CHAPTER 23: CHAPTER 23: QIAN YI’S FRUSTRATION

EDITOR: ATLAS STUDIOS

There were already quite a few people in the school, and hearing Qian Yi’s roar, they all showed surprised expressions. Someone even whispered, "I heard his wife is a wealthy lady from the Capital City, sent to the countryside because of some wrongdoing. And they say she’s also a fierce and domineering woman, and supposed to be quite ugly..."

The murmuring continued, and Li Qingmu suppressed his anger, saying coldly, "Qian Yi, you claim my wife nearly killed you. Where’s your evidence? Without evidence, it’s just slander!"

"You!"

Qian Yi was so furious he could barely contain it, staring at Li Qingmu with murderous intent. This guy was so shameless, asking him for evidence? How the hell was I supposed to have evidence!

If I did, I’d have taken your wife straight to the government!

Li Qingmu naturally knew he had no real evidence and saw Qian Yi on the verge of madness, a strange light flashed in his eyes as he suddenly pointed at him angrily, "Qian Yi, that day you acted indecently towards my wife in public, and I haven’t even settled that account with you, yet you have the audacity to turn around and slander her, what is your motive? Or are you guilty and fear I’ll come to hold you accountable, so you decided to accuse first?"

"Oh——"

The students in the school once again started making a commotion, each looking on with interest at the dispute between the two.

Who said women love gossip? Men are no worse! Look at those two, fists clenched, just waiting for a fight to break them up.

"You... you’re talking nonsense!"

Qian Yi was so angry he jumped, and his face flushed with guilt. The truth was, he had indeed flirted with Long Yue that day, and many people had seen it then.

"I’m talking nonsense?" Li Qingmu let out a cold laugh, his face full of rage. "Many people saw it, you could easily find any villager from Qingshui Village who visited the large lotus pond that day to testify! Do you still want to quibble?"

What Li Qingmu said only made Qian Yi more anxious; he was truly afraid he’d drag those villagers to testify.

But at this moment, how could he back down? Otherwise, he’d truly seem guilty as a thief.

"Bah, Li Qingmu, you bastard, you’re actually slandering me! Do you think your lousy wife is so great? Who the hell cares?"

"At the time, you were making indecent remarks and lunged towards my wife, but fortunately, she was quick enough to dodge your grasp. And because of your own carelessness, you fell into the water, but now you’re here making these baseless accusations against her and speaking so vulgarly, it’s obvious you must have been filled with filthy words back then!"

"I..." Li Qingmu calmly recounted the entire situation, and Qian Yi was left speechless, so infuriated that he picked up an inkstone from the table and hurled it at him, "Go to hell!"

"Whizz——"

The inkstone made a clear, pleasing sound as it sliced through the air, spinning towards its target!

Li Qingmu had anticipated this, deftly sidestepping the flying inkstone, and Xiang Yin, having learned from his previous experience, didn’t dare stand behind Li Qingmu. There was no one behind him, but coincidentally, as the inkstone flew by, a thin figure walked out from around the corner.

"Ah... watch out!"

Someone in the crowd exclaimed. The figure instinctively looked up to see a dark object flying towards him, getting larger and larger, leaving no time to dodge!

"Thud!"

The inkstone struck, and blood spattered!

"Ah... something terrible has happened, someone got killed!"

The students in the school were all terrified, faces turned pale, and some who saw who got hit were dumbfounded.

"Sir, it’s the teacher, Qian Yi, you killed the teacher!"

The panic-stricken cries caught everyone off guard, leaving them unsure of what to do at that moment.

Li Qingmu was also stunned seeing the bloody scene behind him, he only wanted to provoke Qian Yi into losing his rationality, but who would have thought Mr. Xu would get caught in it?

Fortunately, he quickly regained his composure and shouted to Xiang Yin beside him, "Quickly, go get a doctor, hurry up!"

Xiang Yin nodded and rushed off, while Li Qingmu suddenly pointed at the still bewildered Qian Yi and shouted, "What are you standing there for? Arrest this murderer!"

"Grab him!"

Mr. Xu was kind to everyone, even helping them review for exams beforehand, so this incident roused public anger. The students who had been merely watching immediately jumped up to seize Qian Yi.

"It wasn’t me! I didn’t do it! Don’t grab me!"

Qian Yi cried out in shock, followed by nervousness and panic. He really hadn’t committed murder! That inkstone wasn’t meant for Mr. Xu...

But who would listen to his explanation now?

"Take him to the government for handling!"

Someone shouted, and Qian Yi shivered as sweat stood on end. He didn’t want to be taken to the government; that would ruin his life!

Luckily, he was by the window, so he decided to vault himself out and escape.

"Grab him; don’t let him run!"

Li Qingmu ordered, dashing out first, followed by the other students. Eventually, the entire school chased after him.

"Stop, don’t run!"

"Catch him!"

"..."

The students chased in a horde, while Qian Yi ran ahead in panic, cleverly heading towards the crowded market area, managing to lose his pursuers several times.

Ultimately, Qian Yi ran into a brothel.

"Brother Li, he went into the brothel! Should we keep chasing?"

A student pointed at the brothel, to which Li Qingmu coldly replied, "Chase him! You few stay here at the entrance, you and a few others, we’ll go around back!"

Immediately, the group split into two, effectively surrounding the brothel.

"Hey, what’s going on, you scholars making such a fuss? How is anyone supposed to do business?"

The Madam came out swinging her hips, scolding with dissatisfaction; instantly, a student explained, "A murderer ran in there!"

"Ah——help, then hurry up and catch him!"

The Madam screamed, and chaos ensued in the place.

Qian Yi dashed through the brothel, colliding with two girls who actually recognized him and shouted, "Mr. Qian, Mr. Qian."

On any other day, Qian Yi would certainly have jumped at the chance, but right now he was too busy to bother, only wanting to escape alive,

Fortunately, this wasn’t the first time Qian Yi had come to this brothel, so he was familiar with the way and ran straight towards the back courtyard.

There was a back door there, and he could escape through it, hopefully, they’d never catch him!

"Bah, a bunch of fools, vegetarians trying to catch me?"

Qian Yi wiped his mouth with a sneer, jogging over to the back door.

He rushed towards it, about to escape, when he heard a familiar voice from outside: "He’ll definitely use the back door, let’s wait here for him!"

"Brother Li, you’re amazing, how did you know the brothel’s back door was here?"

"Xiang Yin mentioned it to me before, so I remembered."

"..."

Qian Yi’s face turned beet red with frustration, ready to curse—Li Qingmu, screw your mother!