But she's reached marriageable age... and she'll soon be betrothed. He can't wait until she's already betrothed before he goes to propose...
So he immediately informed his parents that he wanted to marry the Lan family's daughter and told them about the woman he had dreamed of for many years.
After hearing this, the mother's expression became more solemn than ever before.
After a moment of contemplation, the father said, "The Lan family used to be alright, but now they are really no longer a good match for our family."
A few days later, the mother somehow found a sorcerer who, after performing some mystical rituals, suddenly opened his eyes wide and exclaimed, "No! This woman must be a demon in disguise! Your son's illness was definitely related to her!"
His mother believed his nonsense and opposed his marriage proposal.
From then on, he lost his appetite and grew increasingly thin.
His mother couldn't stand it anymore, so she lied to him, saying that she had already arranged a marriage for him with the Lan family.
He was genuinely happy for a while, spending every day looking at the items needed for the wedding. He even went to a fabric shop to select a large red cloth with a beautiful pattern, which his mother then gave to his fiancée to use as her wedding dress.
On the wedding day, he declined most of the drinks and wanted to go back to the bridal chamber early. What did he hear outside the bridal chamber?
"My husband hasn't returned yet?" came the voice of a strange woman.
"No." came another woman's voice.
Who is my husband talking about? Is it him? The person sitting in this room isn't Lanzhi! The voice is completely different!
who is she?
He panicked and retreated, going alone to the study.
The old nanny who raised him came to urge him to go see the bride, but he said, "No need, tell her I'm not going."
The next day, that woman actually came to bring him soup again...
He had been thinking all night whether this woman knew who he was going to marry, but still insisted on marrying into the family in place of someone else.
His reason vanished the moment she brought in the soup with a smile.
He found all of this utterly irritating. The person who should have brought him the soup was Lanzhi! The woman in the bright red wedding dress who smiled at him and called him "husband" was the woman of his dreams all these years!
Why? Why this woman?!
"I don't like you! I'm not marrying you! Get out! I won't drink your soup!" He frantically pushed away his new wife's soup.
He saw her run away and seem to be crying, but... who should he cry to?
He won't touch her; let's just leave it at that. Let her be cold for a while before divorcing, returning her to her rightful place, innocent and pure, so she can find a good family in the future.
When they went to the Lan family again, they were told that Lan Zhi had already married... to Butcher Li.
He rushed to Butcher Li's stall and, sure enough, saw Lanzhi helping to weigh the meat.
He couldn't help but ask Lanzhi if she was doing well.
But Lanzhi didn't know him at all...
Her husband simply treated him like a lecher and beat him. He didn't fight back, didn't know how to fight back, and had no reason to fight back anyway...
Moreover, whenever he saw him, he would chase him for miles with a knife, so he always had to have a few servants by his side.
However, he couldn't help but stop when passing by the butcher shop, which often led to a brawl between the servants and Butcher Li.
People started talking more and more, and although they were all speaking in hushed tones, he could hear them clearly.
They were right; he did indeed covet Lanzhi's beauty, and he had been dreaming of that face since he was a child.
But as time went on, the rumors reached his mother's ears. She called him over and gave him a severe scolding.
He retorted to his mother, "If you hadn't deceived and kept secrets from me, how could things have come to this?"
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