FID – Chapter 667

Chapter 667: Are You Jealous?

Liu Muqiu’s gaze grew cold, ready to retort. She would never allow anyone to speak ill of anything Liu Zhiqiu gave her!

However, before she could speak, she felt a force on her wrist, and the man pulled her behind him.

“Hey, kid, have you looked enough?” His tone was extremely displeased.

At first, Liu Muqiu only felt confused, but as she realized what had happened, her eyes suddenly sparkled, and a slight tremor ran through her heart that she couldn’t suppress.

“Is it you who gave our Fifth Miss the wooden hairpin? Who are you? Now that our Fifth Miss has become a member of the Liu family, do you want to use her to climb the social ladder? If you’re trying to climb, at least put some effort into it. How can you give a hairpin worth just ten or twenty copper coins? Fifth Miss, when choosing a man, you really need to keep your eyes wide open. Don’t let sweet words deceive you, or you’ll regret it later!” Li Junhua’s face turned ugly as she spoke. 

She had been focused on Li Junyue earlier and hadn’t realized that her husband still had thoughts about her!

This made her feel as if she had swallowed a fly—sick and disgusted!

Seeing that her words were becoming more and more unpleasant, Meng Yushan pulled her gently and bowed towards Liu Zhiqiu. “I am Meng Yushan. May I ask who this brother is?”

“Liu Zhiqiu.” Liu Zhiqiu slightly raised his chin and gestured with his thumb. “You two are blocking the road and looking for trouble, right? Find a place, and you can argue or fight to your heart’s content.” 

“Liu Zhiqiu?” Both Meng Yushan and Li Junhua were shocked. 

They had only heard of the name but had never seen him in person. They never expected to run into the real person today!

Li Junhua’s face was especially ugly, with a mix of red and green. Just moments ago, she had mocked him, suggesting he was trying to climb the social ladder and criticizing him as poor and shabby.

Now, the slap to her face felt painfully real.

She forced out a smile and said, “Oh, it’s the second young master of the Liu family. I must have misjudged you. This is a case of conflicts arising from people on our own side. I have failed to recognize my own family…”

“Who are you calling ‘your own’? You’re just flattering yourself!” Liu Zhiqiu sneered, rolling his eyes. “Do you want to fight or argue? Pick one. Our Little White Lotus here is not someone you can just insult!”

These words made the two people across from him unable to save face, yet with Liu Zhiqiu’s identity, they could not afford to offend him!

Meng Yushan shot a glare at Li Junhua, then once again bowed deeply. “I apologize for my wife’s rude words earlier. I hope Second Young Master Liu and Miss Liu will forgive her. I apologize on her behalf!”

Seeing Liu Zhiqiu’s imposing attitude, no matter how angry and jealous Li Junhua felt, she had to lower her head. “Miss Liu, I truly apologize for my inappropriate words earlier. It’s just that we haven’t seen each other for a long time. When you were in trouble before, I thought… you already had… Now, seeing you like this, I am actually very happy. It’s just that I couldn’t stop myself from speaking out. Please don’t hold it against me! After all, we are family, aren’t we? You should say something!”

The Meng family’s situation in Yunzhou was becoming increasingly difficult. If the news of offending the younger brother of the governor spread, it would be hard for them to stand on their feet in the future.

Their circumstances were inferior to the person involved, so they had no choice but to lower their heads!

Only then did Liu Muqiu peek out from behind the man and, in a calm voice, said to the people in front of her, “Madam Meng, your words are inappropriate. I have no relation to you, so how could we be considered family? If these words spread, it will likely cause misunderstandings. Please refrain from speaking carelessly in the future, or else you will bear the consequences. My Brother Zhiqiu doesn’t have a good temper.”

As the New Year approached, the streets were already more crowded than usual, and this dispute quickly attracted a crowd of onlookers.

Liu Muqiu’s words immediately stripped away all of Li Junhua’s face, and there was no room for her to explain.

At that moment, voices from the crowd began to murmur in realization.

“So Madam Meng has no relation to the Liu family? Then why did you claim to be a relative of the Liu family before, and use that title to take many benefits from us?”

“Exactly! When you bought things from us, you demanded discounts, and even sold us some poor-quality porcelain. If it weren’t for the Liu family’s reputation, who would have given you such face? You’re just deceiving people!”

The voices of condemnation grew louder, and Li Junhua panicked, while Meng Yushan’s face turned extremely ugly.

Even though the Meng family had fallen from their former glory in Yunzhou, they had once been well-respected and had a certain amount of pride. Now, to be called a group of fraudsters was a complete disgrace to their name!

Meng Yushan was furious and incredulous. He had no idea that this woman had done such things behind his back!

On one side, there were the merchants cursing them out, and on the other, the cold gaze of Liu Zhiqiu, the second young master of the Liu family. He was left in a position where he couldn’t move forward or retreat!

“Using my Liu family’s name?” Liu Zhiqiu raised an eyebrow, looking at the two of them before sweeping his gaze over the merchants around them, who were angrily shouting. “Let me ask you. On what grounds do you have to clamor? Just because some random person claimed to be my Liu family’s relative, and you believed it? You deserve to be scammed! You didn’t verify it yourselves, so don’t blame anyone else for your misfortune! If this happens again in the future, you handle it yourselves, and don’t come crying to the Liu family. My Liu family knows nothing about this! This is what I, Liu Zhiqiu, say—please help spread the word. This is the stance of the Liu family!”

It was so foolish that it was hard to watch.

Liu Zhiqiu pulled the woman beside him and broke through the crowd first. “Little White Lotus, let’s go.”

As they passed Meng Yushan, he wasn’t sure whether it was intentional or accidental, but his foot landed right on the man’s foot, and he even pressed down on it.

Once they were out of the crowd, the shouting and cursing grew louder, and from a distance, they could still hear Li Junhua and Meng Yushan apologizing and begging for forgiveness.

“Brother Zhiqiu, aren’t we going to send them to the authorities?”

“Fool!” Liu Zhiqiu lightly tapped her forehead with the hand that was holding hers. “For something so small, you want to send them to the authorities? If we sent them there, not only would it trouble my older brother, but the punishment would probably just be to make them spit out the money they took. Right now, the people who were scammed are already furious. Not sending them to the authorities means they’ll suffer even more. I bet they’re being beaten right now. Once they’ve been beaten, they’ll still have to give back what they took.”

“…” Liu Muqiu automatically translated the underlying meaning of his long string of words—Why send them to the authorities? Sending them there would only save them from a beating.

The man’s mood for shopping was completely unaffected. From then on, he didn’t even ask her anymore, directly buying whatever he liked. In the end, he was carrying a bundle of things and slowly made his way back to the government office.

On the way back, Liu Muqiu occasionally raised her eyes, stealing glances at him.

“Little White Lotus, you’ve been sneaking peeks at me for over twenty times. Do you think my profile looks good?”

“It’s good-looking.” Liu Muqiu nodded, secretly curving her eyes into a smile. “Brother Zhiqiu, were you angry just now?”

“When?”

“When Young Master Meng was looking at me.”

Liu Zhiqiu paused for a moment and then lowered his head. “What? Is there a problem? He’s a married man, but he was staring at another woman without blinking. I haven’t beaten him up yet, that’s already very polite of me!”

“Are you jealous?”

The unexpected question made Liu Zhiqiu stumble slightly, almost spilling everything he was holding in his arms.