2965 The Couples Challenge (2/2)

He did not punish his wife away, nor did he mention about divorcing her. Publicly, he addressed the affair by stating that it was his fault for neglecting his wife, thus leading her to commit in something foolish. He even begged them to forgive his wife and stop talking about it.

His public speech had gained him even more popularity by being a good man. His wife, on the other hand, was widely defamed and mistreated by the public.

He continued to gather pity by getting drunk every day or bursting into tears as soon as he talked about the affair. All of his efforts added up and made him a good, loving man who had his heart shattered by his cheating wife. Meanwhile, his wife's reputation was utterly damaged to the point where she could no longer tolerate the rumors, so she ended her own life.

Sadly, he buried his wife after a grand funeral and forbade anyone from talking bad about her again. He vowed to kill anyone that made the situation worse.

From then on, his reputation as a good husband was well established in society. Everyone thought of him as a loving and responsible man instead of a worthless idler.

He also inherited the entire fortune from his wife's family, thus putting him in the prime of his life.

The only thing that he was unsatisfied with was his affair with his disciple, Le Yingying. She inspired into almost all of his bad doings.

She loved him wholeheartedly, and the only thing that she had ever asked was for him to marry her, or she would tell everyone what he had done in the past.

In order for him to marry her, he agreed to venture into the desolate desert.

Usually, they would not do anything too revealing in public, but now that they were alone with no one around to judge them, it was finally time for them to express their yearning desire for one another.

After the brief chat, they made love to each other again.