For three full days, Chu Qingmeng hovered on the verge of a complete breakdown. Whenever she caught sight of Mo Liujin, she refused to give him even a decent look. She hadn't figured out how to explain things in the first place, and now it was worse—she could never explain it clearly. If they didn't treat her as the substitute replacement for the departed love of his youth, it would be a miracle!
Mo Liujin had spent those three days living in sheer terror, not daring to touch a single drop of alcohol no matter how the brothers urged him to drink. Having not seen her for more than twenty years, he had gotten dead drunk and passed out on the first day, only to be banished to sleep in the study on the second. If those brothers of his ever found out about this, wouldn't they laugh themselves to death?
Finally, on the fourth day, Mo Liujin could hold back no longer. He summoned Mo Jiangqing and Mo Jiangche, along with their wives, to the main hall. The room was warmed thoroughly by charcoal braziers placed everywhere, making it very cozy. He had intended to clear things up with them, but when he sent Lengfeng to invite Chu Qingmeng, Lengfeng returned alone and reported, "Master, the young lady says that since you drank yourself into a muddle and ruined things, leaving her unable to explain herself, you can go see her whenever you manage to explain the situation clearly to the two young masters."
Chapter 86