Proofread by Yin Jing

　　"Yes, mother, Ling'er has just heard about this from Liyi." Yan Ling bows slightly as if nothing happened.

　　"Oh? Really? Then I'd like to hear it from you." Mrs. Yan shows her anger completely. She pounds the table before others without saving face for Yan Ling, which perfectly shows her imposing manner as the hostess of the Prime Minister's House.

　　"From my perspective, it's clearly a rumor deliberately started by someone. It's just nonsense to disturb people's minds." Yan Ling says lightly, with his head down, unable to see her expression clearly.

　　"But weakness lends wings to rumors, sister. There must be a reason why this statement has been circulated." Yan Shuang blinks and pretends to be an innocent girl.

　　"So you think that I am the horrible person who extracts and uses poison?" Yan Ling turns to look at Yan Shuang.

　　Weakness lends wings to rumors. The old saying is correct. However, there is another old saying, "It's a pity that human hearts can never be as calm as the water, and they start rumors out of thin air". Since there is a rumor, there must be someone who fabricated it.

　　It is beyond Yan Shuang's expectation that Yan Ling is still in such a leisurely manner when she comes across things like that. This is the first time for her to face up the fact that Yan Ling is not the timid girl like before.

　　But Yan Shuang's lips curl up---it's not her fault that Yan Ling has been keeping a secret, which is exposed by her. She doesn't believe that Yan Ling dares to spills the beans.

　　"Of course not. I just think that it is kind of reliable to some degree since everyone else is talking about it..." Yan Shuang bites her lips and shakes her head hurriedly as if she wanted to say something but stopped on a second thought. She really looks like a lovely and innocent girl when she pretends to be one.

　　Yan Ling slightly disdains Shuang. In her previous life, she was deceived by her innocent appearance. How could she be deceived again in this life?

　　Before Yan Ling could say something, Mrs. Yan took a step ahead: "Ling'er, why are you still arguing? Shuang never lies? I think you'd better admit it."

　　Yan Ling sneers: why can't she notice the obviously different att.i.tude in her previous life?

　　It's just a few rumors spreading out from the House. Her mother didn't even care about the truth. On the contrary, she let Ling confess as soon as possible.