Jiang Cheng sat up straight with a deliberately solemn air and said formally, "Since that's the case, I'll also speak on behalf of the Wang family elders. It's settled, then."
The fat man panicked too this time. He hadn't expected the doctor to be so unserious. "What do you mean, settled? How is it settled? I object! The girl doesn't like me, and I'm not interested in her either. You... You can't just match us up like this!"
A moment later, the fat man worried he'd been too blunt and tried to soften his words. "I don't mind, but Miss Yujiao is still an unmarried young woman. You shouldn't go around saying things like that."
The fat man had spoken from the heart, but his words had struck a chord. Wu Yujiao hadn't expected this Young Master Wang, who looked so burly, to be so considerate. And her own behavior just now had indeed been inappropriate, yet he hadn't held it against her.
After the meal, Jiang Cheng found an inn that was still open and temporarily settled Wu Yujiao and her mother there. He also left them some loose silver.
On the way back, with the mother and daughter no longer around, the fat man spoke much more freely. He said angrily, "Is Wu Yujiao's father even a man? He sold his daughter, and now he's selling his wife. And you still gave him money? If you ask me, we should beat him up, then take the two of them away. If he dares utter a single word of protest, I'll beat him up again!"
Clenching his fist, which was as big as a sandbag, the fat man had the physique and fighting ability to back up his words. Just thinking about that man's face made him furious.
"Forget