FID – Chapter 406

  Chapter 406: Don’t Blame Me for Being Ruthless

  The Fu family, what real ability did they have?

  If not by the secret formula she gave, even if the Fu family offered themselves to the dog of the Liu family, they wouldn’t spare them a glance.

  This was something the two knew very well.

  Fu Yuxian’s face alternated between blue and white.

  Fu Yuzheng turned around and got on the carriage, disinclined to talk to her any further.

  She couldn’t push them too far at present. Otherwise, the dog would jump over the wall, and it would only be to her disadvantage.

  Wait three more days!

  In the carriage, Fu Yuzheng’s eyes gleamed overly bright.

  ”Go back to the royal residence.”

  ”Wait,” outside the carriage, Fu Yuxian’s voice rang again. She added slowly, “Fu Yuzheng, I heard that you and that weak scholar in the royal residence are very close, ah. He is the Ruyi County Lady’s elder brother, right?”

  ”What do you mean?” Fu Yuzheng forced herself to keep her voice calm, but her heart jumped to her throat violently.

  Fu Yuxian would never mention Zhixia for no reason, especially at a time when the selection was imminent.

  ”I think we can sit down and have a good talk, talk about Liu Zhixia, and about the selection in three days, don’t you think?” The woman’s voice outside was filled with complacency.

  ”What did you do to him?”

  ”I just asked someone to invite him to have a cup of tea.”

  ”Do you think I’ll believe you?”

  ”You can go and ask for proof, but if you dare to play tricks behind our backs, don’t blame me for being ruthless. I will wait for you in the teahouse across from here for half an hour, and no more.”

  ”Go back to the royal residence!”

  The carriage started to move and sped away.

  Throughout the trip back, Fu Yuzheng’s heart was beating wildly.

  She didn’t believe in Fu Yuxian’s words, but she cared too much about that person, so she couldn’t afford a single slip.

  When she returned to the royal residence, Fu Yuzheng didn’t even enter the door and directly grabbed the concierge and asked, “Is Young Master Liu back?”

  At this hour, classes at the Imperial Academy had already finished and in accordance to the previous days, he would have had already returned and was having his meal in the hall.

  The concierge shook his head blankly and replied, “Young Master Liu has not yet returned to the residence, Miss Fu. Are you looking for him?”

  Fu Yuzheng’s heart instantly thumped.

  The carriage again rushed to the Imperial Academy, but learned from a classmate that Liu Zhixia had left the Imperial Academy early on and followed other fellow students together.

  In a cloth house opposite the teahouse, Fu Yuxian was sitting in the compartment of an elegant room, slowly sipping tea, unflustered.

  The corners of her mouth curled up into a cold smile when a loud bang came from the door.

  ”No less than an hour. I didn’t expect Sister Yuzheng to be so nervous about that weak scholar, really.”

  ”Fu Yuxian, you and your Fu family are seeking your own death!” Fu Yuzheng walked over, picked up a cup of tea, and splashed it all over the woman’s face.

  The tea was still hot, and when it was suddenly splashed on Fu Yuxian’s face, it scalded her. She screamed and jumped up in a mess: “Fu Yuzheng, don’t you want Liu Zhixia’s life anymore?”

  Fu Yuzheng coldly laughed, “Liu Zhixia is Ruyi County Lady’s biological brother. He’s living in the Nanling King’s residence, and his relationship with His Highness is closer than you can imagine! Fu Yuxian, if you dare to touch him, I guarantee that your Fu family is bound to be plagued by disaster!”

  Fu Yuxian wiped away the water stains on her face, her face twisted: “The family will be plagued? Will Liu Zhixia be in trouble? That depends on you, Fu Yuzheng! If you know what’s good for you, he’ll be fine, but if you don’t, you’re the one who’ll be causing him harm! By then, the first person that the King of Nanling will look for won’t be the Fu family, but you, Fu Yuzheng. It’s because you did nothing to save him from death! By then, not to mention stepping on my Fu family, there will be no place for you in the whole of Nanling!”

  ”Where is he?!”

  ”What’s the hurry? As long as you know what to do, he’ll be safe,” Seeing how anxious Fu Yuzheng was, Fu Yuxian rejoiced, and sat down again unhurriedly. “You haven’t played any tricks behind my back, have you? If you dare to report this matter to the King of Nanling to find help, I can’t guarantee whether you can still see that weak scholar.”

  As she spoke, she pulled something out of her sleeve and toyed with it between her fingers.

  At the same time, she secretly observed Fu Yuzheng’s reaction.

  Seeing that item, Fu Yuzheng’s calmness that she was holding back completely broke.

  That was the medicinal pouch that was hanging on Liu Zhixia’s waist! Liu Yusheng made them with her own hands, so each family had one. Liu Zhixia cherished it very much, and absolutely wouldn’t remove it at will!

  ”Fu Yuxian, what on earth is it you want?” Fu Yuzheng gritted her teeth with her fingers clenched, and bit each word.

  ”Back at the Osmanthus Forest, I want to thank you, Sister Yuzheng, for your care. In terms of etiquette, I should return the favor, no?” After speaking, Fu Yuxian smiled maliciously and raised her hands with a clap.

  The door of the private room opened again, and five men came in. They were all around their forties or fifties. They were dressed in rags, with indecent appearances and red eyes, gleaming with lust.

  Fu Yuzheng went cold: “Fu Yuxian, what the hell are you planning?!”

  ”What do you think, Sister Yuzheng?” Fu Yuxian covered her lips and smiled coyly: “I’ve already booked this floor. Sister, enjoy it.”

  Outside, the sky has darkened. The capital streets were lit up, but the streets were still lively and bustling with people coming and going.

  Liu Zhixia walked out of a bookstore and said goodbye to his fellow students, “It’s too late, I’ll be leaving first.”

  ”I’m sorry, Brother Liu, I’m sorry. It’s all my fault for dragging you along. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have lost your stuff,” a scholar of similar age to Liu Zhixia kept apologizing, his face brimming with shame.

  ”It can’t be helped if I can’t get it back. I’ll have my sister send another one later. You don’t have to take it to heart.” Liu Zhixia smiled.

  He accompanied his fellow students to the book shop, but he didn’t expect it to be so crowded, and the small medicinal pouch hanging around his waist fell out. In order to find the medicinal pouch, they stayed in the book shop for a long time.

  ”Brother Liu, I’m really sorry,” the scholar still apologized profusely.

  ”Let’s go, you still have a long way to go back to the Imperial Academy.” Liu Zhixia patted the scholar’s arm. He didn’t want to dwell on this topic. It was his own carelessness that he couldn’t retrieve his pouch after losing it.

  At present, he just wanted to hurry back home. He hadn’t returned for a long time, so he wondered if she would worry.

  Looking at the back of Liu Zhixia who left first, the scholar’s eyes behind him flickered. He wanted to speak, but held himself back. In the end, he clenched his teeth and left in the other direction with his head down.

  When he returned to the royal residence, he greeted the concierge and was about to go inside when he was called by the concierge, “Young Master Liu, you came back a little late today. Miss Fu went out to find you. Didn’t you meet her?”

  ”She went to look for me? What happened?” Liu Zhixia frowned.

  ”I don’t know, but from Miss Fu’s looks, she was very anxious. Later, she seemed to have gone in the direction of the Imperial Academy.”

  At these words, Liu Zhixia frowned more tightly, and the afternoon happenings inexplicably floated in his mind.

  He had helped a fellow student from the same poor family before. Today, the said man periodically came over to invite him to the bookstore to buy paper and brushes. After his medicinal pouch was lost, and he couldn’t find it, the fellow scholar continued to apologize, and his face was laden with guilt…

  Liu Zhixia was aghast. He thought the scholar was guilty of causing him trouble, but now he thought not!

  He had always cherished that medicinal pouch that his sister gave, and was afraid that it would fall off, so he tied it very tightly. There was no way that it would fall off from a collision!

  Someone was trying to hold him back. Otherwise, he would have been back at the royal residence by now!

  Their goal for delaying him must be related to Yuzheng!