Chapter 79

He pursed his lips and remained silent. He found the red embroidered shoes that Wen Shu had hurriedly kicked off when they came in, and knelt down beside her to put the shoes on for her.

"No, the Qi family deceived us first. If Wen Tao has anyone to blame, it's only the Qi family."

The burning heat of his palm pressed against the soles of her feet through her socks. Wen Shu instinctively wanted to pull her feet back, but Pei Lingjun pulled her back without hesitation.

With both embroidered shoes on, Pei Lingjun slowly raised his eyes, still kneeling on one knee, and looked at her, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'll protect you."

...

The Wen and Qi families were in complete chaos. Wen Shu was suddenly kidnapped by thieves. Some people said that the group from Longhu Village was causing trouble again on the day of the wedding.

However, some sharp-eyed people saw the true face of the 'thief'. He was not one of the fierce-looking bandits of Dragon Tiger Stronghold, but a man with outstanding appearance and handsome features.

Just how outstanding is his appearance?

You won't find anyone in all of Anyang who's better looking than him!

Some people secretly speculated that this person might be Wen Si Niangzi's lover, who didn't want her to marry someone else, so he staged this public wedding robbery.

No wonder Wen Shu was unwilling to marry the Qi family's young master; his lover was simply too handsome.

The rumors became more and more believable as they spread, and only the Wen family knew who the eyewitness was talking about.

Song Yuanzhuo, a cousin of the Song family!

Inside the Wenfu Hall, everyone remained silent.

Wen Tao and his wife were dealing with a huge mess. They already knew about the things the Qi family was hiding, but they didn't say anything. However, everyone in the Wen family was holding their breath!

Master Qi and Madam Qi pressured Qi Chengxuan to come twice, wanting to apologize in person, but both times the Wen family steward turned them away on the grounds that he would not receive guests.

In Anyang City, Wen Tao, the prefect of Anyang Prefecture, was the top official in the government. The Qi family was not as prestigious as the Wen family. For their second son to want to marry a concubine's daughter of the Wen family was considered an insult to them!

Who would have thought that the Qi family had ulterior motives? Qi Chengxuan already had a wife, yet he pretended to want to marry Wen Shu.

Could it be that they want his illegitimate daughter from the Wen family to become a concubine in the Qi family?!

Wen Tao sighed in frustration, crumpling the letter in his hand into a ball. He frowned and exhaled sharply, "Luckily, Yuan Zhuo noticed something was wrong, otherwise our Wen family's daughters would all be concubines for the Qi family! That Qi Pingzhi!"

The First Madam felt something was amiss. "How did Song Yuanzhuo know about such a secret matter?"

Wen Tao's eyelids drooped, and overnight, the wrinkles on his face seemed to have increased even more. Hearing this, he looked at the First Madam and snorted, "That Yuan Zhuo kid is capable. If it weren't for him discovering that there was a problem with the longevity silver confiscated from the Qi family, and if he hadn't used his connections to investigate in Tongqing Road, and even discovered Qi Chengxuan's marriage, you and I would still be kept in the dark!"

The First Madam was displeased and grumbled, expressing her dissatisfaction, "Quan'er is your own son. How could you entrust such an important matter as the birthday celebration funds to an outsider? Aren't you afraid..."

"What bad luck!" Wen Tao frowned deeply, interrupting the First Madam with a cold face, and scolded, "His birthday banquet is in a few days, isn't it bad luck for you to say such things now?"

The First Madam was not willing to give up, "I was just reminding you that Wenquan is your real son and will inherit the entire Wen family in the future. As for that cousin from the Song family, if he is really capable, he can be kept to assist Quan'er."

It was already completely dark when, just as everyone was growing impatient, a servant rushed in to announce, "Master! Madam! Fourth Miss is back!"