LOT – Chapter 88 Almost Matched His Own Wife with His Love Rival

Lin Mo wasn’t paying attention to anything else. She just wanted to know why the system called Lord Feng “simple.”

Lin Mo: 【System, I smell gossip in your words! What exactly did Lord Feng do that made you call him a simpleton?】

System: 【Oh, he’s done plenty of foolish things—like the stuff with his wife.】

That one sentence from the system instantly drew everyone’s attention.

Everyone was inwardly thrilled, but outwardly kept their composure. They were still eating, drinking, and chatting like normal, and the atmosphere appeared lively. From the surface, you’d never guess they were all eavesdropping and eagerly anticipating gossip.

Lord Feng felt like his soul had just left his body. Heavens! I should never have jumped the gun and given my gift first!

The other officials all secretly rejoiced. Thank goodness I didn’t go first! They were all very curious now—what had Lord Feng done that made him seem so “simple,” and how was it related to his wife?

Then the system began spilling the tea to Lin Mo.

System: 【Back when Lord Feng was pursuing his wife, he nearly matched her up with his love rival. He almost became the matchmaker for the two of them!】

Lin Mo munched on her food while listening closely. Her curiosity was piqued. How on earth did he almost match up his own wife with his love rival?!

Lin Mo: 【Come on, tell me everything!】

System:【Lord Feng and his wife were childhood sweethearts, but he had a friend who also liked Lady Feng—something Lord Feng didn’t know. That friend began secretly sabotaging him, and Lord Feng, being a bit of a simpleton, trusted him completely and didn’t guard against him.

Whenever Lord Feng couldn’t deliver gifts or letters to Lady Feng himself, he asked that friend to do it. That ended up giving the guy all sorts of chances to get close to her.】

Lin Mo was left dumbfounded. What kind of grade-A idiot is this? That’s not “creating opportunities”—that’s handing your wife over on a silver platter!

The other officials also looked at Lord Feng with disbelief—mixed with a tiny bit of admiration.

Wow. He really pushed his wife into another man’s arms.

Lord Feng: …How was I supposed to know that guy liked my wife?! I treated him like a brother, and he tried to steal my girl! That scumbag!

Lady Feng’s face flushed red. These were embarrassing things from their youth, and now it was all being aired out in public.

Young Master Feng and Miss Feng were hearing about this for the first time too.

Tsk! Dad was really dumb back then! The brother and sister looked at their father with matching expressions of disdain.

System: 【Fortunately, Lady Feng was deeply in love with Lord Feng and remained steadfast. Their relationship was solid, so the love rival didn’t succeed in stealing her away.

Eventually, it was Lady Feng who helped Lord Feng see the truth. Before that, he’d actually thought that friend was like a security guard for their relationship. Turns out, he was more like a mole digging a tunnel under his wall!】

Lin Mo glanced at Lord Feng, and her gaze was particularly scathing.

Everyone else was thoroughly enjoying the gossip. And from that day on, Lord Feng got a new nickname.

From then on, “Feng the Simpleton” directly replaced his real name. Eventually, no one even called him “Lord Feng” anymore—they just called him “Simpleton Lord.” But that’s a story for another time.

With this juicy gossip on the side, the meal was absolutely delicious.

While gnawing on a chicken leg, Lin Mo began drawing lots with the system to decide whose gossip to dig up next.

The moment gossip was mentioned, the system got unusually proactive.

Lin Mo (grumbling): 【There’s no music or dancing—it’s kind of boring eating like this.】

System: 【That’s easy. Just have the heir of the Anping Marquis dance for you. He’s known as the number one dancer in the capital.】

Everyone collectively gasped. Another big scoop!

Lin Mo’s eyes widened, and she secretly peeked toward the Marquis’s heir.

The heir nearly dropped his chopsticks: !!! How did this gossip circle around to me?! I even tried hiding in the corner! I’m the dignified heir to a noble house, eating quietly by the door—how did they still find me?!

The Anping Marquis’s face instantly darkened. He looked at his son, whose face had gone pale, and just from that look, he knew the system wasn’t lying.

Lin Mo (excited): 【Quick, tell me! What’s the story?!】

The system also said excitedly: 【You have no idea how amazing the Heir of the Marquis of Anping is! His martial arts are incredible! Not only is he amazing at martial arts—he’s also amazing at dancing!】

【His greatest passion is dancing, but he couldn’t let his father find out. He also wanted to showcase his dance skills to others, so he went to Qianyu Pavilion. You know Qianyu Pavilion, right? It’s filled with dancers and performers—both male and female.】

【The Heir of the Marquis of Anping disguised himself and went in. As soon as he entered, he directly challenged the best performer—and instantly earned the title of the Capital’s Number One Dancer!】

【A man’s dance has this masculine energy—it’s incredibly, incredibly, incredibly beautiful! Totally different from a woman’s alluring grace! And because the Heir has trained in martial arts for years, his dance really brings out that raw, masculine strength!】

Dance isn’t just for women. In the flourishing capital, all kinds of dance styles exist.

Right now, the Heir of the Marquis of Anping wanted to dig a hole and crawl inside.

It was over! He was done for! The whole reason he went to Qianyu Pavilion in disguise was to hide his love for dancing from his father—and now this system had exposed everything!

He didn’t even dare to imagine how many people would laugh at him in the future.

But after hearing what the system said, Lin Mo suddenly really wanted to see the heir dance.

She truly admired talented people. 【The Heir is incredible! He’s really amazing! Dancing is so difficult, and he’s mastered it! Excelling at anything is already hard enough, but he actually became number one at dancing—that’s so impressive!】

Lin Mo’s tone was full of admiration and respect, not even a hint of ridicule, and everyone around her was left a little dazed by her sincerity.

She genuinely seemed to think the Heir was amazing.

Generally, people of high status wouldn’t seriously study dance. Dancing for others was seen as lowering one’s status to entertain the masses.

Even daughters of noble families rarely pursued dance seriously—at most, they might learn a bit to improve their posture or enhance their figure.

The system chimed in appreciatively: 【I think he’s really amazing too. It’s just that the people here have a bias about it. There’s nothing wrong with loving dance. Everyone has their own hobbies—some like writing poetry or playing the zither, others just happen to love dancing.】

【The fact that the Heir dared to pursue this is already admirable. Most people wouldn’t even dare to try, fearing it would lower their status.】

After hearing Lin Mo and the system’s words, the Heir was nearly moved to tears.

Lord Lin was just too kind. And this system too! He’d thought they would mock him—but they genuinely believed he was amazing.

The system’s words stirred something in everyone’s hearts.

Some people who had been secretly laughing at the Heir now found their feelings becoming more complicated.

Some things, in truth, are not wrong in and of themselves—it’s just people who assign special meanings to them.

Looking at his son, who stood beside him visibly moved, the Marquis of Anping sighed and said softly, “Just do whatever you like. Lord Lin is right. It’s just a hobby.”

The Heir felt overwhelmed with emotion at his father’s words. And that emotion quickly led him to act impulsively.

He rushed to the center and excitedly said to Lin Mo, “Lord Lin, I didn’t know what gift to give you today, so… how about I perform a dance for you?”

Lin Mo nodded enthusiastically, “Yes, yes! That would be great!”

The system excitedly added: 【Do it! Do it! Host, I think he wants to use your birthday banquet as a way to show his father his passion. His father won’t make things too hard for him, not with you there.】

Lin Mo: 【I think so too! And if his dad does try to hit him—activate my protection mode! I’ll block it for him!】

Everyone else: …You two are really overthinking this.

The Heir, deeply moved: Lord Lin is truly so kind and understanding!