Chapter 3: A Person Catching Adultery Appears at the Crime Scene
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A chaotic crime scene with two people involved. One is the criminal, lying in the corner waiting for his fate, the other is the victim, lying on the bed enveloped by a thin quilt covering her fully-developed body, unable to get up due to physical discomfort. The room is filled with a frightening silence.

Ten minutes later, YeYu pokes his finger into his ear to make sure it's clear. He wonders if he's misheard something because he felt as if he just heard something unbelievable. "Um, I think I just heard something incredible, but I'm not sure. Can you say it again?"

Lelia sits up halfway. As she does, the thin quilt slides off her delicate, fair skin, which shimmers in the early morning sunlight. Is this really human skin? Could it be some bored goddess from heaven coming to the mortal world to play tricks on people? Oh, forget it, goddesses can't be bored, it's not right to say so.

YeYu almost stares his eyes out. Lelia notices this fiery gaze and quickly pulls the quilt back up to cover her chest, hiding her attractive figure. After her face turns slightly red, she goes back to her calm demeanor.

Lelia then runs her fingers through her golden hair, the wisps swaying from side to side. "Well, I think you'd better leave."

"What? Oh... No, I can't!" Although the woman's words are tempting, YeYu decides to stand his ground.

Does she want him to take responsibility? Lelia must come from an extraordinary background to have her skills and various characteristics. If the matter becomes known to others, and the man at the scene flees like a rat with its tail between its legs, it would put an immense amount of pressure on the girl.

Life would surely become difficult for her. "I won't let you bear the burden of my ridiculous behavior alone. I, NanGong YeYu, am not a great person, constantly being called a fool and a simpleton. But at the very least, I have a little conscience. All the mistakes I made are my own. I won't object to whatever the outcome is, but I will never run away."

There is not a single coward among the men of the NanGong clan. If he runs now, he will be tormented by his conscience for the rest of his life. Perhaps he will even be disdained by his own master, who may personally execute him. She hates that kind of man, so she often instills in boys the necessity to shoulder responsibility when necessary.

In short, he must stay now, and not let a girl face this matter alone. He agrees that eloping together would be the best option.

Hearing YeYu's very 'heroic' statement, Lelia becomes embarrassed and looks away, unable to meet his gaze. She grabs her hair, displaying a troubled and helpless expression.

"Well, actually..." Lelia's words stop abruptly, her teeth clenched, her face flushed with suspicion, seemingly finding it difficult to speak.

What's going on? YeYu wonders in confusion.

"... Actually, it was me who took the initiative last night."

After ten seconds of silence, YeYu tilts his head, his mouth twitching. He feels like he heard something incredible. YeYu rubs his eyes and pokes his ears a few times to make sure he has not heard wrong.

Soon, Lelia seems to have given up, revealing the truth. "Last night around three in the morning..."

The truth of the matter unfolds in front of YeYu through Lelia's vivid and slightly embarrassed account. As the truth emerges, YeYu's eyes widen to the point of almost falling out.

This is unbelievable! He's said this many times, but it's the most appropriate way to express his current state of mind.

He begins to recall the course of events. It turns out that several hours after YeYu successfully subdued Lelia and threw her onto the bed, she woke up at three in the morning, still drunk, but unable to sleep due to her troubled thoughts.

Upon waking up, Lelia gets out of bed and accidentally steps on something soft, which startles her and causes her to fall into YeYu's arms."Because every time my family forces me to meet strangers for blind dates, I feel extremely upset…" The young girl, who was annoyed and unhappy at the time, looked at Ye Yu, who was sleeping soundly, and suddenly had an idea. What if she lost her virginity now and lied that her lover had gone far away? Would it free her from the nightmare of blind dates?

"So…" Ye Yu didn't have to listen to know the truth of the matter. He was so weak that he stumbled over to the edge of the wall and slammed his head into it, almost killing himself. Ye Yu was completely devastated.

So, the truth was that the beautiful girl, who was tormented by blind date nightmares, took advantage of her drunkenness around 3 in the morning to escape her family's control over her marriage, steeled her heart, slipped her body over, and did the deed with Ye Yu. After all this time, he was the 'victim.' What kind of twisted scenario was this? Could he sue this woman for rape? Could he charge her?

"Uh... What's wrong with you?" Lelia noticed Ye Yu squatting on the ground with his head against the wall, radiating the aura of a defeated dog.

"Nothing, I just feel that as a man, my dignity has been severely humiliated." Ye Yu replied.

"I don't understand what you're saying at all, but anyway, you can leave. This matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't have to feel burdened." Lelia said in a very casual tone as she gave him the boot.

Although Ye Yu felt somewhat relieved after knowing the truth, he hadn't completely let it go. "If I leave, what will you do next?"

As expected, he was still concerned about how Lelia would handle her future. It was necessary to ask for clarity. Lelia glanced at him curiously. Even at this time, he was still worrying about others - he seemed like a decent person after all.

"Just like what I said earlier, as long as my father believes that I already have a committed lover and have given my body to them, the blind date drama will end, and I will be free." Lelia explained.

"And then what?" Ye Yu asked.

"And then? There's no and then," Lelia shrugged her shoulders, causing the thin quilt on her body to slip down and reveal her ample—.

Bang!

"Don't look!" Ye Yu's vision was suddenly filled with pink as his eyes were hit by something soft with a unique scent... Could it be the fragrance of...breasts?

Ye Yu immediately realized what he was holding in his hand when he saw the women's undergarment gripped between his fingers. Sweat slid down his face as Lelia glared at him, practically ready to kill. But, she couldn't muster any real threat. Rather, the mature charm on the girl's face was incredibly seductive.

Forcing himself to calm down, Ye Yu pretended not to care and tossed the bra back to Lelia, who was clutching the quilt tightly around her body. "Your current method is just a temporary fix. You might be able to deceive others for a short while, but in the long run..."

The truth would eventually come out even if he didn't spell it out for her. Although Ye Yu knew Lelia understood what he meant, her confident expression puzzled him.

"When the time comes, I'll just say that my lover in a distant place vanished or died in an accident," she replied.

"Huh," Ye Yu retorted.

"Did you think I hadn't thought of a strategy for the aftermath? Too naive." Lelia's triumphant expression irked Ye Yu.

"Forget it. Since you have such a strategy, my staying would only make things worse. I should go to another city to lay low. If I stay in this city, it will be easy for someone with determination to investigate and trace the connection to me quickly. I'll leave the rest for you to handle—the store owner and anyone who saw us together. I'll find a way to make them stay quiet." Ye Yu frowned.

"...Are you planning to kill them?" Ye Yu had no doubt that this woman had a fierce and bloody side she was capable of killing, and had likely done so many times before.

Lelia rolled her eyes at him. "You have a vast imagination, little brother."

"My name is NanGong YeYu. Many people like to leave out my surname, though."