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Chapter 61: The fiancée tries to make up for things, and the protagonist even gives her a push.

“No!”

Qin Yu knelt on the ground in despair.

In that instant, he felt as if his life had turned to black and white.

Why?

Why was there not a single person willing to stand at his side?

Just when Qin Yu had sunk into hopelessness, Ning Bei walked up to him and said, “Qin Yu, your mother is gone.”

“?”

Qin Yu froze at the words, then lunged at Ning Bei in shame and anger, shouting, “How dare you still open your damned mouth…”

“Insolence!”

Wang Teng and the others charged forward at once.

At the same time, several Elders also reprimanded him aloud…

“Qin Yu, do you understand your crime?”

“As the chief part-time disciple of the Heavenly Martial Academy, you actually colluded in private with people from the Prince’s estate?”

The Elders thundered with fury; after all, Wuyue had instructed them beforehand that no one was to be involved with any outside faction, lest they be drawn into the strife.

Yet Qin Yu had obviously violated the greatest taboo.

“Gentlemen, are you refusing to give me any face?”

At this moment, Yu Xuan spoke indifferently.

Just now he had personally said he would protect Qin Yu, and with so many people gathered, he did not want to lose face.

“Little Prince, save me!”

Qin Yu clutched at that life-saving straw.

Although he did not write the letter, things had reached this point, and he had no choice but to go all in.

On careful thought, might this not be a blessing in disguise?

The Heavenly Martial Academy lacked the heritage of the Great Yu Academy, and if Yu Xuan brought him in, he could receive more attention.

“Let us speak plainly.” Ning Bei looked at Yu Xuan and said calmly, “Our Heavenly Martial Academy will not take part in any power struggle, but if you want to use Qin Yu to drag us into the water, then I can only tell you we are not the sort of people Kui An can threaten, and you will only force us to stand on the other side.”

“?”

Hearing this, Yu Xuan’s mouth twitched violently.

He was no fool, and Ning Bei had spelled it out; if they pressed further, the Heavenly Martial Academy would side with the Emperor.

The Prince’s estate could not afford such a turn of events.

Therefore Yu Xuan chose to quit while he was ahead and said, “We are leaving.”

“Understood!”

Yu Tong and the others followed at once.

After all, the goal of this trip had been achieved; they now held Kui An through that cultivation method, and as for a useless Qin Yu… who would really want him?

They certainly would not drive the Heavenly Martial Academy to the opposite camp for the sake of momentary credibility.

“Little Prince?”

Qin Yu was petrified on the spot.

A moment ago they had sworn to protect him, so why had they suddenly abandoned him?

He had wagered everything!

“Someone, strip Qin Yu of the title of chief part-time disciple and punish him according to the rules.”

Li Shen gave the order.

The next instant, Wang Teng and several other disciples seized Qin Yu, dragged him away, and began to cane him in accordance with the code.

“Ah…”

Qin Yu’s screams of agony echoed inside the inn.

“Let us go inside as well.” Qin Jiujiu tugged Ning Bei’s sleeve and smiled softly.

“All right.”

Ning Bei smiled, took her hand, and stepped into the inn.

“Ning Bei…”

In the crowd, Lin Yueyao gazed at the affectionate backs of the pair, her feelings a tangled mess.

At that moment she could not help imagining how happy she would be if the person beside Ning Bei were her.

“What I lost, I will take back!”

Lin Yueyao made up her mind.

…

“Heaven, why do you spite me!”

After a round of vicious beating, Qin Yu lay on the bed in misery.

Today he had not only made an enormous fool of himself; even the post of chief part-time disciple had been stripped from him.

Faced with such a situation, he refused to submit.

He blamed every failure on nothing but bad luck.

If the heavens would stand by him just once, he could seize a chance to rise, yet whenever he was about to turn things around, some mysterious force would always block him.

He even suspected that someone had cursed him, a spell for eternal failure.

“Ning Bei?”

A name suddenly popped into Qin Yu’s mind.

Perhaps because of his inner resentment toward Ning Bei, every defeat made him hate Ning Bei a little more.

Yet after being beaten so often, he had also grown wiser and muttered, “Lie low and bide my time… yes, Ning Bei’s momentum is too strong right now; before I have enough power, I’d better stay away from him.”

“A gentleman’s comeback can wait 10 years!”

Bang, bang!

“Qin Yu, are you there?”

At that moment, someone knocked on the door outside.

Qin Yu’s eyes lit up and he called, “Yueyao? I’m here… I’m here!”

Right after that, Lin Yueyao pushed the door open and first offered polite concern. “Qin Yu, how are you? They hit you far too hard just now.”

“Yueyao…”

Qin Yu was so moved he almost cried.

He had not expected Lin Yueyao to worry about him, and sure enough, even in his downfall he still held a place in her heart.

The formerly dejected Qin Yu instantly felt a spark of vitality and said, “Don’t worry, Yueyao, a little pain is nothing; I, Qin Yu, can take it. As the saying goes, the hardships of youth prepare the sweetness of the future, and no one can beat me down!”

“Er…?”

Lin Yueyao was utterly speechless.

Seeing Qin Yu brimming with confidence, she felt inexplicably repelled; he had been screaming so miserably a moment ago, loud enough for the neighboring inn to hear, and now he was putting on an act again?

“That’s good, then…”

In the end, Lin Yueyao forced out a smile, for she had come with a request.

“Yueyao, do you think I’m useless?”

Qin Yu suddenly blurted out the question.

Today’s ridicule differed from the past; now everyone knew his mother… cough… had been “claimed” by a giant brute.

The image stone had nearly been exposed as well, and this was a shame he could never wash away.

Qin Yu did not want the care he had just received from Lin Yueyao to draw mockery toward her because of today’s events and make her despise him.

So he decided to speak first to avoid future awkwardness and said, “In fact I really didn’t spread the Golden Vajra Scripture; someone framed me. Besides, my mother and my adoptive father are truly in love, so that’s why I didn’t fight to the death to save her just now.”

“Emm…”

Listening to Qin Yu’s excuses, Lin Yueyao’s forehead was covered with black lines.

She had been on the scene and had watched Qin Yu stand helplessly while his mother was humiliated and carried off by a man, and now she felt Qin Yu was so fake, still quibbling at a time like this.

Thinking that she had abandoned Ning Bei for such a person, “Shut up!”

Lin Yueyao finally lost control.

“Ah?”

Qin Yu was dumbfounded at the scolding.

“I, uh…”

Realizing her impulse, Lin Yueyao hurriedly explained with flustered eyes, “I mean, you really don’t have to explain everything to me. Your mother has her own choices, and that is not something a son can decide. Qin Yu, I believe you.”

“Really?”

Qin Yu smiled upon hearing that.

“Really.”

Lin Yueyao took a deep breath to steady herself and said, “Actually, I came to ask you something.”

“What is it?”

Qin Yu’s eyes shone, and he asked in delight.

He felt that the girl had returned, the girl who never disdained him for his status, who asked him about everything, and who treated him as her white moonlight.

Was this the sweetness after bitterness?

Qin Yu thought so, for after enduring so much hardship today, it was time to rebound.

“Emm…”

Meeting Qin Yu’s expectant gaze, Lin Yueyao pursed her lips and asked, “As a man, what kind of behavior from a woman would make you happy?”

“Haha.”

Hearing that, Qin Yu could no longer hold back his laughter.

What excited him even more was that Lin Yueyao’s words clearly showed she wanted to please him.

She was truly putting her heart into it!

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