However, he shouldn't be a bad person, otherwise he wouldn't have apologized to himself and said such things.
After the misunderstanding was cleared up, the relationship between the two improved considerably.
"Did you bring that dagger?" Tang Lei asked after finishing the last bite of his pancake. "I designed a mechanism on the dagger."
"You mean this mechanism?" Li Youran asked, pulling a dagger from his pocket.
Press the handle firmly and then release; the blade tip will emerge. To revert it back, simply press the handle firmly again.
"Hmm." Tang Lei was surprised to find that Li Youran was quite thoughtful; she was more interesting than he had imagined.
Li Youran was quite surprised that Tang Lei could come up with such a design. In the 21st century, such designs are not uncommon. However, in ancient times, there were very few skilled craftsmen capable of creating such designs.
What followed was an awkward silence. Tang Lei was a man of few words to begin with, and Li Youran didn't know what to talk about with him.
"Old Tang, I've finally found you." A middle-aged man wearing shorts said, panting heavily, "Your dad said we have guests at home and he wants you to go back right away."
A glint of light flashed across Tang Lei's expressionless face. He ran off without even paying for the meal.
"Ugh~ I haven't paid for the meal yet!" Li Youran said with a pained expression, "Eight steamed buns and half a bowl of fish soup..."
"Pah, shameless vixen!" A basin of water was splashed directly at the carriage, almost spilling onto it.
"Wang the Damn, what's wrong with you?!" Li Tairan shouted as he was nearly forced into a cart full of dirty water as soon as he entered the alley.
Li Youran, who was originally in a very good mood, also frowned.
Before even entering the house, they saw a group of women gathered at the door, with Wang Xiangyu leading the group.
"That little whore still has the nerve to come back!"
"Get down! Get down right now!" Before the carriage had even come to a complete stop, a woman reached out and pulled at Li Youran.
"Get out of my way, I don't hit women!" Li Tairan shoved the woman aside and shielded Li Youran behind him. "Why aren't you all home washing clothes and cooking? What are you doing here?"
"What did my sister do to you?" Li Tairan was no match for these women. Before he could finish speaking, he was spat on several times.
"All day long, they use the guise of doing business to solicit customers at the academy gate!"
"You shameless slut, you spend all your time picking up men at the docks!"
Listening to the cursing of the young wives and old women, Li Youran realized that those who came today were either from families with educated members or whose husbands worked at the docks.
“I went to the dock to buy fish, and to the academy to sell fish soup. Don’t make false accusations,” Li Youran said with a gloomy face.
Perhaps frightened by the chilling aura emanating from Li Youran, several women stepped back.
“I saw him chatting and laughing with a scholar in white, and he also talked for a long time with a man in a short jacket.” Wang Xiangyu stepped forward and stood at the front of the crowd. “Why is it that fish that others sell for seven coins a pound are only sold to you for five coins?”
"Damn it, you actually went to the docks to seduce my man! I'm going to fight you to the death today!"
"Pah! A hen that can't lay eggs dares to seduce my son at the academy!"
Several women who had taken their seats automatically rushed forward while cursing.
Li Youran used a grappling technique to subdue one of the women, and then followed up with a half-squatting diagonal leg sweep, tripping two more ladies. The other women were intimidated by the sight.
When it comes to fighting, she's never afraid. Having grown up in an orphanage and entered society early, how could she not know some martial arts?
What brought him success also brought him downfall. He got a job at a taekwondo gym because he knew some martial arts, but who would have thought that a casual sparring match with a colleague would be the end of him…
"Even if you can seduce a man, so what? You're still just a hen that can't lay eggs," Wang Xiangyu said, rolling her eyes as she continued, "In the end, you're not destined to be the wife of a scholar."
"I wasn't destined to be the wife of a scholar, but you are?" Li Youran couldn't understand where she had offended Wang Xiangyu. "Such a good man, yet you broke off the engagement on your wedding day."
"He was just a short-lived ghost," Wang Xiangyu blurted out, only realizing afterward that she had said too much.
The women who had just been knocked down by Li Youran were unwilling, but they didn't dare to go forward and use force again. They just jumped around and cursed.
"You really don't trust your own men? You really don't trust your own charm?" Li Youran was both amused and exasperated. While criticizing her, weren't they also throwing mud at their men?
The young wives felt that Li Youran's words made some sense, and since it was time to prepare dinner, they left one by one.
"Your sons aren't even engaged yet, aren't you afraid of ruining your reputation?" Li Youran said, looking at the stubborn aunties. "Scholars care most about their reputation. What good is passing the imperial examinations if your reputation is ruined?"
In the end, it was that last sentence that worked, and the aunties left grumbling.
"Where's Wang Xiangyu?" Li Youran wanted to ask Wang Xiangyu when she had offended her. But Wang Xiangyu had left sometime earlier.
"Young Master Hua... Young Master Hua!" Tang Lei looked at Hua Ruyu excitedly and asked, "Is there any news?"
"I heard that the thief is hiding in several cities nearby." Hua Ruyu stood up and said, "I plan to search here for some time and wait for new information."
"Okay." Tang Lei resumed his expressionless face.
"Your father told you to live a normal life before he passed away. How have you been these days?" Hua Ruyi has been thinking about Tang Lei every moment these days.
But when the words reached her lips, she could only feign nonchalance and casually ask. After all, some things are better left unsaid; if she were rejected, they might not even be able to remain friends.
"General Hua risked his life to save us. I must live well so as not to disappoint him." Thinking of General Hua, Tang Lei's face grew even colder. He needed to live a normal life, but he also had to avenge General Hua!
General Hua, along with Tang Lei and many other generals, fought bravely against the enemy and achieved victory. Who would have thought that he would die at the hands of an internal traitor in the end?
Since returning from the battlefield, Tang Lei refused all rewards, wanting to secretly search for the traitor without attracting attention. Unfortunately, his leg injury was really delaying things...
“These are some top-quality Chinese herbs I found in Yunnan. The doctor is confident healed your leg injury.” Hua Ruyu said, taking out a small white jade bottle from her bosom. “Only by healing your injury can you better take revenge.”
"Lei'er, your brother has come all this way to see you, hurry up and invite him to eat." At this moment, Old Man Tang's voice called out for dinner.
"Let's eat first, we'll talk later." Tang Lei wanted to pat Hua Ruyu's shoulder, but then remembered she was a girl and withdrew his hand.
"Wang Xiangyu is definitely up to something!" Li Youran sprang up from the bed.
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