Chapter 172

{This conveys a message: they did not flee their wedding, but were forced by circumstances. }

{With this, the Hua Grand Master's household, upon learning of it, will not blame the Du and Li families. }

{This idea is excellent—Yuhu is both clever and considerate; she's saved me the trouble of thinking up an excuse to keep them. }

"Pretend to be tempted by beauty?"

The women all laughed, as if witnessing a colossal joke.

Does this even need pretending?

Isn't this just playing oneself?

Yet from Du Bingyan and Li Yuhu's behavior, it was clear they had already decided to follow Jiang Sishui—otherwise they wouldn't be so eager.

……

In the room, seeing Jiang Sishui praise her intelligence, Li Yuhu beamed with delight.

This made Du Bingyan, beside her, both amused and exasperated.

Hearing the laughter, Li Yuhu leaned forward and said, "Bingyan, even if you regret it now, you're probably not going to leave anymore."

Du Bingyan smiled faintly: "What's there to regret? Following him is better than marrying into the Grand Master's household."

Li Yuhu nodded in agreement.

Over the past two years, their fathers had treated their daughters as commodities to be sold for profit, filling them with genuine disgust.

So even without the Hua Grand Master's household making a marriage proposal, they no longer wished to stay at home.

And the appearance of the diary copy had clearly pointed them toward a way forward.

Thus, after a brief discussion, the two women decided to become sisters for life.

{Going out once and encountering the "Two Beauties of Yangzhou" just before their weddings is already a blessing from the Matchmaker God. }

{But I underestimated how generous he truly is. }

{Because he's sent me another seductress. }

{Qin Keqing—a woman born with a seductive nature. }

"Here she comes!"

At this moment, not only Qin Keqing herself, but Du Bingyan, Li Yuhu, and even the Flower Immortal, all perked up.

Jiang Sishui's attitude toward Qin Keqing today was too strange—they all wanted to know why.

Meanwhile, the other women of Mantuo Shanzhuang were more interested in Jiang Sishui's evaluation of her—

Born with a seductive nature.

No wonder, the moment they first saw Qin Keqing, they all had the same illusion.

That a fox spirit had stepped out of a myth!

Qin Keqing's allure was something none of them had ever possessed.

{Qin Keqing is a character from the TV series "The Crescent Moon Blade."}

{In the drama, her beauty ranks among the top, and her seductiveness is unparalleled. }

{But she is not a likable character. }

{Because she fell in love with a man she should never have loved, and married a husband she should never have wed—Liu Ruosong. }

"So it's because of Liu Ge…"

The long-denied truth laid bare, Qin Keqing's restless heart finally calmed.

With a blank expression, she stared at the diary copy, wondering where exactly she had gone wrong in marrying her childhood friend and true love, Liu Ruosong.

{Liu Ruosong is the lord of Wansong Shanzhuang and a lay disciple of the Wudang Sect, nicknamed "Green Pine Swordsman."}

{He has wealth, family background, and a wife of breathtaking beauty—a textbook life winner. }

{Yet this man is a rare oddity and a ruthless one. }

{To steal the signature techniques of certain martial artists, he exploited Qin Keqing's love for him, making her sacrifice her body to seduce those men. }

{Since ancient times, heroes have struggled to resist beauty; few could withstand the temptation of a paragon like Qin Keqing. }

{So they all fell for it. }

{After successfully stealing their arts through Qin Keqing, Liu Ruosong framed those men for death, then falsely claimed the stolen techniques were his own creations. }

{He was shamelessly vain to the extreme! }

{And Qin Keqing repeatedly sold her body as his accomplice. }

{Of course, none of this was Qin Keqing's true intention—she had her own reasons. }

{Qin Keqing was alluring and enchanting, yet far from a shameless harlot. }

{She never viewed deceiving men as victories to boast about; she simply loved Liu Ruosong too deeply. }

{Because she loved him so much, when he first made that revolting request, she chose to sacrifice herself to fulfill him. }

{Then came the second time, the third time…}

{Over the years, she had grown from grief to numbness, then to exhaustion and despair. }

????????? 求鲜花??????????

{She had long recognized her husband's cowardice and weakness, yet never resisted. }

{Perhaps it was still because of that battered, broken love—or perhaps because she felt she was already so tainted, beyond salvation, and it no longer mattered. }

{Until Liu Ruosong set his sights on the drama's protagonist—Ding Peng's "Meteor from Beyond the Heavens"—and schemed to send her to Ding Peng's side. }

{Over a month of close companionship, Qin Keqing met a man who was both noble and spirited—and for the first time, she fell for a man other than her husband. }

{And Ding Peng also developed feelings for her. }

{When Ding Peng finally revealed his greatest secret and entrusted her with his most precious possession, Qin Keqing, having completed her mission, was moved. }

{Yet she ultimately did not alter the original plan. }

【She betrayed Ding Peng!】

【When Ding Peng failed and was humiliated before everyone, he saw her, and finally understood that it had all been a scam from the start】

【He looked at her with eyes of heart-wrenching pain, almost pleadingly reciting that pledge, "Beneath the yellow flower tree, wait without fail," yet she still turned away without a backward glance, casting him into an abyss of despair】

【Two years later, Ding Peng, who had narrowly escaped death, returned having mastered the demonic blade. The moment she saw him again, she knew he had come back for revenge】

【Unfortunately, Qin Keqing still presumptuously believed that Ding Peng would forgive her for the sake of love】

【For this, she even agreed to help Ding Peng deceive the husband she had once deeply loved】

【However, when Liu Ruosong's sword thrust came, Ding Peng did not deflect it for her】

【At that moment, Qin Keqing was utterly awakened】

【With all hope extinguished, she knew clearly in her heart that whether it was her husband or Ding Peng, she could never go back to either】

【She ultimately became a discarded pawn】

【In the end, beneath the yellow flower tree where they had once sworn their pledge, she carved "The yellow flower shames itself by dying without feeling," and then leapt off the cliff】

【But afterward, she seemed to trigger the "immortality-after-jumping-off-a-cliff law," and even cultivated a set of peerless Wu Gong, yet this still could not conceal the tragedy of her life】

【She was so detestable and hateful, so pitiable and sorrowful】

【And all of this began with her marrying the wrong man】 Shang.

191 Love born of long companionship? The Water of Oblivion

For the sake of Wu Gong, willingly don a cuckold's shame?

For the sake of love, willing to cheapen her body?

At this moment, the women all felt heavenly thunder rumbling, too shocked to speak.

They felt their very three views had been overturned!

Marrying a little delicate wife whom even Jiang Sishui coveted — who knew how many people were so jealous their eyes turned red, yet not only did he fail to cherish her properly, he even let her go serve other men!

This weirdo... no, this pervert, is truly a thoroughgoing anti-human.

Before Liu Ruosong, the man the women looked down upon most was Li Xunhuan.

But now by comparison, Li Xunhuan didn't even amount to anything.

And compared to the disgust and even killing intent toward Liu Ruosong, the women's feelings toward Qin Keqing were far more complicated.

There was sympathy, there was pity, there was disgust, there was anger.

You were born a beauty, yet why did you love so abjectly. "Three Five Three"

A feeling of "frustration at iron that refuses to become steel" rose in the women's hearts.

"I once thought my own infatuated devotion to my cousin was nearly demonic, I never expected..."

Wang Yuyan shook her head, suddenly feeling a comical sense of "one mountain ever higher than the next."