Your Highness, your wife has had her virginity mark applied and married someone else.

remedy?

Shen Mingshu believes that her relationship with Lu Yanzhi is not yet at the point where he needs to make amends.

Shen Mingshu looked at his hand holding hers and reminded him with a bitter tone, "Young Master Lu, I am now A Yuan's woman. Let bygones be bygones."

With pity in his eyes, Lu Yanzhi gently reminded her, "A-Shu, you shouldn't let the Wei family waste your time anymore. You deserve better."

Shen Mingshu's breath hitched, and she looked up at him: "You want to persuade me to back out on Lu Youyou's behalf?"

"I..." Lu Yanzhi was speechless, pondering a more appropriate meaning.

Shen Mingshu angrily shook him off, tears welling in her eyes: "I've been by his side for three years, working tirelessly to support his studies for the imperial examinations. Our love and gratitude are profound. If it weren't for the Wei family forcing us, he should have married me!"

"Lu Youyou barged in like this! I've already willingly become a concubine, why... why do you still want me to retreat even after I've already yielded so much!"

"No, that's not what I meant! I'm just bad at expressing myself—"

Lu Yanzhi's clear eyes showed anxiety as he tried to pull Shen Mingshu aside to explain, but she slapped his hand away forcefully.

"Headmaster Lu! I didn't lie to Miss Lu! I won't slack off and cause trouble for myself! If you have evidence, you can punish me severely. If you don't, you can force me to leave the academy, but forcing me to leave A-Yuan—don't even think about it!"

Lu Youyou was emotional, and Shen Mingshu's emotions were not much calmer.

Lu Youyou can throw tantrums and hit people at will, but Shen Mingshu can't.

She could only vent her temper through such humble words, and after she finished speaking, she even cried from anger.

Lu Yanzhi stood helplessly in front of her. He had practiced for three years to develop his smooth and eloquent social skills, but in front of Shen Mingshu, they were all useless.

In the end, he could only offer Shen Mingshu a promise, as if to make amends.

"Ah Shu, I absolutely did not mean that! I'm sorry you had to suffer today, but I promise, Youyou will never come to the academy to bother you again, okay?"

"Regarding Youyou and Wei Yuan, the Lu family owes you something first. We are sorry to you. If you need anything, the Lu family will do its best to meet your needs."

Shen Mingshu twitched the corner of her mouth. "If it weren't for A-Yuan's three years of companionship, I wouldn't have been able to endure the pain of my fracture healing or the agony of being eaten away by a thousand ants."

"I don't like the Wei family, but unfortunately, their surname is Wei."

"Young Master Lu."

"Your Lu family cannot repay this debt of gratitude."

"..."

Lu Yanzhi's fingers, hidden beneath his sleeves, clenched tightly into his palm.

Shen Mingshu's every word was like a gust of wind, freezing him in place. He wanted to turn around and leave, but he had no motivation to do so.

"Ah Shu, I—"

Suddenly! The person who seemed so far away just moments ago was now quietly approaching.

Shen Mingshu looked up at Lu Yanzhi, her eyes sparkling for a few moments. Lu Yanzhi felt a fragrant aroma wafting through his nose, making him dizzy.

All I could hear was her fragile, helpless plea.

"Lu Yanzhi, he's all I have left."

"Your Lu family has no shortage of good sons-in-law."

"..." What Shen Mingshu wanted from beginning to end was to possess it all.

……

At the entrance of the Lu residence.

On the carriage.

Lu Youyou anxiously observed the expression on Wei Yuan's face.

From the moment they first met, Wei Yuan had always given her a sense of security characterized by his gentle, refined, humble, and polite demeanor.

Like her brother, it seemed that no matter what she did, Wei Yuan could forgive her and make sure she was covered up.

Just like before, he always managed to appear in time to help ease the conflict with the prince and save him from punishment.

Lu Youyou was moved.

But once she got into the carriage, Wei Yuan seemed like a different person. He turned his head to look out the window, showing no intention of paying attention to her, and remained silent the whole way.

Now that they've arrived at his doorstep, Wei Yuan still hasn't made a move.

Lu Youyou immediately realized that Wei Yuan was also angry—all because of a page!

Lu Youyou immediately felt dissatisfied.

Throughout the entire country, apart from Lu Yanzhi and her parents, there was no one else she was willing to lower herself to please.

So I didn't want to talk to him for a while.

At this moment, Wei Yuan turned his head to look at her.

Lu Youyou instantly adopted an arrogant posture, but then she heard him speak, his voice indifferent.

"We're here, aren't we getting off?"

"You're kicking me out?" Lu Youyou looked at him in astonishment, her eyes instantly welling up with tears of grievance: "You're treating me like this for a mere pageboy!"

Seeing her tears welling up so easily, Wei Yuan sighed deeply: "She can't lie, and you slapped her in public. Oh dear, she's been innocent from beginning to end."

"She's innocent! And I'm not innocent either!" Lu Youyou continued to argue, sobbing, "You all believe her, but not me! Wei Yuan! Who is your real fiancée?!"

"It's all your fault."

Wei Yuan's extremely cold words completely silenced Lu Youyou's rudeness and rudeness.

Lu Youyou looked at Wei Yuan in disbelief: "What...what did you say?"

I haven't proposed to you yet.

Wei Yuan's calm eyes held a hint of coldness, his tone utterly indifferent: "If you look down on me and think I'm not good enough for you, then you deserve to be treated as you wish. Please go and tell Uncle Lu as soon as possible that we should end our relationship. Let's not waste each other's time any longer."

"You, you—!"

Lu Youyou pointed at Wei Yuan, never before had anyone dared to mock her like this, and immediately roared angrily, "Of course I look down on you! The Wei family and the Lu family have been rivals for generations. If your grandmother hadn't personally intervened to arrange a marriage for you, you wouldn't even be qualified to have a chance with me!"

Wei Yuan's eyes turned cold: "Very well, you can leave now."

"You!" Lu Youyou didn't expect Wei Yuan to not refute her at all. His extremely cold attitude was hard for her to accept, but she was unwilling to give up.

"I've bought this carriage! You're the one who should get off! Walk back yourself!"

"..."

The carriage from the Wei family was not even sold by its owner, yet Lu Youyou acted so arrogantly and rudely, taking advantage of the fact that the carriage had reached the Lu family's territory.

Wei Yuan frowned in disgust, but did not argue with her.

He pushed open the carriage door, called for the driver to get off, and left with his back to the carriage, not even bothering to ask for any more money.

Lu Youyou was so angry that she was trembling all over. She jumped out of the car and ripped off her purse, throwing it at Wei Yuan!

"Take the money and get out! Never let me see you again!"

The purse hit Wei Yuan on the back, but he didn't stop for a second. All he could think about was Shen Mingshu's disappointed and sad profile when he left.

Thinking of this, he quickened his pace.

No matter how fiercely he was cursed from behind, he ignored it all and continued on his way in silence.

The capital city is very large, and the distance between the Lu residence and Qingyun Academy is not short.

But soon, the Lu family's carriage hurriedly caught up with him, and sitting in it was Lu Jinchen, the third young master of the second branch of the Lu family.

"Brother Yuan, please wait!"

Lu Jinchen was asked by Lu Mingqi, the head of the Lu family and Lu Youyou's father, to hurry up and catch up with Wei Yuan to apologize to him.

The relationship between the Wei and Lu families is already sensitive, and their marriage is a matter of great importance. It is not something that can be easily decided by their small conflict.

This whole thing was caused by Lu Youyou's willfulness.

Lu Mingqi had to show this attitude, while Wei Yuan wouldn't be overly pretentious.

Just now in the car, he belatedly realized that he felt sorry for Shen Mingshu, and thus took his anger out on Lu Youyou. His words came out as a result—a warning and a way to define his character.

But after the farce, what angered Wei Yuan even more was his own incompetence.

In that situation, he had to first maintain the image of being satisfied with the Lu family and take the initiative to step forward and calm the two siblings' commotion in order to secure the final outcome.

But they neglected the people who should truly be protected.

At that moment, his rationality overwhelmed him, and he subconsciously felt that it was just a slap, and his Ming Shu would understand him.

But he forgot that his Ming Shu would understand, but she would also be disappointed.

Wei Yuan suppressed the bitterness in his heart and kept urging the coachman to speed up.

Upon arriving at the academy, before the carriage had even come to a complete stop, Wei Yuan jumped off and ran quickly toward the courtyard.

Lu Jinchen's polite farewell words were stuck in his throat, and he swallowed them back awkwardly.

Well, the second young master of the Wei family also has a temper.