Chapter 3: That God of Slaughter Says He Wants to Marry You

Fu Xiao abruptly turned to stare at Fu Qingqing, his brow furrowing deeply. What did Junyao mean by that? Did Qingqing do something while they were out together?

Qingqing had always been naive and straightforward since childhood. Could she really harbor such malicious thoughts?

When he looked back at Junyao, he found she showed no intention of pressing Qingqing further, as if her question had been merely casual. Her gaze remained fixed on the shattered porcelain on the floor.

Fu Xiao felt a pang of regret. He had been too angry and had thrown the teacup in a fit of rage.

But it wasn’t directed at her!

This was his precious daughter, the one he had cherished and doted on since she was a child. To suffer such a calamity for no reason, and then to be slandered by others—it pained him deeply!

He didn’t even know how he had managed to control his emotions on the way home from the Ministry of Revenue, hearing all those rumors, suppressing the urge to confront those gossips head-on.

His perfectly innocent daughter, clearly victimized by a villain, had somehow been labeled as shameless and lacking in virtue!

“Ahem, Junyao… Dad didn’t mean it,” Fu Xiao softened his tone, explaining, “I was just so angry I lost my head.”

“You see, you…”

Fu Xiao couldn’t continue.

“Sister, Father really didn’t mean it. He was just too angry. Please don’t blame him, okay?”

“Father, don’t be angry. It’s not Sister’s fault. If you must blame someone, blame me. I was the one who took Sister to the Old Man of the Moon Temple. And I was the one who failed to keep a proper eye on her.”

“Father, Sister definitely didn’t intentionally leave with someone. Please don’t be angry. What if you harm your health?” Fu Qingqing hurried forward to pat Fu Xiao’s back.

As she spoke, Fu Qingqing sniffled pitifully and looked at Fu Junyao.

“Sister, do you have any idea how worried I was when I couldn’t find you? I kept thinking, since I was the one who brought you out, if anything happened to you, I would have no choice but to atone with my death.”

Fu Junyao cast a cold glance at Fu Qingqing and was about to speak.

Fu Qingqing immediately ducked behind Fu Xiao, putting on an innocent, pitiful, and wronged expression as she spoke rapidly, “Sister, don’t glare at me like that. It scares me. I didn’t mean to tattle Father. It’s just that you suddenly disappeared, and I searched for so long with others but couldn’t find you. I was so terrified that I ran back to ask Father for help.”

“Sister, who did you go with all this time? Where did you go?”

Fu Xiao grabbed a book from the table and hurled it at Fu Junyao. “Are you stupid? How could you just follow anyone when you’re out?”

Fu Junyao raised her hand and effortlessly caught the book Fu Xiao had thrown, holding it in her grasp.

Suddenly, she flung the book violently toward Fu Qingqing’s face. “Keep pretending! Go on, act all innocent! With just a few words, you slander me for leaving with someone. Did you see it with your own eyes? Then why didn’t you stop me? If you didn’t witness it yourself, what exactly is your motive for saying all this? Aren’t you afraid your tongue will rot and you’ll be struck by lightning?”

“Ow!” Fu Qingqing covered her face and let out a dramatic cry, shrinking back even further, putting on an utterly pitiful act. “Sister, I didn’t mean it like that. I didn’t think through…”

“You’re still hitting your sister! It was your own carelessness that caused this incident, was it really her fault?” Fu Xiao was so furious he kept pacing in circles, wanting to find something else to hit Fu Junyao with. But everything he looked at seemed too hard, and he ultimately couldn’t find anything suitable. He could only roar in frustration: “Don’t you understand? With our family’s status, being able to marry into the Duke’s mansion as the legitimate wife of the heir is a blessing that only comes once in eight lifetimes!”

“Why were you so careless, letting yourself be harmed so easily!”

Fu Junyao cast a cold glance at Fu Qingqing who was shrinking back and pretending to be pitiful. She couldn’t help but sneer. Without evidence now, she couldn’t directly confront Fu Qingqing.

She could only stabilize the situation first.

“Father burst through the door in a furious rage, saying I’ve been harmed and lost my marriage arrangement. May I ask who told you this? Is there any concrete evidence?” Fu Junyao’s expression turned cold, her tone even colder.

Fu Xiao felt choked.

His daughter had really grown bold! Was she planning to stubbornly deny this to him? She probably didn’t know yet that her situation had already become the talk of the town.

What sin he had committed! With his daughter’s wedding just three days away, after all the joyful preparations he had made, he had no idea how to handle this situation now!

Fu Qingqing watched as Fu Xiao’s expression shifted from rage to sorrow. Unwilling to accept this, she reached out to tug at Fu Xiao’s sleeve and cautiously advised: “Father, perhaps we’ve really misunderstood sister.”

Didn’t Brother Ning say they would find a ruffian to ruin sister’s purity? That way the family wouldn’t dare to casually marry her into the duke’s mansion, and the only solution would be to elevate her to legitimate daughter status and have her take my place in the marriage?

Now they hadn’t caught sister in the act, and there was no concrete evidence. To make matters worse, Fu Junyao appeared completely unfazed as if nothing had happened.

Could their plan have failed?

Sister was only missing for half a day – it would be hard to convincingly claim she had been kidnapped and lost her purity!

Fu Xiao didn’t notice Fu Qingqing’s expression as he glared fiercely at Fu Junyao and demanded: “I want to know what exactly happened? Yaoyao, explain this to me clearly. How could that scourge Cheng Honglang suddenly appear at the Ministry of Revenue to apologize to me, saying he ruined your purity? And now he wants to marry you?”

Fu Junyao, who had been determined to stubbornly deny everything, nearly stumbled while sitting still!

What? Brother Lang went to the Ministry of Revenue to apologize?

Had he made this matter public?

She had thought this was her problem alone and absolutely shouldn’t implicate Brother Lang, planning to deny everything to the death.
Now it seemed he would have to take responsibility!

Fu Qingqing suddenly looked at Fu Xiao, understanding dawning as she gritted her teeth in hatred!

The one who ruined Fu Junyao’s purity wasn’t some ruffian, but Cheng Honglang! That was the Brocade-Clad Guard Commander who could make all officials in the capital tremble with just a stamp on his foot. The man who answered only to the emperor himself, whom no one in the entire capital dared to provoke.

Even if she successfully married Brother Ning, how could a Duke’s mansion with only an empty title compare with the Brocade-Clad Guard Commander who held real power? Wouldn’t she still be trampled under Fu Junyao’s feet in the future?

Why?

Fu Junyao was nothing but a jinx who brought death to her own mother. Why should she always be one step ahead?

Just because she’s a legitimate daughter? Father values her! Eldest Brother only has eyes for her! Even that Cheng Honglang, who knows what’s gotten into him—women all over the capital are throwing themselves at him, yet he doesn’t spare them a single glance. Only when looking at Fu Junyao does he reveal that wolf-like gaze.

Hah, but he’s all bark and no bite. Otherwise, with his relationship with Eldest Brother, he would have taken advantage of the opportunity long ago.

She originally thought that by ruining Fu Junyao’s purity, she would completely cut off her path to a good marriage, leaving her to be trampled underfoot forever.

Why does Cheng Honglang usually act so proper and reserved, yet become so outrageous at the critical moment?

It infuriates her!

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