"What did you say? Those are your servants? You must be lying to me. Those people look more like criminals!"
Feng Xiyun exclaimed, not believing what Zhu Shiqing said at all.
"Alas, those people are really my family's servants. It's a long story now. Um... can I drink some water if I'm hungry?"
Zhu Shiqing pointed at the teapot on the table and looked at the people at the table a little embarrassedly.
"You...you drink."
Feng Xiyun was anxious to figure out the whole story, so he pushed a cup of water that no one had touched on the table to Zhu Shiqing, which perfectly demonstrated his integrity. Zhu Shiqing picked up the cup and drank the water in big gulps. He couldn't help but picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup. Only then did he put down the cup with satisfaction.
"Ah~ I'm finally saved. I've been running all this way and I'm dying of thirst."
Zhu Shiqing wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve without caring. His bold style was not at all artificial, but rather a bit endearing.
"Alright, you've already drunk the water. Why don't you just speak quickly? Stop dilly-dallying."
Feng Xiyun was really anxious and couldn't help but urge him again.
"Well, to put it simply, my father forced me to get married, but I didn't want to, so I ran away from home. Those servants came to capture me and take me back to get married."
"ah?"
When Feng Yuyun and Feng Xiyun heard what Zhu Shiqing said, they looked equally shocked and a little dazed.
"Oh, this is really incomprehensible, isn't it? I can't understand it either. Why does my father force me to go back and marry a girl I've never even met? That girl hasn't seen me either. What if she doesn't like me? What if I don't like her? Don't you think this blind marriage is just a waste of time for both parties?"
Zhu Shiqing looked helpless, spread his hands, and waited for everyone to agree with him.
Several people looked at each other, and finally Feng Xiyun spoke: "Well, it's not good for the girl if you run away from the marriage like this. You didn't run away from the wedding, did you?" Everyone looked out the window. That dress was not something they would wear on a daily basis!
"Oh, that's not it!"
Hearing him say this, several people breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Shiqing now consciously felt that he was friends with everyone. He took the initiative to pick up the chopsticks, asked the waitress to bring him another bowl, and actually started to eat on his own initiative. At this time, his mouth was full of food. When he heard Feng Xiyun's question, he choked hard and swallowed the food in his mouth into his stomach.
"Huh~ I ran away before going to pick up the bride. They asked me to ride a very beautiful white horse to pick her up, but I took advantage of them not noticing and ran away. Hahaha, you didn't notice their expressions at the time. They were as stupid as quails."
Zhu Shiqing was laughing to himself, not noticing that the expressions of the others looking at him had changed.
"Mr. Zhu, since you don't want to marry that young lady, why don't you make it clear to others before the wedding?"
"I also want to make it clear. I told my father many times that I would not get married, but he just wouldn't listen to me. I had no choice but to run away."
Zhu Shiqing stretched out his chopsticks to pick up some food, but was stopped by Feng Xiyun again.
"Hey, don't you know how much criticism that young lady will suffer if you suddenly run away from the marriage?"
Feng Xiyun was very angry. Zhu Shiqing was not a man at all!
"Huh?" Now it was Takeishi's turn to look dumbfounded. "What criticism?"
"You... Oh, Brother Nan, I can't explain it clearly. You explain it to him."
Feng Xiyun was angry and anxious. He wanted to explain but felt that he was tongue-tied, so he let Tunan speak.
"Look, Master Zhu, you ran away on your wedding day, and you felt happy about it, but have you ever considered who everyone will vent their anger on after you run away?"
"Ah... no, no, we won't get married, right?"
Tunan looked at him helplessly.
"Master Zhu, after you leave, no matter how unwilling you are, the matchmaker's words to you are real. After you run away from the marriage, your family, the lady's family, and ordinary people who don't know the truth will naturally cast suspicion and pressure on the lady, and may even blame her for your runaway marriage and leaving home."
"this......"
"We've seen this happen before. It was an innocent young woman, engaged by her parents, and the groom ran away from the wedding. It was clearly the groom's fault, but everyone blamed the betrayed bride, saying it was the bride's fault that led to the groom's runaway. In the end, the bride was so driven by the rumors that she hanged herself, and the controversy hasn't subsided yet. In our time, the standards for women are inherently stricter. Before you considered running away, did you consider the young woman you were supposed to marry?"
Tuanan finished speaking slowly and without any sense of oppression, but after hearing what he said, Zhu Shiqing fell into deep thought with a heavy expression.
The air suddenly grew silent. After a moment, Master Zhu put down his chopsticks, stood up solemnly, and bowed deeply to the group. "Thank you all for your guidance. I was indeed wrong in this matter. I will return and take responsibility for it. Thank you very much."
After Zhu Shiqing finished speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for Fengming and the others to say anything. His back looked so decisive and resolute, not at all like he was being chased by the big men just now.
After Zhu Shiqing had gone out and was no longer visible, Feng Xiyun looked towards the door and muttered, "This guy is so inexplicable!"
"Ah, the food is cold."
Feng Yuyun exhaled the breath that had been condensed in her heart for some reason, and then she realized that she was hungry. She reached for her chopsticks to pick up some food, wailed, and looked at Su Wei with grievance.
Without saying a word, Su Wei called the waitress and gestured for her to make a new dish and send it up.
"I don't know who Zhu Shiqing is, but judging by the quality of his clothes, and the men he calls 'house servants' chasing after him, they don't look like the kind an ordinary family could afford to support. I imagine he must be someone quite high up."
Soon, the cold dishes on the table were taken away and the hot dishes were served. While eating, the few people talked about Zhu Shiqing who appeared and left inexplicably.
"According to what he said, he escaped on horseback before the wedding. He must be from this area, but there aren't any big families with the surname Zhu near Zhige."
After all, Su Wei works in intelligence, so he is used to finding out the local situation before going to a place.
"Oh, let's not talk about him anymore. Where should we go this afternoon? How about we go to the hot springs and then we'll head to the next stop. There's nothing fun here."
Feng Xiyun didn't want to talk to someone he didn't know anymore. He was more interested in eating, drinking and having fun. Although the climate in this small town was indeed good, it was a small town after all. There would be nothing new after a short stroll. His proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone.
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