Lu Chi silently looked at her, secretly despising himself for a while. Forcing himself to endure the reluctance in his heart, he took a small step back, somewhat awkwardly covering his nose himself. Seeing the crimson mass on his fingertips… he felt quite ashamed of himself. He had always prided himself on being a gentleman, but it turned out his inner thoughts were so filthy and sordid! He suddenly felt disgusted with himself!

“Are you feeling better?” Shi Fa Ke, unaware that the seemingly upright and gentlemanly Master Lu was currently having indescribable thoughts, looked up at him with a worried expression on her face.

“It’s nothing,” Lu Chi coughed lightly, maintaining his jade-like handsome face with an expression that could be described as extremely serious and proper.

“That’s good then.” Seeing that his nosebleed had indeed stopped, Shi Fa Ke finally breathed a sigh of relief, saying with lingering fear, “How frightening to have a nosebleed for no reason. Perhaps you should find a physician to check your pulse.”

“No need, it’s already fine.” Lu Chi waved his hand, somewhat uncomfortably changing the subject, “You came looking for me – is there something you need?”

With his reminder, Shi Fa Ke suddenly remembered her purpose for coming.

“Mm… there is something.” Shi Fa Ke said while tentatively glancing at him, “I received an invitation from the Zhu family yesterday.”

Lu Chi, still covering his nose and not quite in the right state of mind, reacted a beat slower and unconsciously asked a foolish question, “Which Zhu family?”

“…How many Zhu families are there in Tongluo Town?” Shi Fa Ke twitched the corner of her mouth, looking at him with concern, “Are you really alright?”

This time Lu Chi came to his senses, his entire person suddenly becoming clear-headed. He looked at Shi Fa Ke and suddenly realized that perhaps she hadn’t noticed at all when he called her “A’Ke” earlier, which was why she had no particular reaction… Thinking this, his entire being dimmed.

“I’m fine.” He silently covered his nose, speaking in a muffled voice.

This emotional rollercoaster made him feel somewhat unable to bear it, but… couldn’t this also indicate from the side that A’Ke was now unguarded around him? Lu Chi thought with somewhat mixed feelings as he comforted himself.

“Aren’t you going to ask me why the Zhu family sent me an invitation?” Shi Fa Ke said again.

“Oh, why?” Lu Chi, afraid she might pester him again about why he had a nosebleed, asked compliantly.

But his heart felt somewhat uncomfortable. At this point, he probably already understood Shi Fa Ke’s purpose for coming today. It was indeed true that people don’t visit without a reason…

“Madam Zhu has had a change of heart and wants to ask through me whether this marriage proposal can still be arranged.” Shi Fa Ke spoke while carefully observing Lu Chi, trying to discern some clues from his expression. But to her disappointment, Lu Chi’s expression was bland, showing no ripples at all.

“Wasn’t that marriage proposal already called off long ago?” Lu Chi’s expression was extremely indifferent, his entire being radiating rejection.

He had longed day and night, finally hoping to see the girl he wanted to meet, only to find that this girl was single-mindedly trying to matchmake him. Who could he complain to about this vexing situation?

Moreover, why was the Zhu family targeting him again?

However, no matter what tricks the Zhu family wanted to pull, he had absolutely no interest whatsoever.

“Madam Zhu has had a change of heart…”

“That’s called being fickle,” Lu Chi said righteously, with an expression of complete moral uprightness.

“It’s just marriage talk – it’s not that serious. There’s no need to make such a big deal of it. Besides, marriage proposals are called ‘marriage talk’ because you need to talk more to actually get married.” Shi Fa Ke brought out her professional qualities as a matchmaker, earnestly trying to persuade him.

She was fine when she wasn’t earnestly persuading, but once she started earnestly persuading, Lu Chi finally became angry.

Once angry, he began to feel dizzy and lightheaded, even his body swaying involuntarily.

Seeing his complexion was off, Shi Fa Ke immediately became nervous again, “Master Lu, are you alright?”

“I’m fine,” Lu Chi gritted his teeth and squeezed out two words.

“But you bled so much from your nose earlier. Are you sure you don’t need to find a physician to take a look?” Shi Fa Ke asked with concern again.

Lu Chi wished he could immediately erase the embarrassing incident of the nosebleed, but the girl in front of him always brought up his sore spots. He almost spoke through gritted teeth with a smile, “This humble one is in excellent health, no need to worry.”

“Then why did you have a nosebleed for no reason?” Shi Fa Ke was still worried.

“…Probably because my blood energy is too vigorous in spring, or perhaps because I ate some nourishing foods yesterday.” Lu Chi’s smile cracked slightly, barely maintaining his smiling expression.

“But Master Lu… your complexion doesn’t look very good,” Shi Fa Ke said hesitantly, looking at his somewhat abnormally pale face.

“How could that be? This humble one has always been in good health.” Lu Chi’s heart jumped, and he straightened his spine slightly, emphasizing his point.

After all, when a man fancies a woman, he always likes to display his strong side in front of her. He didn’t want her to misunderstand that he had a sickly constitution.

But for some reason, he felt somewhat dizzy, his head inexplicably heavy, his body feeling light and floating, and he involuntarily swayed again.

Seeing this, Shi Fa Ke quickly stepped forward to support him.

Lu Chi felt her small hand supporting him, and the knot in his heart immediately lessened by more than half. Although his heart was stirring, propriety between men and women must be observed. With people coming and going on this busy street, if this scene reached the ears of her father and three brothers, it would probably become even more difficult for him to approach A’Ke in the future. After all, he was also the culprit who had caused A’Ke to get drunk before… To salvage his precarious image in front of A’Ke’s parents and brothers, for their future together, Lu Chi very gentlemanly pushed her hand away gently.

Who would have thought that this push didn’t succeed in pushing her away.

“Don’t be silly,” Shi Fa Ke slapped away his hand, supporting him even more tightly.

“Mm, propriety between men and women… don’t ruin your reputation,” Lu Chi endured the sudden dizziness, speaking earnestly.

Seeing his complexion was wrong, Shi Fa Ke reached out to touch his forehead. It was burning hot to the touch, and she angrily scolded, “You pedantic scholar, at a time like this you’re still talking about propriety between men and women!”

Lu Chi was somewhat stunned by her scolding, staring at her blankly, “What… what’s wrong?”

“Don’t you know you’re sick?!”

“How could that be? This humble one has always been in good health.” Lu Chi said with great confidence despite his dizziness.

His mother said he had been tough since childhood and had never been sick.

“…” Look at your complexion! Where does this confidence come from?

Shi Fa Ke was too lazy to waste more words with him and directly dragged him to the medical clinic.