Han Wanzhen really went all out.
"Wanzhen begged the top scholar to take her in. Before she left the capital, my mother told her not to ever go back."
Wanzhen followed the top scholar from afar.
If the top scholar doesn't take her in, then Wanzhen will truly have no way to survive. Waaah…
This time, Han Wanzhen's tears were truly genuine.
Indeed, after she expressed her feelings, her mother said very seriously that once she made a decision, she shouldn't regret it. Once she left, she shouldn't go back.
There will never be another daughter of the Duke of Protectorate.
She was so confident that she believed her unwavering devotion would surely move the top scholar.
If all else fails, she can use her status to coerce the man into marrying her.
But now? The more Han Wanzhen thought about it, the more distressed she became. In the end, she cried uncontrollably.
Just then, the yamen runner who had come in earlier to deliver the message knocked on the door.
Han Wanzhen was forced to stop crying.
"Sir, your fiancée has arrived and is waiting at the yamen gate. What do you think?"
As he spoke, the constable's gaze swept towards Han Wanzhen.
The meaning is self-evident.
Xu Dongsheng got so excited that he stood up, almost knocking over the chair behind him.
"What kind of work is this? Madam is here, why didn't you just bring her in? Are you looking for a beating?"
He was about to go out to greet her when he reached the door. He suddenly stopped and looked at Han Wanzhen sitting there.
"Miss, I'll assume you're having a fit of hysteria and are just rambling nonsense here. Please come in quickly."
This is the office of an official appointed by the imperial court; anything more or less would be beyond the capacity of this young lady to bear.
Han Wanzhen was stunned when the yamen runner announced the news.
Seeing Xu Dongsheng trying to distance himself from her, she got angry and decided to give up entirely.
“Xu Dongsheng, you are just a seventh-rank county magistrate, what gives you the right to act so arrogantly?”
It's your good fortune that I've taken a liking to you, so don't push your luck.
Be careful, you might have the life to hold this official position, but you might not live to see it."
Xu Dongsheng narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous aura instantly enveloped the room.
In an instant, Xu Dongsheng appeared in front of Han Wanzhen.
He reached out and grabbed her neck. The suffocating sensation made it difficult for Han Wanzhen to breathe, and she even began to hallucinate.
The person before me was no longer the handsome young man with a refined and elegant demeanor; he was clearly a vengeful demon.
Xu Dongsheng lifted Han Wanzhen up from the ground. "Miss Han, how does this feel?"
After saying that, he put the person on the ground.
Han Wanzhen was nowhere to be seen in her former dignified elegance.
He plopped down on the ground. He coughed incessantly, his face covered in tears and snot.
"You were born into a family that received special treatment, why don't you bring your brain with you when you go out?"
Who gave you the audacity to threaten the lives of high-ranking officials with your bare hands?
You mean your scumbag father who killed your first wife?
Hmph, the Duke of Protector of the Nation, others might give him some face, but I, Xu Dongsheng, really don't take him seriously.
"Get out of my sight right now, get out of Kenqing City, or I'll arrest you and put you in jail."
Han Wanzhen was no longer the arrogance she had shown before.
Her lustful thoughts towards Xu Dongsheng had long since vanished.
His legs were too weak to stand up, so he had to tumble and crawl out of Xu Dongsheng's office.
Xu Dongsheng kept saying how unlucky it was.
Suddenly looking up, she asked, "Yan'er, was the play good?"
Zhao Qingyan was engrossed in watching the commotion when she was suddenly caught red-handed. She paused for a moment, then broke into a smile.
After restoring the tiles, he jumped off the roof.
"I didn't make a sound, how did you know I was here?"
Zhao Qingyan asked the question without any embarrassment.
Xu Dongsheng took Zhao Qingyan's hand and led her into the house, settling her into his seat.
"Yan'er may not know, but you have a natural fragrance that is incomparable to those perfumes."
I smelled it the moment you opened the first tile.
Zhao Qingyan understood. "So, everything just now was an act you put on for me?"
Xu Dongsheng is funny.
"How could that be? It's an act for Han Wanzhen."
That brat, she can't keep her mouth shut, she'll get herself into trouble sooner or later.
A little girl was spoiled rotten.
Once that scumbag receives the punishment he deserves and his status plummets, who knows what foolish things he might do?
Let her experience firsthand what it means to be ruthless in the world.
Zhao Qingyan pouted.
"It's been a long time. Magistrate Xu's eloquence has improved. Even his sophistry can be so eloquent."
This is Miss Han, I won't hold it against you.
"How many young ladies have come to your office while I was away?"
Zhao Qingyan's question was really creepy.
She had an attitude that said, "I have enough evidence, you'd better confess now."
Xu Dongsheng laughed.
He knelt down and took Zhao Qingyan's two small hands in his own.
Look directly into Zhao Qingyan's eyes.
"Look at me, you're the only one in my eyes. I won't give other girls a chance."
"Except for Miss Han, you know who she is, Yan'er, you have to trust me."
Zhao Qingyan carefully examined Xu Dongsheng's eyes.
"No, you're wrong. You see more than just me, there's also..."
The most annoying thing is to only say half of what you mean.
Xu Dongsheng became nervous. He tried hard to recall that he hadn't done anything wrong during this period.
Just as Xu Dongsheng reached a certain point of tension, Zhao Qingyan completed the second half of the sentence.
There's boogers in your eyes.
One sentence almost got Xu Dongsheng killed.
"Yan'er, can you stop breathing so loudly when you speak? You're scaring me to death."
Zhao Qingyan pulled Xu Dongsheng up from the ground.
"Let's get down to business. Has your older brother sent you a message? Has he found out the cause of your mother's death all this time?"
Xu Dongsheng shook his head.
"No word has been sent, so they probably haven't dealt with that scumbag yet. Otherwise, that brat wouldn't be completely unaware."
Zhao Qingyan noticed Xu Dongsheng's form of address.
"You brat, you're calling me that so affectionately. Are you planning to adopt this little sister?"
Xu Dongsheng shook his head again.
"How could that be? I don't want to have any contact with that scumbag, including his children."
It was simply a matter of doing what I could to prevent her from getting hurt.
I doubt she would want to acknowledge me as her.
If I were to acknowledge her as my mother, she would either feel extremely ashamed or might even harbor resentment.
It's my fault for not telling her sooner, and for manipulating her at will.
Who can say for sure?
Xu Dongsheng dared not gamble on human nature, after all, he had witnessed the darkest side of his closest relatives.
The two people inside were deeply in love.
Han Wanzhen, who had previously scrambled out of the way, grew increasingly angry the more she thought about it.
She, the eldest daughter of a noble family, is matched with a seventh-rank county magistrate. How could that be an insult to Xu Dongsheng?
He mentally prepared himself again, summoned his guards, and his courage instantly grew.
She turned around, wanting to settle accounts with Xu Dongsheng.
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