Chapter 23 The number one scholar’s father is a charlatan who always wins in gambling!
Si Yuan looked at the wedding date on the invitation and compared it with the date of the hero and heroine's marriage in the original plot transmitted to him by the system. It turned out to be nearly a year earlier.
The system was also confused when it saw the advanced wedding date: [Host, you don’t seem to have interfered with the heroine’s plot, why is the wedding date advanced? The wedding date is moved forward to before the imperial examination. Aren’t the protagonist’s parents afraid that it will affect his failure in the examination? 】
Si Yuan pondered and said: [Li Jingyuan and his wife must have great confidence in their son’s leading man aura, so they think that Li Changwen will not fail the exam. However, Li Changwen's academic level is there. Even if he performs poorly, at most his ranking will be a bit bad, but he will not fail the exam. 】
The system is still puzzled: [Why does the heroine want to marry the hero in advance? Wouldn't it be more glorious if the hero got married after finishing high school as in the original plot? 】
Si Yuan guessed with normal thinking: [Maybe she is worried that the male protagonist will no longer like her after high school. 】
The system said in a decisive tone: [Impossible! The hero and the heroine are in love with each other. Even though there is a huge gap in their status, the hero will never look down on the heroine just because she was the top scorer in high school. If he really did that, he would not be the hero, but the villain who would be slapped in the face by the heroine. 】
Si Yuan read through the original novel: [The male protagonist would not do this, but the female protagonist would think so. After all, the two of them are not already in love as in the original plot. They should not be familiar with each other yet. 】
In the original plot, the heroine Tan Zhuyue married the hero Li Changwen only after he won the third place in the imperial examination in high school. Because after Tan Zhuyue was reborn, it seemed as if she was able to give the hero a halo of blindness. In the eyes of the hero, the heroine's stupidity was cute, the heroine's scheming against others was resourceful, and the heroine's viciousness was revenge.
The house fight between the heroine Tan Zhuyue, her stepmother Wang, and her half-sister Tan Qingyue involves the hero Li Changwen, who often accompanies his mother Tan to visit the Tan family. Li Changwen is like a lard covered heart. He suddenly feels that Tan Zhuyue lost her mother at a young age, has a vicious stepmother, and has a very difficult life in the Tan family. He feels so sorry for her!
Tan Zhuyue originally wanted to hold on to Li Changwen, a wealthy and powerful son-in-law in the future. After a few interactions, the two fell in love with each other. Li Changwen promised Tan Zhuyue that he would come to the Tan family to propose marriage to her after he graduated from high school.
In the original plot, Tan Zhuyue, who was in love with Li Changwen and had received a promise, was of course not in a hurry. She could wait peacefully for her fiancé to pass the imperial examination and come to marry her in a grand manner. She would become an official wife after marrying him.
But in reality, things did not develop as smoothly as in the original plot. With a pair of parents who push their children too hard and an excellent competitor, Li Changqing, Li Changwen was not as leisurely as in the original plot where he often accompanied his mother Tan to the Tan family to build relationships with his cousin. He studied at home whenever he had time.
In the original plot, Li Changwen was an outstanding individual. Tan had no sense of crisis at all and seemingly never pushed her child too hard. She especially liked to take her outstanding son out to visit friends and show off to others.
But now there is a Li Changqing who is always comparing and telling Tan that her son is not the best one.
Filled with a sense of crisis, Mrs. Tan wished she could force her son to study in the study. Every time she returned to her parents' home, she would do it secretly without telling her son, fearing that it would affect her son's studies, even a little bit. It was even more impossible for her to bring her son to visit the Tan family as often as in the original plot.
Therefore, the male protagonist Li Changwen and the female protagonist Tan Zhuyue have few opportunities to meet. Tan's father will not come to his brother-in-law's house for nothing, but the step-wife Wang will come. However, even if Wang brings an outsider to visit the Li family, she will not bring Tan Zhuyue, the step-daughter.
No matter how much attraction there is between the male and female protagonists, it is impossible for Li Changwen to fall deeply in love with Tan Zhuyue if they don't have enough opportunities to meet.
Now in Li Changwen's mind, Tan Zhuyue is just his eldest cousin and nominally his fiancée, nothing more, the two are not familiar with each other at all.
Tan Zhuyue's impression of her cousin Li Changwen was limited to the fact that before her rebirth, she had heard that her cousin had risen rapidly in the emperor's heart and held great power. He was her once abandoned fiancé, and the high branch that she regretted having lost by mistake.
Of course, Tan Zhuyue was worried that her soon-to-be rich husband would run away. She was also worried that Li Changwen would look down on her, his cousin, after graduating from high school, and would want to marry someone else from a wealthy family. So it was normal for her to urge Tan's father to get them married early.
Tan Zhuyue was also a little worried that the longer she waited, the more trouble she would have. She always felt that her stepmother Wang and her sister Tan Qingyue would not give up. What if she dragged on for too long and Li Changwen, her rich son-in-law, was snatched away by Tan Qingyue again?
Si Yuan analyzed the butterfly effect he had created with the system, and the system said seriously: [Oh, so that's how it is! 】In fact, it still doesn't quite understand it. It doesn't quite comprehend human nature. Aren't there already engagements between the hero and heroine? Why would you still worry about the engagement being cancelled or replaced? Are humans so lacking in the spirit of contract?
When Si Yuan heard what the system said, he realized that it was pretending to know everything. However, he did not ask the system about the weaknesses of human nature. If the system knew too much, it would be difficult to fool it. It was better to treat it as a naive system.
Si Yuan stroked his chin, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: [But this is also an opportunity to compete with your father. 】
System: [(⊙o⊙)? ? ? 】
After Li Changqing finished the mock examination, Si Yuan asked Li Changqing to take a bath and have a good rest. At the same time, he told him the news that his friend Li Changwen was going to get married soon.
Li Changqing was shocked: "Chang Wen is getting married?!"
Li Changqing looked a little dazed, because of his parents' love he still felt like a child loved by them. The idea of getting married, having children and becoming a father himself had not yet occurred to him.
Today he suddenly learned that his cousin Li Changwen, who is a little younger than him, is about to get married. Maybe he will be able to drink the full moon wine of Li Changwen's son soon.
His younger cousin is about to become a father - this makes Li Changqing realize that he is also an adult who can be a father!
Li Changqing looked at his father with mixed feelings and asked, "Dad, are you going to urge me to get married?"
He remembered that his cousin Li Changji, who was two years older than him, had not yet married and had once complained to him that his aunt was urging him to get married. Could it be that his father suddenly mentioned the news of his cousin Li Changwen's marriage today in order to urge him to get married?
Si Yuan smiled and said in a very open-minded way: "Marriage is your own business. You can get married whenever you want, whether it is arranged by your parents or by the matchmaker, or you want to find someone you love. As long as your behavior does not hurt others, it's up to you. Anyway, I don't have high requirements for my future daughter-in-law. As long as she can live a good life with you, is a clear-headed person, and is not a fool who will drag down the whole family, that's fine."
Li Changqing was deeply moved when he heard Si Yuan's words which gave him enough freedom. In this era of blind marriages and the importance of parents' orders and matchmaker's words, Si Yuan's words could be said to be quite open-minded.
Even the requests he made could not be considered requests. These were the key points he should have paid attention to.
Li Changqing himself felt that even if he wanted to find a wife with whom he was in love, his relationship should not affect or hurt others. If the person he was looking for was a confused fool, he would not fall in love with her.
So his father's request was equivalent to no request.
Li Changqing thought of the engagement that had been arranged for Li Changwen since childhood, and then thought of his father's enlightened decision. He suddenly felt that he was much happier than his cousin Li Changwen. It was great that his parents were not as strict and old-fashioned as Li Changwen's parents.
Li Changqing happily came over and hugged Si Yuan: "Thank you, Dad. You are so kind!"
Si Yuan patted his back with a bit of disgust: "You've been staying in the cell for several days, and you stink. Don't rub the stink on me, go take a shower!"
Not only did Li Changqing not let go, he hugged her again, rubbed her like a spoiled child, and said in a whining voice: "Humph, I want to rub against you! Who told my father to dislike me!"
Si Yuan smiled helplessly.
After Li Changqing went to take a shower, the system couldn't help but ask him: [Host, the progress bar moved again, how did you do it? It seems like you didn't do anything just now. 】
Si Yuan said calmly: [Didn’t I do anything just now? 】
The system hesitated for a while: [Did you just... do something? 】
Of course he did a lot just now. He deliberately mentioned in front of Li Changqing that Li Changwen's parents had arranged a marriage for him, and then told Li Changqing his open-minded attitude towards his marriage.
Under this strong contrast, Li Changqing would of course feel that Si Yuan, this open-minded father, was much better than Li Changwen's strict and old-fashioned parents, and naturally developed a sense of pride.
Isn't this equivalent to Li Changqing winning the competition between Li Changwen and his father?
After Si Yuan's testing and judgment for such a long time, he had long discovered that the victory or defeat in the competition of fathers was not only determined by the original male protagonist Li Changwen, but also by other people.
For example, if Li Changqing sincerely believes that his father is better than Li Changwen's father, then Si Yuan will compete with his father to win.
For example, when outsiders look at Si Yuan and Li Jingyuan, they think that Si Yuan is better than Li Jingyuan, so Si Yuan has also won the competition of relying on his father.
Even the original male protagonist Li Changwen thought that Li Changqing's father was better than his own father, let alone Si Yuan, who won quite thoroughly.
The most important thing is that as long as Li Changwen's idea does not change, then every time he has such an idea, Si Yuan will win once, so now the progress bar of the competition with dad in the system has climbed most of the way, and the progress of the task is quite gratifying.
Over the years, although Si Yuan spent his days eating, drinking, having fun and comprehending the laws of the world, and did not study hard to prepare for the imperial examinations, nor did he try to make money everywhere, and even raised his children in a laissez-faire manner, he did not really just lie down and do nothing. He also did his tasks seriously. Otherwise, where would he get the task points to exchange for world affinity?
The system that didn’t notice Si Yuan’s efforts to complete the task at all: […? ? ? 】So where exactly has the host made his efforts? Why does the task progress bar continue to increase just by watching him eating, drinking and having fun?
Could it be that lying down and letting things go is the key to completing tasks?
The system, which had been trying very hard to urge the host to complete tasks, fell into confusion and contemplation.
Si Yuan did not continue to trick the system into falling into the ditch even if he had a change of heart and turned over a new leaf.
On the second day, Si Yuan was lying on a lounge chair in the garden, lazily basking in the sun. His front was slightly reddened by the sun, so he turned over to his back like a salted fish and continued to bask in the sun.
At this moment, the system suddenly shouted in shock: [Host! The progress bar suddenly skyrocketed! 】
Si Yuan was not surprised at all. He said "Oh" lazily as a response to the system.
The system, with all the data in the database turning into question marks, couldn't help but ask: [Host, please tell me how you did it? Why did the progress bar suddenly increase so much? 】
Si Yuan closed his eyes, feeling the warmth of the sun on his body. His soul was immersed in comprehending the laws of this small world. It was wonderful to feel his soul level rising.
He ignored the system, but the system continued to question him unwillingly, determined to get to the bottom of it.
Si Yuan, who was distracted by the noise, could only respond reluctantly: [The reason is very simple. Li Changqing went to congratulate Li Changwen. After all, my adopted son is an honest and kind-hearted child. After learning the good news about his little friend, of course I had to go and congratulate him as soon as possible. 】
The system is still confused: [Why did Li Changqing's congratulations to Li Changwen cause the progress bar to surge? 】
Si Yuan also really wanted to ask, why is this system so stupid? Isn’t the answer obvious?
Si Yuan suggested seriously: [After completing the mission in this world, can you apply to return to the factory for an upgrade? 】
The system pondered Si Yuan's words for a while before reacting: [Host, are you dissatisfied with my backward version? QAQ]
Si Yuan: […No. 】At this moment, I suddenly became smart again.
System: [I don’t believe it, you must be disliking me QAQ]
Si Yuan consoled her halfheartedly: [No, no, you are so cute, I love you so much. 】After all, he would definitely like such a naive system that is so easy to fool. If it is too smart and hard to fool, how can he just lie down and do nothing when he is fighting wits and courage with the system all day long?
So even if his comfort was not sincere, it was definitely from the heart.
In order to stop the system from continuing to complain, he decisively changed the subject: [Don’t you want to know what the sudden increase in the progress bar has to do with Li Changqing’s congratulations to Li Changwen…]
The thing is, on the morning of the next day after learning about Li Changwen's marriage news, Li Changqing took the initiative to go to Li Changwen's house to congratulate him alone.
Although Li Changwen had some reservations about Li Changqing, the "other people's child", because of Li Jingyuan and Tan's attitude of pushing his child forward, and the two cousins did not get along that well, after all, they had been classmates for more than ten years and were related by blood. Li Changqing was a kind and good child, and he still thought that he should take the initiative to visit Li Changwen and congratulate him.
Also, Li Changqing was a little worried about Li Changwen. After all, he was about to take the imperial examination, and Li Changwen's parents had arranged a marriage for him. He was worried that Li Changwen's mentality for the exam would be affected, so he planned to counsel him.
When Li Changwen learned that Li Changqing was coming to visit him, he of course gave him a warm welcome.
Li Changqing first congratulated Li Changwen on his upcoming wedding.
Li Changwen said, "Congratulations, Brother Changqing is a little older than me. I'm getting married soon, and Brother Changqing must be getting married soon too. Remember to invite me to the wedding for a drink."
Li Changqing smiled and said, "Then you have to wait. My father said that he has no requirements for me to marry a wife. As long as I like her, I can marry anyone I want. Even if I never get married, he will not interfere with me. I want to focus on my studies first. After I graduate from high school and become an official, I will be a good official who pleads for the people and is loyal to the emperor. I have no intention of getting married for the time being..."
Li Changqing actually didn't want to show off anything. When Li Changwen said that they were of similar age and he would get married soon, he explained why he had no plans to get married in recent years.
But Li Changwen seemed to hear Li Changqing saying, 'Hey, my father is very good to me. He doesn't arrange a marriage for me. He allows me to fall in love freely. He is much better than your father. You are about to be arranged into a marriage and forced to marry your cousin before the imperial examination'!
Li Changqing's words automatically turned into these words in Li Changwen's ears, and Li Changwen suddenly felt a strong sense of jealousy in his heart.
Originally, he had no idea about marrying his cousin from the Tan family. His parents arranged for him to get married when he was old enough, and he got married and had children as if he had completed a task. This is the life process that everyone will go through, and he is naturally no exception.
Moreover, as a man, he has a dominant position in the marriage. If he doesn't like his wife, he can take concubines. So he doesn't care who he marries. He will marry whoever his parents arrange for him to marry.
But everything cannot be compared. Li Changwen, who was originally feeling good, after hearing Li Changqing's words, thought about how Li Changqing's father was so loving, indulgent and doting on him, and then compared it with the dominance, strictness and control of his own parents, how could Li Changwen not feel jealous?
If Si Yuan's doting on Li Changqing was the kind of doting that was unconditional and without limits, the kind of doting that would spoil a person, Li Changwen could still comfort himself that his parents' strict education was for his own good, so that he could become successful. However, Li Changqing had a father who doted on him but ended up spoiling him, and he had no future at all.
But Si Yuan is not the kind of father who dotes on his children. Although he seems to be unreliable, he is actually quite reliable. He treats his child with love but maintains principles. The Li Changqing he educated is excellent, optimistic and cheerful, which makes Li Changwen envious in every way.
Li Changwen envied Li Changqing's father because he was better than his own father, and envied Li Changqing for having more freedom than himself in marrying a wife. He felt like a puppet in the hands of his parents.
The moment when Li Changwen's envy and jealousy of Li Changqing completely erupted was when the system detected that the progress bar was skyrocketing.
However, Li Changwen was the original male protagonist after all, and his character and determination were above the passing line, so he quickly suppressed his envy and jealousy of Li Changqing, and did not lose his mind and run to Li Jingyuan and Tan to ask for freedom to marry.
The betrothal gifts have been given, the wedding date has been set, and the wedding procedures have already begun. What's the point of him making a fuss at this time? It would do nothing but anger his father and mother, and he still wanted to marry the cousin from the Tan family.
Li Changqing did not notice Li Changwen's well-hidden emotions. After congratulating him, he counselled Li Changwen for a while, hoping that Li Changwen would not let his marriage affect his future imperial examinations.
After Li Changqing left, Li Changwen sat in front of his desk for a long time in a daze. His mind kept replaying the scenes of his parents telling him to surpass Li Changqing over the years. He also recalled the scenes of Li Changqing showing off to him how open-minded his father was...
In the end, this anger at being unable to resist his parents who treated him like a puppet turned into anger directed at Tan Zhuyue.
Although Li Changwen told him rationally that Tan Zhuyue was also unable to resist the elders like him, but emotionally he was somewhat angry at Tan Zhuyue, his future wife. He felt that Tan Zhuyue was a symbol of his parents' oppression of him, and he was forced to marry Tan Zhuyue because he could not resist his parents' oppression and control.
The wedding went on as usual.
On the wedding day, Si Yuan brought his wife and children to the wedding banquet.
As Li Changwen's cousin, Li Changqing should help Li Changwen to welcome the bride. After all, if Li Changwen doesn't ask his cousins to help him welcome the bride, can he ask his cousins to help him? His cousin is also his brother-in-law, and now he is on the bride's side, the one stopping him from welcoming the bride.
But Li Jingyuan didn't like Si Yuan's family, and could only maintain face for his nephew Li Changqing. Tan also began to dislike Li Changqing because he had been suppressing her son for many years.
So Li Jingyuan and Tan only asked Li Changwen to invite other cousins. There were still many male descendants in the Li family's Li Changqing's generation, including many legitimate sons and illegitimate sons. Even though Li Changwen was not very familiar with other cousins, and the one he was most familiar with was only his average cousin Li Changji, when he got married and invited them to help him welcome the bride, these cousins would not fail to give face to the groom.
The only thing missing was that Li Changqing was not invited to participate, which seemed a bit strange in the eyes of others.
Li Changqing himself was also feeling bad. He thought that among all his cousins, he should be the one with the best relationship with Li Changwen. Why did Li Changwen invite his second uncle's illegitimate cousin, whom he was not familiar with at all, but not him?
Si Yuan saw the disappointment in Li Changqing's heart, and asked with a smile: "Do you feel that you are being excluded?"
Yu Yan glared at him. How could he talk like that? My son was already in a bad mood, and you are adding fuel to the fire!
Yu Yan comforted Li Changqing: "Changqing, Changwen must be worried that it will affect your participation in the imperial examination, so he didn't invite you. After all, helping Changwen to welcome the bride also requires help to block the wine. It's not good if you drink too much."
In fact, Yu Yan was also angry. She also thought it was a good thing that her son did not attend the wedding reception, and he did not have to help the groom block the wine. But it is one thing that she doesn't want her son to attend, and it is another thing that Li Jingyuan's family does not allow her son to attend and excludes her son.
No mother can tolerate her child being despised by outsiders.
But Yu Yan didn't show it because she didn't want to make Li Changqing feel even worse.
Li Changqing looked at Si Yuan with anticipation, "Dad, is what mom said true?"
Si Yuan met his eyes. What do you think? Of course it’s fake. Your mother is just coaxing you. Can’t you hear it?
Si Yuan stared at Yu Yan's angry eyes and Li Changqing's expectant eyes, and said calmly: "Isn't this obvious? My petty fourth brother was afraid that Changqing would steal the limelight from the groom, so he deliberately didn't let Changqing go to the wedding. He has always been so petty, you all know that..."
Yu Yan retracted her glare. She could accept this reason.
Li Changqing's expectations were not disappointed. He had known for a long time that his fourth uncle didn't like him, but he didn't care whether his fourth uncle liked him or not. What he cared about was whether the person who excluded him was his little friend Li Changwen.
Si Yuan's voice was not small, and they were sitting among the guests, so his words were naturally heard by other guests and then spread quietly.
No one was stupid enough to discuss it in front of the parties involved. They were all whispering behind their backs. When Li Jingyuan was completely unaware of it, he was labeled as narrow-minded.
When Li Changwen went to the Tan family to pick up his bride, the smile on his face was faint. He did not look like a groom who was happy about getting married. Especially when compared with the smiling faces of the people around him, he seemed even less happy.
However, on this happy day, some people noticed it, but no one spoke out.
Li Changwen's wedding went smoothly without encountering many difficulties. Firstly, Tan Zhuyue's younger brother was her half-brother, the son of his second wife, Wang, and had a cold relationship with Tan Zhuyue. Naturally, she didn't want to bother making things difficult for the new son-in-law. Secondly, the Tan family was the one who initiated the marriage, and they were afraid that if they made things too difficult, Li Changwen would be dissatisfied and just turn around and leave.
Tan Zhuyue had been on edge since her rebirth, and only today, when she was finally going to marry her cousin who had a promising future, did she finally breathe a sigh of relief. She covered her head with a red veil with joy, and let her maid help her out of the door and into the bridal sedan, looking forward to a beautiful married life in the future.
In her previous life, she heard that Tan Qingyue, who replaced her and married Li Changwen, was pampered by Li Changwen and did not even have a concubine. In this life, she must make Li Changwen treat her better than he treated Tan Qingyue in her previous life.
Watching the wedding procession leave the door of the Tan family, Wang hugged her daughter Tan Qingyue, gently stroked her back, and whispered to comfort her: "Don't be sad, I will definitely find you a better husband in the future."
Tan Qingyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Mother, I'm fine, I'm not sad."
Wang felt that her daughter was being stubborn and was unwilling to believe it. After all, she was already very sad. Such a good marriage went to that girl Tan Zhuyue, but her daughter missed it. How could she not be sad?
Tan Qingyue smiled helplessly and said: "I was just thinking that the cousin from the Li family who just welcomed the bride didn't seem too happy. I'm afraid my sister might have a hard time after getting married." If the groom didn't smile sincerely when welcoming the bride, how can we expect him to treat his wife well after marriage?
To be honest, Tan Qingyue was a little relieved. If she were to marry him, she would be able to think of ways to win back her husband's heart. Even if she couldn't, she could hold on to her dowry and give birth to a son as soon as possible to secure her position as the legal wife. But which young girl in love doesn't have expectations for her future husband? If you can marry a husband who gets along well with you, of course you won't want to marry a husband who seems to have something against you, and then try your best to find ways to win back his heart.
Tan Qingyue knew her elder sister Tan Zhuyue's personality very well. She was extreme, reckless, and had a lot of imagination. She would do things without considering the consequences. It would be good enough if she and her cousin Li did not go from being respectful to being cold to each other after she got married, let alone winning back her cousin Li's heart.
However, Tan Qingyue only thought about it this way and was too lazy to care about Tan Zhuyue's own death. Anyway, Tan Zhuyue was not close to them, and the relationship between the Tan family and the Li family would only become more and more distant in the future.
After hearing what her daughter Tan Qingyue said, Wang recalled the faint smile on the groom's face and felt something was wrong: "Li Changwen seems to be dissatisfied with this marriage?" Speaking of which, during the wedding process, it seemed that the groom Li Changwen rarely appeared, and it was always Tan, the groom's mother, who showed up.
Wang smiled gloatingly: "Then this marriage is quite suitable for Tan Zhuyue."
Tan Zhuyue is now looking forward to marrying Li Changwen.
Si Yuan sat in the guest seats, watching the heroine and hero getting married. The heroine was wearing a red veil so the expression on her face couldn't be seen, but the hero Li Changwen's expression was so indifferent that it was obvious that he was not very satisfied with the marriage.
As expected, there is no emotional foundation before marriage. Even if the male protagonist marries the female protagonist, they may start off as a couple of resentment at first.
I just don't know if the relationship between the male and female protagonists will become a happy enemy who gets married first and then falls in love, or a love story full of misunderstandings, or a missed opportunity that becomes a tragedy...
Si Yuan, who was drinking boring wedding wine, had already imagined all kinds of melodramatic plots in his mind. After all, all his reading of vernacular novels over the years was not in vain. Although the ancient vernacular novels were not so imaginative due to the limitations of the times, the level of melodrama in the emotional dramas was really unique. Even Yu Yan was influenced by Si Yuan to fall in love with reading melodramatic vernacular novels.
After being sent to the bridal chamber, Li Changwen lifted up Tan Zhuyue's red veil. She looked up with great anticipation at the husband she had finally found in this life, but was somewhat surprised to find that there was no smile on Li Changwen's face. He was looking at her indifferently with an expressionless face, which made her heart skip a beat.
As for the subsequent process of drinking the wedding wine, Li Changwen also followed Nanny Xi's instructions and completed it with Tan Zhuyue as if he had completed a task. However, the alienation and rejection between his actions were very obvious. Tan Zhuyue was not a fool, so how could she not feel it?
She thought that she had not fallen into the trap of her stepmother Wang and had voluntarily given up the marriage, and successfully married the promising Li Changwen. Then, the wife who would be held in the palm of Li Changwen's hand and cared for in the future would be her Tan Zhuyue. However, all her expectations were poured a bucket of cold water by Li Changwen's cold and rejecting attitude.
What does Li Changwen mean by this? Could it be that the person he likes is Tan Qingyue, so he is reluctant to marry her?
Why? Why was it that in her previous life, her husband was taken away by Tan Qingyue, and in this life, her husband still missed Tan Qingyue and was reluctant to marry her? What do you think of her?
Tan Zhuyue, who had no idea that she had misunderstood, hated her sister Tan Qingyue even more in her heart, but as a new bride, she could only grit her teeth and endure the humiliation for the time being and pretend that she did not notice Li Changwen's rejection of her.
Li Changwen had not shown his resistance to this marriage so obviously. His reason told him that he should not vent his anger on the innocent Tan Zhuyue.
However, Li Jingyuan and Tan refused to let him invite Li Changqing to go with him to welcome the bride, which made Li Changwen's feeling of rejection reach a peak again.
It's not that he has a very good relationship with Li Changqing, so he has to have Li Changqing go with him to the wedding. He just can't accept the strong oppression of his parents. He can't even make decisions on such small matters, which makes the rebellion in his heart even worse.
As a result, Li Changwen's rejection and disgust towards this marriage became even stronger. He subconsciously took his anger out on Tan Zhuyue and no longer had a good attitude towards her.
After everyone had left and only Li Changwen and Tan Zhuyue were left alone in the bridal chamber, Li Changwen's mind became clearer. He realized that since he was powerless to resist his parents, it was really too much for him to vent his anger on his newlywed wife who was unaware of the situation. He wanted to take the initiative to apologize to Tan Zhuyue for his inappropriate attitude just now.
Li Changwen turned sideways and looked at Tan Zhuyue, and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I..." I shouldn't have treated you with that attitude just now.
But what Li Changwen didn't expect was that he was interrupted by Tan Zhuyue before he finished speaking: "Don't say sorry, I understand that the person you like is not me, but my sister Qingyue. But since we are already married, please play the role of a loving couple with me, so that will also make your aunt feel at ease, right?"
Li Changwen was confused: “???” When did he start to like his other cousin, Tan Qingyue? How come he doesn’t know it himself? Why did his newlywed wife assume that he liked Tan Qingyue?
Li Changwen, who inexplicably fell in love with his wife's sister, was full of questions. He wanted to find Tan Zhuyue to ask for clarification, but in Tan Zhuyue's view, Li Changwen's explanation was just a cover-up and he was still covering up for Tan Qingyue.
Because before her rebirth, Tan Zhuyue had heard too much about the harmonious and loving relationship between Li Changwen and Tan Qingyue, she had formed a fixed mindset in her mind, thinking that Li Changwen's sweetheart was Tan Qingyue, and she didn't listen to Li Changwen's explanation at all.
Li Changwen explained twice but failed to communicate clearly with Tan Zhuyue. He was also very annoyed and felt that the wife he was forced to marry was simply mentally ill.
So he left the bridal chamber in a rage and ran to the study to read. On the wedding night tonight, he would rather study all night in the study than face the disobedient Tan Zhuyue again.
And in Tan Zhuyue's eyes, Li Changwen's departure further confirmed that he had Tan Qingyue in his heart, otherwise why didn't he consummate his marriage with her? He must be unwilling to marry her. He is still thinking about Tan Qingyue in his heart and wants to remain a virgin for her!
At this time, most of the guests who attended the wedding banquet had left, except for those who were close to Li Jingyuan's family.
However, in the end, only Si Yuan's family left. Because Li Jingyuan seemed reluctant to see Si Yuan, Si Yuan deliberately stayed for a while to make Li Jingyuan feel uncomfortable. Mainly, he wanted to see more of the drama between the male and female protagonists.
With a sweep of his spiritual sense, Si Yuan was able to sense everything that happened between the hero and heroine in the bridal chamber. When he saw that the hero and heroine were unable to communicate with each other and that their relationship was breaking down just after their marriage, he watched with even more gusto.
Li Changwen ran to the study to read. The servants around him panicked and ran to report to Tan.
Although the servant reported to Tan in a low voice, Si Yuan had very good hearing and heard it. He looked at Tan with a smile and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, is there something wrong with nephew Changwen? I seemed to hear that servant saying something happened to Changwen..."
Tan said with a bad look on her face: "Thank you for your concern, Third Brother. Changwen is fine. Everything is fine. It's getting late now, Third Brother should go back. I'll ask my husband to see him off."
Tan winked at Li Jingyuan.
Although Li Jingyuan felt uncomfortable when he saw Si Yuan, they still had some tacit understanding at this time. He walked up to Si Yuan and said, "Third brother, I'll take you there."
Seeing that Li Jingyuan and Tan were determined to see them off, Si Yuan had no choice but to leave with Yu Yan and Li Changqing.
But it doesn’t matter. Anyway, he can use his spiritual sense to see what is happening inside the mansion from outside the mansion, so he can still watch the show.
After getting on his own carriage, Si Yuan told the driver to stop at the corner and not move forward for the time being.
Si Yuan closed his eyes slightly, and watched the interesting show happening in Li Jingyuan's house with his spiritual consciousness.
When Li Jingyuan sent Siyuan and his family away, Tan rushed into the study room to look for Li Changwen: "My son, today is your big day, why are you here in the study room?"
Li Changwen was upset with everyone at the moment. Even though the person who came was his biological mother, he just reluctantly responded by saying, "Mother, the examination is coming soon, I am studying hard."
Tan wanted to tie Li Changwen to Tan Zhuyue's bed: "It doesn't matter if you review your lessons for another day. You can review them tomorrow. Now it's time to go back to your new room."
Li Changwen frowned and said, "I'm not going!"
Anyway, he said he would not go back to spend the bridal chamber with Tan Zhuyue no matter what, which made Tan very worried. She even imagined that her son might have some hidden illness and that was why he didn't dare to go to the bridal chamber.
Li Changwen was trying to save face and didn't want to say it, but when he heard his mother speculate that he had a hidden illness, he felt even more embarrassed if he didn't say it, so he had to say with a dark face: "Mother, it's my cousin who is making trouble for no reason. She insisted on thinking that I like Cousin Qingyue. I haven't even met Cousin Qingyue a few times, why did she insist on accusing me of having an affair with Cousin Qingyue? No matter how I explain, she won't believe it..."
Mrs. Tan was also confused. She seldom brought her son back to her parents' home and was very sure that her son did not have much contact with his two cousins. Tan Zhuyue was older and was her son's engagement partner, so she would sometimes invite her home as a guest. But Tan Qingyue seldom met her son. Why did Tan Zhuyue insist that her son had an affair with Tan Qingyue?
Tan found out that it was her daughter-in-law's fault that her son didn't go to the bridal chamber, and immediately said with a sullen look on her face, "I'll go find Zhuyue and ask her about this!"
Then he went to find Tan Zhuyue in a rage.
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