After finishing his fight, Wu Dao said to Zhou Chenyang, "It seems you don't take me seriously at all."
"If you don't respect me, then you don't respect the Prince of Pingnan's mansion."
"Alright, I'll tell my father what happened here right now."
Lin Xiuyan immediately said, "Your Highness, we will prepare the silver and send it to the Prince of Pingnan's residence as a reward for your hard work."
Zhou Chenyang knew that if this matter really escalated to the time of the Prince of Pingnan, and if the Prince of Pingnan used this opportunity to thoroughly investigate the City Lord's Mansion, then there would be big trouble!
No matter how unwilling he was, he could only bite the bullet and say, "Your Highness has misunderstood. How could my private matter possibly alarm Your Highness?"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Xiuyan reluctantly and said, "I'll ask you one last time, do you really want to break off our engagement?"
Lin Xiuyan saw that he had bitten the tip of his tongue, and knew that he was summoning Gu worms.
If she were truly infected by the Gu worm, then she would certainly obey his arrangements at this moment.
Unfortunately, she couldn't do as he wished.
She looked him in the eyes and said loudly, "Yes, I want to break off the engagement!"
When Zhou Chenyang met her cold eyes, he felt a little suspicious.
Logically speaking, the Gu worm should have already entered Lin Xiuyan's brain by now, so why hasn't it affected her yet?
She had clearly shown a tendency to obey him before because of the aura of the Gu worm, so how could she change her mind so suddenly?
He didn't want to break off the engagement at all, but the Prince of Pingnan was here, clearly intending to make the decision for Lin Xiuyan, so he had no choice but to agree!
He was so frustrated that he decided to find a chance to kill them later!
He said coldly, "Someone, bring me paper and pen. I'll write a letter of annulment."
Lin Xiuyan said from the side, "I dare not trouble the city lord to write it himself. I have already written the letter of annulment."
"After all, it was me who broke off the engagement with you, not you who broke off the engagement with me."
Although both cases involve annulment of an engagement, the different parties at fault lead to completely different consequences.
She took out a pre-prepared letter of annulment from her bosom and said, "Lord Lao, just put your fingerprint on it."
Humiliation! Zhou Chenyang felt an intense sense of humiliation!
He stared coldly at Lin Xiuyan, who didn't back down at all, and stared back at him coldly.
Wu Dao, annoyed by Zhou Chenyang's appearance, immediately grabbed Zhou Chenyang's hand, dipped it in some red mud, and then pressed his hand onto the paper.
Zhou Chenyang glanced at Wudao with a gloomy expression. Wudao said happily, "From now on, you two will marry and have nothing to do with each other!"
Lin Yunzhi said from the side, "I have one more thing to ask the young master to make a decision for us."
Wu Dao asked with some curiosity, "What is it?"
Lin Yunzhi replied, "My niece, Jiang Xinrou, was seduced and raped by Zhou Chenyang, which ruined her reputation. She can no longer marry anyone else and can only marry Zhou Chenyang."
"I implore Your Highness to help persuade Zhou Chenyang to take responsibility for her, not to abandon her after starting a relationship, and to marry her."
Wu Dao went to see Ye Junfei again.
Ye Junfei wanted to smash Wu Dao's head. Was he looking at her again and again because he was afraid others wouldn't know that he was the real deal?
This time he didn't nod, but instead smiled in response.
Wu Dao's legs went weak at the sight of his smile, but he already understood what he meant.
Wu Dao coughed lightly and said, "A man can be romantic, but he cannot be vulgar."
“Lord Zhou, I think you did something wrong. You slept with a respectable young woman; how could you not show some reciprocation?”
Zhou Chenyang said coldly, "They are maliciously slandering me. I did not seduce Jiang Xinrou."
Lin Yunzhi sighed and said, "I knew the city lord wouldn't admit it, so I had no choice but to call Jiang Xinrou over to confront you."
"Someone, please fetch Miss Biao!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two maids helped Jiang Xinrou walk over gracefully.
She already had the appearance of an innocent, delicate flower, and now that she was feigning weakness, she truly looked pitiful.
Jiang Xinrou knew this was her only chance to marry Zhou Chenyang.
She knew she could no longer stay in the Lin family. Now that her reputation was ruined, if she couldn't marry Zhou Chenyang, she would be in dire straits.
So she sniffed lightly and said, "Lord of the city, I know you had your reasons for what happened that day."
“I know I am of lowly status and not worthy of you, but now I am yours, and I am carrying your child.”
"Please, for the sake of our child, give me a proper status, and give the child a proper status as well."
After those words were spoken, silence fell over the surroundings once more. (www.cascoo.net)
They even have a child?
A complex look appeared in Lin Yunzhi's eyes, and Lin Xiuyan's eyes narrowed slightly.
Lin Xiuyan, having memories from her past life, naturally knew that Jiang Xinrou was pregnant.
However, Lin Xiuyan always felt that such personal grudges should not involve children, so she never thought of using the child to force Jiang Xinrou to submit.
She didn't expect Jiang Xinrou to bring this up at this time.
But then she realized that Jiang Xinrou had no other way out but to marry Zhou Chenyang.
That's why Jiang Xinrou dropped this bombshell at this time—she didn't want to give Zhou Chenyang a chance to reject her.
Zhou Chenyang's face showed a hint of shock: "This is impossible!"
Jiang Xinrou said softly, "If you don't believe me, you can ask a doctor to take my pulse. The baby is almost two months old."
Zhou Chenyang: "!!!!!!!"
He cursed Jiang Xinrou in his heart for being an idiot, asking why she was saying such things at a time like this.
He originally thought that outsiders would only know about what happened that day, and he could tell others that it was an accident.
Now that Jiang Xinrou has revealed her pregnancy, it directly confirms their affair!
He has always presented himself as a gentleman, but now he feels that he can no longer maintain that image.
Lin Xiuyan has already sent someone to fetch a doctor.
The doctor came over and took Jiang Xinrou's pulse, saying that she was indeed two months pregnant, but her pregnancy was not very stable.
Wu Dao, standing to the side, cupped his hands in greeting to Zhou Chenyang and said, "Congratulations, City Lord! Double happiness!"
"I wonder when the city lord plans to hold his wedding banquet? I will be staying in Yucheng for a while longer, and if I have enough time, I would like to ask for a drink at the wedding banquet."
Zhou Chenyang was completely bewildered at this moment.
What does it mean to have double happiness? It's more like trouble knocking on your door!
He never thought about marrying Jiang Xinrou when he was playing around with her. He always felt that only daughters of noble families could give birth to his legitimate son.
Jiang Xinrou was just a merchant girl living under someone else's roof; she had no right to bear his child!
However, if the Crown Prince of Pingnan were here at this moment and told the Prince of Pingnan about this, it would not be impossible for him to be dismissed from his post on the grounds that the Prince of Pingnan was morally corrupt.
He originally hated Lin Xiuyan, but now he hated Jiang Xinrou even more. This stupid woman, was she trying to ruin his future?
He took a deep breath and said reluctantly, "Once the wedding date is set, I will definitely send an invitation to the Crown Prince."
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