To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Su Mingyue and Xingchun left the gambling den with the silver notes in their hands.

As soon as they left, several tails followed behind them.

Although Xingchun lacked martial arts skills, they followed him openly and honestly, making it difficult for them not to notice.

"Miss, did we just win too much silver? Someone is following us. What should we do? They won't kill us and steal our silver notes, will they?"

"Look how scared you are. You haven't been out with me enough, so you're not calm at all. We won so much silver, no wonder they won't let us leave."

"Then what should we do? Just give them the silver notes and we'll run away."

“I won this game with my own skills, why should I give it to them? I’ll count to two, and we’ll go into that clothing store up ahead together. Then we’ll change into women’s clothes and come out.”

The two ran straight towards the clothing store, and the men in black behind them quickly followed.

Not long after they went inside, Su Mingyue and her companions changed into women's clothing and swaggered past them.

After waiting for a while, the men in black realized something was wrong and quickly looked for someone, only to find that they had already run away.

After leaving the clothing store, Su Mingyue and Xingchun did not dare to relax and went into a silk shop.

However, she rarely showed her face, and almost no one knew her. Even the shopkeeper didn't know whether his owner was male or female.

Upon seeing them enter, the shopkeeper greeted them warmly: "Honorable guests, our shop has received the latest styles. Would you like to take a look?"

Su Mingyue pretended to look at the fabric, her eyes glancing outside every now and then.

The men in black circled the street, found no one, and left cursing.

Su Mingyue took a liking to a piece of material and asked the shopkeeper to take a look. A slender hand reached out before she could: "Shopkeeper, I'll take this piece."

The shopkeeper looked at Su Mingyue with a troubled expression.

She was the one who first took a liking to the material, and she could only give it to someone else if she agreed.

Su Mingyue withdrew her hand: "Let me look at something else."

This shop belongs to her; as the owner, there's no reason for her to compete with customers who want to buy things.

The shopkeeper smiled gratefully at her; this young lady was quite a kind person.

If it were another young lady in this situation, she would definitely fight to the death to determine who was right and who was wrong, and she would not let it go until a winner was decided and the order of arrival was established.

Su Mingyue looked around and, finding the shopkeeper's abilities undeniable, bought nothing and left with Xingchun.

Not far outside, they saw the same group of men in black again.

They didn't go far; they were nearby.

Startled, Su Mingyue grabbed Xingchun's hand and ran in the opposite direction. Before she knew it, she bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry," Su Mingyue apologized. Without even looking up, she turned to run away again.

Ye Wen stopped Su Mingyue, looking somewhat annoyed: "Miss, you think you can just run away after hitting someone?"

Su Mingyue stopped and said awkwardly, "I'm so sorry. I have something urgent to attend to. I'm really sorry, please make way for me."

Looking at the woman before him, Ye Wushuang felt a sense of familiarity, but couldn't quite place it. He blurted out instinctively, "Miss, haven't we met somewhere before?"

These words surprised not only Su Mingyue, but also Ye Wen.

It's the first time I've ever seen my own son use this method to flirt with a young lady.

Su Mingyue rolled her eyes inwardly.

He looked like a frail scholar, but it turned out he was quite restless. He tried to strike up a conversation with any pretty girl he saw.

She slowly turned her head, revealing an exaggerated smile: "I have a very common face, so if you think you've seen me before, you actually haven't."

Looking at that face, Ye Wushuang became increasingly certain that she had seen it before. Seeing the smile on her lips, a name slipped out: "Yueyue, is that you?"

When Su Yue was little, if she pretended to be happy when something happened, she would have that same expression.

It's exaggerated and hilarious.

The other person called out her name accurately, perhaps an old acquaintance. Su Mingyue sized up the other person, who was dressed in white, refined and cultured, and whose image overlapped with a certain figure from her childhood.

"Ye Wushuang?" Su Mingyue was not quite sure.

After all, it's been ten years since we last met.

Girls change a lot as they grow up, and boys change at least a dozen times.

Hearing her call his name, Ye Wushuang knew he hadn't mistaken her for someone else.

"Is it really you? You heartless bastard, when did you come back to the capital? You came back and didn't even contact me. You've really grown some guts, abandoning even your childhood friend." Ye Wushuang had only intended to take a casual stroll, but she never expected to find the person she was looking for on such a casual outing. Who could understand such a surprise?

Ye Wushuang excitedly grabbed Su Mingyue's shoulders, wishing she could break her to pieces.

Seeing his excited expression, Su Mingyue smiled as well.

"Ye Wushuang, you sickly fellow, is that really you? After all these years, you've grown taller and more handsome. You're completely different from that little monkey you used to be."

Ye Wushuang coughed a few times: "You're bringing up my childhood as soon as we meet. I haven't even asked you yet, why were you running? Were you being chased?"

"Come on, this isn't a good place to talk for long. Let's find somewhere else and have a proper chat."

Ye Wushuang took Su Mingyue to a nearby teahouse.

As soon as she entered, Su Mingyue drank three cups of tea in one go.

“It’s not easy to earn money. We just came from a gambling den. The people there are so stingy. They’re okay with losing money, but once we win, they don’t want us to leave.”

Xingchun was also terrified and was still feeling lingering fear.

"Miss, let's never go to places like that again. It's terrifying." You might end up missing an arm or a leg if you're not careful.

"A gambling den? Yueyue, your skills have improved over the years."

"Just playing around."

"I heard that someone used my name to go drinking at the Fu family's house last time. Was that you?"

"Hehe." Su Mingyue chuckled awkwardly, "In this capital city, you are the only one who is my good friend. I dare not borrow other people's names, but I dare to borrow yours."

"So you've been back for quite some time. Why didn't you come to see me instead of going back to the Su residence? Aren't you going to explain?"

"It's a long story," Su Mingyue sighed. "You've seen the Su family now. The father is kind and the daughter is filial. If I go back, I'll only humiliate myself and cause trouble for others. It's better to be free and unrestrained outside."

"When you went to the Fu residence last time, were you trying to see what kind of person Su Ziyu wanted to marry?"

"That's one reason. But there's another important reason."

"what?"

"I want to see if Scholar Fu will abandon his wife and marry a beautiful one."

Ye Wushuang was startled by these words: "What do you mean by that? Lord Fu was married before and then abandoned his first wife?"

Su Mingyue just smiled and said, "I only heard about it, so I went to check it out out of curiosity."

"You're not leaving again this time, are you?"

"I'm not leaving for now. Are you married yet?" She's been married for three years, so Ye Wushuang should be married by now as well.

Ye Wushuang chuckled: "Everyone outside is saying I won't live past twenty-five, who would dare marry their daughter to me?"