"Uncle Pei, why are you being so polite to my nephew?"
Fang Shaoze thought that Patriarch Pei was embarrassed to accept his help, so he persuaded him, "I have already invited Young Master Lin here, so don't refuse."
Patriarch Pei said quickly, "No, really no!"
The head of the Fang family looked a little unhappy, and said with a straight face, "Brother Pei, you are being polite. The Fang family and the Pei family are old friends, and Shao Ze and Zhao Xi have been engaged since childhood. Our two families will be relatives in the future. Shao Ze is filial and has asked Mr. Lin from the county to help you get the position of the next mayor. Why do you need to be so polite?"
"I don't need your help. I mean no!"
Patriarch Pei was furious. "Who asked you to be so smart as to help me?"
Xu Lian almost laughed out loud, he understood what the head of the Pei family was worried about.
The higher-ups have already decided that the head of the Pei family will be the next mayor. This news came from the mouth of the White Fox Mining Patrolman, so it is a foregone conclusion and there is no need to add unnecessary details.
If Fang Shaoze helps with the "operation", what if the already confirmed position of mayor is lost
The sudden anger of Patriarch Pei stunned both Fang's father and son. They could hardly believe their ears and felt unbelievable!
It is well known that the head of the Pei family wants to become the next mayor. In order to establish a good relationship with his future father-in-law, Fang Shaoze specially invited the young master of the Lin family in the county town to Luzhu Town to help his father-in-law fight for the position of the next mayor. How could he have expected that he would be rejected
Moreover, he refused angrily.
Doesn’t Patriarch Pei want to be the next mayor
Or, is there any other reason
"Uncle Pei, did I do something wrong to make you and Zhao Xi angry?"
Fang Shaoze's eyes were red. The anger of Patriarch Pei and Zhaoxi's indifferent attitude just now made this young man with a sunny smile feel uncomfortable. He didn't know what went wrong.
In order to prevent Fang Shaoze from helping to operate on his own initiative, Patriarch Pei said coldly, "In short, it's not your turn to take care of my affairs. Do you understand?"
Fang Shaoze quickly explained, "I don't want to control Uncle Pei, I just want to do my part to help Uncle Pei become the next mayor."
"Who the hell do you think you are?"
Patriarch Pei was furious, "Who asked you to be so sincere! My Zhaoxi may not marry you, don't you really consider yourself an outsider?"
Fang Shaoze was completely stunned.
The head of the Fang family was so angry that his face turned ashen. He pointed at the head of the Pei family with a shaking hand, "Old man of the Pei family, are you crazy? My son is so filial to you, but your kindness is taken for granted. As long as our Fang family makes a move, there will be plenty of gentle and virtuous women willing to marry into our family. What's the point of your bitch? From now on, the engagement between our two families is annulled!"
Xu Lian felt like he was hit by a pleasant surprise. Before he could even propose to Patriarch Fang to dissolve his marriage in exchange of interests, Patriarch Fang had already taken the initiative to do so.
He looked at Pei Zhaoxi, and they looked at each other. He also saw surprise in Pei Zhaoxi's eyes.
Patriarch Pei laughed in anger, "If it's invalid, then it's invalid."
The head of the Fang family flicked his sleeves and took Fang Shaoze away.
Fang Shaoze came back to his senses and panicked. "Father, we can't do this. There must be some misunderstanding. Let's stay and listen carefully to Uncle Pei's explanation and clear up the misunderstanding."
"I have nothing to explain!"
The head of the Pei family had a cold expression and a firm attitude.
The higher-ups have already decided on him as the next mayor, but the news is still kept secret and has not been made public, so he cannot say it out. If he displeases the higher-ups and ends up losing his position as mayor, that would be bad.
Moreover, he had no way to explain it, because once he explained it, the relationship between Xu Lian and the mining inspector would be exposed. In his opinion, Xu Lian's connection was a connection discovered by his Pei family, and he didn't want to share it with the Fang family and the Su family.
When the head of the Fang family heard this, he was even more furious. He forcibly dragged Fang Shaoze away and went down the mountain.
Lin Chengyu, the young master of the Lin family who came from the county town, looked at Xu Lian deeply and left as well. He was invited by the Fang family, and since the Fang family had left, he certainly would not stay.
Seeing the breakdown of the relationship between the Fang family and the Pei family, the old town mayor Su Qing smiled. As the head of the Su family, one of the three largest families, he certainly did not want the other two families to intermarry.
Su Qing glanced at Pei Zhaoxi, smiled and said to the head of the Pei family, "Brother Pei, I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Pei Jifeng slowly calmed down his anger and said calmly, "Brother Su, what do you want to say?"
Su Qing said, "Fang Shaoze of the Fang family and your Zhaoxi, on the surface, seem to be a perfect match, but Fang Shaoze is young and inexperienced after all, and your Zhaoxi is lively and playful. He simply cannot control your Zhaoxi, so they are not really a good match."
Pei Jifeng asked in confusion, "What does Brother Su mean?"
Su Qing smiled and said, "What I mean is that your Zhaoxi should find a mature man who is older than her. For example, my eldest son is in his twenties, which is the right age for a man. He is very suitable for your Zhaoxi."
Oh my god... Xu Lian was shocked. Oh my god, we just broke off the engagement and now there’s another one
Pei Zhaoxi refused. She said with a cold face, "Thank you for your kindness, old mayor. I'm sorry, I already have someone in my heart."
Su Qing's smile froze, "Are you still thinking about Fang Shaoze?"
Pei Zhaoxi shook his head, "No."
This made Su Qing wonder, "Who is that? Can he compare to my son?"
Pei Jifeng also looked at Zhaoxi in a daze. He knew that Zhaoxi had some feelings for Fang Shaoze. However, the marriage had just been dissolved and Zhaoxi already had feelings for another man
Isn’t this too fast
Or, before the marriage was dissolved, So Hee had already fallen in love with another man
This forced Pei Jifeng to take it seriously, "Zhao Xi, you are different from a concubine's daughter. You are Daddy's legitimate daughter. Your marriage is a big deal. The person you marry must be useful to the Pei family. You can't let your temper take its course."
He pondered for a moment and said, "Breaking off the engagement with Fang Shaoze is actually a good thing. Back then, your mother had just given birth to you, and the Fang family happened to have a child, so the two families decided on the engagement. But I didn't expect that you would grow up to be so pretty. It was a pity to marry you to the Fang family. If you could marry into a big family in Pingyang County, it would be the greatest help to the Pei family."
Pei Zhaoxi glanced at Xu Lian with a little annoyance, and the meaning was very clear: what was he waiting for? Was he waiting for her to bring it up
Xu Lian also knew that the time had come to fight for happiness. He immediately bowed and said, "Uncle Pei, I have a favor to ask!"
When Pei Jifeng was talking about Zhaoxi's marriage, Xu Lian suddenly said that he had something to ask for. He couldn't help but look at him strangely and became puzzled. Could it be that Xu Lian also wanted Zhaoxi
But didn’t they have an argument and a disagreement before