These two people stuck together like conjoined twinsâshe couldnât imagine them being apart. In fact, she felt that their engagement was the natural progression.
Jiang Xun kept silent after hearing this, but his expression became more inscrutable. Yu Rou watched from the side and could only roll her eyes in exasperation.
She really couldnât figure out her cousin. In the past when she saw him so concerned about Ruan Jiaojiao, she was too young to understand what it meant. After she grew up and started to understand, she became confused again.
He didnât seem to like Ruan Jiaojiao, yet whenever he found out that she had called or written to Ruan Jiaojiao, he would ask about it in a roundabout way.
However, if he did like Ruan Jiaojiao, all these years he had safeguarded Zhou Yun like a treasure, so much so that everyone in the Jiang Family believed he liked her. Her eldest aunt, feeling indebted to him, didnât mind about things like social status and even treated Zhou Yun and her mother a bit better. She thought if her cousin suggested marrying Zhou Yun, no one in the Jiang Family would oppose it.
But.
Now heâs acting like this. Why?
Yu Rou didnât understand him and didnât want to stand there with him, so she quickly gathered her skirt and slipped away.
And he wasnât the only one against the engagement; there was anotherâDuan Sishu.
Since Duan Xiâs last birthday when Duan Sishu caused a scene, Duan Qianyang had done his best to keep Duan Xi away from her. However, on an occasion like this, he couldnât really keep her at home. He had to warn her before the banquet not to cause trouble.
But if Duan Sishu were to listen, she wouldnât be Duan Sishu.
Duan Sishu didnât have much against her nephew. Though she thought his status was somewhat lacking, he was still her own nephew. Even Feng Nianian had once persuaded her, so she barely managed to hold a stance.
But when it came to the Ruan Family, she had absolutely no respect for them.
The Shu Family had a prominent status in Beidu, that was true. But the Ruan Family at most were third-rate bumpkins in Beidu, a little wealthy but still bumpkins.
Just the thought of being related to such a family made her feel ashamed.
She couldnât understand what her elder brother was thinking. Especially upon entering this banquet hall and seeing such a grand scene, with everything on display of the finest quality and all the elites of Beidu invited. It was as if they were afraid people wouldnât know they were marrying into a third-rate bumpkin family; it made her head spin.
The disdain was written all over her face, and people around couldnât possibly ignore it.
Originally, people were very curious about the Ruan Family suddenly appearing in Beidu. Now that the Ruan familyâs little daughter quietly secured the young master from the Duan Family, they were even more astonished. A few who were on good terms with Duan Sishu couldnât help but gather around her to ask.
"Sishu, where is this Ruan familyâs little girl from? Why have we never heard of her before?"
Duan Sishu flicked her hair, just about to respond when someone else jumped in to answer: "Hey, donât you know? Iâve heard that the Ruan family was the one who once fostered the young master from the Duan Family. This engagement is entirely out of gratitude. If you ask me, Sishu, your nephew is really open-minded, willing to use his lifeâs major decision to repay a favor..."