“Go home and see, what happened to my house?”
Chen Fan felt like he had forgotten something. He looked around.
So he decided to go home and take a look.
Since Zhang Tian Shou and her sisters arrived, Chen Fan hadn't been home much.
After all, it was a house full of women, and they were not related.
It wouldn't look good if they were all in one house, so Chen Fan temporarily moved to Da Zhuang's place.
“Tian Shou seemed to mention that she had the house simply expanded. Could it be that?”
Chen Fan thought about it, and seeing as there wasn't much to do here.
He went straight to his house. Wei Zheng had already left.
He didn't plan on stirring up trouble anymore about the Zhao Family Village incident, at least not before it was formally reported to the court.
Lost in thought, Chen Fan reached the front of his house.
Then, he stared at the red brick walls and the tiled roof towering above the walls, falling silent.
Is this what you call a simple expansion?
Chen Fan rubbed his eyes and looked around. Yes, this is my home.
Then, Chen Fan carefully peeked inside.
He saw people bustling around in his house, going in and out of the brick rooms.
His house, which originally only had two main rooms in the center, had been completely transformed.
The center had been changed into three halls, and there were also three rooms on each side.
A kitchen was built between the main room and the right wing.
Ten rooms with blue tiles and brick walls. Even the wealthiest landlords in Qing Shi Town wouldn't have this kind of scale!
“But why are there red banners and decorations?”
Chen Fan looked at the red banners and decorations, his confusion growing.
Da Zhuang came over carrying a stool. He turned his head and saw Chen Fan peering around.
“A Fan, what are you doing? You can't come back today.
You can only come back tomorrow, after Madam Zhang has temporarily moved out!”
Da Zhuang placed the stool to the side and pulled Chen Fan's arm, trying to get him to leave.
In the house, only Zhang Tian Yu and Zhang Tian Qing were able to leave Zhang Tian Shou's side for a moment.
Although Chen Fan and Da Zhuang were quiet, they still caught the attention of the three sisters.
A mischievous look appeared on Zhang Tian Yu's face. She put her arm around Zhang Tian Shou's neck and said.
“Big Sister, your husband really doesn't want to wait, does he!”
Zhang Tian Shou angrily smacked Zhang Tian Yu's head and retorted.
“What do you mean? I saw that Dong Yong is quite taken with you!”
Zhang Tian Yu rolled her eyes and shook her head repeatedly, saying.
“That little bookworm isn't fun at all. He just talks about Confucius and Mencius all day. It’s boring.
I think Brother-in-law is right. Reading is a means to understand reason, not the goal.
Reading for the sake of reading is just reading dead books!”
“You, I think you don't want to read, not because you think Brother-in-law is right!”
Zhang Tian Qing saw through Zhang Tian Yu's little trick and exposed her.
Zhang Tian Yu, naturally, wouldn't give in. So, she started to play with Zhang Tian Qing.
Zhang Tian Shou smiled as she watched her two sisters fight, but her ears were listening to the sound coming from the door.
“What marriage? Who’s getting married? Why in my house?”
Chen Fan was about to jump up in surprise. He was completely dumbfounded.
Da Zhuang was even more confused. He looked at Chen Fan, puzzled, and replied.
“In your house, of course it's you getting married!”
“How come I don't know? Who decided this? Was it that old fool, the village head?
That old geezer is always making random decisions. No way, take all this down!”
Without any hesitation, Chen Fan rejected it immediately.
Since coming to Zhao Family Village, the village head had been trying to tie him down to the village. Last year was the start of it.
Now he’s even going as far as to make decisions without consulting him! It’s absolutely outrageous!
“No, I'm going to find that old fool, the village head, and settle the score with him. He’s completely unreasonable!”
“Stop, what did you just say?”
Zhang Tian Shou’s cold voice rang out behind Chen Fan. Her voice was icy.
Chen Fan shivered involuntarily and turned around.
He saw that Zhang Tian Shou was dressed in red, but her face was frozen with frost.
The knuckles of her hand gripping the long sword were white, and the pattern of the scabbard was imprinted into her flesh.
“Tian Shou, you’re here just in time. That old fool, the village head, I don’t know what he’s planning.
He probably saw that Wei Zheng is going to report my achievements and wants to tie me down to Zhao Family Village forever.”
“That's not what I asked. Tell me, do you want to marry me?”
Zhang Tian Shou’s right hand gripped the hilt of the sword. The crimson blade slowly came out of its sheath.
She, the Grand Princess of the Heavenly Court, would never suffer such humiliation.
He was the one who sent someone to propose marriage, and now he’s denying it, playing with her?!
“Of course I… wait, marry you?”
Chen Fan couldn’t react. The speed at which they were committing to a relationship in the Great Tang.
This fast?
Even if we skip the three pronouncements and six rites, at least give me some warning, right?
Clang!
The long sword sang. Chen Fan quickly took a step forward and grabbed Zhang Tian Shou’s wrist.
“I want to! I want to marry you, but it’s not fair to you.
I can eat my fill and leave everyone else to fend for themselves, but I can't implicate you.
A private marriage would hurt your reputation. How would you face your family and friends in the future?”
Hearing Chen Fan’s confession, Zhang Tian Shou’s frozen eyes trembled, and tears instantly flowed down her cheeks.
She waved her hand, tossing the long sword away. Her jade arms stretched out, wrapping around Chen Fan’s neck.
“Enough. It’s enough. I don’t need anything else!”
Behind them, Zhang Tian Yu pouted and muttered softly.
“If Dad knew about this, it would be over!”
“Okay, okay, stop it. Quickly help Madam Zhang inside.
The bride and groom can’t see each other before the wedding!”
Zhou quickly stepped forward to interrupt them and led the reluctant Zhang Tian Shou away.
Chen Fan watched Zhang Tian Shou’s retreating figure, feeling as if he were in a dream.
Suddenly, a sinister voice pulled Chen Fan back to reality.
“You little rascal, old geezer, huh!”
“It’s not the village head. I didn’t… uh, hey hey don’t hit me… ”
...
A beam of light descended from the sky, revealing Nezha.
Bai Qian Li’s eyes flashed. He flicked his finger, and Daoist runes rose up.
“You impudent demon, how dare you stand in my way!”
Nezha’s eyes flashed. He opened his Jade Clear Dharma Eye and instantly sensed something was wrong.
Bai Qian Li’s eyelids dropped, revealing a thin slit.
“Little fella, it’s not your time to appear yet!”