The next morning, Anle set off in a hurry, and Yu Rong also hurriedly handed over the things he was doing to his two other companions before leaving with Anle.
He Yusheng also went with them.
The Paradise Dessert Shop is gone. Recently, He Yusheng has had nothing to do and has been staying at home, so he is quite idle. When he heard that Anle was going to Baicheng to pick someone up, he naturally followed her.
Anle didn't say anything. If she wanted to come along, so be it. Anyway, she wasn't going to do anything else. She was just going to Baicheng to see how her father and the others were doing and why they hadn't come back for so long.
And then there's my cousin Zhiyi; I wonder how her marriage is going.
Getting entangled with this Duan family will likely create some distance between us, even if the marriage goes ahead as planned.
There's a saying that's very true: a forced relationship won't be happy.
They already seemed to look down on us, and yet you still fawn over them like this? It will only make you more annoying and disliked by the Duan family.
She felt that her cousin Zhiyi's marriage was unlikely to go as planned.
Just as she expected, after inquiring about the Duan family's residence in Baicheng, Anle went to the Duan family's mansion and knocked on the door.
The door was opened by a servant wearing a dark brown short-sleeved shirt. He poked his head out and looked around, but didn't see anyone.
"Excuse me, sir, has a young lady surnamed Qiao ever visited this residence?"
Anle spoke up, and the servant looked down in the direction of the voice. He saw Anle, who was about half his waist tall. He paused for a moment, pondered Anle's words, and then a look of disgust and impatience flashed in his eyes.
So that's the family they were looking for.
"What's your relationship with the Qiao family, you little brat?"
"Oh, I'm Miss Qiao's cousin. I've come specifically to see her. Is she in this residence?"
The servant glanced at Anle, his eyes filled with sarcasm and his lips curled into a mocking smile.
"Ha, with the kind of trouble those mother and daughter cause, where else would they be if not at home?"
Who would dare not welcome them in?
If someone were to shout out on the street that the Duan family had turned their backs on their fiancée and refused to acknowledge her, their reputation would be ruined in Baicheng.
Of course, although the Duan family's reputation wasn't widespread throughout Baicheng, they were definitely looked down upon on this street.
Especially the Cui family of Baicheng, whom they recently befriended. What kind of prestigious family and influential clan are they? If they find out that the Duan family has another marriage entanglement, they will definitely cut ties and break up with them completely!
"What kind of random cousins are coming to try and get close to me?" The servant had already concluded that Anle was just another kid who was trying to freeload.
I never expected that even the Qiao family's cousins could come here to beg for money?
What kind of shameless, poor relatives are these?
One by one, they all came to our house, thinking they could take advantage of us and make some money.
Although the marriage proposal to the Qiao family hadn't yet spread outside the mansion, it had already caused quite a stir inside. Even the gatekeeper knew perfectly well that a fiancée in distress had arrived at the mansion.
The person came from Jincheng.
Now, who wouldn't spit on someone who comes from Jincheng?
In particular, the Duan family had already severed ties with them by sending a letter long ago.
Unfortunately, the Qiao family refused to acknowledge him and traveled all the way from Jincheng to Baicheng to relentlessly pursue and pester him.
They probably intend to cling to the Duan family desperately, treating them as a lifeline.
But the Duan family was quite benevolent; they gave the Qiao family one hundred taels of silver as travel expenses and compensation, and sent them on their way.
But they're not leaving at all.
They don't want the hundred taels of silver; they want the lion's share.
Indeed, if one could marry into the Duan family and become their daughter-in-law, it would be worth far more than a hundred taels of silver.
The Duan family now has a bright future ahead of them.
Following the Duan family means endless wealth and prosperity in the future.
She wasn't exactly short-sighted; at least she had foresight and knew how to choose. She threw away a hundred taels of silver and insisted on marrying the young master of their household.
Now, things are really difficult for their household. They have to keep it a secret, for fear that the Cui family will find out about the childhood betrothal arranged a few years ago.
Now is a critical moment, as their young master has already arranged a marriage with the second daughter of the Cui family.
If this gets out, the marriage will probably fall through.
It's a small matter if the project fails, but if it angers the Cui family and offends their members, their young master's career will probably come to an end.
Although the Cui family wasn't considered a prominent family in Baicheng, they still had some connections within the General's Mansion.
For this reason alone, the Duan family should give them a high regard.
The Duan family had no power or influence in Baicheng, no one to rely on, and no connections with any other influential people. The only family they could contact was the Cui family.
Outsiders like them are looked down upon in Baicheng and find it extremely difficult to settle down.
However, the Cui family took a liking to their young master and were willing to go to great lengths to pave the way for his career advancement.
If they could marry into the Cui family, they would at least be able to establish themselves in Baicheng and gain a stable foothold.
The reason he knew so much about the Duan family was because his mother kept nagging him about it.
His mother was afraid that he would neglect Miss Cui and lose his leisurely job as a gatekeeper, so she specifically instructed him to tell him the seriousness of the matter.
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