Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 39 Body search
Murong Yue seemed not to hear Lu Mingtang's words, her eyes fixed on Shen Fuyu.

Lu Mingtang frowned, his eyes displeased.

Amidst everyone's different gazes, Shen Fuyu slowly opened his mouth, enunciating each word. His voice was not loud but clearly heard by everyone present.

"I am right."

"Princess Murong, how have I offended you? Why are you resorting to such means to frame me? I am only a servant. I will not be taking the imperial examinations, so I will not stand in your way."

"I really don't understand why Princess Murong would do this?"

"What kind of glass hairpin is this? I've never seen it before, and I can't tell what kind of good thing it is."

Shen Fuyu's beautiful big eyes were filled with tears, and she looked extremely pitiful as if she was about to cry.

Long-term malnutrition has made its body extremely fragile, as if it could be blown down by a gust of wind. Its pitiful appearance makes everyone feel pity for it.

"Princess Murong, what good will it bring you by framing a servant?" Shen Fuyu wiped away her tears with her small hands, looking like she had a very hard life. "I've never even had enough to eat since I was a child. My greatest wish in this life is to have delicious food and follow Miss Shen. I'm very happy. Why would I commit such a crime as stealing a hairpin? Wouldn't that ruin my future and my entire life?"

The scholars who were watching the excitement around couldn't help but wipe away their sad tears when they saw Shen Fuyu's shaky body. They felt that what Shen Fuyu said made sense.

Yes.

The imperial gift cannot be pawned.

Shen Fuyu had absolutely no right to steal the hairpin.

"Whether you stole the hairpin or not, just prove it." Seeing the change in everyone's eyes, Li Xinrong immediately stood up and said, "You're saying so much simply because you don't want to be searched. Shen Fuyu, the more you try to evade, the more suspicious you become."

Li Xinrong thought of the hairpin he had just secretly stuffed into Shen Fuyu's clothes, and without waiting for Shen Fuyu to speak, he couldn't wait to search her body.

"and many more!"

Shen Mengwu immediately protected Shen Fuyu behind her and danced with the long whip very beautifully, as if she would whip anyone who dared to attack her.

Li Xinrong had to stop.

"What do you want?" Murong Yue stared at Shen Fuyu.

They didn't forget to wait for Shen Mengwu to perform. If Shen Mengwu hadn't stopped them, they would have forcibly searched Shen Fuyu.

"You can search my body, but... you can't search just me." Shen Fuyu took the opportunity to make a request.

"What a joke." Li Xinrong retorted without hesitation, "You're the only poor person here, so you're the most likely to do something."

"Ms. Li, your words are too harsh and hypocritical. You can convict Shen Fuyu based solely on your one-sided statement. Shen Fuyu's request for a body search is just asking for more. Since when has the school allowed people from poor families to be bullied like this?"

Lu Mingtang waved his folding fan with an extremely sarcastic look.

Murong Yue gritted her teeth and said, "Okay."

"To be fair, if Shen Fuyu says who to search, we will search them all."

Murong Yue clenched her palms tightly with her fingernails. She thought the matter would be resolved smoothly, but she didn't expect Shen Fuyu to be so difficult.

However, no matter how long Shen Fuyu delayed, it was just a waste of time. The hairpin had already been secretly stuffed into Shen Fuyu.

As long as they can search Shen Fuyu's body, they can convict him.

Thinking of this, Murong Yue felt a little better.

"Shen Fuyu, who do you want to search for?" Li Xinrong looked at Shen Fuyu ferociously.

This was said as if Shen Fuyu was being unreasonable and insisting on a body search.

Shen Fuyu was too lazy to care. He turned his fingers around, and in front of everyone's frightened gaze, his fingers finally stopped on Murong Yue.

Shen Fuyu curled his lips, "I want to search her body."

"I suspect Murong Yue staged this to frame me." Shen Mengwu immediately agreed, "Princess Murong, even if you're unhappy with me for winning third place in the poetry competition, you don't have to treat Shen Fuyu this way, right?"

"Shen Fuyu is just a servant. Even if you do something to Shen Fuyu, it won't affect us."

"Of course, my sister and I are not cruel people. We believe Shen Fuyu is innocent."

"If nothing is found on Shen Fuyu, you and Li Xinrong will apologize in front of the teacher in class for deliberately targeting and framing Shen Fuyu."

There was an uproar in the school.

It’s a big deal.

You know, whether in ancient times or modern times, students attach great importance to face and dignity.

Apologizing in front of the teacher and so many classmates was tantamount to being stripped naked and thrown into the street.

Murong Yue and Li Xinrong hesitated for a moment, then looked up and met Shen Fuyu's mocking gaze, feeling their blood boiling.

"it is good!"

On impulse, the two agreed in unison.

Anyway, she put the hairpin on Shen Fuyu with her own hands. There was no way Shen Fuyu would find out in a short time, and it was impossible for her to return the hairpin quietly in front of so many people.

Li Xinrong's expression was firm, so Murong Yue felt relieved.

"bring it on."

Shen Fuyu spread his arms with a frank expression.

With such a straightforward attitude, everyone dropped most of their doubts about Shen Fuyu.

If Shen Fuyu had something to hide, how could he be so straightforward?
Then I thought of Murong Yue and Li Xinrong, who were always extremely arrogant in school.

Especially the students from poorer families, they looked at Shen Fuyu with empathy.

They were just born in poor families.

But Li Xinrong treated him like garbage.

"Then I won't be polite." Murong Yue immediately took action and carefully touched Shen Fuyu's body for fear of missing an inch.

Time passed minute by minute, Murong Yue had touched Shen Fuyu almost all over, but there was no trace of the hairpin at all.

Murong Yue's face turned pale. It was impossible, absolutely impossible. She saw Li Xinrong put the hairpin in with her own eyes. How could it disappear?
How could it disappear out of nowhere?
Didn’t she find it?
Seeing that Murong Yue looked unwell, Li Xinrong also started to touch her.

The two men touched Shen Fuyu three times but found nothing, and wanted to continue. Shen Mengwu was not polite and whipped each of them.

"enough!"

"Shen Fuyu is easy to bully, but I am not."

"Did you see that? Shen Fuyu has nothing on her. A broken hairpin is enough for you to frame Shen Fuyu. As long as Shen Fuyu wants it, I can give it to Shen Fuyu. Why would she steal your broken things? Do you really think anyone cares about your rags?"

Shen Mengwu and Shen Mengning stood together. Even though the latter didn't say anything, her eyes clearly showed her protective intention.

In just a few days, the three of them had established a deep revolutionary friendship that no one could interfere with.

"Is it time for Shen Fuyu to search?" Shen Mengning didn't say much, but every time she spoke, she was extremely crucial, her eyes fixed on Murong Yue.

Murong Yue clenched her fists, looking extremely humiliated.

"What are you pretending for?" Shen Mengwu retorted, "You were the one who first suggested the body search. Weren't you very happy when you searched Shen Fuyu?"

"Princess Murong, don't be so hypocritical."

(End of this chapter)