Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

Chapter 329

"...No one sent me here, uh——" Sang Fuqing replied to Li Huoyue.

Li Huoyue increased his strength.

Sang Fuqing felt like several of his bones had been broken, but he had no time to care. He endured the pain and spoke with difficulty: "... I... I dare not lie to you, ah ah ah, they are ah ah ah... step by step, uh ah ah ah - step by step - pushing you into the pit..."

"They?" Li Huoyue didn't use many words, just repeated these two words with a questioning tone.

Sang Fuqing tried to move, but sure enough, he didn't budge at all under Li Huoyue's grip.

"...Can you please let me go first? I can't run away anyway..."

"She seems unconvinced, and looks like she wants to stop you from being given an official title before her..." As Li Huoyue retreated, Sang Fuqing breathed a sigh of relief and spoke slowly.

"So, you control her because you want me to be promoted to an official position smoothly?" Li Huoyue asked again.

Sang Fuqing nodded, trying to look well-behaved and obedient, and not threatening.

Li Huoyue smiled and said, "Don't you think this is contradictory?"

After saying that, Li Huoyue had already started thinking about how to deal with Sang Fuqing later, and the leaves in his hand were squeezed a little harder.

The clan leader knew that he would be given an official title, so he asked Sang Fuqing's mother not to cancel the engagement. However, he controlled Xu Jiao'er so that he could be given an official title smoothly. The "cooperation" he mentioned at the beginning was just bullshit.

You came here late at night just to talk nonsense?

Li Huoyue didn't believe it.

When the Sixth Princess noticed Li Huoyue looking back, she abruptly withdrew her gaze and continued to cough a few more times.

"What are you looking at! Cough cough cough, if you look again, I'll kill you! Cough cough, I'll throw you to feed the fish in my pond! Cough cough cough!"

This shouldn't be the reaction.

Sang Fuqing doesn't seem to be a person with strong psychological quality. If he were such a person, his expression would be more indifferent and clear. He would clearly know how the other party scolded him and give a certain response.

However, Sang Fuqing seemed to be accustomed to it and felt a little numb.

Given Sang Fuqing's current living environment, it is highly likely that no one would speak to him so rudely. Although he holds a low position, he is still a civil servant after all. Ordinary people generally would not provoke him, and people with a little status would not say such vulgar words.

But if he had been hearing such words since childhood, his first reaction would be wrong.

Li Huoyue did not miss Sang Fuqing's expression. He could see that Sang Fuqing was stunned for a moment, and then his facial expression calmed down as if he remembered who the person in front of him was.

So what went wrong?

A few days ago, Sang Fuqing's attitude towards his sister-in-law was completely different. He even mistook her for someone else. It didn't look like they had known each other for a long time.

...Have you specifically inquired about the people in the mansion?

Why snoop?

Who gave this information?

Li Huoyue's eyes swept over Sang Fuqing again without any extra movements, but it made Sang Fuqing feel a chill down his spine and he adjusted his sitting position unconsciously.

"Sister-in-law, come, try some of this." Li Huoyue stepped forward and gave his sister-in-law some more dessert.

The sister-in-law felt a little anxious and doubtful, but Li Huoyue was not in a hurry. Even if she was worried, she could only suppress it temporarily.

As soon as I picked up the snack, I didn't have the appetite to eat it, so I put it back.

"Just say it!" Putting down the pastries, the sister-in-law looked at Sang Fuqing impatiently.

"...Ah, good, good, good!" Sang Fuqing sat upright and quickly said what he had prepared, "It was because the clan leader heard that Miss... Li was going to be given an official position, so he thought that this marriage..."

Sang Fuqing said this, looked up at Li Huoyue with a guilty conscience, and added in a low voice: "It's best not to retreat."

Li Huoyue held a brush in his hand and tapped the table lightly with the pen cap.

Could it be that what he wanted to shout was “Huo Huo”?

The name on the marriage card is not Sang Fuqing. Even though the marriage card has already been used, my mother still wants to become relatives with the Sang family.

Is it because there is something unique about Sang Fuqing?

Li Huoyue was still thinking about the problem when the eldest sister-in-law stood up again. This time, she rushed over and slapped Sang Fuqing in the face, shouting, "What do you mean by it's better not to withdraw?! The story between you and that woman surnamed Xu has spread all over Kyoto. Now you say you won't withdraw the engagement? Who the hell are you trying to disgust?!"

Sang Fuqing was a scholar, and a slap from his sister-in-law was enough to knock him to the ground.

Lao Wu was startled and wanted to move forward to support Sang Fuqing, but he was afraid that his sister-in-law had not yet had enough of beating him. If he threw him up and was beaten again, it would be bad news.

This shouldn't be the reaction.

Sang Fuqing doesn't seem to be a person with strong psychological quality. If he were such a person, his expression would be more indifferent and clear. He would clearly know how the other party scolded him and give a certain response.

However, Sang Fuqing seemed to be accustomed to it and felt a little numb.

Given Sang Fuqing's current living environment, it is highly likely that no one would speak to him so rudely. Although he holds a low position, he is still a civil servant after all. Ordinary people generally would not provoke him, and people with a little status would not say such vulgar words.

But if he had been hearing such words since childhood, his first reaction would be wrong.

Li Huoyue did not miss Sang Fuqing's expression. He could see that Sang Fuqing was stunned for a moment, and then his facial expression calmed down as if he remembered who the person in front of him was.

So what went wrong?

A few days ago, Sang Fuqing's attitude towards his sister-in-law was completely different. He even mistook her for someone else. It didn't look like they had known each other for a long time.

...Have you specifically inquired about the people in the mansion?

Why snoop?

Who gave this information?

Li Huoyue's eyes swept over Sang Fuqing again without any extra movements, but it made Sang Fuqing feel a chill down his spine and he adjusted his sitting position unconsciously.

"Sister-in-law, come, try some of this." Li Huoyue stepped forward and gave his sister-in-law some more dessert.

The sister-in-law felt a little anxious and doubtful, but Li Huoyue was not in a hurry. Even if she was worried, she could only suppress it temporarily.

As soon as I picked up the snack, I didn't have the appetite to eat it, so I put it back.

"Just say it!" Putting down the pastries, the sister-in-law looked at Sang Fuqing impatiently.

"...Ah, good, good, good!" Sang Fuqing sat upright and quickly said what he had prepared, "It was because the clan leader heard that Miss... Li was going to be given an official position, so he thought that this marriage..."

Sang Fuqing said this, looked up at Li Huoyue with a guilty conscience, and added in a low voice: "It's best not to retreat."

Li Huoyue held a brush in his hand and tapped the table lightly with the pen cap.

Could it be that what he wanted to shout was “Huo Huo”?

The name on the marriage card is not Sang Fuqing. Even though the marriage card has already been used, my mother still wants to become relatives with the Sang family.

Is it because there is something unique about Sang Fuqing?

Li Huoyue was still thinking about the problem when the eldest sister-in-law stood up again. This time, she rushed over and slapped Sang Fuqing in the face, shouting, "What do you mean by it's better not to withdraw?! The story between you and that woman surnamed Xu has spread all over Kyoto. Now you say you won't withdraw the engagement? Who the hell are you trying to disgust?!"