Chapter 10: Chapter 10 - She Pushed Me!

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“You are… Qian Yi?”

Longyue frowned. She had a negative first impression of this person. In addition, she hated this person deep down. She thought for a moment and finally remembered who he was.

He was Second Madam Qian’s son, Qian Duoduo, who later changed his name to Qian Yi after he started schooling.

This person was a bastard who lusted after beauties.

‘When Longyue married into the Li family, she had the bad reputation of being promiscuous. Qian Yi often came to tease her and even said frivolous things like letting her have a taste of what a real man was.

Longyue remembered that on the ninth day after she married into the Li family, she had met Qian Yi by the river. He suggested that they have some fun together. Longyue had wanted to beat him up, but she happened to see Li Qingmu walk over.

At that time, she hated Li Qingmu very much and could not wait for him to divorce her. So she flirted with Qian Yi.

After the incident, Li Qingmu continued to act as if nothing had happened. He was as gentle and caring as before, causing Longyue to despise him even more. She felt that he was gutless.

But after their heart-to-heart talk last night, she knew that he was definitely not gutless. “Then what was he thinking back then? she wondered.

Longyue felt like she still couldn’t understand her husband. Her mood became agitated, and her tone was cold and impatient. “What’s the matter?”

Qian Yi, who always felt good about himself, did not notice at all that Longyue was no longer the same person that he knew a while ago. He thought that she was acting coy again. He became smug instantly.

“Third Madam doesn’t seem to be in a good mood? That’s understandable. Such a beautiful and radiant beauty having to go down to the lotus pond to pick the lotus roots like those uncouth women. Tsk, tsk. It really makes my heart ache. That man of yours really doesn’t know how to treat the fairer sex. I

think you should quickly divorce him and live with me. Huh? Hahaha!”

“Qian Duoduo, shut up, you scoundrel! Third Brother treats Longyue very well. Who wants to live with you? Longyue, let’s not listen to his nonsense!”

The past two days had made Ah Qiu feel dependent on Longyue. She had just promised him that she would protect him from Madam Zhang. How could he let someone poach her now?

Quite in contrast with his usual meek and timid ways, he pointed at Qian Duoduo while scolding him.

“Hey, rascal, who are you talking about? My name is Qian Yi. Qian Yi, do you hear me? You’re deaf!”

Qian Yi was furious when he heard that. Ever since he started schooling, he had hated his vulgar name which meant ‘lots of money,’ so he changed it.

Now that someone had mentioned his childhood name, he was furious.

However, Ah Qiu stood his ground and did not relent in the face of Qian Yi’s anger. “Hmph, you are Qian Duoduo. What’s wrong with that? The whole village used to call you that. Don’t think you can throw away your name just because you went to school.”

“L.. F*ck you. Little thing, I’ll beat you to death!”

Qian Yi flew into a rage after being called by his childhood name so many times. He rolled up his sleeves and charged forward to hit Li Qingqiu. At this moment, Longyue’s charming voice rang out.

“Brother Qian, he’s just a child. He doesn’t know his limits. Why are you scolding him?”

Her sweet voice was really seductive. Qian Yi felt his blood surge.

He turned around immediately, and his expression changed from anger to a smile.

“Hehe, Third Madam is right. What does a little kid know? My Third Madam is so considerate…”

He chuckled as he spoke. When he saw Longyue get out of the pond with her rolled-up pants revealing her fair skin, his heart yearned for her. Without a word, he pounced on Longyue.

“Longyue! Dodge!”

Ah Qiu called out urgently, afraid that Longyue would be taken advantage of, but she was very calm.

She narrowed her eyes and smiled, waiting for him to pounce on her. Then she moved lightly and Qian Yi missed his target.

Behind Longyue was the lotus pond. Qian Yi quickly halted, but how could Longyue let him off so easily?

“Young Master Qian, be careful!”

‘As she spoke, she went up to pull him back. To onlookers, it seemed like she was pulling him back, but in reality, she was intentionally pushing him forward.

“Ah!”

Qian Yi felt someone pat his back which caused him to lose his balance. With a cry, he fell into the lotus pond.

“Save… my life…”

The lotus pond was not deep—it was only about half a meter by the shore. However, Qian Yi did not know how to swim. The crux was that he had almost drowned when he was young and had developed an instinctive fear of water. After he fell into the pond, he splashed about wildly and cried out for help.

‘The water in the lotus pond was muddier than the water in the stream. After shouting a few times, he ingested quite a bit of the turbid water. He was so disgusted that he wanted to roll his eyes.

“Aiyah, Young Master Qian has fallen into the lotus pond. Someone, come quickly! Save him!”

Longyue found Qian Yi’s silly demeanor funny. Of course, she would not help him. There were many people around who had come to pick the lotus roots. She was happy to be a spectator among the crowd and shouted a few times.

A middle-aged man nearby said, “Young man, the water isn’t deep. You can just step down and stand up!”

“Pfft, that’s right. Look, we’re all standing!”

‘Then a woman smiled as she attempted to pull Qian Yi.

“What are you doing? Don’t touch my son!”

Second Madam Qian who had also come to pick the lotus roots had specially asked her son to come along to help. However, he disappeared the moment she turned around and she had been looking for her son everywhere. When she heard the commotion, she came over.

The moment she came over, she saw her precious son struggling in the lotus pond and a woman reaching out to him. She wondered what the woman was going to do. She was so anxious that she rushed in and pushed the woman away.

“What are you doing? Are you trying to murder my son? My son is going to be an official in the future. Do you all want to die?”

Qian Yi was Second Madam Qian’s heir. He almost drowned when he was young and was most afraid of water, so when she saw him, she rushed into the pond to drag him up.

“Cough, cough, cough… Eurgh…”

Qian Yi stood in the mud and desperately threw up the muddy water into the pond. The mud-filled lotus pond water was disgusting. Qian Yi had all but vomited his food from the previous night.

Second Madam Qian’s heart ached when she saw this. She roared angrily and wanted to question the people around her, but the woman whom she had pushed away scolded angrily. “Sister Qian, you’re really biting the hand that feeds you. I helped your son out of goodwill, so why are you slandering me? I

didn’t push him in!”

Second Madam Qian’s anger was suppressed. She said dumbfoundedly, “What, you didn’t do it? Then who…”

“I saw him fall into the pond himself.”

A little boy had just said that when his mother covered his mouth.

“Bullsh*t, I didn’t fall into it myself. It was… it was that b*tch. That b*tch did it. She pushed me!”

Qian Yi’s face was twisted from vomiting too much. He thought of the slap on his back and cursed Longyue in his heart!

“This damn little b*tch!”he thought.

“B*tch? Which b*tch?”

Second Madam Qian looked around warily.

“It’s her…”

Qian Yi pointed at the spot where Longyue was standing on the bank just now. But in the blink of an eye, she had disappeared.