Chapter 429: Be a real couple with you (Shen Xiao, please don't enter if you mind)
The night wind was wrapped in hot air.
Wei Zhao was so arrogant,
he was so stupid in front of Yu Tingwan! Xiao Huaiyan, who was at the bottom of the food chain in the entire cabin, fell into deep thought. He begged his grandfather and ancestors to finally send the two big Buddhas away, until only he and Shen Zhiyi were left in the boat.
The boat began to move slowly along the river again.
"I have something to ask you."
Shen Zhiyi was very nice: "Go ahead."
"There are many unmarried young men in Shangjing. Did you agree to marry me because I am the best choice among the people you can choose, or is it a little because I moved you?"
When he said this, he had some hope.
But the surroundings fell into silence.
Shen Zhiyi: "You..."
"I want to hear the truth."
Shen Zhiyi didn't understand why he had to make trouble.
However, since Xiao Huaiyan asked, she had to say it.
Shen Zhiyi felt that she was a little close to Xiao Huaiyan, so close that she could hear each other's breathing. Now that there were two less people in the boat, it was not so cramped. She wanted to sit opposite.
But they were both going to get married, so there was no need to be too distant. So she just moved slightly to the side, creating a small distance.
She poured a cup of tea that Yu Tingwan had prepared for Xiao Huaiyan.
"People outside say that I'm too ambitious and that I once had my heart set on Wei Zhao. I won't hide it from you. After breaking off the engagement with Chu Liulang, I even thought about getting close to He Xuran."
"I'm snobbish and my eyes are too high. I always covet those who are hard to get close to. I admit it. But in the Shen family, I've understood one thing since I was a child: I have to fight for what I like, otherwise the good things will never fall on my head."
Fighting may not necessarily get what you want.
But if you don't fight, then you'll have nothing.
She pulled the corner of her mouth.
"Except for going to jail, I never think it's a shameful thing. Which woman in Shangjing doesn't admire the strong?"
She just did what those people wanted to do but didn't dare to do.
"I want to marry well. I want to put all those who look down on me under my feet. But I also know that few men in this world are reliable."
Especially powerful men.
She has seen quite a few of them.
"I don't know why you suddenly want to marry me? But Xiao Huaiyan, do you really understand me?"
Seeing Xiao Huaiyan in a trance for a moment, Shen Zhiyi smiled.
It's better to make it clear to avoid him from worrying about it in the future.
"My heart is high because I have people I want to protect, but unfortunately I am a girl, and my brother has accomplished nothing. He is not even as good as a concubine's son and is unreliable."
She never mentioned these inner thoughts to outsiders.
"If I have a choice, I would also like to marry someone who is full of me in his heart and eyes. Even if he is a poor scholar, he has no identity and status and has to climb up from the bottom. But he is willing to treat me as the first time for the rest of his life, and cherish me after he becomes successful. Then I am not afraid of being laughed at by others for marrying down, and I am not someone who can't bear hardships. I live my own life, and I think it's worth it."
But there are too few such people.
She doesn't think she can meet him.
Especially in the extravagant and glamorous Shangjing.
"But I have no choice. I don't want to accompany someone to start from scratch and waste my youth to gamble under such a small chance."
She didn't look at Xiao Huaiyan's expression again.
"I'm not too smart, I'm not as insightful as Yu Tingwan, but I'm not stupid. In this case, I naturally have to choose the family that is most beneficial to me."
"There are indeed many young masters in Shangjing. But how many of them have status and position comparable to you? I've been rejected and have a bad reputation. Very few are willing to marry me. The wife of the Ningguo Marquis is willing to marry me. Ning Yunling was raised too simple by them and is easy to manipulate. If I have to marry, I am willing to manage it, and my life will not be too bad in the end."
But Ning Yunling likes the little white flower she hates the most.
Shen Zhiyi felt sick just thinking about it.
Xiao Huaiyan didn't know why he was asking for trouble. After hearing this, he felt very heavy. He could have pretended to be confused.
He sighed.
Shen Zhiyi: "You and Ning Yunling have completely different personalities."
If someone hadn't protected Ning Yunling over the years, that fool would have been eaten to the bone.
Xiao Huaiyan is also a playboy.
But how many times has he suffered?
Shen Zhiyi: "You are smart."
She used to avoid Xiao Huaiyan, simply because she felt that she could not control this man.
But after learning about her aunt's affairs...
Shen Zhiyi saw that his face was not good, and quickly added: "What you said before is hurtful, but since I promised you, I am willing to be a real husband and wife with you."
"I am not greedy, I just want to use the power of your Xiao family to make my father suffer."
"If you are willing, help me suppress him. I can't bear to see him and the Shen family do well. If you need me to do anything in the future, I will try my best to cooperate."
Shen Zhiyi was calm, just like a negotiation in the business field.
Xiao Huaiyan's complexion did not improve, and even the veins on the back of his hand bulged, holding back his anger.
He said nothing, but shouted outside.
Soon, the servant who served him responded.
"Does the young master have any instructions?"
"Go to the right."
The right?
The servant looked up and saw the direction of the flower boat.
Just when she was confused, she heard Xiao Huaiyan say.
"Please bring back the courtesan in the flower boat."
"Yes."
Shen Zhiyi:? ?
No, you are so arrogant before the wedding, and you bring people to her?
She frowned, but didn't say anything.
After all, she had aborted a child for Xiao Huaiyan, which was pitiful. If she was quiet, she would have to drink a cup of concubine tea from that woman in the future.
Xiao Huaiyan's words about liking her really can't be believed.
Shen Zhiyi didn't understand what Xiao Huaiyan liked about her before.
But now she understands.
In addition to her appearance, she is also good at housekeeping.
She is of low status, and she is arrogant but also knows how to deal with the times. Unlike the girls of the same family background in the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion, those people have their natal families to support them, so they can't stand too much grievances and dare to make trouble. Xiao Huaiyan has to restrain his romanticism, but she doesn't have much confidence.
After all, she asked him for help in this marriage.
The servant participated in the bidding.
Finally, he paid a lot of money to buy the courtesan.
The courtesan came soon.
She was wearing a thin red dress and walked seductively.
Xiao Huaiyan didn't look at her at all, and drank the cup of tea: "Do what you did when you were alone with me before."
Shen Zhiyi: ???
This is inappropriate, right?
You are so naughty.
She is watching from the side?
Is she applauding you?
Under Shen Zhiyi's astonished eyes, the woman walked to the side of the two people and rocked the boat.
The young men who went to the courtesan watched the courtesan being taken away again, and also recognized who the servant who invited the courtesan away was serving, and they were immediately angry and annoyed.
"Why is Xiao Huaiyan still haunting! If you don't know, you would think Miss Yingying can only serve him."
They saw the boat leave and the hull began to rock. Envy and jealousy.
"Why did you do it right after you got in? You're so impatient?"
"Of course I'm impatient. His mother is very strict. She can't control him outside, but she can control him in the backyard. She didn't even get him a beautiful maid to serve him. He must be very frustrated, especially since Yingying is so pretty." "
I remember that once Xiao Huaiyan went to a brothel, the bed in his room creaked all night. I don't know how long this boat will last."
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