That Fair-Faced 'Sage' {Completed}

30. The White Cat

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After a silent and uneventful night, the Ming household awoke to a tremendous scandal!

Ming QiuHe had arrived with Nanny Mo and had found his little sister weeping in a disgraceful state, on Zhao LanFeng's bed...

Zhao LanFeng was nowhere to be found, but a few minutes later, he glided down from his own roof, right to the center of the commotion.

"Young Master Zhao! I heard rumours that you were unruly, but to do something like this!" Ming QiuHe's pleasant countenance had been replaced by a severely annoyed scowl, as he verbally attacked LanFen at once.

By now, Ming QiuHua was 'sobbing' by the side, while being consoled by Nanny Mo. "Qiu *Gē Ge! Please do not draw more attention! It's my own fault for attempting to bring tea to a drunk person so late! I had to bare the ravenous advances... Young Master Zhao didn't even recognize me!"

Ming QiuHe's features softened briefly, but hardened again. "Mèi Mei! Don't shed any tears!" He ordered, then turned furious eyes to Zhao LanFeng. "We've been nothing but gracious hosts to you, and we've even shared a gourd of wine! Even when you continuously flirted with ladies, I assumed you were just young, but knew where to draw the line.

"How can you drunkenly lay hands on my sister?! A respectable Lady of this household?!"

"Ho? 'Lay hands', you say?" Far from acting repentant, one corner of LanFen's lips were lifted in an amused smile, and she fanned herself.

"Young Master Ming, allow me to ask you... If fourth Miss Ming emerged from my room, but I descended from the roof, where is the proof that I have done anything?

"Last night, after drinking the 'special' wine I was offered, I returned needing some fresh air, so I went to the roof at once, and while there, I overhead the most interesting discussion!"

Her irises shifted to Ming QiuHua, and she smirked when the girl turned red. "However, let's not derail from the issue." She continued. "I slept off on the roof, so what if some other man had entered my room and had his way with fourth Miss Ming? After all, I've been on the roof and haven't even changed from yesterday.

"If I 'drunkenly' put her in such a state, would my own robes be intact? And if you want to assume that I carefully handled my robes so I could escape blame, would a 'drunken' person think that way? Isn't something wrong with Miss Ming's story?"

The servants around began to mutter amongst themselves, unable to deny that there was a point in what Young Master Zhao was saying.

In contrast to Ming QiuHua's dishevelled appearance, Zhao LanFeng was only slightly wrinkled, and he was indeed dressed in the same clothes as the previous day.

Ming QiuHe's brows had dipped even lower.

He couldn't deny the possibility, since there was no proof, but after seeing his sister in such a state, there was no way he wouldn't listen to what she had said.

"Silence!" He barked, and the servants fell silent. "Young Master Zhao, how can you attempt to wrong my sister even further? Will she not recognise who did this to her?

"I'm sure you had already removed your outer robes before she arrived, which is why you still appear neat! There is also no proof you didn't commit the act!"

"Ha!" LanFen turned her back on them, facing a few of the servants. "Tell me, good people... If I wanted to escape responsibility and I woke up and remembered to wear my outer robes, wouldn't I just leave the manor?

"However, we are all here assuming fourth Miss Ming has been defiled..." She turned back to them. "Young Master Ming, fourth Miss Ming, please let's request for a female healer. There must be signs on Miss Ming's body, if she suffered my 'ravenous advances', right?"