Chapter 018: The sense of security given by Liu Zhiyan

Liu Zhiyan has already written a letter to his brother, and it seems that their marriage will be settled soon, so Qin Xue did not tell Qin Laicai and Liu Zhiyan what Ruan Ruyi said.

However, Qin Laicai has always been resentful of Wang Xingsheng's attempt to set a trap to frame his daughter during the Duanwu Festival.

After several days of planning, two days after Ruan Ruyi arrived, a rumor suddenly spread throughout Yangzhou City: the son of the Wang family who had just returned to his ancestral home was obsessed with the small restaurant in the Chu House, and even redeemed him, brought him back to the Wang family, and kept him company every night.

Just like the last rumor about Qin Xue, it spread from the most populous market, and there was no place to trace the source of the rumor.

This time, the rumors about Wang Xingsheng also spread from that place, and the source could not be found.

After careful investigation, it was found that Wang Xingsheng had indeed brought back a small restaurant from Chu Hall in recent days.

This made most people believe the rumors that were circulating.

Then, some people started saying behind his back: "The Wang family men must have abused too many women, and this is retribution. The head of the Wang family has hundreds of women, but only has one son, Wang Xingsheng. Now this only child has fallen in love with a man. I'm afraid the head of the Wang family will be childless."

When Wang Xingsheng and his father first heard the rumor, they didn't take it too seriously. After all, there had been countless rumors about the Wang family over the years. Even Wang Xingsheng's father might have had enough of women and wanted to find a man for excitement, which was not uncommon.

In the eyes of the father and son, as long as someone has enough ability to make money, whether he or she is a man or a woman, they are just playthings in their hands and not worth their time and effort.

But the fact that there are so many women, both at home and outside, who gave birth to so many children, but he only has one son has always been a knot in Wang's father's heart.

Now people say that it must be because he had ruined too many women, and God was taking revenge on him by giving him only one son.

He also said that if his son became homosexual, the Wang family might be extinct.

This is something that Mr. Wang absolutely cannot accept.

So, he advised Wang Xingsheng to quickly marry a wife and take a few concubines home, and try to make these women pregnant with children to stop the rumors that the Wang family would be extinct.

From the fact that Wang Xingsheng wanted to plot against Qin Xue and get help from the Qin family, it is not difficult to see that although he is the only son of Wang's father, he cannot control everything in the Wang family for the time being.

He knew that this had something to do with his powerful stepmother and his younger sister who had been trained as the heir since childhood.

There was even some involvement of his good father, whose purpose was to let his eldest sister compete with him so that he could choose someone who was more suitable to inherit the Wang family.

His marriage was still in the hands of his stepmother, so he had thought of starting with the Qin family, asking Qin's father to agree to the marriage, and personally go to the family to propose marriage, so that his stepmother would not be able to make any move.

Unfortunately, Qin's father claimed that he had already said that he wanted to find a son-in-law and it was impossible for him to marry his daughter, so he rejected the idea.

Because of Qin's father's refusal, he thought of plotting against Qin Xue. He thought that as long as Qin Xue lost her virginity to him, even if Qin's father was unwilling, he would not be able to insist on not marrying his daughter off.

Who knew that woman Ruan Ruyi would actually turn the tables on him and make herself the one who lost his virginity to him.

The men of the Wang family have always been the ones to scheme against women, never the ones to be schemed against by women. But it was he who was schemed against by women.

Wang Xingsheng was so angry that he wanted to skin the woman alive, but the woman had something on him and he was afraid that she would reveal it, so he thought of using the title of Madam Ru to get rid of her.

But the other party was unwilling, and the two failed to reach an agreement, so the matter was temporarily put on hold.

His father didn't know about these things and just wanted him to quickly stop the current rumors. "Although the Ruan family's daughter is not favored, she is the original wife's legitimate daughter. Marrying her can make up for the shortcomings of your background."

"But her style of doing things is not suitable for her to be the mistress of the house." Wang Xingsheng tried to refuse.

"Do you want to marry a lady like your stepmother?" Speaking of this, Father Wang's face was full of gloom.

He did have many women, but those who were brought home were all screened by his good wife.

Thinking of the concubines at home who were closer to his stepmother than his father, Wang Xingsheng suddenly felt that it would be a good idea to obey his father and marry Ruan Ruyi. After all, he had leverage over her and she didn't seem very smart. "I understand, Dad."

"Remember that what you should focus on most is business. As long as your business is successful and your family is wealthy, men and women will be your playthings."

"Follow my father's instructions."

Soon after, news of the Wang and Ruan families getting married spread.

As soon as this news came out, the original rumors about Wang Xingsheng were quickly suppressed.

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Since Liu Zhiyan expressed his feelings, he no longer let Qin Xue go back and forth to Fang's dessert shop every day. Instead, he went back and forth to Qin's house every day to teach her.

Qin Xue never went out and had no maid to gossip about her, so she didn't know about these things.

It was not until Ruan Ruyi delivered the engagement party invitation to her door that she learned that Ruan Ruyi and Wang Xingsheng's marriage was settled.

However, with Ruan Ruyi's plan in mind and her attempt to match her up with her pedantic elder brother, Qin Xue had already made up her mind to stay away from Ruan Ruyi and would naturally not accept the invitation to attend Ruan Ruyi's engagement party.

She didn't want to be tricked and ruin her lifelong happiness.

Anyway, she hasn't attended such gatherings for a long time, so it doesn't matter if she refuses one more time.

Of course, she did not forget the proper etiquette and specially prepared an engagement gift and asked her personal maid to deliver it.

After that, Qin Xue no longer cared about her affairs, because Liu Zhiyan told her that day that his brother would arrive in Yangzhou Prefecture that day and would come to discuss their marriage with her father the next day.

Although she probably wouldn't have to show up and she wouldn't be able to see her uncle for the time being, Qin Xue was still very nervous. "What do you need me to do?"

Liu Zhiyan couldn't bear to see her nervous for another man, even if that man was his own brother. "You don't have to do anything, just wait for me to come and be your husband. Besides, I'm the one living in your house from now on, so I'm the one who should be nervous. Why are you nervous?"

"I'm not afraid of not doing well and embarrassing you in front of your family."

"You're fine. You don't need to do anything special." Liu Zhiyan said seriously, "People who truly care about me will only be happy that I'm finally willing to start a family and won't be picky about the person I choose. As for those who look at you with a critical eye, they definitely don't have the best interests at heart. You don't need to care about their attitude towards you, understand?"

Every girl hopes to be recognized by her husband's family.

So I always feel nervous when I think about meeting my in-laws.

Although Qin Xue is looking for a son-in-law, she also hopes to be taken seriously by her husband's family.

So, when she heard that her in-laws were coming to visit, she subconsciously became nervous.

After hearing what Liu Zhiyan said, her fluctuating emotions gradually calmed down.

In the past, she only thought that his eyes were as beautiful as he was, which made her want to admire him a few more times.

Looking at those eyes again now, she no longer saw beauty, but a power emanating from them, a power that she could trust, and she suddenly felt at peace.

Ever since she was old enough to understand, her father told her that she could always rely on him when she was young, and after her child was born, he would work hard to raise her child so that she could rely on the child in the future.

Whether in her father's heart or in her own heart, the son-in-law who was married into the family seemed to be just a tool for her to have children, and they did not need to spend too much time and energy to pay attention to him.

Therefore, she never thought too much about what her future partner would be like.

But ever since Liu Zhiyan expressed her feelings, she began to imagine what her other half would look like and what their future life would be like.

But no matter how beautiful the fantasy is, she will think that fantasy is just fantasy after all, and reality may not be so beautiful.

But at this moment, seeing the resolute strength in his eyes, Qin Xue suddenly wanted to believe that her future life would be as beautiful as she imagined. "Okay, I'll just be myself."

"But I'm much better now than I was before."

"I believe I will get better and better in the future."

She used to have no goals to pursue, so she just ate and drank every day.

Now she has a clear goal to pursue and has begun to take action.

The results of the action are also gratifying.

Liu Zhiyan couldn't agree more. "It's only been two months, and you've already completed the task you agreed upon with your sister Ye. By the Mid-Autumn Festival, she'll definitely be amazed by your learning results. Then, you can ask her for a big surprise."

Liu Zhiyan never thought of using his identity as a son of the Liu family to win the approval of the Qin family's father and daughter, so he would not reveal his relationship with Ye Qinghan on his own. Therefore, he did not tell Qin Xue that the sister Ye she mentioned was her future mother-in-law.

At the beginning, Qin Xue had no basic knowledge and didn’t feel that she was learning very well.

Now that she has a certain foundation and a certain degree of self-study ability, she can feel that she is indeed learning very quickly.

This made her study more attentively.

I can't say that she can make a thousand miles a day, but she can still make a hundred miles a day.

There are still three months until the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she feels that she should be able to have a good conversation with Sister Ye by then.

"A surprise is called a surprise because it's definitely not something I asked for." Qin Xue said this with some regret, "I forgot to ask for Sister Ye's address earlier. Otherwise, I could write to her occasionally to update her on her study progress."

Liu Zhiyan thought to himself, your sister Ye is on a diplomatic mission, so even if you write a letter, it won't reach her. "I do know her address in the capital, why don't you try to send it there?"

"Okay, I'll try to send it." At this point, Qin Xue couldn't help but think of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was around the time of the provincial examination. "Are you sure you want to take part in this year's provincial examination?"

"Of course." Judging from how much his mother values ​​this girl learning foreign languages, she must want to get her into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

His mother had wanted to do this to him earlier, but he refused.

Thinking that he would be busy at the dessert shop in the morning and come to Qin's house to teach her in the afternoon, leaving him with no time to review, Qin Xue couldn't help but say, "Then you should seriously prepare for the provincial examination. I can study on my own. If there's anything I don't understand, I'll accumulate it over a few days and then ask you all at once."

"My brother will come over this time and bring someone who knows how to make Fang's pastries to take over Fang's pastries. After that, I won't be so busy anymore."

"Sister Ye said that the Fang's dessert recipes are never passed on to outsiders. How could there be someone in your family who knows the Fang's dessert shop recipes?" Thinking of a possibility, Qin Xue looked at Liu Zhiyan seriously, "Could it be that you secretly taught him without telling the boss?"