Chapter Ten: Fierce Dispute

For this reason, she rose early before dawn, meticulously grooming and dressing herself, determined to appear before everyone in the most enchanting manner.

However, as she stepped out of her home with a heart full of joy, she was stunned by the scene before her.

There, standing alive and well, were the two people who should have been devoured by the ferocious beasts!

For a long moment, Ouyang Chenxi stood dumbfounded, mouth agape, unable to utter a single word.

“You… you two…” she finally managed to gasp. “How are you two useless fools here? I clearly…”

Snapping back to reality, her eyes widened with fury, her teeth clenched as she snarled, “I clearly—”

“Clearly what? Clearly you put beast-attracting incense on Xiaoyue’s body!” Ouyang Xiaofeng stepped forward, shouting angrily.

His fists clenched tightly, and rage turned his expression cold and unforgiving, like frost.

Their fierce argument quickly drew a crowd of early risers passing by on their way to the market.

Whispers and murmurs filled the air; after all, this was a scandal within the Ouyang family itself, a rare spectacle that no one wanted to miss.

As more people gathered, Ouyang Chenxi’s eyes flickered with a barely perceptible malice, but she swiftly masked it.

Instead, she adopted a pitiful, wronged expression, tears shimmering in her eyes as she spoke plaintively, “Brother, how could I ever do such a thing to Sister Xiaoyue?

Even if Sister Xiaoyue somehow accidentally got that beast-attracting incense on her, you two have no cultivation whatsoever—how could you possibly have escaped the beasts unharmed?

Someone must be deliberately framing me! Boohoo…”

With that, she began to sob softly, her tear-streaked face evoking genuine sympathy.

Ouyang Chenxi simply could not fathom how, under those circumstances, they had returned unscathed.

She had applied a generous amount of the beast-attracting powder—it was an irresistible lure to the surrounding monsters, enough to draw ravenous beasts like hungry tigers.

How could they possibly appear here without a single injury? It was nothing short of a miracle.

There was no denying that Ouyang Chenxi’s acting skills were as versatile as a chameleon’s.

The onlookers, like a disturbed swarm of bees, began pointing fingers and whispering about the siblings.

“You put the beast-attracting incense on me,” Ouyang Xiaoyue finally spoke, her voice cold and hoarse, like the chill from the depths of hell itself, sending shivers down everyone’s spines.

“I didn’t! Xiaoyue, why would you slander me?” Ouyang Chenxi felt as if she had fallen into an icy abyss under Xiaoyue’s gaze—it was terrifying.

“Miss Xiaoyue, our lady treats you like a sister. How can you bear to slander her so?” a nearby maid chimed in rapidly like a volley of bullets.

“On the contrary, Miss Xiaoyue, you stayed out all night, causing the head of the family to personally come looking for you.

Yet you repeatedly accuse our lady, which prompted the family head to sternly order your confinement.

Our lady cares for you deeply and has tried everything to plead on your behalf; yet you show no remorse at all.”

At that moment, a house servant approached Ouyang Xiaoyue and said, “Fifth Miss, the clan chief and madam request your presence immediately.”