Chapter 90: The Male Lead's Past Life
Chapter Ninety: The Male Lead's Past Life
When Wang Xi thought of this, she was overcome with grief and, disregarding whether she would offend him and suffer retribution, cursed angrily.
"What are you pretending for!"
"If you hadn't offended someone and suffered retribution, how could Shen Tang have ended up like this?"
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"
Wang Xi's face was covered in tears, and her body trembled uncontrollably with emotion.
Upon receiving the news, Jiang Congyu rushed over immediately. Seeing Wang Xi looking so agitated and almost unable to stand, he quickly stepped forward to support her.
Meng Huaiyan's face was slapped to the side, and the bright red finger marks were particularly noticeable on his fair face.
He seemed oblivious to the pain and ignored Wang Xi's accusations.
Meng Huaiyan stared at "Chen Tang" in silence for a long time, like a lifeless, bodyless stone statue.
After a long while, he finally got up and picked up "Chen Tang" in his arms, gently rubbing his cheek against hers and murmuring softly.
"Tang'er, don't be afraid, I'll take you home."
Seeing him like this, Wang Xi stood aside without saying another word.
The crowd fell silent, making way for him.
This street is too long, far too long...
Meng Huaiyan walked step by step, feeling as if countless knives were churning inside his heart, the intense pain making it difficult for him to breathe.
Wang Xi was right. If he hadn't provoked Prince An, Shen Tang wouldn't be in this mess today.
It's all his fault! It's all his fault!!!
Meng Huaiyan staggered, and his vision suddenly went black. He quickly took a deep breath and controlled his body, which was about to fall.
He wanted to take her home, and he agreed.
He couldn't break his promise to her!
The road slowly came to an end, and Meng Huaiyan gently placed "Chen Tang" on the bed.
After a long while, he slowly stood up and said coldly to Qingyang, "Arrange for someone to kill Prince An."
Qingyang knelt on the ground, trying to dissuade him: "Your Highness, there is no evidence to prove that it was done by Prince An's men. Moreover, Prince An is a prince after all. Killing him rashly may bring trouble."
Meng Huaiyan, however, couldn't hear a word of it and spoke slowly and deliberately.
"I said! Kill him!"
Qingyang's expression hardened, but he ultimately did not try to persuade him further and withdrew, accepting the order.
But just as I reached the doorway, a loud "bang" suddenly came from behind me.
Qingyang immediately turned around and saw the prince suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood and collapse weakly to the ground.
"Your Highness!"
——-Past Life Chapter——-
A new young lady has arrived at the Duke's mansion. She is said to be the niece of the second wife, Shen, and has traveled a long distance to seek refuge with her.
They called it seeking refuge, but it was really just a way to find a good marriage partner by relying on the Duke's mansion.
Over the years, relatives from various branches of the family have come to stay temporarily at the Duke's mansion, all for the same purpose.
Some even dared to plot against him.
Meng Huaiyan had become accustomed to this.
He couldn't remember the names or even the faces of these "relatives" who came from all over the place and passed by him.
He only remembered the name Shen Tang because Meng Caiwei had been nagging him about it lately, saying that the new Miss Shen's pastries were even better than those sold in other pastry shops.
Moreover, he is a good person with a good personality. Most importantly, he is law-abiding and has never had any designs on him or tried to take advantage of him.
He was just a little thin and looked rather pitiful.
During that time, Meng Caiwei frequently visited Shen Tang, repeating anything to him several times.
He was extremely annoyed, but he remembered Shen Tang's name.
The Duke's mansion was very large, and he was very busy with official duties. The two of them had not met for several months since Shen Tang moved in.
Until one banquet, he accidentally stumbled upon several daughters of officials mocking and bullying a plainly dressed, somewhat thin woman in the back garden.
In this capital city, most people are bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong, and who fawn on the powerful and trample on the weak. Such scenes happen every day, and Meng Huaiyan has seen them many times before.
He wasn't exactly a chivalrous good Samaritan; he glanced at her and was about to turn and walk away without a word, but he suddenly stopped in his tracks when he heard the name Shen Tang.
Meng Huaiyan then carefully looked at the somewhat thin woman in the crowd.
She's alright looking, but not quite to the point where Meng Caiwei would call her pretty.
As for having a good temper, Meng Huaiyan disagreed even more.
In his view, she had a good temper, but she was just submissive and powerless to resist; to put it bluntly, she was cowardly.
He instantly lost interest and was about to turn around and leave, but then he remembered that Meng Caiwei liked him very much. For his sister's sake, he eventually went over.
When the young women saw him arrive, their faces instantly flashed with expressions of guilt, regret, and shyness.
He glanced at Shen Tang, then said to them in a calm and collected tone, "Miss Shen is now a guest of the Meng family. If there is a next time, I will not let her off easily."
The young ladies looked alarmed upon hearing this and hurriedly nodded in agreement.
He did this out of consideration for his sister, it was just a small favor, but he never expected it to cause him so much trouble.
The person his sister described as well-behaved and unlikely to make a move on him has recently been appearing in his sight frequently.
The way they looked at him was completely undisguised and naked.
This person, whom he considered cowardly, displayed remarkable courage and daring in pursuing him.
Ever since Meng Caiwei found out that Shen Tang was harassing him, she felt that she had been used and betrayed by her, and she was so angry that she jumped up and down.
The person who used to praise him to the skies is now being vilified by her, who calls her an ungrateful wretch and a hypocritical woman who only approached her to climb the social ladder.
He even spoke to him righteously, telling him not to be seduced by this hypocritical woman, Shen Tang.
He found it somewhat amusing; with Shen Tang's meager skills, how could she possibly seduce him?
Meng Caiwei overestimated her and underestimated him.
He never cared much about appearance; beauty is just a withered shell.
He didn't have many requirements for his future wife's appearance or personality, as long as she wasn't ugly and had the ability to handle all matters related to the household.
His only concern was whether the marriage could bring him benefits and power; that was what he valued most.
He had dealt with many people who bothered him like this before and was usually quite adept at it, but he ran into a wall with her.
Shen Tang's shamelessness exceeded his expectations. No matter how he treated her, she would appear in front of him with a smile the next time.
Unfortunately, her seduction skills were really lacking. Other people's seduction was full of allure and had the ability to make people blush and their hearts race, but her seduction was so clumsy that it only made people laugh.
Most of the time, he was quite annoyed by her constant pestering.
But one day, Shen Tang heard from somewhere that he liked dignified and quiet women, so she acted out the proper etiquette and manners of a noble lady in the capital in front of her.
But she just couldn't get it right, and her ladylike steps became unsteady and unsteady. She even tripped over her own feet and fell flat on her face in front of him.
How could anyone be so stupid?
The officialdom is treacherous and full of scheming. Someone like her would probably have been devoured long ago.
He was in a bad mood that day, but because of her actions, his mood actually improved for the first time.
After that day, Shen Tang probably felt somewhat ashamed and didn't show up in front of him for more than half a month.
When they met again later, her manners and etiquette had improved considerably. It seemed that she had been working hard to improve herself during this time instead of bothering him.
He thought Shen Tang would give up after three to five months if she saw no hope, but he never expected that she would persist for almost two years.
Over the past two years, he has become somewhat accustomed to the behavior of suddenly appearing in front of him from time to time.
After all, she was just a somewhat foolish and funny person with no guile, so he was too lazy to use any tricks to deal with her.
But he never expected that this person, whom he thought was innocent, posed no threat, and was the least guarded, would deliver the most devastating blow to him.
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