That night, Long Pingzhang and Xiu'er came in a hurry, leaving the young marquis dumbfounded and muttering, "You... didn't even stay at home for a night before you came? You won't be back for two or three months."
Long Pingzhang said, "I don't want to stay overnight, but Xiu'er's father wouldn't let us stay here, saying he was afraid of delaying your journey, so he hurried us over. How is it? Have you booked a room for us? It's a bit stuffy to squeeze four people into this room."
Su Nuannuan quickly said to Siping, "Don't we have an empty room next door? Go and tell the shopkeeper to book another room."
Siping went there immediately. Su Nuannuan smiled and said to Xiu'er, "Your father is a careless person. He is so confident in handing you over to a man? And he will be gone for so many days."
Xiu'er blushed, lowered her head and said nothing, which made Su Nuannuan a little puzzled, thinking that this girl was not so shy during the day. Just as she was thinking, she heard Long Pingzhang smiling and said, "Madam, you don't know my father-in-law's temper. He didn't agree with Xiu'er and me before, but he couldn't stand Xiu'er's insistence. Now that we are going back, he heard that I was an official, so he was immediately happy. Originally, he was worried about us going on a long journey and wanted to follow us, but later he heard that Tingxuan was the son of the Marquis's mansion, so he gave up. He was also afraid that if we stayed at home for a night, Tingxuan would get impatient and leave, so he didn't even prepare luggage and dry food for us, and rushed us here."
"Oh my god, your father-in-law is a snob."
Duan Tingxuan suddenly realized the true meaning of the sentence "he was worried about delaying the journey, so he urged us to come here". At first, he thought that he was an old man who was considerate and understanding.
Xiu'er's head dropped even lower. Su Nuannuan quickly grabbed her hand. She glared at the young marquis and knocked on the table, "Can you speak? How can you be called a snob? Parents all over the world are pitiful. Which parent doesn't want their children to have a good future? How can this be called a snob? What's more, when Pingzhang fell off the cliff and was seriously injured and dying, if Xiu'er's father was really a snob, would he have taken out all the family money to save him? Such a person is a little snobbish, but that's limited. If you say so, I am also a snob."
Duan Tingxuan also knew that he had said something wrong, and nodded quickly, saying, "Nuannuan is right, I was wrong in my words. Miss Xiu'er, please don't take it to heart."
Xiu'er looked at Su Nuannuan gratefully, then raised her head and smiled, "Actually, what the prince said is right. My father is indeed a bit snobbish. He saved Brother Niu that day because I was determined to save him. In our family, I always have the final say."
"He's a good father. No matter how snobbish a father is, he can't be that snobbish." Su Nuannuan commented enthusiastically, then sighed, "Sister, you haven't seen those truly snobbish people. In their eyes, how can a daughter be a child? She has become a tool to make money. They only want to marry into a wealthy family to make some money. As for the life or death of their daughter, they don't care."
Before he finished speaking, Long Pingzhang and Xiu'er laughed together. Long Pingzhang said, "Isn't her father the same? But Xiu'er learned some boxing from her mother since she was a child, and her father couldn't beat her after she turned ten. He couldn't be so heartless as to harm his daughter, so he had to make do with it like this."
Xiu'er also smiled and said, "That's right. When I went back today, my father praised me. He said that it was fortunate that I had the right ideas. I beat out all the landlords he had his eyes on before. Otherwise, how could I have such a blessing? And I could marry an official? But..." At this point, her expression became sad again, "In fact, he didn't even think about it. Even with Brother Niu's protection, I'm afraid I can't catch the eyes of the nobles in such a wealthy family."
"Why are you calling him Brother Niu again?" Duan Tingxuan was puzzled, but he saw Xiu'er smiling and said, "Brother Niu told me to call him that. I also think this name is intimate and I'm used to it. I can't change it for a while."
Long Pingzhang said solemnly, "Yes, I am Long Pingzhang, but I am still Ah Niu now. Even if I recover my memory in the future, this is an experience of mine that I can never erase from my heart. So why not keep this name? I also like Xiu'er to call me Brother Ah Niu."
Duan Tingxuan looked at his friend with a half-smile, and said calmly: "Although you have lost your memory, the means of pleasing girls are still the same as before. What experience can't be erased? You simply saw Xiu'er hesitated and didn't dare to act like an official in front of her. It would be better to be that Ah Niu, so that she would feel at ease and close to him, so as not to lose her. Haha, you said these high-sounding nonsense in front of me, have you forgotten that I have a sharp eye? In the past, whether it was Qinghu, you, or Shi Dan, which of them could hide their tricks from me?"
Long Pingzhang's eyes widened in surprise, and he murmured, "So, we were really very close friends in the past? I have never told anyone about this. Xiu'er might understand a little, but she can't think so clearly. Hmm! Speaking of it, I seem to have a vague impression. It seems that we used to sit together...what did we do when we sat together? Hmm...it seems...I always lose, and you come to laugh at me, and always ask me to treat you..."
When he said this, he covered his head with one hand and kept complaining about a headache. Su Nuannuan quickly said, "Forget it, don't think about it. You can't remember it even if you have a headache. Maybe you will remember it when you bump your head. Come on, stop thinking about it, because 99% of the time it's in vain."
"I'm treating... treating... and... there are some other people... we... seem to be taking an exam... what was the exam question? I don't remember..."
Long Pingzhang turned a deaf ear to Su Nuannuan's words, and now he has both hands on his head. Xiu'er was worried and wanted to push his hands away, but she heard Duan Tingxuan said: "Miss Xiu'er, Nuannuan, there is no need to say more. He is like this. Once he wants to do something, he will definitely go straight ahead and will not turn back until he hits a wall. But this does not mean that he does not know how to be flexible and tactful. Let him figure it out on his own. If he thinks about it for a while and knows that it is futile, he will give up. But as long as there is a little hope of recovery, he will think about it even if his head hurts."
After hearing what Duan Tingxuan said, Su Nuannuan and Xiu'er had to give up. Xiu'er then said softly, "Young Marquis, Madam, I...my last name is Chu. From now on, you can just call me Chu Xiu. There's no need to call me girl all the time. It sounds too distant."
Duan Tingxuan couldn't help but look at Chu Xiu with higher regard: when this girl first learned about Long Pingzhang's identity, her first thought was to stay away from him, instead of being ecstatic about climbing up the social ladder, which showed her clarity and backbone; but then she went home with Long Pingzhang, but followed him back. It was obvious that after weighing the pros and cons, she made up her mind to maintain this relationship, either because of reluctance or unwillingness.
Of course, Long Pingzhang's various pledges and oaths certainly played a role in this. After making up her mind, she began to gradually narrow the distance between herself and Duan Tingxuan and Su Nuannuan, especially in front of Su Nuannuan, she was gentle and respectful, and pitiful, so that this nosy wife immediately treated the other party as a good sister and loved her. Don't underestimate this relationship. Chu Xiu was just born in a peasant family and could not read a few words. In the future, when she joined the Long family, Su Nuannuan and Duan Tingxuan might be her only support and support. It was the wisest way to get closer to the two of them at this time.
A kind, firm, wise and strong-willed woman, if she were not so poorly educated and of such a humble origin, would be a good match for Pingzhang. As for the Long family, although Duan Tingxuan spoke harshly and repeatedly reminded Long Pingzhang that his family had arranged a marriage for him, he knew very well that the Long family's parents were so overjoyed at the recovery of their son that it would not be difficult for them to marry their son's savior, let alone a prostitute from a brothel. Everything is afraid of comparison. If the Long family had not experienced the heart-wrenching pain of losing their son, perhaps they could still hold on. But precisely because they had experienced this kind of pain, they would never turn against Long Pingzhang because of this kind of thing.
not to mention……
Just when he thought of this, he saw Long Pingzhang slowly raised his head and said regretfully: "Forget it, I can't remember it. I spent so much effort and it still doesn't work. I'm afraid I can't recover this time. I can only look for opportunities in the future." After that, he looked up and down at Duan Tingxuan and asked puzzledly: "What are you thinking about? You look so gloating."
"Nothing, I just thought I had some good or bad news to tell you."
"What do you mean? I've only heard good news and bad news, but I've never heard a piece of news that I don't even know whether it's good or bad." Long Pingzhang laughed. Even Su Nuannuan and Chu Xiu's curiosity was piqued by Duan Tingxuan's words. The grandmother used her status as a wife to put pressure on her husband and urged him, "Hurry up and tell me. Don't keep me in suspense. Otherwise, don't expect me to cook for you along the way."
In the one and a half years since they got married, the young marquis has experienced countless similar threats. However, until today, these threats are still as effective as a panacea for him. When he heard his wife's words, he knew that it was impossible for her to embarrass her friend, so he could only laugh dryly and said, "Well... I suddenly remembered that you have been dead for more than half a year, and the marriage arranged for you by your family should have been handled long ago..."
Before he could finish, Long Pingzhang excitedly asked, "What do you mean? The girl's family may have cancelled the engagement?" He nodded and said, "That's right, that's right. A family like that wouldn't let their daughter become a widow right after marriage. Even those who use their daughter to cling to power, now that I'm dead and can't help them at all, they will naturally give their daughter to other families who can help them more. This is human nature."
As soon as he finished speaking, he slammed his fist on the table, grabbed Chu Xiu's hand and said excitedly: "Xiu'er, did you hear that? You can rest assured now, right? You are my wife, my principal wife, and I will marry you in a formal ceremony. Now no one can stop us, so you will not have any intrigues in the backyard..."
Before he could finish his words, Su Nuannuan said coldly, "Don't say that. Pingzhang, you are so old now, there must be two people in your room, right?"
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