Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1191: Bad Reputation
Ronghua Hall.

Accompanied by the sound of reading aloud, Lin Jinyan stepped out of the door and went to Ruoshui Villa next door. Although her expression was the same as usual, her steps were heavy.

He was lost in thought with his eyes lowered when he heard Bai Zhi and Hong Jiu greet him. He looked up and saw Chu Chengyi standing not far away with his hands behind his back, looking at him with a faint smile.

Lin Jinyan took two steps forward, stopped at the gate of Ruoshui Villa, and greeted Chu Chengyi.

"Yan Ling is your sister-in-law now. We are relatives by marriage. There is no need to be so polite."

Lin Jinyan, who was called up before she even bowed, smiled just the right amount:

"Why is the young prince here?"

Chu Chengyi smiled bitterly:
"I got into some unnecessary trouble, so I came to Zhuangzi to relax, and I happened to see you."

He politely invited the person into the villa, and because of the strict separation between men and women, he sat down in the pavilion in the front yard.

Looking around, Chu Chengyi praised the layout of the courtyard, talked about Ronghuatang next door, praised Lin Jinyan again, and then talked about why she didn't come to congratulate on the opening day:
“Don’t be afraid of you laughing at me, but because of my recent reputation, the friends I used to drink with can’t get together anymore.

I'm used to being a free and easy person, so I can bear this bad reputation, but it doesn't bring disaster to my family. My father and brother have been implicated because of me, and I feel really bad.

To this day, I still don’t know who I have offended. Who is trying to harm me in this way?

As Chu Chengyi spoke, he stared at Lin Jinyan without blinking, and did not notice anything wrong.

Then he calmly glanced at Bai Zhi and Hong Jiu standing on the left and right of Lin Jinyan, and saw that they both stood with their eyes downcast, and their faces were normal, so he retracted his gaze and looked at Lin Jinyan again. Lin Jinyan: "Since they attacked in the middle of the night, and their martial arts are quite high, but they dare not hurt the little prince, I think the young master, whose family background is far inferior to the little prince, dare not offend you openly, so he thought of this way to hurt you."

Chu Chengyi heard this and replied, adding more tea by lightly shaking his fingertips, and a tiny amount of medicine powder fell into Lin Jinyan's cup.

Chu Chengyi's movements were natural and did not alert Lin Jinyan. He nodded to thank her and picked up the teacup to drink slowly.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Lin Jinyan asked the question that had been hidden in her heart for many years:

"The little prince's character is really enviable. If I were a man, I would also like to be like the little prince and travel all over the world.

Suddenly I remembered that when I was in Cangsheng Mountain, I heard about a person with a similar temperament to the young prince. At that time, he was traveling around the mountains and rivers, and his family suddenly suffered a disaster. The whole family was exiled because of the involvement of their clansmen.

He is a good martial artist, kindhearted and has helped many people. He has many friends in the martial arts world. I always thought that he would rescue his people on the way to exile, or take the initiative to show up and share the hardships with his loved ones. Or he would argue for his family and strive for pardon.

But until I returned to Beijing, there was no news from him. Alas... I thought he was a gentleman, but I didn't expect that my admiration was in vain. How could he be compared with the young prince?"

Chu Chengyi thought for a moment, the smile on his face faded a little bit, and he turned his head to look at the branches swaying in the wind outside the pavilion:
"You think too highly of me. If I were him, I would not show up to save people when faced with a situation where I have no power to fight back.

I really have many friends in the martial arts world who are very skilled. I might create some chaos, or fake my own death or serious illness, and then secretly replace them.

Staying alive is the most important thing. No matter you are a gentleman or a villain, you must save your life first. As for reputation, it is just something in the mouths of the world. "

Seeing the sadness in Chu Chengyi's eyes, Lin Jinyan knew that he had thought about this situation a long time ago and had also thought about how to deal with it.