CHAPTER 1496: 314, DAMN YOU (FIRST UPDATE)_2

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Yuan had already preemptively cut her off, her cold gaze so piercing that Su Qiuyu couldn’t help but shudder.

Su Qiuyu now regretted it too. Wasn’t it better that Xia Zheng wasn’t in the room? Why did she have to drag Xia Zheng into this? She was so stupid!

Seeing that Su Qiuyu finally had the smarts to keep her mouth shut, Lin Yuan shifted her gaze away from her and swept a glance at the several noble ladies who were glaring at Yao Hanai, speaking indifferently, "I don’t know where you ladies have heard these rumors from, but you should have clarified them by now. You should all leave. Mo Zhu, aren’t you coming over to clean up your mistress?"

Mo Zhu had already been stunned speechless by the scene in front of her. She almost stumbled and rolled her way into the room, with no time to wipe the blood from her nose, and with a chipped tooth from a knock she hadn’t yet cared to tend to, she started searching around the room frantically, mumbling something as if bewitched.

Witnessing Mo Zhu’s state, Lin Yuan’s eyes narrowed. It seemed this Mo Zhu knew something!

There were only women’s clothing on the floor of the room, not a single man’s, and looking at the opened window, it was obvious that the man had already escaped through it while these women were causing a ruckus.

But who was this man? Was it really Xia Zheng?

Lin Yuan’s heart sank. Although she had much faith in Xia Zheng, the words reported by Shopkeeper Liu pained her. This woman had actually drugged Xia Zheng, causing him to pass out. Even stripping her naked in front of all men wouldn’t be too much!

And now, seeing that it was only a few women here, she was already let off too easy!

Kicking Mo Zhu lightly, Lin Yuan hummed in disgust, "You fool! Why haven’t you dressed your mistress yet?"

Mo Zhu was startled for a moment, then finally snapped back to reality. She grabbed the clothes from the floor and staggered to the bedside, clumsily covering Yao Hanai’s body.

It’s said that if you catch adulterers, you must catch both. Today, they had caught only Yao Hanai and not Xia Zheng, so it couldn’t be considered catching adultery.

Yet, it was a fact that Yao Hanai’s body had been ruined, and the noble ladies who came to make trouble looked at each other, secretly glancing at Lin Yuan.

They remembered this woman shouting "I’ll save my own man" before kicking down the door. Could it be that she also thought the man inside was Xia Zheng?

Not just these people, Su Qiuyu also wanted to stop Lin Yuan and ask where Xia Zheng was, but what was most important now was Xia Zheng’s reputation. Even if she didn’t want to speak to this village girl, she couldn’t ignore Xia Zheng’s wellbeing.

The noble ladies left downstairs first, and Su Qiuyu intentionally slowed down, intercepting Lin Yuan as she turned the staircase, questioning in a voice only the two could hear: "Where have you hidden Brother Zheng? How is he? Is he injured?"

Lin Yuan’s brows raised, her eyes scrutinizing Su Qiuyu. She had to admit, this Su Qiuyu was indeed better than Yao Hanai by a margin, at least she was genuinely good to Xia Zheng, not like Yao Hanai, who was set on getting him through any underhanded method.

Lin Yuan even believed that if Xia Zheng had not met her, perhaps Su Qiuyu would have been the best lady for him.

"I don’t know where he is," maybe because of Su Qiuyu’s pure feelings for Xia Zheng, Lin Yuan’s attitude softened a bit.

"You don’t know either? Then, the person in that room..."

"The man in the room isn’t him!"

Knowing what Su Qiuyu wanted to ask, Lin Yuan firmly interrupted: "The man with Yao Hanai is not Xia Zheng."

Looking into Lin Yuan’s determined eyes, for some reason, Su Qiuyu found herself completely convinced. Yet she still unconsciously asked, "How can you be so sure it’s not him?"

Lin Yuan’s lips curled into a confident and proud smile: "Because he is Xia Zheng, the man I have chosen. In this world, he is the one who schemes against others, and absolutely no one can outwit him."

Su Qiuyu felt as if her chest had been heavily struck, the pain causing her body to shake violently.

"He is the one who schemes against others, no one can outwit him. He is the one who schemes against others, no one can..."

She murmured this phrase in a daze. Yes, how could Xia Zheng, famed as the Little Tyrant since childhood, be someone easily outwitted by others?

She couldn’t help but look up at Lin Yuan, who had already gone downstairs, and suddenly understood where she fell short compared to her.