I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

"I know what you want to ask. When Grandpa left, he advised that family."

Ge Peining met Li Mu's gaze and said seriously,

“The purpose of treating a disease is to relieve the patient’s pain, but if the treatment itself is more painful than the disease, then the disease should not be treated.”

Li Mu didn't know what to say about this.

I feel like what Ge Peining said makes sense, but it also seems like it’s all fallacy.

The room suddenly became silent; you could hear a pin drop.

It was Ge Peining who broke the silence first and asked:

"Does Qingyi's friend want to be treated herself, or does Qingyi like the girl and want to treat her?"

Li Mu heard the mockery in Ge Peining's words.

He also told Ge Peining how he met Lu Jianjia.

Of course, some details were omitted, including the engagement.

"This is perfect, and it just suits Brother Qingyi's wishes. Why do we need treatment?"

Ge Peining tilted her head and looked at Li Mu, curiously.

Li Mu pondered for a while, then said, "I am not the only special case in this world."

Unexpectedly, after hearing Li Mu's words, Ge Peining smiled and said:

"Brother Qingyi, are you jealous? Do you think that girl is with you because you are the only man she can get close to?"

"Is not it?"

Li Mu asked back, not understanding what Ge Peining meant.

Ge Peining licked her lips, tilted her head slightly and looked at Li Mu with a sidelong glance, and said in a leisurely tone:

"Brother Qingyi really doesn't understand women."

Hearing this, Li Mu curled his lips, and then Ge Peining continued:

"At first, it should be. But since that girl is willing to associate with you, it must be because of you, my brother in blue, there is something attractive about him to her."

"How can a blind man who flirts with a girl the first time he meets her be attractive?"

Li Mu secretly complained in his heart.

Because he omitted many details in his narration, he was unwilling to argue with Ge Peining on this issue.

Li Mu clearly remembered that his attitude towards Lu Jianjia at the beginning was obviously to deliberately distance himself from her and to doubt her motives.

For this reason, when Li Mu took advantage of her, Lu Jianjia not only did not resist, but even took the initiative to let Li Mu do as he pleased.

Thinking of this, Li Mu wanted to slap himself twice.

Even though there was a misunderstanding at the time, Li Mu still felt guilty from now on.

In his opinion, Lu Jianjia was like a girl who was "raised in poverty", and Li Mu took advantage of her with just a few words.

Li Mu has complicated feelings towards Lu Jianjia.

There is pity and guilt, but I don’t know how much affection there is between men and women.

...

"Don't worry about it. I'll go with you tomorrow. Is it okay to see that girl?"

Hearing this, Li Mu's face lit up with joy and he looked at Ge Peining with gratitude.

Then his heart moved, a little anger appeared on his face, and he turned to look outside the door:

"That's too much. You made Sister Ning'er wait for so long."

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged woman dressed in fancy clothes pushed open the door of the private room.

There was some evasive look in his eyes when he looked at Li Mu and the other two.

Li Mu frowned and looked at the empty back of the middle-aged woman. Before he could speak, Ge Peining slapped the table and asked:

"Where's Miaomiao? Was she taken away by someone else?"

"No, no!"

The middle-aged woman spoke with some hesitation.

"What about that person?"

Ge Peining narrowed his eyes, his tone full of anger.

"She was redeemed by someone... and Young Master Ning, it happened at the same time."

Although the middle-aged woman was answering Ge Peining's question, her eyes were always looking at Li Mu.

Seeing Ge Peining frowning and keeping silent, the middle-aged woman tried to test him:

"The girl Ruhua on the boat has always admired Mr. Ning, but I wonder if Mr. Ning..."

"Who redeemed Miao Miao?"

Ge Peining waved her hand and asked in a cold tone.

"Yes, he is a scholar who is as handsome as you."

The middle-aged woman answered after a slight hesitation.

Hearing this, Ge Peining glared at the middle-aged woman with her beautiful eyes, and said word by word:

"Did I tell you that the Prince of Yan wants to redeem Miao Miao and will take her away after this Confucian gathering in the snow is over?"

As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged woman fell to her knees with a thud, crying:

"I did say that, but the one who came with that young master was the daughter of the county governor, and the one who originally wanted to redeem her was another girl on the boat."

As she spoke, the middle-aged woman took out a silk handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped away her non-existent tears.

"Who would have thought that when he learned that Miaomiao was the one favored by the prince, he had a few words with Miaomiao in private, and Miaomiao agreed to go with the prince."

"Since Miaomiao volunteered and has the support of the county magistrate, I cannot afford to offend him." As he said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something.

He reached into his bosom, fumbled for a while, took out a palm-sized handkerchief, and handed it to Li Mu with both hands.

"This is Miaomiao. Let me give it to the young master."

Li Mu took the handkerchief and handed it to Ge Peining. Then he looked at the middle-aged woman with a smile on his face.

"Miss Ye, are you really willing to go with others?"

"I dare not deceive His Highness, everything I say is true."

"He is indeed a smart guy."

Li Mu sneered and asked, "How do you know that I am the prince?"

The middle-aged woman secretly raised her eyes, glanced at Li Mu, then quickly lowered her head and flattered:

"Miao Miao said that your appearance is rare in the world, especially your dark eyes. It's hard not to know."

"These eyes, even I feel creepy looking at them, she actually gave them a fancy name."

Li Mu was complaining in his heart and was about to speak again when he heard Ge Peining say:

"She was telling the truth. Miaomiao went with that man voluntarily."

Seeing this, Li Mu didn't say anything more.

...

On the way back, Ge Peining kept talking about the courtesan Ye Miaomiao, how rough her life was and how tragic her experiences were.

But Li Mu was not interested in this at all.

All the girls in brothels and pleasure boats have a harsh background.

What Li Mu was interested in was what the middle-aged woman said.

The person who redeemed Ye Miaomiao did so because Ye Miaomiao was the woman that Li Mu liked.

"Is this person targeting me?"

However, when Li Mu asked about the person who redeemed Miao Miao, the middle-aged woman knew nothing about it.

"That madam is obviously a shrewd person. Her words..."

Thinking of this, Li Mu's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "The one who redeemed the courtesan must be a woman!"

Hearing this, Ge Peining, who had been chattering beside him, stopped talking, frowned and looked at Li Mu, and subconsciously covered her chest with her hands.

"How do you know? You clearly didn't read the letter at that time."

Li Mu was stunned. "So there's something written on that handkerchief..."

Then Ge Peining complained, "It's all your fault. You ignored Miaomiao before, and now Miaomiao is going to be someone else's concubine. You must regret it."

Li Mu curled his lips. He was disgusted by the use of public buses for personal purposes.

Besides, he had only met Ye Miaomiao once and had no feelings for her at all.

I had originally agreed to help redeem her, and was planning to let Ge Peining take her away. Now that someone has gotten there first, that's even better.

His eyes rolled under the black silk and he asked, "Does the handkerchief say who she left with?"

Ge Peining shook her head, then thought of the fact that Li Mu couldn't see, and said, "No!"

"Jing'an Liu family!" Li Mu said with a confident look.

After all, in Qiuzhou, the person who deliberately targeted him was a woman.

Li Mu instantly remembered the sixth young lady of the Liu family who had debated with Li Wu before.

With the strength of the Liu family, it is not difficult to make friends with the county governor.

Li Mu immediately expressed his guess and felt that his political experience points were rising rapidly.

At this time, Ge Peining said leisurely:

"Dare the Liu family to cause trouble for Prince Yan's Mansion?"

"Ok?"

"Maybe some people know that the Prince of Yan has come to Qiuzhou, but no one knows that Li Qingyi, the second disciple of the great scholar Mu Zhen, is the Prince of Yan."

"this…"

"Miao Miao said that she went back with that girl to be a concubine. The Liu family's sixth daughter is only 28 years old and has neither been married nor engaged. Could it be that she is going to be a concubine of the Liu family's Patriarch?"

"Well... it's not impossible..."

Li Mu was a little embarrassed, feeling that his experience bar had been emptied by Ge Peining's few words, and he gritted his teeth and said.

"Ah!"

Ge Peining snorted coldly, ignored Li Mu, and took a few quick steps to shake Li Mu off.

"If you don't agree with my opinion, then it has nothing to do with me. Why are you still angry?"

Although Li Mu's analysis was refuted by Ge Peining, it also helped him to distance himself from him and he quickly caught up with Ge Peining.

"Sister Ning'er, if you really like that courtesan, I'll go get her back for you."

"Shut up, Miaomiao... Forget it, just wait and regret it."