The Sun family and the Lin family, "settling for second best," chose the Qiao family.
Now that the Sun family has lowered their standards and chosen the Wu family, how can the proud Wu family tolerate this?
It was like a boomerang that pierced its own body.
Qiao Zhizhi stood on the stage, calmly and leisurely painting.
As the dean and head teacher of Qing Teng Calligraphy and Painting Academy, she has many noble ladies and gentlemen coming to her for classes every day. Spreading a message out of her is incredibly easy, and it can be done without leaving a trace.
Listening to the discussions in the classroom, a slight smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Yang Yingzhi said in the crowd, "Our teacher Zhizhi is humble, generous, gentle and patient, and she only seeks a sincere heart, so she accepted the Lin family's marriage proposal. What rare qualities this is! How could someone make a fuss about this and humiliate her character?"
"Who would have thought that the person who humiliated her was also unable to clean up his own mess, and what he said was even more disgusting."
A noblewoman chimed in, "We were just saying that Teacher Zhizhi is so lucky. The Lin family and the third young master of the Lin family will definitely pamper and cherish her in the future. Besides, childbirth is not necessarily a good thing for women. Not having to suffer this hardship in her life is probably a blessing she earned in her previous life."
“Sun Hetang is shameless. This matter has been blown out of proportion, and the Lin family has not even formally gone through the procedures with the Sun family. This kind of thing happens all the time in the capital. If a good thing doesn’t go through, everyone can just pretend they don’t know, so as not to create a rift between the formally engaged in-laws. I don’t know what got into Sun Hetang, but she insisted on making a big scene. Now everyone knows that she used to be chasing after the third young master of the Lin family and insisted on marrying him. Now that the procedures are going well, the Wu family doesn’t even want to give the betrothal gifts. That’s what’s truly shameful.”
Sun Hetang's reputation was ruined.
Today should have been the day for the Wu family to present their betrothal gifts, but the Sun family's gate was deserted and there was no sign of anything happening.
The betrothal ceremony before the wedding is usually a lively and highly anticipated event.
The direct descendants and elders of the Sun family all looked embarrassed.
"What exactly is going on with the Wu family? They've already made a deal, do they want to go back on their word?"
Once the auspicious time has passed, the Wu family will definitely not come. With a dark expression, Old Master Sun slammed the cup heavily on the table.
"That's right, so many prestigious families know about this. The Wu family isn't even coming to propose marriage, and who knows how those prestigious families will laugh at the Sun family." The anxiety on Old Madam Sun's face turned into anger.
Sun Hetang's father, Master Sun the Second, frowned deeply: "Could it be because of those rumors?"
So many people know, how could the Sun family not know? At this critical juncture, someone has brought up those old, trivial matters, clearly with malicious intent. They originally thought that since the betrothal gifts and the date of the engagement had been set, even if the outside world said something unpleasant, the Wu family could only follow the rules and would not go against the agreement between the two parties.
Unexpectedly, the Wu family didn't even bother to offer a betrothal gift, which was tantamount to stepping on the Sun family's face.
"It's just hearsay, and the Wu family is taking it seriously. They had a good agreement, but now they've abandoned the Sun family. The Wu family has completely lost all humanity. Tang'er is hiding in her room crying. I'm afraid she'll never be able to get over this humiliation in her life." Madam Lin said, wiping the corner of her eye with a handkerchief.
"Second brother, come with me to the Wu family. I want to hear their attitude for myself."
Grandpa Sun got up with his cane. Because of his leg problems, he hadn't left the house for three years. Now, for his beloved granddaughter, he was going to make a trip despite the inconvenience.
"No need to go to all that trouble." A voice sounded from outside the door, and the two stepped inside.
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