Li Youlan narrowed her beautiful eyes. She was a master of poisons and knew the various reactions of a person after being poisoned. Li Fan's condition clearly indicated that he had lost his mind. He must have been tricked.
"In broad daylight, brother and sister, this is too outrageous!" On a nearby pleasure boat, a noble young man shook his head and clicked his tongue in reproach as he watched the outrageous stripping.
"Exactly, even if they want to commit incest, they should do it inside the cabin. It's too blatant to do it outside..." Another noble young man on a pleasure boat commented on the lively scene. This drama was truly captivating, and his trip here had not been in vain.
"Shut up!" Li Youlan shouted angrily.
Li Fan was completely irrational and acted madly. She was pinned down and unable to use her martial arts. She was both angry and anxious. She used all her strength to pull her small hand out and tried to press Li Fan's pressure point to put him to sleep.
A white figure instantly floated over, grabbed Li Fan by the collar and lifted him up. Her slender hand pulled out the silver needles from his body, and she quickly slapped him several times. To outsiders, Li Fan's body trembled from the slaps, and his dazed mind slowly cleared.
Seeing Chu Youran crying and looking pitiful, and Li Youlan, who was quickly straightening her clothes with a look of anger, Li Fan asked in confusion, "What happened?"
The crowd looked at him in confusion, and the servants hiding in the shadows also looked at him strangely. They exchanged glances, and one of the servants ran forward, whispered a few words, and recounted what had happened.
Li Fan's face instantly turned as black as ink. He had taken liberties with Chu Youran and mistakenly pounced on his own sister? But how come he had no recollection of it at all? He couldn't remember doing anything at all.
Could someone be plotting against me? My angry gaze swept over the people on the deck, landing on Shen Lixue before I looked away. He should have been in the purification room when the incident happened, so he couldn't have schemed against me.
"Big brother, what happened to you just now?" Li Youlan straightened her clothes and stepped forward, carefully examining Li Fan. He was very sober now, completely different from the crazy and irrational man he had been just moments before.
"I...drank too much..." Li Fan blinked and gave the most suitable reason. If he couldn't find the person who plotted against him, he had to find the most appropriate reason to exonerate himself.
Li Fan had drunk quite a bit and reeked of alcohol. In addition, when he tackled Li Youlan, she also smelled a strong odor of alcohol. Since he admitted it himself, she didn't think much of it. She glared at Li Fan, turned around, and quickly walked off the deck. Everyone was watching the pleasure boat, and she didn't want to continue making a fool of herself.
"Waaaaah, big brother, I want to go home!" Chu Youran cried, looking pitiful, and hurriedly prepared to walk off the deck.
"Alright, let's go home!" Shen Lixue snapped her folding fan shut and helped Chu Youran walk slowly forward.
On the way to the lake, she was thinking that if the other party was a gentle and polite man, she would have Chu Youran give him a hint to try to resolve the matter peacefully. Unexpectedly, the man turned out to be Li Fan, so she no longer needed to worry about it and used any means to stop their engagement.
Li Fan's frivolous behavior towards Chu Youran was witnessed by many people. If Chu Youran tells her parents what happened when she gets home, they probably won't let her marry Li Fan anymore.
Li Fan was startled. When he left home, his father repeatedly told him to make a good impression on Chu Youran and to marry her as soon as possible.
Now things have turned out badly. Chu Youran has grown tired of him. If his father knew about the absurd things he had done, he would definitely not let him off the hook. He stepped forward, preparing to stop Chu Youran and Shen Lixue, but unexpectedly, he tripped and stumbled a few times. After regaining his balance, Chu Youran had already pulled Shen Lixue off the deck and rushed towards the small boat next to the painted boat.
"Miss Chu!" Li Fan was anxious and wanted to chase after her, but his sleeve was grabbed tightly. He turned his head angrily and met Nangong Xiao's charming eyes: "Young Master Li, the young lady is in a bad mood. If you chase after her now, you will definitely be turned away."
Li Fan smiled and said, "Young Master Nangong, we're all people in this world of romance, and we both know the truth about many things!" Girls need to be coaxed; if you let them get angry, who knows how long they'll stay angry.
He was confident that he could settle things with Chu Youran within half an hour, and that today's absurd events must not reach the ears of Chu's father, grandfather, or fathers.
Li Fan flicked his sleeves, breaking free from Nangong Xiao, only to see Chu Youran and Shen Lixue already boarding a small boat and drifting away.
"You Ran!" Li Fan cried out in anguish, his tall figure leaping off the deck and flying straight toward Li You Ran's small boat.
Nangong Xiao appeared on his pleasure boat, he must have flown there using his lightness skill, so he imitated him and used his lightness skill to float onto the small boat, which was both fast and safe.
Chu Youran is a lady from a respectable family, rarely leaving her home. She has certainly never seen anyone fly before. Seeing him demonstrate his lightness skill will surely amaze her, and her anger will dissipate considerably.
As expected, Chu Youran looked at him flying towards her, a hint of surprise flashing in her beautiful eyes, and the tears in her eyes disappeared.
Li Fan was pleased with himself and flew even harder. She was just a narrow-minded young lady from a wealthy family; dealing with her would be a piece of cake.
Nangong Xiao gently waved his folding fan, a slight smirk playing on his lips, his wicked eyes gleaming with cold light. The instant Li Fan landed on the small boat, he suddenly raised his palm, unleashing a powerful burst of internal energy that propelled the boat forward four or five meters. Caught off guard, Li Fan plunged into the icy lake water with a splash.
"Hahaha!" A burst of loud laughter erupted from all around.
"Young Master Li, your lightness skill is superb, truly superb!"
"The tall one didn't make it onto the boat; it fell into the water!"
"If you're not good enough, don't try. It's just embarrassing."
Most of the young masters from prestigious families are spoiled brats who are usually idle and incompetent. They can barely manage to write poems and compose couplets, but they don't like martial arts because it's too hard, let alone practice lightness skills.
Li Fan's display of lightness skill to chase after the beauty in front of them was clearly a show-off, which they found irritating. Now that they saw him fall into the water, they naturally gloated and mocked him.
Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow and looked at the painted boat. The servants cried out pitifully for their young master and jumped into the lake with a splash to rescue Li Fan.
Nangong Xiao stood on the deck, holding a folding fan and slowly waving it, watching the spectacle with great interest. She was also preparing to use her lightness skill to make the ship move forward quickly and avoid Li Fan, but she didn't expect him to beat her to it.
With a flash, Nangong Xiao was already right in front of her. Looking at his devilishly handsome face, Shen Lixue curled her lips. Coming without a trace and going without a shadow, has his lightness skill reached the pinnacle and become divine?
"I've solved your problem, how are you going to thank me?" Nangong Xiao lightly waved his folding fan, his devilish face beaming with an annoying smile. Li Fan was blind and didn't recognize Shen Lixue, but he had sharp eyes and recognized her as soon as he saw her in white on the deck.
"Even if you don't help, I can still deal with Li Fan!" Shen Lixue glared at him, looking at Li Fan, who was struggling desperately in the lake, splashing water and bobbing up and down, half-drowsy. The painted boat was a bit far from them, and they wondered if Li Fan would drown by the time the servants swam over.
As Shen Lixue stepped aside, Nangong Xiao saw Chu Youran behind her and his gaze sharpened: "Is Miss Chu's father the governor?"
"Yes!" Chu Youran didn't know why Nangong Xiao would ask this question, but she still answered truthfully.
"Is something wrong?" Shen Lixue rarely saw Nangong Xiao with such a serious expression.
Nangong Xiao looked around and lowered his voice, saying, "My father wrote to me a few days ago, saying that someone is secretly trying to win over local officials!"
Shen Lixue's gaze sharpened. A governor governs a region and is considered a local official. Could it be that Prime Minister Li was trying to win over Governor Chu through the marriage between Chu Youran and Li Fan? Marriage tightly binds two families together, and no matter how strong the interests are, they cannot compare to the solid bond between children and in-laws.
Chu Youran was taken aback, realizing the intricacies of the situation, and her expression changed slightly: "Li Xue, my father..."
"Don't worry, nothing will happen!" Shen Lixue didn't know what kind of person Governor Chu was, but she wouldn't just stand by and watch Chu Youran marry Li Fan, that philandering playboy.
Looking back at Li Fan, who was drowning and whose eyes were rolling back in his head, Shen Lixue smiled meaningfully: "Someone, pull Young Master Li out!"
As the sun gradually set, the number of pedestrians by the lake decreased. Li Fan spat out the last mouthful of lake water, his body feeling utterly exhausted. He lay back on the chair, unable to move an inch. His eyes were clear as he looked around, only to see the servants and Shen Lixue. He felt extremely disappointed: "Where is You Ran?"
Shen Lixue sighed, feigning helplessness, "She's angry and went home!"