Chapter 202 I Don't Like to Hear It
"Yu Zhiyi".
Yu Mingyu saw Yu Zhiyi returning from afar, lifted the sedan curtain and stepped down, her expression arrogant.
Yu Zhiyi gave him a cold look: "Are your injuries healed?"
Yu Mingyu: "...You really don't know how to speak properly. Don't you know that you have to point out someone's shortcomings before you can criticize them?"
That bastard was really ruthless last time; he was bedridden for seven whole days before he could barely regain his mobility.
Even now, his injuries haven't fully healed; he can barely maintain his composure.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed in the sedan chair the whole time.
Yu Zhiyi ignored him and went straight into Yiluan Charity.
Seeing that she was being ignored, Yu Mingyu's face darkened: "Ruan Jinning, where is your manners? Is this how you treat your second brother?"
Yu Zhiyi was speechless: "I think that person went a little too easy last time; he didn't manage to clear your head. The Yu family has already severed ties with me; it was your parents who brought it up. Who are you to me as my second brother?"
Yu Mingyu laughed sarcastically: "You still care, as expected."
He then arrogantly raised his head: "How about this, I'll give you a chance. As long as you obediently do one thing for me, I'll put in a good word for you in front of my parents and let you return to the Yu family."
It was clearly a matter for discussion, yet he spoke it in a manner that sounded like a command.
Yu Zhiyi frowned.
She couldn't understand how this person could be so ordinary yet so confident.
"If you're sick, go get treatment quickly. I can't help the brain-dead here." Yu Zhiyi stepped into Yiluan Charity.
Yu Mingyu's handsome face darkened: "Yu Zhiyi, don't push your luck!"
He never expected that Yu Zhiyi would not give him face and would even scold him for condescending to his status.
How could his pride be tolerated?
"Insolence!" Yu Zhiyi's face darkened. "I am a fifth-rank official of the current court. Who do you think you are, daring to spout such nonsense in front of me? According to the Sheng Law, any commoner who insults an official of the current court shall be imprisoned at the very least, and punished with caning before imprisonment at worst. Yu Mingyu, which one do you want to choose?"
Yu Mingyu's expression changed.
He never really felt that Yu Zhiyi was an official appointed by the imperial court.
Even the entire Yu family didn't feel much of a sense of reality.
How could a lowly imposter, disliked by them and who had barely learned any words, possibly possess any real skills?
However, at this moment, a strong pressure erupted from Yu Zhiyi's petite body, a kind of oppressive feeling that was even more terrifying than that of Yu Chunyue before.
It was only then that Yu Mingyu realized that what he and his older brother had worked so hard to achieve since childhood, Yu Zhiyi had already obtained with ease.
Whether he likes it or not, he has to call her "Lord Yu" whenever he sees her.
But he was unwilling to accept it.
"So what if you're a senior official in the Ministry of Justice?" Yu Mingyu's sinister face was full of resentment.
He studied diligently from a young age and considered himself quite talented, but for some reason, he always missed out on becoming a scholar just one step away from it.
Having failed to become a scholar, he naturally could not continue to take the exams.
So now he's over twenty years old, but he's still just a student in the lowest level of the imperial examinations.
"I'm your second..."
Before he could finish speaking, his mouth stopped moving.
I just can't bring myself to say the word "brother".
His face was filled with horror.
What happened?
Suddenly, he realized something and looked at Yu Zhiyi. Although he couldn't speak, his eyes revealed his meaning—was this your doing?
Yu Zhiyi looked at him coldly: "I said, I have nothing to do with your Yu family anymore. If you keep forgetting and keep using this disgusting term and attitude towards me, then you don't need to talk to me anymore."
"Because I don't like to hear it."
Yu Mingyu: "..."
He almost ground his teeth to powder.
Because now he has confirmed another thing: Yu Zhiyi really doesn't want to have anything to do with them.
He took a deep breath, nodded, and indicated that he would not shout again.
The moment the thought crossed his mind, his mouth returned to normal.
"you……"
He frowned as he looked at Yu Zhiyi, instinctively wanting to adopt the superior attitude of an older brother, but he shut his mouth again as soon as his gaze met Yu Zhiyi's cold expression.
Fine, if you don't want to acknowledge our kinship, then so be it.
It's like nobody wants to be her family.
He regained his arrogant expression and said coldly, "I am here on the orders of Consort Yu to bring you into the palace to share her burdens."
Yu Zhiyi said indifferently, "I'm not going."
Although Yu Mingyu had already learned from his parents that Yu Zhiyi would never obediently listen, he was still taken aback. He frowned deeply and said, "Do you know what you're saying? That's Consort Yu!"
Yu Zhiyi scoffed: "I know that's Consort Yu, but she's just Consort Yu, not the Empress, much less His Majesty."
"As an official appointed by the imperial court, I am only responsible to His Majesty. No one else has the right to order me around. Surely you, a mere student, do not understand this basic principle?"
Yu Mingyu: "..."
It felt like an arrow had pierced my chest.
"What's wrong with being a student of the preliminary examination? I passed the exam through my own abilities, unlike some people..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly shivered.
Yu Mingyu pursed her lips, ultimately saying nothing, but then snorted coldly and continued the previous topic: "As long as you fulfill Consort Yu's wish, the matter of me saving you three years ago will be wiped clean. Otherwise, you will forever owe me a life."
He looked at Yu Zhiyi with a sneer: "A fifth-rank official of the imperial court wouldn't want to owe someone a life, would he? Besides, people like you wouldn't want to incur karma, would you?"
Yu Zhiyi raised an eyebrow: "Three years ago? A life-saving grace?"
A mocking smile appeared on Yu Mingyu's sinister face: "What? You want to deny it?"
Three years ago, he passed by the lotus pond at the Yu residence and discovered that Yu Zhiyi had fallen into the pond.
Although he loathed this imposter who had stolen ten years of his sister's happiness, it was still a human life at stake. Without a second thought, he jumped into the pond and rescued the person.
He fell seriously ill afterward and was bedridden for seven days.
Although Yu Zhiyi came to care for him every day during his illness, serving him soup and medicine, these small things could not at all offset his life-saving grace.
But afterwards, she denied it and repeatedly warned him not to follow her anymore.
He stalked her? Are you kidding me?!
Yu Mingyu felt betrayed, having saved a cunning and treacherous person.
She knew perfectly well that he didn't like her, yet she still lingered around him when he was weak, and she wouldn't even let his most beloved sister get close to him.
He was so weak during those few days that he couldn't even get out of bed; otherwise, he would have definitely taught that ungrateful wretch a lesson.
From then on, he hated his younger sister even more.
Whether you admit it or not, the fact remains that I saved you.
Yu Zhiyi sneered: "Yu Mingyu, when it comes to self-deception, no one can beat you."
Before Yu Mingyu could say anything more, Yu Zhiyi suddenly raised her hand and quickly drew a talisman.
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