After her luck was taken away, she fell in love with the woman who traveled through time.

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The New Year is fleeting. After the last winter snow fell, the spring breeze swept across the southern city. The peach blossoms all over the city gradually revealed their buds, and people took off their warm clothes and put on spring clothes.

Accompanied by the chirping of spring birds, in the quiet study, Liang Tan sat at her desk copying books, while Dengzhi was practicing calligraphy on a small table in front of her desk.

The master and the servant were concentrating on their own affairs.

Suddenly, a voice broke the silence in the study.

A maid ran in from outside and reported to Liang Tan, "Miss, Master Li is here."

Dengzhi got angry when she heard Li Ruo's name. She put down her pen in a bad mood and complained to the maid at the door: "Hasn't the eldest lady's letter of withdrawal of engagement been sent to the Li Mansion? Why is he still here?"

The maid frowned, and she said to the figure behind the desk a little awkwardly: "Ah, this... Miss, you should go out and take a look."

……

The master and his two servants had just walked out of the Liang Mansion.

Li Ruo was seen walking towards Liang Tan with his upper body naked and a thorny bramble on his back.

A large crowd of onlookers had gathered at the door.

Dengzhi blinked and sniffed: "Miss, what is Mr. Li doing..."

Liang Tan looked indifferently at Li Ruo who was approaching.

Li Ruo stood in front of Liang Tan, only a foot away from her.

Li Ruo knelt on his knees with a thud, pulled out a thorn stick from his back, and offered it with both hands. He had a dark face and apologized reluctantly: "Tan Er, it was my fault in the Li Mansion, you can beat me."

Liang Tan looked at Li Ruo's lowered head, and then at the thorny bramble in his hand.

Liang Tan was silent for a moment, and then a cold voice rang out: "Apologize for your crime?"

"Yes, I will apologize for my crime."

The people around were watching this scene and enjoying the show.

The Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple finally came to apologize to Miss Liang, but I don’t know what Miss Liang’s attitude will be.

After Li Ruo finished speaking, Liang Tan was silent again.

Li Ruo: “…”

After waiting for a long time, Liang Tan's voice did not come. Li Ruoxin thought that Liang Tan was reluctant to hit him, so she did not move for a long time.

That’s right, he knows very well what kind of person Liang Tan is.

A noble lady who lives in seclusion, she likes to drink tea, write, and play the pipa, and is very quiet.

Although he has a somewhat eccentric personality, he is always tolerant and kind to himself.

Otherwise, how could he have won over Liang Tan with sweet words and a few self-torture tactics?

Besides, he bravely rescued someone at Li’s house that day, but it was just a misunderstanding that caused Liang Tan to angrily say that she wanted to break off the engagement with him.

Liang Tan, it’s very easy to control.

Look, he was just pretending to carry the whip, but she softened her heart.

A confident and complacent smile appeared on Li Ruo's lips.

He raised his head and met Liang Tan's thoughtful eyes.

Li Ruo thought Liang Tan was trying to figure out how to back down, so he smiled and said considerately, "I know Tan'er is soft-hearted, but this bramble is still..."

Before he could finish his words, the bramble in his hands was suddenly taken away by Liang Tan.

Liang Tan looked at the bramble in his hand and said coldly, "Mr. Li is kneeling in front of the Liang Mansion, asking for my forgiveness?"

Li Ruo didn't react, and he answered unconsciously: "Yes."

"Since you are asking for forgiveness by carrying a stick of firewood on your back, this stick is too thin." Liang Tan looked at the stick of firewood in his hand, pinched the thorns on the stick with his fingers, and it became soft as soon as he pinched it.

Liang Tan instructed Deng Zhi who was beside him, "Go back to Liming Garden and cut some fresh brambles. They should be hard and have many thorns."

Dengzhi listened to Liang Tan's instructions and ran back home.

Li Ruo didn't expect Liang Tan to act like this. This was completely beyond his expectations.

Li Ruo knelt on the ground and tried to get up.

Liang Tan's cold voice fell again: "Aren't you asking for forgiveness? I haven't blamed you yet, and you're going to get up?"

"Liang Tan, you are going too far!" Li Ruo said almost gritting his teeth.

He was locked up at home these days, with servants delivering two meals a day, and he couldn't even leave his room.

If he had not promised his mother to come and apologize to the Li family, he would still be imprisoned now.

And all this was caused by Liang Tan.

He thought she was some simple young lady, but he didn't expect her to be more vicious than he knew.

He, a junior official of the Honglu Temple, was able to put aside his pride and ask for forgiveness, which was already a favor to Liang Tan. But she actually wanted to take advantage of him and beat him with a whip? Was she really going to beat him with a whip?

It's so ridiculous!

Could it be that Liang Tan really thinks she is something important?

If she didn't have an uncle who was the Chief Censor, how could a mere clerk's daughter have been able to marry into his high position in the Honglu Temple?

The expression on Li Ruo's face gradually became grim. Just as his knees were about to leave the ground, he heard a cough from the crowd.

Li Ruo immediately stopped moving and continued to kneel on his knees in front of Liang Tan unwillingly.

"How could I go too far?" Listening to Li Ruo's angry accusations, Liang Tan slowly distanced himself from the matter.

"I only sent a letter of withdrawal of engagement to the Li Mansion, and I didn't ask you to come and apologize to me."

"You were the one who asked to take the thorn stick and apologize. You knelt on the ground and offered it to me with both hands."

"Or are you just relying on your numbers and thinking that I won't dare to criticize you because of everyone else? So you're just pretending?"

Liang Tan spoke calmly, but every word she said hit Li Ruo's lungs accurately. Li Ruo was so angry that he couldn't breathe smoothly. He looked at her more and more annoyed: "You!"

Liang Tan looked at his hateful gaze towards her, she slowly threw away the thorn stick in her hand, and sneered at Li Ruo: "Forget it, since Master Li is just joking, I won't accompany you anymore."

Liang Tan turned around and ignored Li Ruo who was kneeling.

Li Ruo called out to Liang Tan.

He almost squeezed out the words from between his teeth: "I'm not joking. I'm here to apologize to you."

Liang Tan then turned around again.

Before they could say anything, a delicate and frail figure ran out from the mansion and shouted at them: "Wait——"

Xu Shengsheng ran out and stood between Liang Tan and Li Ruo with her arms spread out like a hen protecting her chicks.

Xu Shengsheng's voice was full of apology: "Mr. Li is here today to ask for forgiveness. Miss, please forgive him for his sincerity."

"Everything that happened in the Li Mansion was my fault. If Miss wants to punish me, just punish me. Shengsheng is willing to accept the blame."

After saying that, Xu Shengsheng knelt down in front of Liang Tan.

Li Ruo was even more moved when he saw Xu Shengsheng like this.

Such a delicate woman actually dared to kneel in front of him and want to accept punishment for him.

Then he looked at Liang Tan, who had a cold face and was speaking to him in a sarcastic tone.

The winner is immediately apparent!

"Shengsheng, get out of the way." Li Ruo looked at Xu Shengsheng with increasingly gentle eyes, but his eyes towards Liang Tan gradually grew colder. He angrily asked, "Liang Tan, what do you want?"

Liang Tan: “…”