Chapter 204 The Hungry Storyteller
Zhou Ziyang's face looked extremely ugly.
Who wants her to be the legal wife?
We clearly agreed before that I would be your concubine, why did this suddenly happen?
What's more, he wanted to make it known to everyone. How could he get married?
Seeing his ugly face, Jinhua couldn't help but frown: "Zi Yang, this is my only chance, don't you want me to be your legal wife?"
"No, of course not." Zhou Ziyang said anxiously, "It's just... eloping is not a glorious thing. How could my aunt come up with such a bad idea! The one who elopes will become a concubine, which will ruin Jinhua's reputation!"
Ye Caiping sneered: "Even if I don't run away, I'll still be a concubine. I might as well take a risk and fight for a future."
Zhou Ziyang said angrily, "How can it be the same? Being a concubine also requires reputation! If this doesn't work out, and my mother still doesn't agree in the end... then, wouldn't Jinhua's reputation be lost in vain?"
Jinhua was stunned. If that were the case, eloping was indeed too risky...
Ye Caiping said, "It's okay if you don't elope, but you have to spread the word that your true love is Jinhua, so that the whole Yue'an County knows about it."
Jinhua's eyes lit up. Yes, that's what we should do! This is better than eloping!
Zhou Ziyang felt like he was shooting himself in the foot. He might as well elope!
"What's that? Then I..."
Ye Caiping sneered: "What about you? Are you afraid that your fiancée will know?"
Zhou Ziyang gritted his teeth and said, "I...even if I don't love Miss Song, I have to respect her, right? If this gets out, she will become a joke in the entire Yue'an County. Jinhua, are you such a vicious person?"
Jinhua bit her lip. Of course she wasn't...
"Of course she isn't." Ye Caiping said, "But spreading the word now is the greatest respect for Miss Song. Let her know that you have true love before marriage. If she is still willing to marry you, then she deserves it if you favor your concubine over your wife in the future."
"If she breaks off the engagement right now, a tragedy can be avoided. Otherwise, you are defrauding her of her marriage! She happily marries a man, but he turns out to be a scumbag who favors his concubine over his wife!"
"She didn't kill your whole family, why should she be deceived by you? Why should her life be ruined by you! Jinhua, don't you think so?"
Jinhua was stunned by what she heard. She had always thought that Miss Song was the villain who stole Zhou Ziyang, but after hearing what her aunt said, Miss Song seemed quite innocent.
Jinhua felt a deep sense of recognition from Ye Caiping's words:
"My aunt is right. Miss Song...she shouldn't have to endure this. Ziyang, let's go and confess to Miss Song now! While we can still save the relationship, we should give her a chance to choose, instead of letting her get married blindly and end up with a bad ending."
Zhou Ziyang almost fainted: "Wait... why are you saying one thing after another... Miss Song... she, she already knew about it, and she said she didn't mind!"
After saying this, Zhou Ziyang breathed a sigh of relief at his own cleverness.
Jinhua's face turned pale. How could Miss Song not mind...
Zhou Ziyang held Jinhua's hand and looked at her sincerely: "We already agreed on this, why bother with this..."
Jinhua met his gentle gaze, and she felt a little soft-hearted, but more of it was grievance and unwillingness...
Ye Caiping said: "Oh, didn't you just say that you haven't even met her, how did she know about Jinhua?"
Zhou Ziyang suppressed the anger in his chest: "I... asked the servant to pass a message to her. She said she didn't mind. It's common for men to have three wives and four concubines."
Ye Caiping smiled: "She said she doesn't mind, so do you mind too? You say you love Jinhua, but you don't even want to give her the position of your first wife."
"I... didn't I tell you that I'm already engaged? My mother is on a hunger strike to protest."
"Then I have brought you a solution, haven't I? Let's elope! Elope! One is to force your mother to compromise, and the other is to force Miss Song to break off the engagement! Jinhua threatened to die for you, and you are not even willing to elope for her?"
"You can't do this, you can't do that, you only express your love with words, but you don't have any actions at all?"
Zhou Ziyang’s eyes went dark. Why did he go back to the same place?
"I, I... Of course I am willing. But you guys came too suddenly, I have to deal with the things on my hands... Yes! You guys came too suddenly, I have to prepare. Jinhua, little aunt, you... go back first, I will find you in two days."
When Jinhua saw that he did not agree immediately, the light in her eyes dimmed and she felt deeply disappointed and sad.
At this moment, she felt that their hearts had never been so far away.
It seemed like she didn't even know what he was thinking...
I always feel that he can't bear to leave Miss Song, and he doesn't want to elope with her...
Jinhua's eyes were red, she wanted to ask him why, but she didn't dare to ask him out loud, for fear that if she asked too much, she wouldn't get the answer she wanted...
Jinhua looked at Ye Caiping helplessly.
Ye Caiping nodded: "Okay, then you can take your time to deal with it! Jinhua, let's go back. If he doesn't go, we will go."
Zhou Ziyang's heart sank: "Where are you going?"
Ye Caiping sneered: "Don't worry. Now that I think about it, I also think that eloping is too risky. If it's not done well, Jinhua's reputation will really be ruined."
Zhou Ziyang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly forced a smile: "Then... I'll have the servant take you back to the village."
"Okay!" Ye Caiping nodded, "But we won't go back to the village yet, send us to the county town! Although you and Miss Song have already exchanged letters, who knows if it was just a polite remark."
"For things like this, the parties involved still need to sit down and talk it out slowly."
"Jinhua and I will go talk to Miss Song right away! Afterwards, we have to spread the word that Jinhua is your true love and that you were forced to marry Miss Song. Let the whole Yue'an County know about it."
"Oh, by the way, I have to find some storytellers to go to all the restaurants every day to tell the touching love story between you and Jinhua!"
"Let me make it clear in advance that you have to pay for the storytelling. After all, we have already done the hard work, and you who are just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of our labor should pay something, right?"
Right? Right! Right? ! !
Zhou Ziyang’s eyes went dark and he almost fainted. What the hell! Is this a question of who pays?
Seeing Ye Caiping pulling Jinhua and turning to leave, Zhou Ziyang stopped them in a panic: "Wait... No. If we go to the county town now... It's dark now, we won't be able to find anyone. Let's go back to the village first."
Ye Caiping nodded: "That's fine. If you don't go today, it's the same if you go tomorrow. After all, Miss Song won't run away! Those storytellers are also crying out for food every day!"
Zhou Ziyang: “…”
Ye Caiping and the other person were about to leave when the door was pushed open with a bang: "Wait."
It turned out to be Xie who came.
Ye Caiping turned around and looked at her, but Jinhua's face turned pale. How much did Aunt Xie hear? Already know about their plan to elope? How would you view yourself...
But didn’t Aunt Xie fall ill due to hunger strike? It's only been a day or two, and he got better so quickly?
"Stop making trouble!" Mrs. Xie glanced at Zhou Ziyang and said, "Ziyang is not engaged to Miss Song, so don't ruin her reputation."
Then he turned around and said to Ye Caiping, "Aunt Jinhua, I have always been very satisfied with Jinhua. Tomorrow morning, we will go to your house to exchange the engagement letter and marry Jinhua in a sedan chair carried by eight people to be your principal wife."
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