At the same time, Prime Minister Shen cast a shadowy glance over: "Oh, is there such a matter?"

The seemingly plain tone contained immense surging waves.

Cold sweat trickled down Qin Yin’s back as he feigned calmness to explain: "No, I was just joking with Miss Ye."

He felt his good days were coming to an end.

Miss Ye, please, just don’t say anymore. I’ll apologize to you properly in private, alright...

However, Miss Ye’s explosive temper couldn’t be contained anymore, and she started shouting: "Pah, Shen Chen, why do you need to be so insincere here? At that time, you were so impatient with me, you probably forgot that it was you who had your mother propose to me, and it was you who broke off the engagement. Do you know how much of my gentleness you destroyed with your cold demeanor?"

"And you were fierce to my maid right in front of me. Did you ever give me any face? Not only that, you used dealing with cases as an excuse to make me visit your mansion less. Pah, even if you ask me to go in the future, I won’t go. What do you have to be so proud of?"

"My father is also a First Grade Chief of Staff, my mother is one of the top ten wealthy merchants in Capital City, and my sister is a Princess. You’re not worthy of me, you never will be."

The delicate voice hid hysteria, shouting out her grievances.

Feeling unsatisfied, Ye Zhi stepped forward again and gave Shen Chen a slap, "Smack!" It was very loud.

This was the second slap.

The investigating officers knew that Prime Minister Shen had offered fifty thousand taels of gold to find this delicate lady. Yet, unexpectedly, he suffered two slaps. Just listening to the sound was painful, yet the Prime Minister had no reaction, was he perhaps struck dumb?

Many of the officers present had followed Shen Chen into battle before, wielding the Flood Dragon Chengque Sword, slashing through with an invincible force, single-handedly eliminating the rebellious Li Shu’s two thousand men. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

But now, he just stood there taking the hits...

Next, something even stranger happened!

Shen Chen had a pair of brown eyes like amber, seemingly able to draw people into the vortex of his gaze. He spoke softly: "I know, I was never worthy of you. You were never meant for me. It was because I insisted on marrying you from your mother that we had this engagement. I deserve to die; I was indeed cold to you during that time. If you have grievances in your heart, hit me, I will not fight back."

After speaking, he closed his eyes and stood still.

In a posture ready to be beaten or scolded at will!

Seeing Miss Ye raise her hand to strike again, Guo Hao hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "Miss Ye, ever since you left, Senior Brother Shen has not slept well and has looked increasingly haggard every night. Please, don’t strike him anymore."

Ling Que also stepped forward to persuade, speaking in a cold tone: "You can talk things over nicely."

Peng Ran also chimed in: "Yes, don’t misunderstand Senior Brother Shen. Moreover, a woman should be more gentle. You’re beating him in front of so many people, giving him no face at all."

Qin Yin, standing nearby, stepped forward intending to persuade, but was frightened into retreat by Miss Ye’s meaningful warning: "Hmm?"

He too was a trigger for Miss Ye’s outburst; it’s better to stay silent...

The late winter night’s breeze blew through the backyard of the Bright Moon Inn, and a few leaves on the trees swayed slightly~

The crescent moon above had somehow hidden itself~

The dispute continued!

Ye Zhi had mostly vented her anger, unable to keep hitting, but her imposing manner was not conceding, shouting: "He let me hit him, why don’t you persuade him? Why persuade me? One willing to hit, one willing to be hit. He said he wanted to marry me, and he was the one who wanted to break the engagement."

She made a gesture to raise her hand to strike again.

Shen Chen closed his eyes, ready to silently endure it.

Guo Hao quickly defended Senior Brother Shen: "That was because someone placed a Gu, it wasn’t truly about breaking the engagement."