Chapter 40: Another Bride
In the study, the fifth lady struck a match, lit a cigar for Duan Dashuai, and observed his expression.
Duan Dashuai sat on the chair boldly, took two puffs of cigarette, his face sank like water, his two brows were twisted into one strand, and a pair of eagle-like slender eyes were shining with a cold light, and the chill was awe-inspiring.
In front of the desk, Duan Shulan, Duan Hanting, and Duan Hanjiang stood in a row, all waiting for their father's words.
It's just that Duan Hanting is the most calm one among them, he lowered his eyes and stood with his hands in his hands, not seeing what he was thinking; Duan Shulan and Duan Hanjiang were nervous to the naked eye.
The atmosphere was silent for a while, and the fifth lady couldn't bear it anymore, and shook Dashuai's arm, "What should I do about this, you should give a happy word." β
"What to do."
Duan Dashuai let out a cold snort from his nose, "You have all done the work, now that you think about it, ask me?" β
The fifth lady looked pale, gently pushed him, and said softly: "Look at you, why do you still hold a grudge?" It's not that we have to cut it first, you didn't see that scene, and if you did, you would definitely be more angry than us. β
"Hmph."
Duan Dashuai snorted again without giving face, but the words changed, "If things are really as you said, then this Miss Rong is indeed not worthy of entering the door of my Duan family." β
The words were like a holy decree, which made the faces of several people present show joy, and Duan Hanting also raised his head.
The fifth lady smiled: "So, you agree to withdraw from the marriage?" β
"When did I say I agreed to get out of the marriage?" Duan Dashuai narrowed his eyes and changed his voice again.
The smile on the fifth lady's face suddenly disappeared, the smiles of Duan Shulan and Duan Hanjiang also froze on their faces, Duan Hanting squinted his eyes, the same expression as the big handsome, he looked at his father vigilantly.
Past experience told him that the old fox was about to start some wishful thinking again.
"What do you mean?"
The fifth lady was also stunned.
Duan Dashuai spat out a puff of smoke, looked at Duan Hanting and said, "Doesn't the Rong family have several daughters?" The eldest lady of the Rong family is not suitable, just marry another one, in short, the marriage contract with the Rong family must be reached. β
Duan Hanting's pupils shrank when he heard this, and a gleam passed through his eyes.
"I disagree!"
Duan Shulan was the first to object, and said coldly: "It's okay for you to make a deal with my marriage, after all, for you, the water spilled by the married daughter is worth the money if it can bring a little benefit." But the second brother is different, he is your sister-in-law, he is the young marshal of Fengjun, how can his marriage be child's play? With the family style of the Rong family, what good daughter can be cultivated, if you marry another Rong Shu to come in, wouldn't this ruin Zecheng? β
"yes, you're a bit of a forced buy."
Duan Hanjiang couldn't help but feel sorry for his second brother, and he didn't dare to challenge his father's authority, so he muttered in a low voice: "You think this is a vegetable market to buy cabbage, this one can't be replaced with another one, isn't this a duck on the shelf?" β
Duan Dashuai's eyes widened, "What, do you have an opinion?" β
"Don't dare."
Duan Hanting instantly became cowardly, and hid behind Duan Hanting, but added, "I just don't accept it." β
"I don't accept it."
Duan Dashuai coldly threw out four words and extinguished the cigar into the ashtray, "The matter is decided." Go and inquire about the girl of the Rong family, and then send a message to Rong Bang'an, optimistic about his daughter, if something similar happens again, don't blame me for not missing the old love. However, the other girls of the Rong family are all concubines, and it is impossible to be a main house, so they can only make a partial house, and as for the dowry, they don't have to give too much, which is a small punishment for them. β
"Yes." The fifth lady reluctantly responded, the matter has come to this point, I am afraid that it can only be like this, that is, the second child has been wronged.
She cast her eyes on Duan Hanting with pity, but unexpectedly, Duan Hanting took a step forward and said calmly, "No." There is no reason not to marry a wife and take a concubine first, since you want to marry, it is the main house, and the dowry can only be more, not less. β
After saying this, the audience was stunned, and even Duan Dashuai was stunned.
Duan Shulan yanked her brother's arm fiercely, "Are you crazy?" β
Duan Hanjiang couldn't help but persuade: "Second brother, don't be impulsive, impulsiveness is the devil." If you marry a concubine and be the wife of the main house, the brothers can't laugh at you to death. β
"Who dare!"
Duan Hanting's eyes were sharp, "What about the concubine?" A concubine is not necessarily lowly, and a concubine may not be so noble. A concubine like Rong Shu, I don't want to stick it to me. I want to marry someone I really like. β
Hearing this, Duan Hanjiang seemed to understand a little, and touched his nose, "No, second brother, you want to marry that fourth ...... of the Rong family."
Before the words fell, Duan Hanting turned over with a look and intercepted his words.
Duan Hanjiang shut his mouth in disdain.
Under the complicated gaze of everyone, Duan Hanting made a final decision, "That's it." Lao Wu's mother bothered. He bowed slightly to the fifth lady and walked out of the study.
Duan Shulan and Duan Hanjiang were full of messiness and also walked out.
The fifth lady sighed lightly and pushed Duan Dashuai dissatisfiedly, "Look, what have you forced the children to become?" It's all starting to talk nonsense. β
"I forced him? Then you don't know him well. β
Duan Dashuai smiled coldly, picked up the waist of the fifth lady and put it into his arms, and a big hand instantly lifted the hem of her cheongsam, "moved" in his hand, and said: "This kid, maybe what's bad......
The fifth lady was. With a bang, he blushed and said: "The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and the father has no shape all day long, doesn't the son have to look like this?" β
"Okay, now it's small. The mouth is getting more and more tricky. β
Duan Dashuai feigned anger, and the corners of his lips hooked up a wicked smile, "Today, I will simply confirm the charges you gave to Lao Zi'an, and let you see what it means to be 'not in shape'!" β
As he spoke, he slammed the man onto the deskβ
***
Rong Yin followed Feng Wanyu to the backyard of the Duan Mansion, turned into a very spacious courtyard, passed through the arch, and smelled a fragrance from a long distance.
"Where is this?" Eiyin sniffed.
Feng Wanyu was afraid of alarming others, so she said in a low voice: "This is the courtyard of the fifth lady, and here is the small kitchen dedicated to cooking for her." β
Rong Yin frowned slightly, a little stunned, "How did you find here?" β
"Hey, I was hungry just now, and the things at the banquet were not delicious, so Ngawang brought me here, saying that there was a cook in her mother's small kitchen who made dim sum that was particularly delicious, and I felt familiar when I tasted it, but I didn't expect it to be true!"
Rong Yin was a little confused when he heard it, "Who is Ah Wang?" β
"Duan Hanjiang. Oh, that is, the fifth young master of the Duan family. β
The corners of Rong Yin's mouth twitched, "The fifth young master of the Duan family, his nickname is 'Ah Wang'?" β
When she heard it just now, she thought it was a puppy.
"yes, I took it, it sounds good, right?"
Feng Wanyu was very proud, her eyebrows fluttered, "Don't look at him now in Yushu, there are five people and six people, he was a stupid boy when he was in school, and he barked at every turn, so I gave him the nickname 'Ah Wang'." β
Rong Yin sighed helplessly, this tasteless name is indeed like Feng Wanyu's masterpiece, she just said, seeing that the fifth lady of the Duan family is also a cultural person, she shouldn't be able to do such a tricky thing for her son.
"You and the fifth young master of the Duan family are classmates?"
"Hmm." Feng Wanyu nodded, "High school and college are all studying together, but it annoys him, it's just ghostly." β
Rong Yin secretly glanced at her, and couldn't help but sigh, someone is right, women are duplicitous animals.
Coming to the small kitchen, Rong Yin took a deep breath, held his breath, nodded heavily at Feng Wanyu, and pushed open the door of the small kitchen.
Rong Yin glanced at it, and almost in the blink of an eye, her gaze was fixed on a silhouette, and her body immediately froze.
It's really her!
Feng Wanyu saw Rong Yin's eyes filled with tears, and she knew that she didn't recognize the wrong person, and her heart was a little settled.
When the cooks heard the movement, they all looked sideways at the door, and Mother Liu looked at Feng Wanyu and said with a smile: "Why is Miss Feng back again, and you still want to eat the cloud cake I made?" It just so happened that a pot had just come out of the oven. β
"Mother Liu, it's not that I want to eat, it's that someone wants to eat."
Feng Wanyu smiled, pushed Rong Yin behind her forward, and said to Liu's mother, "Look, who is this?" β
Mother Liu was old, her eyes were not very good, she wiped her hands on the apron, squinted her eyes and took two steps forward, before she recognized Rongyin, her eyes widened, and she said in a trembling voice: "It's four...... Fourth Miss?! β
"It's me." Rong Yin cried with joy, nodded his head like a rattle, stepped forward and hugged her in a few steps, and choked up: "Mother Liu, I have found you!" β