Chapter 995: Calculating Scholar 50

Seeing Li Fuze’s wife being slapped until her cheeks swelled high, the fat on Boss Liu’s face trembled.

He hurriedly dropped to his knees with a thud. “Madam, I was wrong! Please spare me! I swear, I never dared to fool around behind your back. This time she really seduced me—I just couldn’t control myself for a moment!”

Madam Liu sneered coldly. “I heard you even produced an illegitimate child behind my back. And you still dare say you didn’t cheat?”

Then she turned to the servant beside her. “Go. Find that bastard for me.”

“Yes, Madam!”

At that moment, Li Fuze—who had been trying to slip away—was immediately seized by the Liu family servants.

When Madam Liu saw the young man, her anger surged even higher. “Good! Very good! You dare to give me such a big illegitimate child? You think you’re worthy of me? I’ll beat you to death!”

Boss Liu was stunned, then quickly explained, “Madam, you’ve misunderstood! He’s not my son—he’s a pimp! He introduced that woman to me!”

Madam Liu paused. “Really?”

“It’s true!” Boss Liu said hastily.

At that moment, the girl—her face red and swollen—suddenly rushed toward Li Fuze.

“Xiang Gong! She hit me… wuwu…”

Both Boss Liu and Madam Liu were taken aback.

“You’re his wife?” Madam Liu stared at her sharply.

Terrified of being struck again, the girl nodded frantically. “Yes! He’s the one who told me to stay with Boss Liu for the night! I’m not some woman he keeps outside! Xiang Gong, explain it to them!”

But Li Fuze’s expression had already turned extremely ugly.

This was bad.

Everything—his reputation, his plans—would be ruined.

Although he had married this woman in name, she was never meant to be anything more than a tool. If this scandal spread, how could he continue his path in the future?

After a brief pause, he said coldly, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

The girl froze.

In the next moment, she grabbed his arm desperately, her voice breaking with madness and disbelief.

“What did you say? You clearly told me you needed money for the imperial exam! You asked me to accompany Boss Liu for one night so you could afford your studies! You even promised you wouldn’t despise me for it! And now—you say you don’t know me?!”

Her words left everyone present stunned.

Even Boss Liu, who was no stranger to shady dealings, was shocked by Li Fuze’s shamelessness.

He had dealt with many women before—but never one openly sent by her own husband.

For a moment, Boss Liu hurriedly turned to Madam Liu.

“See, Madam? He’s the one who arranged everything! I’ve always been loyal to you—how could I suddenly do something like this? This man would even sell his own wife. What wouldn’t he do?”

Madam Liu narrowed her eyes, then slowly nodded.

Her gaze shifted to the girl, now filled with a trace of pity.

To have married such a man… truly unfortunate.