MTLNOVEL Chapter 67: Will You Still Marry Him?
Chapter 67: Will You Still Marry Him?
For a moment, she didn’t know whether she should step in or not.
Unexpectedly, Su Mama suddenly appeared behind her, “Young Miss?” Her voice was quite delighted.
“Have you recovered from your illness? Are you here to see Old Madam?” Su Mama said as she ushered Qiao Nian inside, “That’s wonderful! Old Madam has been thinking of you every day!”
With no choice, Qiao Nian had to follow her in.
As soon as she entered, Qiao Nian caught sight of several figures from the corner of her eye.
They were indeed all here.
How unlucky!
Her heart sank, but her face didn’t show it. She slowly walked forward and bowed to Old Madam who was seated at the head, “Nian Nian pays her respects to Grandmother.”
“Quick! Come here!” Old Madam hurriedly gestured.
Qiao Nian walked to Old Madam’s side and was pulled to sit down.
Up close, Old Madam scrutinized her carefully, soon showing signs of displeasure, “Why have you lost so much weight? They said you were ill, was it very serious?”
Qiao Nian quickly shook her head, “It was just a cold. I didn’t have much appetite, and I was afraid of passing the illness to Grandmother, that’s why I didn’t come to pay my respects. Please don’t blame Nian Nian!”
“How could I!” Old Madam held Qiao Nian’s hand tightly, “Grandmother is already very happy that Nian Nian came to see her!”
Qiao Nian’s eyes were also full of smiles. With Grandmother, her heart was always warm.
However, an abrupt voice suddenly rang out, “Yes, sister. Brother and I come every day to keep Grandmother company and cheer her up, but Grandmother only thinks of you! Grandmother is biased, Yuaner is getting jealous!”
Qiao Nian’s expression visibly darkened.
Old Madam didn’t notice, thinking the younger generation was just joking around, and said, “Grandmother isn’t biased, Grandmother just loves Nian Nian a little more.”
After saying this, she looked at Qiao Nian and saw that the smile on her face was no longer as natural as before.
Old Madam immediately understood.
She patted Qiao Nian’s hand and said, “Are you not feeling well? Why don’t you go back and rest?”
She thought Qiao Nian didn’t want to see Lin Yuan.
Hearing Grandmother give her an out, Qiao Nian nodded, “Then Nian Nian will come to see Grandmother again tomorrow.”
“Alright,” Old Madam responded gently.
Qiao Nian then stood up, bowed, and left in front of the others in the room.
From start to finish, she didn’t look directly at any of them once.
After leaving Old Madam’s courtyard, Qiao Nian finally let out a long sigh, comforting herself that her back wounds were still hurting badly today, and she indeed couldn’t stay long at Grandmother’s. She could come back tomorrow when she felt better to properly accompany Grandmother.
Thinking this way, her mood finally lightened a bit.
She walked slowly with Ning Shuang towards her own Fanghe Court.
But perhaps she was walking too slowly.
Before she could even see the main gate of Fanghe Court, someone called out to her.
“Sister!”
Hearing this voice, Qiao Nian couldn’t help but close her eyes, taking a deep breath to suppress the almost instinctive anger rising in her chest.
She slowly turned around, coldly looking at the three people walking towards her from a distance.
“Has sister’s injury greatly improved?” Lin Yuan asked with a bright and innocent smile, as if Qiao Nian had only suffered some minor external injuries a few days ago, not as if she had been beaten nearly to death.
Ning Shuang, standing beside Qiao Nian, glared at Lin Yuan, “The young miss forced herself to visit Old Madam because she was afraid Old Madam would worry! This morning when I was applying medicine for the young miss, the wounds were still bleeding!”
Hearing this, Lin Yuan was stunned and finally reined in her smile, “I’m sorry, sister. I, I didn’t know…”
Qiao Nian ignored Lin Yuan’s pitiful act and coldly asked, “Do you have something to discuss?”
Her tone was extremely distant.
Xiao Heng’s eyes darkened slightly, his gaze falling on the thin layer of cold sweat on Qiao Nian’s forehead. His tone was icy, “We want to discuss your marriage with you.”
Her marriage?
Qiao Nian was a bit surprised and couldn’t help but look at Xiao Heng, “What does my marriage have to do with General Xiao?”
Hearing this, Lin Yuan immediately became displeased, “Sister, Brother Heng is just concerned about you. Can you not be so unfeeling?”
Her voice was still soft and small, as if she wanted to reproach Qiao Nian but didn’t dare.
It was as if… she feared Qiao Nian, but wanted to defend Xiao Heng even more.
How ridiculous.
Qiao Nian gave her an indifferent glance before looking back at Xiao Heng, “Then thank you for General Xiao’s concern, but my marriage has nothing to do with you. If you’re really that bored, you should focus on your own marriage!”
This sentence made Xiao Heng’s eyes grow even darker.
Then Lin Ye spoke up from the side, “You don’t still want to marry Prince Ming, do you?”
Qiao Nian didn’t look at him, nor did she answer.
Her silence was taken as confirmation by Lin Ye.
His voice immediately grew louder, “Are you crazy? Look at what he’s done to you! Do you not want to live anymore?”
Qiao Nian finally looked at Lin Ye, her eyes cold, as if looking at a stranger, “Isn’t it too late for the Young Marquis to be concerned about my life now?”
Where was he earlier?
If he had told her about the west side of the city when she was first to marry Prince Ming, she wouldn’t have come back half-dead!
Qiao Nian’s words left Lin Ye struggling to breathe.
If it were before, he probably would have hit Qiao Nian again.
But today, considering Qiao Nian’s back injuries, Lin Ye just tightly clenched his fist, suppressing his anger.
He said, “I’ll only ask you one thing, do you still want to marry Prince Ming or not!”
Although his parents were still blocking it, and there was the Emperor’s decree for the marriage, he had ways to ruin this marriage!
But this required Qiao Nian’s cooperation.
That’s why he stopped Qiao Nian today!
But Qiao Nian just sneered, “Aren’t the Marquis and Madam unwilling to cancel the engagement? What? Since when can the Young Marquis make decisions for this Marquis’s household?”
“Never mind that!” Lin Ye was irritated by the question, his voice tinged with anger, “Do you want to marry him or not!”
“Whether I want to marry or not has nothing to do with the Young Marquis,” Qiao Nian’s cold voice rang out, each word striking hard at Lin Ye’s heart, “Since you never cared about my life or death before, don’t try to make amends now. Keep your cheap guilt and sympathy, I don’t need them.”
With that, Qiao Nian turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yuan suddenly came forward and grabbed her, “Sister! Don’t be so stubborn, please listen to what brother has to say! Brother really has your best interests at heart, he’s planned so much for you!”
“Let go!” Qiao Nian shouted sternly.
She had injuries on her arm too.
Being pulled like this by Lin Yuan now caused a piercing pain.
Ning Shuang also hurried forward to grab Lin Yuan’s hand, “Second Young Miss, what are you doing! Let go of my young miss quickly!”
But Lin Yuan wouldn’t let go. Instead, as if throwing a tantrum, she started shaking Qiao Nian’s arm, “Sister, brother really cares about you! If you have resentment and anger, take it out on me, don’t be so fierce with brother…”
Qiao Nian’s entire back hurt from Lin Yuan’s shaking, but she had no strength to shake her off. Even the slightest effort to pull her arm back made her feel like her entire back wound was about to tear open.
Ning Shuang couldn’t pull Lin Yuan away either. Seeing that her young miss’s arm wound was about to be reopened by Lin Yuan, she made a harsh decision and bit down on Lin Yuan’s arm!