She was quite satisfied with this friend whom she met unexpectedly at the sword-fighting conference. Xiahou Qingyu had a very upright character and did not seem like the kind of person who would help the old ancestor Xiahou to do evil. As long as she explained the reason, he would most likely help them.
"Well……"
The smile on Song Shu's face froze, and she seemed to find it difficult to speak.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Deng asked hurriedly, "Could it be that the serious injury she sustained at the sword-fighting competition hasn't healed yet?"
"That's not the case."
Song Shu glanced at Pei Ranzhi, who had been silent all the time, and hesitated before saying, "Qingyu's injury has healed, but in order to tie the Pei family together, Patriarch Xiahou made a marriage proposal and wanted Qingyu to marry the head of the Pei family. Qingyu swore to die and was put in solitary confinement."
“…”
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on Pei Ranzhi.
If they remembered correctly, Pei Ranzhi's father seemed to be the head of the Pei family, right?
Pei Ranzhi, whose soul was wandering outside his body, seemed to realize something was wrong. He came back to his senses and looked at everyone with a puzzled look on his face, "Why are you all looking at me?"
"cough!"
Nangong Xiangrui coughed lightly, "Um, your father is getting married? Congratulations."
"Xiao Rui, what are you talking about?"
Pei Ranzhi looked puzzled. "How could my mother have given birth to me if my father didn't marry? This happened so many years ago, why are you only congratulating us now?"
"No, you misunderstood Xiangrui."
Seeing that Nangong Xiangrui couldn't bear to speak, the understanding Jiang Deng decided to speak for her.
Jiang Deng patted Pei Ranzhi's shoulder and said earnestly, "Well, what Xiangrui means is that your father is getting married again soon, and he plans to find a stepmother for you."
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