Chapter 96 A Lucky Accident at the Wedding
Zhou Shuyao didn't know how he got back to his room.
After closing the door, Zhou Shuyao was completely lost in thought as he faced Zhou Jiuzhen's relentless questioning.
"How is it going? Have you seen Ling Zhiqing? Are you sure the bride isn't Ling Zhiqing?"
"ah?"
Zhou Shuyao snapped out of his daze, remembering Ling Huanwu sitting in the bridal chamber, and stammered, "No...no, of course not. If...if it were true, why wouldn't they let you meet?"
"Big...Big Brother, how about we change our plans? After you're in your bridal chamber, I'll bring the police in and tell them they're a fraud. Otherwise, you can expose them in front of everyone at the banquet. That fake bride is quite pitiful, don't you think?"
Zhou Jiuzhen thought for a moment and agreed, "Then we'll do as you say. After I enter the bridal chamber, you can bring in the police to expose the Ling family's conspiracy."
"I wonder where Ling Zhiqing is now? Is she eating well and staying warm?"
He looked out the window, his eyes filled with worry.
Zhou Shuyao, with trembling hands, took out the medicine he had just bought from his pocket and threw it into Zhou Jiuzhen's enamel cup.
"Big brother, have some water..."
The pill dissolved as the enamel cup was shaken.
Caught off guard, Zhou Jiuzhen took the enamel cup and drank all the water inside.
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When Ling Huanwu returned to the Ling family ancestral home, weary from her journey, she found the once quiet courtyard now filled with distinguished guests.
The deafening sound of the suona horn, accompanied by sycophantic remarks that made one's head ache, was unbearable.
Ling Huanwu hid outside the house, followed the courtyard wall all the way to the back of the yard, and moved aside a pile of stones to reveal a dog hole in the corner of the wall.
Seeing that no one was around, she crouched down and slipped inside.
The large courtyard house has many rooms.
Grandpa spent a fortune renovating this old-fashioned royal mansion so that he could live comfortably here in his old age, enjoying a harmonious life with his extended family.
Unfortunately, he later fell seriously ill and never stayed in that place for a single day, which benefited those two ungrateful families.
Ling Huanwu had already thought it all through when she returned.
The value of this courtyard house increased several times over the decades. Even if she were to donate the property rights to the country, she would never leave the courtyard house to them.
But the most important thing right now is to find Zhou Jiuzhen and take him away.
Ling Huanwu navigated the winding corridor by relying on her memory.
From afar, she saw Zhou Jiuzhen striding towards the front hall in a bright red wedding robe. Just as she was about to follow him, she saw seven or eight cousins following behind him and immediately hid behind the wall. Her heart nearly jumped out of her throat in fright.
If they find out, I bet they'll tie me up and throw me into a sack.
Ling Huanwu's eyes darted around, and she looked at the room at the end of the corridor with the character "囍" (double happiness) posted on it. She immediately came up with a good plan.
After the people had gone far away, she quickly crouched down and went to the door of the bridal chamber.
Looking at the big hole that someone had poked in the door, I cursed under my breath and felt a pang of heartache, because because of this one hole, the paper on the whole door would have to be replaced, which would cost a lot of money.
She peered into the hole.
When she saw the woman inside with a face exactly like hers, she stared in horror, her eyes widening in shock...
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Ten minutes later.
Amidst the wedding officiant's chants, the bride slowly walked down the red carpet.
The red shoes lightly stepped onto the red lotus blossoms on the red carpet, as if each step was a lotus blooming, and entered the hearts of everyone present.
Zhou Jiuzhen stood at the end of the red carpet, gazing at the graceful figure walking towards him with a red veil covering her face, and for a moment felt as if this scene was familiar.
It's as if a girl in a red dress once walked into his heart.
The moment he grasped the red silk handed to him by the wedding attendant, his heart skipped a beat, and he felt completely disoriented.
"First bow to heaven and earth, second bow to the parents... then escort them to the bridal chamber!"
As the wedding officiant chanted, Zhou Jiuzhen couldn't wait to follow her in and expose the fake bride's identity.
But this "fake brother-in-law" grabbed him and insisted that he toast the relatives and friends present.
Zhou Jiuzhen had no choice but to follow him and toast each table.
The eldest grandson of the Ling family shook the wine in his hand, which contained the dissolved ten veterinary medicine pills, and smiled as he poured cup after cup of wine into Zhou Jiuzhen's cup.
Soon, the man beside her began to sway unsteadily from side to side.
The eldest brother-in-law gestured to the second brother-in-law to come and help, and the two of them helped the staggering Zhou Jiuzhen back to the bridal chamber.
Zhou Shuyao sat at the banquet and coldly watched as Zhou Jiuzhen was helped to the backyard by two people, his fingertips holding the wine glass turning white.
He recalled the resolute look on Ling Huanwu's face when she scolded him for being "dirty" in his previous life, and tears suddenly fell down his face. His heart ached as if it were being torn apart.
In this life, Zhou Jiuzhen is also tainted. Will his Huanwu turn back and accept him?
Qin Jinshen, who was also standing in the corner secretly drinking wedding wine, held his wine glass and looked at Zhou Shuyao, whose face was full of loneliness, with a mocking expression.
The two who fought for more than a decade in their previous life have now found themselves united against a common enemy.
Walking through the winding corridor, the eldest and second brothers-in-law felt for the first time that the road was very long.
Because Zhou Jiuzhen was so heavy, it was as if he had grown up eating stones; the two of them were almost crushed by his weight.
With that kind of physique, I wonder if my little sister will be crushed into a pulp.
The two men finally managed to carry Zhou Jiuzhen to the bridal chamber bed. Panting, they told their younger sister, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, "Little sister, we drugged this big guy. You'd better hurry up and make it a done deal, then our whole family will be enjoying the good life with you, haha..."
The two, panting and laughing, turned and went out.
A single press of the padlock locked the door, completely eliminating any chance for the two people inside to escape.
As they left, neither of them noticed that the woman sitting on the edge of the bed trembled.
And under the bed, a pair of red embroidered shoes were sticking out.
As soon as Zhou Jiuzhen saw the two fake brothers-in-law walk away, the drunkenness in his eyes disappeared. He steadied himself by holding onto the table, and then took out a bundle of hemp rope from his wedding dress. With the rope in one hand and the scale bar on the table in the other, he approached the woman sitting on the bed.
The other end of the scale reached the woman's chin under the red veil. As it was gently lifted, the hemp rope in his hand was thrown to the bride's feet. "Young lady, I know you're an imposter. No girl wants to impersonate someone else. If you tie your hands up yourself, when the police come, I'll explain to them that you were forced into it and let you off the hook. Otherwise, you and your family are all guilty of marriage fraud!"
Seeing that the woman on the bed did not react, Zhou Jiuzhen snorted and continued to provoke her.
"You'd better tell me Ling Zhiqing's whereabouts right now, or you'll suffer the consequences if you continue to collude with your family."
"Do you know how inhuman your two older brothers treat you? They actually poisoned me with animal drugs! Do you even know what animal drugs are? Once I took it, and the outer door was locked, you'd probably have to crawl out of here tomorrow morning! Luckily, I..."
Zhou Jiuzhen casually poured himself a glass of water from the table and took a sip.
The moment the water touched his lips, the bride lifted her red veil, revealing her face, and the water he had just drunk involuntarily dripped down his cheeks.
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