Chapter 46: Character Building

There was a great commotion outside the mansion. Soon the news that the Duke's daughter fell in love with a poor scholar and was opposed by the Duke's mansion spread.

When the people from the Duke's Mansion drove Lin Yanbang away, they were cursed by some people, who said they were bullying others by taking advantage of their power.

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Lin Yanbang did not stay at the door of the Duke's Mansion for long. After crying and expressing his deep love, he left sadly.

At this time, after Pei Jinyu learned about this in the mansion, she got very angry and cursed Lin Yanbang for being despicable and shameless, but after cursing for a while, she burst into tears again.

"Wow...Mother, what should I do? Now people outside think that Lin Yanbang and I had a secret affair. Now my reputation has been ruined by this bastard!" Pei Jinyu threw herself into the arms of the Duke's wife, crying uncontrollably.

The Duke's wife couldn't help but look solemn and angry, but she still patted her daughter on the back and comforted her: "Jinyu, don't cry! Don't worry! Mother will definitely make the decision for you, I won't let Lin Yanbang have an easy time!"

Pei Jinyu said to the Duke's wife aggrievedly: "Mother, but now the news has spread outside, what else can we do?"

"Report to the police! Mother will send someone to report to the police right now. This Lin Yanbang is talking nonsense and deliberately insulting the reputation of the Duke's daughter. Have him arrested!" The Duke's wife gritted her teeth in anger.

Upon hearing this, Pei Jinyu quickly stopped the Duke's wife and said, "Mother, no, we can't report it to the police! He has my things in his hand. Although I don't know where he got them from, if I report it to the police, my reputation will be ruined!"

"Jin Yu is right. We must not report to the police at this time." Just then, Pei Jingchuan and Xu Qingyan walked in from outside.

Pei Jingchuan frowned and sighed, "Mother, now almost everyone outside believes that Jin Yu and Lin Yanbang are in love, and our Duke's Mansion looks down on his background, so we stopped him. If we report to the police, he has Jin Yu's token in his hand, and then I'm afraid that others will say that our Duke's Mansion is too bullying. In this way, even if he is arrested in the end, Jin Yu's reputation will not be cleared."

"Then what should we do? We can't just sit back and let him ruin the reputation of Jin Yu and our Duke's Mansion, right?" The Duke's wife said to Pei Jingchuan anxiously.

Pei Jingchuan comforted the Duke's wife and said, "Mother, don't worry, we will eventually be able to find a solution."

"What else can we do? Now everyone outside is on Lin Yanbang's side, thinking that he is sincere to our Jinyu. It is us in the Duke's Mansion who are the bad guys, trying to break up the couple!" The Duke's wife scolded angrily.

After listening to what Pei Jingchuan and the Duke's wife said, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but think in her heart: [Oh! This affectionate persona of Lin Yanbang is really a successful design. He packages himself as an infatuated scholar outside, arouses the sympathy of the people, and makes them all come to scold our Duke's Mansion. He is really comparable to those modern men! Not to mention that he has a wife and children, he is still an extremely romantic man. As long as he gets the money, he will go to the brothel. There is no girl in the brothel who doesn't know him! Moreover, he especially loves other people's wives. He has an affair with his neighbor's wife and the tofu beauty on West Street. Especially the tofu beauty, these two people have an affair every now and then when the tofu beauty's husband is not around! ]

When Pei Jingchuan heard Xu Qingyan's inner complaints, his eyes lit up. Isn't this just catching Lin Yanbang in the act?

Since Lin Yanbang wants to establish this affectionate persona, then he should expose Lin Yanbang's true face and let everyone know what kind of person he is. Then, the rumor will naturally be dispelled.

So, Pei Jingchuan said to the Duke's wife: "Mother, Lin Yanbang has a wife, and I have had people investigate him before. As long as we expose his scandal and let everyone see his true face, the rumor will surely be broken. So you don't have to worry about this matter, your son will take care of it."

——The other side——

At this time, Lin Yanbang was quite proud of himself as he watched the rumors outside getting more and more intense. He thought that one day the Duke's Mansion would not be able to withstand the pressure of public opinion and would agree to marry Pei Jinyu to him.

After all, now that things have turned out like this, Pei Jinyu will definitely not be able to get married. As long as he can marry Pei Jinyu, he can use the power of the Duke's Mansion to rise to the top. Now, as long as he thinks of this bright future, he feels a little happy.

Pei Jingchuan had sent people to follow Lin Yanbang secretly. He was in a good mood that day, so he took advantage of dark to go to Tofu Xishi's house.

Tofu Xishi said to Lin Yanbang tenderly, "Oh! My dear Lin, you have been known as a passionate man recently. How could you bear to come and see me?"

As soon as Lin Yanbang entered the room, he hugged Tofu Xishi. The woman spoke in a jealous tone.

At this moment, Lin Yanbang pulled the woman into his arms and said with a sly smile, "Little devil, I miss you so much! Come on, let me smell your scent!"

The woman pushed him gently, and said, "Don't! You have a lover now. People outside have said that you are deeply in love with the young lady of the Duke's Mansion!"

Lin Yanbang stroked the woman's face and said, "Why are you still jealous? I was just acting for others to see. Do you believe it? Don't you know who I like? As long as I marry into the Duke's Mansion, I will be rich and prosperous in the future. Then I can give you a good life!"

The woman leaned in Lin Yanbang's arms and said coquettishly, "Really? If Lin Lang becomes rich in the future, will he still remember me? Who am I? How can I resist Lin Lang's thoughts like this!"

"Don't you know my love for you? It seems that I haven't let you taste enough of love in the past! Come, I'll let you feel it now, whether I love you or not!" Lin Yanbang said, looking at the delicate woman in his arms.

“Oh, don’t...mmmm....” As he said that, Lin Yanbang hugged the woman and rolled onto the bed, and then scenes inappropriate for children began to occur in the room.

The secret guards lying outside the house couldn't help but glance away in disdain when they saw this scene. This piece of trash actually dared to covet their eldest lady!

So, the secret guard took advantage of the fact that they were in a state of rage and quickly came down from the roof, went to a corner outside the house, and put a large pile of straw and firewood. Soon, a big fire started outside the house.

"Oh no! There's a fire!" At this time, the night watchman saw the fire and shouted.

There were more and more people outside, and the shouting was getting louder and louder. Lin Wancheng and Tofu Xishi had already fought several rounds in the house. At this time, he looked outside and vaguely saw the appearance of fire outside, which frightened him.

"There's a fire! We have to escape quickly!" Lin Yanbang shouted and immediately went to pick up his clothes, but he couldn't find any clothes after searching for a long time.

"What should we do? The fire outside is getting bigger and bigger. If we don't go out, we will all be burned to death inside!" At this time, Tofu Xishi couldn't find her clothes and began to panic.

Seeing this, Lin Yanbang had no choice but to grit his teeth and said, "We can't care about so much now. Saving our lives is the most important thing. Let's run out naked first. Remember to cover your faces! Besides, it's pitch black here, and no one will know it's us!"

So, Lin Yanbang and the other man ran out of the house naked.

The fire was growing bigger and bigger. Lin Yanbang and his companions had no way of choosing their own route. They could only run all the way to escape to a place where there was no fire.

It took them a while to run out of the fire, but they didn't expect that many people had already gathered outside.

Lin Yanbang and Tofu Xishi lowered their heads, covered their faces and tried to sneak away from the crowd, but they didn't expect to be hit hard by someone who jumped out from nowhere.

"Ouch!" Tofu Xishi and Lin Yanbang were knocked to the ground. When they found someone was looking at them, they immediately covered their faces.

However, they were still recognized.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "Isn't that the affectionate scholar who cried in front of the Duke's Mansion a while ago? This woman is the tofu beauty from West Street!"