"My lord, my lord, don't beat me, I'll confess everything!" Lin Guangtong was timid by nature. Seeing Ms. Lin Su beaten so miserably, he didn't even wait for County Magistrate Zheng to interrogate him and immediately spilled all the schemes of his household.
Lin Yueyun really had lost her virginity. She had set her sights on the Magistrate Shi's son and wanted to climb up the social ladder. Although she did succeed in getting him into bed, the Shi Family was a Magistrate's household, and Young Master Shi was already betrothed. His fiancée's family was a high-ranking official's household in the Capital—how could they possibly break off the engagement and marry Lin Yueyun?
So when Young Master Shi woke up from the drug, he was so enraged he nearly killed Lin Yueyun, and was only stopped by the hurriedly arriving Madam Shi.
