Chapter 86: Revenge

“What’s going on? Wasn’t everything fine last night? And now he wants to leave today?” Zhang Min felt a bit relieved that Li Guoqing’s call wasn’t about catching her in the act, but she frowned when she heard that Zheng Fan was going back.

“I don’t know either. Today, I just did as you said and had him recite the instructions from the past couple of days a few more times for me. I’m not sure why he got upset, but then he said he wanted to leave…” Li Guoqing explained to Zhang Min.

“You should try to persuade him properly…” Zhang Min replied impatiently to Li Guoqing while fiddling with Lü Yang’s dry firewood. A vague, indescribable feeling stirred inside her, almost like she was getting revenge for Li Guoqing’s past affair.

It seemed that even after all these years, she still held a grudge about that incident… Perhaps only by cheating in return would she truly feel balanced inside.

“I did try to persuade him, but it didn’t work…” Li Guoqing replied somewhat helplessly, probably sensing her irritation.

Lying bored on the bed, Lü Yang faced the blooming plum blossom spot and started performing the Three Variations of the Plum Blossom again. Zhang Min didn’t stop him. As he continued, she kept talking to Li Guoqing on the phone—the sensation was thrilling for her.

“How did you persuade him? I mean, how can you fail at such a small task? What else are you even capable of?” Zhang Min grew increasingly annoyed. Feeling Lü Yang’s Three Variations of the Plum Blossom, she scolded Li Guoqing aloud, writhing slightly and rubbing her cheek against Lü Yang’s dry firewood. The pleasure of revenge grew stronger in her heart.

“I did everything exactly as you told me in training him. I didn’t do anything you said not to. I don’t know why he ran off. You should call him quickly, or he’ll be on the bus soon.” Li Guoqing was also getting upset.

“He already ran off? Why didn’t you say so earlier? Ah! This is so frustrating!” Zhang Min grew even angrier at this, though the “Ah!” was because of Lü Yang. To cover it up, she quickly added, “This is so frustrating!”

“Wasn’t I just talking to you about this?” Li Guoqing apparently didn’t notice the strangeness of that “Ah!” and simply took it as an exclamation.

“Ugh… You… I’m not going to say any more!” Zhang Min hurriedly hung up the phone. After suppressing the intense sensations Lü Yang had evoked, she dialed another number.

Seeing how calm and composed Zhang Min was, Lü Yang couldn’t help but admire her… A strong woman truly was a strong woman. Even in such a situation, she could answer calls in a steady voice.

“Xiao Fan, it’s your Aunt Min. Why are you leaving so suddenly?” Once the call connected, Zhang Min switched to a gentle tone as she spoke to the person on the other end.

“I don’t want to do this. I keep feeling very uneasy… If I go, I’ll definitely be recognized…” Zheng Fan on the other end sounded quite dejected.

“What’s there to feel… guilty about? Don’t you have me and your Uncle Guoqing… to help you?” Zhang Min tried to persuade Zheng Fan, but the sensations from Lü Yang’s Three Variations of the Plum Blossom grew increasingly intense, forcing her to struggle to hold back while speaking.

“I just think it’s not right… and I can’t do it…” Zheng Fan had actually run off after being scolded by Li Guoqing. In the past couple of days since arriving, Li Guoqing had been drilling him constantly—do this, not that; say this, not that… The pressure of pretending to be someone else’s son in a wealthy family was too much for him.

Li Guoqing, usually suppressed by Zhang Min, finally had someone to boss around, so he had been especially harsh with Zheng Fan—one of the reasons Zheng Fan couldn’t take it anymore.

“What’s there that you can’t do…? Mmm, ah…” With Lü Yang’s repeated variations, Zhang Min accidentally crossed the threshold again. Her body trembled once more, and it became even harder to speak to Zheng Fan. She couldn’t hold back no matter how hard she tried.

“Aunt Min, what’s wrong with you?” Zheng Fan clearly noticed something unusual about Zhang Min.

“My foot… got sprained… The doctor… is… is… setting the bone and applying medicine…” Zhang Min moaned while replying to Zheng Fan.

Hearing Zhang Min’s explanation to the other person, Lü Yang almost burst out laughing. He couldn’t help but admire her all over again… After all, she was a lawyer. She could turn black into white, dead into alive—even describe the Three Variations of the Plum Blossom as bone-setting and medicine application.

But surely someone would believe it, right?

“Aunt Min, is your injury serious?” Hearing Zhang Min’s moans, Zheng Fan quickly expressed concern.

“A bit… serious… The joint is… dislocated…” Zhang Min finally recovered, collapsing softly onto Lü Yang’s body. After two rounds of the Three Variations of the Plum Blossom, the fiery energy built up inside her had dissipated quite a bit.

“Then please take care of yourself, Aunt Min. I… I’m really sorry… The bus is about to leave… I have to go now…” It seemed Zheng Fan had made up his mind to leave.

“How can you just decide to go back like that? You’re over twenty—no longer a child. Aren’t you a grown man? Why are you still so timid in everything you do? How can we expect you to achieve great things later!?” Freed from her earlier distraction, Zhang Min spoke more sharply, returning to her usual strong demeanor.

“Aunt Min, I really can’t do it. Please find someone else…” Zheng Fan pleaded with Zhang Min.

“What’s wrong with you? The more I talk, the more you refuse to cooperate! Listen to me…” Zhang Min’s voice gradually rose over the phone. Lü Yang, lying on the bed, couldn’t make out everything clearly, but it seemed Zhang Min was pressuring the other person to do something he had initially agreed to but was now backing out of—which made Zhang Min very unhappy.

“…”

“I’ll tell you one last time! If you insist on going back, I won’t pay for your sister’s college tuition anymore, and I won’t cover your mother’s medical bills either. Think carefully!” By the end, Zhang Min had completely lost patience with Zheng Fan and began threatening him outright.

After hearing whatever the other person said in response, Zhang Min angrily hung up the phone. She sat up and made another call, apparently asking someone to stop Zheng Fan at the station. After that call, she got up, went to the closet for a new pair of underwear, changed into it, and put her pants back on.

“I need to hurry to the station—there’s an urgent matter. Do you want to come with me?” Zhang Min asked Lü Yang hesitantly.

Lü Yang felt frustrated. He was still swollen and unsatisfied… left hanging in the middle of things…

But Lü Yang quickly put on his pants and declined Zhang Min’s invitation to go to the station together: “I have to accompany my sister to the Court this afternoon to consult about some policies and see if there are any procedures to handle. I won’t go with you.”

“That’s fine too.”

Zhang Min nodded. She went to the bathroom to quickly fix her hair and clothes, then came back and pulled a business card from her bag, handing it to Lü Yang. “If you go to the Court for policy consultations, you can look for her. When you see her, tell her I sent you. I’ll also try to call her when I have time.”

“Okay.” Lü Yang took the card. The name on it was Chu Xuan, and her position was clearly listed as the president of a district Court.

As expected, a famous lawyer was different! It seemed he had found the right person this time.

But the cost was too high—he had been taken advantage of by this female lawyer…

Luckily, he hadn’t lost his purity at the last moment.

Not just luck—it was more like an attempted loss of purity.

What the heck! Why did it almost seem like he wanted to lose it?