Chapter 343 No Wonder He’s Such a Loser

Chapter 343 No Wonder He's Such a Loser

Zhou Huanjiu's steps turned, and she walked towards the seat next to the main one.

After taking her seat, the servants quickly brought out the tea.

Bei Hua immediately recognized Li Zong as the creep who had been staring at her the day before.

A night had passed, and seeing this person again, even though they had no beef, she couldn't help but want to stab him twice.

Bei Hua pushed down her dark urges, sat properly, and continued to keep up her innocent act.

Bei Jingchu waved her hand, motioning for the guards to take the gag out of his mouth.

Li Zong, still not getting the picture, shouted towards Zhou Huanjiu, "Cousin, why don’t you cut me loose?"

"I am your cousin, and a cousin’s still family. An older brother’s practically a father figure. Why are you tying me up?"

Bei Jingchu's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly. Li Zong's words were essentially shouting at Zhou Huanjiu: I am your father.

Looking at Zhou Huanjiu's face, ah, it had definitely turned red.

Seeing Zhou Huanjiu's displeased expression, Li Zong stopped talking and turned his attention.

"Your Highness, I was all set to help you out, but you blew me off, so I jumped ship to the Third Prince’s side instead."

"Although you saved me, you can’t hold a grudge just ‘cause I switched teams, can you? If you can’t have me, you’re gonna take me down?"

"Now that I'm back, I will naturally do my best to help you."

Bei Jingchu: "..."

Zhou Huanjiu: "..."

Bei Hua: "..."

None of them could follow his logic.

Bei Jingchu cut to the chase and began to recount the events of the past: "Back at Wenqin Academy, Marquis Renwei kept his identity under wraps and became your classmate. But because he excelled academically and had no apparent family background, you became jealous and got off on picking on him."

Bei Hua paused, she shot a worried glance at Zhou Huanjiu.

She looked at Li Zong in shock, her eyes daggers, like she wanted to rip his heart out.

Li Zong flinched for a second, then forced himself to stay calm.

He defended himself, "I didn't, I didn't."

"Even if you’re the Crown Prince, you can’t just pin this on me."

Bei Jingchu tilted her head.

"Wrongfully accuse?"

"Do you think I would say this in front of you without any information? Would there be no witnesses or evidence?"

Although there really wasn't any.

"And I don’t need proof to take you out."

"Although you didn't directly participate, those small, torturous schemes were your idea, right?"

Bei Jingchu sneered, "Wenqin Academy is supposed to be respectable, but you focused all your thoughts on bullying the weak, no wonder you're in such a sorry state."

"My time is valuable, let's wrap this up quickly, I've got other things to do."

The ropes binding him were untied, and Li Zong scrambled over in a panic, finally realizing the situation was out of control and began to beg for mercy.

He bowed his head to the ground.

Bei Jingchu extended her shoe, the sole of her shoe pressed against his forehead.

"No merit, no reward, Mr. Li, the great talent, I cannot accept such a grand gesture, nor will I let you off."

Li Shanglian and his wife, recently buoyed by news of their son's rise to prominence, were flaunting their ties to the Zhang Family, strutting around like they owned the place.

At that moment, they were quarreling with their neighbors.

When the old master Li passed away, he left behind a house, but due to the family's constant mismanagement, it was lost, and they moved to a modest small courtyard.

Li Shanglian was pulling his wife along, arguing with the neighbors.

Originally, there was a path between the two small courtyards for pedestrians to pass through.

The Li family wanted to renovate their courtyard, expanding the wall to claim the path.