pappabearbooks Chapter 1596 - 970: Decisive and Efficient
Chapter 1596 - 970: Decisive and Efficient
Although Lin Zheng’s actions were sometimes extreme and irritable, he was inherently not bad, hated evil like his foes, and had a bottom line and principles as a person.He always respected women, so why would today be so out of character, with words laced with humiliation.
His actions were even more ruthless and unrestrained, tearing at a woman’s clothes in public, so absurd.
He was about to intervene when a shadow darted from the crowd faster than him and held Lin Zheng’s shoulder down.
"Lin Zheng, what madness is this!"
Ye Shu’s black eyes were filled with suppressed anger, and his gaze burned fiercely.
"Do you realize what you’re doing?!"
As Ye Shu appeared, the frenzied actions in Lin Zheng’s hands paused for a moment, yet there was no response.
He looked like a fierce wolf clamping down on its prey, with his hand locked onto the woman’s body like iron.
His shoulder sank with force, Qi Force exploded, and he forcefully broke Ye Shu’s hands away.
The courtesan beneath him had despair veiling her eyes with a bloody hue.
Mad! Mad! Truly a madman!
The man’s words came out like toxic venom, his gaze was vicious as if he wanted to devour someone.
She believed she hadn’t done anything to deserve such intense hatred from him.
Her sensitive nature faintly perceived that Lin Zheng’s words were not aimed at her but full of displaced anger.
Was he treating her as a vent for his anger?
No woman can endure such a disgraceful humiliation!
The courtesan’s eyes were full of resentment and anger, and in a decisive moment, her cries of despair suddenly ceased.
Her lips moved violently for a moment and then with a splattering sound, warm liquid mixed with something soft and sticky sprayed all over Lin Zheng’s face.
The previously bustling Boundless Wind and Moon Tower fell silent.
Lin Zheng seemed like he was struck by a cold bucket of water, stunned to the spot.
His blood-stained gaze stiffly rotated, watching the still-bleeding half of a bright red... tongue on the ground.
This woman, in her desperate resistance, had bitten her tongue to commit suicide!
The courtesan under Lin Zheng was convulsing on the ground, blood foam was crazily flooding out of her mouth, exhaling more than inhaling, clearly about to succumb.
Ye Shu’s expression was extremely grave and serious, his heart a mix of emotions.
The crowd saw someone had forced a Boundless Wind and Moon Tower girl to kill herself, their gaze at Lin Zheng was full of disdain and astonishment.
You, Young Marquis of the royal manor, studied under Upper Sun Palace, should act with careful thought and restrained behavior, adhering to virtues of righteousness, respect, and modesty.
How could you bully a weak woman with your superior cultivation and force?
Moreover, Miss Wan Tao, albeit of humble origins.
Was instead a clear-clean performer, earning a living by selling art and not her body, with true skill in playing the pipa.
How did she become a woman slept with by all in your words?
Truly a vulgar person, viewing people and matters with terrible depravity, lowly self-deprecation.
Lin Zheng’s brain, dull from alcohol, instantly awakened when sprayed by that blood.
He stared dazedly at the half-torn skirt from the courtesan he held, his pupils constricted, then despairingly gazed at the woman lying on the ground, nearly tormented to death.
He tossed the skirt aside as if electrified, looking around.
All around, he was met with those pointing and whispering, eyes full of contempt and criticism.
Those eyes almost pierced through his backbone.
His mind was buzzing, Lin Zheng felt as if a thousand-pound stone weighed on his chest, preventing him from breathing.
It wasn’t supposed to be like this...
The brothel attendant who had been trying to pacify Lin Zheng during his furious outburst no longer smiled.
He approached the courtesan expressionlessly, squatted down, and placed two fingers on the side of her neck to check.
Lin Zheng looked somewhat helplessly at the approaching servant, hurriedly explaining: "It’s not like that..."
The servant’s expression was very calm, almost indifferent.
He lifted his eyes to look at the bloodless face of Lin Zheng and said casually: "Miss Wan Tao could not bear the humiliation and severed her own veins."
Lin Zheng shook his head: "No, I didn’t... I did not."
The servant frowned slightly, surveying Lin Zheng up and down, seeing him as more than just a drunken patron.
"Shifang City upholds the law above all; slavery is not practiced within the city. Even those who have signed indenture contracts cannot be beaten or killed at will, let alone the girls of the Boundless Wind and Moon Tower.
Shaming someone in public like you did, undressing the lady and attempting such vile acts, since the founding of the Boundless Wind and Moon Tower, you, Young Marquis, are the first."
Under the servant’s indifferent gaze, which regarded him as less than a beast, Lin Zheng completely panicked, finally realizing the grave trouble he had caused.
He desperately wanted to explain: "It’s not true... it’s not what happened, I didn’t intend to do anything to her, I... I just wasn’t feeling well, had too much to drink, I didn’t know it would turn out like this."
Clearly, Lin Zheng had quite a lot to drink tonight, his words slurred and unclear.
Under the increasingly scornful and disdainful gazes of the crowd, his drunken excuses seemed pathetically ridiculous.
The servant replied without looking up: "Ignorance is not an excuse for arrogance, nor is feeling unwell an excuse for unruly behavior.
We are all people who emerged from the mud, living through our own efforts, none of us owe you, Young Marquis Lin.
Yes, your father was a great hero, a mighty figure, but what has that to do with us?
Just because your father sacrificed himself, do we lower-class folks deserve to be kicked by you when you’re feeling unwell, or offer our faces to you for spitting on to vent your anger?
We’re all born of fathers and mothers. If Wan Tao’s father hadn’t passed early, would she be here serving and being insulted by you, a Young Marquis less than a beast?"
The servant’s tone was flat, but each word pierced the heart, instilling a great sense of guilt.
Lin Zheng was shaken to the core by the questioning, his two trembling hands not knowing where to place them.
The alcohol effect completely wore off, and a deep sense of guilt kept him from lifting his head. Lin Zheng wanted to get up to check the girl’s injuries.
At this moment, Ye Shu finally stepped forward, pressed down on his shoulder, and pushed him aside.
He crouched down, expressionless, took out a purple elixir pill from his bosom, and put it in the woman’s mouth.
"This is a Green Sun Pill, used to replenish blood and Qi, for spiritual nourishment and healing wounds. It can also repair recently severed veins. Consumed within an hour, it reconnects broken wounds, and with a month of therapy, one can recover."
After saying this, Ye Shu took out a large handful of silver notes and a pouch of Spirit Stones from his bosom, placing them in the woman’s hands.
He then softly said: "This is for the alcohol and as a gift of apology. Today, it was all the fault of the Young Marquis.
His drunken talk led to this shameful treatment of the lady, and it is all his fault alone.
But I hope that the lady can cherish herself, as life is precious, and not impulsively sacrifice oneself for a stranger."
Although Ye Shu’s face was gloomy and cold, perhaps because of similar origins and situations.
Each word fell into the heart of the woman, invoking a strong sense of empathy.
Her desire to die gradually faded under his persuasion. The humiliated courtesan did not continue to seek death, and taking the pill into her mouth, she indeed held onto life.
The onlookers saw that the meddling youth was quite generous, that pouch of Spirit Stones alone was enough to buy Wan Tao’s freedom for three lifetimes.
Seeing this, they realized there was no more drama to watch and ceased further accusations against Lin Zheng.
But the contempt and disdain in their eyes did not disappear.
The trouble Lin Zheng caused tonight was neither too big nor too small.
Fortunately, Ye Shu fed the Green Sun Pill in time, preventing any fatalities.
Otherwise, acting this way in Shifang City, if the night hadn’t passed, Lin Zheng would have been dragged into the Judicial Hall in Shifang City to face the trial of the three officials.
This would have left a significant stain on the future development of the Lin Family.
Ye Shu handled the matter efficiently, quickly tidying up the mess Lin Zheng caused.
He even managed to appease the manager behind the Boundless Wind and Moon Tower, preventing further difficulties for Lin Zheng.
After resolving everything, Ye Shu reached out to help the still kneeling, dazed Lin Zheng to his feet.
As soon as his hand touched his body, Lin Zheng shivered and sobered up, shaking off his hand with a look of disgust.
"Don’t touch me!"