Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 25

The door creaked open, and the manager slipped inside.

In the house.

Lu Yuchen had a thick white bandage wrapped around his head. He was sitting on the kang, leaning against a pillow while reading a book. Hearing the noise outside, he put down the book and got up.

Just as he stepped out of the courtyard, the manager approached him. “What’s going on?”

Knowing how much his madam relied on this young master, the manager didn’t hold back. As he walked, he said, “The young master from the Lu family has come to our inn!”

Lu Yuchen froze.

Just as the manager said this, he stepped into the outer room.

Inside, there was a crash as a tea cup fell to the floor, followed by a figure rushing out, “What?”

Jiang Pan’er stood at the inner doorway, clutching the door frame. Her bright clothes couldn’t hide her current panic. The terror in her eyes made Lu Yuchen frown.

With a stern face, Lu Yuchen entered the room and sat down on a chair, “What exactly is going on?”

Lu Yuchen’s sister, Lu Yuexi, had been chatting with their mother on the kang. When someone arrived, she immediately got up and left.

Jiang Pan’er sat across the table from Lu Yuchen, her breath unsteady.

The manager then recounted everything that had happened that evening.

“Why would he come here suddenly? Could he have found something out? What should we do?” Jiang Pan’er, completely at a loss, twisted the handkerchief in her hands.

Lu Yuchen looked at his mother with disdain.

Look at Madam Qiao and then at his mother. Why was the difference so vast?

If only he were born to Madam Qiao…

He clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, startling Jiang Pan’er, “Achen, what are you doing!”

Lu Yuchen said, “What’s there to panic about? So what if he’s here? We’re running a business. Are we supposed to choose our guests?

Lu Tang is just a pampered fool who knows nothing of the world. Even if he found something, so what?

Without concrete evidence, even if he saw us moving things from the Qiao Family Inn, we could still argue it was temporary borrowing!

As long as our story matches with the Qiao Family Inn, Lu Tang and his mother can do nothing even if they’re furious!”

Jiang Pan’er’s previously anxious heart immediately calmed down. “You’re right, Achen. There’s nothing to worry about. At worst, we still have your father! As long as he’s around, what can Madam Qiao do? Let them make a fuss if they want. It’ll just make her angrier.”

Lu Yuchen despised his mother’s demeanor but secretly hoped Madam Qiao would be enraged to death.

That would solve many problems once and for all.

Hearing this, the manager also felt at ease and breathed a sigh of relief, “So, about the inn…”

Jiang Pan’er, no longer flustered, now had a sinister look in her eyes, “Lu Tang dared to hurt my Achen and should face the consequences!

He’s pretending to be some young master from the capital, right? We’ll act as if we don’t know him. Tomorrow, when he leaves, we’ll follow him and find a secluded place…”

Jiang Pan’er initially planned to have Lu Tang beaten severely.

If killing weren’t illegal, she’d prefer to have him beaten to death.

But then she had another idea, “Didn’t Gu Changming get framed and sent to a brothel recently? Tonight, once everyone is asleep, use some knockout incense on him for half an hour, then throw him into the lowest brothel! The lowest brothel!”

The manager was shocked and looked at Lu Yuchen, seeing no objection, he replied, “The lowest brothel, but the women there…”

Before he finished, the manager understood her intention.

Not only did she want to ruin Lu Tang’s reputation, but she also intended for him to contract a venereal disease!

Knowing the relationship between this woman and Lu Deren, the manager didn’t argue, nodding in agreement.

On the third floor of Chunxi Inn, Lu Tang laughed and said to Liang Cheng, “Isn’t it better if they recognize me?”

Liang Cheng truly thought his Brother Tang had gone mad, “If they recognize you, they’ll definitely try to harm you!”

Lu Tang replied, “Good, I want them to harm me!”

Seeing Liang Cheng’s bewildered look, Lu Tang smiled, “Where do you think Yuan Bao is?”

Only then did Liang Cheng realize that his servant and Lu Tang’s servant hadn’t followed them upstairs. Originally, both had gone with the inn’s porter to take the horses to the backyard. Why hadn’t they come up after all this time?

Lu Tang, with a confident smile, said, “We have a wall-climbing race at midnight. If someone tries to harm us, how can our room be empty?

I sent Yuan Bao to keep an eye on Lu Yuchen.

When it gets late and quiet, let Lu Yuchen take my place. How about that?”

Earlier in the afternoon, while checking out Lu Yuchen’s place, Liang Cheng’s servant had followed them closely and knew exactly where Lu Yuchen lived.

Liang Cheng’s eyes lit up. He punched Lu Tang on the shoulder, “Damn, Brother Tang, you’re a genius! When did you think of this? You didn’t tell me, had me worried for nothing!”

Lu Tang rolled his eyes, “With your brain, what could you figure out!”

Liang Cheng laughed, “I know how to protect you.”

Next door, Qin Mo and Song Qingzhan felt like they couldn’t stand listening any longer. The way Young Master Lu and his friend talked was odd.

As the summer night deepened, those who needed to sleep had entered their dreams, while the restless were troubled with their thoughts.

To avoid giving Chunxi Inn’s people any chances, Lu Tang and Liang Cheng kept their lamps lit, chatting nonsense until almost midnight. Then, from under the street-facing window, they heard three owl calls.

Liang Cheng sprang up from his chair, “They’re here!”

He dashed to the window, which had been open all along, and looked down to see Yuan Bao with a sack over his shoulder, looking up.

Liang Cheng gestured, and Yuan Bao, tiptoeing, swiftly climbed up.

He dropped the sack on the floor and whispered, “Lu Yuchen wouldn’t sleep, so we had to knock him out with some incense.”

Liang Cheng asked, “How did you get that stuff?”

Yuan Bao laughed, “Traveling, you need to be prepared. I’ve got more than knockout incense. I also have stamina powder. Need it?”

Liang Cheng glanced at the unconscious Lu Yuchen poking out of the sack, “He’s already out cold. Would it even work?”

Lu Tang directed Yuan Bao to put Lu Yuchen on the bed and cover him with a blanket. “Who knows? Maybe we should try. Knowledge comes from practice.”

Meanwhile, in Liang Cheng’s empty room, his servant had brought up a porter from the Qiao Family Inn. After dropping him on the floor, he knocked lightly on the wall.

Hearing the signal, Liang Cheng stretched and loudly said, “Enough chatting, we’re going out tomorrow. I’m going to sleep!”

“Sleep well, I’m tired too!”

With a creak, Liang Cheng stepped out of Lu Tang’s room and, with another creak, went back to his own room.

Lights out.