Ning Qingfeng spoke so matter-of-factly that Wei Qing was almost in tears with anger. What kind of bizarre people were these two brothers, always able to talk about losing face with such self-righteousness?

She stood up angrily, "Are you out of your mind?" What kind of man can talk about his pettiness so confidently?

"Yes, that was all because of you. To be honest, I should thank you for breaking off the engagement back then. If I hadn't broken off the engagement with you, I would definitely be very troubled now."

"you……"

Seeing Ning Qingfeng like this, Wei Qing really wanted to slap him, but she hesitated.

Ning Qingfeng cannot be judged by common sense. If she slaps him like this, he might slap her back.

It must be said that Wei Qing's intuition was correct.

If he dared to make a move, Ning Qingfeng wouldn't care whether she was a woman or not; he would definitely slap her back.

Thinking of this, Wei Qing could only leave dejectedly.

Watching her retreating figure, Ning Qingfeng smirked, "She's sick."

Does she really think she's some kind of celestial beauty or a national beauty? After how she treated him, does she expect him to never forget her?

That's wishful thinking, but he's not that kind of person. Even if he really likes a woman, after being betrayed like this, he wouldn't want her anymore. Why would he shamelessly cling to her? That would be throwing his self-respect to the ground and then trampling on it himself.

Ning Qingfeng isn't the type to be blinded by love, and besides, he already has Junjun.

Junjun is so much better than her!

Sure enough, I need to work harder to marry Junjun.

Ning Qingfeng closed his eyes and silently recited the Four Books and Five Classics.

"Oh, isn't this our great scholar?"

Just as Ning Qingfeng was about to go home, Wei Ergouzi led a group of people over from the side.

Ning Qingfeng ignored him and tried to leave, but Wei Ergouzi stepped forward and blocked his way.

"I'm saying, we've played together before, can't you give your older brother some face and say hello?" Wei Ergouzi said with a smile, but his voice was cold.

Ning Qingfeng looked at Wei Ergouzi, then at the men beside him, and felt a vague sense of unease.

These people have ill intentions.

"Hey there! How have you been doing lately?" Ning Qingfeng greeted Wei Ergouzi tactfully. It was just a greeting, really a small thing.

Wei Ergouzi: "..."

"Alright, Er Gouzi, look how nervous you are. I should go back to my studies."

Ning Qingfeng waved his hand and prepared to leave.

However, this group seems to be led by Wei Ergouzi. As long as Wei Ergouzi is dealt with, the others will naturally not be a problem.

Wei Ergouzi was still in a daze as he watched Ning Qingfeng leave.

No, what's he nervous about? What's there to be nervous about? He almost fooled me. "Block him."

As soon as Wei Ergouzi spoke, several men rushed forward and surrounded Ning Qingfeng.

They were all a little jealous of Ning Qingfeng. Back then, they were all from the same village, and Ning Qingfeng was even worse off than them, since he had gambled away all of his family's assets.

But now, he has transformed into a scholar, completely distancing himself from them, which makes these people feel somewhat strange.

No wonder, they all came after hearing that Wei Ergouzi was planning to cause trouble for Ning Qingfeng.

"You'd better think this through. I now hold official rank and title. If you were to harm me, you wouldn't be able to escape the consequences."

This is indeed a problem.

A commoner who assaults a scholar will be imprisoned.

"What's there to be afraid of? He's just a lowly scholar. Once we cripple his hand, his path to the imperial examinations will be over." Wei Ergouzi said disdainfully. The reason the county magistrate gave scholars some face was because he thought they had a bright future. But what future could a scholar with a broken hand possibly have? "At that time, I'll give the county magistrate some extra gifts. I believe he'll give us face."

"Then we should cripple his hand?"

A man carrying a stick stepped forward and said, "Scholar Ning, I'm just following orders. If you're not satisfied, go find him directly."

Just as the man raised the stick in his hand and brought it down hard, a sound of the stick breaking was suddenly heard.

It turned out that Ning Hongze had come out to look for her younger brother.

It seems these people want to ruin his brother.

Ning Hong stared coldly at Wei Ergouzi. "Wei Ergouzi, what are you planning to do? We, Qingfeng, are scholars, not people you can humiliate like this."

He picked up the broken piece of wood from the ground and chopped it down with his palm. The wooden pillar snapped in two, startling Wei Ergouzi and the others.

"You, you?"

Wasn't Ning Hong supposed to be a good-for-nothing? Why is she so strong? She split the wood in two with just one hand; that takes immense strength.

"Is there anything else you need to discuss with Qingfeng?"

With his older brother standing in front of him, Ning Qingfeng felt inexplicably safe.

"No, no, nothing's wrong?" When Ning Hongze walked forward, everyone involuntarily took two steps back. They were joking, how could they dare to provoke such a ruthless person as Ning Hongze?

"Since there's nothing else, we'll be going now."

Watching Ning Qingfeng leave, Wei Ergouzi was unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

He only crippled Ning Qingfeng's hand because he took money from his cousin.

Although he really didn't understand why his cousin was so determined to ruin Ning Qingfeng, she could have just said so directly if she wanted to break off the engagement.

Why bother with all this secrecy?

Now that they heard he was preparing to participate in the autumn imperial examination, they were even more anxious and urged him to take action immediately.

"Forget all the roundabout ways, just cripple his hand."

If a scholar's hands are crippled, he is essentially rendered useless.

Unexpectedly, such a good opportunity was ruined by the sickly Ning family member.

"hateful……"

"Brother, thank goodness you arrived in time, otherwise I would have been doomed."

Ning Qingfeng spread his hands out. Although his hands weren't pretty, he still cherished them.

"It's all your fault for making such a mess of things." Ning Hong tapped him on the head. On the surface, it seemed they had both compromised for the time being. "But for the time being, you're going into seclusion until the Wei family marries off the girl they have."

"Nobody knows if they'll use the girl to frame you."