One day, his mother called him home and told him that she wanted to find him a marriage partner. She even said that the youngest daughter of the Fu family was quite suitable for her. She had observed Fu Yaoning carefully over the past few days and found that she was not only beautiful and elegant, but also had the demeanor of a lady from a noble family. It could be said that she had a good family background, good looks, and good character.

In short, since the Fu family just happened to have this intention, Zhou also agreed very much and let him marry Fu Yaoning.

Zhou Fangye was struck by lightning when he heard this. He tried to refuse by claiming that he didn't like Fu Yaoning.

Unexpectedly, Zhou's mother had already seen through his thoughts and threatened that if he didn't like Fu Yaoning, he could find another lady from a noble family who suited his taste. In any case, she couldn't let him drag it on like this any longer.

Zhou Fangye was dumbfounded. Where could he find a lady from a noble family that suited his taste? The only one who suited him was Yingniang, who came from a brothel.

Zhou's mother was determined to make Zhou Fangye marry this time, so she taught her son a lesson, "What kind of promise did you make to me in the beginning? You promised me that you would not indulge in women, and would not ruin your bright future. Now I see that you have completely forgotten it! Are you going to stay single for the rest of your life just because of a prostitute?"

"I'm putting my words here today! If you don't get married soon, I'll drive that whore from Zhuxian Lane out of the capital!"

Zhou Fangye knew that his mother was serious this time, so he had to give in and agree to get married.

But he didn't know how to tell Yingniang, and when he saw Yingniang, he couldn't even open his mouth. He was afraid of seeing Yingniang sad, so he went to Zhuxian Lane less and less often.

Both families seemed to have tacitly agreed to his marriage with Fu Yaoning. The Fu family was only waiting for the Zhou family to send someone to propose marriage. After exchanging horoscopes and engagement letters, the marriage could be finalized.

Zhou Fangye knew that he couldn't delay it much longer, and Yingniang would find out about this one day, but he just didn't want to face it. He always thought that he could delay it for as long as possible, and it would be good to make Yingniang happier for a while.

Who would have thought that today, he was forced by his mother to come to Qingshui River with Fu Yaoning to celebrate this Lotus Viewing Festival, and was actually seen by Yingniang...

Zhou Fangye, who was absent-minded, was caught off guard when he saw Xiao Guoer appear in front of him. He immediately realized something and his face became nervous.

"Why are you here?" He looked around in panic, his eyes passing through the crowded crowd and fixed on Yingniang who was staring at him infatuatedly.

In an instant, his face turned pale.

Xiao Guoer snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Why can't I be here? Master Zhou doesn't want me to be here, or doesn't want his hypocritical mask to be seen through?"

Fu Yaoning was confused. She looked at the man with a scar on his face who suddenly appeared in front of her and spoke rudely to Zhou Fangye. She was immediately unhappy and asked in a delicate voice with her slender eyebrows knitted, "Mr. Zhou, who is this man? How dare he be so presumptuous and rude?"

At this moment, Zhou Fangye only had Yingniang's eyes filled with tears, so how could he hear the questions from the two men?

He wanted to wipe Yingniang's tears, but he didn't know how to explain what happened between him and Fu Yaoning, nor how to explain to Fu Yaoning the relationship between him and Yingniang. His feet were nailed to the ground, unable to move at all.

Xiao Guoer looked at Fu Yaoning. The girl stared at her angrily with her big round eyes, clear as water, revealing a kind of innocence that was ignorant of the world. This kind of innocence must have been brought up with fine clothes and delicious food, and pampered since childhood.

Xiao Guoer felt heartbroken for Yingniang.

"My lady, it doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that you don't get fooled by this person's false appearance."

Recalling Zhou Fangye’s defense to Yingniang last time, he said that it was all a misunderstanding. Now it seems that this was clearly a complete lie!

Zhou Fangye finally couldn't bear Yingniang's sad and desperate look anymore, and slowly lowered his head. Hearing Xiao Guoer scolding him, his already extremely depressed mood became even worse.

After all, he was a son of an aristocratic family and an official appointed by the imperial court. How could he tolerate a servant insulting him like that in public!

"Xiao Guoer, you are too presumptuous!" Zhou Fangye shouted angrily.

Xiao Guoer was already angry that he had deceived and let down Yingniang. She was so furious that she was not afraid of him. She immediately retorted without showing any weakness, "I said the truth. How can you be so presumptuous? You are so angry that you want to teach me a lesson after I exposed you? I am not a servant in your Zhou Mansion. I will not fall for your tricks!"

Zhou Fangye's anger grew even stronger. Just as he was about to raise his hand to teach this maid who had always looked down upon him a lesson, he heard a familiar female voice in a hurry, "Xiao Guo'er!"

Zhou Fangye watched Yingniang hurrying over with quick steps, tears still on her face. She walked up to him, bowed and saluted, "My servant was rude, please forgive me, Master Zhou. I will take her away right away."

Zhou Fangye felt heartbroken when he saw that she pretended to be completely unfamiliar with him.

"Sister!" Xiao Guoer looked at Yingniang in disbelief, as if she couldn't understand how she could still swallow her anger and endure silently after being deceived for so long? She was even thinking about this scumbag!

Yingniang said firmly, "Let's go and don't disturb other people's peace."

Yueya was also winking at her desperately.

Seeing Yingniang leave after she finished speaking, Xiao Guoer was indignant but could do nothing. She could only glare at Zhou Fangye hatefully and follow her.

But he didn't expect to be stopped by a delicate female voice, "Stop!"

The three of them stopped in their tracks and turned around to look.

Fu Yaoning's eyes were wide open, and she looked furious. She shouted, "A servant came here for no reason and said a lot of dirty words, and you want to just walk away? That's too presumptuous. Whose family are you from? How can you discipline a servant like this!"

Fu Yaoning is not a fool. Seeing Zhou Fangye's distraught look and the woman's complicated expression, she naturally felt something was wrong.

When Yingniang heard her ask, "Whose daughter are you from?" her face turned even paler, her lips trembled slightly, and after a long while she managed to squeeze out a sentence, "It is my fault for not disciplining her properly. I apologize to this young lady. I hope this young lady will be magnanimous and forgive me."

Seeing that she avoided answering, Fu Yaoning became more and more unhappy. She snorted coldly and said, "Since you are not strict enough in disciplining him, then you should discipline him properly. Isn't he outspoken? Then just slap him in the face and teach him a lesson."

Xiao Guoer stared at Fu Yaoning who was about to slap her in the face. She was so angry that she couldn't speak. She thought she was an innocent girl, but she didn't expect that she was a vicious and cruel girl!

She is truly a perfect match for Zhou Fangye, a man who is full of lies, hypocrisy and selfishness!

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