Chapter 7 - Teaching A Pig

When they made their way outside, Luo Mingli finally spoke.

"What are you planning?"

"Hm? What could I be planning?" Rong Yuhang asked back.

"I can't read minds." Luo Mingli responded indifferently.

"Your way with words was very inspiring today your highness."

When Luo Mingli smiled, his eyes curved slightly giving a vague charm full of meaning. "Even children from the pear garden pale in comparison."

Rong Yuhang was about to speak again but was cut off by Luo Mingli.

"We're here."

The gravestone was placed relatively high in ranking as he was an elder who had died for the sake of the family. It was well maintained and the grass was well cut.

Luo Mingli stood in front of it and swiped the top of the tomb. "Elder, I'm married now. The person I'm married to is the seventh Prince and I'm very happy right now. The Zheng family has treated me very well after your departure and I wanted to inform you that there is no need to worry about me."

After his speech, Luo Mingli nodded to Rong Yuhang to show that he had finished all the words he wanted to say.

Rong Yuhang gave a bemused smile." Are you sure you're it's okay to lie in front of his grave? "

Luo Mingli neither denied or refuted." I have said what I have wanted to say."

"Suit yourself." Rong Yuhang no longer paid any attention and walked out of the graveyard.

Luo Mingli followed along. As they were turning a corner, Luo Mingli was walking in front as a guide for Rong Yuhang and as they turned a corner, a figure suddenly appeared.

Luo Mingli's senses were still sharp as he reflexively dodged backwards but when he saw who it was, he decisively kicked that person's leg which bent their knees making them fall to the ground yelping in pain.

Then he moved back to his original place as if he was not the one who had just knocked someone down.

"Ow! Which lousy servant with no eyes kicked me?! Do you know who I am?! To dare do this to this lady!!! I'll make you pay!" The voice was shrill and high, yet it carried a the sweet meoldy of chirping from morning birds, clearly a female's voice.

The maid next to her hurriedly helped her up and looked over her full of worry and concern with a hint of fear.

" My lady, are you hurt? "

She slapped the maids hand and shouted angrily," Do I look fine to you?! My clothes got dirty now!!"

She was incredibly mad since she had just lost face falling flat on her bottom especially in her own home. She didn't expect someone would do such a thing to her.

Her appearance was very lovely. With big round eyes that were now tinged red from embarrassment and shame and those pouty cherry lips. Those rosy cheeks also made for an adorable blush.

This was the second lady of the Zheng Family, Zheng Xinqiao.

Once she stood up, she took a good look at who dared to embarrass her. She was stunned to see Luo Mingli's face and blurted out loudly without thinking. "Why are you still alive?"

Luo Mingli coldly retorted. "Second sister prefers to see my corpse?"

Zheng Xinqiao gave out a contemptuous stare and her tone was full of disgust. "How dare you come crawling back to the Zheng family when you're such a waste of resources. You should be grateful that you were even able to stay here for so long."

Then she clamoured while gloating. "With the seventh prince's temperament, it won't be long before you die a horrible death. Don't come asking my parents to help you, you're nothing but a pest. Both you and the seventh Prince suit each other so well. One's a waste of space that pollutes the air while the other is just a piece of scum that doesn't know how to behave. You're such a disgrace to the Zheng family, you even ended up marrying to a man."

Actually, in the novel, it described how this world didn't mind homosexuality. However, it was uncommon and rare and often times, it was just messing around.

Therefore, men who married each other openly were looked down upon and were thought badly of but of course, on the surface, people didn't say anything bad about it. So her last remark was meant to humiliate him as he was a man, but she insinuated Luo Mingli was the woman in the relationship.

Luo Mingli smiled slightly with thin lips."Your date of death will be closer than mine."

Hearing such an answer enraged Zheng Xinqiao and she tried to slap him. "How dare a lowly beggar like you curse death upon this lady!"

Luo Mingli looked on with cold calm eyes. To him who had practiced martial arts to the pinnacle, such a slap was far too slow and Luo Mingli was incredibly disdainful inwardly.

Zheng Xinqiao was also a cultivator and her realm wasn't bad for her age, being at the peak of qi condensation stage at 18 as well, but it could only be called decent. Since Luo Mingli was an ordinary person, this slap of hers could kill him, if not, cripple him for life.

Just as Luo Mingli was planning to dodge, a sudden force crashed into Zheng Xinqiao and she was knocked metres away crashing into the wall.

Piles of rubble formed and fell on her pink robes, dust falling onto her body. Zheng Xinqiao spurted out a mouthful of blood and her stomach ached from a throbbing pain.

"Second lady!" The maid cried out and quickly went to go check on her.

The servants had also heard the loud noise and was attracted over. Seeing the situation, they were clearly dumbfounded.

Luo Mingli didn't care about Zheng Xinqiao's situation at all and gave Rong Yuhang a thoughtful glance.

Rong Yuhang had hidden his presence as soon as he saw the actions Luo Mingli did and watched on like a TV drama series.

He clearly knew beforehand that they would bump into someone yet made no effort to avoid it. Clearly here to make trouble, Luo Mingli thought.

When he saw the situation escalating, Rojg Yuhang finally stepped in and kicked Zheng Xinqiao without mercy. He had definitely broken at least a rib or two from that.

Zheng Xinqiao was groaning from the excessive pain and her eyes surged with resentment and hatred for Luo Mingli.

She also saw the man who kicked her and was shocked by his appearance. However, even if he was extremely handsome, the throbbing pain of having her bones broken gathered hatred for the man.

"I'm the second lady of the Zheng family! Hurting me is the same as making the entire Zheng's as enemies!!" Zheng Xinqiao's voice cracked as she shouted and her expression was unsightly to look at.

Rong Yuhang only snorted coldly. He walked closer with Luo Mingli following behind. Zheng Xinqiao was frightened by Rong Yuhang but because of her pride and upbringing and it being her home territory, she still threatened him.

"Stay away from me! If you harm me again, my father will never let you off!!" She still couldn't help stuttering even after plucking up all her courage.

Then she glared at Luo Mingli and viciously pointed her finger at him. "It's all your fault! I'm going to kill you bastard!"

Luo Mingli's expression was faint, finding her words amusing. Rong Yuhang couldn't be bothered listening to her hatred filled grumbles and went to smack her face.

The maid however, tried to intercept but was also knocked back several metres away directly passing out from the shock, possibly even dead.

Zheng Xinqiao couldn't believe that her beautiful face had just been smacked. Her eyes were wide and incredulous, the skin began swelling in pain and her eyes were glistening like ripples in the sparkling water.

The red imprints were especially visible and a bloody stained mouth tasted especially metallic.

Then, Rong Yuhang only spat out two words. "Ugly pig."

His words were full of disgust and his eyes concealed none of his disdain as if looking at something dirty.

Zheng Xinqiao felt incredibly humiliated. At that moment, Jingshang Yu and Zheng Yingwen heard the loud commotion and came over to see the problem.

Seeing the situation, Jingshang Yu was so shocked and distressed, she ran over to hold her daughter and cried, not even noticing the two figures. "A'qiao! Your beautiful face!! How did this happen?! Who did this???"

Seeing her mother and being embraced so warmly, Zheng Xinqiao couldn't help crying and she immediately spilled everything. "Mother wuwu wu. You have to get justice for me."

Jingshang Yu saw her crying face and felt even more distressed and alarmed. Her precious daughter had been wronged so badly! She must avenge her!!

Zheng Yingwen also went to go check on his sister. Although he and Zheng Xinqiao were not that close, she was still family and he inspected her.

"She has two broken ribs and her internal energy is a bit chaotic. Her external injuries are skin trauma and will take a few weeks to heal without any medicine."

Hearing this, Jingshang Yu became even more restless. She ordered the servants to go bring medicine. Zheng Jingwen had a healing pill and immediately brought it out.

Jingshang Yu saw this and took it to feed Zheng Xinqiao. Once she swallowed, her complexion became better but she still needed treatment.

Zheng Yingwen had seen Rong Yuhang and Luo Mingli and knew they had something to do with it. "Your highness, can you explain yourself please? Attacking a member of our family for no reason, I believe we deserve an explanation."

Jingshang Yu finally noticed them and followed on from her son's words. "How could you hurt A'qiao like this? She did nothing wrong yet you beat her so horribly."

Seeing the situation, Zheng Xinqiao also put up her act. She began crying more violently and her cheeks were stained red, if anyone looked at her, they would feel pity and a feeling of protectiveness would emerge. "Wu.. I was walking and when they saw me, I only wanted to have a chat but who knew they would attack without any warning."

Some of the servants were watching and began whispering to each other about Rong Yuhang.

This family really knows how to act. Rong Yuhang couldn't help clicking his tongue inwardly, thinking back to Zheng Yingbiao, some traces of murderous intent spilled but he quickly concealed it before anyone could notice.

Except for one, Luo Mingli narrowed his eyes and watched them show off their acting skills.

But he finally spoke up, sounding quite innocent, as if he couldn't understand their words. "Why are you mixing black with white? If Xinqiao didn't insult his highness first, saying he was scum that didn't know how to behave, how would this situation occur?"

And before they could speak to defend themselves, Luo Mingli added. " Although you may insult me and call me a waste that pollutes the air or a beggar that doesn't deserve his status, insulting the a member of the royal family is punishable by decapitation and wishing such a horrible ending for you would break my heart."

Luo Minglu put on a very saddened but as if used to being insulted and genuinely worried for the head on top of her shoulders expression.

Jingshang Yu and Zheng Xinqiao's expressions turned unsightly and Zheng Yingwen scrunched his brows.

Rong Yuhang on the other hand, was very amused at this sight. He had never displayed much emotions so to see him start bullshitting was quite amusing.

When Zheng Xinqiao found out that the handsome man was Rong Yuhang, the seventh Prince, she was so horrified she almost fainted. Her face paled instantly and she couldn't help trembling in her mother's arms.

Jingshang Yu felt the tremble and grew even more protective. "Nonsense! My A'qiao would never do such a thing! Stop slandering your sister."

"I-I'm not slandering though..." Luo Mingli's voice was weak as if he had suffered but it was clear to everyone's ears what he said. "I was only... Only worried for second sister."

Rong Yuhang felt like he had seen enough drama and looked at the three indifferently. His appearance was very charming and the smile on his face was looking down at them mockingly. "I heard a pig insulting me so I beat them up to teach them a lesson. Who knew it would be the second lady who was said to be away from here."

Then he continued. "She was so ugly I thought it was a slave that dared to be so presumptuous and bold to smear my name."

Zheng Xinqiao's face distorted and if looked could kill, she would've murdered them over a thousand times by now.

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Children of the pear Garden - Chinese opera actors.