After Lin Xu and Zu Shi left, Yan i just kicked herself in her room as she stood beside her window, staring at the sky above her.
anwhile, outside, her mother was broken-hearted. Turning to her husband, Old Mada Yan whispered, "She said she’s alright, but she doesn’t look it. Oh, what are we going to do? We have half of the village talking about the wedding. I invited all my friends, now I don’t even know what to say."
Sighing, Chief Yan cald down his wife, "There’s nothing for us to be embarrassed about. We should be even thankful. What if they had gotten married? Our family would have been dragged down. Anything about the royal family we should try to avoid, the blood feud with noble families is just too grueso."
"But what are we going to do now? Lin Xu may not find another suitor now. I know, I had a cousin last year, he has an interest in Yan i. I think I’ll send them a ssage... the year is running to an end, we have to find her a good match."
"Hmm... you have a good point." He nodded. anwhile, Yan i, who was inside, heard everything they said, and she only felt bitterness.
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and the two couples sighed. Since they arrived, different people had been coming to check up on them.
"I’m coming!" Mada Yan walked towards the door and dragged it open, only to be taken aback by who she saw.
"Y-you? What are you doing here?" She asked as standing before her was none other than Fuhan, his lips joined together as he held a basket in red cloth in his arms.
"Good day, Mada Yan," his voice was deep and low, though Yan i from inside heard it imdiately as she stood up and walked towards the door to hear better. She knew that voice better than anyone.
"Fuhan? What is he doing here?" Now she thought of it. She didn’t see him at all during the wedding, even after it ended she didn’t see either him or Mo Ying. So why was he here all of a sudden? Was he also here to check up on her? So many questions were running through her mind at that mont.
Standing up, Chief Yan walked toward his wife and Fuhan. He was also confused, "Fuhan? What brings you here? Is there anything you need?"
Hesitating for a mont, Fuhan then stepped aside slightly, giving them the chance to see what was behind him.
"What the—" Mada Yan’s mouth opened in surprise, and so did her husband’s. Behind Fuhan was a horse together with another four red boxes.
Bowing slightly, Fuhan said, "Chief Yan, Mada Yan, I know this is coming suddenly, but I would like to ask for Yan i’s hand in marriage!"
For a long mont, the courtyard was silent. Mada Yan blinked, her mouth slightly open. "W-what... did you just say?"
Fuhan bowed again, this ti more firmly, his expression steady. "I know this may sound sudden, but I am here with sincerity. I wish to marry your daughter, Yan i."
Chief Yan stared at him, unsure whether to laugh or be angry. "Young man... do you even understand what you’re saying? After what happened today, after that chaos, you co here talking about marriage?"
Fuhan t his eyes. "Yes, I do. I know it’s sudden, but I an every word."
Mada Yan looked down at the red boxes. The sight of them, perfectly wrapped and embroidered with gold thread, made her heart pound. They weren’t cheap. Each box was sothing only soone of high standing could afford.
"Young man," she asked carefully, "you said your na is Fuhan, right? Where do you co from? Who are your parents? I know you and Mo Ying are related, but we don’t even know anything about you."
Fuhan paused, his expression stiffening slightly. "I... cannot reveal that for now. But I swear to you, I have no bad intentions toward your family or Yan i. I just want a chance to take care of her."
"You can’t reveal?" Chief Yan frowned. "How are we supposed to give our daughter to a man who hides his own background?"
Before anyone could speak again, the door behind them creaked open.
"Fuhan?" Everyone turned. Yan i stood there in her pale blue robe, her hair half undone, her eyes slightly swollen from crying earlier. The mont she saw him, her body froze.
He looked at her the sa way he had before, calm and sohow distant, yet sothing in his eyes softened as he t her gaze.
"You want to marry ?" she asked quietly.
As Fuhan hesitated slightly before nodding, "Yes... I want to ask for your hand in marri—"
"And why is that?" She cut him off, walking closer towards him. Seeing this, her parents moved to a corner to give them so space as they watched, Mada Yan actually enjoying this.
"W-well I-I..." Fuhan, at this point, didn’t know what to say as Yan i broke out in a sarcastic laugh.
"What exactly is your problem, Fuhan? What do you take for exactly? I asked you if you would marry the other ti, but you refused plainly... now you arrive at my house claiming to want my hand? Why? Is it because I got embarrassed on my wedding!?"
She shouted and sobbed in between words as Fuhan just stared at her silently. He himself didn’t even know what to say.
"I don’t want pity from anyone, nor do I want to be with a man who is confused. I want to be happy and marry soone who loves and knows my worth, and you, Fuhan, are far from it."
She turned around and faced her parents. "And for the both of you, I don’t want to say this again. I’m not interested in getting married. If I want to get married, I’ll do it when I’m ready and to who I want and love. You all have no right to dictate my life and tell who I should spend the rest of my life with."
She said, her words hitting her parents like a rock as they both exchanged glances before she went into her room, took so things, and ca out.
"For the ti being, I will be staying with Lin Xu. Don’t co find !"
With that, she turned around and left. Passing through the door, she gave Fuhan one last look before walking away.
Fuhan quickly bowed at her parents and went after her, taking hold of her hands as she stopped midway.
"Yan i... I will be going sowhere soon. I don’t know how long it will take before I co back, but please... wait for ." His voice was calm and soft as Yan i just stared at him, surprised.
This was the first ti he had ever spoken to her so warmly; he was a completely different person. She wanted to ask what he ant, but he just pulled her in for a hug. His hands wrapped around her as he stroked her long brown hair as softly as he could, this action leaving her completely dazed.
And before she knew it, she found herself crying in his arms.
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