Chapter 655: I have nothing to do with you, how dare I offend you
Xu Minghui's eyes were once again filled with a burning sensation he had never experienced before. Looking at Nan Weiwei's reckless but brave face, he was speechless for a moment.
The old lady was so angry that she was completely speechless.
Seeing the situation was delicate, Sang Zhixia was afraid that the old lady would really faint here today and there would be no end to it, so she simply said, "Old lady, we've beaten and scolded you enough, why don't we talk somewhere else?"
"Let's go to a secluded place and wait. I'll take Xu Minghui back in a moment. Just tell him that he came with me to visit the old lady today. I guarantee that no unnecessary gossip will be spread outside. You can just rest assured."
The situation between Nan Weiwei and Xu Minghui cannot be explained in a few words.
There's no point in them just standing here.
I might as well dispel the old lady's concerns first, as for the rest...
Sang Zhixia glanced meaningfully at Xu Minghui who was standing in front of Nan Weiwei, with a silent amusement in her heart.
She understood Xu Minghui's personality. On the outside, he seemed gentle and kind to others, but in fact, he was cold-hearted and even colder than Xu Yu.
With such a personality, if he really met someone he didn't like but kept pestering him, Xu Minghui had countless ways to eliminate the trouble.
But apart from protecting Nan Weiwei's reputation and taking the blame for the so-called rumors on himself, he did nothing.
He was clearly the one who was humiliated today, yet he still helped Nan Weiwei block the cane and took all the blame on himself...
If it were someone else, let alone a crutch, even if it was a long knife that could kill him on the spot, Xu Minghui probably wouldn't be moved at all.
I'm afraid this matter still needs some work.
At this point, in this situation, the old lady really can't come up with a better solution.
The old lady said with a cold face that it would take at most half a minute, and left her confidant to guard here. When she walked away, she couldn't help but look back.
Nan Weiwei was looking up and saying something. Xu Minghui looked down at her, with a helpless look on his face, but his expression was calm.
The old lady had a plan in mind and went to the nearby pavilion as Sang Zhixia said. When Sang Zhixia took Xu Minghui out of the Nan family's gate, both sides were very polite.
Xu Mingyang and his group of guys who rolled up their sleeves and were ready to snatch Xu Minghui back had already been sent back by Sang Zhixia, and the carriage was waiting at the door.
As soon as they got in the car, Sang Zhixia frowned and asked, "Is the injury serious? Why don't we go directly to Mr. Hu's clinic?"
Xu Minghui no longer forced himself to remain calm. He collapsed against the car wall, coughing a few times before saying with a pale face, "No need."
"Sister-in-law, please don't let the family know about what happened today, okay?"
Sang Zhixia looked at him calmly, half-smiling as she asked, "Are you talking about the time you took the beating for someone else, or the time you were kidnapped?"
Xu Minghui's throat became hoarse.
Sang Zhixia couldn't help but laugh: "I already told you about the kidnapping on the way here. Now the people outside will at most know that you followed me to visit the old lady of the Nan family. Other rumors will disappear in a few days at most."
"But hiding it is just to fool outsiders at best. It was Xu Mingyang who reported the news to me, so my family must know about it."
"As for you taking the beating for someone else..."
"Sister-in-law, I..."
"I can't help it."
Sang Zhixia waved her index finger left and right and said lazily, "Brother, don't accuse me, your eldest sister-in-law, of being too talkative. I only have one thing to say."
“When flowers are ready to be picked, pick them now. Don’t wait until it’s too late to regret and then shed tears.”
"You may feel that the timing is not right and want to wait a little longer, but sometimes, for some things, you don't necessarily have to wait for the right time. Not everything has a perfect opportunity. Following your heart is better than anything else."
Unlike Xu Yu who started to mock indiscriminately as soon as he opened his mouth, Xu Minghui actually preferred to chat with Sang Zhixia.
Sang Zhixia is different from Aunt Xu and the others. In front of her, Xu Minghui really doesn't have much intention of hiding anything.
Xu Minghui was silent for a long time before he lowered his eyes and said, "Sister-in-law, when you married my eldest brother, on your first day of marriage, your family was confiscated and you were exiled. When you were left with nothing, did you ever regret it?"
Sang Zhixia crossed her arms and thought about the situation, then laughed and said, "No."
"In fact, I have never regretted it at all."
"When your eldest brother was busy squashing rats and bugs and still offered me water, I felt I had married the right person."
Several years have passed, and Sang Zhixia still feels that she has made the right choice in marrying.
Xu Minghui chuckled softly as he recalled the chaos of those years: "Indeed, my sister-in-law and brother went through hardships together."
At the beginning, we all had nothing and were in a foreign land.
The bond of sharing adversity is always stronger than anything else.
only……
Xu Minghui raised the corner of his lips in self-mockery and said softly, "Sister-in-law, there are some differences."
"She is a pearl that was born to be set in a crown, never once stained by dust. She is pure and innocent. How dare I offend her so rudely..."
If the Xu family had not suffered misfortune, Xu Minghui would still be the eldest son of the Xu family's second branch, and both of them would have been bathed in the glory of their ancestors. In other words, their family backgrounds were similar and they were a good match.
But the Xu family has fallen to this point, and the glory of their descendants has nothing to do with Xu Minghui.
Xu Yu and Sang Zhixia set up the door lintel. He could proudly claim that he was from the Xu family, but he did not dare to admit that the glory of the Xu family had anything to do with him.
He is like this...
Not worthy.
Sang Zhixia looked at Xu Minghui, who was resting with his eyes closed, helplessly without saying anything else.
When the carriage arrived at the door of his house, the pills that Xu Minghui took as soon as he got on the carriage took effect. At least his complexion looked much better than before.
It was a rare occasion for all the family members to be present, all sitting in the yard waiting.
Seeing that Sang Zhixia successfully redeemed Xu Minghui, Xu Mingyang breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, fortunately, my sister-in-law redeemed my brother, otherwise I..."
"Don't talk nonsense, kid!"
Second Aunt Xu patted Xu Mingyang on the head and said unhappily, "Your brother is visiting with your eldest sister-in-law. How many times do I have to tell you this before you remember it?"
Xu Mingyang covered the back of his head, feeling extremely depressed, but Second Aunt Xu ignored him. She looked at Xu Minghui and then at Sang Zhixia, with anxious but unexpressed curiosity in her eyes.
When Xu Mingyang returned home, he said that Xu Minghui had been kidnapped by Nan Weiwei, but no one could explain what had happened.
Even the old man coughed a few times out of curiosity and looked at Xu Minghui inquiringly without saying a word.
Xu Minghui's scalp tingled under everyone's gaze, and he looked at Sang Zhixia for help: "Sister-in-law, this..."
"You go back and rest first. I'll take care of things outside."
Sang Zhixia suppressed a smile and said, "Go ahead. Xu Mingyang and Sang Yanyou, you guys are not allowed to bother anyone else. If you really have nothing to do, go to the back and practice archery."
The few little ones who were ready to move were forcibly calmed down by Sang Zhixia. Xu Minghui walked very fast, as if he was afraid of being caught, and did not even look back.
After Xu Minghui left, Third Uncle Xu couldn't help but say, "Xia girl, Xu Minghui..."
"I can't say for sure."
Sang Zhixia rubbed her nose and said vaguely, "But I think Miss Nan is a true character. She's not afraid to admit her mistakes. She didn't even bother to take advantage of the excuses I offered her. She even got slapped a few times by the old lady of the Nan family."
Uncle Xu let out a cry and took a deep breath.
Second Aunt Xu asked anxiously, "What about Xu Minghui? What's Xu Minghui's reaction? He..."
"Is he interested in Miss Nan? Is it really as rumored?"
Sang Zhixia couldn't say it directly, and her tone became more vague: "Second Aunt, how can I be sure about such things?"
"However, Xu Minghui is extremely respectful to the old lady of the Nan family, and he has fulfilled his duties as a junior."
Aunt Xu clicked her tongue thoughtfully, sat back on the stool and began to daydream.
The old man looked around, a subtle smile in his eyes: "This incident happened today, and I vaguely remembered an anecdote I heard when I was young."
Everyone looked towards the old man.
The old man jokingly said, "It seems that this isn't the first time that a girl from the Nan family has robbed a bride."
Sang Zhixia's eyes suddenly widened.
The old man said leisurely, "Girl, the old lady of the Nan family whom you met today was also a man who rode a horse through the streets and won the third place in the imperial examination when she was young."
"Fifty years ago, the third place winner in the imperial examination was a handsome man. At the time, a member of the Nan family was an official in Beijing. He brought his family to the capital and encountered the third place winner parading through the streets. He immediately took the man from the list and chose him as his son-in-law. It caused quite a scene back then. Afterwards, the couple returned to Lingnan and lived in harmony for the rest of their lives, becoming a legend."
Compared to the old lady directly grabbing the third place winner from the list, Nan Weiwei just kidnapped Xu Minghui on the street, which seemed much more elegant???
Everyone who heard this was stunned.
Sang Zhixia gave a thumbs-up in amazement: "What a long family tradition..."
Is this hereditary?
Just as the old man was laughing at Sang Zhixia's blurt-out remark about her family's profound learning, the doorman came running over with an embarrassed look on his face and said with a twisted face, "Grandpa, someone from the Nan family is here."
The old man laughed and asked, "Who's coming?"
"Miss Nan."
The doorman said bitterly, "Miss Nan brought a small bag and said that she had been driven out by the old lady of the Nan family and had nowhere to go. She wanted to seek refuge with our young lady and ask for shelter."
Everyone's surprised gazes turned back to Sang Zhixia, who raised her eyebrows in surprise: "You want me to take you in?"
Did Nan Weiwei really not find the wrong person???
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