"Pah! Scumbag."
As a die-hard fan of the original novel, Little Buding felt both physically and mentally hurt.
Jiang Lai, however, slept soundly and peacefully. The next morning, she got up for her usual stroll, but this time she didn't walk around her own courtyard. Instead, she walked straight to the outside of Chun Niang's courtyard.
The early morning court session had long passed, but Chu Yunxuan came rushing out from inside. Seeing Jiang Lai at the doorway startled him, and he instinctively felt a bit flustered, blurting out a response.
"Just back from court, Chun Niang wasn't feeling well, so I came to check on her."
Jiang Lai listened calmly to his nonsense, then pointed to the marks on Chu Yunxuan's neck.
"Did you go to court or get into a fight with someone?"
Realizing he had been found out, Chu Yunxuan knew he could no longer hide it.
