A time-travel story where I forcefully marry the leading lady in a film/TV series!

"Am i right?"

After saying this, Wei Tingyu turned to look at Zhuang Hanyan. Although the girl was still pretending to be calm, her eyes had completely betrayed her panic.

Zhuang Hanyan really didn't expect that her plan for tonight would be exposed by Wei Tingyu word for word.

Even the decision to anger Zhuang Yuchi was made on a whim, but I never expected that Wei Tingyu could see through it at a glance!

However, even though Zhuang Hanyan was shocked and terrified inside, she still had to pretend to be harmless on the surface.

"Han Yan grew up in the countryside and is dull-witted. She really doesn't understand what the Duke means." Since there was no way to refute it, she could only grit her teeth and deny it.

Zhuang Hanyan's current thought was that although Wei Tingyu's words hit the nail on the head, there was no evidence. As long as she held her tongue and didn't back down, there was still room for maneuver.

"That assassin..." Wei Tingyu knew that Zhuang Hanyan wouldn't admit it so easily, so he stepped forward and whispered, "You brought him here, didn't you?"

"..." Upon hearing this, Zhuang Hanyan felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and she stood there dumbfounded.

Her discussions with Cheshire were highly secretive, making it impossible for a third person to overhear them! However, Wei Tingyu saw through their plans and tricks at a glance…

"Your Excellency!" Zhuang Hanyan desperately suppressed her rapidly beating heartbeat and said in a low voice through clenched teeth, "The separation of men and women is strictly observed! Please have some self-respect!"

"If you continue to treat me so disrespectfully... I will call for help!"

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Chapter 224 A Gift to Zhuang Hanyan! Matchmakers Pour Out Zhuang's Doors!

When Zhuang Hanyan said those two sentences, Wei Tingyu almost couldn't help but laugh.

This strong female lead finally couldn't take it anymore and started resorting to feudal ethics to protect herself?!

"How about I call for you?" Wei Tingyu blinked, then looked up and said, "Let everyone see how you, a frail woman, managed to travel all the way from Danzhou to the capital, over thousands of miles of difficult and dangerous journeys."

These words were a fatal blow to Zhuang Hanyan, because she didn't dare to shout at people as she had just said.

After all, if Wei Tingyu had raised those questions in front of everyone, he really wouldn't have been able to explain them.

Seeing Zhuang Hanyan's tense and troubled expression, Wei Tingyu knew that he had cornered the girl, so he softened his tone and asked, "Don't worry, I have no intention of exposing you!"

"I just want to know what your purpose is in coming here?"

Zhuang Hanyan was taken aback, then looked at Wei Tingyu.

Seeing that his expression was serious and he didn't seem to be joking, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She frowned slightly, then said again, "I... just want a home!"

After hearing Zhuang Hanyan's answer, Wei Tingyu was basically satisfied, since all the trouble he had gone through today had not been in vain.

At least this girl had opened half her heart to him and finally told him the truth.

At the same time, these words were also a sign of weakness, meaning that Zhuang Hanyan could no longer maintain her previous calm and indifferent image, as if she didn't care about anything or anyone.

Saying this is like a kitten or puppy rolling over onto its back to show you its vulnerable belly; it's essentially a form of submission.

Thinking of this, Wei Tingyu reached out and grabbed Zhuang Hanyan's soft hand!

The girl was feeling sad when suddenly her hand was grabbed by the other person. She was so frightened that her face changed and she tried to pull it back.

After these two days of contact and confrontation with Wei Tingyu, she could naturally sense that he liked her; otherwise, he wouldn't have come to her door again and again to help her out of trouble.

However, Zhuang Hanyan remained wary of Wei Tingyu's current probing of her heart! Although she had just shown him her most vulnerable side, she still couldn't directly tell him about something as important as revenge.

This means that she has not been completely honest with him yet!

Of course, Zhuang Hanyan had also considered using Wei Tingyu's affection for her and leveraging his status to achieve her goals.

She had only considered this idea as a possible alternative, but now that she saw the other party actually making inappropriate advances towards her, her expression immediately changed.

Zhuang Hanyan's reserve and self-protective instincts made her involuntarily want to pull her hand back.

She tried to pull her hand several times but failed, because Wei Tingyu was holding her hand very tightly.

However, just as Zhuang Hanyan's expression grew increasingly grim and she was about to reprimand Wei Tingyu for such rude behavior, she saw the other party suddenly shove a porcelain bottle the size of her palm into her hand.

"This is my exclusive secret medicine, the Seven-Skill Blood-Clearing Ointment!" Wei Tingyu said as he handed the porcelain bottle to Zhuang Hanyan, "Take it and use it!"

"Lord Duke..." Seeing that Wei Tingyu released her hand after giving her the medicine, Zhuang Hanyan realized that she had indeed misunderstood him.

The young woman immediately felt a little guilty: "I don't have any injuries... please, Your Highness, take back this valuable medicine..."

Her weakness was actually feigned; after a day of rest, she was mostly recovered and could move around like a normal person.

Although I may have to pretend to drink the herbal medicine for a few more days, it's just for show and I don't actually need to use any good medicine.

Therefore, Zhuang Hanyan did not want to owe Wei Tingyu another favor for no reason. After all, this was a secret medicine of the Duke's mansion, which sounded very high-end and must be very expensive.

When he heard Zhuang Hanyan mention the word "precious," Wei Tingyu naturally agreed.

After all, he had spent a full thousand taels of silver to redeem this bottle of Seven-Skill Blood-Clearing Ointment from the system shop, but this amount of money was not a burden for him now.

Besides earning five or six thousand taels a day from selling perfume, the 100,000 taels of gold brought back from a mission to the southwest is also stored in the Duke's secret treasury!

"This isn't for treating typhoid fever." Of course, to prevent the young girl from not recognizing its value and throwing the expensive medicine into a corner, Wei Tingyu explained, "The Seven-Skill Blood-Clearing Ointment can remove scars left on the skin!"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Hanyan's eyes widened in surprise.

Because others may not know, but she knows best!

Although she is now dressed as a young lady from a noble family in the capital, the scars on her body are the pain that she can never erase from her heart.

Of course, these scars were also a result of the inhumane foster parents she had been with for the past seventeen years!

However, the woman's body was covered in scars, which were hidden under her clothes, but she must have felt very inferior!

The medicine Wei Tingyu gave him was precisely the kind that could remove skin scars.

The question is, how did he know he needed the concealing medication? Did he spy on him?

But there's no reason for it! I didn't even know Wei Tingyu before, and we'd only met two days ago...

Besides, she even wore her robes to sleep, so even her personal maid, Shuhong, didn't know she had scars on her body.

However, it's highly unlikely that Wei Tingyu would suddenly have the idea to give him a bottle of the Duke's secret ointment that could remove scars for no reason, right?

"Don't worry! It's not poisonous!" Wei Tingyu saw Zhuang Hanyan standing there with an uncertain expression on her face. He thought the girl was worried that he might poison her ointment, so he smiled and said.

From Wei Tingyu's perspective, it was actually quite simple. He was going to marry Zhuang Hanyan sooner or later, and wouldn't it be a shame to see her covered in scars?

This Qiqiao Huaxue Ointment originally had some effect on promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and fading scars, but its effects were not particularly significant and required years of use to see results.

Of course, the cost of exchanging through the system has increased more than tenfold, and its effect of fading scars has also increased more than tenfold.

In this way, Zhuang Hanyan only needs to carefully apply the ointment to the scars on her body every day, and she will recover completely in two or three months!

Therefore, spending this thousand taels of silver was well worth it for Wei Tingyu!

When Zhuang Hanyan heard Wei Tingyu say that the medicine was non-toxic, she couldn't help but roll her eyes and complain inwardly.

She was, of course, convinced the medicine was harmless. After all, if Wei Tingyu wanted to harm her, all he had to do was spread the questions he had just raised, leaving her utterly defenseless. Even without evidence, no one in the Zhuang family would believe her anymore.

There's no need for the other party to go through the trouble of sending me a bottle of medicine and then poisoning it!

"Oh, right!" Wei Tingyu suddenly stopped in his tracks as he turned to leave Zhuang Hanyan's room, and then said, "Your friend outside the window practices martial arts all year round, and probably has quite a few scars on her body. It would be fine to use them on her!"

The friend outside the window is naturally Chai Jing. This little girl will be taken into my household in the future, so I'm reminding her in advance to have her physical scars repaired.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhuang Hanyan and Chai Jing, who was actually eavesdropping outside the window, were both dumbfounded!

By the time the two realized what was happening, Wei Tingyu's figure had already disappeared into the distant pavilion.

After Wei Tingyu left, Zhuang Shixiang, the head of the Zhuang family, hurriedly came over and said some polite words about the deep bond between father and daughter and the hardships they had endured back then.

Of course, dealing with this kind of situation is a piece of cake for Zhuang Hanyan!

She feigned being touched, her eyes reddening, and casually dismissed Zhuang Shixiang with a few words.

After Shu Hong closed the door from the outside, Chai Jing pushed open the window to the side and gracefully leaped into Zhuang Hanyan's boudoir.

"I didn't hurt you, did I?" Chai Jing asked as soon as he entered the room, seeing Zhuang Hanyan sitting on the edge of the bed with her eyes fixed on a small bottle of Qiqiao Blood-Clearing Ointment.

After all, the scene of pretending to assassinate someone was still somewhat risky. At least when Zhuang Hanyan used the wooden box to block the attack, her arms still absorbed a certain amount of force; otherwise, the act wouldn't have been convincing.

"It's alright!" Zhuang Hanyan came back to her senses, looked up at Chai Jing who was standing next to her with a nervous expression, and said.

“Your mother is no good person!” Chai Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief, then sat down next to Zhuang Hanyan and looked at her, saying.

"But at least she's not a woman who can be bullied by anyone!" Zhuang Hanyan nodded, saying with a hint of self-deprecation.

Ruan Xiwen is not only not one to be bullied, but if Wei Tingyu hadn't been there to stop her today, she probably would have been beaten up and thrown out of the manor.

"I'll go kill her!" Chai Jing frowned, immediately stood up and wanted to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Zhuang Hanyan.

"No!" Zhuang Hanyan shook her head firmly and said, "She is, after all, my mother!"

“You must remember, this is the capital, unlike the days we lived in Ganzhou!” Zhuang Hanyan stood up, slowly walked to the table, and said, “It’s also unlike the days you spent licking blood off the coast of the sea!”

“Countless eyes are watching our every move!”

"There are powers that are beyond your reach, so you must not act rashly!"

"Yes!" Chai Jing nodded upon hearing this. She knew she had acted impulsively just now, so she added, "I understand!"

After saying this, Chai Jing's gaze fell on the box of Qiqiao Huaxue Ointment that Zhuang Hanyan had just placed on the table.

She picked it up, gently opened it, and held it to her nose to smell it. The rich aroma of medicine instantly invigorated Chai Jing!