Hearing Zhang Meng’s name, Xu Lu Cha’s footsteps paused slightly, but he quickly stepped forward again. Zi Yi walked in front of him, stubbornly saying: “Young master, you can’t go!”

“Zi Yi, don’t stop me, I want to see her.” When Xu Lu Cha said this, his red-rimmed eyes were about to shed tears again, but he held them back.

He couldn’t let her see him in such a miserable state again. He, Xu Lu Cha, could only appear beautifully before her.

Xu Lu Cha gripped the handle of his fan tightly, pointing the tip at Zi Yi, coldly saying: “If you stop me again, I’ll kill you.”

Zi Yi was stunned, his clear eyes also reddening a little. The young master was no longer the young master of before. The once iron-like young master had now been reduced to a state neither human nor ghost by Zhang constable. It seemed that if he wasn’t careful, the young master would desperately harm himself. He looked at Xu Lu Cha for a while, and finally sighed, stepping aside.

Xu Lu Cha no longer paid attention to Zi Yi, striding towards the dressing room.

After closing the door of the dressing room, Xu Lu Cha took off his clothes and stepped into the clear pool water. After bathing, he found one of his favorite clothes and carefully put it on, then meticulously applied rouge in front of the mirror to cover his pale lips and complexion. Only his red and slightly swollen eyes couldn’t be concealed no matter how he tried.

Xu Lu Cha threw the rouge back on the table and left the room.

Zi Yi had been waiting outside the door. Seeing Xu Lu Cha come out, Zi Yi hurriedly followed: “Young master, I’ll accompany you to find Zhang constable.”

“Don’t follow me!” Xu Lu Cha said coldly.

After Xu Lu Cha left the Xu residence, there were citizens pointing and discussing him, but Xu Lu Cha ignored them, walking straight towards the government office.

He was very familiar with Zhang Meng’s work schedule, knowing when she patrolled in the morning and when she patrolled at noon. Today should be Zhang Meng’s turn to patrol at noon. It was still morning now, still early, so Zhang Meng should be free. He wanted to go to the government office to find Zhang Meng.

Xu Lu Cha arrived at the government office and said to the guard at the gate: “Please ask Zhang Meng to come out and see me.” After a pause, he added, “You only need to tell her someone is looking for her, no need to say anything else.”

The incident of the third young master of the Xu family forcibly kissing Zhang constable of the government office had spread like wildfire throughout Cloud City in just one day. Even the government office guard, who rarely went out, knew that the person in front of her was the third young master of the Xu family, the protagonist of this story.

She looked at Xu Lu Cha with contempt, then said somewhat rudely: “You wait here, I’ll go call Zhang Meng.” With that, she walked into the government office.

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Xu Lu Cha stood properly in place waiting, his back straight, eyes focused straight ahead. After waiting for a long time, the guard finally came out.

“She’s not in the government office, you can go back.”

“Impossible! She must be here!” Xu Lu Cha suddenly raised his eyes, his calm emotions suddenly becoming agitated.

“I said she’s not here, so she’s not here! Hurry up and leave, don’t stand here in the way.” The guard said impatiently.

Xu Lu Cha gripped his fan tightly, and with a swish, a sharp blade sprung out from the tip of the fan, pointing straight at the guard’s throat: “Let me in, I must find her. She’s definitely in the government office. Is she hiding from me?”

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“Zhang Meng, are you really not going to see that Xu young master?” Seeing Zhang Meng drop the bowl in her hand after hearing the news, looking distracted, the sweeping uncle couldn’t help but ask worriedly.

“I won’t see him, it’s not good for him.”

She couldn’t give him hope anymore, couldn’t let him waste his feelings on her anymore.

Not long after, news came from outside that Xu Lu Cha was threatening the guard with a knife. The constables who were eating all silently put down their bowls and chopsticks. Zhang Meng was so shocked that she stood up, even knocking over her chair.

“Zhang Meng, don’t go see him.” Zhong Huo, who had been silently watching Zhang Meng’s reactions, suddenly spoke coldly, “You should know, if you see him now, you’ll be entangled with him for life.”

“But…” Zhang Meng was a bit anxious, “But he’s threatening the guard with a knife… Ma’am, I know his behavior is very inappropriate right now, but I think…”

“Zhang Meng!” Zhong Huo put down her bowl and chopsticks, her narrow phoenix eyes coldly sweeping towards Zhang Meng, “If you want to marry him, you can go see him now!”

Zhang Meng was stunned, not knowing what to say. After a long while, she finally said dejectedly: “Then what should I do, Ma’am?”

Xu Lu Cha seemed to have set his mind on her, no matter how she refused, it didn’t work. He clearly had better choices, why did he have to hang himself on her crooked tree?

Seeing Zhang Meng’s dejected appearance, Zhong Huo felt somewhat sympathetic. Although she also resented Zhang Meng for being too gentle with men and incurring emotional debts, she couldn’t bear to see Zhang Meng so downcast and upset, especially since Zhang Meng didn’t like Xu Lu Cha, who was only in love with her one-sidedly.

“Fine, I’ll go see Xu Lu Cha and make him leave the government office,” Zhong Huo finally said reluctantly.

It’s unknown what method Zhong Huo used, but soon a constable came back saying, “Young Master Xu has left, and probably won’t look for Zhang Meng for a while.”

All the constables felt relieved for Zhang Meng, but Zhang Meng felt somewhat uneasy in her heart.

When Zhong Huo returned, Zhang Meng specifically asked her what she had said to Xu Lu Cha. Zhong Huo casually replied, “I told him that if he keeps pestering you like this, it will not only ruin his reputation but also yours. Now all of Cloud City is talking about your affair. If he meets you again now, it won’t be good for either of you. I told him to go back first, and when things gradually blow over, if he wants to see you, I won’t stop him.”

“And then?” Zhang Meng hurriedly asked.

“When he heard it would ruin your reputation, he put down his fan and left. There’s nothing more,” Zhong Huo replied. “I just wanted to test how much he cares about you. I didn’t expect he really…” Zhong Huo stopped here.

Even though Zhong Huo stopped, Zhang Meng knew what she wanted to say.

Zhang Meng listlessly thanked Zhong Huo and left.

At noon, when Zhang Meng went out to patrol, she indeed didn’t see Xu Lu Cha again. What she didn’t know was that Xu Lu Cha, his handsome face covered with white gauze, was silently following behind her. Due to Xu Lu Cha’s excellent disguise skills, even the usually vigilant Zhang Meng couldn’t detect him.

Zhang Meng sat outside a teahouse drinking tea when suddenly her eyes looked straight at Xu Lu Cha’s hiding place. She quickly stood up and walked briskly towards Xu Lu Cha.

Xu Lu Cha’s heart skipped a beat, thinking Zhang Meng had discovered him. After a brief pause, his heart began to beat more intensely, pounding like a drum.

He had originally intended to follow Zhong Huo’s advice and not see Zhang Meng for a few days. Zhang Meng had always had a good image in the hearts of Cloud City’s citizens, but because of him, when he went out today, he could faintly hear citizens discussing Zhang Meng, saying she might be a hypocrite, being so considerate to men, perhaps coveting men’s bodies, and that the Third Young Master of the Xu family might have been deceived by her.

Although Xu Lu Cha had always been selfish, only thinking of himself, hearing Zhang Meng being slandered like this made him feel discontent for some reason. That’s why he followed Zhong Huo’s advice, planning to find Zhang Meng after things calmed down.

But now that Zhang Meng was walking towards him, he suddenly didn’t want to accommodate her anymore. Zhang Meng was his, why should he foolishly give up the idea of finding Zhang Meng for those blind people?

Even if the whole world slandered them, as long as they were together, it wouldn’t matter.

Zhang Meng, now that you’re walking towards me, I will never let you go again.

Xu Lu Cha stood up, about to walk towards Zhang Meng. He stared at her unblinkingly, his beautiful red-rimmed eyes rolling with a terrifying obsession, as if he wanted to swallow Zhang Meng whole.

But Zhang Meng brushed past him, walking towards a man behind him wearing brown clothes and a gauze hat.

“Yang Qing…” Zhang Meng looked at that familiar figure, her voice suppressed as she spoke.

The man paused, finally lifting the black gauze hat, revealing delicate features, and said softly, “A Meng.”

Zhang Meng was quickly overwhelmed by surging ecstasy. The person who had only appeared in her dreams was finally truly in front of her. She quickly walked up and hugged Yang Qing tightly, just like when she was a child lost in the mountains and found by Yang Qing, clinging to him and refusing to let go.

“Yang Qing… you’re finally willing to see me?” Zhang Meng buried her head in Yang Qing’s shoulder, her eyes burning.

But Yang Qing quickly pushed her away. He raised his hand to pat Zhang Meng’s head, saying gently, “A Meng, from now on, don’t call me by my name anymore. It’s not proper.”

Zhang Meng nodded repeatedly: “I’ll listen to you. I won’t call your name. As long as you don’t leave again, I’ll do whatever you say.”

…

After Zhang Meng and Yang Qing left the alley, Xu Lu Cha, who had been standing silently to the side, finally loosened his tightly clenched fist. Blood flowed from his palm, but he didn’t seem to feel the pain as he threw his fan violently to the ground.

He had been by her side all along, yet she hadn’t noticed him.

It turned out that the one she loved wasn’t that despicable A Yue, but this ugly man with a face full of scars. The dependence and tenderness on her face was something he had never seen before, yet she gave it to an ugly man.

He, Xu Lu Cha, was as beautiful as an immortal, yet he couldn’t compare to an ugly man.

Xu Lu Cha’s beautiful eyes were red, but he couldn’t squeeze out a single tear. In his eyes, there was only bone-deep discontent and madness.

Since there’s no place for me in your eyes, then I’ll make sure you can never be with that ugly man again.

Zhang Meng and Yang Qing were talking at the Yingyue Teahouse. Xu Lu Cha hid outside the private room, whispering a few words to a waiter. Soon, the waiter went into the private room and brought Yang Qing out.

Now there was no one else on the second floor of the Yingyue Teahouse, and it was unlikely that anyone else would come up today.

Xu Lu Cha tightened the white gauze on his face and carried in the drugged food.

Zhang Meng, don’t you care about that man very much?

Then you just watch, when he comes back and sees us lying naked together, see how he reacts.

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