Chapter 4: Picking Someone Up and Walking to the Guest Room

Yuan Fengye quietly sized up Sheng Yu's expression, but could not detect a single ripple of emotion.

Yu Ge truly does not speak often, but when he does, he shocks everyone!

Playing for such high stakes!

"Why are you wearing Sheng Yu's clothes?" Lu Laotaitai grabbed Zhu Yuan's collar with force and flung it away in a rage; the expression that had just softened suddenly turned livid.

Zhu Yuan's heart constricted!

What Sheng Yu's clothes? How did they know?

Sweeping her peripheral vision across the crowd with their varied expressions, Zhu Yuan steadied her mind and hurriedly grabbed the side of the shirt's collar to look; sure enough, a character was embroidered in a dark pattern: Yu.

It wasn't just Sheng Yu; many people in this circle had their clothes custom-made, with tailors and designers specifically for the family, but she never imagined that Sheng Yu would actually have characters embroidered on his clothes?

What kind of decent person embroiders characters on their clothes?

But this couldn't be blamed on Sheng Yu; she had taken the clothes herself, so if anyone was to be blamed, it was her for being too careless.

Zhu Yuan felt vexed by her own negligence.

But the current situation forced her to provide an explanation; otherwise, if she angered the Lu Family, she wouldn't get a single cent in the end.

She really needed that money right now.

"Yuanyuan, what exactly is going on?" Zhu An'an's eyes were filled with worry.

Sheng Yu's status was set there; the others dared not ask him, so their gazes were fixed squarely on her, as if they wanted to poke a hole through her body.

"Old Madam..."

Zhu Yuan thought to take a gamble; since Sheng Yu had spoken up, he should be willing to help her, right?

She hadn't dared to speak before because she didn't dare to guess the thoughts of this master.

She turned to support Lu Family Old Madam's arm, first stammering a bit to show the embarrassment of being unable to speak, and finally said, "Actually, I felt dizzy and accidentally fell into the pond. It just so happened that Yu Ge saw me. Yu Ge is kind-hearted and righteous, so after pulling me up, he was worried I would catch a cold and gave me a piece of clothing."

"I believe you a..." Ling Bing's curse, which was about to blurt out, was forcibly swallowed back the moment Sheng Yu raised his eyes to look at her.

Lu Laotaitai's lingering anger had not yet dissipated, "You fell into the pond?"

"I felt dizzy and unwell, so I sat by the pond, intending to rest for a moment before returning to my room. Who knew I would get so dizzy that I fell in."

Zhu Yuan touched her ear as if embarrassed, which allowed everyone to see the few strands of waterweed stuck to the hair on the side of her head, and subsequently, everyone also saw the patches of moss and mud on her dress.

Lu Laotaitai looked her up and down; wasn't this exactly what someone who fell into a fishpond would look like?

So it was just a false alarm.

"So it was falling into the pond; I was wondering why you were all wet."

"The lights by the pond broke two days ago; I almost fell myself last night."

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Zhu An'an asked with concern.

Zhu Yuan shook her head, and catching a glimpse of everyone's reaction from the corner of her eye, this lie should hold up.

If she hadn't taken Sheng Yu's clothes but had come out wrapped in a bath towel, everyone would definitely be suspicious. The bath towel would be from a guest room, but the guest rooms and her room were clearly in two different directions; why would she go to a guest room for no reason?

But her clothes were soaked through to the point of being revealing, so she had no choice but to find a piece of clothing to change into.

Falling into the fishpond was an idea she had come up with on the spot as a precaution, but she hadn't expected it to actually come in handy.

"It's good that you aren't hurt, then why didn't you say so at the beginning?" Zhu An'an raised her hand and took the few strands of waterweed off her head.

Zhu Yuan stood obediently in place, her face flushed with embarrassment, "I'm such a grown person falling into a fishpond; it's not a pleasant thing to say, don't I have any face to save?"

Sheng Yu's hand, which was flicking the lid of his lighter, paused. His gaze landed on the blushing Zhu Yuan, he chuckled softly, and turned his head to look at the sparse tree shadows under the corridor.

Ling Bing didn't believe it at all, "How could it be such a coincidence that you fell into the fishpond and happened to have Young Master Yu step in to save you?"

"I am kind-hearted and righteous, what is wrong with that?" Sheng Yu said nonchalantly.

Zhu Yuan's heart trembled violently, and she guiltily looked away.

It was clearly a compliment to him, so why did it sound so strange coming out of his mouth?

Someone in the crowd muttered softly, "But just now Miss Ling said she clearly saw Zhu Yuan hugging and holding onto a man."

Sheng Yu closed the lid of his lighter, "Hugging and holding like carrying a chick?"

Situ, who was following behind him, had his mouth twitch.

At first, Young Master Yu had indeed been carrying Miss Zhu like a chick; despite both of them having top-tier divine looks, the scene had absolutely no aesthetic appeal.

But later, Miss Zhu lost control a bit, and Young Master Yu probably got annoyed, so he directly hoisted her up and walked toward the guest room.

"Miss Ling is really something, to be able to see that as hugging and holding."

"I think she is just deliberately targeting Zhu Yuan."

"I heard she bullied classmates when she was in school; I didn't expect her nature to be so hard to change."

The crowd spoke one after another.

"Miss Ling." Lu Laotaitai looked at Ling Bing with displeasure, "Don't speak of things you aren't sure about in the future. This concerns the reputation of the Lu Family. I will tell your father truthfully everything that happened tonight."

"Old Madam..." Ling Bing panicked.

Seeing the situation turn, she was unwilling to let Zhu Yuan off just like that, and spoke without thinking, "Don't you all find it suspicious? Even if she fell into the pond and Young Master Yu saved her, do you believe it was such a coincidence that he had clean clothes on him?"

"Why, do you want to manage me?" Sheng Yu's tone was no longer nonchalant, but permeated with the majesty of someone in a superior position.

In this circle, who dared to manage Sheng Yu?

The surroundings suddenly became deathly silent; everyone watched their noses and their hearts, not daring to let out a single breath.

Ling Bing snapped back to her senses with a jolt, her face turning pale with fear, and she blurted out anxiously, "Yu Ge..."

A cold laugh from Sheng Yu interrupted her plea, "Even your brother wouldn't dare call me 'Ge' to my face; do you think you're qualified to call me that?"

These words were truly meant to humiliate her.

Ling Bing was humiliated on the spot until her face turned red.

Why?

Zhu Yuan can call him Yu Ge, but she can't?

Yet her Ling Family was not even worth mentioning in front of these top-tier wealthy families, let alone a major conglomerate like the Sheng Family; if they were offended, her entire family would suffer the consequences.

Ling Bing's face turned red and then green, but she did not dare to refute a single word.

She looked helplessly at Yuan Fengye, hoping that for the sake of the distant kinship between their two families, he could speak up for her, "Brother Yuan..."

Yuan Fengye rolled his eyes at her in exasperation and said coldly, "Yu Ge has a mysophobia; it's nothing rare for him to bring clothes when he goes out. You rushed to get scolded yourself, so no one can help you!"

Just a moment ago, he had almost truly believed that Yu Ge had been swayed, and he had been given a huge fright; it turned out he had only scared himself.

With her request for help fruitless, Ling Bing could only pin her hopes on Zhu An'an.

"Ling Bing, you were impulsive today. Yuanyuan is my younger sister, and I am also very angry that you wronged her, but you are my friend. If you apologize to Yuanyuan, this matter will be considered over," Zhu An'an advised her kindly.

Ling Bing stared at her in a daze and said in disbelief, "I just wanted to stand up for you..."

"Ling Bing!" Zhu An'an interrupted her coldly, gripping her wrist, "Be obedient, you are in the wrong regarding this matter."

Zhu Yuan watched this scene with composure.