Chapter 43 Green Tea’s Reputation Is Completely Ruined
“Zhang Meng, you two should get married.”
Yang Qing’s voice was gentle, but Zhang Meng was angry and aggrieved. However, facing Yang Qing, she wouldn’t lose her temper.
Ever since Xu Lu Cha heard Yang Qing’s words, he had been in a state of shock, his beautiful eyes fixed on Zhang Meng, his body rigid with nervousness, his snow-white hands constantly tightening and relaxing. Even though he knew Zhang Meng wouldn’t marry him, he couldn’t help but hope.
“I won’t marry him. Even you don’t have the right to make me marry him.” Zhang Meng didn’t look at Xu Lu Cha once. She spoke to Yang Qing in a suppressed voice, then gripped her sword and turned to leave.
At this moment, she hated Xu Lu Cha to death for doing such a thing to her. She had always been a conservative person. In two lifetimes combined, she had never even held hands with a man, let alone been in love. She had high hopes for love. However, because of Xu Lu Cha’s selfishness, she lost her virginity and was now being forced by the person she liked to marry Xu Lu Cha.
Yang Qing called after her, but Zhang Meng no longer rushed towards her as she used to. Instead, she quickened her pace to escape from this place. Originally, meeting Yang Qing would have been a happy event, but now, she wished she could hide herself and never appear before Yang Qing again. The moment she had relations with Xu Lu Cha, she no longer had the right to like Yang Qing.
Xu Lu Cha watched helplessly as Zhang Meng left. He felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, his hands and feet were ice-cold, his face deathly pale.
Seeing Xu Lu Cha’s desperate look, Yang Qing comforted him: “Young Master Xu, you needn’t be sad. I’ve known A’Meng for ten years and understand her well. A’Meng feels differently about you, it’s just that she hasn’t been able to see her own feelings clearly.”
Xu Lu Cha withdrew his gaze, looking at Yang Qing with ice-cold eyes. He raised his snow-white palm and slapped Yang Qing hard across the face.
After all, Zhang Meng had rejected him because of this ugly man. This ugly man had even come to him pretending to be sympathetic, saying that Zhang Meng felt differently about him. Was this sarcasm or pity? Whatever it was, Xu Lu Cha didn’t need it.
However, Yang Qing, who had martial arts training, quickly grabbed his snow-white wrist: “Young Master Xu! Why are you doing this?”
Xu Lu Cha forcefully shook off his hand, his toes hooked the folding fan on the ground, tossed it up, caught it with his hand, and stabbed fiercely at Yang Qing.
Since Zhang Meng had already rejected him, he had nothing left to lose. Why should he care about anything? He would kill this self-righteous ugly man right now.
Xu Lu Cha’s attack was swift and fierce, but Yang Qing dodged them all. Finally, unable to tolerate it anymore, he snatched the folding fan from Xu Lu Cha’s hand.
“Young Master Xu! I bear you no ill will, you don’t need to treat me like this!” Yang Qing raised his voice.
But Xu Lu Cha ignored his words, grabbed a teacup from the table, and hurled it at Yang Qing.
Yang Qing opened the folding fan, blocking all the teacups, then quickly approached Xu Lu Cha and swiftly pressed several points on his body with his fingers.
The previously frenzied Xu Lu Cha’s body went limp and was about to fall to the ground.
Yang Qing hurriedly supported Xu Lu Cha’s softened body and gently laid him on the ground.
“Young Master Xu, have you calmed down?”
Xu Lu Cha’s blood-red beautiful eyes slowly returned to normal, tears quickly gathered in his eyes and fell down in a pitter-patter.
Yang Qing took out a handkerchief from Xu Lu Cha’s sleeve, wiped his tears a few times, then spoke softly: “Young Master Xu, you’ve always been an intelligent and rational person. Why is it that when you encounter Zhang Meng, you always do such foolish things that harm others and yourself? This is not the way to win Zhang Meng’s heart. Zhang Meng has always been one to respond to gentleness, not force.”
Xu Lu Cha raised his head and said fiercely: “What exactly are you trying to say?”
Yang Qing said gently: “I just want to say, if you truly love Zhang Meng, then strive to become gentler. Don’t treat her so harshly anymore.”
“She doesn’t need my gentleness! She only cares about you!”
When had he not been gentle to her? In front of her, he always tried to maintain his image. It was only because she rejected him time and time again, not giving him any chance, that he lost control of his emotions. And Zhang Meng’s repeated rejections, weren’t they all because of this self-righteous man in front of him?
Xu Lu Cha glared at Yang Qing, wishing he could kill him right now.
Hearing Xu Lu Cha’s words, Yang Qing was slightly stunned, then his eyes flashed with helplessness: “In the past, I could say that Zhang Meng cared for me, but now I feel that Zhang Meng no longer has that intense feeling for me as before. Perhaps she has come to her senses and wants to treat me as a friend or a foster father.”
“Zhang Meng pities you. Even though you’ve done many bad things, she hasn’t forcibly taken you back to the government office. She feels differently about you.”
Seeing Xu Lu Cha glaring at him, Yang Qing could only smile helplessly: “Young Master Xu, to be honest, I don’t like you very much. I even think you’re not worthy of Zhang Meng. It’s only because Zhang Meng cares about you, and you are the most suitable person for Zhang Meng, that I thought of having you two marry…”
Zhang Meng’s background would bring her mortal danger, while Xu Lu Cha was cunning and ruthless. Most importantly, he was deeply in love. For Zhang Meng, he could sacrifice everything. That was enough. Only he could protect Zhang Meng for a lifetime.
Yang Qing put aside the melancholy in his heart and said to Xu Lu Cha: “Young Master Xu, I will help you.”
As long as Zhang Meng could live safely through this life, that would be better than anything else.
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When Xu Lu Cha returned to the Xu mansion, Zi Yi hurriedly rushed over: “Young Master! Where have you been all day? Zi Yi was so worried about you.”
Xu Lu Cha, with a cold handsome face, seemed not to see Zi Yi at all and walked forward, ignoring him.
Zi Yi hurriedly followed behind Xu Lu Cha, his eyes reddening, and started babbling: “The master just came looking for you. He said he wants to expel you from the Xu family. He also said that even the lady won’t intervene for you.”
“Young Master, what should we do? Zi Yi just went to see the lady, and she’s indeed very disappointed in you. Zi Yi fears she really won’t help you. The lady is such a face-conscious person…”
Seeing that Xu Lu Cha was immersed in his own world, still ignoring him, Zi Yi became a bit annoyed: “Young Master!”
He quickly moved in front of Xu Lu Cha, blocking his way, not letting him walk forward.
“Won’t you listen to Zi Yi? Don’t you care at all that you might be driven out of the Xu family?”
Xu Lu Cha finally raised his beautiful eyes and said coldly: “With Qin Rong around, he won’t dare to touch me.”
Zi Yi was stunned, thinking of Miss Qin who had always been currying favor with the young master. He suddenly felt enlightened.
Indeed, Chen Yue wouldn’t dare to touch the young master now. Chen Yue was just venting his frustrations.
Seeing that the young master had finally regained some of his previous calmness, Zi Yi was genuinely happy. He nodded repeatedly: “Zi Yi is so stupid, I didn’t think of Miss Qin! The young master has given her so many strategies, making her business better and better. She definitely won’t refuse to help the young master. Even if the young master is driven out of the Xu family, the properties and wealth the young master has obtained from Miss Qin are enough for the young master to live well…”
Xu Lu Cha didn’t pay any more attention to Zi Yi. He pushed Zi Yi aside and prepared to return to his room.
However, when he raised his hand, the sharp-eyed Zi Yi saw that his elbow was black and blue, as if he had been abused.
He exclaimed in shock, quickly grabbing Xu Lu Cha’s hand and lifting up his sleeve. Sure enough, he saw that Xu Lu Cha’s snow-white arm was covered in purple bruises.
“Young Master, what happened to you?”
Seeing that the red chastity mark on Xu Lu Cha’s wrist was gone, he was even more panicked: “Young Master, where is your chastity mark?”
Xu Lu Cha’s originally cold handsome face softened for a moment, followed by heartbreaking despair. He said in a hoarse voice: “I gave my body to her.”
Zi Yi’s eyes widened, as if struck by lightning: “Young… Young Master… How could you be so foolish?”
Let alone the contempt a man would face after losing his chastity, the young master had always valued his chastity as much as his life. He had given his body to Zhang the constable, which was equivalent to giving his life to her. If Zhang the constable didn’t want the young master, the young master would surely go mad.
However, the young master’s emotions seemed stable now, and Zi Yi didn’t know what Zhang the constable’s attitude towards the young master would be. Perhaps she hadn’t rejected the young master… But if she hadn’t rejected the young master and had accepted him, why was the young master’s mood so off…
Zi Yi was shocked and distressed by Xu Lu Cha’s words, unaware that someone hiding in the shadows had heard Xu Lu Cha’s words and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of their mouth.
That person secretly left Xu Lu Cha’s courtyard and headed straight for Chen Yue’s courtyard.
“What? He’s no longer pure?” Chen Yue stood up abruptly.
“Yes, master. His chastity mark is gone.”
Chen Yue sneered mockingly: “Indeed, he’s as shameless as his father.” He slowly sat down and spoke with pleasure: “Since he’s so eager to ruin himself, how can I not oblige him?”
Seeing Chen Yue’s vicious eyes, that person understood Chen Yue’s intention and lowered their head, saying: “I will make sure the entire Yun City knows about his impurity…”
“Young Master… What did Zhang the constable say?” Zi Yi stared at Xu Lu Cha’s pale face for a long time before finally asking difficultly.
But Xu Lu Cha didn’t want to discuss it further. He simply pushed Zi Yi aside, walked into the room, and closed the door.
“Young Master!” Zi Yi knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside.
Remembering Xu Lu Cha’s haggard and lifeless appearance just now, Zi Yi felt very distressed.
He slowly lowered his hand that was knocking on the door and bowed his head.
The young master shouldn’t be like this. He should be calm and composed, radiant, attracting countless gazes with just a smile or a frown.
Xu Lu Cha stayed in the room for a day, never coming out.
During this time, Chen Cheng came to see Xu Lu Cha. She stood outside the door, constantly begging Xu Lu Cha to come out and see her.
She sobbed: “Cha’er, I don’t care that your reputation is ruined, I don’t care that you have someone else in your heart. I will treat you well, will you marry me?”
Zi Yi watched from the side, seeing Chen Cheng crying uncontrollably, he felt sorry for her and advised: “Miss Chen, you’d better go back for now. The young master won’t see you at this time.”
It wasn’t until noon the next day that Xu Lu Cha came out of the room.
After not eating, drinking, or sleeping for two days, he was so weak he could barely walk, his handsome face as pale as paper.
Seeing him come out, Zi Yi hurriedly brought out the food he had prepared long ago and urged him to eat.
“Young Master, in your current state, it’s better not to go find Zhang the constable. Eat something first, regain your strength. In a few days, Zi Yi will call Zhang the constable to see you, alright?”
But Xu Lu Cha only ate two bites of food before ignoring Zi Yi’s attempts to stop him and went out to find Zhang Meng.
However, just as he stepped out with his face veiled, he heard the people of Yun City gossiping about him.
“I heard that the third young master of the Xu family slept with a wild woman.”
“I didn’t expect him to be so wanton and cheap. He hasn’t even married yet, but he’s already fooling around with women…”
“Why doesn’t Xu Hong control him, letting him embarrass himself outside? He’s like a prostitute…”
Xu Lu Cha’s face was pale and numb. Ignoring those people’s words, he walked towards the government office.
However, Zhang Meng consistently refused to see Xu Lu Cha. Xu Lu Cha stood outside the government office every day waiting for her, breaking into the office countless times, but never once saw Zhang Meng.
Gradually, the people of Yun City all knew that there was a madman at the door of the government office, and they would go there from time to time to watch.
One day, the wind blew off Xu Lu Cha’s veil. When Xu Lu Cha’s pale and delicate face was revealed, the crowd was in an uproar.
The people of Yun City all knew that the wild woman who had been fooling around with Xu Lu Cha was someone from the government office. Recalling that Xu Lu Cha had forcibly kissed Zhang Meng not long ago, people guessed that the woman was Zhang Meng.
People didn’t care what had happened between Xu Lu Cha and Zhang Meng; they only saw that Xu Lu Cha was shameless, casually entangling with women.
Zhang Meng was a woman, so people didn’t say much about her. However, Xu Lu Cha’s reputation was thoroughly ruined. As glorious as he had been before, he was now equally wretched.
Some people even revealed Xu Lu Cha’s background, saying he was the child of a male prostitute, only adopted by the Xu family.
All at once, Xu Lu Cha was despised by thousands. The once illustrious third young master of the Xu family became a whore scorned by everyone.
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