Song Che carried the sleeping Liu Xiang'er onto the bed and gently covered her with the quilt.
"Brother-in-law..." She curled up like a kitten and kept murmuring in her sleep. Perhaps, the more unruly a girl is, the more fragile her heart is. Once she finds a safe haven, she will be reluctant to leave.
Song Che blew out the candles and faintly exited the room. ...Early the next morning, Song Che came to the gate of Shi's family with the betrothal gift.
He announced to the servant at the door, but did not explain his purpose. When the servant heard that it was from the Liu family, he introduced Song Che into the living room without asking any further questions.
Before breaking off the engagement, Song Che also did some research on this. The Shi family's business was very complex and very large. In Chang'an City, the Shi family had a share of basic necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Among the historians, the old Taigong Shi Jin is the most virtuous and respected. He has four sons and three daughters. Now the family business is managed by the eldest son Shi Gongquan. Shi Geng is Shi Gong's second son. Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, a fourth-grade official, is considered the second-in-command in Chang'an City.
Most of the other children are engaged in business, and their industries are spread throughout the northwest. Such a huge family can indeed control the situation in Chang'an City, and should not be provoked. Peace should be valued.
"Oh? Are my relatives from the Shi family here?" I heard his voice before I saw him. A young man in brocade clothes strode into the living room with a smile.
It was none other than Shi Erlang Shi Geng whom I met yesterday.
"It's you!" Shi Geng immediately lost his smile when he saw Song Che. Song Che frowned slightly, it was not Shi Erlang he was looking for.
Since the marriage is decided by both parents, the elders should come forward to discuss it. The kid in front of me shouted as he walked in the door.
"In-laws", it seems that he cares about this marriage very much. Song Che smiled and said politely: "This world is really small. I didn't expect that my cousin's fiancé is actually Mr. Shi. I'm so glad to meet you." Shi Geng returned the gesture symbolically.
"If Xiang'er is your cousin, after all calculations, you are still my brother-in-law," this voice
"Brother-in-law" he called out reluctantly, and then asked: "Why did you come to Shi's house today? Could it be that you are like her brother and want to get rich?" Song Che said: "I'm here. The Shi family is looking for your father. I wonder if he is here?" Shi Geng walked to the chair and sat down, crossed his legs high, picked up the tea, shook his legs and moistened his mouth, and said: "He will be here early in the morning. I went to the trading company. Now I have the final say in all matters in the family. If you have anything to do, just tell me." Song Che said, "But it's precisely this matter that you, Second Young Master Shi, can't make the decision." Shi Geng He frowned,
"What do you mean, you look down on me?" To be honest, Song Che really looked down on him, otherwise he wouldn't have come to cancel the engagement.
"My visit this time is to cancel the marriage between the Liu family and the Shi family. Does Mr. Shi have the final say in this matter?" Song Che asked straight to the point.
"What!" Shi Geng threw the tea cup on the table, and the anger that had accumulated in his heart yesterday burst out instantly. He pointed at Song Che and shouted: "The three matchmaking certificates and six certificates have been passed, and the bride price has been paid. How can there be any reason to cancel the engagement! Song Che explained slowly: "Master Shi, please don't get excited. My sister is from a humble background and is not worthy of Master Shi. Moreover, she is still young and does not want to get married. This marriage is purely at the initiative of her parents——" "
"Impossible!" Shi Geng flatly refused.
"I have seen her a long time ago. She is seventeen or eighteen years old. She is graceful and beautiful. If it were not for the Lantern Festival that night, I would not have known that there was such a beauty in Chang'an City. The first time I saw her, I He swore that he would not marry anyone but her!" When talking about Liu Xiang'er, he swallowed hard and glared at Song Che: "My Shi family is from a prominent family in Chang'an. Being able to look up to your cousin is a blessing she earned in her previous life. Did you know that there are people in Chang'an City? There are so many ladies from prominent families who want to marry me, but I don’t like them. You dare to come and cancel the engagement. Is it because you are not smart or because you are ignorant?" Song Che remained calm and said: "Yesterday I Seeing Mr. Shi competing for the store with the Di family, he devised a small plan to capture it first. If the Shi family could agree to break off the engagement, Song would hand over the store. In addition, Song would soon open a branch of a bank in Chang'an. , we can give historians discounts in all aspects.”
"Joke!" Shi Geng dismissed it.
"Even without your intervention, I was determined to win the shop owned by Lu Facai yesterday. Instead, you, a self-righteous fellow, interfered in the middle and disrupted my plan. Besides, I, Shijia, If you have your own bank, why do you need your bank?”
"Tsk!" Song Che refused to be polite to him and said coldly: "Since you don't know how to be polite, I don't need to be polite to you. I will leave my words here today. Even if the King of Heaven is here, you can't even think of marrying him away. Liu Xiang'er."
"Oh!" Shi Geng rolled up his sleeves,
"Since I was a child, I have never met anyone who came to Shi's house to act wild! I also tell you, Liu Xiang'er, I'm going to make a decision!" He was about to hit him with his fist, judging from the strength. Look, he has practiced some boxing and kicking.
Song Che only had a few fists and kicks, but he must have two more than Shi Geng. He dodged sideways, dodged the punch, grabbed Shi Geng's wrist, pinned him down with a counterattack, and then hit his knee. A hard kick——
"Ouch!" Shi Geng was pushed to the ground. Shi Geng tried to struggle for a few times, and then shouted: "Here comes someone! Someone comes here!" The three servants rushed into the living room.
"Don't come over here, or I'll break his arm!" Song Che pulled Shi Geng's arm upwards hard, causing him to gasp in pain.
The servant didn't dare to move, so he could only say harsh words: "You... let our young master go quickly! Otherwise, when our steward comes, he will beat you until you are full of teeth!" Song Che simply rode on Shi On Geng’s body,
"I've said before, you can't decide this marriage, so I'll just wait here for you and me to come." The commotion was so loud that the servants who looked after the house and the yard surrounded the living room with sticks.
"Song, you madman, do you know who my father is? Do you know who my second uncle is! If you don't let me go, I will kill you!"
"Stop talking nonsense. Since I dare to break off the engagement alone, I have the ability to escape unscathed."
"Get out of the way, eldest master, the second master is here!" The servant consciously stepped aside and saw two middle-aged men in their fifties and forties, who hurriedly walked into the living room. The former had a rich face, and the latter had a full body. The noble ones must be Shi Gong, the eldest son of the family, and Shi Gong, the second son of the official.
"Dad, save me quickly!" Shi Geng struggled to break free, but Song Che stopped strangling him. He crawled up to the eldest and second eldest son of the Shi family, turned around and pointed at Song Che angrily: "Second uncle, this bastard has spread his wild behavior into our house, please order someone to arrest him -"
"Pah!" Shi Gong slapped Shi Geng in the face. So loud! So loud!
