words. Qu Xing Xu mentioned that there were other people whom she should greet but with the way he put it, it doesn't seem like she needed to be polite and amiable with them.

Calling these people an insignificant individual was offensive but calling them as people who leech off the previous Duke's prestige seemed a bit too much. Was he insulting them? Or did Qu Xing Xu have bad blood with them?

"The first person you'll meet is Bai Feng Jiu, my father's mistress, and her sister. They're currently living in one of the courtyards in the residence. You don't need to greet them if you don't want to." He continued to say as he reached for a bowl of hazelnut on the side.

He started to peel the shell off and handed one to Lin Xiaofei. She wanted to refuse but thinking that she wasn't able to eat a bit more during breakfast, she took it from him and put it inside her mouth.

"But won't that be disrespectful to your father's mistress?" She said after finishing one hazelnut.

As she had lived with her in-laws in the past, Lin Xiaofei was already used to meeting Yu Fangzhu's mother and suffered under her hands. No matter if she was right in an argument, Concubine Xian would always punish her and side with the other concubines in Yu Fangzhu's inner courtyard.

That is why, although she was living a different life and the man before her was different from Yu Fangzhu, Lin Xiaofei would like to do her job properly as his fiance and if she were to marry him, she had to make sure that she will be filial to his parents and elderlies since Qu Xing Xu also showed some respect towards her grandfather.

Qu Xing Xu's fingers that were crushing the shell of a hazelnut paused and he looked up at her. His eyes were bright but his words were filled with venom, "She's just a mistress. You will be the Duchess of Xin, there's no need for you to do that. If she dared to complain about you being disrespectful to her, I know you can put her to her place."

Lin Xiaofei was startled at his words but didn't argue with him. Indeed, Lin Xiaofei was worrying too much that she forgot that they're just pretending to be in love with each other.

Thinking like so, she said, "Then, please do not look for me if she cried buckets to you."

If Bai Feng Jiu really did make a scene or scheme against her, Lin Xiaofei didn't need to hesitate anymore to clear the rotten vegetables in the Qu residence.