This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 24: Ten Thousand Taels
South City Street.

Sun Yaner, Huang Zhaodi and several other women were chatting and shopping on the street.

Sun Yaner was in a bad mood.

So Huang Zhaodi and a few others specially asked her out to play tonight.

"Yan'er, you're not still worried about that person, are you?"

"Anyway, you've already rejected him, and Zhaodi has warned him, so he shouldn't bother you anymore."

The woman named Zhang Liyan saw that she was a little distracted and tried to persuade her.

Huang Zhaodi on the side said immediately: "Yan'er, if that guy dares to pester you again, tell me and I will go and settle the score with him! Humph, how can there be such a shameless person, I obviously don't like him, but he still pesters me! Is it great to have an engagement? Is it great to pass the exam to become a scholar? There is not even a marriage certificate, we will not recognize it, let's see what he can do!"

Sun Yaner smiled faintly and said, "If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have taken him seriously at all."

"Then why do you look unhappy?"

Zhang Liyan asked.

Sun Yan'er was silent for a moment, and before she could answer, Huang Zhaodi suddenly pointed at the stone bridge in front and said, "Hey, isn't that Liu Songjin? Why is he standing there?"

Hearing this, several people looked up.

On the stone bridge in front, a young man with disheveled hair and ragged clothes stood there, with a bruised face and nose, and seemed to be staring at the river below in a daze.

It looks like... jumping off a bridge.

"Let's go and take a look! He looks like he was beaten!"

Several people's faces changed and they hurried over.

When they got closer, they heard him staring blankly at the river below and muttering to himself: "Fuck your mother... Fuck your mother..."

Sun Yaner and others: "..."

"Liu Songjin! What are you doing?"

Huang Zhaodi walked straight over and patted his shoulder hard.

Liu Songjin was immediately startled, turned around in panic, and held his head with both hands involuntarily, saying in a trembling voice: "Stop, stop hitting me, I was wrong..."

Huang Zhaodi was stunned, and quickly waved her hand in front of his eyes: "Liu Songjin, it's us! No one beat you, what's wrong with you? Do you want to see a doctor?"

Liu Songjin opened his eyes and stared at her blankly for a while, then looked at Sun Yan'er and several others behind her. He was stunned for a long while before gradually coming to his senses.

"I...I'm fine, I'm fine..."

He was filled with shame and prepared to leave.

Huang Zhaodi quickly stopped him and said, "What happened to you? Who hit you? Tell me, I'll find someone to help you pay it back!"

Liu Songjin quickly shook his head: "No, no..."

There were so many people in the brothel, so many fists, he couldn't tell who was who. Besides, it would be embarrassing and laughable to talk about it.

He would never dare to say it.

At this time, Sun Yaner came over and said, "Mr. Liu, what happened? You can tell us and we can find a way to solve it together."

She naturally knew that Liu Songjin liked her, so she came over to persuade him.

Liu Songjin glanced at her, feeling guilty and also having another emotion.

Huang Zhaodi suddenly said with a stern face: "Even if you don't tell me, I can ask tomorrow! Were you with Yang Qian and his men tonight?"

Liu Songjin's face suddenly changed.

After struggling for a while, he raised his head and looked at Sun Yan'er in front of him and said, "Miss Yan'er, that... Luo Zijun, is he really just... just an apprentice in a pharmacy? His family is very poor and has nothing?"

After these words were spoken, several people were stunned and looked puzzled.

Why are we suddenly talking about that guy again?

Sun Yan'er was puzzled. After a pause, she said, "Yes, his ancestors were acquainted with my family. Both his parents are dead, and he now lives with his sister and brother-in-law. His brother-in-law is just an ordinary constable in the government office, and he was sent to a pharmacy as an apprentice by his sister. Mr. Liu, why did you suddenly mention him again? Did he beat you again tonight?"

Liu Songjin looked at her in a daze: "I think... Miss Yan'er, you may have made a mistake..."

"What went wrong?"

Sun Yaner was even more confused.

Liu Songjin was silent for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Today, I went to Tianxian Tower with Yang Qian and the others to drink. Yang Qian took one thousand taels of silver and wanted to meet the girl he first met, but was rejected. There were many people there, and all of them were rejected. Then... then the girl he first met actually took the initiative to invite Luo Zijun... to meet him upstairs..." Sun Yan'er was stunned for a moment: "The girl he first met? Is she the girl from 'Life is like first meeting' at the literary gathering last night?"

Liu Songjin lowered his head and said, "Yes, it's her."

Zhang Liyan said, "If it's that girl, one thousand taels of silver is really not enough. The poem last night has spread throughout the academy, and everyone wants to go to Tianxian Tower to see the beauty of the girl they just met. Even Teacher Yuan and Teacher He are planning to go there dressed as men."

Sun Yaner seemed to have just realized it: "Mr. Liu, are you saying that the girl who just met didn't meet anyone, and then took the initiative to invite Luo Zijun to meet upstairs?"

Liu Songjin looked at her: "Yes."

Sun Yaner frowned, a look of confusion appeared on her face.

"Why?"

Zhang Liyan asked curiously.

Huang Zhaodi was also puzzled: "That guy is indeed very good-looking, but the girl I met for the first time is now the most popular head girl in Tianxianlou. How could he take the initiative to invite someone upstairs to meet him on the first day? Didn't the brothel's madam stop him?"

Liu Songjin said bitterly: "It was the madam who personally led him up there, holding his hand."

Several people:"……"

Liu Songjin raised his head, looked at Sun Yaner and said, "I heard from the maid in the building that Luo Zijun came to make an appointment in advance last night, and also gave Tianxianlou 10,000 taels of silver."

"What! One...ten thousand taels of silver?"

Huang Zhaodi was so frightened that her mouth opened wide.

Zhang Liyan and the others were also shocked, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

"Ten thousand taels? How is that possible!"

"Ten thousand taels, just to see someone?"

"Impossible! Where did that guy get so much money?"

Sun Yaner was also shocked. She was stunned for a few seconds and asked, "Really?"

Liu Songjin smiled bitterly and said, "There were many people in the hall at that time, including Yang Qian, Wang Bao, and Su Bie. If you don't doubt me, you can go and ask them. The maid did say 10,000 taels."

Sun Yaner's head suddenly started buzzing and her face was dull.

"So, Miss Yan'er, are you sure that you... you really understand the situation in his family?"

Liu Songjin looked at her with some suspicion.

Last night on the flower boat, it was this girl who swore that the man was just an apprentice in a pharmacy and not a scholar at all. As a result...

"I...I don't know..."

Sun Yaner was confused and began to doubt herself.

"If he just casually gave out 10,000 taels of silver after meeting her once, that person must be something extraordinary. Could he be some hidden young master from a noble family?"

Zhang Liyan said with a twinkling gaze.

Huang Zhaodi snorted coldly, "Who cares who he is? Who cares how much money he has? Anyway, our Yan'er has already rejected him. If he dares to pester us again, we will be rude to him!"

Sun Yan'er looked dazed, as if she didn't hear what she said.

"I am leaving."

Liu Songjin knew that he was now bruised and battered, and looked extremely embarrassed, so he did not dare to stay any longer. After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and left.

The field fell into silence.

Huang Zhaodi continued to speak carelessly: "No matter how rich that person is, what does it have to do with us? We don't eat or drink his food! Let's go, let's continue shopping."

"Yan'er, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Liyan asked.

Sun Yaner came back to her senses, shook her head and said, "It's okay."

She suddenly and subconsciously peeked at the feet of several people under their skirts. After hesitating for a while, Fang really couldn't help asking, "Li Yan, Zhao Di, what size shoes do you wear?"

Zhang Liyan and others: “???”

(End of this chapter)