The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

527: The Serial Molester

Hua Jin sobbed and sobbed as she told the Moon empress what she heard about Ming Xi in the hopes that the empress would act on her behalf.

“Auntie, you must help me.
I’ve liked Ming Xi since I was little.
I can’t live without him! Please Auntie, I beg you, help me!” Hua Jin cried so brokenheartedly that it even distressed the empress a little.

“Hua Jin, it’s not that Auntie doesn’t want to help you, but this matter of emotions is not something that can be forced.
You’re not in Ming Xi’s heart; what can Auntie do?”

The empress sighed deeply as she wiped the tears from Hua Jin’s cheeks.

“But Auntie is Ming Xi’s mother, can’t you force an engagement?” Hua Jin had never asked the empress to force an engagement on Ming Xi before, but she was running out of time.
If she waited any longer, any glimmer of hope would disappear.

“This. . .  Hua Jin, Auntie can not interfere.” The empress said reluctantly.

“Why?! Auntie, don’t you love me? Why would you not help me?” Hua Jin cried out in despair.

“It’s not that Auntie doesn’t love you, it’s just that regarding this matter, Auntie really can not interfere.
The crown princes of our kingdom have always had the freedom to choose who they wish to marry.
I can not force an arranged marriage on Ming Xi if he does not wish to recognize it.”

“How can this be? How can this be?” Hua Jin cried wretchedly.

The empress tried to comfort her but she doubted her efforts had much effect on the poor girl.

Feng Wu had no idea about what was going on in the Ancient Silver Moon kingdom.
She was playing with Little Bun in her room while Madam Lan took the little flower and put it on display in the garden in the front yard.

Guests arrived not long after, with Madam Qui and her two daughters, RuoBing and RuoShui, visited first.
Many ladies with their children arrived not long after.
Everyone was there to see the Flower King.

In years past, the Flower King would have been sold at an outrageously high price, and some big family would always shell out the money to get it, but this year the Flower King belonged to the Feng family, who obviously didn’t need the money, so talk of selling it never even surfaced.

But even if no one could buy this year’s Flower King, people could still come by and enjoy it.
More and more young ladies and young masters visited.
They were all there to see the Flower King, a few were even curious about Feng house’s young miss.

Feng Wu came out and showed her face, but she didn’t like these kinds of occasions so she returned to her room after a brief appearance.

The Flower King was placed in the best position in the front yard in the center of hundreds of flowers in full bloom.
A small defensive array was set up around it to protect it from accidents.

The yard filled with people admiring the Flower King.
Feng Wu wasn’t interested so she followed her brother to watch the trial of the molster from the festival.

It was the first time Feng Wu had ever seen the molester; her eyes widened in surprise.

She knew him! But what an odd way to reunite.

“Xiao Wu! Little Sister Xiao Wu, please help me! I’ve been wrongly accused! Unjustly!” Noel[notes] cried in excitement at the sight of someone he knew.

“Are you the molester?” Feng Wu understood the meaning of the word from Juntian.
Molesters were villains who were obsessed with getting female attention despite being unattractive to the female population.
They often did unwanted things to pester women.

Ming Xi didn’t know how Juntian explained it to her, but he was glad she had understood.

“Of course not!” Noel shook his head frantically.

“Little Sister Xiao Wu, listen to me, I’m really not the molester.
I heard about the Flower festival a few days ago, that there would be lots of beauties, so I came to see.
When I got here, I found a place to stay.
I don’t know what happened, but I’m pretty sure I was drugged.
I fell asleep and woke up in bed with some woman.

The woman was taking off her clothes while kissing me.
I tried to push her off but it didn’t work.
So I was going to fight her, but that’s when this buddy over here came in an arrested me, claiming I was the molester they were looking for.”

Noel told Feng Wu all about his plight.
His eyes were full of accusation as he glared at Juntian.

Goosebumps rose up all over Juntian’s body.
Gross, how could anyone look at someone like that?

“This is my brother.” Feng Wu explained.

“Your brother!” Noel was shocked.

What sort of coincidence was this? The guy who arrested him was Feng Wu’s brother!

“Do you speak the truth?” Juntian asked.

Noel nodded wildly.
His words were truer than truth.

“I will help you investigate this matter.
You will remain here in the mean time.
If you truly have nothing to do with the molester, then I will have you released.”

Juntian was willing to investigate since Feng Wu knew the person.

Juntian began asking Feng Wu about Noel as soon as they left the holding area.
The most important thing being how the two knew each other.

Of course Feng Wu told the truth.
Juntian’s expression became unhappier and unhappier the more he heard.

He had promised he would find out the truth so he would sincerely try his best.
After seven days of thorough investigation, he finally had enough evidence to show it wasn’t connected to Noel.

Three days after that, who knows what method Juntian used, but the matter of the true culprit was finally resolved.
Noel was not the molester but was the person the molester hated the most!

Noel didn’t recognize the molester at all.
He had no clue why the guy hated him so much or why the molester would go to such an extent just to frame him.

“I say buddy, who are you?! What kind of grudge do you have against me that you hate me so much?” Noel really couldn’t identify the guy.
He was pretty sure they were strangers.

“Noel, still pretending to not know me? I’m Xiao A’s ex.
She broke up with me after meeting you.
She said she and I didn’t have anything in common.

So I bought her magic potions, but she said she didn’t care for them.
So then I bought her jewelry, but she said she didn’t care for them.
She said we had nothing in common and didn’t share deep feelings!”

“You’re Xiao A’s ex?! If you wanted revenge, why didn’t you go after her? I didn’t know she had a boyfriend.
How am I in the wrong in all this?!”