After everything was settled, Shen Jingwen boiled the medicine as usual, while Shen's mother lay on the bed, still without any energy, but wherever her eyes looked, there was no longer darkness.
"Jing'er, do you hate your mother for secretly arranging a marriage for you?"
After Shen's mother finished drinking the medicine, she did not rest as usual, but just called Shen Jingwen and asked softly.
"It was my parents' order and the matchmaker's words. I don't hate my mother." Shen Jingwen brought out the reason Ning Wan had given him before. There was a hint of hesitation in his expression, but it turned into determination.
When Mother Shen heard this, she understood in her heart, but she suddenly couldn't help but clear her cough twice.
Shen Jingwen stood aside, gently helping Shen's mother to calm down, and continued:
"Actually, mother, don't worry that I'll feel unhappy, or that I'll blame you for it."
"Ning Cheng'an needs a son-in-law who is detached from the Zhou family but can be easily controlled, and I also need an opportunity to study for a good reputation without any worries."
Mother Shen's heart trembled, vaguely aware that something was wrong, she raised her eyes to look at Shen Jingwen in front of her, and she felt that her son was so strange.
Mother Shen slightly pushed Shen Jingwen's hand away, took it in her hand, leaned back very weakly, and said with some worry: "Is this how Jing'er wants this marriage?"
Shen Jingwen lowered his head slightly, and in silence, he gave Shen's mother an answer that she didn't want, an answer that she didn't want to believe.
There was a bright sunshine outside the house. The trees in the yard were tall and straight, rustling in the wind, and the birdsong was very cheerful.
But the silence inside the house was depressing.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Jingwen expressed his truest thoughts at the moment:
"Mother, it doesn't matter what I think."
"If Ning Wan is willing, she will be my wife. No matter what the future holds, I will never let her down."
"If she doesn't want to, I am willing to be her brother and protect her from harm for the rest of her life."
Thinking of the conversation in the pavilion that day, Shen Jingwen did not forget the gossip he heard.
In order to keep a date with a playboy, she put herself in danger. Even if she would not become his wife in the future, she would definitely not be Zhou Wenhuai's.
"But mother hopes that you will have someone close to you to accompany you in the future."
Shen Jingwen was slightly startled, and the inappropriate emotions in his eyes disappeared. He replied calmly: "It's okay to accompany each other, but it's not necessary to be intimate."
He was unwilling to let others trample on his heart. If that feeling could not belong to him alone, he would rather not have it.
Looking at the stubborn Shen Jingwen, Shen's mother realized for the first time that her son, who had never worried her, could also give her a headache, and a feeling of powerlessness surged in her heart.
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Ning Mansion.
"Let me in, what qualifications do you have to stop me?"
"I want to see Ning Wan, let me in quickly."
"I have something very important to tell her. Please let me see her once, just once..."
Zhou Wenhuai's voice was hoarse as he kept shouting towards Ning Mansion, trying to make the person inside hear his voice and come out to see him.
His clothes were loose, his hair was messy, his lips were dry, and he didn't even have his shoes on properly. It was obvious that he had just woken up and came here.
The servant of Ning Mansion was trying to squeeze Zhou Wenhuai into Ning Mansion from among them, and he felt extremely embarrassed and had to persuade him:
"Mr. Zhou, please go back first. Our master has already told us that the young lady is already engaged and should not see any other men. We would never dare to let you in to see the young lady."
"Please, Master Zhou, please stop making things difficult for us servants."
Everyone in the Ning Mansion knew what Zhou Wenhuai did that day.
If Master Ning knew that they had let someone in, they would not know what punishment they would receive.
And most importantly, they felt that Zhou Wenhuai was not worthy of meeting their lady at all.
The young lady trusted him so much, but he tricked her into going up the mountain and left her alone.
It is said that misfortune will not affect children. It was their master who stole the business. At most, it was a feud between their master and the master of the Zhou family. The master of the Zhou family often stole the business of their Ning family.
Although this time it was a bit excessive, the only one to blame is the Zhou family themselves for neglecting their guests.
But he chose to intervene and pointed the finger at the young lady who was unaware of the situation. This intervention almost cost the young lady her life.
Many of these servants have been here for seven or eight years and have watched the young lady grow up. They can't accept this humiliation and naturally feel it's not worth it for the young lady.
However, the word "discussing marriage" seemed to have hit Zhou Wenhuai's throat, making him speechless immediately. Even his body stiffened for a moment. He staggered back a step before he could barely stand.
How could Ning Wan possibly be engaged to a poor scholar? How could it be possible? She must be lying to him. She must be angry and deliberately lying to him...
Thinking of this, Zhou Wenhuai rushed forward again with all his strength.
But he was still too small, and only reached the chests of those burly servants. If they were not concerned about his status and were afraid that he would hurt others, even if there was only one person standing out, they could have stopped him.
"I don't believe it. I want to see Ning Wan. I want her to tell me in person."
"I don't believe she really wants to marry a poor scholar. I want to see her. Go and tell her. She will see me. She will definitely see me..."
Ning Cheng'an cared so much about Ning Wan, how could he betroth his daughter to a poor scholar? How could he sacrifice her lifelong happiness for a life-saving favor?
Zhou Wenhuai didn't believe it, and even thought that the poor scholar wanted to use the favor of saving his life to get close to the Ning family.
"Mr. Zhou, please stop making a fuss. This is the Ning Mansion, not the Zhou Mansion. This is not the place for you to throw a tantrum."
Perhaps an older servant, annoyed by Zhou Wenhuai's clamor, no longer showed any mercy and directly pushed the man out, warning:
"Ning Mansion doesn't welcome you either, Mr. Zhou. Knowing your place is the most important thing. Do you really think you can go back to the way things were with our young lady after you did something like that?"
Zhou Wenhuai was pushed directly to the ground. The moment his butt hit the ground, he gritted his teeth in pain, but forced himself not to make a sound and slowly crawled up from the spot.
The posture is not elegant, and it even looks awkward.
"It's not your place as a servant to interfere in the affairs between Ning Wan and me."
"Ning Wanyuan has never forgiven me, and you are not qualified to answer for her."
He did not miss the contempt in the servant's eyes, but subconsciously retorted, eager to know the truth, "Let me see her, or I will stay here forever."
After saying that, Zhou Wenhuai really stood at the main entrance, hoping to force these people to compromise so that he could meet Ning Wan and resolve the misunderstanding between them.
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