He Jian looked extremely annoyed. When he mentioned Pu Zhuangtou, he did not have any emotion. Instead, it was as if he was mentioning a burden.
This is very abnormal.
Because He Jian had saved Su Rong in the paddock, so he had been with Su Rong all the time. Logically speaking, if Pu Zhuangtou had saved Su Rong, then the Su family should not have had this attitude towards Pu Zhuangtou no matter what.
Besides, what's the point of bringing up what happened in the past
Su Yao simply asked He Jian, "Uncle Jian, please tell me, is there any other mystery behind this matter? Otherwise, why would you ask for whatever you want from that Pu Zhuangtou?"
He Jian pursed his lips. When he mentioned this matter, he took a deep breath before he made up his mind to explain the whole story to Su Yao: "The marriage between the eldest young master and Miss Zhang was arranged since childhood."
When Su Rong was still an infant, he once went to visit the eldest lady's family, the Zhang family. It happened that the eldest daughter of the Zhang family was one month old, and the two children were held together. The adults all smiled and said that they were a perfect match, like the golden boy and jade girl in the painting, and joked that they were a perfect match made in heaven.
The two were cousins, and that was the eldest lady's family. With everyone's encouragement, the two families really arranged a marriage for their children.
Growing up together as childhood sweethearts, Su Rong and Zhang Linghui had a very good relationship, and both families were happy to make this happen. However, after the incident at the enclosure, the Zhang family unexpectedly changed their attitude.
At first, the eldest lady felt that the eldest master was wronged, and went back to her parents' home for help, but was rejected by her brother and sister-in-law. Later, her aunt came in person and wanted the eldest lady to take the initiative to talk about canceling the engagement. Su Rong broke his leg, and the Su family encountered a major change. If the Zhang family proposed to cancel the engagement at this time, Mrs. Zhang was afraid of being criticized, so she wanted the Su family to take the initiative to cancel the engagement.
The eldest lady became so angry that she fell ill. She had been in poor health to begin with, and after her husband died, she forced herself to marry her daughter off, and she never got up again.
Because of this, the Zhang family did not mention the cancellation of the engagement for a while.
But when Su Rong was invited to visit the Zhang family's courtyard outside the city, he ran into Zhang Linghui and her cousin talking to each other... At that time, Su Rong was still a young man, how could he hold back? He had a conflict with Master Xu, and was kicked by Master Xu from the hillside, rolling down the hillside with the wheelchair. If it weren't for the timely rescue by Pu Zhuangtou, Su Rong would have been injured even more.
Su Yao was silent for a while.
In fact, it has always been human instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm.
It is human nature for the Zhang family to want to get engaged when the Su family is prosperous, and to want to distance themselves from the family when the Su family is in decline. At the very least, one can just say that they are heartless and ungrateful.
But the Zhang family went too far in that they were both powerful and independent.
She wanted to cut off ties with him and abandon Su Rong, a burden that had ruined her future, but she also didn't want to be known as a heartless person. Furthermore, she was secretly still entangled with another man even after breaking off the engagement.
She frowned and asked coldly, "Is it because Mr. Pu came across this that he felt he had something on his side and wanted to push his luck further?"
Speaking of this, He Jian felt a little embarrassed for Su Rong. He nodded with difficulty and said, "After all, we saved the young master. Our family is not the kind of people who would demolish the bridge after crossing the river. We first released their family from slavery and established a household for them. Then we asked the village head Pu to write a letter of surrender and let him go to the old lady's village to be the village head. This is actually not the first time in these years. Anyway, every time they have something to ask the young master for help, it was not a big deal at the beginning, but later it became more and more excessive... If you don't agree, he has a big mouth..."
After all, he saved her life, and what happened back then was such a big deal that the person went blind and had his hands broken, so it must have been a big deal. Besides, Pu Zhuangtou is still a good citizen now, and it involves the Zhang family and the Chengguo Mansion, so they can only let him do what he wants.
Su Yao nodded. Thinking from Su Rong's perspective, she felt extremely upset.
Not only did he have to deal with the Yue family, but he was also being blackmailed into asking for favors. It couldn't be more disgusting.
"What about Miss Zhang?" she asked curiously, "Did she cancel the engagement?"
He Jian's expression became even more angry: "How can he not retreat? Something happened, and so many young masters and ladies came to watch the fun. In front of so many people, Master Xu directly pointed at our young master and called him a cuckold, saying that he was... ...occupying the toilet without doing anything..."
Su Yao finally understood why the Su family never had any dealings with the Zhang family during the New Year holidays, and also why no one from the eldest lady's family, the Zhang family, had ever visited since Su Xingyi got into trouble.
Isn't this just a great shame and humiliation
There was also a spark burning in her heart, burning her stomach and making it feel uncomfortable.
How many people’s lives have been changed by the incident in the paddock
He Jian couldn't help but tear up as he spoke: "Later, the Zhang family still negotiated a marriage with the Chengguo Mansion, and Miss Zhang... now she has to be called the Crown Prince's wife."
That's why the people of the Su family are so tolerant of Pu Zhuangtou. After all, even if Pu Zhuangtou doesn't talk about what happened in the past, if he comes to their house and kneels down and begs, it is equivalent to dragging Su Rong out and humiliating him again.
"I understand." Su Yao's face was indifferent. He tapped the table with his fingers and asked He Jian, "If the marriage is cancelled, what will happen to Pu Zhuangtou? Will he come back to cry to my brother?"
He Jian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "They only have that son. For that son, I'm afraid they would do anything."
Su Yao did not say anything else. He waited until he had met the wives of the managers who had come to deal with the matter before returning to Kangping Garden.
Mrs. Su was talking to Su Xingyi with a warm smile on her face. When she saw Su Yao come in, the smile faded a little. She just asked her to sit down and asked her, "I heard that you said that the marriage that Mr. Pu asked for his son was cancelled?"
Su Xingyi frowned slightly, called out "Grandma" anxiously, and shook her head at Old Lady Su: "In fact, it is not a good idea to agree to Mr. Pu again and again. People's greed is endless. We can afford to agree to it now, but what if his appetite is not satisfied in the future? Fourth sister is right. Even if I were in his shoes, I would not want to marry my good daughter to a fool."
She blinked gently at Su Yao.
Su Yao couldn't help but smile.
Old Madam Su glared at Su Xingyi. She didn't mean to support Pu Zhuangtou, but if Pu Zhuangtou didn't handle the matter well and the past incident was dug up, it would be Su Rong's face that would be hurt.
Her grandson was already unlucky enough, and she didn’t want Su Rong to be pointed at and laughed at again.
"I know what you mean..." Old Mrs. Su couldn't laugh: "But the King of Hell is easy to deal with, but the little ghost is hard to deal with. What else can we do when encountering such a thing? Even if it's not the girl from the Ruan family, there will be others..."