At this moment, Chu Lian had no idea that his parents had set another trap for him, as he was consumed with anger and just wanted to vent it on someone.
Without a doubt, Wang Xiangxiang became the target of his fury. He hopped onto his family’s carriage and headed straight for Xiangxiang Cloth Shop in the county town, certain that she would be there.
As the carriage stopped in front of Xiangxiang Cloth Shop, he hadn’t even entered when he heard the murmuring of the crowd nearby, which frustrated him immensely.
"Hey, did you hear that this morning the richest family in our town, the Chu Family, had their marriage proposal rejected?"
"Yes, I heard about it. It’s really unexpected. The young master of the Chu Family has lost face enormously this time."
"Exactly! It’s so embarrassing. Miss Wang from the Wang Family declared that she’d rather marry a pig or a dog than marry the young master of the Chu Family. Isn’t that saying the young master is worse than a pig or a dog!"
"Hahaha! That really is embarrassingly enough."
Chu Lian, who was nearby, felt his anger surge once again upon hearing these words. What a haughty girl, to make him lose face . He had to confront her. Just as he was about to enter the shop, he heard more of the crowd’s gossip.
"With such good terms from the Chu Family, who knows why Miss Wang would reject them?"
"Perhaps the young master of the Chu Family was just collateral damage."
"I heard that over three years ago, Miss Wang, for some unknown reason, started rejecting all matchmakers."
"No one knows the specifics, but Miss Wang was crazily choosing suitors four years ago, then suddenly she stopped."
"That Miss Wang is quite mysterious, I hear she’s incomparably beautiful and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, yet her personality is very peculiar and she never leaves the house."
A peculiar personality and never leaving the house, was this the haughty girl from three years ago?
Proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting? He had only come to know of it just yesterday.
Choosing suitors like mad four years ago, and suddenly stopping three years ago, what exactly had happened?
Chu Lian suddenly felt he knew very little about the haughty girl, even her identity he had only learned yesterday.
He pushed open the door of Cloth Shop and approached the counter.
"Excuse me, is Shopkeeper Wang here?"
Seeing someone asking for the shopkeeper, the clerk inquired, "May I ask who you are, so I can go inform her?"
With a slight smile on his face, Chu Lian said, "Just tell her that I am the young master of the Chu Family."
The morning’s engagement news had spread like wildfire, and the clerk, of course, knew about it, thus he stuttered in response, "Okay... okay."
He immediately went back to the inner room to report, and soon after, the clerk came back out and muttered, "Our shopkeeper said she won’t meet you, asking you to leave."
These words nearly made Chu Lian spit blood from frustration. To think that he had been turned away at the door—when had he ever been so belittled before? This haughty girl really was something.
Chu Lian composed himself then put on an evil smile, "Clerk, come here for a moment."
Then it wasn’t clear what Chu Lian whispered into the clerk’s ear, but it scared the clerk into reporting once again.
Wang Xiangxiang was already in a bad mood because of the Chu Family’s marriage proposal, and to imagine that the despicable man had come to find her, she really wanted to have nothing more to do with him.
Thus, she had refused to meet him and asked him to leave, but she didn’t expect the clerk to come back with a reason she couldn’t refuse.
"Miss, Young Master Chu said that if you don’t meet him, he will declare to everyone that he kissed you, and he means what he says."