A red apricot is about to cheat on you

Chapter 197 Hirakawa Daisuke

Chu Jingchen's eyes were filled with anxiety and earnestness. He leaned forward slightly and spoke quickly:

"I really didn't mean to lie to you, Duo'er. You don't know how scared I was, afraid that you wouldn't forgive me and would push me away again. That's why I followed Han Bo's advice and temporarily borrowed this identity, just to have a chance to apologize to you. I had been planning to tell you everything in the near future. Really, my dear Duo'er, this is all a misunderstanding. I didn't do it on purpose. And I didn't treat you like a fool and keep deceiving you!"

As he spoke, he carefully observed Yi Duoer's expression, hoping to see her look ease up, but Yi Duoer's face remained stern, as if covered by a layer of ice, without the slightest movement.

Chu Jingchen sighed helplessly and had to continue explaining:

"Last time, when I was in seclusion practicing, Shen Mingzhu, for some unknown reason, barged in without permission. There is truly no ambiguous relationship between her and me. I swear to heaven on this point. Later, it was discovered that Chu Jinghuai was secretly supporting Zhu Qingxue and Shen Mingzhu. The reason I remained silent and didn't take any action against them was because I was waiting for you to come back. I believe that only you are qualified to decide how to deal with them. Everything should be decided by you."

In the past two years, although Yi Duoer has always been concerned about Chu Jingchen in her heart, that longing has always been with her and has never dissipated.

But she is rational by nature and is definitely not the kind of woman who is blinded by love and loses her judgment.

She only believed half of Chu Jingchen's explanation.

In fact, she guessed that this matter was related to Zhu Qingxue, but she was trapped here and could not go back to settle the score with her.

Yi Duoer looked at Chu Jingchen coldly and pushed him away without hesitation.

Chu Jingchen was visibly stunned, his eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment. He stared intently at Yi Duoer, his gaze filled with deep affection and unwillingness. After a moment, a deep sense of frustration surged over him like a surging tide. At the same time, a feeling of powerlessness to change the current situation made his body tremble slightly.

Yi Duoer took several steps back, each step seemed to draw a line between her and Chu Jingchen. She tried to distance herself from him, her tone as cold as the biting wind in the cold winter:

"What you said no longer means anything to me. There's no need to explain it to someone like me, who you consider to be as dumb as a pig. In my opinion, you and Xie Xingchen are birds of a feather, both skilled at manipulating people's hearts."

"How can you say there's no need to explain? And how can you say none of this matters anymore? Yi Duo'er, I'm telling you solemnly, I will never allow you to leave me like this. Don't try to escape from me again." Chu Jingchen shouted excitedly.

He really couldn't stand Yi Duoer's decisive words and interrupted her anxiously.

But her face was covered with tears, rolling down like beads from a broken string. She shook her head desperately, her body took a few steps back uncontrollably, and then turned around suddenly, wanting to escape from this person who made her sad as soon as possible.

Seeing this, Chu Jingchen became extremely anxious and instinctively wanted to rush forward to keep her.

At this moment, Yi Duoer seemed to sense the approach of danger and turned around suddenly. Her movements were swift and decisive.

She quickly pulled out a sharp dagger from her waist and put it against her slender and fragile neck without hesitation.

Her eyes revealed an incomparable determination, a determination to face death head-on. She threatened loudly:

"Don't come over here! If you dare take another step forward, I know I can't kill you, but I will definitely stab myself to death without hesitation."

Chu Jingchen was stunned by her sudden crazy behavior and stood there for a moment. His feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and he couldn't move at all.

His heart was filled with pain and helplessness. He could never have imagined that Yi Duoer would choose such an extreme method to get rid of him, even at the cost of hurting herself.

"Okay, I won't move forward anymore, and you put down the knife!" Chu Jingchen's voice had become hoarse and dry, as if it had lost all vitality.

Yi Duoer sniffed sadly. When she saw that Chu Jingchen really stopped moving forward, she felt a little relieved.

She simply put down the knife in her hand, turned around immediately, and ran away desperately without looking back.

Chu Jingchen was left alone, standing there in a daze, tears streaming uncontrollably and slowly sliding down his cheeks.

Yi Duoer ran around in panic, not knowing where to go for a moment.

Her heart was filled with confusion and helplessness. She really didn't want to go back to Jiang Wange because she was afraid of facing those complicated people and things.

Helplessly, she could only drag her steps, which felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, towards the direction where Yu Yao was. She thought that perhaps she could find some comfort and peace from Yu Yao.

She herself is suffering from depression and must be relieved as soon as possible in order to survive!

When she slowly walked into Yuyao's tent, she found that Zhang Ruyi, who had always been against her and confronted her in everything, was sitting with several young ladies, leisurely eating melon seeds and talking about various gossips with great interest.

One of the young women accidentally saw Yi Duoer walking in. She quickly raised her arm and rubbed it gently on Zhang Ruyi, while signaling Zhang Ruyi with her eyes to look at Yi Duoer.

Zhang Ruyi followed her gaze and saw that Yi Duoer had already sat down next to Yu Yao. A hint of imperceptible pride and joy flashed in her eyes.

"Oh, some people are so shameless that they even shamelessly seduced the Crown Prince of Dongli. Humph, in the end, they were caught red-handed by his wife. Ha..."

A woman spoke in a sarcastic tone, her voice full of sarcasm. The sound echoed in the tent, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.

When several women heard this, they stood up and walked up to Yi Duoer with a swagger.

They all looked at Yi Duoer with contempt as if she were a fool, as if in their eyes, Yi Duoer was a woman who was ignorant of the immensity of the world and had allowed herself to fall into depravity.

Yi Duoer raised her head slightly and looked directly into Zhang Ruyi's eyes firmly, her heart filled with displeasure and anger. She said bluntly:

"No matter how down and out I am, I'm still far better than a bunch of you gossipers who only know how to gossip behind my back. Zhang Ruyi, you keep saying that I seduced Xie Xingchen, but do you have any real evidence? Also, have you forgotten how you disguised yourself as a maid in the royal court a few days ago, secretly climbed onto the little Khan's bed, and then were discovered and kicked out like a stray dog?"

This matter was originally kept extremely secret. If Yi Duoer had not accidentally heard it from Tuoba Hong's personal maid when she went to the royal court to meet him, no one would have ever known about it.

Yi Duoer had no interest in such dirty things at the time, so she just listened to it casually and didn't take it to heart.

But she never expected that Zhang Ruyi would be so annoying, repeatedly speaking ill of her and attacking her maliciously. This was truly intolerable!

As soon as Yi Duoer finished speaking, everyone looked at Zhang Ruyi with strange eyes.

Her cheeks were slightly flushed, showing the shame and anger after being exposed in public.

Then, she instantly flew into a rage, yelling in frustration, "Stop spitting bloody words at me. You're such a shameless woman. Everyone knows you came from a brothel and have hooked up with countless men. You must have been played with by men a long time ago!"

Her angry and humiliating behavior was precisely to cover up her inner guilt and uneasiness.

Although the sisters around her scoffed at what Yi Duoer said about Zhang Ruyi's actions and felt disgusted with her behavior in their hearts, they still chose to stand on Zhang Ruyi's side.

So, they began to attack Yi Duoer in turns, using all kinds of vicious words to belittle her.

At this time, Yu Yao, who had been silently enduring, finally couldn't bear it anymore.

During this period of time, because of her unfortunate experience of being defiled, these people mocked and ridiculed her openly and covertly, causing her to suffer humiliation.

Yu Yao then shouted, "You're really going too far! If it weren't for Sang Sang's full support, we would have been killed by the Tiger Ju people's swords. Do you still have any conscience?"

Her voice was filled with anger and dissatisfaction, and she glared at the three women sharply.

Zhang Ruyi was jealous of Yi Duoer. She was jealous of her face, jealous that many men liked her, jealous of her intelligence and talent, and jealous that all the glory was on her.

Yu Yao's words instantly escalated her unhappiness.

Her counterattack instantly caused everyone to turn their attention towards Yu Yao.

I heard one person say, "She's so capable, why don't you ask her to beg the Khan to release us captives? You're just a slut who's been played with by others, so don't give us orders. Humph... If I were you, I would have hanged myself from a tree long ago. You've really brought shame to Jiangzhou!"

Yu Yao was heartbroken by these words and burst into tears instantly.

Her heart was filled with grievances and pain, and she had lost all courage to refute. Her body trembled uncontrollably, like a fallen leaf swaying in the cold wind.

When Yi Duoer saw Yu Yao so sad, the anger in her heart suddenly flared up. She was so furious that she immediately stepped forward, raised her hand without hesitation, and slapped the woman who was speaking in the face.

After the slap, a clear red mark instantly appeared on the woman's face, but this slap was obviously not enough to calm Yi Duoer's anger.

She then struck the other side of the woman's face with all her strength.

Only two crisp and loud slaps were heard echoing throughout the tent, and the sound seemed to be Yi Duoer's angry shout.

After these two slaps, the anger in Yi Duo'er's heart was only slightly relieved, but she was still furious.

The woman was hit by these two sudden slaps and saw stars. She opened her eyes wide and cursed angrily:

"How dare you hit me! I will kill you!" The other two women saw their companion being beaten and quickly prepared to besiege Yi Duoer, especially Zhang Ruyi. She had been looking forward to the opportunity to teach Yi Duoer a lesson, and she was ready to fight.

After the woman finished speaking, she raised her hand and tried to hit Yi Duoer on the cheek.

But just as she raised her hand, a huge hand suddenly grabbed the woman's arm like a divine weapon descending from the sky.

Everyone was shocked by this sudden scene and looked sideways, only to see Han Bo had appeared silently at some point. He stood majestically beside the captured woman, staring at the three of them with eyes full of anger, as if his eyes could spit out fire.

At this time, Han Bo was not disguising himself, but standing here with his true identity.

When Yu Yao saw Han Bo appear in front of her with a burly figure like a savior, her eyes were instantly filled with grievance and hope. Tears kept rolling in her eyes, but she tried hard to hold back the tears, as if she saw a ray of hope in Han Bo.

Yi Duoer was stunned at first, a hint of doubt flashed through her mind for a moment, but she soon began to think calmly.

She thought to herself that he must be the man who had disguised himself as a woman before.

"Who are you? Let me go!" The woman was pinched by Han Bo so hard that she felt unbearable pain. Her face showed pain and she struggled hard, trying to pull her hand back.

Han Bo remained calm and said calmly, "Say what you just said again if you have the courage!"

His tone was icy cold, as if every word was squeezed out with difficulty from between his teeth. His voice contained endless majesty and oppression, which made everyone present tremble.