LOT – Chapter 176 I Thought You Were Going to Rush Up and Pull Down Someone’s Pants

Lin Mo heard these words and wanted to hit someone. Although she didn’t have much contact with the Zhao family, her brother did have some connection with Young Master Zhao.

Sometimes Young Master Zhao would come to her home to see her brother. In terms of character, this Zhao young master was decent, and he was also quite good-looking.

Was Miss Li really out of her mind?!

“Why do I feel like hitting someone? If she’s not satisfied, she can call off the engagement! And yet she eloped!”

“The Zhao family didn’t do anything to provoke her! This is such an insult!”

Hearing Lin Mo speak up for them, the Zhao family was oddly touched.

This little troublemaker was actually defending them—it was truly moving!

Though this little troublemaker often acted unpredictably, there was no fault in her character or heart.

Bai Xiao said: “Who could argue with that? But the Li family won’t call off the engagement. They’ve finally climbed into a respectable family, there’s no way they’ll give it up so easily.”

Lin Mo said: “Aren’t they afraid that people will discover a substitute bride? Eventually, the veil will have to be lifted.”

Bai Xiao explained: “They’ve already planned how to handle it. By the time the veil is lifted, the wedding rites will have already been performed. At that point, it’s too late to call it off. They’ll pin the blame entirely on the maid, claiming she coveted wealth and status, kidnapped Miss Li the night before, and took her identity. The wedding rites have already been completed—the identity is set. The Zhao family is a family of integrity; they can’t just punish a maid to death. They’ll also portray themselves as victims, so the Zhao family will be inclined to help them even more.”

Lin Mo was speechless. Each person was more shameless than the last, deliberately targeting honest people—picking on people of good character, people from families of integrity.

“Shameless! Absolutely shameless! So the Zhao family is going to suffer this silent loss, huh? A perfectly good marriage schemed into marrying a maid, and they even portray themselves as the victims? I spit on that!”

Everyone present looked at the Zhao family with a strange mixture of pity and disbelief, as if the compassion in their eyes was about to overflow.

They had seen many duped fools, but never one as thoroughly tricked as this—the Zhao family was completely being made a fool of.

Even the Third Prince, who came over to watch the commotion, wanted to hit someone. No matter what, he had to intervene in this matter!

“Could it be that there isn’t a single decent person in the Li family? I remember you checked the character of everyone in the same exam batch as my brother. So what about this Young Master Li? A slip through the net?”

Lin Mo suddenly remembered. She had had the system check the character of everyone present back then.

Bai Xiao said: “He was checked. And Young Master Li’s character is indeed decent. Even though he initiated the engagement with Miss Li, once he realized his sister’s feelings had changed, he insisted his family call off the engagement—but the Li family refused. Later, Young Master Li even caused a scene at home, got beaten unconscious by his family, and they pretended he was sick. Basically, he was locked in his room before the wedding to ensure he couldn’t ruin it.”

Lin Mo’s teeth were nearly grinding. What a mess! A rare good person had appeared, and yet they had to twist him into something else!

Bai Xiao continued, sensing her anger: “The one who eloped with Miss Li is actually the son of a wealthy merchant. She thought she had met a gentleman, but that merchant’s son had many women around him, and the maids attending him were all prettier than Miss Li. He lured her into eloping just to prove his charm—he couldn’t seduce the daughters of high-ranking officials, but a girl from a minor official’s family was easy pickings. Though he was a minor official, there’s still a gap between officials and merchants. He planned to trap Miss Li and then use her family connections to benefit his own family.”

Shameless! Absolutely enraging!

Everyone present had no idea how to face this wedding banquet anymore.

Having attended countless weddings over the years, they had never seen anything like this.

If people couldn’t express their feelings openly in front of Lin Mo, fine—they could continue with the wedding. But before the ceremony, the Li family’s scheme had to be exposed.

Soon, with drums and gongs, the bride was brought in. Lin Mo stood to the side, her gaze sharp as a blade fixed on the bride, making everyone stifle their laughter.

“Xiao Bai, I’ll pretend to trip and then rip off this fake bride’s veil—make sure their devious scheme is completely exposed!”

Bai Xiao: “Don’t worry, don’t worry.”

Others were thinking of alternative methods, but they didn’t expect Lin Mo to take action herself.

The little Lin truly was gallant and righteous—a real hero!

The Zhao family finally breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise they would have had to figure out a way to expose this fake bride.

Just as the wedding ceremony was about to begin, Lin Mo let out a cry and spun 360 degrees before crashing onto the bride.

It was clearly an exaggerated performance, leaving everyone trying to suppress their laughter.

“That’s a bit over the top! I’ve never seen anyone spin before tripping.”

After being tackled, the fake bride’s veil fell.

Everyone instinctively gasped, though they knew it was an act.

Young Master Zhao looked shocked (pretending, of course): “Who are you? You’re not Miss Li!”

The maid was panicking. She had coveted wealth and status—she was so close to becoming a wife of an official!

Suddenly, the Third Prince appeared: “Ah! So there’s a case of a fraudulent marriage! This matter will be handled by me!”

Everyone: ??? Where did the Third Prince come from? When did he arrive?

He had dressed unusually low-key today, wearing ordinary clothes rather than his conspicuous princely robes.

“Greetings, Your Highness the Third Prince!”

Everyone bowed. The maid was now terrified.

“Your Highness! Why would you attend this wedding banquet?”

Lin Mo had already hidden herself in the crowd.

“Hahaha, was my performance just now amazing? Absolutely a heroine-style fall!”

Bai Xiao: “It was amazing, but a bit exaggerated. I thought you were actually going to pull someone’s pants down! Luckily the angle was right, otherwise you would have crashed into Young Master Zhao and pulled his pants off.”

Lin Mo: …Actually, I almost grabbed the wrong person. She originally meant to grab the veil, but then realized tackling her would be more dramatic. I really almost grabbed the wrong person.

With the force she used, if she had grabbed Young Master Zhao’s pants, she could have pulled them down.

The previously tense atmosphere instantly relaxed.

The maid, hearing this, turned pale—so it was her!

How could someone be so meddlesome!