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When Li Chenbi returned to the North Courtyard, Fan Liuer had already eaten and drunk her fill and was lying down comfortably, nestled on the couch reading a storybook.

So engrossed was he that he didn't even notice when Li Chenbi entered the room.

She only looked up belatedly when the light in front of her was blocked.

Upon seeing that it was Li Chenbi, he immediately sat up, his face full of curiosity, "All done?"

Li Chenbi looked down at her, his eyes dark and brooding. "Hmm."

Fan Liuer, caught up in her excitement, didn't notice anything amiss and hurriedly asked, "How was it resolved? Did you deal with Li Yufeng? He went too far, even turning the tables on us!"

"I've packed it up," Li Chenbi said calmly.

"How did you clean it up?"

He was lashed ten times.

Fan Liuer covered her mouth, "Ten...ten lashes?"

She thought Li Chenbi would at most kick him a couple of times or slap him a few times, but she didn't expect him to whip Li Yufeng ten times.

That's... way too ruthless.

She was immediately worried. Given how vengeful Li Chenxin and his wife were, and how badly Li Yufeng was injured this time, they would definitely hold a grudge against her.

Will they come looking for trouble with her again?

She opened her mouth, about to express her concerns, when she heard Li Chenbi say...

"Now that we've dealt with Li Yufeng, it's your turn."

Fan Liuer wondered if she had misheard, so she repeated, "Punish me?"

She looked puzzled. "Why?"

Li Chenbi turned his head to look at her, "What do you think?"

His expression and tone were indifferent, and he didn't seem to be joking with Fan Liuer.

Fan Liuer couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"I...I don't know, I didn't do anything today, did I?"

She carefully reviewed the situation in her mind and couldn't think of anything she had done wrong.

Li Chenbi looked at Fan Liuer, his expression growing increasingly grim, his voice growing colder, "What do you think of Liu Xier?"

His question was so absurd that Fan Liu'er was stunned for a while before answering, "Uh... she is quite pretty, but I feel like she has a bad temper."

"Anything else?" Li Chenbi pressed.

Fan Liuer really couldn't guess what Li Chenbi was angry about, nor did she know what kind of answer Li Chenbi wanted to hear.

She thought for a moment, then asked Li Chenbi, "Do you... have a crush on her?"

Fan Liuer thought that Li Chenbi had never paid such attention to any woman before. Why was he asking her about it now? Could it be that he had developed feelings for her?

But if he's interested, then he's interested. Why is he asking her what he means?

Discussing her relationship with Li Chenbi is a bit awkward, isn't it?

So she asked the question rather cautiously.

Li Chenbi was amused by her words, lowered his head, and laughed so hard that his shoulders were shaking.

Fan Liuer felt a chill run down her spine from his laughter, her whole body tingling with goosebumps.

"Stop laughing, your laugh is scary."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Chenbi looked at her, his eyes devoid of any smile, instead...

It was filled with resentment.

"Fan Liuer, are you so heartless that you don't care about me at all?"

Fan Liuer was confused as to why she had been accused of this crime again. She looked at Li Chenbi with a puzzled expression and asked, "What exactly are you trying to say? Just tell me, I really can't guess what you're thinking."

Li Chenbi took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and tried to soften his voice as much as possible, "You know that Liu Xier likes me, right?"

Fan Liuer nodded. It was obvious; she had noticed it at a glance.

Seeing her matter-of-fact expression, Li Chenbi could no longer contain his anger. He glared at Fan Liuer and snapped, "Since you know she likes me, what's the point of saying those things to her?"

"What, are you trying to push me out?"

Fan Liuer frowned again. "What words?"

She had completely forgotten what she had said to Liu Xier.

"Don't you remember?" Li Chenbi gritted his teeth. "Fine, then I'll repeat it for you."

Li Chenbi looked at Fan Liuer and said, word by word, "You like Second Master, right? Then you should tell him. You're so beautiful, you'll definitely succeed."

"Actually, you don't need to be so hostile towards me. Second Master is not married yet, you still have a chance."

"What I mean is, if you like Second Master, you might as well take the initiative and at least let him know."

The last word was spat out through gritted teeth.

After he finished speaking, he leaned down and stared intently at Fan Liuer, causing Fan Liuer to instinctively lean back.

"Fan Liuer, you are so magnanimous, you can even push your own man away."

Looking at Li Chenbi's dark face, Fan Liuer was honestly still a little confused about what was wrong with Li Chenbi's anger.

She neither ran away nor cheated on him; she was simply encouraging women who liked him to try harder.

Is this wrong?

Don't men all like having multiple wives and concubines? Is what she's doing wrong?

"You don't like it? Why?" she asked Li Chenbi.

Li Chenbi looked at the person in front of him, wishing he could strangle her. "Fan Liuer, how can you say such things? Don't you have a heart?"

"Don't you know who I like?"

Fan Liuer nodded, "I know, but... not all men like having multiple wives and concubines."

Li Chenbi gritted his teeth, "That's another man, I won't!"

Fan Liuer said "Oh," and then said, "If you don't know how, then don't. Why are you angry with me?"

Li Chenbi was so angry that his chest ached. If he could bear it, he really would give Fan Liuer a good beating.

However, he couldn't bear to part with her, so he could only grip Fan Liuer's shoulders tightly to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Fan Liuer, do you really like me or not? Who would willingly share their husband with someone else? You're so magnanimous, do you even have me in your heart?"

This is the real reason why Li Chenbi was angry.

Upon receiving news that Fan Liuer had been taken away, he immediately dropped everything and rushed back to the mansion.

The guards on the way told him everything that had happened that day, including the conversation between Fan Liuer and Liu Xier.

Li Chenbi was both angry and anxious. He was angry that Fan Liuer had no heart at all, and he was also anxious that she would suffer losses and be wronged.

He endured it for a long time, but the person acted as if nothing had happened and didn't realize his problem at all.

This made him wonder if Fan Liuer had ever truly fallen for him from beginning to end.

He was the only one who fell into this emotional trap.

Fan Liuer was stumped by Li Chenbi's question. To be honest, she had never thought about liking Li Chenbi.

All she could think about was getting money out of Li Chenbi so she could leave him when she had the chance.

So when someone liked Li Chenbi, she didn't realize that she should be jealous or angry, instead of being magnanimous and telling the other person how to win his favor.

Under Li Chenbi's gaze, she felt somewhat guilty.

But she couldn't admit that she didn't like Li Chenbi at all, so she could only bite the bullet and refute him.

"That's too absolute. If we follow your logic, then all women in this world who willingly take concubines for their husbands do so because they don't like their husbands?"