Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Chapter 30 A Great Show Performed by the Young Master Yongning

Xu Lipeng was standing by the door with his handsome face turning red with anger while glaring at Yu Qingmeng furiously.

Seeing the two women both looking at him, Xu Lipeng calmed himself and walked in slowly. Standing beside Qu Moying, he talked to Yu Qingmeng harshly, “Lady Yu, I don’t know what you are talking about. At that time, the former Second Madam betrothed Fourth Lady to me. The two families have had a great relationship with each other for a long time. I’m very satisfied with my fiancée, and I won’t break the engagement off.”

“As for what has happened yesterday, I already explained. I didn’t mean to make it misleading. If I knew you had this kind of thought about me, I would never do that. I should just let it happen to you, which would be better than being slandered by you right now.”

Xu Lipeng said bluntly with coldness and anger in his eyes.

Yu Qingmeng took a few steps back. With her legs getting weak, she almost fell to the ground. Then Ju Xiang, her maid, supported her at once.

“Xu… Young Master Xu… how… how could you talk like that?” Yu Qingmeng, heartbroken, forgot Qu Moying was there. She couldn’t believe Xu Lipeng, who was always gentle to her, had just said that he shouldn’t have saved her.

At that time, she almost lost her life there.

Before, Xu Lipeng would get nervous even if her hand was just scratched. But now, he acted like a totally different person.

“Lady Yu, I don’t know why you would think like that. You are Second Madam Qu’s niece. I have been polite to you for the sake of Fourth Lady. If I gave you the wrong impression, I apologize to you now. But I will never break the engagement off. I never disdained Fourth Lady Qu, and she’s the only fiancée I recognize,”

Xu Lipeng said with a serious expression.

But that look only made Qu Moying snort inwardly.

This situation was so familiar!

Pei Luo’an, the Crown Prince, had also distanced himself from Ji Youran before in her past life. On that day, she got furious after seeing him holding Ji Youran’s hand behind the rockery. However, Pei Luo’an repeatedly said that he and Ji Youran weren’t having an affair and that he was holding Ji Youran’s hand because she was about to fall.

Pei Luo’an even said that he only did it for the sake of Ji Hanyue.

And that he wouldn’t have reached out his hand if it were not Ji Youran who was falling.

At that time, Ji Hanyue still doubted his words. Then Ji Youran came over to explain, even gave them her best wishes, and then left. Her attitude was very genuine.

So Ji Hanyue thought that she was just overthinking!

However, the fact was that they trampled her underfoot and killed all her families. That kind of pain still choked her and made her unable to sleep at night!

With Qu Moying’s eyes squinted, she felt hatred flowing in her body. Xu Lipeng and Yu Qingmeng were just like Pei Luo’an and Ji Youran to her now.

She felt hate and pain in every breath of her…

“Young Master Xu… I… I…” Yu Qingmeng also felt her heart aching. She covered her chest, looking just like a pitiful and pretty girl again.

Xu Lipeng liked this look of hers in ordinary times. However, he had just heard her screaming outside the door, and now he only felt very impatient for no reason.

“Lady Yu, please forget what happened yesterday. I don’t expect you to be grateful for me, but I hope you don’t ruin my marriage.”

Xu Lipeng interrupted Yu Qingmeng directly and looked to Ju Xiang, “Your lady doesn’t feel well and keeps speaking nonsense. You should take her to rest and invite a doctor over for her. Her obsession might get her in trouble.”

Ju Xiang didn’t say anything and could only support Yu Qingmeng to walk out, who seemed very miserable.

This yard already belonged to Qu Moying. Ju Xiang knew that it was inappropriate for Yu Qingmeng to stay here anymore. Then she led her lady to the guest room.

Seeing Yu Qingmeng’s eyes full of tears, Xu Lipeng put on a softer look on his face. After all, he still had a feeling for her. He had only uttered those harsh words in order to clear up Qu Moying’s doubts.

“Why are you heading out now? Take her to the inner room,” Xu Lipeng flapped his sleeve and said.

Ju Xiang stopped to look at Xu Lipeng and then at Qu Moying, who hadn’t uttered a single word after Xu Lipeng came in, feeling at a loss.

Then she said in a low voice, “My lady!”

“Help… help me get in!” With a trace of glee flashing in Yu Qingmeng’s eyes, she said that and turned around to get back in the room.

“Lady Yu, this is my yard. Grandma told you to move out early this morning. Do you think you can get this place back because of the words Young Master Xu just said?” Qu Moying said indifferently.

This was the Qu’s Mansion, and the masters could only be the Qus, especially Old Lady Qu. Even if Xu Lipeng was engaged with Qu Moying, he still couldn’t interfere with the affairs of the Qu Family.

Xu Lipeng could read the sarcasm in her words. Then the look on his face changed slightly.

He didn’t know about the decision that Old Lady Qu had made. Now it seemed that he had tried to help Yu Qingmeng just now. He didn’t want Qu Moying to get suspicious now. Yesterday, after he got home, he discussed with his mother for a long time, and they had both agreed that it was better not to break the engagement off.

Now was not the best time to do it. Also, the Yu Family was not powerful enough, so Yu Qingmeng didn’t deserve to be his wife.

“Fourth Lady, sorry I don’t know about that,” Xu Lipeng bowed to Qu Moying while apologizing seriously.

“Don’t mind about it, Young Master Xu!” Qu Moying gave obeisance to him and said with a flat tone.

Seeing the two of them being gentle to each other, Yu Qingmeng got very jealous. Finally, she couldn’t bear it anymore. She cried out loud as she pushed away Ju Xiang’s hand and then ran out.

Ju Xiang went after her in a hurry.

The room fell into a dead silence.

Xu Lipeng’s gaze fell on Qu Moying. There was a pearl hairpin inserted into her black and beautiful long hair. On her green dress were embroidered two butterflies spreading their wings. Her simple outfit made her look graceful. Although her eyes were covered, he could still see her ivory skin.

Her pink lips made her face look delicately pale.

Even so, he still felt that her face covered by the veil wouldn’t be ugly. In his view, she was at least a cute girl.

There weren’t so many rumors about her. Still, Xu Lipeng could always hear someone calling her ugly and blind. As he thought of her stepmother, he understood everything.

Actually, he could still accept her as his wife since she was a good-looking girl. He wasn’t determined to break the engagement off anyway. Because he believed that in Qu Moying’s situation, she would never stop him from having concubines.

Maybe he could take Yu Qingmeng in as a noble concubine later.

After all, he kept the promise made by their parents and didn’t look down upon her. It should be great news to the Qu Family that he was willing to marry her.

Although Old Lady Qu was in a rage right now and might have found about the affair between Xu Lipeng and Yu Qingmeng, Xu Lipeng still didn’t think it was a big deal. He believed that he only needed to convince Qu Moying. Because in his view, she was only a girl who was ignorant and had never left her boudoir.

Right now, his mother was persuading Old Lady Qu. So he came to look for Qu Moying. He thought that this girl was easier to deal with than Old Lady Qu. There were lots of girls throwing themselves to him, including some noble ladies. So, Xu Lipeng was very confident about himself.

All he needed to do was to coax her into trusting him.

At the thought of that, he put on a tender look on his face and said, “Fourth Lady, there’s nothing between Lady Yu and me. I don’t know why she would think like that. There truly is nothing going on.”

“Young Master Xu, you owe the Yu Family an explanation. Lots of people saw you two together yesterday!” Qu Moying raised her head to look at Xu Lipeng and said in a nonchalant voice.

Her eyes were icy cold.

Xu Lipeng and Pei Luo’an were so much alike. They both seemed very gentle, as if they always abided by the principles. However, they were actually dark and distorted inside and never stopped scheming!

After being reborn, she would never be a victim again who sacrificed her life to help them get what they want!

“About what happened to Lady Yu… I’ll go to the Yu’s Mansion to explain. The situation was very urgent at that time, and Lady Yu’s life was in danger after all,” Xu Lipeng explained sincerely.

“So she wants to return your favor by giving herself to you,” Qu Moying said with a smile.

“Anyway, I won’t break off the engagement for Lady Yu. Fourth Lady, don’t worry. We have been engaged for years. Such a tiny thing shouldn’t affect our relationship. Let’s not be influenced by how Lady Yu or the Yu Family thinks.”

Xu Lipeng said that with a tender voice.

From his perspective, Qu Moying said that because she was worried and jealous, and he only needed to assure her.

“I don’t care what had happened between you and Lady Yu. But I still think we should break off the engagement in case Lady Yu and I would quarrel again next time and embarrass ourselves.” Having said that calmly, Qu Moying turned around and walked out.

She told someone to call Xu Lipeng over because she wanted him to see the quarrel between her and Yu Qingmeng.

Xu Lipeng couldn’t explain the words Yu Qingmeng said when she lost control, and that gave Qu Moying a reason to break off the engagement.

Also, that would get Yu Qingmeng more furious, and maybe she would expose more things herself…

Qu Moying frowned. She felt that there had to be a reason why Xu Lipeng insisted on keeping the engagement which she didn’t know.

There must be something she had that made Xu Lipeng determined to marry her.

A man from a well-known noble family like Xu Lipeng shouldn’t make concessions again and again to Qu Moying since her father was just the Vice Minister of Works. Qu Moying thought about what had happened during the past few years. Although no one from Marquis Yongning’s family had visited her, they had never said that they wanted to break off the engagement either. She wondered if there was any secret behind it.

The engagement was not as easy to break off as she thought…

“Fourth Lady, there really is nothing between Lady Yu and me. Yesterday I only wanted to invite you out, but Lady Yu insisted on going with us. What had happened after that was just an accident. Fourth Lady, you can’t force me to marry Lady Yu because I saved her.”

Xu Lipeng followed Qu Moying and explained again. He didn’t realize that Qu Moying would be so hard to persuade, which made him a bit angry. There was nothing about Qu Moying that could attract a man. Even though he didn’t care about a woman’s appearance that much, he still considered himself very generous by agreeing to marry her.

“Fourth Lady, Second Madam heard the argument between you and Lady Yu and asked you to go over.” A senior housemaid walked in hurriedly. After she saw Qu Moying, she gave obeisance to the latter and said that.

Not far from the yard door, Granny Miao was heading over in a hurry, but she didn’t come close and stopped outside.