Chapter 140: A Toad Deserves a Frog

“There’s no shameful secret, you’re… you’re making things up,” Qiao Zi Yu stammered.

Wei Jing Zhi’s son stepped forward again. “Don’t want to speak? Or do you want to go to my father and explain?”

Hearing Wei Jing Zhi’s name, Qiao Zi Yu’s legs suddenly weakened.

He wasn’t as afraid of his own parents as he was of Wei Jing Zhi.

“There’s really nothing, I just…”

Qiao Zi Yu lowered his head, trying to find a suitable excuse.

But before he could say anything, Wei Jing Zhi’s son continued, “If you explain this matter clearly today, I won’t tell my father. But if you don’t speak up, I can’t guarantee what I might say. You also know that my father absolutely hates people who bully the weak for no reason.”

Qiao Zi Yu weighed his options and realized that the two in front of him were not easy to deal with, so he reluctantly gave in.

“I’ll speak, but you have to promise you won’t tell my father.”

Wei Jing Zhi’s son responded, “That depends on whether what you say is true. If I think it’s a lie, I’ll speak out, and I’ll make my own judgment.”

Finally, Qiao Zi Yu spoke. “I came to find Ye Xin Yao because I haven’t seen her for seven or eight days. I had someone inquire around their house, and the servants there said Ye Da Cheng and his wife took Ye Xin Yao to Luo Cheng to visit relatives.”

“Since the servants said they went to Luo Cheng, why are you here looking for her?” The group of listeners immediately sensed something was wrong.

“That’s because… because Ye Xin Yao couldn’t possibly have gone!” Qiao Zi Yu said.

“You two are already engaged, right? Why do you think she couldn’t leave?” Wei Jing Zhi’s son asked.

It was Wei Jing Zhi’s son who had been asking all the questions, and everyone else turned their attention to Qiao Zi Yu.

“I…” Qiao Zi Yu hesitated again. After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, “My family called off the engagement, but that was my parents’ decision.”

“So, you still want to marry her?” Wei Jing Zhi’s son analyzed.

“That decision to break the engagement was your own, wasn’t it? Back then, you had fallen for Dr. Ye’s younger sister, so you wanted to break the engagement and marry her instead. But in the end, the person you wanted to marry didn’t meet your parents’ approval,” Wei Jing Zhi’s son continued.

Lu Chang Qing, who had been listening impatiently, urged, “Why waste time talking about that?”

Wei Jing Zhi’s son whispered in response, “I just want to point out that his taste is terrible.”

Lu Chang Qing then said, “Ask the key question, ask him why he thinks Ye Xin Yao wouldn’t leave.”

Wei Jing Zhi’s son: ?? Can’t you ask that yourself?

He grumbled in his heart but still said aloud, “Even if you’re still interested in Ye Xin Yao, she has no reason to stay.”

“After all, your parents don’t approve of her, and she doesn’t want to marry and live a life full of resentment, so she went to Luo Cheng to look for other families instead.”

“Impossible!”

Qiao Zi Yu blurted out.

Wei Jing Zhi’s son’s expression immediately became meaningful.

“Why is it impossible? You’re so certain, there must be a reason!”

“She likes me. She wouldn’t leave!”

Qiao Zi Yu forced the words out.

But Wei Jing Zhi’s son smiled lightly. “If you won’t speak the truth, then your father will have to ask, or perhaps my father will ask you himself.”

Qiao Zi Yu’s mind went blank.

After a long pause, he barely managed to spit out a few words: “Because… she’s pregnant!”

As soon as he said that, Qiao Zi Yu collapsed to the ground.

He deeply regretted coming here.

If it weren’t for Ye Xin Yao’s threat, telling him that if they didn’t meet for three days, she would spread the word about their affair, he wouldn’t have been so eager to come looking for her.

It was all that wretched Ye Xin Yao’s fault.

He used to be so proud!

He was a good student, praised by all his teachers, and even Master Wei was willing to take him as an apprentice.

He could have had a better future.

He could have married a better girl.

But now, he felt like a drowned rat.

Qiao Zi Yu remembered something that had happened over a month ago.

He had been in a bad mood that day, so he went to the street to buy books and clear his mind, but he unexpectedly ran into Ye Xin Yao.

He didn’t want to pay attention to her, but she acted pitiful and insisted on talking.

They went to a restaurant, and Qiao Zi Yu told her to speak quickly, but she secretly put something in his tea.

Qiao Zi Yu’s consciousness became blurry, and in a daze, he ended up spending the night with her.

His parents were strict, and he didn’t dare to tell them what had happened.

He could only try to pacify Ye Xin Yao, telling her that the time wasn’t right, but once it was, he would definitely come back and propose to her.

He thought he could delay it, but then one day, Ye Xin Yao suddenly told him she was pregnant.

They’d only been together once, and she was already pregnant!

Qiao Zi Yu asked Ye Xin Yao to get rid of the baby, but Ye Xin Yao refused to agree no matter what.

Ye Xin Yao even told him that she had already informed her sister about the situation. If she disappeared for more than three days, her sister would report it to the authorities, and soon everyone would know about their affair.

Ye Xin Yao had already been to the government office, and Qiao Zi Yu knew she was capable now, so he dared not take the risk.

Every two days, he had to meet with Ye Xin Yao.

Each time they met, Ye Xin Yao would push him to marry her.

This time, Ye Xin Yao hadn’t come to find him for three days, and Qiao Zi Yu secretly felt relieved.

However, after two more days, he sensed something was wrong.

Ye Xin Yao wouldn’t let him off so easily.

He sent someone to inquire at the Ye family, and the servant said that the family had gone far away.

How could Ye Xin Yao go far away?

She must be deliberately avoiding him and using his failure to meet with her as an excuse to escalate things.

Unable to find her, Qiao Zi Yu speculated that Ye Xin Yao had come to Yun Bian Village to hide.

At this point, Qiao Zi Yu decided to throw caution to the wind and confess everything.

After explaining, he almost broke down, pleading with Ye Xin Yao to come out. “Let Ye Xin Yao come out, I’ll take her home to beg my mother. As long as I beg, my mother will definitely agree to this marriage.”

Ye Xin Yao felt like this was an undeserved disaster for her.

She never imagined it would escalate to this point, and Ye Xin Yao still hadn’t forgotten to use her.

“I’m not some fool who’ll take in everyone. I won’t shelter her at this point. Besides, the things you mentioned, she never told me!” Ye Xin Yao said with disdain.

She had no interest in these messy matters.

Right now, she just wanted to make money, and getting involved in other people’s issues would only slow her down.

“You must feel so satisfied, right?”

Qiao Zi Yu stared at Ye Xin Yao, his mind wandering. “I broke off the engagement with you, and now I’ve ended up like this. You’re happy about it, aren’t you?”

“Not really. No matter what happens to you, I won’t feel happy.” Ye Xin Yao responded flatly.

“Did you give Ye Xin Yao this idea, wanting me to ruin myself completely?”

Suddenly, Qiao Zi Yu went mad.

Ye Xin Yao sneered. “You two are like a toad trying to get close to a frog, both ugly and pathetic. I have no such thoughts and wouldn’t come up with such lowly schemes. Don’t try to drag me into your mess, just stay as far away as possible.”

After hearing the full story, Lu Chang Qing felt disgusted.

He said, expressionless: “Did you hear my sister? She told you to get lost!”