Chapter 400
When Wen Xiu returned to Li Zhiwei's Banyue Pavilion, Li Zhiwei looked at her in confusion and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Nothing! It's nothing!" Wen Xiu felt a bit embarrassed, temporarily unsure of how to explain it to Li Zhiwei. She had also seen Zhang Yanchu.
"Wen Xiu, we are friends, right?" Li Zhiwei looked at her and asked.
"Of course we are," Wen Xiu replied without a second thought.
"Since we are friends, if you have any difficulties, why can't you tell ?" Li Zhiwei asked, keeping her eyes on Wen Xiu.
"I just saw Zhang Yanchu outside my house again, and I didn't want to run into him," Wen Xiu said, lowering her head in embarrassnt.
"Does he often block your way like this?" Li Zhiwei frowned upon hearing this. She truly found the Zhang siblings to be rather bizarre.
Zhang Yanchu was, after all, a Tanhua scholar. Didn't scholars usually hold themselves in high regard? How could he do sothing like cornering a woman?
"I've run into him several tis now. As you know, there are no elders in my household. If he keeps acting like this, won't it give people grounds to gossip? What would others think of !" Wen Xiu felt quite agitated as she spoke.
This Zhang Yanchu was just as shaless as his sister!
It would be one thing if she could just avoid him, but he actually waited outside her door to corner her.
He was simply impossible to guard against.
"Do you know why he's doing this?" Li Zhiwei asked with a frown.
"This servant knows! That Young Master Zhang wants to marry my young lady!" Qiuyue said indignantly.
How was that Young Master Zhang worthy of her young lady?
Yet he shalessly ca to their door to block her way.
"Qiuyue, do not speak nonsense!" Wen Xiu quickly scolded upon hearing this.
"This servant isn't wrong. Miss Zhang said it herself, telling my young lady to marry her older brother!" Qiuyue pouted in dissatisfaction.
"The Zhang family really needs to take a good look in the mirror and see how their family background could possibly match our young lady's!" As if feeling her previous words weren't enough, Qiuyue added.
"Qiuyue, cease your nonsense!" Wen Xiu hadn't expected Qiuyue to go on endlessly. Thankfully, there were no outsiders in the room.
Otherwise, if word got out, her future reputation would be completely ruined.
"I actually think Qiuyue is right. That man is coming specifically for you; otherwise, why would he repeatedly try to block your way?" Li Zhiwei frowned as she spoke. There was no sense in having to guard against a thief for a thousand days.
"Wen Xiu, do you have any maidservants in your manor who know martial arts? Perhaps next ti you go out, you should bring soone skilled in martial arts." Li Zhiwei looked at Wen Xiu and suggested. After all, the Wen family was a martial arts family, so there had to be plenty of people who knew how to fight.
If Wen Xiu brought a few more people when she went out, she refused to believe the Zhang family would still dare to approach her.
"I do. I originally thought that since our two families live so close to each other, I didn't need to bring that many people out." Wen Xiu nodded. Her older brother had indeed left her with quite a few capable people.
The only reason she had brought Qiuyue alone was truly because their hos were so close; she didn't think anything could happen over such a short distance.
"From now on, no matter where you go, you must bring more people with you. I'm just worried that so people might jump the wall in desperation," Li Zhiwei advised, looking at Wen Xiu.
"Thank you, Zhiwei." Wen Xiu gave a knowing smile.
In the end, Li Zhiwei decided to personally escort Wen Xiu back, bringing along Qinghua and Qingyue.
As the two stepped out of the Li family gates, they no longer saw Zhang Yanchu's figure, and they both let out a long sigh of relief.
"Sister Li, Sister Wen, what a coincidence!"
Just as they had relaxed, a discordant voice rang out from behind them.
Li Zhiwei and Wen Xiu exchanged a glance. Why did this voice sound like that annoying Zhang Zifu?
"Sister Li, Sister Wen, what's wrong with you two?" Seeing that neither of them responded, Zhang Zifu called out again with a hint of dissatisfaction.
In reality, Zhang Zifu was older than both of them, but neither bothered to correct her improper form of address.
"Let's go, Wen Xiu. I'll walk you back." Li Zhiwei ignored Zhang Zifu.
"Hey, why are you ignoring !" Seeing that neither responded to her, Zhang Zifu couldn't help but feel displeased!
After all, Wen Xiu had been very polite to her in the past.
As for this Miss Li, she had heard that her family was extrely wealthy.
However, Zhang Zifu felt that Miss Li was truly stingy.
When she visited the Li family, she hadn't gained any benefits at all, unlike when she went to the Wen family, where she had at least managed to take a few things.
At this thought, Zhang Zifu's gaze toward Wen Xiu grew even more affectionate.
"Miss Zhang, we are not close!" Wen Xiu said with a cold look in her eyes as she watched Zhang Zifu calling out to her so intimately.
She even took a step back when Zhang Zifu tried to step forward and grab her hand.
After all, she had suffered her fair share of losses at Zhang Zifu's hands.
"Sister Wen, it makes Zifu sad when you say that. How could we not be close?" Zhang Zifu clenched her hands tightly, not expecting Wen Xiu to say such a thing.
One must know, their Zhang family was still hoping to rely on Wen Xiu in the future.
How could they not be close?
Thinking of this, Zhang Zifu said again, "Is Sister Wen blaming for not introducing my older brother to you? Don't worry, my older brother is not only a Tanhua, but he is also an outstanding person."
Zhang Zifu hastily added.
In her heart, she thought with deep jealousy that it would be best for Wen Xiu to marry her older brother. Later on, her brother could properly put her in her place.
Then they would see if she still dared to put on airs in front of her.
"Miss Zhang, please have so self-respect. I am not close to you, nor do I wish to know your older brother." After saying this with a dark expression, Wen Xiu pulled Li Zhiwei along and walked toward the Wen residence.
"Sister Wen, it's been a long ti since I visited your house as a guest." Zhang Zifu acted as if she hadn't heard the distance in Wen Xiu's words at all and hurriedly followed them.
After all, the Wen family had quite a few good things that she had been coveting for a long ti. Unfortunately, she hadn't had the ti to go to the Wen family recently.
Or else, the Wen family's gates had been tightly shut.
Today, she could finally use this opportunity to enter the Wen residence once again.
"Miss Zhang, I'm sorry, but Miss Li and I have important matters to discuss. Please go back!" Wen Xiu took a deep breath before speaking to this Miss Zhang, who clearly couldn't understand human speech.
"Sister Wen, it's fine. I can wait for you two," Zhang Zifu said directly, as if she hadn't caught the aning behind the words.
After speaking, Wen Xiu pulled Li Zhiwei's hand and entered the Wen residence.
However, as soon as the two entered the manor, they ordered the main gates to be shut.
At the sa ti, they ordered that no one was to be let in without Wen Xiu's explicit instructions.
"Sister Wen, open the door!" Zhang Zifu never expected that Wen Xiu would actually dare to shut her out!
This damn Wen Xiu! Once she entered the doors of the Wen family, she would definitely avenge today's humiliation.
"Miss Zhang, you better hurry up and go back! Can't you see that they don't welco you?" the Li family's gatekeeper servant couldn't help but speak up to remind her.
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