Su Xuerong drifted off to sleep again, then suddenly opened her eyes when she woke up.
She was worried that if she woke up, she would end up back in the cave, and all her efforts would be in vain.
But the familiar curtains, desk, and bed in front of her instantly put her at ease.
Finally, we're no longer trapped in that cave!
Su Xuerong got up with a pleasant surprise, washed up, changed into a set of fine cloth clothes that she often wore at her parents' home, and went out.
Seeing that it was still early, she went to the kitchen to start a fire.
A short while later, they heard Zhou and the others get up.
Su Shirong walked over with Su Jian, his expression not very good.
Su Xuerong was tending the fire when she saw them come in. She immediately handed Su Jian a freshly steamed cake, saying, "Blow on it before you eat it."
Su Jian sat obediently on the small stool next to him, blowing away.
Su Shirong, however, was somewhat restless and looked around.
"Brother, what's wrong? Where's sister-in-law?" Su Xuerong asked casually.
Su Jian chimed in, "Mom went out to pee last night and hasn't come back. Dad searched for her for a long time this morning but couldn't find her..."
Su Xuerong was taken aback and looked up at Su Shirong.
Her mind flashed back to everything Chen had done in Hangzhou, and she suddenly tossed the fire poker to Su Shirong: "I'm going to find her!"
She hurriedly ran towards the back building, rushed to the room where Xiao Yuan had been the night before, and pushed open the door.
Xiao Yuan sat on the simple wooden bed, looking at her with a somewhat nervous expression.
Su Xuerong quickly closed the door behind her, looked around the room, and asked in a low voice, "Where is my sister-in-law?"
Xiao Yuan's cheek twitched violently, and his expression became somewhat unnatural.
Su Xuerong glared at him, annoyed: "Did she come looking for you last night?"
Seeing that he could no longer hide the truth, Xiao Yuan could only point worriedly to the area under the bed.
Su Xuerong bent down and looked down, and saw Chen Shi lying unconscious like a dead fish.
She looked up at Xiao Yuan, her expression worried: "She didn't do anything to you, did she?"
Xiao Yuan: "..."
He felt an indescribable excitement.
Ah Rong didn't misunderstand him at all; in fact, she was worried about him.
"She sneaked into my room last night, and I just chopped her unconscious with a single chop..." Xiao Yuan hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Rong, I didn't do anything!"
Su Xuerong ignored the person under the bed and glared at him: "You think I'd blame you?"
That night she was in the cave, and he didn't touch her at all. How could he possibly go and touch the scheming Chen?
Xiao Yuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Then what about her?"
Su Xuerong sneered: "Naturally, I'll call my elder brother and mother in, and you can tell them the whole truth later."
Xiao Yuan's cheek twitched violently: "But...but what if they misunderstand me?"
"What misunderstanding? Do you mean you'd rather abandon a beautiful young woman like me for this filthy-minded woman?"
Moreover, Ms. Chen's appearance is the kind that would be easily lost in a crowd.
It would be a miracle if Xiao Yuan even looked at him!
Su Shirong and Zhou Shi watched as Su Xuerong dragged the person out from under Xiao Yuan's bed, their faces stiff as if in the dead of winter.
Xiao Yuan briefly explained the situation.
Chen sneaked over in the middle of the night, hoping to take the opportunity to have something happen between her and Xiao Yuan.
She can then seize this opportunity to rise to prominence.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuan knocked her unconscious with a single chops without saying a word and shoved her under the bed.
Zhou was so angry that her face turned red. She turned to Su Shirong and said, "If you don't divorce her today, you can forget about us acknowledging you for the rest of your life!"
Su Shirong was so angry at Chen's shameless behavior that he trembled all over.
He went straight up to Chen, grabbed her, and slapped her repeatedly across the face until she woke up.
"...Su Shirong, how dare you hit me?" As soon as Chen woke up, her mind was still muddled. She gritted her teeth and was about to fight back when she was shocked to find Zhou Shi and Su Xuerong standing not far away, with that noble man sitting in the chair next to them.
Chen's heart skipped a beat and she panicked. She tried to pretend to faint, but Su Shirong grabbed her collar tightly.
"Chen, you are truly shameless to the extreme!"
Su Shirong said only one sentence before dragging Chen out of the house.
Soon, Chen's pig-like screams came from outside...
Madam Zhou glanced coldly at Xiao Yuan, then at her daughter, her face expressionless: "Since you two are going to get married, you might as well exchange your betrothal gifts as soon as possible and go to the yamen to submit your marriage certificate!"
Unexpectedly, Chen, who usually appears to be a decent person, had such wicked thoughts after learning Xiao Yuan's identity.
If word gets out, countless women in the entire Lin Family Village will want to take advantage of the situation.
Especially Lin Chenggui's second daughter, Lin Jinyu, who is ambitious beyond measure, is a much greater threat than Chen Shi.
Thinking about this made Zhou feel a little annoyed.
Originally, Ah Rong didn't want to agree to this marriage, but now that she's stubbornly decided on him, there's really nothing she can do.
Since that's the case, we can't delay any longer. We need to finalize the marriage as soon as possible. Once the marriage certificate is registered with the government, no matter when the wedding is held, Arong will be Xiao Yuan's official wife.
To prevent any unforeseen complications, Su Jingxuan borrowed a carriage that afternoon, telling everyone he was going to town to buy things. He hid Xiao Yuan in the carriage and took Su Xuerong, Zhou Shi, and Su Jian to Suzhou City.
Su Shirong then gagged Chen that day and hurried back to Yangzhou to divorce her.
The officials in Suzhou were unaware that the groom, Xiao Yuan, who had come to sign the marriage certificate, was none other than the current Prince of Fenyang. After signing it for him, they took the wallet handed to them by Zhou and said, "Congratulations on your new marriage."
Inside the carriage, Xiao Yuan looked somewhat dazed as he stared at the marriage certificate in his hand. He handed it to Su Xuerong beside him and said in disbelief, "We...we're husband and wife now?"
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