Chapter 40 Contradictions
There was no too much talk during the meal. After Du Bai and Su Wanmiao gave each prepared gift, the kind-smiling old master Su simply asked a few questions about the situation in Yuanyang City these days and the difficulties in seeing and hearing on the road.
Lord Fan also praised Su Wanmiao for her more and more decent behavior. As Mr. Su’s former close friend, he was also an elder who watched her grow up.
Du Bai, who was not paying attention, just wanted to eat a dish and somehow got shot. First, when he picked up food many times, he was deliberately snatched away by his sister-in-law. When he looked at him speechlessly, she bulged her cheeks like a cute hamster and glared at him provocatively, like a quarrel child.
Then came the young master Fan. When no one noticed, the other person looked at him with indescribable emotions, and he looked like he wanted to speak but stopped.
I have to say that Du Bai's psychological quality is still good. Under the interference of these two people, he still filled his stomach first.
However, after he had enough food and food to leave the table, Su Wanmiao was left to talk to him by Old Master Su. When he came to the courtyard alone to enjoy the moon, the footsteps gradually approaching behind him frowned slightly.
"Mr. Fan, what's wrong with me?"
He didn't look back and said lightly.
"Haha, I'm upset. I haven't had the opportunity to introduce myself before. My name is Fan Yilin, but I prefer others to call me Deputy Envoy Fan..."
The man behind him chuckled softly, then seemed to point out, "Mr. Du Bai... Should I call you Du Xiucai, or the son-in-law of the Su family?"
Unexpectedly, it was straightforward to the point of view. The other party seemed to have no intention of making a few polite words. Perhaps in his eyes, there was no need to be polite to someone who had a status far lower than himself. The smell of gunpowder in this sentence is self-evident.
Du Bai looked back at him. Sure enough, this guy had never dared to attack in front of his elders, and now he was only the two of him, but his attitude changed. Although his temperament was still elegant, his momentum was aggressive.
What he didn't expect was that this guy was actually a deputy envoy and a military position. This temperament that looked even more scholarly than him was really hard to imagine that the other person was a guy who was dancing with a knife...
"Actually, I prefer... the title of Wanmiao's husband?" Du Bai smiled happily, not showing any timidity.
“…!”
Fan Yilin suddenly raised his head and glared at him. His elegant temperament was wiped out, but his qi and blood were surging. Only at this time can he see the power of his warrior.
"You are also a scholar. You have become a scholar at a young age and have great potential in the future! Why do you have to be a son-in-law and cut off the imperial examination?" The other party took a deep breath and calmed down, but his expression was no longer as calm as before. Instead, he seemed to be questioning aggressively, "Do you know that if your parents knew about you, they would still recognize you, an unworthy descendant?"
He seemed to be questioning Du Bai, or he seemed to be questioning another person.
"The imperial examination must be alive to go on." Du Bai sat on the stone bench in front of the courtyard and chuckled, "The Su family saved my life, so I will be their son-in-law. As for the surnames of their descendants, is this really that important?"
He looked at Fan Yilin, but saw that the other party was in a deep mood and knew the answer.
Because of his family background, Fan Yilin could not be the son-in-law of a merchant family. No matter how good his personal relationship was between the two families, no matter how much he liked that woman.
Back then, it was precisely because of this reason that it was left alone.
He himself understood.
But it is precisely because of this that the more he is unwilling to accept it, he is also angry and even jealous of Du Bai, the person who replaced him!
However, he was also a child of an official, and was meticulous. Although he was angry at Du Bai's words for a moment, he quickly calmed down. He looked at Du Bai's eyes and said coldly: "You may not know that my father and Mr. Su were classmates and friends, and they were like brothers. Although Mr. Su did not go smoothly in the imperial examination and turned to business, his father was still grateful for his past relationship and had a good relationship with him. Not to mention anything else, half of the Su family's business can do so well, and half of it is my Fan family who secretly helped him."
"Mr. Su is also grateful to my father for his support and is willing to promote the marriage between the two families. Unfortunately, something happened suddenly later..."
Du Bai looked at him with great interest, and could probably hear the other party's meaning.
However, the somewhat arrogant feeling that was invisibly revealed between his words did not seem to regard the Su family as an elder. In the eyes of the other party, the marriage seemed more like a subordinate's flattery and pleasing to his leader, and it was a transaction that could be abandoned casually.
In this way, Du Bai couldn't help but wonder whether the other party had a true feeling about Su Wanmiao, or was it just like a child, and felt unwilling and angry when he was snatched away by someone else?
But no matter what, he had no good feelings for this guy.
"I learned that Wanmiao's marriage was half a month ago..." Fan Yilin put his hands behind his back, looked up at the distance, and said in a deep voice, "It would be fine if he really found a good husband, but I found out that the person who married into the Su family was just a destitute scholar who passed the exam for three years even after the scholar's exam. He was even willing to marry into the Su family in order to covet the property of the Su family!"
Du Bai felt a little strange when he heard the other party's evaluation. Although it was his predecessor, after all, the other party was talking about himself now, and he didn't know whether he should be angry.
"I met Wanmiao since childhood and know her best. How could Wanmiao, who has been cautious and arrogant and talented, not inferior to men, like a man!" Fan Yilin turned around and looked at him, and angrily scolded, "It was because of this Su family that she marries you. Do you know how reluctant she is?"
Du Bai frowned slightly when he heard this. He felt that the other party's thoughts had fallen into a vicious cycle of self-deception and self-movement, and he did not hesitate to stand at a moral high point to accuse him.
"Deputy Envoy Fan, I believe that I am not as unbearable as you said, and I also have the confidence to make her believe that what she is doing is the right choice, and at least I will not escape my responsibilities." He replied lightly, "Besides, this is a matter between us and our wife. We will take it clearly and do not need outsiders to worry about it."
Perhaps the word "couple" stimulated the other party and suppressed the anger in his heart. Fan Yilin walked closer and said coldly: "I have known Wan Miao for more than ten years. Although I have not had enough fate, I can't become a couple, but I also treat her as a real sister. Naturally, I can't watch her jump into the fire pit!"
Chapter completed!