Here came the robbers

In the end, Liu'er kept her thoughts to herself. Throwing the books at the second young master's face was also very good - and it would help her young miss relieve her anger.

She made to grab the books but Bai Yue's dainty hand suddenly stopped her.

"Wait, don't take this one," Bai Yue squeaked out awkwardly as she picked up the war manuscript. "The late General Xie has nothing to do with Bai Chen's disgusting behavior."

Well, that, and she had only ever dreamed of reading that book before. Now that it was in her hands, she couldn't bear to throw it away.

Liu'er peered at the nondescript cover. "Is this book really rare? It looks so... cheap."