The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 61 He has a foul mouth and deserves a beating.

Shang Wan looked over upon hearing the sound, and saw that someone with such a foul mouth should be buried somewhere secluded.

A group of students dressed in blue long gowns and wearing Confucian headscarves walked in through the gate of the woodworking workshop.

The leader was quite tall and slightly overweight, with a square face, thick eyebrows, small eyes, and slightly thick lips. He looked to be around twenty years old, and those words just now came from his mouth.

"Sister, his name is Yan Rui. He is Young Master Qiao's cousin. He and brother-in-law didn't get along when they were in the county school."

Shi Tou leaned closer and whispered a tattletale to Shang Wan.

“Once, he forced his brother-in-law to compete in pitch-pot with him, and whoever lost had to drink. His brother-in-law insisted on competing despite his illness, but Yan Rui cheated halfway through. Although his brother-in-law won in the end, he was also forced to drink a lot of alcohol. He developed a high fever when he got home, and he almost died if the doctor hadn’t arrived quickly.”

Shi Tou still feels lingering fear when he talks about it.

At that time, Lu Chengjing was only fifteen years old. Young people are easily provoked and he fell into Yan Rui's trap, suffering a great loss in silence.

Shang Wan's eyes darkened slightly. This matter was not in the original owner's memory. It either happened before the original owner married Lu Chengjing, or it was in those blank memory fragments.

Yan Rui arrogantly raised his chin, looking down at people with his nose in the air, "Lu Chengjing, weren't you quite the talker before? What, after your leg was broken, your mouth became mute too?"

Lu Chengjing lazily raised his eyelids. "Yan Xu'an, have you finished copying it three hundred times?"

"Don't be so smug!" Yan Rui's expression changed instantly. "You just beat me by luck once; you'll never have another chance. What kind of lousy article is this? You think you're worthy of my copying!"

Stone corrected him, "Not once, it's seven hundred and thirty-six times."

In writing essays and poems, Yan Rui lost to Lu Chengjing a total of 736 times, each time making Yan Rui so frustrated he wanted to vomit blood.

Ever since Lu Chengjing started studying at the county school, he consistently outperformed Yan Rui in every exam, big or small, and the teachers began to praise him instead of Yan Rui.

Yan Rui wished he could chew up and swallow Lu Chengjing, that hypocritical scoundrel, and never see that hateful face of Lu Chengjing again!

“Brother Yan, why waste your breath on a cripple like him?” A student stepped forward, his eyes sweeping over Lu Chengjing with disdain. “His tendons are broken; he’ll never be able to hold a pen again. How can he compare to you, Brother Yan?”

“Yes,” a student chimed in, “He’s a useless man who’s been kicked out of his family. It’s beneath our dignity to talk to him.”

One student scoffed, "Isn't he just arrogant and looks down on people because of his good looks? Now that he's crippled, what good are his good looks?"

“Brother Qin, you are mistaken,” a student said, his gaze sweeping over Lu Chengjing’s face with a hint of meaning. “With just that face, you could find a good place. I’ve heard that Nanfeng…”

Before he could finish speaking, the student was kicked backward by Shang Wan, landing on the ground in pain.

Yan Rui looked at Shang Wan's face, a hint of amazement flashing in his eyes. Then, remembering the classmate who had been kicked out, his face darkened and he shouted at Shang Wan, "How dare you hurt someone in broad daylight?"

"You have foul mouths, you deserve a beating." Shang Wan coldly swept her gaze over the students. "Whether you're being sarcastic or just jealous, I can't be bothered with you, but..."

“He,” Shang Wan pointed at the student who had been helped up by the student surnamed Qin, “is filthy-minded and spews filth from his mouth. He’s disgusting! You call yourselves scholars, yet you have such a vulgar and despicable person among your peers. Have you wasted your time reading the classics?”

Yan Rui sneered, "A mere woman, ignorant and incompetent, how could she know anything about the classics? Lu Chengjing, you can't even manage your own woman, I despise you."

“My wife is fine.” Lu Chengjing looked coldly at Yan Rui. “As for my wife, I should respect, honor, love, be humble to, trust, and be respectful to her. My wife is not a servant, so why should I discipline her? Besides, this is a family matter, what does it have to do with you?”

"You allow the women in your family to injure people in the street, and if you don't care, the authorities will handle it." Yan Rui's eyes flashed with malice, and he raised his hand to send someone to report to the authorities.

"Report to the authorities immediately, the sooner the better." Shang Wan crossed her arms, staring at Yan Rui's face, which didn't fit her aesthetic standards at all, and curled her lips in disdain.

"It's a good opportunity to gather all the teachers from the county school. I'll have a good talk with them and see if all the students there are like you, spouting vile words and being unfilial and disrespectful!"

"When have we ever been unfilial or unbrotherly?"

Shang Wan pointed at Yan Rui and asked the students, "Do you agree with what he just said?"

All the students nodded in agreement. Wasn't the woman ignorant?
"You mere women, ignorant and incompetent," Shang Wan repeated, coldly questioning the crowd, "Do you have mothers at home? Do you have sisters? To publicly insult your mothers and sisters, uttering vile words, is unfilial and disrespectful. In what way have I wronged you?"

"You're just making excuses!"

"That is not what we meant."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Ignoring their flushed faces, Shang Wan called out to Lu Chengjing, "Husband, how will the teachers of the county school punish such unfilial and disrespectful children?"

Lu Chengjing was taken aback by Shang Wan's address; this was the first time Shang Wan had called him "husband" to his face. But he quickly recovered and said in a slightly cold voice, "Those with official titles will have them stripped after the report is submitted. Those without official titles will be expelled from the academy and disqualified from taking the imperial examinations."

Shangwan: She just said it casually, and the consequences were so serious?
After hearing Lu Chengjing's words, the students panicked and urged Yan Rui to let it go and not to argue with a woman like Shang Wan. Even the student who had been beaten earlier joined in the persuasion, fearing he would be expelled from the county school.

Yan Rui said urgently, "Lu Chengjing is exaggerating. Don't fall for his tricks! If the Master really comes, I will explain to him myself."

The students were somewhat intrigued upon hearing this, and Lu Chengjing's voice rang out at the opportune moment, "I haven't seen you, Master, for several days, and I happen to have some questions I'd like to ask you."

The students' restless hearts immediately calmed down.

If the Master had to choose between trusting Yan Rui and Lu Chengjing, he would most likely choose Lu Chengjing; they shouldn't gamble with their futures.

"Brother Yan, let it go."

"Let's go, the banquet is about to start."

"Yes, Brother Yun still needs to see a doctor."

The students all tried to persuade Yan Rui, which made Yan Rui clench his fists in anger. He cursed the idiot in his heart several times, wondering how he could be fooled by Lu Chengjing's words.
He glared at Lu Chengjing, then turned and left amidst the throng of students.

Lu Chengjing suddenly called out to him, "Yan Xu'an, I have something to tell you."

Yan Rui turned his head and stared at Lu Chengjing warily. What mischief was this guy up to now?

"In the last quiz, the teacher graded your essay as an A."

Yan Rui frowned and said impatiently, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Lu Chengjing's lips curled slightly, and his gaze toward Yan Rui carried a hint of pity.

Yan Rui immediately had a bad feeling.

(End of this chapter)