bestfiction #606 - Being disliked
#606 - Being disliked
Zhang Chen followed the little girl and walked towards the house. Along the way, various thoughts swirled in Zhang Chen's mind. His heart was in turmoil, like fifteen buckets drawing water, as he pondered how to face Jiang Nan later.
"Should I apologize and explain to Jiang Nan first, or should I wait for Jiang Nan to question me?" Thoughts revolved in Zhang Chen's mind.
After passing through the courtyard, when Zhang Chen entered the house and saw Jiang Nan, he suddenly felt that the words he had prepared along the way were useless.
Jiang Nan, dressed in white, sat there quietly with a pale face. In front of her, a pot of tea was boiling. Her expression was calm, as if nothing unusual had happened.
"Sit down!" Jiang Nan pointed to the chair opposite her.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen sat obediently on the stool like an elementary school student facing a teacher. Then, he saw Jiang Nan pour a cup of tea for Zhang Chen: "Drink some water!"
"Cousin, I was also plotted against today. I am willing to take responsibility for what happened today," Zhang Chen said, looking at Jiang Nan.
"Take responsibility?" Jiang Nan looked at Zhang Chen calmly: "How will you take responsibility?"
"I have decided to end my marriage with Shen Ling. I am willing to marry you!" Zhang Chen said.
"You are willing to marry me?" Jiang Nan shook her head upon hearing this: "But I am not willing to marry you."
Zhang Chen was stunned. Then, he heard Jiang Nan say: "If you were a member of a prestigious family, or the eldest son of the Zhang family, with the right to inherit the Zhang family in the future, I would naturally be happy to marry you, but now..."
Jiang Nan stopped halfway through her words, but Zhang Chen understood the meaning in her words. She looked down on him for not having power, influence, or ability.
"I'm being looked down upon," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
Then, Zhang Chen tentatively said: "What about what happened before..."
"Let's just pretend that what happened before never happened! Let's just forget about everything!" Jiang Nan looked at Zhang Chen and said very seriously: "Let's just bury this matter completely. Don't mention it in the future, and I won't remember it either. It was just a dream before, and now the dream is over."
Seeing that Zhang Chen was about to say something else, Jiang Nan raised her hand to stop Zhang Chen: "You are a good person! But you know, girls are born to sell themselves for a good price, try to marry into a good family, and then live a life of wealth and luxury."
Zhang Chen smiled wryly upon hearing this: "I understand. I was just overthinking things."
Jiang Nan looked at Zhang Chen and sighed softly: "It's a pity between the two of us. We can only say that we are destined to be together. In the future, you will be my dear cousin, and I will be your dear cousin. No one is allowed to mention what happened that day again."
"I remember!" Zhang Chen sighed and lowered his head to take a sip of tea. The atmosphere fell into a deathly silence.
"I'm leaving first." Seeing that he had finished his cup of tea and Jiang Nan had no intention of refilling it, Zhang Chen knew that she wanted to see him off, so he stood up and said goodbye.
Jiang Nan nodded and said to Zhang Chen: "Take care!"
Hearing this, Zhang Chen sighed faintly. Then, he strode out of the courtyard. After stepping out of the courtyard, he turned his head to take one last look at the courtyard and sighed softly in a self-deprecating tone: "It seems I'm being looked down upon! Well, I'm just a poor boy without parents and without the right to inherit the family. She is a young lady from a large family, how could she take a fancy to me?"
Prince Charming and Cinderella are, after all, stories in novels.
Girls all want to sell themselves for a good price.
"It's good that I don't have to take responsibility. Listening to music in brothels and pursuing immortality is the life I want in the future," Zhang Chen whistled and strolled back.
Meanwhile, Zhang Gaoqiu, who had been sent back by the god, woke up on his bed. Looking at the pitch-black sky outside, he suddenly felt like the sky had fallen.
"Why did it suddenly get dark? Wasn't I on my way to find the old lady?" Zhang Gaoqiu suddenly sat up, feeling a 'boom' in his brain, his head buzzing.
Then, he suddenly lifted the quilt and rushed out of bed. At this moment, a maid walked in with a basin of water. When she saw Zhang Gaoqiu, a look of joy appeared on her face: "Master, you're awake?"
"Why am I here?" Zhang Gaoqiu was a little confused and quickly asked his maid. He was clearly on his way to find the old lady, so why was he here?
"The Shen family's servants sent you back, saying that you were plotted against and knocked unconscious on the road. The Shen family's servants happened to find you, so they sent you back," the maid said.
Hearing this, Zhang Gaoqiu was stunned and quickly asked: "Where's Zhang Chen? Where is Zhang Chen?"
"Master Zhang waited for you in the house for four hours. Seeing that you hadn't returned, he said goodbye and left," the little maid said.
Hearing the little maid's words, Zhang Gaoqiu quickly asked: "Did anything happen during this time? Has the First Madam been here?"
The little maid nodded upon hearing this: "When this servant returned at the time you agreed upon, I saw Miss Jiang Nan and the First Madam walking out from inside."
Hearing this, Zhang Gaoqiu felt like the sky was about to fall. He agreed with the maid to return in three and a half hours or four hours. What happened in the courtyard during this process?
Not only was the First Madam there, but his cousin was also involved?
"When the First Madam and Miss Cousin left, was there anything unusual?" Zhang Gaoqiu asked.
The little maid pondered for a moment upon hearing this, and then said: "Yes!"
"What was unusual?" Zhang Gaoqiu asked.
"Their clothes were a little disheveled. Not only were their eyes dull, but their bodies were also shaking and their legs were trembling," the little maid said.
Hearing this, Zhang Gaoqiu felt like he had been struck by lightning. His feet softened and he fell to the ground. Only one thought flashed in his mind: "Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened! I didn't expect that the matter wouldn't be successful, and I even implicated my future mother-in-law."
"However, the First Madam's cultivation is stronger than Zhang Chen's, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?" Zhang Gaoqiu felt a little lucky in his heart. Then, he quickly got up on his hands and feet and rushed towards the First Madam's direction. He still needed to test the First Madam.
Meanwhile, at Shen Ling's residence, accompanied by a groan, Shen Ling woke up from her coma, looking at the furnishings in the house with a blank expression: "Why am I here?"
"A servant said that you fainted on the road. The family's steward sent you back," the little maid said respectfully.
Hearing this, Shen Ling was shocked: "Fainted? What about my elder cousin? Did the plan go smoothly?"
Thinking of this, Shen Ling sat up, ready to find Zhang Gaoqiu to inquire. But then she heard the maid say: "Miss, the Madam has instructed that if you wake up, you must go to her immediately."
Shen Ling nodded upon hearing this. She arrived at Madam Wang's residence with an anxious heart. She saw Madam Wang sitting at a table, flipping through account books. In front of her, incense was floating.
At a glance, Shen Ling saw that her mother was not abnormal in any way, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mother!" Shen Ling stepped forward and hugged Madam Wang's arm.
"You're awake?" Madam Wang looked at Shen Ling with doting eyes.
"How did the plan go?" Shen Ling did not answer Madam Wang's words, but asked.
"The matter has been resolved. Zhang Chen has agreed to end the marriage with you. You don't have to continue targeting him in the future. Since you and Gaoqiu are in love, I will send someone to Kyoto to send a letter to discuss the marriage and set the marriage between you and Gaoqiu as soon as possible," Madam Wang said.
"Really? Did that bastard really let go? Good! Good! Good! I don't have to worry anymore. It seems that the matter has been settled," Shen Ling said with a smile, her face full of joy.
Looking at Shen Ling, who was smiling like a flower, Madam Wang sighed softly. As she was speaking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Then, Shen Qiu walked in: "Mother, you're looking for me?"
"I have something very important to talk to you about," Madam Wang said.
"What is it?" Shen Qiu sat lazily on a chair next to him.
Remembering the scene of Zhang Chen splitting Jiang Nan's thighs and violently impacting her, Madam Wang said:
"You must not contact that Miss Jiang Nan in the future. I do not agree to your marriage!"
"What?" Shen Qiu was stunned upon hearing this, looking at Madam Wang with a stunned expression: "Why? Didn't you support it with both hands before? Why did you suddenly change your mind? Didn't you send me to Guangji before to contact my little cousin? You were the one who asked me to contact her first."
Madam Wang lowered her eyes upon hearing this, took a puff of sandalwood incense, and then lowered her head to look at the account book in her hand: "There is no why. Times have changed. I said it's not okay, then it's not okay."
"Now that your wings are hardened, you don't even listen to your mother's words?" Madam Wang narrowed her eyes upon hearing this and suddenly raised her head, a frightening cold light revealing in her eyes.
"I don't care so much. I've already taken a liking to my little cousin and I must marry her..." Shen Qiu's eyes were full of stubbornness.
Hearing Shen Qiu's words, Madam Wang thought of the scene of Jiang Nan being forced open, a look of anger appearing on her face. Just as she was about to scold him again, a guard walked in from outside the door: "Madam, Zhang Gaoqiu is requesting an audience."
Hearing that Zhang Gaoqiu was requesting an audience, a cold light appeared in Madam Wang's eyes, and the anger in her heart began to churn: "He still dares to come to me. He deserves to die!"
Although she was extremely angry in her heart, Madam Wang did not show it. She just said with a calm expression: "Call him in."
As her words fell, Zhang Gaoqiu walked in from outside the door, his eyes observing Madam Wang's expression. After seeing that there were no abnormalities, he felt a little uncertain and respectfully bowed: "Nephew greets Aunt."
While saluting, Zhang Gaoqiu secretly pondered Madam Wang's expression, thinking about whether there were any clues.