When matchmaker Wu returns, Xiao Jie will soon find out that Zhang Xiulin and Han Luo are getting married, and the misunderstanding will arise.

"Sister Lin, if you really want to marry Xiao Jie, your brother and I will go to the Xiao family to propose marriage in a few days." Zhao Chuchu suggested.

In the Dasheng Dynasty, women were superior to men, and women were supposed to ask men for marriage.

The reason why so many young men's families sent matchmakers to the Zhao family this time was entirely because Zhang Xiulin passed the imperial examination and had a bright future.

Now that the Zhao family has "rejected" the Xiao family, although it was a misunderstanding, the Xiao family must not be allowed to take the initiative again.

Zhang Xiulin nodded. She also felt that what her brother and sister-in-law did was right, but...

"I'm going to the county town now." She wanted to go to the Xiao family and explain things clearly to Xiao Jie, otherwise the little guy would be so sad after misunderstanding.

Zhang Xiulin felt very uncomfortable when he thought about Xiaojie being sad and crying.

However, Zhang Xiulin didn't expect that he would meet Song Wanxian on the way before he even reached the county town.

"Sister Lin, have you seen Xiaojie today?" Song Wanxian looked flustered. As soon as she met Zhang Xiulin, she grabbed her hand as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Zhang Xiulin shook his head, feeling a little uneasy. "I haven't seen Xiaojie today. Did something happen?"

Song Wanxian stumbled and choked, "Xiaojie, Xiaojie is gone."

It was only when Song Wanxian returned to the Xiao family that she learned from the servants that Xiao Jie had secretly gone to Zhaojia Village.

"Sister Lin, you have no idea how much Xiaojie loves you. He talks about how good and smart you are every day. Every time there are fresh cakes, he thinks of you. When the bookstore doesn't have your favorite new book, he begs me to find it. When he learned that you were going to take the imperial examination, he went to the temple to pray for sincerity and talismans. When you took the county exam, he said he wanted to accompany you and cheer you up. He was even more concerned about time than I was, getting up early. When you took the prefectural exam, if I hadn't stopped him, he would have run off to Tangzhou Prefecture. When he was at home, he was also restless and nagging, worrying about what would happen if you didn't pass the prefectural exam, and then thinking that you were so smart and would definitely pass."

"You don't know how much Xiaojie likes you."

Because of love, I have changed from being numb and soulless before to being lively now, with joys, sorrows, anger and happiness like an ordinary person.

Because she liked him, she had been talking about him since before Zhang Xiulin took the county exam. She couldn't wait to let Song Wanxian go to the Zhao family to propose marriage. She was afraid that it would affect Zhang Xiulin and distract her, so she wanted to wait until she passed the examination and became a student.

But no one expected that although Zhang Xiulin passed the examination and became a student, he would marry into the Han family.

"No, I don't want to marry into the Han family. The one I want to marry has always been Xiaojie."

It was only when she met Zhang Xiulin that Song Wanxian realized that it was all a misunderstanding.

"I didn't expect Xiaojie to sneak into Zhaojia Village. I guess he heard about your marriage to the Han family, so he disappeared."

Zhang Xiulin also felt very uncomfortable. Xiaojie must have misunderstood him and might be hiding somewhere feeling sad.

"Let's find Xiaojie first. Aunt Song, you said he came to Zhaojia Village, so he must still be there. Let's go back and look for him."

The two of them discussed it and hurried back to Zhaojia Village.

Zhang Xiulin returned home and told Zhao Chuchu and Zhang Xiuyuan that Xiao Jie was missing.

"Don't worry, Xiaojie should be fine. We'll split up and search the village now, and we'll find him soon."

All the members of the Zhao family temporarily put down their work and searched for Xiao Jie in Zhaojia Village with the people brought by Song Wanxian.