666 Can't you trust me?
Miaoran was reading the book that Feng Lao had given her when she heard a knock on the door. She lifted her head and saw the female servant before her. "A man is asking about Miss Miaoran," the servant informed her.
"Who?" Miaoran asked.
"The man has refused to tell the name, and is creating chaos outside," the servant replied. Miaoran got worried when he heard that. She was the only person in the residence and she had no idea how she would tackle the situation. Miaoran put the book on the table and walked out with the female servant.
As soon as Miaoran stepped outside the residence, her eyes widened to see the person before him.
"Chen Xiao!" She exclaimed and looked at the people, who were a few meters away from their house.
"I have nothing to do with you," Miaoran told Chen Xiao and asked him to leave. She took a step back to go inside when she heard him say,
"Miaoran, do you want me to tell people how you are living with an unknown man? Follow me quietly if you do not want it to happen," Chen Xiao told her.
"I have nothing to do with you, Chen Xiao," Miaoran asserted.
"Listen! Everyone here!" Chen Xiao loudly said and extended his arms out. "The woman in front of me used to be my wife, but she decided to ditch me with another man and now is living with him in this residence," he pronounced with an evil smirk on his face.
The guards asked Chen Xiao to leave, but the two guards who belonged to the Chen Family stepped up and asked them to shut up. Miaoran was a bit scared because of the way Chen Xiao threatened her. She looked at the people, who had come forward.
"Xu Zifan is already married. Are you talking about Feng Lao?" An old lady asked Chen Xiao.
"Yes, he is the one who forced my wife to get separated from me. Tell them, Miaoran, how you enchanted a man when you were married and started living with him," Chen Xiao left no ground to humiliate her dignity.
The neighborhood ladies had gathered now. They carried accusing gazes toward Miaoran.
"Miss Miaoran should go inside," the guard said. However, she was unable to hear anything. She felt shortness of breath because of the fear. The female servant held Miaoran's arm gently and took her inside the residence. The guards asked the people to leave and at the same time, told Chen Xiao to leave.
"I will come every single day, Miaoran," Chen Xiao loudly said and walked away with his guards.
Miaoran drank the water and sat on the chair. She did not expect Chen Xiao would keep pestering her this way. Those accusing gazes of people at her had made her more nervous. The servant left the room after a while as she knew Miaoran needed some alone time.
"Feng Lao's name has been dragged in all this," she murmured. After thinking for over half an hour, she decided to leave the residence. She stood up and packed two pairs of clothes for her. She decided to get out of the window instead of the main door and opened it.
The cool night breeze blew and she inhaled deeply. She lifted her leg when the door opened and Feng Lao's voice fell in her ears.
She quickly turned to face him and the sheet inside which she had put the two pairs of clothes for her fell to the wooden floor.
"Feng Lao!" She swiftly picked that up and put it behind her back.
"Were you running away?" Feng Lao asked with a frown.
"Ah, I-I was..." Miaoran was unable to speak. She lowered her head and apologized to him. "I do not want Chen Xiao to create problems for you, Brother Xu Zifan, and Sister Jingfei," she said and looked at me with teary eyes.
"And you decided to run away?" Feng Lao arched his brow with inquisitiveness.
"Can't you trust me?" Feng Lao questioned her. "You are not supposed to leave just because that pathetic man is leaving wrong remarks about us!" He raised his voice at her.
"Forgive me, Feng Lao," Miaoran said and tears rolled over her cheeks. She quickly wiped them. "You all have done so much for me, a-and I do not want any wrong things to spread about you all, especially you, among the people," she explained the reason why she decided to run away.
Feng Lao walked up to her and lifted her chin. "You should have waited for me to discuss all this with me. What if you had fallen into wrong hands?" He wiped his tears using his thumb. "You do not need to run away. I will make Chen Xiao run for his life," he promised Miaoran and let go of her chin. He placed his hands on his shoulders and patted them.
"What will you do? Don't beat him up. He may try to harm you," Miaoran said.
"That's up to me to decide," Feng Lao asserted. "I will not let him go this time easily. He pointed a finger on your character, knowing how pious you are. So, he must get punished severely so that his upcoming generation will also remember it," he proclaimed.
"I fear the people. What if people talk about you? I do not want this to happen, Feng Lao. You do not need to do this for me," Miaoran opined.
"I would have done it for any woman. It is not about you. It is about a woman, whose pathetic former husband cannot see her happiness. He loves to humiliate others. He made you cry and almost succeeded in making you run away from here," Feng Lao stated.
Miaoran was out of words to describe Feng Lao's noble attitude toward women. "Feng Lao, thank you," she could only express her gratitude.
"You do not need to thank me everytime," Feng Lao said and he caressed her hair.
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