"My husband!"
Meng Xu had just come out when his wife caught him and immediately summoned him.
Meng Xu turned around and saw that it was his wife. He immediately said to her, "Madam, you should go back first. I have things to do. I'll talk to you when I get back tonight."
In the past, when men were superior to women, if her husband said this, she, as his wife, would have to keep it to herself and tell him when she got home that night.
But this time, seeing how carefully her daughter explained things, as if it were a strict order, the lady, using her daughter as an excuse, dared to disobey her husband, which was uncommon, and said: "Husband, no matter how important it is, you must come home with me immediately. Really, you must come home right away."
"Um?"
Knowing that his wife was a well-bred and sensible woman, he wouldn't dare to embarrass him like this in public, in front of his attendants. His wife's unusual behavior made Meng Xu realize the seriousness of the problem.
He immediately said, "Okay. Let's go, let's go quickly. Let's go home first."
"Master, what about Xiaoyu?" the steward reminded him, as the high-ranking envoy inside was still waiting to discuss the matter of the little maid.
Meng Xu was in a bad mood and waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Let him wait! Let him wait or not! If you want to force an innocent girl to sell herself, then go ahead and do it! You don't need to wait for me!"
"Yes! I wouldn't dare!" Seeing that the master was truly angry, the steward immediately dared not mention the matter again.
"Meng Fu? What's wrong? Did my older brother scold you again?" A thin man with a somewhat shifty look walked over, glancing casually at the butler who had just been reprimanded.
When the steward Meng Fu saw this man, he felt disgusted, but on the surface he had to bow respectfully and say, "Greetings, Sixth Young Master."
"No need, no need. I know you all don't take me seriously. Just tell me, what happened just now? Why did I hear Xiaoyu's name? Did a high-ranking envoy from our Eternal Sect take a fancy to Xiaoyu?" Meng Jing had only overheard a bit, but she had already figured out about seven or eight parts of the story.
Meng Fu was sensible enough to know that the Sixth Young Master was not a good person and was a menace, so he immediately lied and said, "No. It's because the High Envoy dislikes Xiao Yu for being clumsy and doesn't want her to serve him anymore. He asked us to find someone more diligent for him."
"Is that so? Alright, then you can go and get busy!" Young Master Meng Jing smiled, indicating that he understood, and then waved his hand to dismiss the steward Meng Fu.
"This humble servant takes his leave." Steward Meng Fu withdrew.
After he walked away, Meng Jing's eyes flashed with hatred as she said, "You old bastard, you still want to fool me. Xiao Yu is pretty, I like her, I don't believe the High Envoy wouldn't like her. You old bastard, you want to fool me? Do you think I'd let you, you despicable people, fool me? Xiao Yu? She really is pretty. What a pity, but since the High Envoy likes her, it's worth it. We need to maintain good relations with the Eternal Sect, right? What's a girl? I'm a man destined for great things, I'm willing to sacrifice her!"
"Someone come here!" Meng Jing called out, putting on airs.
There were guards from the Meng clan standing in front of the hall. Since the Sixth Young Master had summoned them, they had no choice but to come.
A guard immediately came to attend to the matter: "Sixth Young Master!"
"Okay, go and call Xiaoyu here!" Meng Jing ordered.
"Yes." Meng Jing was, after all, the sixth son of the family and the younger brother of the clan leader. As a lowly family guard, he had no choice but to obey orders.
Sighing, feeling sorry for her, she could only go to find Xiaoyu, who had suffered a great injustice and ran home crying, to help the disgraced Sixth Young Master.
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"Madam, what is it that you need me for so urgently!" Having avoided the crowd, Meng Xu anxiously asked his wife what had made her abandon her demure, well-bred nature and insist on calling him home.
"Xiaoru is back!" The lady dared not delay and immediately informed her husband.
"Xiaoru is back?" Meng Xu was immediately delighted upon hearing this, then frowned and said, "Hey, of course I'm happy that my daughter is back. But, is it really such a big deal?"
The lady said with great concern, "But Xiaoru said she has something very important to tell you and urged me to come home to you immediately."
"Alright then." Since his daughter had an urgent matter, Meng Xu was still very worried. He was concerned because his daughter had gone out with Sun Qingyu, and given Sun Qingyu's dissolute nature, he was afraid that his daughter might be bullied like Xiaoyu.
But now that he'd said it, even if he was worried, what could he do if his daughter was really being bullied?
The only thing they can do is let their daughter swallow her anger and marry any honest man she can find.
After all, he couldn't do anything to the young master of the Eternal Sect!
With this worry in his heart, he hurried home with his wife.
"Dad!" Before he even got home, his daughter greeted him at the door.
Seeing his daughter smile at him, Meng Xu felt a little strange.
She wondered to herself, "Could it be that my daughter wasn't bullied by Sun Qingyu?"
You know, when he agreed to let his daughter go out with Sun Qingyu to experience the world, he, as a father, must have been mentally prepared for the worst.
But seeing that her daughter still has a smile on her face, it seems that nothing bad has happened to her.
He was naturally happy to see his daughter was alright, but...
That shouldn't be the case.
Could it be that Sun Qingyu was a bad person?
"Xiaoru, are you alright?" Meng Xu asked anxiously.
Meng Xiaoru anxiously asked her father, "Father, I heard that people from the Eternal Sect have come. Are they here to take Sun Qingyu home?"
Feeling puzzled, Meng Xu told his daughter, "Why are you concerned about this? It's not entirely that. I've already told him that Young Master Sun went with you to your fourth uncle's newly discovered mine. Their main purpose in coming this time was to urge us to return the weapons they're demanding. By the way, where's Young Master Sun? Did he come back with you? You went to see your fourth uncle's mine; what's it like there? Is it as good as he described?"
Meng Xiaoru was stunned when she heard her father's words.
He was quite surprised that the people from the Eternal Sect had only come to demand the weapons they had forcibly taken, rather than to look for Sun Qingyu.
This immediately made her feel very guilty, and she said to Ye Liang, "I'm sorry, Brother Ye. I was worried and confused, thinking that they came to look for Sun Qingyu. I didn't expect to make you so busy, and to have to come to Mengcheng with me."
Seeing Meng Xiaoru blaming herself, Ye Liang immediately comforted her, saying, "It's alright. I knew in my heart that the truth would eventually come out, so I knew I had to come anyway. It's alright to come a little earlier. Besides, as you said, the news of Sun Qingyu's death should have reached here by now. I should go there in person to explain the situation to Uncle Meng."
"What? Sun Qingyu is dead?" Meng Xu, who was standing nearby, was shocked.
"Yes," Meng Xiaoru replied to her father with a wry smile and trepidation.
"Who killed him? Was it him?" Meng Xu understood the implication in Ye Liang's words and exclaimed in surprise, "Don't you know that Sun Qingyu is the young master of the Eternal Sect? You still dared to kill him? Aren't you afraid of the Eternal Sect's retaliation?"
Upon hearing the news that Sun Qingyu had been killed by the person before him, Meng Xu was truly shocked. He never imagined that anyone in this world would dare to kill the young master of the Eternal Sect; this was even more audacious than someone who had eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard!
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