"Zhang Tong, he said he wasn’t feeling well, help him relax his muscles."

He has the energy to talk, so he hasn’t been beaten enough.

Zhang Tong replied affirmatively and started to punch and kick the pale-faced Bai Yuechen again, leaving him barely alive, lying on the ground, breathing heavily.

At that moment, Chu Meng arrived.

She stared at the lump on the ground in shock, "Chunchun, isn’t this Bai Yuechen? Why did you let someone beat him up? Don’t you like him? Oh my, I..."

Feigning panic as if she had misspoken, she hurriedly explained, "Chunchun, I spoke too fast, I... I didn’t mean it that way... Please believe me..."

Yuan Chun nodded with a smile, "Mengmeng, I understand, I know you were just speaking nonsense impulsively."

"But if you hadn’t said it was Bai Yuechen, I wouldn’t have recognized him. I haven’t seen him in years, I didn’t expect him to fall so far."

"I don’t fancy him. Compared to my family Chang Feng, he doesn’t even deserve to carry his shoes. My family Chang Feng could defeat him with just a finger. Such a weakling, I don’t fancy him. I prefer my strong, charming, dashing Vice Marshal Ling."

She then turned to Zhang Tong, "Zhang Tong, this is Bai Yuechen, the former eldest young master of the Haidu Ruilingxiang Bai Family. Our families were close for generations, but I haven’t seen him in years. When he suddenly appeared before me, I couldn’t even recognize him."

"Mengmeng has sharp eyes. Bai Yuechen has been beaten into a pulp, yet she could recognize him in one glance. Mengmeng, do you secretly have a crush on Bai Yuechen?"

With a few words, she placed a big label on her romantic rival.

Chu Meng felt truly unlucky.

She had gone through a lot to orchestrate the meeting between Bai Yuechen and Gong Yuanchun, not expecting Gong Yuanchun to react like this.

Could it be that Gong Yuanchun really doesn’t like Bai Yuechen anymore?

Has Gong Yuanchun fallen for Ling Changfeng?

How is that possible? A month ago, Gong Yuanchun was still melancholic, privately telling her she didn’t like Ling Changfeng, saying Ling Changfeng was too cold and doesn’t know how to please people.

Her heart was still with Bai Yuechen.

Now that Bai Yuechen is back and standing in front of her, shouldn’t she be excitedly rushing over to hold Bai Yuechen?

Why is it so different from what she imagined?

Chu Meng said with a bitter smile, "I’m not familiar with Bai Yuechen, I don’t like him. The only reason I know him is because you used to... Okay, I won’t say it anymore. What happened in the past is over. Now you have Vice Marshal Ling, and shouldn’t be thinking about... um... my words are a bit unruly today, Chunchun, I better leave."

She tried to escape by leaving a bunch of vague statements behind.

Intent on damaging Yuan Chun’s reputation.

Yuan Chun couldn’t let her leave.

Yuan Chun said, "Mengmeng, aren’t you going to accompany me to the Hundred Flavors House for dinner? I’m quite hungry right now."

"Fine, fine."

Chu Meng pouted, reluctantly staying behind.

Yuan Chun kindly invited Bai Yuechen as well, "Bai Yuechen, after all we grew up as childhood friends, and we haven’t seen each other in a long time, let’s get together at the Hundred Flavors House."

Bai Yuechen’s eyes lit up, "Chunchun, you..."

"If you want to go, then let’s go."

Yuan Chun was uninterested in hearing a jerk ramble on.

Nonetheless, she kindly instructed Zhang Tong to take Bai Yuechen to a nearby clinic for medicine before sending him to the Hundred Flavors House.

The three ordered a private room, ordering a few signature dishes, and a bottle of white wine. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Yuan Chun directed the restaurant staff to fill three glasses with wine, then she raised her glass and said, "Mengmeng, Bai Yuechen, I haven’t drunk in a long time. Today, accompany me to drink a little."

Chu Meng and Bai Yuechen exchanged a secret glance, with a hint of a smile, simultaneously raising their glasses and downing it all at once.

"Chunchun, then I’ll accompany you to drink, to your heart’s content," Chu Meng said with a smile.

Bai Yuechen dared not say anything further, merely burying his head in drinking and eating, fearing that if he said anything about love, Gong Yuanchun would kick him out of the private room.