Chapter 118 Wedding Pranks
"Shut up! Your mouth is full of foul language. This is not a brothel, not a place for you to act so recklessly!" Liao Yunfei couldn't stand it anymore. These people were unreliable in private, and they dared to talk about the bride and the girls from the brothel at such a large wedding banquet. It was extremely rude.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you lecture us!" This group of people were used to being arrogant and dissolute, and they couldn't stand Liao Yunfei talking badly about them. They immediately stood up from their seats and were ready to teach Liao Yunfei and his group a lesson.
"Hey! Brother Hu! What are you doing? Today is my big day, give me some face and don't make a move!" Mao An came over and stopped the group, and after much persuasion, he finally got them to sit down.
"Brother Liao, I know you have a quick temper, but please tone it down today. Alright, you all enjoy your meal. I'll go out and greet the guests first," Mao An said hastily, not caring what Liao Yunfei thought, and went out to greet the guests.
Seeing this, Liao Yunfei stopped talking and angrily downed several glasses of wine, but Zhou Chengyu snatched the glass away from him, and he stopped drinking.
Seeing that the wedding banquet was almost over, Zhou Chengyu helped Liao Yunfei up, and the group decided to leave first.
"Mao'an! Something terrible has happened! A young woman has suddenly appeared outside, claiming to be your lover. You must go out and see!"
When Zhou Chengyu heard someone shout at the door, he immediately realized something and went to the door with Liao Yunfei and the others to take a look.
A woman dressed in bright colors, looking delicate and frail, was crying heartbrokenly, holding a handkerchief, while a crowd of onlookers gathered around her.
When Mao An came out and saw what was happening, his heart sank.
"Mao Lang! How cruel you are! You only hear the laughter of the new bride and not the tears of the old one. These past few days, I have been unable to eat or drink, just waiting for you to come and see me. But you are only concerned with getting married and have forgotten about me. You are truly heartless!"
This woman was the girl A-Yue that the group had been talking about. Although she wasn't the top courtesan at Cuiyun Tower, she was still very beautiful. With her pure and innocent appearance, she was liked by many customers at Cuiyun Tower.
"What are you doing here? Today is my big day, didn't I tell you not to cause trouble?"
Even though Miss Yue was incredibly endearing at that moment, Mao An had no time to comfort her. It was impossible for anyone to remain calm when a courtesan from a brothel came knocking on their door on their wedding day.
“I’m carrying your child. They’re forcing me to have an abortion, but my love for you is genuine. How could I bear to lose your child? I’ve already deposited all the jewelry I’ve saved over the years into the apartment. Now I’m free. I don’t dare to hope to be your wife. I just beg you, Maolang, to give me and the child in my womb a safe place!”
A-Yue's words truly surprised the people who came to the wedding. Originally, Mao An was a well-behaved and promising scholar in their eyes. Who would have thought that he would cause such a commotion on his wedding day? Especially the bride's family, who came out today and heard these words, punched Mao An without saying a word.
"Ah! Don't hit my son! My son has always been obedient and virtuous. How could he possibly have a relationship with the girls in the building!" Mao'an's mother cried and begged people not to hit her son. Her originally well-dressed face was now covered in tears.
"Your Mao family must give us an explanation today, or this marriage is off!" After the beating, the bride's relatives calmed down and forced Mao An to explain.
"It was my fault. I went to the brothel a few times out of curiosity, but I never expected things to turn out like this! I'll go explain to Wanjun!" Mao'an thought of his bride waiting for him in the room, and he scrambled to leave the tearful A-Yue girl behind to explain to his bride.
"Mao Lang! Don't abandon me! I'm carrying your child! What am I supposed to do?" A Yue was unwilling to let him in. If the bride was truly appeased, there would be no chance for her.
"Let go! How can you, a girl from a brothel, be so sure that the child is mine? If my marriage falls through today, I will definitely not let you off!" Mao An pulled away from A Yue's hand with a ferocious expression and turned to go inside.
"Don't explain to me, Mao'an. Back then, my father asked me if I would marry you. I saw that you were an upright person and treated people sincerely, so I didn't mind that your family background was not good enough to marry you. Now, I just think that I, Shen Wanjun, have misjudged you. Our marriage is off!"
The bride, having received the message from her maid, had already come out and witnessed the whole farce. Without giving Mao'an any explanation, she left with the Shen family.
Before leaving, the Shen family made a threatening statement, demanding that Mao An give them an explanation, or else he would never be able to hold his head up in the prefectural city again.
"What kind of mess is this! You wretched child! A perfectly good marriage is ruined just like that!" Mao'an's own mother was also slumped on the ground, grabbing his clothes and scolding him.
"Get out! All of you, get out!" Mao An was no longer the high-spirited man he once was. He glared at everyone and chased them away.
"Mao Lang! I'm carrying your child! You have to take responsibility for me!" Seeing that she had achieved the result she wanted, A Yue grabbed Mao An's sleeve and cried.
"Mao'an, let's go inside and talk about it. Your affair with this... Miss Yue needs to be settled," Zhou Chengyu said, not expecting things to develop this way. As friends, he advised him to go back and discuss it properly.
"I have nothing left! I have nothing left. My feelings for Wanjun were real. Why was she so heartless?" Mao'an only felt pain at this moment and did not listen to Zhou Chengyu's words at all.
"Why didn't you think of this earlier? I advised you not to get close to those people, but you wouldn't listen. Now that you're in trouble, they're running away faster than anyone else. Come on, Chengyu, let's leave too!" Liao Yunfei had long been disappointed in Mao'an and led Zhou Chengyu and the others away.
They never expected that Mao An would be arrested and imprisoned. Mao An's mother tried everywhere to pull strings for her son, but she was met with setbacks at every turn. When she was desperate, she remembered Zhou Chengyu and the others who had advised Mao An that day.
"Please! Save him! Mao'an really didn't mean it! That woman kept pestering Mao'an to take responsibility for the child in her womb, so Mao'an pushed her, and the child was gone! Now that woman has reported him to the authorities and Mao'an has been arrested and thrown in jail!"
The elderly woman, now in her fifties, looked haggard and pleaded with Zhou Chengyu while pulling at him.
“It’s not that we don’t want to save him, we’re just an ordinary family. We don’t have any connections to plead for Mao’an. Auntie, this is some money I’ve saved up. Take it and see if you can get the jailer to let you see Mao’an.” Liao Yunfei couldn’t bear it in the end and took out all his savings.
"Is there really no way? My Mao'an, he's only seventeen!" Hearing that even they couldn't do anything, the old woman's face was filled with despair.
"Why don't you go and plead with Miss Yue? If she agrees, Mao'an shouldn't be in too much trouble," Zhou Chengyu suggested.
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