Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Where Are My Clothes _1
Returning to his own villa, Lin Mengdie’s actions became increasingly bold, and at this moment, the drug’s effect had reached its peak. If Ye Ming didn’t handle it carefully, he feared he could no longer contain himself and would end up punishing her right there and then.
With no other choice, Ye Ming had to use acupuncture points to control her and finally managed to free himself from Lin Mengdie’s grasp.
He immediately sat cross-legged on the balcony, mobilized his Inner True Qi, and began to force the toxins out of his body.
Only now did Ye Ming finally realize the potency of this toxin; it must have been concocted by a master in the art of poison.
However, no matter how formidable the toxin was, it couldn’t affect Ye Ming. Not only could the True Qi inside his body regulate itself, but he also had plenty of precious herbs at his disposal to concoct Herbal Pills for detoxification.
But Ye Ming did not do that, he wanted to train himself further, forcibly using his own True Qi to expel all the toxins from his body.
It wasn’t until the next morning that Ye Ming finally opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of foul air.
After a whole night of continuous breathing exercises, the toxins had been expelled from his body and clung to his skin. Also, because he had accelerated the circulation of True Qi in his body, some impurities were similarly expelled.
After getting up, he felt much lighter, which could be considered a blessing in disguise. In fact, he even owed thanks to the Jiang Family father and son; without their poisoning, Ye Ming wouldn’t have known he had this ability.
"I should take a bath," he said, looking at the mud on his body with some distaste, quickly running into the bathroom to cleanse himself.
At this time, he also made the surprising discovery that his skin had become smoother due to his breathing exercises.
As he was quietly pleased, a sharp scream suddenly came.
The scream was piercingly shrill, causing Ye Ming to frown.
Looking carefully, it turned out that Lin Mengdie had opened her eyes in the room.
Seeing herself clad only in a bathrobe, and one that matched Ye Ming’s no less, she was instantly alarmed.
She ran out of the room in a fury and came up to Ye Ming, swinging a punch at him.
"Ye Ming, you beast, did you actually sleep with me?"
"This is outrageous, you shameless scoundrel who takes advantage of others’ misfortune, you beast worse than a beast, give me back my innocence!"
Her eyes were red with tears, her anguish and fury making her body tremble.
She remembered everything clearly from yesterday. She had been drugged by Liang Hao and nearly molested; it was Ye Ming who appeared and saved her from peril.
But who would have known that she would escape the wolf’s lair only to fall into the tiger’s den?
Now, clad only in a bathrobe, all her clothes were gone. Seeing Ye Ming in a matching robe, there was no need to say more.
Ye Ming forehead was lined with confusion, as he explained, "Aren’t you blaming the wrong person? It was me who saved you. If not for me, you would have lost your purity."
He knew that Lin Mengdie had misunderstood him. He wanted to explain, but his explanation was somewhat weak and lacked any persuasive power. Lin Mengdie wasn’t listening at all.
Lin Mengdie kept slapping Ye Ming’s body, her voice tearful as she said, "Stop explaining, you’re just a beast with a human face. You took advantage of me being framed and acted indecently towards me. Hmph, to think I have an engagement with you. Someone like you is completely unworthy; I want to break off the engagement!"
"Even if you have my body, I will never like you!"
The more Lin Mengdie spoke, the more absurd her words became, leaving Ye Ming truly helpless.
He said, "Miss Lin, listen to me, nothing happened between us! There is nothing between us."
"Moreover, if anyone’s purity was tainted, it was you who tainted mine. Last night, you were hugging and touching me all over, and I haven’t even settled that with you yet!"
"What?" Lin Mengdie’s eyes widened: "Are you kidding me? Stop dreaming; how could I possibly kiss you? How can you prove it?"
"And another thing, explain to me where my clothes went? Weren’t they taken off by you? If you sneaked around, just admit it, but you’re here arguing with me and even have the nerve to accuse me of kissing you—I despise you! Hmph!" Lin Mengdie said, puffed up with anger.
Ye Ming suppressed the resentment in his heart and calmed his tone before saying, "Miss Lin, let me remind you, yesterday you and your senior Liang Hao went to the café for coffee, and then, he drugged you with the intention of taking advantage of you. I was the one who rescued you."
"Your clothes were dirty, so they had to be changed. I had my disciple help you change them!"
Lin Mengdie furrowed her brows, looking a bit doubtful.
She had these memories in her mind; it’s just that she fell into unconsciousness after Ye Ming rescued her.
She asked tentatively, "Then why were you taking a shower and wearing a bathrobe that’s identical to mine?"
Ye Ming replied impatiently, "Miss Lin, this is my house, is it so strange that I would take a shower? Moreover, there are two identical bathrobes in my house; isn’t that a normal thing? Is it against the law?"
Lin Mengdie paused slightly, feeling that his words did seem to make some sense and she couldn’t find any reason to argue.
"Then I..."
Just at that moment, from outside the door, Lin Bingqing’s figure appeared, interrupting Lin Mengdie, "You can’t see the good in people. My master kindly saved you, and yet you suspect him of harboring ulterior motives!"
"Miss Lin, to tell you the truth, I was the one who took off your clothes. From the moment my master brought you back yesterday, he never touched you. Instead, it was you who kept cuddling up to my master, clinging to him and refusing to let go, gnawing at him wildly and even covering him with your saliva."
"If we’re talking about innocence, it was you who tarnished my master’s purity. A woman like you is simply unworthy of being my master’s wife!"
Lin Bingqing didn’t hold back her retorts, causing Lin Mengdie to hang her head in shame.
After carefully reflecting, she rushed to the bathroom to check and then hurried back out, her complexion flushed with embarrassment: "I’m sorry, I wronged you."
"I passed judgment without understanding the full truth of the situation, which was wrong of me."
Lin Mengdie lowered her head, feeling aggrieved.
She had come to know the whole story by now.
She just hadn’t expected that under those circumstances, Ye Ming hadn’t been moved by her; could it be that her charm wasn’t enough?
Seeing her silent, Lin Bingqing felt a little better inside, but still said, "Master, I think, Miss Lin is not as gentle as Miss Xu, nor as clever as Miss Xia. Apart from her appearance being passable, she has no other redeeming features. Since she keeps insisting on breaking off the engagement with you, you should seize this chance to do just that."
"After all, you don’t lack for her!"
"What?" Lin Mengdie was stunned on the spot.
Lin Bingqing’s words, meant to provoke her, hadn’t sunk in at all. She looked at Ye Ming with a shocked expression and challenged, "Ye Ming, what does she mean by ’you don’t lack for me’? Are Miss Xu and Miss Xia that she mentioned both your fiancées?"
"Um... you could say that," Ye Ming said.
Ye Ming gave Lin Bingqing a look, signaling her to stop talking nonsense.
Afterwards, Ye Ming left the room. Not long after, he returned with a piece of parchment and handed it to Lin Mengdie.
"The marriage contract is right here. You can do whatever you want with it," Ye Ming told her earnestly.
