Chapter 998: Chapter 998: Deservedly Impoverished and Down-and-Out
“Serves you right to be miserable and broke your whole life! Fei Hua marrying you must’ve been an eight-generation streak of bad luck. Are you even fit to call yourself human? You might as well go die already, Feng Zhan! You’re the most disgusting and shaless scumbag I’ve ever t!”
i Hua didn’t care if they were out in public; she opened her mouth and started shouting at the deadbeat without hesitation.
Fei Hua tried to smooth things over awkwardly, “Alright, alright. If you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. I’ve accepted it, I really have.”
The neighbors nearby couldn’t help but chi in, “Aye, fights on the bedhead and reconciliation on the bed foot—only husbands and wives know their own business. Madam i Hua, just leave it alone.”
“That’s right. I’ve noticed they’ve been arguing less these days. Even the pots and pans aren’t being thrown as much.”
The onlookers were full of half-hearted advice.
The neighbors’ attempts to diate only fueled i Hua’s anger further. She kept going off in a barrage of insults.
Even the guards nearby were covering their mouths, chuckling as they watched the show.
At this point, Bai Junjun realized it was hopeless trying to sneak off with the Fox to the Lower Right District and had no choice but to signal him, “Uh, you go on ahead outside—I’ll handle things here.”
“Feng Zhan,” under Fei Hua’s instructions, slunk away in defeat. anwhile, Fei Hua tugged at i Hua, saying, “Alright, let’s not waste ti on that unlucky guy anymore. Let’s go check on business instead.”
“You! Have you been knocked stupid? You’re still siding with him!” i Hua couldn’t believe it and started scolding Fei Hua again before finally dispersing the crowd and dragging Bai Junjun toward the Right Lower District.
The guards from both districts were keenly watching the chaotic scene, so when i Hua and Fei Hua approached the Lower Right District, the guards didn’t even bother checking their papers. Instead, they teased them with jokes.
“Lady Fei Hua must have turned over a new leaf recently. Normally, if Scholar Feng dared to say those kinds of things, you’d have already gotten physical.”
“Exactly! Just now you kept saying ‘Let it go,’ and we were genuinely surprised.”
Bai Junjun laughed awkwardly along, “Heh, it’s just that these couple of days my hands are sore from all the fighting—taking a break for now.”
Everyone burst into loud laughter at his comnt.
Fei Hua was famously beautiful but had an equally fiery temperant.
It was clear that being her patron was fine, but being her husband was pure misery.
Feng Zhan truly had it tough!
Still, no one said this outright; they rely encouraged i Hua and Fei Hua to hurry on to the Lower Right District.
As for what they’d be doing there, everyone’s heart knew the answer.
Although the Ninth Prince had banned brothels and courtesan houses in Biluo City for easier managent, Biluo had always been a place of debauchery and indulgence. Taking away the Old rchant Masters’ places of leisure wasn’t going to fly.
So where there’s policy, there’s counterstrategy. Many had secretly started brokering connections and facilitating illicit dealings for the Old rchant Masters.
i Hua and Fei Hua were among those engaged in such shady activities. Naturally, they shared so benefits with the guards.
This was all kept in the dark yet had beco a tacit understanding. Similarly, the guards provided certain conveniences for them.
The main reason i Hua had rushed to see Fei Hua on the very first day of the lifting of restrictions was that Lady Miao had originally been scheduled to serve the rchant Master that day, but the lockdown had caused a delay.
Now that seven days had passed, no one knew Lady Miao’s current situation or how the rchant Master was doing.
On top of that, the fresh young lady had only just agreed to sothing, but with seven days gone, it was unclear if her sickly husband had died yet.
In short, there were too many matters to attend to, so i Hua couldn’t wait to find Fei Hua the mont restrictions were lifted.
At this mont, Bai Junjun followed them for a while, but as soon as they were out of the guards’ view, he stopped in his tracks.
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