Chapter 3: Who is that man?

This voice...

Zhu Yuan's entire body stiffened.

Everyone was stunned, turning their heads one after another to look toward the other end of the corridor.

The first person they saw was the young master of the Yuan Family, Yuan Fengye.

Yuan Fengye put away his expression of watching a show and respectfully retreated to one side of the corridor, "Yu Ge."

The night breeze lifted the white gauze under the corridor, and a pair of long legs encased in suit trousers stepped out; as the leather shoes trod on the wooden floor, the man's sharp-featured face appeared in everyone's field of vision.

It was that Sheng Family Crown Prince—Sheng Yu!

Sheng Yu extinguished his cigarette and lifted his eyelids to sweep a glance at the opposite side.

Everyone moved aside to clear a path in unison.

This silent tacit understanding was not because someone had signaled it, but was caused by the powerful aura radiating from Sheng Yu, an absolute submission to a superior.

With every step he took, the tip of Zhu Yuan's heart trembled violently; the closer he got, the more her heart shook.

Why did he come?

"Old Madam." Sheng Yu walked over.

Seeing that it was Sheng Yu, the Lu Family Old Madam's tone was kind, "Why did you come over?"

"Yuan Fengye insisted on coming over to take a look."

Yuan Fengye felt awkward inside, but nodded with a serious expression.

Yes, he was the biggest gossip; he loved watching the excitement the most!

But once Sheng Yu appeared, everyone except the Lu Family Old Madam fell silent.

It was Yuan Fengye who spoke up to ask: "What happened? Why is everyone gathered here?"

He looked around at the varied expressions on everyone's faces.

Relying on her distant kinship with the Yuan Family, Ling Bing said to Yuan Fengye in an intimate tone, "Brother Yuan, it's Zhu Yuan. She said she was feeling unwell and was resting in her room, but I came to check on her earlier, and she clearly wasn't in her room, and besides..."

She stopped mid-sentence, successfully piquing Yuan Fengye's gossiping heart, "Besides what?"

Everyone looked at her one after another.

Ling Bing stammered.

The Lu Family Old Madam huffed: "If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you stuttering and keeping everyone in suspense?"

"Yes, Old Madam," Ling Bing glanced at Zhu Yuan, "I saw that Zhu Yuan was unwell earlier, so I followed her to ask if she needed any help, and then I saw her embracing a man."

Zhu An'an gasped and interrupted her: "Ling Bing, don't spout nonsense. Yuanyuan is not that kind of person!"

"I'm not spouting nonsense, I saw it with my own eyes," Ling Bing raised her voice.

A cold glint flashed in the depths of Zhu Yuan's eyes.

She wasn't sure if what Ling Bing saw was her being harassed by a stranger or her being with Sheng Yu, but asking rashly would only make people more suspicious.

The Lu Family Old Madam's expression was cold and dark, "Who was that man?"

Ling Bing shook her head, "By the time I wanted to chase after them, they had disappeared. I was afraid I had seen wrong, so I chased to Zhu Yuan's room, and seeing that she was indeed not in the room, I was certain I hadn't seen wrong. I was worried she would do something wrong and bring shame to the Lu Family, so I hurriedly called An'an. They are sisters, An'an would surely be able to stop Zhu Yuan from making a mistake."

"Ling Bing, why didn't you say so earlier?" Zhu An'an said anxiously.

Ling Bing wore a wronged expression, "If I didn't let you see it with your own eyes, would you have believed me?"

The others glared at Zhu Yuan with expressions of either contempt or anger, wishing they could grab her and throw her into a pig cage like in the old days!

Today was her fiancé's funeral, and she dared to mess around with another man like this!

"Zhu Yuan!" The Lu Family Old Madam turned back, her face livid with anger, and sternly questioned, "Is what she said true?"

"No," Zhu Yuan answered crisply, looking back at the Lu Family Old Madam with a firm gaze, "Because I wasn't in my room, she is certain that the person embracing that man was me? What kind of robber's logic is that?"

Ling Bing was arrogant, pointing at Zhu Yuan's nose, "Because I saw that person was you!"

Zhu An'an looked at Ling Bing and then at Zhu Yuan; she pushed Ling Bing's hand away and took the initiative to step forward and take Zhu Yuan's arm, "Yuanyuan, I believe you aren't that kind of person, but now Ling Bing is insisting that the person was you. If you don't want to be wronged, just tell us honestly, where exactly did you go earlier?"

"Now you are the ones trying to frame me; if you want proof, then let Ling Bing go and prove that the person was me!" Zhu Yuan's gaze was firm, her words resonant.

She would never easily fall into the trap of having to prove her own innocence.

The Lu Family Old Madam breathed heavily.

Zhu Yuan's appearance was too coquettish and charming; she didn't look like someone who was well-behaved.

If it hadn't been for Lu Huaizhan being in a coma and all other methods failing, leaving them with no choice but to resort to a "spirit-marrying" ritual, she would never have chosen Zhu Yuan!

Thinking of her eldest grandson's funeral and how his bride-to-be dared to act so recklessly, her eyes reddened, and she gritted her teeth: "You tell me first, where did you go?"

Zhu Yuan was startled; she hadn't expected the Lu Family Old Madam to truly believe their one-sided story.

"I..."

"Zhu Yuan."

A cold, clear voice broke the stalemate.

Zhu Yuan's heart tightened inexplicably; she looked at Sheng Yu, not knowing what he was suddenly going to say.

Sheng Yu's gaze landed on her face, "You were with me just now; what, is it hard to speak of?"

Zhu Yuan only heard her heart thump once before it stopped beating.

Without any mental preparation, he really dared to say anything!

Wasn't it hard to speak of?

Was she supposed to tell everyone that the reason she wasn't in her room earlier was because she was taking a bath with Sheng Yu in the guest room's bathroom?

But facing everyone's suspicious and probing gazes, Zhu Yuan forced herself to calm down and had to bite the bullet, "Yes, I did run into Yu Ge."

When Lu Huaizhan was alive, he had mentioned Sheng Yu to Zhu Yuan and told her to follow him and call him Yu Ge.

There was no expression on Sheng Yu's face; his right hand flicked the lid of his lighter.

Yuan Fengye rolled his eyes silently; they'd already taken their pants off, and this was all he got to hear?

He wore an expression of disappointment, "Everyone disperse, when Yu Ge runs into Zhu Yuan, what else could they be doing?"

Zhu Yuan was beautiful, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen; none of the famous socialites and heiresses in the capital circle could compare to her, but so what?

That was the untouchable Yu Ge!

Lu Laotaitai leaned on her cane with one hand and clutched her chest with the other, letting out a sigh of relief as the expression on her face softened.

Even a rabbit doesn't eat the grass around its own burrow, let alone Sheng Yu.

Not to mention that Sheng Yu was famously loyal and righteous; as the crown prince of the Sheng Family, what kind of woman could he not have? How could he possibly have any improper thoughts about his late brother's fiancée?

Let alone do anything illicit.

Just then, Ling Bing suddenly pointed at the clothes on Zhu Yuan's body and said loudly, "Look, why is there a character on her clothes!"

Zhu Yuan hadn't even seen what the character was when she saw Lu Laotaitai walk up to her and grab her collar; there was a character embroidered in black silk thread, and because the color of the shirt was also black, it was impossible to see if one didn't look closely.

But when their gaze focused, that character gradually became visible.

Embroidered on it, strikingly, was the character 【Yu】.

The expressions on everyone's faces instantly froze!

This... is Sheng Yu's clothing!