A turning point occurred when Xiao Lian met Dao’er again in the Jin household. Nervous and recalling past bullying, Xiao Lian was taken aback by Dao’er’s swollen belly. Angered and ashamed that a servant’s belly was larger than his, Xiao Lian confronted Jin Mo, insisting that her belly should be bigger than Dao’er’s. Despite Jin Mo’s conflicted feelings, he reassured Xiao Lian that she could get pregnant after they married.
Ning Zhi, holding back tears, felt resentment and hatred towards Wang Yan, who had once claimed she would marry him despite their families being sworn enemies.
Despite his family’s opposition, he followed her, but she was afraid of her family and wanted to keep him as a kept lover, not daring to marry him. She wanted to take his innocence first, which made him furious. Wang Yan repeatedly tried to take his innocence, promising to discuss the future later. When he refused, she became angry and tricked him into being sold to a brothel. Alone and powerless to resist, he eventually managed to save enough money for his freedom, but he felt hopeless about facing his family again, blaming himself for believing her, which had left him tainted.
The woman believed Ning Zhi was just angry and advised, “I know you’re blaming me. Once you think it through, you’ll agree to be my concubine. I’m now the head of the Wang family, and no one would dare oppose me taking you in.”
Ning Zhi laughed coldly in his heart, his body trembling slightly. Fei’er worriedly held Ning Zhi’s hand and glared at the woman, saying, “You’ve harmed the young master, and you still have the face to come find him. The young master would marry anyone but you.”
“Not marry, take as a concubine. Do you think anyone else would redeem someone of his age? If I hadn’t seen that you still have your charms, I wouldn’t have considered redeeming someone like you.”
Just serve me well in the future,” Wang Yan said coldly, “Ning Zhi, only I can take you away from here.”
Ning Zhi trembled. Once noble, he felt like less than grass, realizing how shameless people could be. She had personally destroyed him and now came to the Smoke Flower Drunk to humiliate him.
