[Bonus chapter]62nd Break: Choice

Lin Ze has already explained the matter of breaking the engagement to Meng Zongqi, Meng Linhe, and Meng Wenci who were left earlier after 'Meng Ruyan' returned to his room. Meng Linhe told him again that the Meng family had already let go of this engagement. Meng Zongqi added that it was his father, Meng Zonghe – and Meng Ruyan's grandfather, who proposed this engagement. Now, Meng Zonghe is gone. Meng Ruyan and Lin Ze also didn't have any affection for each other (well, who would since they never even met despite being engaged?), so it was time to break the engagement.

Lin Yao looked at Lin Ze after he listened to Lin Ze telling him what happened when he visited the Meng family earlier. "Cousin..." he called as his gaze turned complicated while he looked at Lin Ze. "Based on your tone... do you want an engagement with Meng Ruyan again?" he asked as he looked at Lin Ze.

Lin Ze didn't answer, since the answer is obvious.

Lin Yao's face was covered in dark lines. "...cousin. Although I am happy about your choice since Meng Ruyan is really a better choice than Meng Xing – in more ways than one, I have to ask you." He said and looked at Lin Ze. His face is serious.

"What is it?" Lin Ze asked.

"Based on Meng Ruyan's attitude earlier who only spoke a few words with you and only stayed a few minutes in the same space with you..." Lin Yao spoke. "Do you think that he would agree with your proposal?" he asked.

Lin Ze fell silent since the answer was obvious.

Lin Yao's lip twitched looking at his cousin's displeased expression. "Cousin. Not to mention Meng Ruyan's attitude, but have you already forgotten two matters?" he asked.

Lin Ze looked at him.

Lin Yao's face darkened when he saw his cousin's skeptical gaze. "One, you left him dry for five years despite he is your fiance. You left for jianghu even after knowing you were engaged to him. You didn't even see him just once before you left nor during these five years." He said. "And, who knows when will you return to the capital, if eldest cousin didn't call you back?" he asked as he looked at Lin Ze.

Lin Ze's face is covered in dark lines. He knows that he really has no intention of going back to the capital. Lin Yao may have not added it, but Lin Ze knows that Lin Yao was also going to say that he has already even forgotten these past five years that he has a fiance whom he left in the capital.

"Don't give me that expression. I haven't told you the worst yet!" Lin Yao looked at Lin Ze.

"... there is still worse?" Lin Ze grimaced.

"You made him the laughingstock of the capital." Lin Yao answered. Before Lin Ze could speak, he continued. "And of jianghu." He added. Now, Meng Ruyan is the laughingstock of the entire world.

Lin Ze. "..." Well, it seems that I really did him so bad... he thought and placed a palm on his forehead, feeling at a loss.

Lin Yao clicked his tongue and shook his head. "I tell you. Just give up." He mercilessly told him.

Lin Ze sighed. Is there really no hope for him and Meng Ruyan? He thought.

(MRY: no. I am already gone of this world. Or, do you actually want to conduct a ghost wedding with me? LZ: *horrified NO! MRY: well, I don't want to, too, since you are not my type. LZ: ...)

"Cousin." Lin Yao called as he stared at Lin Ze. He thought of something.

"Hm?" Lin Ze answered.

"... you don't want to chase Meng Xing, too... don't you?" Lin Yao asked.

Lin Ze's brow raised. "Why? Can't I?" he asked back. But, he saw that Lin Yao's expression became strange. "What?" he asked.

"Well..." Lin Yao stared at Lin Ze. "Didn't you say that Meng Ruyan looks similar to Meng Xing?" he asked. "You chose Meng Ruyan but had to give up because of the consequences of the breaking of your engagement with him. So, you will choose Meng Xing, who also moved your heart. But – " he took a deep breath. " – not to mention that they look similar, which will remind you of your ex-fiance, and that Meng Xing is too mysterious... cousin, didn't you say that Meng Xing is your friend?" he asked. "Will Meng Xing accept you?" He looked at Lin Ze.

Lin Ze fell silent as he pondered over it.

"Let's not mention whether Meng Xing will find out, since paper can't wrap up the fire, that you only made him your second choice – " Lin Yao spoke. " – but, from what I observed of Meng Xing, he is a perceptive man. He will know whether you two could be together or not. So, what will you do if he chooses to reject you?" he asked Lin Ze.

Lin Ze. "..." No way... I have no chance for either of the two?! He thought as he, who had a long line of admirers of practitioners in jianghu, as well as of the capital, felt like coughing a mouthful of blood.

And he did.

"Ke!" Lin Ze coughed and his blood splattered on the floor. His body also wobbled and he knelt on his one knee.

"Cousin!" Lin Yao's eyes widened in shock as he immediately went to help Lin Ze up. "Ai! This is what you get for drinking too much!" he said and sighed as he pulled Lin Ze to sit on the chair.

Fortunately, at this time, the warm water and towel have arrived. Lin Yao had Lin Ze clean himself up while he went and bought Lin Ze something to eat, as well as a set of clothes since Lin Ze's clothes reek of alcohol.

But, Lin Yao didn't expect that in this trip of his, he would be entangled with a problem.

"Mr. Xu?" Lin Yao muttered when he saw Xu father was running. He noticed that the other's expression was wrong as if he was escaping, and so he followed him.

But, as soon as he entered the alley where Xu father ran to, his eyes widened in shock at what he saw. Before he could react, he felt that someone hit him on his back.