A Beautiful Duchess with a Dark Heart – Chapter 32

Chapter 32: The Male Lead Gets Dumped

A light blush spread across Qi Wulang’s handsome face, his eyes blinking rapidly. Unlike his usual serious and aloof demeanor, he unconsciously displayed a hint of tenderness.

Lady Qi, seeing this, felt a surge of jealousy. For a moment, she felt utterly bored with life.

She silently fumed: Hmph! This is your “depth”? Utterly unreliable! You spoke so eloquently to me, but look at your own lack of progress!

The Qi family is full of fools, all “hopeless romantics,” not a single one of them is reliable!!!

Qi Wulang saw his mother’s lips moving but couldn’t hear what she was saying. After a while, she still didn’t call Zhang Cai in. “Let them in!” he ordered, preempting her.

Lady Qi’s anger flared even more. In the entire Qi family, she had only this one confidant, and before she could even rely on him, someone else was going to snatch him away?!

A couple dressed in very presentable clothes, looking like servants, hurried in. Seeing… Wulang was also there! Their faces turned even paler. They exchanged a glance, lowered their heads, and kowtowed. “Madam, Fifth Young Master, we have returned!”

Lady Qi looked at them with a gloomy expression, feeling extreme disgust for what they were about to say. After a moment, she coldly said, “Rise.”

Zhang Cai and his wife stood up, exchanged another glance, and remained silent with their heads bowed.

This made Lady Qi curious. “What’s wrong?!”

Their faces look like someone died!

Zhang Cai and his wife looked at Qi Wulang, their faces flushed red, wanting to speak but hesitating.

Despite his beautiful appearance and young age, Qi Wulang was intelligent. Sensing something was amiss, his expression turned serious.

Lady Qi, however, said impatiently, “What is it?! Speak quickly!”

Zhang Cai’s wife gritted her teeth. “Madam, we went to the Qin family, and guess what? The Qin family has already arranged a marriage for Miss Qin!”

“What are you saying…” Lady Qi frowned, not quite understanding.

The woman said even more resentfully, “The Qin family has already arranged a marriage for Miss Qin!”

Qi Wulang blinked his beautiful eyes, looking at his mother, then at Zhang Cai and his wife… he didn’t understand either.

“You mean Qin Lianyue is engaged?” Lady Qi asked subconsciously.

Zhang Cai replied, “Yes. Madam, Fifth Young Master, Miss Qin Lianyue is engaged, the engagement is finalized! The Qin family is decorated with lanterns and colorful banners! She is engaged to… Jiang Chuan, the second son of the Duke of Jingguo in the capital.”

Jiang Chuan?

I know him!

Qi Wulang was confused. After a moment of silence, he murmured, “How is this possible? Are you sure you’re talking about Cousin Lianyue? Not another daughter of the Qin family?”

Zhang Cai’s wife looked at him awkwardly. “Fifth Young Master, we saw Madam Qin. She personally told us, very clearly…”

“Du Liu’er! You bitch!” Lady Qi slammed her hand on the armrest, her bracelets clanging. Ignoring the noise, she started cursing.

Qi Wulang looked at his mother blankly, his originally jade-white face turning even paler…

“Hah! She’s been a piece of trash since she was little! After she had children, I thought she had changed! But truly, a leopard can’t change its spots! That Qin Lianyue, that little yellow-haired girl, if it weren’t for Du Liu’er taking care of you all these years, how could I possibly agree to you marrying her?!”

Qi Wulang remained silent, his lips pursed.

Lady Qi cursed for a while, but she still couldn’t quite believe it. She asked again, “How could this be? All these years, we haven’t stopped communicating with her, including the idea of coming back this time to finalize the engagement, it was her idea… We discussed it perfectly, how could there be such a sudden change?!”

Zhang Cai said, “Madam, I inquired a little. They say that Second Young Master Jiang came to the Qin family academy before the New Year and studied for a month. He only went back during the New Year. He must have… met Miss Qin, right?! There was no news after he went back, but just a few days ago, the Jiang family suddenly sent someone to propose marriage. The Qin family didn’t hesitate at all and immediately agreed!”

“Then…” This was all too surreal. Lady Qi still couldn’t believe it. Could it be that Du Liu’er’s parents-in-law valued the Duke of Jingguo’s family status and forced Du Liu’er?

“Then… what did Du Liu’er tell you?”

Zhang Cai said, “Madam Qin was very polite and asked a lot about your return. Then, with a big smile on her face, she mentioned Miss Qin’s marriage. As for our previous verbal agreement, she didn’t mention it at all!”

Zhang Cai’s wife added, “Madam, this is no small matter. We didn’t know what your plans were, so we didn’t dare say much and came back first…”

Lady Qi was truly stunned…

She had left her parents-in-law and granddaughter behind, ignoring them for more than half a year, and even caused a big fuss over renovating the house and tombs… The main purpose was to hide it from the Qi family and finalize the engagement between Wulang and Qin Lianyue.

Although she felt that the Qin family and Qin Lianyue were not worthy of her precious son. But… Du Liu’er was very fond of Wulang. During the years he studied at the Qin family academy, she treated him even better than her own son!

Therefore, she really hadn’t considered breaking this verbal engagement.

Unexpectedly, she was tricked by that bitch Du Liu’er. This… what should she do?! Thinking of Old Madam Qi’s schemes already targeting Wulang’s marriage, Lady Qi broke out in a cold sweat… Could it be that Wulang would also fall into her hands?

Qi Wulang sat silently for a while, then asked softly, “…Did you see Cousin Lianyue?”

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“Didn’t see her…… Said that, Guangyuan Trading Company has new fabrics, she, she went to choose her dowry!” Zhang Cai’s wife replied.

Actually, Zhang Cai’s wife had found out that Miss Qin was at home, but she didn’t see them. This sentence “Miss Qin went to choose her dowry” was fabricated by her.

Qi Wulang started living at the Qin family residence and learning from Miss Qin’s great-grandfather at the Qin Family Academy when he was seven years old. The Zhang Cai couple were sent by Madam Qi to serve Wulang.

Zhang Cai’s wife had seen this Miss Qin before!

She had a delicate and charming appearance, and she looked fragile. Especially her eyes, they were so pure and innocent that everyone felt sorry for her. She seemed clueless, always needing others to help her, take care of her, and make decisions for her.

But in private, she was extremely calculating.

Madam Qin and her daughter wholeheartedly wanted Wulang to be her son-in-law, so they had been keeping him close since he was a child. Other girls couldn’t get close to Wulang at all.

Oh, that Qin Lianyue, she was very good at it since she was little……

It’s hard to say how she did it, but Wulang was hooked! He was convinced that his future wife would be her……

And Qin Lianyue, every now and then, she would throw a tantrum, her eyes brimming with tears, looking as if she was about to cry…… Oh, that seductive look!

Although Wulang was intelligent, he was just a young boy, what had he seen? Every time this happened, he would foolishly not know what to do…… Just silently following behind her.

Madam was sympathetic to Fifth Master leaving home at a young age and living under someone else’s roof. Afraid that he would be wronged, she was very generous with money!

However, most of that money ended up with this Miss Qin.

Jewelry, fabrics, trinkets, a high-quality guqin, even antique vases were bought…… How old was Wulang at that time!? He knew to save his own expenses and spend it all on Miss Qin!

Zhang Cai’s wife saw it all and felt pain in her heart. She had advised him many times, but in the end, Qin Lianyue found out and somehow instigated Wulang, who not only refused to listen but also got angry at her!

Therefore, this time when Qin Lianyue changed her mind and married someone else, although Zhang Cai and his wife were angry on the surface, they were actually overjoyed!

Our Wulang is so outstanding, anyone would be better than her!

Qi Wulang was still in a daze. He had known Qin Lianyue since he was seven years old, they were pure childhood sweethearts. Even though he finished his studies and returned to the capital two years ago, they had never stopped exchanging letters and gifts of all kinds.

This time, his mother went back against all odds just to arrange an engagement for him and her!

But how did it become like this now?

He really couldn’t accept it!

Still young, he couldn’t hold back anymore, he abruptly stood up, “I’m going to ask her!”

Madam Qi had just heard the news, she was angry, resentful, and anxious, wishing she could rush to the Qin family immediately and grab Du Liu’er by the collar and scold her: Who was the shameless one who chased after him in the first place?!

But seeing her son so impulsive, she quickly said: “You’re not allowed to go! Stop right there……”

Qi Wulang didn’t listen and continued walking out.

Madam Qi hurriedly shouted: “Quickly stop him……”

But Qi Wulang had excelled in his studies since he was young and hadn’t neglected his martial arts, who could stop him?

Seeing that agile figure quickly approaching the courtyard gate, “Fifth Brother! Where are you going! Take Yuanyuan with you……” A five or six-year-old little girl wearing a green gauze cloak was entering the courtyard gate, when she saw him, she quickly grabbed his clothes……

Qi Wulang could shake off his mother’s servants, but he couldn’t shake off this little cousin.

Finally, Madam Qi caught up……

That’s right, the male protagonist originally had someone he loved, and he got dumped.

However, this woman will come back to cause trouble……

Having read web novels for seven years and countless works, when I started writing myself, I tried hard to tell stories that wouldn’t reveal the ending from the beginning.

But I have the ambition, but not the writing skills.

The outline of this story is already in place, but for some reason, I’ve lost my enthusiasm…… If any friends like it, I will try my best to finish it.

Thank you for your company, friends.