"Actually, it’s a very simple matter..." Mu Nan smacked his lips before he gleefully began recounting the incident.
Just a year ago, the Third Elder went out to inspect the operation of several family properties and took along Mu Nan, Mu Ze, and Mu Yuying, among a few other juniors, to broaden their horizons and for a bit of travel.
Arriving at Jiang Yuzhe’s family domain in Jinling City, they decided to pay a visit. The old master of the Jiang Family took a liking to Mu Yuying and wanted to arrange a marriage with Jiang Yuzhe.
On the Holy Court Continent, women are betrothed early, so although Mu Yuying was young at the time, a betrothal was not an issue.
However, this girl was strong-willed and refused to comply with the Third Elder’s arrangement. Thinking that Jiang Yuzhe had designs on her, the young girl naturally didn’t want to confront him directly, so she told Mu Ze about it.
Mu Ze, already eager to establish his authority before his younger siblings, stormed off to find Jiang Yuzhe, and the two came to blows after a short exchange of words.
At that time, Mu Ze was only a Fourth Rank Swordsman, while Jiang Yuzhe was Fifth Rank. He gave Mu Ze a thorough thrashing. Thankfully, the Third Elder and the Jiang Family Master arrived in time to prevent the situation from getting worse.
Because of this incident, the marriage proposal naturally went down the drain. However, upon parting, Jiang Yuzhe issued a harsh threat, promising to beat up Mu Ze every time he saw him.
Everyone thought it was just a childish boast, but upon their next encounter in Xiaoyang City, Jiang Yuzhe was as relentless as ever.
This affair was not exactly glorious, and most of the clan was ignorant of it, but Mu Nan had heard the full story from the Third Elder.
"So, you mean to say that nobody is actually interested in Yuying anymore? What kind of brother-in-law is that?" Gossip is in the nature of women, and Lady Mu found she was no exception. She got a little excited at the mention of ’brother-in-law,’ but after hearing the whole story, she felt it was rather dull—nothing more than childish recklessness.
"There wasn’t much interest to begin with, but I heard that after Jiang Yuzhe learned the whole story, he greatly admired Yuying’s character and even sent a proposal, but he had beaten up someone from our Mu Family. How could we possibly agree to a match with him after that? We rejected him," said Mu Nan.
"That’s a shame. I thought they were quite a good match," Mu Hanyan said regretfully.
"A good match, eh? How can you tell?" Mu Nan asked eagerly. He had always been passionate about commerce and consequently was quite naive about romantic affairs. He genuinely didn’t understand what made a good match, so he was very interested in the judgment of Mu Hanyan, the wondrous Star Divination Master.
"Look, both of their names contain the character ’Yu.’ Isn’t that quite a match?" Mu Hanyan said.
"Uh..." Mu Nan’s eyes widened as he stretched out his hand to prop up his jaw, stopping it from dropping to the ground.
So having the character ’Yu’ in both their names means they are a match? I remember Qu the Godman once said that the name Mu Hanyan was well chosen, as if a Heavenly Star had descended to earth. But at this moment, Mu Hanyan seemed to have become a God-man himself, spouting nonsense... What is he going on about...?
As Mu Nan was lost in thought, Jiang Yuzhe had already stepped forward, extending his folding fan and pointing at Mu Ze, "What do I mean? Simple, just beat you up like last time, that’s all."
Mu Ze’s eyelids twitched violently. This Jiang Yuzhe might not look much older than them, but when it came to fighting, he was exceptionally ruthless. The last beating had left Mu Ze bedridden for a full three months before he recovered. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on ⓝovelFire.net