"Your name is Zhu Xiong, right?"
"We're all young people. It's reasonable for us to look at each other.”
"However, if one's status is as different as a chasm but still stubbornly refuses to come to his senses, respects his own kindness, and overestimates his own strength, then it's not reasonable.!”Xu Yingxu said coldly, emphasizing the last two words.
"Are you threatening me?" Zhu Xiong frowned and his expression changed.
"Whether I threaten you or not depends on how you handle it.”
"All in all, today is the last time we see each other. I don't want you to appear in front of Miao Jin again.”
"Also, since my Xu family has given these things away, we won't take them back.”
"You can do whatever you want to me.”
"Alright."
"I won't say much."
"I hope you can think it through and don't force my Xu family to do something that we don't want to do.”Xu Yingxu said in a low voice.
In the end, without waiting for Zhu Xiong to speak, he turned around and mounted his horse. He said to everyone,"Let's go."
Xu Zengshou shot a cold glance at Zhu Xiong, turned his horse around, and left.
Very quickly.
Under Zhu Xiong's furious and unwilling gaze, the Xu family quickly left, leaving only a few carriages behind. They were prepared to give gifts to Xu Miaojin, even if they wanted to buy off her marriage.
Zhu Xiong clenched his fists tightly, his eyes bloodshot as he watched the Xu family members leave in utter humiliation.
However!
He could only do so.
No matter how angry he was, he couldn't do anything.
In this world, he was alone and weak. Not to mention a noble family like the Xu family, even the small family in this town, Zhu Xiong, did not have the strength to compete with them.
"He's right. I'm just a merchant, the lowest merchant.”
Zhu Xiong clenched his fists, his eyes red as he muttered.
How about humiliation?
So what if he was unwilling?
What could he do?
How could Zhu Xiong not understand the threat in Xu Yingxu's words just now?
"Young man, those people just now were Jin 'er's family, right? They look like they're from a big family. Are these things their dowry?”
"Haha, Xiong brat, congratulations. It seems like we are going to have a wedding banquet.”
"Congratulations."
……
As soon as the Xu family left, many villagers from the town gathered around and congratulated Zhu Xiong.
However…
They did not pay too much attention to Zhu Xiong's expression.
"My fellow villagers, I'm sorry."
"The tavern is closed today."
Looking at the concerned gazes around him, Zhu Xiong struggled to smile. Then, he walked home with lifeless eyes and closed the door.
As for the few carriages outside the house and the money on them, Zhu Xiong did not care about them at all. At this moment, his heart was completely in a mess.
"Xiong brat, so many dowries haven't been moved in yet.”
"This is expensive. You have to watch it carefully.”
A kind-hearted old man reminded loudly.
However, there was no response from the room.
"It seems that this male brat has encountered some trouble.”
"Aren't these dowry? Or was it because those people had bullied the male brat just now?”
"Come, come, come. Let's help this Xiong brat to lead these carriages and put the things on them into the side room.”
The kind-hearted sir shouted.
"Alright."
"Come over and give me a hand."
The villagers at the side also walked over to help. It could be seen that Zhu Xiong's neighbors and villagers were very simple and honest.
Inside the house.
Zhu Xiong sat in front of the table of dishes that he had prepared. Although the dishes on this table were not of great quality, Zhu Xiong had put in a lot of effort. In order to welcome Jin 'er's family, Zhu Xiong had put in all his heart and soul.
However, everything was not as he had imagined. Or rather, everything was his wishful thinking.
"No wonder Jin 'er was so unwilling when she found out that his family had found her. No wonder Jin' er was so worried about me. All of this is because she's the daughter of the founding duke and the descendant of a wealthy family. She knew that once she returned, we would probably never see each other again.”
"Duke, noble family…Founding hero…"
"This identity, hehe…I have indeed reached a higher level…"
"But…"
Zhu Xiong's eyes were red, and a strong unwillingness appeared in his eyes."No matter how pathetic I am, no matter how I am a merchant, no matter how lowly I am in your eyes, I am not trying to climb up to your Xu family…"
Time passed slowly.
At this moment, Zhu Xiong was completely lost in his thoughts.
In the blink of an eye.
One day and one night passed.
The sky had just brightened.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Young Master, are you inside?"
"Hurry up and open the door. I'm your Uncle Lin.”
The voice of a middle-aged man came from outside.
Outside.
A plain-looking man in his forties or fifties, dressed in coarse linen clothes, knocked on the door worriedly.
"It seems that what the villagers said is true. Young Master really encountered something.”
"Sigh, I've only been out for a few days. What exactly happened?”Uncle Lin was very worried.
Just as he was about to knock on the door again.
Crack.
The door slowly opened.
It entered his eyes.
Zhu Xiong walked out with a calm expression. There was an indescribable confidence in his eyes. It was as if this day and night had allowed Zhu Xiong to regain his confidence and walk out of the humiliation that the Xu family had given him.
"Uncle Lin, you're back."
……
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