Chapter 790: The Disabled Young Master 2

If this plot were set in modern times, someone like Li Shuai would absolutely be sentenced to prison once he was discovered.

Unfortunately, he was the male lead of this world, so naturally, things were different.

Just as Chu Pan'er was becoming lovesick over Li Shuai, Li Shuai knew that it was time to officially meet Chu Pan'er.

So, he pretended to run into Chu Pan'er by chance at the Chu residence, then put on an astonished expression and exclaimed, "Meng Gu!"

That's right. After drugging Chu Pan'er with the trance-inducing incense, Li Shuai had called her "Meng Gu," so that Chu Pan'er would believe that he didn't know her and that he was meeting her in a dream as well.

As soon as Chu Pan'er heard Li Shuai say this, she knew that he was her Dream郎!

She immediately sent the original Tang Wan away, then excitedly confirmed his identity with Li Shuai.

Once their identities were confirmed, Li Shuai immediately said that he wanted to see her that night.

How could Chu Pan'er possibly refuse?

However, once night fell, the older maidservants would lock the door below her room, so there was no way for Li Shuai to get inside.

When Li Shuai heard this, he immediately pretended to rack his brains for a solution and suggested that Chu Pan'er drug the original Tang Wan unconscious. Then, that night, she could personally lower a rope for him so that he could climb up.

Chu Pan'er immediately agreed.

And tonight was precisely the night Chu Pan'er used the medicine Li Shuai had given her to drug Tang Wan unconscious and personally lowered the rope for her lover.

……

Li Shuai had climbed ropes countless times, so he was already thoroughly familiar with it.

Before long, he reached the second floor with the agility of a monkey, scrambling upward in a few quick movements.

Chu Pan'er was naturally both excited and shy at meeting the lover from her dreams in real life.

And afraid that he might reveal himself, Li Shuai also pretended as though they had only just met. He spoke falsely of the various things that had happened in their dreams, making Chu Pan'er increasingly convinced that he was the very man she had fallen for.

……

Only after the two had left did Tang Wan sit up from the cold floor, twitching the corner of her mouth speechlessly.

So much for saying that ancient noble ladies were all supposed to be restrained and proper!

It seemed that the young lady in her household was no ordinary person!

Li Shuai was truly something else too. He had actually managed to win over the daughter of a prestigious family.

But when Tang Wan thought of the villain He Jiantong, the one who would "beat the mandarin ducks apart," she became troubled again.

Because in the original storyline, the villain He Jiantong was precisely Chu Pan'er's fiancé.

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The He and Chu families had been family friends in the early years. So after He Jiantong and Chu Pan'er were born, the two families had exchanged their marriage documents and arranged a betrothal between the children.

Later, the He family went to the capital to develop their business, and the two families gradually became more distant.

But the marriage arrangement still existed.

No one could have expected that when He Jiantong's parents brought him to the Chu family to formally discuss the marriage, they would encounter bandits.

He Jiantong's parents were killed on the spot, while He Jiantong had both legs broken by the bandits, turning him into an invalid from then on.

After becoming disabled in both legs, He Jiantong's temperament also became unpredictable. But he had reached marriageable age, after all, and it was time for him to marry, so he still came to the Chu family to propose.

However, once he arrived at the Chu residence, Master Chu took one look at He Jiantong's legs and became unwilling to marry Chu Pan'er to him.

And Chu Pan'er already had someone she loved, so she was even less willing to marry He Jiantong.

In her panic and confusion, she discussed what to do with Li Shuai. After thinking it over, Li Shuai ultimately decided to elope with her.

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When He Jiantong learned that Chu Pan'er had eloped with another man, his expression immediately darkened.

When he thought about how his parents had lost their lives because they had been so eager to bring such a daughter-in-law into their family, he couldn't help being filled with hatred.