Chapter 100 Her Favor
Zhao Yan looked through the window at another closed door, thinking that was the room she used to live in. There were a lot of things scattered around the room, including overturned tables and chairs, and a bench leaning against the door.
Wang Shuniang said, "I guess that filthy bastard surrounded her yard. She was scared, so she moved all the tables and chairs to the door and got some knives and scissors. She was just waiting for these people to come in and fight them directly."
"That room over there was originally used to store miscellaneous items. Yu Hui broke the window of that room and escaped with her."
Zhao Yan reached out to wipe some dust off the window. He wanted to see more things related to her.
Wang Shuniang quickly took out a handkerchief and said, "Sir, please use this..."
After saying this, he sighed again, "Actually, the master doesn't look like a bad person, it's just that the threshold for his family is too high...Huatang is not suitable after all. Yu Hui came back and told me that he didn't want Huatang to marry you, but the girl fell in love with you as soon as she got there, and she has her own ideas. No matter how much his cousin persuaded her, she just wouldn't listen and insisted on marrying..."
Zhao Yan shuddered and turned sideways, his eyes gleaming with shock. "Cousin's wife just said... Huatang married me because she loved me..."
Wang Shuniang was very surprised by his reaction and asked, "Of course, doesn't your Excellency know..."
Zhao Yan seemed to have grabbed a piece of driftwood in the water and said anxiously, "But she, but she told me that she would marry any rich young man who wanted to marry her. These are people she can't reach..."
Wang Shuniang disagreed, saying, "She's just talking nonsense. There are a few rich men here who have taken a fancy to her, but she never nodded. Even now, there's this wealthy young master Baili, and she hasn't nodded either. Her cousin doesn't understand this little girl as well as I do. She may not say it, but she won't do anything she doesn't want to do, even if someone holds a knife to her throat."
"His cousin came back and said that she became speechless when she saw you and wouldn't answer anything I asked her. I knew that this little girl was attracted to you, but she was just shy. His cousin is a rough guy, so how could he understand the thoughts of these girls..."
"Not to mention the past, she's still got the same temper now. Ever since she divorced Master, many young men have proposed to her, but she refused, insisting on focusing on learning a trade. Now, after the New Year, she's already twenty-four, and the only suitor left is Baili. Sigh, I wonder when she'll agree to this marriage..."
Although Wang Shuniang didn't stop talking, she was also carefully observing Zhao Yan's expression.
It's no wonder she was overthinking things. The villagers were saying the governor had been pursuing Madam Qiaodeng, but she didn't believe it at the time. Until Zhao Yan's help and services over the past few times, even though they were once husband and wife, there was no need for him to show such favoritism.
If she said so, she still hoped Huatang would choose Zhao Yan. After all, they were husband and wife and knew each other well. That Baili Gongzi looked good, but who knew if he would be the second original Zhao family.
At least for now, it seems that Zhao Yan has changed a lot compared to before.
Zhao Yan was speechless for a moment, his heart beating wildly. He was stunned for a long time, and finally understood that Huatang liked him.
How could he be so stupid as to believe her angry words?
That day she cried and said she never wanted to see him again. It was clear that she hated him and was angry with him. But without love, where would the hatred come from?
When she married him, she was full of hope and joy, but he ignored her and treated her as if she were no one, putting her aside, so she put away her heart and took him out of her heart.
On the day of the divorce, she said that she wanted a sum of money as a condition for the divorce.
How could he have thought that she was the kind of person who was greedy for wealth and would marry him for money?
Now in this small town, she still wears cloth clothes and wooden hairpins, and has not even worn any bright clothes. If she were such a greedy person, she would naturally dress herself up brightly. Why would she treat herself so badly?
He was stupid, he was self-righteous, and when he heard that she asked for one thousand taels, he naturally classified her as disgusting.
He remembered Baili saying that she had been ill for over a month. But no one had ever looked after her, and even the servants could bully her. At that time, he was still busy trying to exonerate He Rongjin's father, but who could be more important than his wife?
But he did it, it's really hateful and ridiculous...
He shouldn't have done that, he was a jerk, he was never there when she needed help the most.
He should have stayed at home and listened to her talk about the grievances she had suffered, or at least stayed to take care of her when she was seriously ill.
But he didn't. His mind was full of such people and such things, and he never took her to heart.
So, she was desperate. She didn't want to like him anymore. She knew what kind of people he hated the most, so she said, "Give me some money. This is the condition for divorce..."
He felt his blood boiling and for a moment he could hardly stand. He hurriedly supported himself against the wall to prevent himself from falling.
Only today did he understand why she cried so sadly that night. Those tears were shed in the past and now returned to her eyes.
The pain of the past and the existence of being despised by others made her face her former cowardly self again. How could she not hate it...
But he thought that as long as he made amends in the future, never let her get hurt again, or even forgot the past, he would be able to heal the pain.
He thought that as long as she fell in love with him again, they could start.
How could he take her pain so lightly...
She would never love him again. Many years ago, that girl had already thrown herself into the flame once before. She had brought about her own destruction, killed herself with her own hands. He no longer had the right to...
The dead girl had long since turned to ashes. He was an executioner...
He choked and his body trembled continuously.
Wang Shuniang, who was standing by, saw him like this and thought he was suffering from some serious illness and was so sad, "Sir, what's wrong with you..."
Zhao Yan raised his head from between his arms, and after a long moment, he said in a daze, "...It's okay."
"Then, I'll help you go to my house and sit for a while, rest...rest..."
Zhao Yan shook his head and spoke again with difficulty, "...Cousin, please go and do your work first. I want to be alone for a while."
Wang Shuniang watched him for a moment and felt that he looked very sad, but she had no idea what had happened. Finally, she left and went home, preparing to make some hot tea for him to drink.
Zhao Yan stood in front of the house for a long time. He measured the land step by step, noting where there was a tree and where there was a stone.
Until the sun slowly set, he stood in front of the yard, his eyes fixed on a distant place.
This is her home, and she has seen these scenes countless times.
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