Who was Lin Xiao to her?
Even if Lin Xiao himself was asked, he couldn’t say what kind of position he held with ShenDai Ying.
Perhaps only bystanders could clearly see it, Elena and Xiao Hua both knew that they were each others secret lover, but that was something that definitely couldn’t be said.
The princess of the Great Qin Empire, Prince Caesar’s fiancée was having an affair?
If the word got out, not only will her reputation be ruined, Lin Xiao would be even worse out. Caesar’s furious siblings would probably publicly hang him.
So the only answer she could give was…
“Pelle, he’s called Lin Xiao and he’s actually my… benefactor, he saved my life!”
“Benefactor?”
Pelle didn’t react and thought she was joking and found a bad excuse to try to get by, but Pelle realized that she was actually serious.
ShenDai Ying embellished the story where Lin Xiao rescued her on Despair Island and her ability of changing the story didn’t lose out to Lin Xiao’s. It made Lin Xiao embarrassed just listening to it and almost made himself believe he was some upright hero and it also made Elena shake her head.
“So that means, he didn’t sneak in?” After listening to the story, Princess Pelle asked suspiciously.
“Of course not. Sigh, it’s my fault, I was rushed to invite him that day and forgot his invitation and it ended up causing a big mess… hehe, sorry everyone, let me apologize for my attendant.”
ShenDai Ying turned and calmly apologized to the surrounding guests. Seeing that, all of them laughed it off and said that it was no problem and that the princess’s benefactor would naturally be a distinguished guest and returned to the hall to wait for the start of the banquet.
The crowd gradually dispersed and ShenDai Ying and Pelle maintained their graceful smiles, holding each other like intimate sisters while whispering to one another.
“ShenDai Ying, you really are shameless, any random man has a relationship with you… and what’s more a benefactor, do you think I’ll believe your bullshit?”
“Hehe, little sister Pelle, why are you so angry? He really is my benefactor… or did you want to make a big deal of it but now that it petered out, you’re utterly discomfited and that’s why you’re speaking so rudely to me?” ShenDai Ying countered while still maintaining her polite smile.
“You slutty bitch, just relying on your face… oh no, your slender legs to seduce men! Just you wait ShenDai Ying, I’ll get ahold of you one day and make you scram back home!”
When most of the crowd left, Pelle finally revealed her true colors as she angrily pushed ShenDai Ying away and wanted to get away from her, but ShenDai Ying just held on playfully and didn’t let her go.
“You bitch, let go of me! When I’m with you, those stinking men only look at you and don’t look at me anymore!”
“Hehe, don’t worry, if they won’t look at you, I will?”
“Peh! Like I give a shit! Hurry up and scram… eh? Brother?”
Pelle was still shoving ShenDai Ying when she saw two familiar people coming towards them.
When Lin Xiao heard her she also followed her gaze and saw Caesar and Rosie coming over.
“Little sister?”
“Lin Xiao?”
When their sight crossed, Caesar and Rosie had different things they focused on.
Caesar was wearing an elegant tuxedo, he stood tall and looked valiant, along with his golden hair it made him look competent and experienced, like a prince straight out of a fairy tale.
When he saw them by the entrance, he first chided Princess Pelle telling her to stop fooling around, which made her tremble and subconsciously edge towards ShenDai Ying.
On the other hand, Rosie immediately noticed the plainly dressed Lin Xiao along with his silver-haired maid. Her interest was peaked and she quickly approached them. She looked up and down at Elena’s beautiful new clothes while listening to what had happened from Lin Xiao.
In comparison, Rosie’s clothes weren’t as outright lavish compared to the nobles, but when carefully examined, you would notice the exquisite workmanship and chic accents.
The only shortcoming was her sad chest…
“What? Lin Xiao, you said you were stopped by that ‘something something JianRen’ and he wanted to molest Elena so you sent him flying with magic? Hahaha, you really are something. You’re the first commoner that actually dares to do something in the royal palace, and to protect your own maid… tsk tsk, gutsy, you’re going to be famous!”
Rosie wasn’t afraid of anything so she completely took what had just happened as a fun game and laughed as she held onto Elena’s arm. Although she was also laughing at them, Lin Xiao couldn’t feel any malice.
Compared to those nobles that treated people like monkey’s Rosie was much more cordial.
“Rosie, stop laughing at me, what about you always following Caesar around?” Lin Xiao pretended to get angry and countered.
“W-what? I’m not following him around! I’m not like you, I have an invitation! Although I snatched it from my dad… cough, anyways, don’t worry about it!”
“Heh, okay. ” Watching her face get redder, Lin Xiao found it funny but stopped teasing her and switched topics, “Hey, what’s with that Princess Pelle?”
Lin Xiao could tell at first sight that she wasn’t someone ordinary, everyone listened to her including the guards, she seemed to be someone amazing.
“Oh, Pelle? You didn’t know? She’s Caesar’s little sister.”
“… little sister?”
“Yes, actual little sister.”
“My god…”
It seems Lin Xiao received some sort of shock as he turned to look at Elena who had a similarly blank look.
After Caesar found out what had happened from ShenDai Ying, he began lecturing Pelle for being a bystander and that she should have helped Lin Xiao out and notified ShenDai Ying quicker to not cause a scene. He went until she started tearing up and almost cried out loud into ShenDai Ying’s arms.
Lin Xiao didn’t feel good watching them.
It pissed him off!
Look at Caesar, born into nobility, handsome, gifted and strong, a follower Rosie in his left hand, a fiancée in his right and then a cute real little sister sandwiched between, a real winner in life!
Soon, Rosie also noticed them chatting and she didn’t want to fall behind so she forcefully joined in.
After this incident, the banquet was soon to begin so everyone recollected themselves and prepared to enter.
Although Lin Xiao didn’t have an invitation, he was being personally brought in to the banquet, something even her fiancé has never experienced. Since he was also her benefactor, no one could find any problems with that.
“Wait… Miss, I, I!”
Though the incident was over and Lin Xiao was following Caesar and them into the banquet hall, ShenDai JianRen who had been lying on the ground suddenly stopped ShenDai Ying apparently trying to defend himself.
“JianRen, how long have you been in Lombard Kindom for?” ShenDai Ying stopped and asked without turning around.
“Eh? Miss… I, I came along with you, it has almost been a year.” ShenDai JianRen spoke with trepidation.
“Oh, its been a while, it seems like it’s time for you to go home.”
“What? Home? Miss, you mean…”
“Xiao Hua.”
“Yes!”
“Give him some money and send him on his way tomorrow, I don’t want to see him again.”
“Yes, Miss!”
“No! You can’t do that to me! Miss, you can’t!” When he heard that she planned to send him back, he instantly exploded like he heard something horrifying and started arguing, “Miss! You can’t blame this on me, I just heard that you invited a guest, but I didn’t know it was that brat! Miss, you can’t do this to me for someone like that! If the master found out…”
“And so what if the master found out?”
ShenDai Ying asked in a stern voice.
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