After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 107 The Man You Can't Climb

Bai Furong and Bai Wanqing briefly recounted what happened after she went out that day.

It turned out that after Bai Wanqing left the house that day, Master Huang's procession also arrived. However, although it was a procession, it seemed to have nothing to do with welcoming the bride. It was clearly just a few servants sent to pick her up. Master Huang didn't even show his face.

Bai Furong said, "At that time, my third sister was furious and said she didn't want to join the Huang family anymore."

"It was Father who persuaded them to leave, so at least they were allowed into the Huang family."

Bai Furong imitated it very well, and Bai Wanqing knew immediately that these words had been passed on to her by those people outside.

Bai Wanqing did not expect that the Huang family would break the contract at the last minute, and Bai Qinglian would eventually enter the Huang family as a concubine.

Now that Bai Qinglian has returned home, Master Huang did not come back with her, so the Huang family's attitude is self-evident.

However, Bai Qinglian did not lose face entirely, after all, she still had the dowry that Chen had prepared for her. It is said that when Bai Qinglian carried her dowry into the Huang family, the people around her were very envious and thought that Bai Qinglian would definitely be extraordinary in the Huang family in the future.

Just as the two finished talking about Bai Qinglian, Ruixin rushed in, looking flustered.

"Miss! Miss, something terrible has happened!"

Bai Wanqing and Bai Furong were both taken aback. Bai Wanqing said, "What's wrong? Tell me slowly."

"It's Qiuwen. Qiuwen said she saw our young master take the third young lady to the side courtyard. Madam said that the young master had designs on the third young lady. Now she has called the master and several housekeepers and maids, saying that they are going to the side courtyard to beat up the young master."

"Miss, you should go and take a look too!" Ruixin was so anxious she was jumping up and down.

Bai Wanqing's heart sank, and she got up and followed Ruixin. Bai Furong, who hadn't yet understood what was going on, also followed Bai Wanqing towards the side courtyard.

Speaking of the Bai family's side courtyard, it is the courtyard where Bai Wanqing's mother used to live. Although it is called a side courtyard, it is not actually in a remote location within the Bai family. It is only called a side courtyard because it was abandoned.

On her way there, Bai Wanqing happened to run into Chen Shi and Bai Chenming, who were both on their way.

Bai Chenming's expression was very unpleasant. He felt that this incident was a disgrace to their family. Of course, he never doubted Lin Yunche, but he did doubt his daughter.

Bai Qinglian must have deliberately seduced Lin Yunche, otherwise why would Lin Yunche go and provoke her?
At this moment, Madam Chen's expression showed no change. She just kept shouting, "My daughter has such a hard life!" as she hurried towards the side courtyard, as if she wanted to settle the matter on the spot.

When the group arrived, they found Bai Qinglian crying, her clothes disheveled. The man with her was not Lin Yunche. The two of them were naked and fighting over a blanket, making for an extremely embarrassing scene.

Upon seeing this, Chen gasped in surprise, and Bai Chenming also felt he couldn't bear to watch.

They quickly dismissed all the nannies and maids following behind them, leaving only a few members of the Bai family at the scene.

"Lian'er! Lian'er!" Chen Shi was completely taken aback to see this scene. She immediately took off her outer garment and covered Bai Qinglian with it. Then she looked at Bai Qinglian with her eyes, asking what was going on.
But Bai Qinglian was already terrified at this moment. She was only focused on crying and didn't notice Chen's gaze at all.

Bai Chenming first had Chen Shi pull Bai Qinglian away, and didn't allow Bai Wanqing and Furong to stay and watch either. "Qing'er, Furong, go find your husbands. I will definitely explain things to you later."

Bai Chenming's last words were addressed to Bai Wanqing. Bai Wanqing nodded and led Furong to the front hall, where they saw Lin Yunche and Du Huan playing chess.

Lin Yunche looked up at Bai Wanqing and smiled wickedly. Bai Wanqing knew that this matter was probably related to Lin Yunche.

"Husband, I have some things here that I need to take to Huaizhou. Why don't you help me pack them up?" Bai Wanqing said to Lin Yunche.

Lin Yunche glanced at the current chess game, and Du Huan immediately said, "Brother-in-law, we can play this game later. You guys go ahead and do your business."

After saying that, Du Huan got up first, then pulled Furong back to her room, and then Lin Yunche followed Bai Wanqing back to her room.

As soon as the two entered the room, Bai Wanqing stared straight at Lin Yunche.

Lin Yunche didn't say anything, just watched along with her, and then began to admire Bai Wanqing's boudoir on his own.

Seeing this, Bai Wanqing sighed and said, "What exactly happened? Don't tell me you don't know?"

Lin Yunche turned his head and winked mischievously, "It's just an example of someone who got themselves into trouble, what's there to say about that?"

Bai Wanqing was speechless. "Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me quickly."

Lin Yunche noticed that Bai Wanqing was somewhat annoyed, so he slowly said, "Well, just when you and Furong went back to your room, Bai Qinglian sent someone to tell me that you accidentally fell in the backyard and asked me to go and check on you."

"You didn't go?"

Lin Yunche pursed his lips and said, "Of course I didn't go!"

“If it were anywhere else, and I heard you had fallen, I would definitely go and see you.”

“But this is the Bai family home. Even if you fall, it would be Uncle Liu or Ruixin who would come to inform me. Why would they send a servant I’ve never seen before to inform me?”

Bai Wanqing glanced at him and then asked, "And who is that person?"

Lin Yunche felt a little guilty. "If I tell you, can you please not be angry?"

Bai Wanqing looked at him and slowly nodded. After all, this matter originally had nothing to do with Lin Yunche; it was all planned by Bai Qinglian.

Seeing that Bai Wanqing was indeed not angry, Lin Yunche said, "Although my reason tells me that you did not fall, I am still very worried about you."

"So I sneaked into the backyard while I was relieving myself." "When I saw you chatting with Furong, I knew that this whole thing must have been orchestrated by Third Sister herself. She's trying to pin this on me!"

"I definitely can't give her that chance!"

"I'll play along and have the vegetable farmer from your Bai family go to the yard that my third sister told me about."

"But all I did was lead them to the yard. What happened after that, I really don't know."

Seeing Bai Wanqing's disbelief, Lin Yunche quickly said, "If you don't believe me, ask your second sister's husband. He's been playing chess with her ever since."

Bai Wanqing almost rolled her eyes. Even if she didn't see it with her own eyes, how could she not guess what had happened?

"Just pretend you don't know anything about this. If Father asks, I'll go and tell him," Bai Wanqing said with a sigh.

Lin Yunche nodded obediently, unaware that just across the courtyard, Bai Qinglian was on the verge of death.

Chen first sent Bai Chenming to deal with the other man, while she stayed in Bai Qinglian's room to watch over Bai Qinglian.

"Lian'er! Didn't you say you could get close to Lin Yunche?"

"How come it turned out to be a different man? What... what's going on?"

Chen is heartbroken and regrets agreeing to Bai Qinglian's risky decision.

Bai Qinglian looked equally bewildered. "Mother, I don't know!"

"I clearly sent someone to fetch Lin Yunche, but who knew that it would be someone else after this happened!"

"Didn't you see the person clearly before?" Chen was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

Bai Qinglian exclaimed, "Look closely! Look closely! It's Lin Yunche!"

"Who knows how I ended up as a vegetable farmer? Oh my god, Mother, if the Huang family finds out, Mother, I'll have no way to survive!"

Bai Qinglian no longer cares about how to get close to Lin Yunche. What she fears more now is that the Huang family will find out about her. If she were with Lin Yunche, she would naturally have the confidence to make the Lin family and the Huang family negotiate. Even if the Huang family feels humiliated, Lin Yunche is the top scholar in the imperial examination!
Now that he has been granted the official position of Prefect of Huaizhou, the Huang family will naturally accept this injustice in silence.

But things are different now. She lost her virginity to a vegetable farmer, so she still has the confidence to prevent the Huang family from punishing her. Even if the Bai family intervenes, they probably can't protect her.

Bai Qinglian grew increasingly frightened. "Mother, why don't you just let me die? I have no way to live."

As she spoke, Bai Qinglian struggled to climb off the bed, picked up the gold hairpin, and was about to stab herself in the neck. Chen Shi was so frightened that she immediately rushed over, "Lian'er! What foolish thing are you doing!"

"Your mother still has a way, a way to keep you alive."

Chen gritted her teeth and forcefully snatched the hairpin from Bai Qinglian's hand. Bai Qinglian, with tears streaming down her face, finally stopped struggling.

"Mother, is there really any way for your daughter to survive?"

Chen, panting heavily, said, "Yes! We can just keep it from the Huang family, right?"

"But that vegetable farmer knows! Won't he tell the Huang family?"

Madam Chen sneered, "He's just a mere vegetable farmer. I can have your father send him away to a distant place. Lian'er, just don't do anything foolish again."

Bai Qinglian nodded obediently when she heard Chen say that.

Mrs. Chen sighed. Seeing that her emotions had indeed stabilized a lot, she felt relieved and went to discuss the next steps with Bai Chenming.

When Bai Qinglian saw that Chen had left, she angrily threw all her belongings to the ground.

"Lin Yunche! Lin Yunche! How dare you mock me!" Bai Qinglian shouted fiercely.

She clearly saw that the person who came was Lin Yunche, so why did it turn out to be a vegetable farmer? It was obvious that Lin Yunche had switched people when they entered the side courtyard.

He switched people when the light dimmed!

Thinking of this, Bai Qinglian cursed Lin Yunche three hundred times in her heart, "Why! Why would you want a divorced woman who has been abandoned by others, but not me?"

"What is it about Bai Wanqing that I lack? Why can she marry the top scholar while I have to be a country gentleman's concubine!"

"That's not fair."

Bai Qinglian was so angry that she smashed a few more vases before she was finally satisfied.

On the other side, Bai Chenming did not expect that such a scandal would occur on the day his daughter returned home. He first locked the vegetable farmer in the woodshed, and then invited everyone to have lunch first.

After all, he didn't want the Du and Lin families to find out about this.

Especially the Lin family. At this moment, Bai Chenming did not know that this was Lin Yunche's doing. He only thought about keeping it a secret for the time being and not letting Lin Yunche take his anger out on Qing'er.

(End of this chapter)