In the sight of Huo Shufan and the others, Li Chenan and the Shang family were chatting and laughing happily.

Although I couldn't hear what they were talking about due to the distance, just the fact that the Shang family took Li Chenan to visit this place was enough to show that the two of them were at least no strangers to each other.

"I see!"

Shen Qiaodie's eyes were filled with anger: "Hua Manting, Mr. Hua and Mr. Shang are close friends."

"Master Hua gave his wine a name and also inscribed a plaque on his tavern. There is also a close relationship between Mr. Hua and him."

"So Mr. Hua Lao must have brought Li Chenan here before. In Mr. Hua's favor, of course the Shang family will not refuse to meet Li Chenan!"

Shen Qiaodie's words made sense. Huo Shufan thought for a moment and nodded, "This guy knows how to take advantage of Mr. Hua's power!"

"But what's the point of him coming to this literary venue?"

Shen Qiaodie thought for a moment and then said:

"Tomorrow's Dragon Boat Festival, the judge will be Li Wenhan, the dean of Zhuxia Academy, and Li Wenhan is his father!"

"The second judge is Mr. Zhang Zheng, the dean of Qianmo Academy... When Mr. Hua came to Guangling City, he lived either in Zhuxia Academy or Qianmo Academy."

"I thought Mr. Hua should have introduced Li Chenan to Mr. Zhang when he lived in Qianmo Academy. After all, Qianmo Academy is diagonally opposite his tavern."

"The third judge is the Shang family...so, he is here to consolidate the relationship with the Shang family!"

"There are two other judges left. One is our Jiangnan Province's academic master Jia Fengxian Jia, and the other is our Guangling City academic and political scholar Zhang Pingju."

"This Li Chenan is really despicable!"

Huo Chuanming and Wen Huan immediately understood after hearing Shen Qiaodie's analysis——

Tomorrow there will be five judges for the essay, three of them are related to Li Chenan.

Needless to say, his father Li Wenhan, although it was Li Wenhan who kicked him out of the house, now Li Chenan has a hint of a prodigal son turning back.

Li Chenan is the eldest son of the third wife of the Li family. According to the teacher at Zhuxia Academy, Li Wenhan now regrets his actions at that time. So he will definitely favor Li Chenan in the judgment of this literary conference in the hope that Li Chenan can return to the Li family.

As for Mr. Zhang from Qianmo Academy...this old man likes wine, so Li Chenan probably gave him a lot of wine.

If someone is soft-handed and short-handed, Mr. Zhang will probably be biased towards him.

Today he actually came to this Peach Blossom Island, and now he has won the favor of everyone in the business community.

With three votes in hand, you are sure to win!

"I didn't expect that this fool would now learn to use these methods to pursue fame and fortune!"

Huo Shufan took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Let's go, the cultural conference will be held tomorrow afternoon... Then we will come here first, and expose his ugly face before the cultural conference!"...

"What a brilliant idea!"

Wen Huan closed the folding fan in his hand, "When everyone lands on Peach Blossom Island and comes here, if we publicize this matter, all the students will definitely be disgusted with him, Li Chenan!"

"It will definitely put huge pressure on the three judges!"

"As long as they vote for Li Chenan... I will make some students sigh, which will arouse public outrage, and Li Chenan's reputation will be ruined!"

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Not long after Huo Shufan and the others left, Li Chenan and the others also said goodbye to the Shang family and left Peach Blossom Island.

Time was too tight, so he declined the merchants' offer to stay, and set foot on the lakeside ferry with a frustrated Su Muxin and a high-spirited Wu Xichen.

As soon as they arrived at the platform where the carriage was parked, they met Huo Shufan and the other three who were about to board the carriage.

"I thought you were such a fool,"

Huo Shufan shook the folding fan in his hand, came to Li Chenan's side, and looked at Li Chenan contemptuously, "I didn't expect you to be so scheming, but your methods are too dirty, even for a villain!"

Li Chenan was startled and thought, didn't he just want to put some advertisements at the cultural venue?

Is this so dirty?

He grinned, but did not go to Huo Shufan, but to Shen Qiaodie who was aside.

Shen Qiaodie was inexplicably afraid of him and took a step back unconsciously.

"The clothes you are wearing today are very nice."

Shen Qiaodie was stunned for a moment, and when she heard what Li Chenan said again, she almost exploded with anger——

"This dress just supports your exquisite figure. Hey... If I knew that your figure was so attractive at that time, I should have sold the marriage certificate to your father for a thousand taels of silver!"

"You...! You despicable and shameless villain! Is this girl something you can afford?"

"What you said was half right, but one word was wrong."

Li Chenan took a step closer, with a vulgar look on his face, "That small character is not used correctly. How do you know I am small?"

"Besides, what do you have that I can climb up to? Is it just these two hills? I still don't like it! Don't forget that your marriage certificate is worth a hundred taels of silver!"

"Miss Wen Xiaowanwen from Ningxiang Pavilion is worth a hundred taels of silver just for her appearance. You are actually much cheaper than her!"

How could Shen Qiaodie endure such humiliation!

She didn't understand the meaning of the small character, but she understood the meaning of Xiao Qiaoshan and Li Chenan's last sentence——

He actually said this is a hill?

Although it’s not majestic enough, it’s still impressive, okay?

What's even more disgusting is that he actually compared himself with the woman from the brothel!

He even said that he was not as good as the woman from the brothel!

Her face suddenly turned red, and her eyes seemed to be on fire.

"This girl was born into a wealthy family, how can she be compared to a girl from a brothel!"

"You, Li Chenan, are just a toad who wants to eat swan meat! You are wishful thinking!"

"Don't think that you are so great just because your tavern makes twenty taels of silver a day! Your little money is not enough for me to spend a day!"

“Don’t think that just because you built a brewery, you’re really a big boss!”

Her chest rose and fell for three breaths, which actually calmed down the anger. She smiled contemptuously:

"Are you trying to anger this girl?"

"You are an ant-like existence, why should I, this girl, be familiar with you?"

"This person has been destined to be rich or poor, but there is someone like you who doesn't know the heights of the world. He thinks he has entered the house before he even enters the palace!"

"You can't stand that wealth. When the time comes... I'm afraid you won't know how you died. It's really ridiculous that you are still showing off your rhetoric here!"

Li Chenan still had a smile on his face.

At this time, he turned to Huo Shufan, "Brother Huo, with Brother Huo's appearance and talent, there are countless women in the world, why are you so blind that you want to marry a second-hand one?"

"not worth!"

Li Chenan shook his head, "It's not worth it!"

"If I had Brother Huo's family background...a second-hand woman like this...I'm talking too much. If Brother Huo really likes her, you can do whatever you want!"

"Farewell!"

He lifted his feet and boarded the carriage.

Shen Qiaodie was once again angered by success, and these few words made her immediately lose her sense of proportion:

"Li Chenan! Get down here, girl!"

"Who are you calling second-hand?!"

"Explain this to me clearly!"

Li Chenan opened the car curtain and looked at Huo Shufan with sympathy: "Brother Huo, this woman is ominous. If you really marry her, she will bring great disaster to your Huo family!"

"This is not what I said, it was said by a Taoist priest!"

"Otherwise, why would I easily cancel her marriage certificate?"

"Good luck!"

Wu Xichen laughed, waved the whip in his hand, and drove away in the carriage. A quick voice came to Li Chenan's ears:

"Shu Fan, listen to me, it's not like that...!"
Chapter completed!