Chapter 948: Calculating Scholar 3

In addition, because Li Fuze had mastered many skills in his previous life—and deliberately taught her various techniques after taking her innocence—the shop owner was extremely satisfied after just one night. He even gave an extra one hundred taels of silver, repeatedly praising Tang Wan as worthy of being a famed courtesan from the capital, far superior to the women in local brothels.

After the shop owner left, Li Fuze knelt before Tang Wan with a look of deep remorse, cursing himself for being inhuman and for doing something so wrong to her.

The original Tang Wan had been worried about what would happen to her reputation… but seeing him like that, her heart softened immediately, and she no longer regretted it.

After that, the two returned to Tangjia Village. With three hundred taels of silver in hand, Li Fuze was no longer short of money for the time being. He continued studying while sweet-talking and stringing Tang Wan along.

Before long, he passed the provincial examination and became a juren.

The status of a juren was already quite high in ancient times. For a while, people came to the Li household in an endless stream, all hoping to arrange marriages with him.

Seeing his success, Tang Wan was naturally overjoyed. But as she watched matchmakers visiting the Li family day after day, she couldn’t help but bring up their own marriage to Li Fuze.

However, Li Fuze told her that he wouldn’t marry until he became the top scholar, asking her to wait for him a little longer.

The original owner believed him without question, even dreaming of the day she would become the wife of the zhuangyuan.

But in truth, Li Fuze had never intended to marry her at all.

Whenever he needed money, he would take her away, find a wealthy client, and exchange her for silver.

And when he finally became the top scholar, he directly sold her to the lowest-grade brothel—afraid that she might one day expose everything he had done and ruin his reputation.

The pitiful Tang Wan, after being sold, didn’t even last a month before being tormented to death by customers drawn to her beauty.

Meanwhile, Li Fuze, now the celebrated top scholar, caught the eye of the prime minister’s daughter. He married into a powerful family, rising step by step until he became the prime minister himself, wielding authority over the entire court. He had countless confidantes, and even a princess was willing to marry him as an equal wife.

…

After sorting through the entire plot of this stallion-like world, Tang Wan let out a cold sneer.

“Hmph!”

This Li Fuze was truly despicable.

The original owner had given him her whole heart. After sacrificing her body and everything she had, she still ended up dying a miserable death.

What had she done wrong?

Was it simply because she was beautiful that she deserved to be used by a man who lacked money?

And above all, Tang Wan hated men who used PUA tactics on women the most.

She remembered that in her original world, the daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur had once been deceived into marriage by a man using such methods. In the end, she was cheated out of a large sum of money and, driven into depression, took her own life.

Compared to that man, Li Fuze was no better.

…

At that moment, the old woman in the courtyard looked up and saw Tang Wan.

Her face immediately broke into a simple, warm smile. “Wan Wan, you’re here? Come in and sit.”

This old woman was Li Fuze’s mother.

The reason she often took care of Tang Wan wasn’t just out of neighborly kindness. More importantly, she wanted Tang Wan to become her daughter-in-law.

For one, Tang Wan was exceptionally beautiful—there wasn’t another girl in the area who could compare to her.

For another, Tang Wan had no parents or relatives. If she married into the Li family, they wouldn’t need to spend a single coin on a bride price. It would be like gaining a beautiful wife for free.

So after Tang Wan’s parents passed away, seeing her grow closer to Li Fuze, Mother Li had quietly begun treating her as her future daughter-in-law, taking extra care of her ever since.