Outside the window, the sun blazed brightly.
At this moment, Wei Yan, wearing a pair of polished leather shoes, slowly stepped down the staircase one step at a time.
Beside him was a woman whose beauty was renowned throughout the entire Magic Capital, clinging to him intimately.
Yet Wei Yan looked completely distracted.
Because right now, he was busy planning what he would say when negotiating with that old man from the Qu Family.
In the end, however, his goal today was simple.
No matter what methods he had to use, he had to make Qu Jing agree to cover up what happened last night.
No matter who asked, he, Wei Yan, had never come to the Qu Family last night, and no one had stayed in Qu Mengjun’s bridal chamber.
He had already made up his mind.
The key to making Qu Jing agree was to make him feel that he was a despicable scumbag.
To make him believe that Qu Mengjun liking him, even sleeping with him, was something disgraceful—something that brought shame upon the Qu Family.
Only then would that old man have no choice but to swallow his anger in silence.
After adjusting his mindset, he soon arrived at the living room downstairs.
Wei Yan immediately slipped into character, wrapping his arm around the soft, slender waist of the girl beside him.
The more annoying he needed to be, the more annoying he would act.
“Hey, old man, take a good look at who I am. Surprised? Unexpected, huh?”
To be honest, Wei Yan had expected Qu Jing to fly into a rage the moment he saw such a provocative attitude.
He had even prepared a countermeasure.
That was to make the old man clearly understand just how much Qu Mengjun liked him.
Even what happened last night had been entirely voluntary on her part. No matter what, the old man wouldn’t have any reason to beat him.
But unexpectedly, Qu Jing’s reaction was far calmer than he had imagined.
Sitting on the sofa, Qu Jing simply looked at Wei Yan from a distance.
There was no anger on his face. After watching him for a moment, he withdrew his gaze and let out a soft sigh.
It seemed his granddaughter’s judgment wasn’t so bad after all. At the very least, this boy had a sense of responsibility—he kept his word.
Even if doing so meant possibly losing his own happiness, leaving him and the one he loved to only gaze at each other from afar.
“Come, sit here.”
Qu Jing picked up the teapot from the maid and personally poured Wei Yan a cup of tea.
His reaction caught Wei Yan off guard.
Why wasn’t this old man angry? Wasn’t he even curious why Qu Mengjun was being so intimate with him?
Could it be that Qu Mengjun had already told him she liked him?
But even so, seeing his granddaughter sleep with someone other than her groom at her own wedding—shouldn’t there be some reaction?
Wei Yan couldn’t make sense of it.
However, the moment he saw the tea being poured, he suddenly understood.
After all, etiquette dictated that a full cup of wine showed respect, while a full cup of tea meant driving someone away.
So this old man was trying to humiliate him through tea etiquette!
Wei Yan considered himself quite knowledgeable.
Even insulting someone was done in such a refined way.
Thinking this, Wei Yan walked over excitedly, looking forward to how Qu Jing would humiliate him.
The worse his impression became, the less likely he would expose the matter later.
But what Wei Yan didn’t expect was—
“Sit. Why aren’t you coming over? Do I look that frightening?” Qu Jing’s tone was stern, yet carried a hint of compromise.
To Wei Yan’s surprise, the cup of tea that should have been filled to the brim was only poured halfway before Qu Jing stopped. There was no intention of making things difficult for him at all.
“???”
What did this mean?
What kind of situation was this? Had this old man gone senile and failed to grasp what was happening?
“Young Master Wei, you’re quite fortunate. This is top-grade Keemun black tea. Our master usually wouldn’t even bring it out to serve guests,” the maid said considerately.
Hearing this only made the confusion above Wei Yan’s head grow even bigger.
“Wait a second, old man. Take a good look at who I am. I’m the young master of the Wei Family, the sworn enemy of your Qu Group. Not long ago, we swallowed up your new energy industry. Did you already forget?”
Wei Yan deliberately said something provocative.
But Qu Jing simply waved his hand.
“Of course I remember. So what? Do you want me to give you an award?” Qu Jing replied indifferently.
Even though the Qu Family had suffered greatly because of the Wei Family’s move, to the point where their position among the four great families was becoming unstable.
“An award? My ass! Have you not figured out the situation? I’m not your grandson-in-law Lin Dineng! Not only that, I slept with your granddaughter at his wedding! I’m the yellow-haired punk, a scumbag, the public enemy of all romantics! Do you understand now?”
Wei Yan shook off Qu Mengjun’s hand, stood with his hands on his hips, and glared at Qu Jing, looking as if he might jump onto the coffee table at any moment.
“I’m just old, not blind. Besides, my granddaughter seems to like you quite a bit. Since it’s mutual, what’s wrong with it? Why belittle yourself like this?”
“Exactly,” Qu Mengjun chimed in, even leaning in to plant a kiss on Wei Yan’s cheek.
“Ha?”
A soft warmth brushed his face, leaving behind a bright red lipstick mark.
For a moment, Wei Yan wondered if he had misheard everything. His jaw nearly dropped.
“What do you mean she likes me? I chased her for seven or eight years without success! Have you ever considered that her sudden change might be because I’m holding something over her?”
What did he mean by mutual consent?
Back then, he hadn’t been willing at all!
And even if it was mutual, did that mean he could replace the groom at a wedding?
Then what was the groom even for?
“So what? I don’t know you well enough to assume the worst. Besides, doesn’t it prove something? That sincerity can move even the hardest stone?”
As he spoke, Qu Jing calmly took another sip of tea.
He even felt like laughing.
He couldn’t help but wonder what kind of expression this young man would have if he ever discovered that the room of the goddess he had chased for seven or eight years was filled with his photos and personal belongings.
Thinking of this, Qu Jing was reminded of his own past.
Back when he was still a poor boy, it had taken him quite a long time to win over Qu Mengjun’s grandmother.
Was it two years? Three? He couldn’t quite remember.
Even so, he had almost given up back then.
With that thought, Qu Jing’s impression of Wei Yan improved even further.
“What nonsense about sincerity moving stone? Shouldn’t you be questioning my character first? What kind of person would do what I did last night?”
“Yes… how much determination must it take to do something like that?” Qu Jing shook his head, took a puff from his pipe, and sighed.
But this reaction completely baffled Wei Yan.
What did he mean by determination?
With a beauty like Qu Mengjun, wouldn’t it just be a matter of heated desire?
Those long legs, that slender waist, that fair skin like tender tofu…
Even though Wei Yan hadn’t been willing, both last night and this morning had been unbelievably enjoyable.
Being able to have such a top-tier beauty… even if it meant death, it would be worth it, and he’d come back for it again in the next life! What determination was needed? If anything, it would be impossible not to act.
“Old man, did you misunderstand something? Why are you acting like I sacrificed everything for love?”
“Let me tell you, I’m not a good person. Do you know what happened to the last woman who refused me?”
“I framed her and had her imprisoned. I even slept with her in prison. After she got out a year later, I sent her to Thailand for gender reassignment surgery, just so she’d submit to me!”
“Your granddaughter is nothing more than one of the many women I’ve ruined!”
Wei Yan spoke wildly.
Seeing that Qu Jing’s impression of him hadn’t dropped at all, he decided to escalate things.
In this novel, as a villain, although he appeared glamorous on the surface, he had a dark past filled with scandals.
These were all the secrets that the protagonist would later use to bring him down.
“Did that really happen?”
Hearing this, Qu Jing frowned, his expression suddenly turning serious.
Noticing this, Wei Yan was overjoyed.
Finally, he was seeing the reaction he wanted from this old man.
However, what Qu Jing was actually thinking was…
So what Xiao Jun said was true?
At first, he had thought it was just a story she made up to help Wei Yan gain favor with him.
On the surface, that incident did seem exactly as Wei Yan described.
But in reality, it was Wei Yan trying to protect that girl.
According to Qu Mengjun, the one targeting that girl wasn’t Wei Yan at all, but his cousin.
A woman of ordinary background facing a powerful heir of a financial empire… the outcome was obvious.
Moreover, that cousin was a truly vile person.
He always used force to obtain women, and after satisfying himself, he would pass them to his bodyguards.
After a dozen men had grown bored, he would throw money at the woman’s family, along with recorded videos, to silence them.
Wei Yan had no choice but to frame the girl and send her to prison, just to protect her.
After she was released, the gender reassignment surgery had been her own request, as she had been traumatized.
Wei Yan had even paid for everything.
That girl had no relation to him, nor did he gain anything from helping her…
“So you really are that kind of person.”
Shaking his head, Qu Jing suddenly felt a surge of emotion.