Volume 1 Chapter 35: The Gradually Changing Heart of Han Yang

  When Lu Xuan was overjoyed and her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, a group of young men had already gathered beside the siblings.

  Looking from afar at the figure surrounded by a group of young people in the middle, with a smile all over his face, Zeng Lang's face was as if covered with a layer of frost.

  Ping Yin sat in her own donkey cart, seeing Ai Lang staring at Lu Yue without blinking. She bit her lip, and a hint of annoyance flashed across her delicate face.

  Ling Yu's husband leaned in closer and Ping Yin called out softly: "Chang Zhi..."

  When she called him, there was a deliberate coquettishness in her voice. Normally, whenever she called out to him like that, Zeng Changzhi would look at her gently, with a smile in his eyes, and encouragement and fondness.

  Now, Zeng Changzhi also turned around, but he frowned slightly and stared at Pingyin with impatience. He lowered his voice and said in a bad tone, "Why did you come too?" It took him two days to muster up the courage to see Lu Yue. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out of the door, he was followed by Pingyin. How had he not noticed before that this Ah Yin was so clingy?

  Seeing Zeng Lang's displeasure, Ping Yin's eyes turned red. She didn't want to follow him either, but her Zeng Lang was someone she had forcibly taken from Lu Xuan's hands. This man she had forcefully snatched away couldn't give her a sense of security. It always made her feel that if she could snatch him away, then others could also take him away with just a bit of effort... Now that her reputation was ruined, wherever she went, people would throw dirty glances at her, and many people would point at her belly, pointing and whispering to each other. She really didn't know what she would do if Zeng Lang were to abandon her.

  Moreover, when Luoyin and Zenglang were engaged in the past, she thought that Luoyin was just a village girl who looked a bit more delicate. But now looking at her, Pingyin feels that no matter how he looks at her, he thinks Luoyin is getting more and more beautiful. She seems to be different from all the girls in Handan City. When facing her dark eyes and straight waist, Pingyin even has a feeling of self-abasement.

  Looking at Zeng Lang, Ping Yin thought painfully: He must have broken off the engagement with that cheap servant girl and couldn't bear to part with her... Didn't Uncle Shi say so? He always wanted both. Uncle Shi also said that what he valued was only our family's wealth, it's possible that he cared more about Lu Shi than me.

  This person, is like this, before getting it, his mind is only thinking of getting it. But when he really gets it, he starts to think wildly and those details that were deliberately ignored in the past will appear in his mind again and again, torturing himself repeatedly.

  Zeng Changzhi saw himself as just a sentence, and suddenly his eyes reddened with anger, and he couldn't help but feel a little impatient.

  He came out this time to see Lu Yue, although he had his own intentions, but also because of his father's reminder.

  That day, when Father took the marriage certificate to Pingfu to cancel the engagement, Zeng Changzhi only felt a sense of panic and unease in his heart. This anxiety and discomfort made him not even think about the two slaps he had received from Lu Yue.

  He found himself really couldn't bear to part with Lu Xuan.

  But he had no way out, his father was furious at the time, saying that he had raised such a big son and hadn't even hit him before, how could he be beaten by a woman? His father's fury was terrifying, he wanted to say something but didn't dare. In the end, he could only watch as his father took the marriage certificate out the door.

  After his father left, he felt extremely uncomfortable. Not only did his head ache dizzily, but it also seemed as if something had been hollowed out of his chest. This discomfort caused him to slump to the floor, holding his head and unable to breathe.

  Later, Father came back. When Father returned, his expression was very complicated. Feeling that Father was not happy, Zeng Lang had a faint excitement. Perhaps it was because Lu Shi refused to divorce? She should know that apart from herself, she couldn't marry a better man, and she must have regretted it. However, her temper was too proud, even if she regretted it, she wouldn't forgive others easily. Father must be annoyed by this.

  He walked to Zeng's father's side, and after Zeng's father looked at him for a moment, he let out a long sigh and said: "Changzhi, your father thinks that Ah Yuan still has some good feelings towards you. Although the engagement is off now, in the future when you meet her again, you must treat her well." After pausing for a moment, he added: "As for the matter of her slapping you, don't mention it again."

  As he spoke, his father hastily left the room. Yesterday, his father's expression seemed to have improved a lot, but when he looked at him, he still instructed him with a sentence, "Tomorrow, go and see Ah Yue. When you see her, just say that Uncle is not intentional, our two families have been in good relations for many years, this kind of misunderstanding can't become a family, after all, there is still emotional connection." He even added another sentence, "If she's willing, bring her to the mansion and I'll take her as my adopted daughter."

  Having said that, thinking of being able to see Lu Xuan, Zeng Changzhi finally woke up from his depression, and thus, he appeared here at this time.

  Zeng Lang kept looking at Lu Yue, Ping Yin kept looking at Zeng Lang, both of them had a gloomy and annoyed face.

  After a while, the sister and brother packed up their stall, and the young men reluctantly dispersed. Zeng Lang jumped down from the horse carriage and said in a low voice, "I'll go take a look."

  He had just taken a step forward when he suddenly raised his voice and shouted in a shrill tone: "Zeng Lang——"

  Her voice was a little shrill and sharp, really startling, Zeng Lang was startled, and turned his head back in confusion. Two hundred meters away, Lu Xuan seemed to have heard something too, and turned her gaze towards this side.

  Ping Yin glared in Luoyue's direction with anger and hatred, then turned her head to stare at Zeng Lang with red eyes, not blinking. As she looked, a string of tears rolled down her cheeks. While crying, Ping Yin trembled and said: "Zeng Lang, you have nothing to do with her anymore, why are you still looking for her?"

  She paused, biting her lip, and said in a shrill tone: "Ah Zhi, we are already married, can you please not look for her? I'm begging you." As she spoke, she climbed down from the donkey cart and reached out to grab Zeng Lang's arm.

  Ping Yin's expression was incomprehensible to Zeng Lang, not only tense but also filled with anxiety and unease, as if their past would destroy the marriage agreement they had set.

  This is not like her, the former flat because, always speaking and laughing, confident. The rich and beautiful girl, raised with a strong foundation. Every time she appears in the place where she and Lu Yue have an appointment, she will affectionately hold onto Lu Yue's arm, she will take advantage of when Lu Yue is not around to confidently throw flirtatious glances at herself, she will take advantage of when Lu Yue turns around to make a fierce and vicious gesture, as if wanting to push Lu Yue away.

  A beautiful and wealthy girl, everything she does is lovely. So, that time at the Taoist temple, he actually knew all along that Ah Yue fell down the mountain slope and hit her head because Ah Yin pushed her. However, he didn't think it was strange, he thought Ah Yin did these things because she had a crush on him. Anyway, Ah Yue wasn't seriously hurt.

  How could it be that in just a month or two, everything has changed so much? What happened to that confident and delicate girl who always had an air of pride about her? Where did she go?