Hidden Marriage, Overbearing Love: Mr! Please Let Me Go

The old man was a bit confused as he listened. ”Huan, what are you saying? What going to my place? How come I don’t know anything about it?”

Beitang Huan let out a sigh of relief, pulled Xia Qingqian over in front of the old man, and said, ”Grandpa, when Brother Che came to get Qing Qian, he really did say he was taking her to your place. Before Brother Yao left, he said we could only go to Grandpa’s house and nowhere else. Qing Qian only agreed because Brother Che said they were going to you. I was already wondering then why I couldn’t go with them. Turns out it was all premeditated! What these people are really thinking, I believe everyone knows perfectly well in their hearts.”

”What do you mean premeditated?” Ling Mei’s face darkened halfway as she questioned Beitang Huan’s words.

Beitang Huan gave a cold laugh and said with disdain, ”I never said it was you, Second Madam, who was playing dirty tricks, so don’t go taking it personally!”

Ling Mei’s face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot!

She didn’t realize she had just stepped right into Beitang Huan’s trap.

”Ahem...” Beitang Che, who was in the room, coughed lightly twice and walked out, saying calmly, ”This is all a misunderstanding. Besides, Qing Qian fainted before I did. If we follow that line of reasoning, it sounds more like I was the one trying to take advantage of her. What’s more, we both fainted—how could we have walked up the stairs and into the room?”

Beitang Che walked over to Sister Chen, who was hiding in a corner, stopped, and asked, ”Sister Chen, tell us everything you know. With me here, no one’s going to give you a hard time.” As he said this, he glanced at Ling Mei out of the corner of his eye, as if he had already figured something out.

Everyone’s eyes focused on Sister Chen. Even Ling Mei was secretly breaking out in a cold sweat; she frowned and shot several sharp looks at Sister Chen.

Sister Chen happened to look over and was hit head-on by Ling Mei’s vicious glare, scaring her so much that she dropped to her knees, grabbed onto Beitang Che’s pant leg, and lied against her conscience, saying, ”Young Master Che, it was Miss Xia who told us to take you two back to the room! Everyone else can testify...”

”Hear that? Even the servants at home are saying the same thing!” Only then did Ling Mei finally breathe a sigh of relief, the corners of her lips curling up in a triumphant smile. ”Ting, sir, look at this woman—she’s seducing the men of the Beitang Family! One Yao isn’t enough, she still wants to seduce our Che. She’s really got some nerve!”

”Sister Chen, you’re lying!” When Beitang Che started questioning Sister Chen, Beitang Huan had already been watching her expression. Sister Chen seemed very afraid of Ling Mei, as if there was something she couldn’t say out loud. ”Sister Chen, does Second Madam have something on you, so you’re taking orders from her?”

Having been guessed at by Beitang Huan, Ling Mei’s heart leapt straight into her throat, and even her voice changed pitch as she spoke. ”Huan, you’re not a detective, so stop making random accusations here! Every single word Sister Chen said is the truth!”

”What do you mean every single word is the truth? Were you there too? Didn’t you say you fainted as well? Then how do you know Sister Chen is telling the truth?” Beitang Huan’s face flushed bright red. She told herself that Qian Qian was definitely being framed. Ignoring the setting, she pointed at Ling Mei and shouted, ”Do me a favor and at least draft your lies before you tell them! Maybe you can make Qing Qian so speechless she can’t defend herself, but I know she just doesn’t know how to explain. She doesn’t know anything, so what is she supposed to explain? Have any of you even considered that? From the Qing Qian I know, she is not the person you’re seeing today!”