She had thought she understood Qi Shan fairly well, but she hadn't expected the man to keep surprising her in new ways, repeatedly shattering his own record for shamelessness. Honestly, what could she say? He really was something else!
Last time, he'd disguised himself as Jiang Sheng's wife and stabbed him in the back.
This time, he'd gone even further, directly transforming into a love-struck swindler and deceiving the pure, innocent heart of a naive young man? Thinking about it, anyone who could draw an Erotic Illustration with flames leaping right off the page probably didn't have much in the way of scruples. Shen Tang's expression nearly twisted into a knot.
"Yuan Liang... seduced your son?"
Shen Tang's words were shocking.
The onlookers, eager for the gossip: "..."
Their attention was completely captured by her.
Bold—or rather, only their lord was bold enough to actually ask!
Xun Zhen's face turned the color of bitter melon juice in an instant.
Qi Shan shot her a warning glare, his eyes full of menace.
But Shen Tang wasn't the Shen Tang she'd been before. His little threat was like an itch-scratch: negligible.
"S-seduced... Well, not exactly, because my son was even younger then than my lord is now." It took Xun Zhen a while to regain his composure. Shen Tang had nearly left him speechless. He continued, "If that had happened, Qi Yuanliang... Hmph!"
Everyone knew what he'd left unsaid.
If Qi Shan had really done that to his son, Xun Zhen would never have been able to stand by. He would've drawn his sword and fought the man to the death long ago. Of course, what Qi Shan had actually done wasn't much better.
Shen Tang nodded. "Oh. And then?"
"...My son is the only child my late wife and I had