Chapter 258: Rejection
Su Caixia distributed hundreds of buns and her whole body was filled with the smell of buns. When she came back, she immediately washed up, changed her clothes, and then fumigated herself with some incense to get rid of the smell.
"Caixia, there's a handsome scholar outside." Zhang Lancao, a young lady from the embroidery workshop, trotted in and asked Su Caixia excitedly, "Is he your fiancé?"
Su Caixia blushed and said coquettishly, "Don't talk nonsense when the fate is not decided yet."
"You gave him so many things. If he didn't like them, he would have refused them long ago. But he didn't refuse, which means he agreed." Zhang Lancao disagreed.
Su Caixia felt guilty. All the things she had given to Tang Yichen were returned, but for the sake of her own face, she remained silent when others asked her, and then showed a shy expression, and then everyone thought that Tang Yichen had accepted them. Only she knew that those things were lying in her box and had not been given away at all.
Only this time, because Tang Yichen was not around, she gave the buns to her classmates, and they all accepted them and ate them. Now the whole academy knows that she has a close relationship with Tang Yichen, and when Tang Yichen comes back, he will definitely speak well of her. If Tang Yichen knew that she was such a virtuous woman, he would definitely look at her with new eyes.
Look, isn't this someone taking the initiative to find her?
Su Caixia sat in front of the dressing table and carefully applied rouge and powder. When she was almost done, she excitedly came to the store.
"Brother Yichen..."
Tang Yichen was talking to Tang Sanmei. When he saw Su Caixia appear, he stood up with a dark face.
At this time, the store door was open and customers came in one after another.
Tang Yichen didn't want to say anything in front of so many people, so he pointed to the soy milk shop across the street and said, "I have something to tell you, let's talk outside!"
"Okay." Su Caixia lifted the hair by her ears, looked at him shyly, and lowered her head again.
"Third sister, thank you for your hospitality." Tang Yichen said, "Go to Chuan Chuan Xiang when you have time. Yinyin and Luwu miss you very much."
Tang Sanmei nodded repeatedly.
Tang Yichen took Su Caixia out, picked a seat at the soy milk shop, asked the boss for soy milk, and then said to Su Caixia: "Here are two taels of silver, which should be enough."
"Brother Yi Chen, what do you mean?" Su Caixia looked hurt.
Tang Yichen looked at her calmly, "You are so smart, how could you not know what I mean? Su Caixia, because you are a woman, I have not made my words clear until today. I didn't realize how stupid my indecision was. Listen carefully, I have no interest in you, whether you take the imperial examination or not. Don't do unnecessary things in the future. Otherwise, I will not save your face. I will also make it clear to your parents, and will not give them the opportunity to misunderstand."
"Brother Yichen, how could you do this to me?" Su Caixia stood up suddenly, staring at him with red eyes. "I'm so good to you, why don't you like me?"
"Do I have to like someone just because he or she treats me well? What's more, your so-called goodness is not what I want, nor am I asking you to do so. Your so-called goodness will only bring me trouble. I don't care what your purpose is, just don't appear in front of me again. I have already made it clear to my classmates in the academy, and they also know that we have no relationship. Across the street is your embroidery workshop, and I didn't want to make things too awkward, so I didn't make it clear to you there. If you want me to explain it more clearly, I can go over now."
"Brother Yichen, please stop talking. I understand." Su Caixia covered her face and cried. "I won't bother you anymore."
Su Caixia left crying.
The owner of the soy milk shop brought the soy milk over, looked at Su Caixia who ran away, and said, "Young man, why did you make a girl cry? You are so ungraceful."
"Here's the money for the soy milk." Tang Yichen paid. "Give the soy milk to others!"
"Mr. Tang..." A hurried figure ran over, picked up the soy milk next to him and poured it at Tang Yichen.
"Hey..." The boss stretched out his hand to block it.
The originally scalding soy milk splashed onto the boss's sleeve.
"Little girl, what are you doing? I have good soy milk, and you just spilled it. Do you know that you will be struck by lightning if you waste food?"
Zhang Lancao pushed the boss and said, "Don't make trouble."
She put her hands on her hips and glared at Tang Yichen: "Why are you bullying Caixia?"
Su Caixia ran over anxiously and grabbed Zhang Lancao's arm: "Stop talking, Lancao."
"Why didn't you say it? You gave him so many things, and he accepted them, so he didn't return the favor, and now he's pissed you off and made you cry. What first place, what scholar, I think he's just a hypocrite."
People gathered around.
Su Caixia’s face turned pale. She looked at Tang Yichen guiltily, then pulled Zhang Lancao and wanted to leave.
Tang Yichen stopped Su Caixia and said, "Miss Su, when did you give me anything? Explain it clearly in front of everyone. Don't ruin my reputation."
"No, I didn't send anything..." Su Caixia cried with tears in her eyes, heartbroken. "Please don't misunderstand Brother Yichen. Brother Yichen is innocent. Woo woo..."
"My dear boy, this is your fault. Just because you passed the imperial examination, do you disdain the originally arranged marriage? You are a scholar, you can't go back on your word!"
"That's right. The little girl was crying so sadly, it's obvious that she was coerced."
"He looks quite good, but I didn't expect him to be this kind of person."
"If Young Master Tang doesn't explain clearly today, I think the reputation of this unfaithful man will spread throughout the city." Xia Ruwan took Shuhui into the crowd.
"Miss Xia, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Tang Yichen bowed, "Please don't tell my younger sister about what happened today. If she knew that I fell into the hands of a woman, I'm afraid my reputation would be completely lost."
"How does Mr. Tang plan to prove his innocence?"
Tang Yichen looked at Su Caixia and said, "Miss Su, I didn't want to make a big deal out of this. You are a woman, and your reputation is the most important. But if you want to frame me like this, then I can only find your elders and your master in the embroidery workshop to come forward and explain the past between you and me in front of them."
"My parents are in the countryside, and my master is not here either. If you say we have no relationship, then we have no relationship. Why are you being so aggressive?"
"Am I being aggressive, or are you deceiving everyone? Your family wants to marry me, but my family has made it very clear that I am now determined to succeed in my career and will not start a family. Your family said they are willing to wait, but I have also made it very clear that I do not like you and will not marry you, so your waiting will be in vain. You did come to the academy to find me many times before, and gave me this and that, but I did not accept them. You should not have thrown away those things, they are still in your room. As long as you send someone to look for them, my innocence will be proven."
"You can deceive these uninformed people, but the villagers can testify for me. Miss Su, you'd better explain this clearly, otherwise I won't mind the trouble and personally bring everyone in the village to the city to testify for me. But if you mobilize so many people like this, Miss Su may not want to have a good reputation."
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