"Shut up!" Qiu Dazhi's face instantly turned red. "You've misunderstood."

Unlike Qiu Dazhi, Zhang Yuyan smiled. However, this smile was directed at Qiu Dazhi.

Seeing Zhang Yuyan's gentle smile, completely devoid of her previous arrogance, Qiu Dayong's eyes flickered, and he moved closer to her.

"Young Miss, I'm a little short on cash lately. I wonder if you could lend me some..."

"Enough!" Qiu Dazhi interrupted Qiu Dayong sharply. "I'm just a poor scholar, I don't have that kind of face!"

He tried to control his anger and glanced awkwardly at Zhang Yuyan, saying, "Don't listen to his nonsense."

He had no idea how shameless Qiu Dayong could be.

His arrogance, his pride...

It's long gone.

After he finished speaking, he strode away.

"Dazhi, wait for me!" Zhang Yuyan jogged after him.

"Fourth brother, don't go, don't go..." Qiu Dayong cursed angrily as he watched Qiu Dazhi and Zhang Yuyan's departing figures.

"You ungrateful wretch!"

These people, who are they, knowing he's in trouble and no one is helping him?

Not far away, Zhang Yuyan noticed that Qiu Dazhi was in a bad mood, so she grabbed his arm and intertwined her fingers with his, feeling his slightly cool palm.

When Qiu Dazhi realized what was happening, he suddenly pulled his hand away.

"Miss Yuyan, please excuse my poor appearance."

Zhang Yuyan's palm missed its mark, but she wasn't angry. She had gotten used to it by now.

Who said that it's easy for a woman to pursue a man?

Why is it so difficult for her?

She asked with a smile, "Was that person really your third brother?"

She knew Qiu Dazhi's fifth brother, Qiu Dayu, very well.

Although this person is somewhat unreliable, he is a decent person.

But his third brother was not so great.

“In our family, he…” Qiu Dazhi was unwilling to say more.

Because of Qiu Dazhi, Zhang Yuyan's gloom had completely dissipated. "Dazhi, let's not talk about him anymore. Let's talk about us... We haven't eaten yet, have we? Let's go to Xingyue Tower."

"What could possibly happen between us?" Qiu Dazhi said calmly, deliberately keeping his distance from Zhang Yuyan as he walked.

However, Zhang Yuyan had a lot to say to Qiu Dazhi.

She moved closer to Qiu Dazhi.

"A marriage proposal."

Qiu Dazhi lowered his eyes slightly, "Miss Yuyan, we are not suitable."

The girl's personality was too straightforward and too casual, which he couldn't adapt to.

Zhang Yuyan pulled a long face: "How is it not suitable? I don't care, I've just fallen for you, and in this life, it has to be you!"

Qiu Dazhi shook his head and said seriously, "I, Qiu Dazhi, will never be a live-in son-in-law in this lifetime!"

“You…” Zhang Yuyan pouted, “What’s wrong with being a live-in son-in-law? Are you afraid that someone will bully you when you get to the Zhang family? Don’t worry, with me here, what are you afraid of?”

"Dazhi, I will protect you." She smiled brightly, her eyes filled with affection for Qiu Dazhi.

"If you need money, I... I have it. Just name your price, and I can give you as much as you want..."

Qiu Dazhi suddenly stopped in his tracks, and Zhang Yuyan accidentally bumped her head into his body. She continued, "Dazhi, I know you don't have money, but I can support your studies. I'm telling the truth."

"No need. I won't be a live-in son-in-law, and I have no interest in you!" Qiu Dazhi said firmly and earnestly. "So, please don't bother me anymore!"

Previously, he was afraid of hurting Zhang Yuyan's self-esteem. Now, he was even more afraid that Qiu Dayong would harass Zhang Yuyan and even the Zhang family because of him, and borrow money from the Zhang family. So he simply said what he meant directly.

After saying that, he turned and left.