Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

At the entrance of the academy.

Fang Zheng Yi, Chu Youyi, and Lu Xiuwen stood before the gate.

Lu Xiuwen glared at Fang Zheng Yi, saying fiercely, “You bastard, I’ve been holding back all morning!”

Chu Youyi was anxiously hopping about, feeling somewhat upset seeing him so angry.

However, Fang Zheng Yi was her personal attendant, and she couldn't ignore him, so she stepped forward, intending to continue mediating.

Fang Zheng Yi reached out to stop her, saying calmly, “Second Miss, let me have a private word with Young Master Lu. Don’t worry, it'll be fine.”

As he spoke, he gestured for Lu Xiuwen to proceed.

Lu Xiuwen sneered, “Fine, you’ve got guts!”

With that, he walked straight towards a secluded spot, Fang Zheng Yi following closely behind.

Chu Youyi wanted to follow too, but Fang Zheng Yi stopped her again, reassuring her, “Don’t worry, I can’t possibly mess things up twice. I guarantee he’ll be smiling the next time he sees me, do you believe it?”

“I don’t believe it! I want to go with you!”

“Come on, can’t you tell that kid has a thing for you? If you go, he’ll get even more worked up, maybe even beat me up!” Fang Zheng Yi glanced at her sideways.

Chu Youyi’s cheeks flushed red as she stood there, somewhat at a loss.

Fang Zheng Yi smiled dismissively and followed Lu Xiuwen.

Once they reached a secluded spot, Lu Xiuwen immediately revealed a ferocious expression: “Kneel down, I’m going to break your legs!”

What the...? Fang Zheng Yi was taken aback.

This kid acts all proper in front of people, but behind their backs, he’s a real piece of work. Even more arrogant than me?

Looks like he’s a little emperor at home, showing no mercy to the servants.

Chu Youyi, that little girl, really has bad taste. If she gets together with him, wouldn't she be waiting to be domestically abused?

Fang Zheng Yi stepped forward and put his arm around Lu Xiuwen: “Young Master Lu, let’s talk things over nicely, shall we?”

Lu Xiuwen was completely thrown off by this sudden embrace!

He struggled, exclaiming in a panic, “What are you doing?”

His physique wasn't up to par, clearly not as strong as Fang Zheng Yi, and he failed to break free.

Fang Zheng Yi said unhurriedly, “Young Master Lu, it’s not that I wanted to scold you, it’s that our Second Miss asked me to scold you.”

“What? What nonsense are you spouting?” Lu Xiuwen was stunned.

“I wouldn’t lie about something like that! You look so dignified and handsome, so many women adore you, right? Our Second Miss has also been in love with you for a long time... It’s just that she’s too shy and doesn’t know how to express it.”

“After much thought, she came up with this terrible idea, to have me scold you so she could take the opportunity to get closer to you and say a few more words to you?”

Lu Xiuwen’s shoulders trembled, and Fang Zheng Yi took the opportunity to release him.

“Is what you’re saying true?” Lu Xiuwen looked incredulous.

Fang Zheng Yi said aggrievedly, “Absolutely true! More true than a pearl! How would a servant like me dare to scold you? Have you ever thought about that? Am I stupid? Who doesn’t know the great name of Young Master Lu?”

Lu Xiuwen’s eyes darted around, feeling somewhat pleased. He glanced at Chu Youyi in the distance: “Hiss... That makes sense! So that’s why you, you dog servant, had such audacity!”

“Heh... Heh! So Youyi has long been in love with me?”

Idiot! Overconfident man! So pathetic!

Fang Zheng Yi cursed inwardly, but wore a smiling face, saying softly, “Isn’t that right... This humble servant felt so wronged. Why did the Second Miss come to the academy? Was it to study? I don’t even want to expose her!”

Lu Xiuwen’s mouth stretched wider and wider: “So that’s how it is! Sigh... Why didn’t Youyi just say so?”

“Hey! Young ladies are shy, Young Master Lu, I’m telling you, you must never reveal this to her! You have to keep her hanging, and sooner or later she won’t be able to resist, and then... slurp!”

Lu Xiuwen’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but reveal a wicked smile: “Interesting, interesting! You’re right!”

Then he glanced at Fang Zheng Yi: “You, this servant, are quite sensible. I’ll let this matter of you scolding me slide, but don’t let it happen again.”

“Then I’ll be going.”

“Go on!”

Returning to Chu Youyi’s side, Fang Zheng Yi looked relaxed: “Let’s go, it’s resolved, let’s go eat.”

Chu Youyi hurriedly asked, “How did you resolve it?”

“I promised him that I’d take him to the brothel to sleep with twenty women within a month, and if I can’t do it, I’ll kneel in front of the Lu family’s door and let him break my legs.”

Chu Youyi’s face immediately lost a large part of its color, and she exclaimed, “Impossible! You’re talking nonsense, he’s not that kind of person!”

“Young Master Lu!” Fang Zheng Yi shouted loudly and waved at Lu Xiuwen.

Hearing the call, Lu Xiuwen saw Fang Zheng Yi winking, and he waved back in response.

He couldn’t help but feel a bit smug. It seemed that this sensible servant was willing to be his inside man! Not bad!

“How... could it be like this?” Chu Youyi felt a strange sense of sadness in her heart.

When they met before, he was always refined and gentle, and his personality was good. He didn’t seem like this kind of person at all?

“Men are like that! If a man isn’t a rogue, his body isn’t normal! Lu Xiuwen, who eats well at home, is especially roguish. He feels uneasy all over if he doesn’t go to a brothel every day!” Fang Zheng Yi kept babbling in her ear: “You can’t even imagine how perverted he is!”

“Shut up! Let’s go eat!” Chu Youyi stomped her foot and turned to leave.

Fang Zheng Yi chuckled behind her back.

She can still eat, so it seems she doesn’t like him that much. There’s hope!

Chu Youyi walked gloomily in the direction of Yuhua Restaurant.

Her secret crush suddenly turning into a brothel patron, no matter how she thought about it, it didn’t feel right.

Fang Zheng Yi must be talking nonsense. She’ll go back and ask a few more servants...

Fang Zheng Yi followed behind her, holding a stone, drawing a peach blossom emblem on the wall whenever he passed one, in case his brothers couldn't find him when they entered the city.

Soon, they were almost at Yuhua Restaurant. Fang Zheng Yi quickly walked in front of Chu Youyi, pointing to a noodle stall beside them: “Second Miss, let’s not go any further, let’s eat here!”

“? ? ?” Chu Youyi looked at him blankly, as if she had heard some kind of hallucination.

“Let’s eat here, I heard the clear broth noodles here are incredibly delicious!”

Chu Youyi wrinkled her nose and said, “Are you sick? I only go to Yuhua Restaurant. My sister told me she gave you two taels of silver, and you’re taking me to eat this? You didn’t swallow the silver, did you!”

“Don’t talk nonsense! I have to go back and reconcile accounts with the Eldest Miss tonight, how would I dare to spend the money recklessly?” Fang Zheng Yi said expressionlessly.

“Then let’s go to Yuhua Restaurant!” Chu Youyi continued to walk forward.

Go to Yuhua Restaurant? Where would he get the money to go to Yuhua Restaurant? He had already spent it all!

Fang Zheng Yi stepped forward, grabbed her, and pointed at the noodle stall again, saying irrefutably, “Let’s eat here! Noodles, clear broth noodles!”

Chu Youyi widened her eyes, unable to believe it: “Fang Zheng Yi, I think you’ve really gone crazy! Is what I want to eat any of your business? I want to go to Yu! Hua! Restaurant!”

Fang Zheng Yi sized her up and down, scoffing, “Still going to Yuhua Restaurant? Look how fat you are, shaped like a water vat, as wide as a vat but not as tall, all waist except for your butt! Just eat this, eat this to lose weight!”

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