Gu Nanjiao secretly followed them.

The teahouse was small, but its decor was elegant.

Scholars enjoy tea. Tea and books have always been synonymous with elegance. In their leisure time, they brew a pot of tea, pick up a book, and savor the sweet tea to soothe their throats while seeking insights between the lines.

Gu Nanjiao glanced around and realized Lu Yanzhao was gone. He ran so fast; she clearly saw him come in.

"Lu Xiaoer, bring tea." A smug voice rang out arrogantly, followed by a burst of laughter from the crowd.

Hearing the sound, Gu Nanjiao turned her head and saw Lu Yanzhao with a white towel draped over his shoulder and a pot of hot tea in his hand.

Lu Yanzhao's eyes met Gu Nanjiao's, but he quickly looked away and walked toward the laughing crowd.

"Lu Xiaoer, hurry up and fill my cup." A fat young master deliberately ordered.

Lu Yanzhao obediently filled the teacup.

"Ouch, it's burning me! Lu Yanzhao, are you doing this on purpose?" A lackey-like man to the right of the fat young master suddenly jumped up and shouted.

Lu Yanzhao gave the lackey a cold look but said nothing.

"Oh ho, he's glaring at me, he's glaring at me."

"Brothers, let's teach him a lesson." Several men said, rolling up their sleeves.

"Gentlemen, if you are here to enjoy tea, I will certainly treat you well. If you are here to cause trouble, I don't mind playing along with you."

Lu Yanzhao slammed down the teapot in his hand, his slender fingers resting on the blue teacup. Suddenly, he squeezed it hard, and the teacup cracked with a sound.

Lu Yanzhao had followed the hunters in the village into the mountains since he was a child, and he was not a weak scholar who could not even kill a chicken.

"Hahahaha." The group of people, led by the fat man, were not afraid when they saw the broken teacup; instead, they laughed even more arrogantly.

"He wouldn't dare do anything to us, hahaha. He's already disqualified from the exam for messing around with that woman Gu Nanjiao and his misconduct. If he touches us, it'll be considered assaulting a classmate, and he might get expelled from the academy."

Ha ha ha ha

Laughter continued to ring in his ears. Lu Yanzhao clenched his hands tightly, his nails digging into his flesh without him even realizing it.

"Bang--

A stool flew through the air and smashed into the henchman who was laughing the loudest.

The lackey fell to the ground with a thud, clutching his forehead and shouting:

Who smashed my things?

“Your great-aunt, it’s me.”

Gu Nanjiao couldn't stand it anymore, especially after hearing the lackey imply that she was involved.

This is absolutely intolerable.

Gu Nanjiao—

The fat man stood up from the stool, his eyes filled with a gnashing of teeth as he looked at Gu Nanjiao.

The fat man's surname was Wang, and his given name was Sang. His family was in business and had some money.

The original owner of this body had followed her father since childhood and often went to the academy. Somehow, she found out that Wang Pangzi's family was wealthy, so she deliberately approached them. Over time, she became familiar with Wang Pangzi.

But then, when he saw Lu Yanzhao sitting by the window, he was instantly captivated by his beauty and fell in love at first sight.

Fatty Wang was kicked like that.

Wang Pangzi was unwilling to accept this, so he brought a group of his brothers to find Gu Nanjiao and demand an explanation. Just as they entered the Gu family home, they happened to witness Gu Nanjiao tearing her clothes and bumping into Lu Yanzhao.

Wang Pangzi was heartbroken and devastated.

Enraged, he made the whole incident known to everyone in the academy.

It's just that Lu Yanzhao is pitiful, while Gu Nanjiao benefits.

Seeing the large, fat man in front of her, Gu Nanjiao felt a headache coming on. The original owner of this body had truly peculiar tastes, not discriminating between meat and vegetables.

Wang Pangzi has many men and is powerful; a direct confrontation is definitely not going to work, and we would absolutely suffer a loss.

Thinking of this, Gu Nanjiao's eyes darted around, and she sat down on the ground. She then shouted at the top of her lungs:

"This is outrageous! This rich young master is bullying a woman because he has more men than her."

"The rich young master, unable to take the young woman as his own, is now going to beat her husband."

"The young woman was outraged that her husband had been bullied."

When the crowd saw this, they started pointing and whispering about Fatty Wang and his group.

"What a disgrace to scholars! They've done things like bullying the weak."

"All that reading has gone to waste."

"He's obviously a rich kid who bullies men and women, a dog who relies on his master's power. Bah!"

"Report to the authorities! We can't let this young lady be bullied!"

...

People tend to be more protective of the weak.

Faced with public pressure, Fatty Wang and his gang had no choice but to leave this troublesome place. Before leaving, they didn't forget to utter a harsh remark.

Lu Yanzhao narrowed his eyes as he looked at Gu Nanjiao, who was still sitting on the ground.

He thought Gu Nanjiao had changed, but look, she hasn't. Her ability to throw tantrums and act unreasonably has only gotten stronger.

That day, she did the same thing, sitting on the ground and shouting in front of everyone that he had torn her clothes. He was speechless and had no choice but to marry her.

Gu Nanjiao felt extremely uncomfortable under Lu Yanzhao's gaze. She jumped up and walked up to Lu Yanzhao, asking:

"You work at the teahouse during lunchtime?"

Lu Yanzhao gave her a cold look, ignored her, and turned to tidy up the table.

Gu Nanjiao felt awkward and, after thinking for a moment, took out the Xuan paper she had bought and handed it to Lu Yanzhao, saying, "This is Xuan paper for you."

Lu Yanzhao continued with his work without even glancing at it.

Gu Nanjiao was about to explode. She had shamelessly spoken to the other person and even bought top-quality Xuan paper, but the other person didn't even give her a glance.

Even a clay figure has some temper; who does Lu Yanzhao think he is?

Hmph, you ignore me today, but one day you'll be begging for my attention.

"Forget it, I'll keep it for myself."

When Gu Nanjiao left the teahouse, Lu Yanzhao was still busy inside. It was unclear how he had managed to have lunch.

I was a bit hungry, so I bought a pancake and ate it haphazardly while strolling around.

As they strolled around, it gradually got dark. When Gu Nanjiao arrived at the town entrance, Liu was already waiting there.

"Oh, this paper doesn't look cheap. Did you buy it for your husband?" The speaker was the same plump woman from before.

"I bought it for myself, who's going to buy it for him?" Gu Nanjiao said somewhat resentfully, thinking about Lu Yanzhao's behavior today.

"Oh, you're being shy, Madam Lu. Let me tell you, if you want to win a man's heart, it's not enough to just cater to his tastes; you also have to win his stomach," the plump woman said.

"Yes, as the saying goes, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach." The thin woman chimed in, looking quite gossipy.

"Regular food won't do; we need to get things like kidneys and lamb testicles for men to like."

The two women kept talking, but the topic kept veering off course and becoming more and more outrageous. Gu Nanjiao simply turned her head away and ignored them.

Seeing that Gu Nanjiao ignored them, the two women, one fat and one thin, gave an awkward dry laugh and moved on to other topics.

Just like when she arrived, Liu couldn't get a word in edgewise no matter what they said, and could only remain silent.

By the time she was almost home, it was getting dark, and she could see Lu Xiaomei waiting for her at the village entrance in the distance.

Lu Xiaomei glanced at what Gu Nanjiao was holding and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

However, a smile quickly appeared on her face:

"Sister-in-law, come home and have dinner. Mom has already prepared it."