vrcanaries Chapter 187 Jealous that I'm prettier than you, so she doesn't want me to marry someone be
Chapter 187 Jealous that I'm prettier than you, so she doesn't want me to marry someone be
Song Lianyue held the apricot-yellow talisman paper and sneered: "Last year, when you were getting engaged, your aunt carefully selected a perfect match for you, a scholar with a harmonious family. How come when it's my turn, I have to tie a red string to a destitute man whose parents are divorced?"
Xie Yuntan said helplessly, "But I already told your parents about your cousin Zilie's situation a long time ago. If they don't want to, they can choose not to arrange this matchmaking."
"Besides, my cousin Zi Lie also said that he would not take a concubine, and Aunt Ning is an easy person to talk to, which is why I introduced you to them."
But Song Lianyue wouldn't listen; the more she accused him, the more enthusiastic she became.
"If you truly care about me, why don't you arrange for me to be betrothed to the youngest son of the Marquis of Jing'an? The Marquis's family is far superior to that of this second branch of the family that has separated. I think you're just jealous that I'm prettier than you, so you don't want me to marry someone better than you."
“If my father were also a fourth-rank official, I would never have been introduced to a family where the parents have separated.”
Xie Yuntan: ...
Lady Cui Ruixin of the Marquis's Mansion doesn't seem like someone easy to get along with. If she were to introduce her cousins to them, it would truly be disastrous.
Besides, the lady of the Marquis's mansion has extremely high standards. They look down on her cousin's background, so why would she go and be humiliated?
……
The system accurately relayed the conversation between the two.
Yu Ningyao clicked her tongue twice.
This Song Lianyue is no good. If she were to marry Zi Lie's cousin, there would be no peace in the household from now on.
She was about to say a few words of comfort to Yu Zilie, telling him not to listen to Aunt Ning's advice to get to know him better when he got home, that they were still young and could take their time choosing.
When she looked up, she found that Yu Zilie was gone.
"Where is Brother Zilie?" Yu Ningyao asked her maid in confusion.
The maid replied with a smile, "Young Master Zilie asked me to keep an eye on you. He went to deliver vegetable cakes to Madam and Madam Ning himself, saying that he wanted them to taste the flavor of these vegetable cakes as well."
Yu Ningyao then remembered that she had been focused on following the system's gossip, and Yu Zilie had called her several times, but she hadn't answered.
No wonder he abandoned her.
"Oh, is that so? Then I'll go back too." Yu Ningyao asked her maid to lead the way.
Unexpectedly, the system in my mind suddenly screamed.
[Oh my god, Yu Zilie and your sister-in-law have run into each other.]
He heard everything the Song family girl said.
Yu Ningyao's eyes widened suddenly.
Oh no, what if they start fighting?
While having her maid take her to find her mother, Yu Ningyao asked the system for advice.
[Weren't you supposed to be delivering vegetable pancakes to Mom and the others? Why did you deliver them to my sister-in-law's place instead?]
He took the wrong road and got lost. He heard your sister-in-law's voice and wanted to ask where your mother and the others were, and that's how he bumped into them.
Yu Ningyao felt embarrassed just hearing the system say that.
If she were Song Lianyue, and someone spoke ill of another person behind their back and the person overheard, she would definitely want to dig a hole and crawl into it.
……
Things turned out pretty much as Yu Ningyao had guessed.
Xie Yuntan noticed Yu Zilie holding a vegetarian pancake and exclaimed in surprise, "Cousin Zilie, what brings you here?"
When Song Lianyue turned her head and saw Yu Zilie, her face instantly turned bright red.
"Eavesdropping is not the act of a gentleman. How could you... how could you do this!"
Yu Zilie calmly said, "The vegetarian pancakes at Yulong Temple are extremely fragrant. I wanted my mother and third aunt to try them. I just got lost and heard my sister-in-law's voice, so I came to ask for directions. I didn't mean to eavesdrop."
His expression was calm, as if Song Lianyue's words earlier had not been meant to humiliate him.
Song Lianyue's face turned even redder.
Not knowing how to face Yu Zilie, she stomped her feet and ran away.
Xie Yuntan looked at Yu Zilie with guilt: "Cousin, I didn't know my cousin..."
Before she could finish speaking, Yu Zilie interrupted her.
“Sister-in-law, there’s no need to blame yourself. This matter has nothing to do with you. I’ve only passed the imperial examination and become a scholar. I don’t have any official position, and my parents are divorced. It’s normal for girls not to like me.”
"Try it, this vegetarian pancake is getting cold. It won't taste good when it's cold."
Hearing him say that, Xie Yuntan felt even more guilty.
But Yu Zilie made it clear that he didn't want to talk about this anymore, so she had no choice but to obediently take a vegetarian pancake from the food box and then lead him to find his mother and the others.
……
When Mrs. He saw her daughter run back with red eyes, she thought she had been bullied.
Where is your cousin?
Song Lianyue did not respond, but simply took her mother's hand and prepared to leave.
"Mom, let's go home. I don't want to stay here anymore."
"What's the rush? What happened?" Mrs. He asked, looking puzzled.
Song Lianyue bit her lip, afraid that Yu Zilie would tell her what had just happened when he came back. Tears streamed down her face. She stared at her mother and said angrily, "If you don't let me go home, I'll kill myself in this temple."
"You naughty child, what are you saying?" Madam He gently patted her back and hurriedly said goodbye to Zhao Yining and Shen Jinzhu.
"I haven't been feeling well for months, so I took her home first. Sisters, let's meet up again next time."
“Okay.” Zhao Yining and Shen Jinzhu nodded.
Just as the mother and daughter were about to leave, Yu Zilie, Xie Yuntan, and Yu Ningyao, who had rushed back, arrived.
"Did you bully her before? Why is Miss Song crying and wanting to go home?" Zhao Yining looked at her son.
"I didn't." Yu Zilie shook his head coldly, then let them all try the vegetarian pancakes, silencing their questions.
"I can testify that my cousin Zilie really did not bully my cousin," Xie Yuntan quickly raised her hand.
"Alright, alright, it's good that they didn't bully you. Let's go home now." Seeing the guilty look on her daughter-in-law's face, Shen Jinzhu guessed that there must be something going on, so she made arrangements to go home.
Once inside the carriage, Shen Jinzhu asked her daughter-in-law what had happened.
Xie Yuntan blushed and recounted what Song Lianyue had told her.
Shen Jinzhu was dumbfounded.
That Miss Song is really hard to get along with; luckily, she didn't take a fancy to Zi Lie.
After hearing this, Zhao Yining's tears fell in a steady stream.
"It's all my fault. I've dragged Zi Lie into this. If I had known, I would have just killed myself. If I were dead, it wouldn't have affected Zi Lie's marriage."
"How can this be blamed on you? It's all Lian Yue's fault," Xie Yuntan quickly comforted her.
“Exactly, what does this have to do with you? If it were me, I wouldn’t want a daughter-in-law like that,” Shen Jinzhu added, trying to comfort her.
The two of them talked back and forth, and by the time they got home, they had comforted Zhao Yining.
But her red eyes betrayed the fact that she had cried a lot earlier.
Yu Zilie saw it all and felt deeply distressed.
When he got home, he stared straight at Zhao Yining.
"Mother, please don't arrange any more matchmaking for me for now."
"Why?" Zhao Yining asked hurriedly.
"I just don't want to. Please don't force me. I promise I'll find you a filial and sensible daughter-in-law in the future." Yu Zilie turned his head away.
"Alright, Mother won't force you. Mother will listen to you." Zhao Yining knew that today's events must have hurt her son's pride.
Forcing someone to do something is actually not good.
Perhaps we should wait a little longer; maybe a better match will come along in the future.
"Thank you, Mother." Yu Zilie suddenly stepped forward and hugged her tightly.
Zhao Yining was a little confused.
This was the first time her son had held her since they moved out of the Marquis's mansion.
After all, a grown son should avoid his mother.
What's going on now?
Today's events were too chaotic, and Zhao Yining didn't notice anything unusual about her son for a moment.
"Mother, you must take good care of yourself." Yu Zilie emphasized, "Take good care of yourself so you can hold your grandson in your arms in the future."
"Okay, Mother will agree to anything you say." Zhao Yining nodded.