Chapter 61 Tearing Up the Marriage Certificate
Lu Hengqing was unwilling to bow his head in front of Jiang Yueyao.
In Su City, even though she was the one making money to support him, he still felt that he was superior to her.
He was a scholar and took the imperial examination.
But she was just a businesswoman. Apart from making money, she spent all day dealing with the lowest class of people. When he was with her, he always felt ashamed.
After arriving in the capital, she was still engaged in business dealing with money. Although the position of the owner of Wanhelou sounded good, the restaurant was not hers. In the final analysis, she was just a worker.
As the third son of the Lu family, he has a noble status. How could he bow his head and admit his mistakes to her?
On the way here, Wang comforted him: "Don't worry, your father and I will help you solve this matter, you don't need to worry."
Lu Hengqing was naturally not in a hurry.
He was not worried at all that he would have to bow his head and apologize to Jiang Yueyao.
My father and mother are not fools. They are both from noble families. How could they bow their heads and admit their mistakes to a little merchant girl?
Besides, he knew Jiang Yueyao too well.
As long as you give her a little benefit, she will accept it with a smile, no matter how unpleasant the words are.
So, when he sat down in the hall, what he was thinking about was whether he should invite the Prince of Chengyang to go horse racing again tomorrow. He was quite happy to be with them.
But just as the thought came to his mind, there was a "bang" sound beside him.
Then, his father Lu Fan yelled at him angrily: "Asshole, what are you still doing sitting there? Apologize to Miss Jiang immediately."
Lu Hengqing subconsciously retorted: "Where does she get the qualifications?"
"You..." Lu Fan choked with anger.
Jiang Yueyao smiled softly: "I am indeed not qualified, so please ask Mr. Lu and his wife to go back. As for these small gifts, Yueyao is just a person of low status and cannot afford them. Please take them."
She stood up and made a gesture to see the guest off.
Lu Fan's face turned ashen.
Without saying a word, he stood up, raised his hand and slapped Lu Hengqing.
Wang screamed and wanted to stop him out of heartache, but she felt that Qing'er was really going too far, so she stopped abruptly.
Lu Hengqing, who was slapped, looked at Lu Fan in disbelief.
"Father, you hit me?"
"Asshole, you disappoint me so much. This little girl has given so much for you over the years, but you don't know how to be grateful. If you don't apologize today, I will no longer have you as my son!"
Lu Hengqing also stood up.
He raised his finger and pointed at Jiang Yueyao, his eyes red and his face full of resentment.
"She sacrificed for me? Yes, she sacrificed a lot for me, but she did it for herself!" Lu Hengqing was very emotional.
"Lu Hengqing, speak with conscience. I've raised you for seven years, and up to now, besides trying every possible way to get rid of me, I haven't taken advantage of you in the slightest."
"Heh... don't make yourself sound so wronged. You paid for my education because you saw that I was smart and studious, and you wanted me to earn you an imperial title..."
"Imperial decree?" Wang immediately grasped the key point. She stared at Lu Hengqing and said, "Qing'er, didn't you say that you only regard Yaoyao as your sister?"
Lu Hengqing's face turned pale and he immediately shut up.
Lu Fan also heard something strange.
He took a deep breath, relaxed the expression on his face, and looked at Jiang Yueyao.
"What's going on? Please tell us the truth."
Jiang Yueyao didn't say anything, but took out the purse she carried with her, opened it, took out a yellowed marriage certificate from it, and handed it to Wang, who was closest to her.
Wang took it, unfolded it, then looked up in disbelief at her proud son, unable to utter a word for a long time.
Seeing her like this, Lu Fan became anxious: "What is this?"
Wang withdrew her gaze and hurriedly handed over the marriage certificate.
Lu Fan took it and took a closer look. When he saw the two names listed side by side under the marriage certificate, he was also in disbelief.
"You, you, you..." He pointed at Lu Hengqing, "You rebellious son, you actually did such an ungrateful thing. You are simply...simply not worthy of being a human being!"
Seeing that he was trembling with anger, Wang immediately stepped forward and supported him.
"Master, please don't be angry first, take care of yourself."
Lu Fan took a deep breath and was about to speak when someone came in from outside. He turned around and saw Lu Sui.
As soon as he saw Lu Sui, Lu Fan calmed down a little.
Lu Hengqing, who was standing aside, was panicked.
He thought of what his third uncle said in front of him last night... If there is a next time, he will never let him go!
Just as he was distracted, Lu Sui had already arrived at the main hall.
Lu Fan called out, "Third brother, why are you here?"
"Second brother, second sister-in-law." Lu Sui glanced at them and said, "I happened to be passing by here on business, so I came to take a look."
As he spoke, he lifted his robe and sat on the armchair next to Jiang Yueyao. He looked at everyone in the room and said softly, "Now it seems that I have come at the right time."
Lu Fan sighed, looking guilty.
He handed the marriage certificate to Lu Sui: "Take a look at this first."
Lu Sui didn't answer the call, obviously he had known about it for a long time.
"When did you know?"
"Two months ago." Lu Sui said in a cold voice, "The reason I was so angry yesterday was not because he wanted to harm people this time, but two months ago, not long after he returned to the Lu Mansion, he secretly sent people to Su City, intending to kill Jiang Yueyao and her family. If my people hadn't happened to run into them, she would have been killed by your good son and thrown off Haiquan Road. With a little luck, she might have been reincarnated by now!"
Lu Fan and Wang were no longer shocked, but horrified.
What they saw and heard today completely overturned Lu Hengqing's image as a 'good son' in their minds.
They never expected that their proud son, the top scholar, would be such a cruel and heartless person.
Jiang Yueyao, who was sitting beside them, couldn't help but add in her heart: "I have actually been dead for a long time. The person sitting in front of you now is just a dead person who has been reborn."
"When I learned about this, I warned Lu Hengqing. He burst into tears in front of me and promised that it wouldn't happen again."
"But he ultimately broke his promise and made the same mistake again."
Lu Sui raised his eyes and looked at Lu Fan and Wang.
"The Lu family has always been strict in its traditions. All the young men and women who have left the Duke of Ying's Mansion are considered to have good character. I don't want to see the reputation of our Lu Mansion ruined because of a bad apple.
"Second brother and second sister-in-law should understand what I mean?"
Lu Fan nodded and then looked at Jiang Yueyao.
"Miss Jiang, we knew nothing about this marriage certificate before, but it's not too late to know it today. If you still want to marry Qing Ge'er, I will immediately go to the palace to find the emperor and ask him to issue an order to cancel the marriage with Prince Cheng's Mansion."
Jiang Yueyao shook her head slightly.
"The one I was engaged to was Pei Yu, not Lu Hengqing. I will just assume he's dead." She reached out to take the marriage certificate, looked at Lu Hengqing, and said slowly, word by word, "Today, in front of Lord Lu and your father and mother, I tear up this marriage certificate and tell you by the way -"
"For the past seven years, I've done my best to help and take care of you. It's not for fame or wealth, but because I just want to do it. I always do things according to my heart, and I treat people sincerely."
"Now you are ungrateful. Although I call you heartless, I have never regretted saving your life."
"My mother always said that good people will always be rewarded, karma will always work, and bad people will eventually get their comeuppance."
After she finished speaking, she tore up the marriage certificate in front of everyone...
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