This is terrible! My future prime minister keeps trying to kiss me forcibly.

Looking at everything before her, Li Yuemei was suddenly overwhelmed by panic and helplessness. She blocked their path and asked in a trembling voice, "Young Master Lin, who is this?"

To her utter surprise, Lin Xiucai looked at her as if she were a stranger, and the words he spoke left her stunned.

"Young lady, who are you? I don't know you."

Li Yuemei's expression froze; she couldn't believe her ears no matter what.

He actually pretended not to recognize me?

He actually...pretended not to recognize me?

Lin Xiucai wore a gentle and refined smile, which made the woman beside him very happy.

Li Yuemei persisted: "Young Master Lin, we've only been apart for a few days, and you don't recognize me anymore? Didn't you tell me to wait at home for you to come and propose marriage?"

“Young lady, this is our first meeting today, and I have never said anything so inappropriate. Besides, since ancient times, marriage has always been decided by elders.”

Lin Xiucai remained calm and composed, appearing every inch the refined and cultured gentleman.

"Overstepping boundaries? Why didn't you say that when you and I were making love in your bedroom?" Li Yuemei's face turned pale, her eyes wide with anger. She never expected that Lin Xiucai would be such a hypocrite.

She thought that educated people would be different; they would be straightforward and honest. But she was wrong...

Faced with Li Yuemei's aggressive questioning, Lin Xiucai remained completely calm, maintaining his elegant demeanor without a single fault.

Li Yuemei's hysterical outburst frequently drew sidelong glances from passersby.

“Young lady, I am a scholar and follow the principles of a gentleman. Please refrain from saying such things, lest they tarnish your reputation.”

When Lin Xiucai's words reached Li Yuemei's ears, it was like a thunderclap, leaving her mind blank for a moment.

She knew this person was determined to deny it to the death.

Suddenly, Li Yuemei's voice became unusually sharp: her round eyes brimming with angry tears: "I'm carrying your child now! Don't you acknowledge that?"

“Young lady, I understand your intentions, but I am merely a scholar. You needn’t resort to such tactics that would ruin your reputation to force me. Besides, I study Confucianism and Mencius, cultivating myself and disciplining myself…”

Lin Xiucai's meaning was clear: the woman in front of him valued his status as a scholar, and was willing to ruin her reputation in order to make him take responsibility for her.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuemei felt as if her heart was being torn apart, and she clutched her chest in anger.

Each word was like a dull knife, cutting back and forth across my heart.

Her chest heaved violently: "You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense!"

In the past, she would secretly visit Lin Xiucai when she came to town, so few people knew her, and even her neighbors didn't recognize her.

His former caution has now become a convenient way for him to escape.

What a perfect example of denying everything!

Lin Xiucai's words kept echoing in her ears. She snapped out of her daze and roared, "Why?! Why?! Were all the things you said to me before lies?"

Her desperate screams drew the attention of many people.

This time, before Lin Xiucai could even speak, the woman in green beside him spoke up with a sarcastic expression, "Miss, Young Master Lin says he doesn't know you. These days, there are plenty of sycophants, but it's rare to see an ordinary-looking peasant girl like you. I advise you to go home and take a good look in the mirror!"

"who are you?"

"Who am I? Certainly not a plain-looking, rustic country girl like you. Let's go, Lin Lang."

Li Yuemei rushed over and grabbed Lin Xiucai's hand, refusing to let go, her expression filled with fear as she cried out, "Young Master Lin, are you going to abandon me? Young Master Lin, you can't do this!"

With a forceful shove, Li Yuemei, unable to withstand the impact, fell to the ground with a thud.

"I told you, I don't know you at all!"

"Let's go, Lin Lang, there's no need to get angry over someone like that."

After saying this, the two walked past Li Yuemei and left.

Li Yuemei felt as if all her strength had been drained away, and her expression was desolate.

Now that things have come to this, what is there that she doesn't understand?

No more, nothing left.

Her wealth and luxury, her fine clothes and sumptuous meals.

Everything is gone.

In that instant, she realized she was nothing but a joke.

She laughed self-deprecatingly. Her mother was right. What did Scholar Lin see in her?

Ha ha!

That Scholar Lin is a beast, a dog!

damn thing!