Chapter 31 - No Escape from a Broken Engagement (1/2)

Chapter 31 No Escape from a Broken Engagement

The Madam Dowager asked Lady Tu and Wei Yuewu to have dinner with her. Lady Li, as the old lady’s daughter-in-law, had to stand by and serve her mother-in-law with a smiling face before the latter allowed her to go. She didn’t have any time to apply ointment to the wounds on her face.

Wei Yuewu glanced at the dense blisters on Lady Li’s face. Then she lowered her head with a cold smile. She waited on the Madam Dowager with even greater care, helping pick out fish bones for the Madam Dowager now and then. The meal went on with extreme attentiveness on her side, and the old lady was fully satisfied by her flattering gestures.

After dinner, Wei Yuewu left with Lady Tu to the guest room and then returned to the Lotus Courtyard after a chat.

Before reaching the gate of the yard, she saw Jin Ling looking around behind the gate. Seeing her mistress coming over, Jin Ling tried to suppress her joy on the face. However, she could not completely hide her excitement, and lowered her head waiting for Wei Yuewu to walk near.

Wei Yuewu had sent Jin Ling to see how Lady Li was doing, so she understood what Jin Ling meant to tell her. She led Jin Ling into the inner chamber, and Huamo served tea.

“Miss, I heard the Second Lady smashed a lot of things, and she cried. Later, she even sent for Doctor Ming. The maids and old maidservants who sent Doctor Ming out seemed to be smacked in the face, because their faces were all swollen. And I also saw Doctor Ming shaking his head as he walked out.”

Jin Ling reported softly.

Wei Yuewu calculated that as they left the Madam Dowager’s place together, the time was long enough for Lady Li to make a scene. She also took a glance at the time of leaving and noticed half of Lady Li’s face had turned red and swollen.

“Miss, did Doctor Ming say that the Second Lady’s face couldn’t be cured?” The maid Shufei who was standing aside asked curiously.

“The scalding was severe and she missed the best time for treatment. It’s impossible to leave no scars at all, no matter how effective the ointment is. But, I’m surprised she cried so soon.” Wei Yuewu put down the teacup in her hand with a leisurely smile.

So you cried and made a scene right now? You must bear the consequences since you plotted against me, and there were more days ahead for you to cry…

Seeing Wei Yuewu’s smile, Jin Ling felt a chill in her heart: a thin and frail girl as her mistress clearly was, she gave her a sense of extraordinary coldness, causing her heart to tremble a little involuntarily. She suddenly recalled another matter. “Miss, the Second Young Lady did send a letter to Marquis Jing Yuan. I heard it in the dark.”

“Yes, she did, as I expected!” Wei Yuewu raised her eyebrows and smiled lightly. A trace of cruelty flashed in her eyes. With Wei Yan’s message, Mo Huating should be prepared!

She believed the “engagement cancellation” play would be very interesting because of his preparations…

Mo Huating hadn’t had dinner yet when the letter was delivered to him. He frowned as he read the letter. He had originally thought it was rather easy for him to kill a girl from a small place. Who would have thought that such a big thing would happen? Now the current situation was extremely disadvantageous to him…

This Wei Yuewu was really fortunate, and she escaped from death again and again!

Mo Huating was so annoyed that, sitting alone in the study, he was in no mood for dinner at all. Then he heard the singing of orioles outside and the door was pushed open. In walked a girl dressed in yellow, who hurriedly took a few steps toward Mo Huating when she found him sitting there alone without a single bite of the food in front of him.

“What’s the matter, cousin?” The yellow-clothed girl asked in a delicate voice. Her eyes were filled with concern, and her voice seemed so tender as if it were about to be blown away.

“I’m fine.” Mo Huating’s heart was swayed by the tenderness in the girl’s eyes. He reached out to take her slender jade-white hand, and replied gently, “No worries. I’m just a little vexed by something about the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang.”

“Why? Does the Second Miss still refuse to marry you? That’s too much, when you are so devoted to her. How can she change her mind like that?” The yellow-clothed girl had a pair of beautiful eyes brimming with indignation as she tilted her head. Her appearance was more than charming from Mo Huating’s angle.

She was Mo Huating’s cousin. Ever since her parents died, she had been sent to and lived in the mansion of Marquis Jing Yuan. At that time, Mo Huating’s mother was still alive. However, she passed away the year before last year, leaving Mo Huating and his cousin, Chen Nianshan, in the mansion.

“It’s not Wei Yan. It’s Wei Yuewu. She’s not dead, and she is going to break off her engagement with me.” Mo Huating’s graceful aura vanished completely upon mentioning Wei Yuewu, and his face immediately darkened.

Chen Nianshan was annoyed that her cousin’s attention was not focused on her at all when she had been so carefully dressed up for him. However, she showed a trace of suppressed joy imperceptible to Mo Huating. She guessed that Wei Yan, her strongest rival, might be in an awkward situation. As for Wei Yuewu, she was not liked by her cousin and could not compete with her at all.

“Cousin, you mean that the Sixth Miss Wei, who has neither good looks nor talents, wants to cancel the engagement? She should be content only if you don’t dislike her, and now she actually dares to ask for more? Well, don’t worry, cousin. I have a way to help you. I can promise she won’t have her way back once she comes here. And in the final analysis, it’s up to you to decide whether to accept or reject her request.”

Chen Nianshan’s look of indignation, together with her affectionate eyes, was enough to induce tenderness in Mo Huating’s heart.

Mo Huating glanced at her with a smile in his eyes. He grabbed her tender white hand to his palm. “Tell me, what is it?”

Chen Nianshan smiled sweetly, and she lowered her head with confidence to Mo Huating’s ear and whispered to him…