"Father, why did you call your daughter here?"
Looking at his daughter, who wasn't particularly beautiful, Master Duan said, "You've been to Jinghai County and met Guo Shu, haven't you?"
Duan Xinru had naturally met him before, but she didn't have a good impression of him. After all, she knew why her brother and mother were under house arrest.
Duan Xinru didn't want to tell the truth: "My daughter has heard of it, but has never seen it."
Master Duan didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
"Your father is planning to arrange a marriage for you."
Duan Xinru had a bad feeling.
"Father, what do you mean?"
"Guo Shu is a good boy with a bright future. I want to betroth you to him."
Duan Xinru immediately said, "Father, I disagree."
Master Duan was surprised by her strong reaction.
"What do you mean? Marriage is a major life event, it's a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words, how can you have the right to disagree?"
Duan Xinru looked down on Guo Shu, or more accurately, she looked down on the Guo family. Her aunt treated her very well, but she just didn't like the Guo family. Everyone says that one should marry up or down, but she was not willing to marry down.
Duan Xinru knew that her aunt intended to match her with Guo Shu. If it were her aunt's son, she might not have reacted so strongly, but Guo Shu was the son of the second branch of the Guo family. If the second branch of the Guo family lost the first branch, it would be nothing. She felt that if she married Guo Shu, it would be a self-degradation.
“Father, Guo Shu is nothing. Why should I marry him? What’s the use of being good at studying? Even those who can enter the Hanlin Academy are good at studying, but they still live a poor life. Besides, it’s not certain whether they can actually study. I don’t want to marry such a person casually.”
When Master Duan heard what she said, he felt that she was being disobedient, but what she said was also true.
"How about this, let's wait two years. If he's really capable, then we can decide later."
"Father, I don't want to marry Guo Shu."
Master Duan was puzzled. He had met Guo Shu before; he was handsome and had an outstanding temperament. Why couldn't he catch his daughter's eye?
"If you don't have a suitable reason today, this matter will be settled as it is."
Duan Xinru really didn't want to marry Guo Shu, and in her desperation, she actually came up with an explanation.
“Father, there is a grudge between my brother and Guo Shu. My brother did such a thing to Guo Shu, it is impossible for Guo Shu not to hold a grudge at all. I am my brother’s own sister. If I marry him, wouldn’t that be creating an enemy?”
Master Duan, however, did not consider this issue.
Seeing that her father was showing signs of softening, Duan Xinru pressed on, saying, "Besides, even if a daughter can't get married, there are other women who can!"
"What do you mean? Explain yourself."
Duan Xinru said, "My cousin Xinyue!"
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