Chapter 25 The Wedding

"Are you trying to deceive Yuanzhu?"

Hua Nanzhi was very disappointed: "Yuanzhu is gentle, but Shen Yanhuai is not easy to deal with. Do you think the entire Shen family is as soft as Yuanzhu?"

"I did not deceive Yuanzhu."

He and Wan Su are innocent; he is only being forced by circumstances. Once Yuan Zhu enters the family, he will explain everything clearly.

"Mother, please help me..."

Hua Nanzhi looked at Xie Xuchuan, who looked exhausted, and turned her face away in anger.

Only when the room was so quiet it sent chills down one's spine did she mimic Shen Yuanzhu's tone and say, "You asked Shen Yanhuai to go to the Xie family to find your grandmother. She agreed to it, so I have no objection."

Hearing this filled Xie Xuchuan with despair.

Are you going to force the child too?

"You're the one who's forcing me."

The mother and child's voices inside the house gradually became shrill. Wei Hu covered his mouth, his eyes shining.

He tossed the broom aside and ran out of Xuanji Courtyard with his back bent.

When Xie Qi returned to Jiu Cai Ju, he was sitting at his desk. The robe he had worn to Yu Jin Tang had been taken off, and he was now only wearing a white undershirt.

The inner garment was as thin as a cicada's wing, subtly revealing the slender and powerful curves of the other person's waist and abdomen.

He held the book in his hand, his long, well-defined fingers lightly tapping the spine, his expression showing a hint of impatience.

"master."

Wei Hu rushed in, his eyes sparkling, slapping his thigh excitedly.

"Something big has happened, something really big has happened."

Xie Qi raised an eyebrow slightly, his eyes revealing disdain.

"This is a big deal!"

Wei Hu smacked his lips: "Xie Xuchuan and Jiang Wansu had a secret affair and she's pregnant. Now he's making a fuss about bringing her back to the Xie family."

Xie Qi scoffed upon hearing this: "A fool who's been pampered for too long."

"Master, with this matter, do you think Xie Xuchuan's marriage to the Shen family can still stand? If he breaks off the engagement with the Shen family, wouldn't he become a sinner to the Xie family?"

Xie Qi tossed the book aside and sneered, "My brother has always been a simple-minded person. Perhaps he's been coaxed for too long, and his brain is like an old cloth in a warehouse, infested with bookworms."

Xie Qi lowered his eyes, his fingertips slowly tracing the spine of the book: "The marriage agreement between the Xie and Chen families cannot be broken, but the choice of the person to marry into the marriage is not necessarily the case."

"You mean you want to replace him?"

Wei Hu's eyes lit up: "Who should we replace you with, Master?"

Xie Qi paused with his long, slender fingers, lowering his eyes to conceal the various thoughts that had arisen in that instant.

“Master, if you marry Miss Shen, with the support of the Shen family’s dyeing manual, our Jixia Manor’s business will surpass the Xie family’s in no time.”

Over the years, he had followed Xie Qi and witnessed firsthand the various actions of the Xie family, which inevitably aroused his hatred.

They are both eldest grandsons of the Xie family, so why does Xie Xuchuan have everything, while his master has to fight with people and even dogs to get a decent meal?

The owner of Jixia Manor had put in countless efforts to open it up.

“Master, your grandmother and mother probably won’t choose a good marriage for you.”

When the topic of marriage came up, Wei Hu suddenly remembered Mian He: "By the way, I just went to the storeroom with Mian He and saw her and Sun Qi being very affectionate."

"She also said that after Xie Xuchuan marries Miss Shen, she will go to the old lady to plead for him to become your wife."

With a look of disdain, Wei Hu relayed Sun Qi and Mian He's words to Xie Qi, and sighed softly: "Master, the Xie family has mistreated you for so long, you must take your own marriage seriously. Relying on others will only bring you endless burdens."

Marry Shen Yuanzhu?

Hearing Wei Hu's words, Xie Qi frowned.