Ning Wan, who knew part of the plot, naturally knew that Zhou Wenhuai did this on purpose. His purpose was to vent his father's anger and to avenge Ning Cheng'an for stealing their family business.

Of course, she would cooperate. One of the reasons was that Zhou Wenhuai was one of her fish pond owners. If it wasn't related to the main task, she would have slipped away long ago.

Outsiders all said that the two of them were childhood sweethearts and were a match made in heaven that would eventually be together. Even Zhou Wenhuai himself thought so.

He originally just wanted to leave her there for a few hours, hoping to teach the Ning family a lesson.

Unexpectedly, she actually waited for him obediently in the mountains, and even twisted her foot and rolled down the mountain. Fortunately, she was rescued by Shen Jingwen who went to pray for his mother at home, and she barely saved her life.

When Ning's mother gave birth to her, her health was weak, and Ning's father was heartbroken and did not want another child.

Although Jingping had many wives and concubines, there was only Ning's mother in the Ning family's backyard, so Ning Wan naturally became an only child and was the only one favored by the Ning family.

After learning about this, Ning's father was furious and took a group of servants to Zhou's house overnight, but Zhou's family closed the door and refused to see him.

Afterwards, Ning's father sent people to wait outside the door for a few days, and finally found an opportunity.

When the matter was exposed, although Zhou's father doted on his only son, he was still furious when something like this happened. He scolded his son, "How can you have such thoughts at such a young age? You have brought shame to our ancestors."

Zhou Wenhuai hadn't expected Ning Wan to stumble, but when he suddenly heard his father's abuse, he felt infuriated and retorted without thinking, "She's obviously stupid. I told her to wait, and she really waited obediently. If I told her to die, wouldn't she really want to die?"

Hearing this, Ning's father, who was standing by, was so angry that he wanted to slap him a few times.

As a father, he was somewhat unable to understand his daughter's thoughts, but considering that they were both still young, children naturally did not understand the twists and turns between adults.

I just never thought I was so shortsighted as to fall for Zhou Wenhuai, a man with such bad character.

Upon hearing this, Zhou's father was also furious.

Although he didn't like the Ning family taking away his business, he would never take his anger out on his daughter.

But things had already happened. Zhou's father knew that he had not disciplined his son strictly enough. Seeing that Ning's father's face was getting darker and darker, he kicked Zhou Wenhuai on the butt, and then in front of Ning's father, he asked the servant to beat Zhou Wenhuai with 30 boards.

Seeing Zhou Wenhuai screaming in pain after being beaten, Ning's father wanted to say something, but looking at Zhou Wenhuai, who was the same age as his daughter, he could only suppress his anger.

Afterwards, Ning's father returned home and finally remembered what he had forgotten.

Although Ning Wan was still young, there were many people of the same age who were married. For the sake of the girl's reputation and to stop Ning Wan's thoughts, after some investigation, Ning's father was not surprised by Shen Jingwen's character and came to the house to discuss the marriage at a very fast speed.

[The mission of meeting the male protagonist for the first time and successfully concluding the marriage has been completed, and the reward is:

Points: +600 (accumulated)

Reward: Congratulations to the host for having a new fish pond owner. (Note: The new fish pond owner has a bad temper, so please be careful to hide your identity and don't let him find out that you have another fish pond owner.)

Ning Wan, who received the notification, almost spit out the soda she had just exchanged. She couldn't believe it and confirmed again and again: Well, should I say it, Xiao Qi seems to have given her a very new reward?

Looking at the host who had already spent two hundred points on food and drink, Xiao Qi felt extremely complicated, but thinking that the host had hardly used the points, he didn't say much.

*

The maid outside the door was getting closer and closer, and the sound she made became clearer and clearer in Ning Wan's ears.

"Well, I wonder if the young lady will make a fuss after she wakes up and finds out she's engaged." Chunqin whispered to Luzhu beside her while holding the tea tray, but her tone showed her pity for her young lady.

Lu Zhu listened and sighed: "Master used to dote on the young lady the most, why did he make such a mistake this time? He is just a scholar, why does he need the young lady to commit herself to him?"

"The master's thoughts are not something we servants can guess at will. At least he won't harm the young lady." Chunqin reacted almost instantly, glanced around a few times, and reminded carefully.

Inside the door, Ning Wan, who had overheard the two people's whispers, sighed silently.

Sure enough, the power of the plot is still very strong, otherwise she would not have rolled down the hillside yesterday despite being extremely careful, and even rolled to the feet of Shen Jingwen.

If Xiao Qi had not blocked her sense of pain at that time, she would have fainted from the pain.

However, the young man, Shen Jingwen, was not as enthusiastic as described in the plot. His first reaction when he saw her was not to save her. He even took several steps back as if he had touched something dirty.

Ning Wan still remembers that day vividly.

The boy's face seemed to be loved by the Creator, and there was no flaw at all. He had a slender figure and was as gentle as jade. Even though he was wearing an old patched robe, it added a bit of scholarly air to him.

But those eyes were as calm as water, calm and indifferent. Facing her predicament, he was not moved at all. He even asked very politely: "Miss, you are blocking the way, can you please move aside?"

Ning Wan even suspected for a moment that Shen Jingwen in front of her was a blind man, otherwise how could he say such words to a weak woman who was on the verge of coma several times.

She cleared her throat, thinking of saying a few words to get the plot back on track.

But the next moment, she saw through her blurred vision that the young man's brows were slightly furrowed in impatience, as if he had encountered a great deal of trouble. "You don't want me to save you, do you?"

The slightly mocking tone made Ning Wan feel like something was stuck in her throat, and then she heard a faint sigh.

Just when Ning Wan didn't know how to speak, Shen Jingwen finally moved.

He first put the blessing of peace he had prayed for in his hand into the bag on his chest, and then bent down quickly.

It must be said that although Shen Jingwen looked like a weak scholar at this moment, the strength in his hands was not small at all.

Just when Ning Wan was silently sighing that the male protagonist was still a scholar of good family background, she didn't expect that the bony hand would fall on the back of her neck just to lift her up and clear the blocked path.

Shen Jingwen's actions were not rough, and he even intentionally avoided the injuries on Ning Wan's body. It was a pity that he did not have the intention of helping others to the end and seeing the Buddha off to the west.

Ning Wan was forced to lean against the mountain wall, quietly watching Shen Jingwen take out a handkerchief from his arms and wipe it carefully. He wanted to speak, but the young man glanced at him intently.

His eyes and brows seemed to be smiling, but there was an inexplicable chill in them.

"I'm afraid it won't work. Miss, your injuries are not light. If you die on the road by accident, Shen will be blamed."

Although Ning Wan didn't feel any pain, her mind was still groggy. When she heard the reason given by the young man, she suddenly became much more sober. She thought to herself: He is indeed a scholar, he really knows how to talk.