Upon hearing this, Old Master Chu and Madam Chu exchanged glances, both utterly astonished. A young lady, claiming to be their son’s fiancée who hadn’t yet entered the family, wanted to enter the mansion?
This was indeed a novelty. Which family’s daughter was so bold as to go to such lengths to attend their son’s matchmaking event?
Such courage to ruin her own reputation was something Old Master Chu had to see for himself. He thus told the house servant, "Let the young lady come in to attend the flower-viewing banquet."
After the house servant had left, Madam Chu was somewhat puzzled, "My lord, shouldn’t such a person be sent away?"
"My lady, don’t you want to see what sort of person this girl is, who is willing to destroy her reputation just to attend our son’s matchmaking event? I dare say, she is different from the other ladies in the courtyard."
"..." Madam Chu couldn’t understand. How could a person with no sense of shame be better than the ladies in the courtyard?
She turned to a maid beside her and said, "You go outside and keep watch. Report any situation to me."
At this moment, Chu Lian was unaware that Wang Xiangxiang was waiting outside to settle accounts with him. To distract his mother, he had no choice but to come to the courtyard, to the so-called grand flower-viewing event.
Chu Huan saw her brother had finally come out and immediately pulled him aside. She whispered, "Brother, which one of these girls caught your eye? Tell me, and I’ll introduce you."
Her brother’s earlier behavior made her think he must have liked someone. So, just after her brother had left, she got to know all these people thoroughly, earnestly, for her brother—she, after all, had an excellent memory.
"..." Father being serious was one thing, but why was his sister also taking this so seriously? Helplessly, Chu Lian patted his sister’s head, "I didn’t fancy anyone. Go play, I’ll just sit here for a bit then leave."
His mother must have surely sent someone to watch him. He couldn’t just leave right away, so he had to sit there for a little while.
Chu Huan was baffled by her brother’s response. Had she guessed wrong?
"Then I’ll sit with you here for a while."
As she said this, Chu Huan also sat down. Dealing with those people was indeed quite tiring.
The other young women in the courtyard, seeing young master Chu come out, were all quite excited. Yet, young master Chu didn’t even glance at them, directly sitting down to chat and drink tea with Miss Chu.
Some in the courtyard were indeed here to try to become the Chu family bride, so some began to approach Chu Lian and Chu Huan.
This made Chu Lian frown. He knew that if he didn’t go over, others would come to him. Thankfully, he had his sister by his side, which spared him some embarrassment.
Outside the Chu Mansion
Having acquired the address, Wang Xiangxiang came to the Chu Mansion without stopping. The anger that had dissipated from her journey flared up again when the house servant denied her entry, seeing that encountering this scoundrel was turning out to be so troublesome that she even needed an invitation.
Who did he think he was, some kind of important figure?
She had no choice but to ruin her own reputation—after all, he was the first to say it. She didn’t believe he wouldn’t come out after hearing this.
Soon, the house servant came out, "Miss, you may come in now."
"..." This scoundrel still wouldn’t come out? Let her in, then she would go in—who was afraid?
Wang Xiangxiang could no longer care about much else; she told the coachman to wait outside and followed the house servant into the Chu Mansion.
Walking along the path, a burst of fragrance assailed her senses, growing stronger the further she went inside. Reaching the front hall of the courtyard, Wang Xiangxiang was startled—flowers filled the courtyard, as did people. What was this scoundrel up to?