Fleeing the capital with her lover!

As far as Mei Deng could remember, Sun Rong was the fourth daughter of an unlucky merchant whose businesses continued to fail, as though someone had placed a curse on the family.

All three of her elder sisters had unsuccessful marriages, and one was almost returned to the family. Her brothers were all worthless men and squandered what little their father earned, sparing almost nothing for their sickly mother. If not that Sun Rong was sent to live with her mother's sister, whose husband owned a martial arts training house, she might have become a courtesan, because of her elegance and frail appearance.

The story of the Sun family became a popular reference story told to young children, centered around having good relationships with people, so as not to get cursed by others.

If not cursed, then how could one family have such a string of bad luck? Even her father's brothers were struggling in their respective fields of trade. And now, Sun Rong who was the most elegant and talented had turned out like this.

Always picking fights in the capital streets and hooking up with men she had beaten the crap out of. Some even gossip that Sun Rong's mother was so distraught over having another daughter that she drank heartily all throughout the pregnancy hoping to kill the child.

Which was why people believed that Sun Rong was so attached to liquor, because she had been having it since she was in the womb.

In truth, there was really nothing linking Yu Xiaoguang as a Minister's son to such a woman whose family was teeming with such bad luck.

Save for the one time that time when he had visited the white lotus tavern and ate without paying for the food.

Mei Deng who only just realized that he had been spacing out for a while snapped out of his thoughts and realized that they had been standing in a suspicious corner, towering over a frail looking woman.

'With Daiyu's wedding tomorrow, I can't let even a single hitch happen.' he pinched his chin then narrowed his eyes at Sun Rong, who was determined not to leave without being compensated.

"Alright, Alright, why don't we all go and have breakfast together? We can discuss this further while we eat." Yu Xiaoguang offered, wanting to quickly step out of the suspicious corner.

"Hah? Why would we reduce our status by dining with this man woman?" Chen Yao retorted in clear disdain.

"What? Are you intimidated? If you're scared then..." Before the woman could finish speaking Chen Yao had raised his fist above his head, ready to land a punch on her face.

"That's enough Chen Yao!" The youngster's fist was suspended in the air at the sound of Yu Xiaoguang's voice, he looked to Jun Feng, but his companion had nothing to say.

"No matter what the rumours say, Sun Rong still deserves to be respected as a lady." Yu Xiaoguang announced, gesturing Sun Rong to walk out first, she stared at his gesture for a moment, genuinely confused by it.

But it took her only seconds to recover, she happily clutched unto his left arm and walked out with Yu Xiaoguang, flattening her lips into a content smile.

Sun Rong flung her head back and stuck her tongue to the two of them, adding salts to their wounds.

"You-!" Both companions pointed to the woman with knitted brows and narrowed eyes, unable to make a proper sentence.

*White Lotus Tavern*

"What the hell is this aura?" Yu Xiaoguang couldn't help but ask, right from when he walked inside the tavern, all eyes had been directed at him, or rather his companions.

'Yu Xiaoguang certainly is surrounded by such intimidating characters.' Mei Deng concluded to himself, seeing as the people who worked the Tavern attended to them immediately, whilst the other customers avoided them like the plague.

"Gege are the rumours true? Is sister Daiyu really going to marry into the Wang family?" Chen Yao blurted out, breaking the ice.

"Ah...if all goes well, the wedding is scheduled for tomorrow." He said with nervous eyes, unsure if he was meant to be disclosing this to other people.

"Why would she want to become a wife to such a stuck up brat?" Sun Rong asked, setting her feet on the table, interlocking her fingers behind her head.

"Eh? What would an unlucky woman like you know about matching?" Jun Feng retorted sharply with venomous eyes. Sun Rong humped at him then diverted her gaze to Yu Xiaoguang, who had his stare fixed on her.

She cracked a smile and asked, "like what you see?"

Chen Yao and Jun Feng exchanged pissed off glances with one another then folded their arms in perfect sync with one another.

"Let me ask you plainly, what do you mean by I have to accept responsibility for you?" Yu Xiaoguang's tone dropped, and any sense of humor or receptiveness vanished.

Sun Rong who picked up on his tone parted her lips in stun but swiftly recovered, she set her foot down then faced him properly. The woman clasped her hands together as she lowered her head to Yu Xiaoguang, stunning all three men out of their wits.

"Please brother Yu, after what transpired between us I cannot help but ask you to consider me." She said with her head facing downward.

"You don't need to-"

"No! I admit that your skill was superior, no man had ever been able to subdue me in that manner." Sun Rong sharply interjected in a loud voice, catching the attention of others.

The corners of Mei Deng's mouth had started to twitch, the polite smile he was wearing would soon fade, but there was nothing he could do. With no memory whatsoever of what had transpired, heavens knows what Yu Xiaoguang could have done to Sun Rong.

Jun Feng pulled Chen Yao by the collar and said, "wait a minute, why has the air here suddenly tensed up?"

Chen Yao nodded firmly, then replied, "I can't bear to watch Gege stutter with his words. Any onlooker will think that Gege is pathetic and refuses to accept responsibility."

"I agree, but if Gege ends up accepting, does that mean we have to call that man woman Jiejie?" Chen Yao suddenly asked with a disgusted look on his face.

Jun Feng's face froze, as though an image of such a possiblity played across his mind and he highly disliked it.

"Gege won't ever dare!" Jun Feng cried out, angrily slamming his fist against the table, startling everyone and drawing all the attention to him.

Mei Deng sighed at their loud nature, but found himself smiling regardless, he relaxed his tensed shoulders then faced Sun Rong directly.

'This woman must have faced many difficulties in life, but still taking pity on her isn't reason enough to be with someone. Infact, it'll make us both miserable, plus if it isn't my YaoYao...' his features dampened at the thought of YaoYao.

He let out a suppressed sigh then stared fully at Sun Rong, who was still expecting a response from him.

"Sun Rong." He called out so they would both be staring at each other, "I acknowledge my mistake but I cannot take responsibility for you, no matter the circumstances."

Both youngsters rested their hands on their hearts in relief that their Gege had rejected Sun Rong. Whereas, before Sun Rong could even say anything in response, hurried footsteps approached their table.

"Young master Yu!" Chunhua cried out almost out of breath from running around, Yu Xiaoguang immediately looked over his shoulder to see Chunhua who couldn't have been any more relieved to have found him.

He rose from his seat without hesitation and made his way to her, "what is the matter?" He demanded, noticing the strands of brown hair that stuck to her neck, because of how much she must have been sweating.

"It's young Miss Yu.."

"Is Daiyu making a fuss about the wedding?" Yu Xiaoguang combed his fingers through his hair, tired and stressed out from hearing only bad news for the past days.

Chunhua who had finally gained her senses straightened her back as she took in one final deep breath. On her tiptoes, she brought her lips to his ears and said...

"Young Miss Yu was sighted fleeing the capital with her lover!"