Yuan Zheng forced himself to say what he had witnessed earlier, without biasness.

Since he was standing quite a distance away from Ding Rou’s guards, he could not hear the conversation between the two. However, he saw clearly how Ding Rou almost fell when she had grabbed onto Gu Lingzhi’s hand and Gu Lingzhi had brushed her off. This, he was able to narrate in detail. He was also able to regurgitate the conversation they had thereafter, especially the sentence in which Ding Rou had spoken louder for him to hear.

Rong Yuan remained standing where he was, without any change in his facial expression, but his heart was hurting. Seeing the person he wanted to protect being bullied by others caused him to develop an urge to just carry her home and shield her from everything that everyone was saying. However, upon considering the information he had gotten earlier, he forced himself to be determined. Looking at Gu Lingzhi, he asked doubtfully, “ Lingzhi, is what Yuan Zheng saying true?”

“Yes.” Gu Lingzhi did not think that there was anything to hide. “I merely brushed...