TFWYH – Chapter 230 Refusal of Marriage

“Let’s go to my father first!” Tang Wan told him what had just happened with Tang Tiansheng, then added, “I’m just going to test their attitude. I’ll be quick!”

“I’ll go with you!” Ling Yu’s expression was gentle as he took her hand and walked off with her.

Ling Chen watched the two of them gradually disappear into the distance, unconsciously stretching out an Erkang hand, but in the end he let it drop and sighed dejectedly, slumping his shoulders as he trudged after them.

Totally normal — he was already used to it. As long as his big brother was around, his sister-in-law had eyes for no one else.

Wei Ziyan was completely ignored. Her entire face was dark and gloomy.

She had dressed up carefully, yet Ling Yu didn’t spare her even a single glance — his eyes were full of Tang Wan!

“Ziyan, let’s go have a look too!” Pan Xiner hadn’t noticed Wei Ziyan’s performance. From the very moment Su Yangyu appeared, her eyes had been glued to him.

Wei Ziyan thought of how Ling Yu would also be there later, and forced a smile. “Alright, I’ve been wanting to see it for quite a while.”

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Tang Wan brought Ling Yu and Ling Chen to her father’s home. She let the two of them stay and play for a bit while she went out, saying she’d be back soon.

The Qin family lived right next to the Tang family. Her task was only to probe for information — it wouldn’t take long.

Tang Wan thought everything through quite well, but when she knocked on the Qin family door, Madam Qin opened it, and the moment she saw Tang Wan, her expression darkened and she immediately tried to close the door.

Tang Wan frowned slightly and blocked the door. “Aunt Qin, I have something to ask.”

“Ask what?” Madam Qin, who had been warm before, now snapped fiercely, “Your Tang family should give up already. My husband and I will never marry our daughter to your eldest brother. It’s useless no matter who comes.”

Tang Wan froze for a moment. Seeing Madam Qin trying to close the door again, she blocked it once more. “Can you at least let me inside first? Saying these things outside is bad for Yun-niang’s reputation.”

“You…” Madam Qin had wanted to refuse, but at that moment the neighbors opened their door, so she reluctantly stepped aside. “Come in and talk!”

Tang Wan let out a breath of relief and followed her inside.

She hadn’t even entered the house when she heard Yun-niang’s pleading voice inside, mixed with Uncle Qin’s furious scolding of her for being “useless.”

Tang Wan rushed inside and saw Qin Sugyun kneeling on the ground, begging desperately, while Uncle Qin raised his hand as if to strike her.

Tang Wan strode forward and grabbed Uncle Qin’s wrist. “What are you doing?”

“Who let you in?” Uncle Qin’s face — already unpleasant — looked even worse when he saw Tang Wan.

Madam Qin entered as well. “She was causing a scene outside, which was bad for Yun-niang’s reputation, so I let her in to talk.”

Tang Wan released Uncle Qin and helped Qin Sugyun up.

Qin Sugyun shook her head and said through clenched teeth, “Wan-niang, Father and Mother won’t let me marry Brother Tiansheng. Don’t pull me up. If they don’t agree today, I’ll keep kneeling — I’ll kneel until they do!”

“You… you… you useless girl! Are you trying to anger me to death?” Uncle Qin exploded. He raised his hand again to strike, but with Tang Wan blocking in front of Qin Sugyun, he lowered it resentfully and pointed angrily toward the neighboring house. “Tang Tiansheng has been married before! Do you think the An family is easy to deal with? You went to help today — look at your face! If you marry Tang Tiansheng, do you think that vicious woman will let you live in peace?”

Madam Qin also pleaded earnestly, “Child, your father is right. We’ve lived as neighbors with the Tang family for seven or eight years. I’ve watched Tiansheng grow up. He’s a good boy — I once even considered the idea myself. But he’s already been married! Even if they divorced, marrying him would make you a second wife, a replacement. You’re still so young — why suffer such grievance? If you said today that you wanted to marry Tiansheng’s younger brother Tianyang instead, your father and I wouldn’t be angry at all — we’d even be happy. But why must it be Tiansheng?”