Chapter 183

Hearing this, Ximen Chuanyin’s face had already turned ashen, but Liu Bufan paid him no mind and continued on his own: "Although that opera singer always wore a veil whether she was performing on stage or at private banquets, her graceful posture and sweet voice practically drove every man wild. Yet she ignored everyone else, as if she were only interested in Ximen. Meanwhile, the male lead of our story worked very hard to project an image of absolute moral rectitude in front of outsiders. If he were to show any interest in this newcomer, the reputation he had spent years building would vanish into thin air. "So the question arose: how could he take this newcomer home as his wife without damaging his own reputation? It seemed there was only one way. That was to ruin her reputation first. If you want to destroy someone, the best method is to attack them on moral grounds. So, you set your sights on Qingyi’s cousin, Cangjiang."